There's more Stakes and Graded races carded during their 4 day meet than for any BC since the 1999 3 day meet at Gulfstream-which I think was all Stakes.
Aside from the 11 Breeders' Cup races-there are around 14 other Graded/Stakes races from Wednesday to Saturday.
In one sense I'm glad they've beefed Friday up. The card for last years day before BC at Churchill was a joke. The day lasted around 6 hours from 1st till last race and all we got were 2 Grade 3 and a hatful of Claiming races.
Next year is the test for the event. Can they remind the Europeans that they had their best ever meet the last time the BC was held in California-2 wins and 1 DH and even more importantly can they convince Asian connections to ship over.
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