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Old 10-27-2023, 07:09 AM
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Why in the world would they have the turf sprint and sprint
after the classic? Seems like the dumbest move in the world to me
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Old 10-28-2023, 03:55 AM
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Announced in July, the scheduling centers on best positioning possible for the Classic (6:40p ET) with obligations that NBC and its' affiliates have to other Saturday broadcasts.
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USA Network and FanDuel TV will both televise the first day of this year's World Championships. USA Network coverage will take place from 4-8 p.m. ET and will include one undercard race and all five Breeders' Cup races, concluding with the $1 million Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf (G1T) at 7:40 p.m. ET. FanDuel TV coverage will begin at 2:30 p.m. ET with the first undercard race and will conclude with undercard race 10 at 8:10 p.m. ET.

Nine Breeders' Cup races anchor a 12-race card on Saturday, Nov. 4. First post is 1:10 p.m. ET, with two undercard races preceding the first Breeders' Cup race, which will have a post time of 2:30 p.m. ET.

The USA Network coverage on Saturday is from 1:30-3:30 p.m. ET, followed by an extended 3 1/2 hours of live programming on NBC and Peacock from 3:30-7 p.m. ET that will feature five World Championship races, concluding their coverage with the Breeders' Cup Classic. Post time for the Breeders' Cup Classic, race 9, will be 6:40 p.m. ET. The Classic will lead into NBC Sports' Big Ten Football coverage.

FanDuel TV will also televise the first two undercard races and eight of the nine Breeders' Cup World Championships races on Saturday. Following the running of the Breeders' Cup Classic on NBC and Peacock, FanDuel TV will televise the Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint and the Breeders' Cup Sprint and will conclude its coverage with a final undercard race with a post time of 8:32 p.m. ET.
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