After the races were held in California last year, the 2022 Breeders’ Cup will be held at Keeneland in Lexington, Kentucky.
The 14 races will award a total of $31 million in prize money, headlined by the $6 million available in the Breeders’ Cup Classic. The Longines Turf, which starts one hour before the Classic, will have the second-largest purse at $4 million.
MORE: Watch the Breeders’ Cup Classic live with fuboTV (free trial)Here’s all you need to know about the 2022 Breeders’ Cup, including how to watch, odds, and a full schedule.
When is the Breeders’ Cup Classic?
- Date: Saturday, Nov. 5
- Post time: 5:40 p.m. ET
All of the races lead up to the final race at 5:40 p.m. ET, known as the Longines Breeders’ Cup Classic.
How to watch the Breeders’ Cup
- TV channels: NBC, USA Network
- Live stream: NBCSports.com, Peacock, fuboTV
Coverage begins Friday on USA Network from 2 p.m. ET to 6 p.m. ET.
Coverage on Saturday begins at 1 p.m. ET and runs through 3:30 p.m. ET on USA Network. Then, starting at 3:30 p.m. ET, NBC will take over the coverage for the final races of the day. NBC’s streaming service, Peacock, will also begin coverage at 3:30 p.m. ET.
USA and NBA can also be streamed on fuboTV, which offers a 7-day free trial.
Breeders’ Cup purse
This year’s Breeders’ Cup has a $31 million purse for the races held on Friday and Saturday. The winner of the Breeders’ Cup Classic on Saturday evening will take home the biggest grand prize of $6 million.
Five races on Friday and nine races on Saturday give out prize money. All 14 races offer at least $1 million in prize money.
Breeders’ Cup Classic post positions and odds
Flightline is the clear early favorite for the Breeders’ Cup Classic with 3-5 odds.
Epicenter (5-1), Life Is Good (6-1), and Taiba (8-1) have the best odds behind Flightline. Rich Strike, which won the Kentucky Derby in May with 80-1 odds, has fairly distant odds at 20-1. Here are the full odds for the horses racing in the Longines Classic.
| Post Position | Horse | Trainer | Jockey | Odds |
| 1 | Taiba | Bob Baffert | Mike Smith | 8-1 |
| 2 | Life Is Good | Todd Pletcher | Irad Ortiz Jr. | 6-1 |
| 3 | Happy Saver | Todd Pletcher | John Velazquez | 30-1 |
| 4 | Flightline | John Salder | Flavien Prat | 3-5 |
| 5 | Hot Rod Charlie | Doug O’Neill | Tyler Gaffalione | 15-1 |
| 6 | Epicenter | Steve Asmussen | Joel Rosario | 5-1 |
| 7 | Olympiad | Bill Mott | Junior Alvarado | 10-1 |
| 8 | Rich Strike | Eric Reid | Sonny Leon | 20-1 |
Breeders’ Cup schedule 2022
Friday, Nov. 4
| Race | Time (ET) | Distance | Prize Money |
| Juvenile Turf Sprint | 3:00 p.m. | 5 Furlongs | $1 million |
| Netjets Juvenile Fillies | 3:40 p.m. | 1 1/16 miles | $2 million |
| Juveniles Fillies Turf | 4:20 p.m. | 1 mile | $1 million |
| TVG Juvenile Presented by TAA | 5:00 p.m. | 1 1/16 miles | $2 million |
| Juvenile Turf | 5:40 p.m. | 1 mile | $1 million |
Saturday, Nov. 5
| Race | Time (ET) | Distance | Prize Money |
| Filly & Mare Sprint | 11:50 p.m. | 7 Furlongs | $1 million |
| Turf Sprint | 12:29 p.m. | 5 1/2 furlongs | $1 million |
| Dirt Mile | 1:10 p.m. | 1 mile | $2 million |
| Filly & Mare Turf | 1:50 p.m. | 1 3/16 miles | $2 million |
| Sprint | 2:30 p.m. | 6 Furlongs | $2 million |
| Fanduel Mile | 3:10 p.m. | 1 mile | $2 million |
| Longines Distaff | 3:55 p.m. | 1 1/8 miles | $2 million |
| Longines Turf | 4:40 p.m. | 1 1/2 miles | $4 million |
| Longines Breeders’ Cup Classic | 5:40 p.m. | 1 1/4 miles | $6 million |
