Breeders' Cup announces nomination discount deadline

Breeders' Cup announces nomination

discount deadline

Owners of horses of racing age

currently not nominated to the Breeders' Cup can nominate their runners at

discounted rates prior to 11:59 p.m. (EDT) on July 15 for competition in this

year's Breeders' Cup World Championships, scheduled for November 2-3 at Santa

Anita. All horses must be nominated in order to compete in any of the fifteen

Breeders' Cup World Championship races. 

• New this year, two-year-olds

  by a nominated Breeders' Cup stallion can join the program for $12,000; this

  one-time nomination fee make the racehorse eligible for its entire racing

  career to the Breeders' Cup.

• Three year olds and up that

  were foaled in the Northern Hemisphere will receive a 50 percent discount

  off normal racehorse nomination fees and three year-olds and older born in

  the Southern Hemisphere can nominate for 25 percent of their regular

  nomination fee.

• All nominated racehorses are

  eligible for the Breeders' Cup World Championships and any other racing

  program of the Breeders' Cup for as long as they race.

Following the July 15 deadline, the

price for non-nominated runners reverts back to the standard racehorse

nomination fee of $100,000 or more until October 22, when all runners must be

pre-entered for the Breeders' Cup World Championships races.

Owners may nominate their horses of

racing age online at

members.breederscup.com or by calling the Breeders' Cup Racing department at

859-514-9423.

Owners of horses or racing age by

non-nominated stallions can also take advantage of discounted prices before July

15. Two-year-olds by non nominated stallions can join the program for $18,000;

Northern Hemisphere three-year-olds and older for $100,000 and Southern

Hemisphere three-year-olds and older for $50,000.

Below is the complete list of nomination prices and

deadlines:

Horses of Racing Age sired by Nominated Stallion

and Nominated before July 15.

• Two-Year-Olds: $12,000

• Three-Year-Olds and Up (Northern

  Hemisphere-bred): $50,000

• Three-Year Olds and Up (Southern

  Hemisphere-bred): $25,000

Horses of Racing Age Sired by Nominated Stallion

and Nominated after July 15.

• Two-Year-Olds: $100,000

• Three-Year-Olds and Up (Northern

  Hemisphere-bred): $100,000

• Three-Year-Olds and Up (Southern

  Hemisphere-bred): $100,000

Sired by Non-Nominated Stallion and Nominated

before July 15.

• Two-Year-Olds: $18,000

• Three-Year-Olds & Up (Northern

  Hemisphere-bred): $100,000

• Three-Year-Olds & Up (Southern

  Hemisphere-bred): $50,000

Sired by Non-Nominated Stallion and Nominated after

July 15.

• Two-Year-Olds: $200,000

• Three-Year-Olds and Up (Northern

  Hemisphere-bred): $200,000

• Three-Year-Olds and Up (Southern

  Hemisphere-bred): $200,000