The final major horse racing event of the year is here. The Breeders' Cup takes place Friday, Nov. 3 and Saturday, Nov. 4 at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California.
Fourteen winners will be crowned over two days, with prize money totaling $31 million.
The event's biggest race, the Breeders' Cup Classic, will be one of the final races on Saturday, with $6 million, the biggest purse of the weekend, awarded to the victor.
MORE: Watch the Breeders' Cup Classic live with Fubo (free trial)
Here's all you need to know about the 2023 Breeders' Cup including how to watch, odds and a full schedule of the weekend.
When is the Breeders' Cup Classic?
- Date: Saturday, Nov. 5
- Post times: 6:40 p.m. ET
The Breeders' Cup Classic will begin Saturday, Nov. 4, at 6:40 p.m. ET. It will be the seventh of nine races that day, with five more taking place on Friday, Nov. 3.
Day one begins at 5 p.m. ET, and day two, championship Saturday, begins at 2:30 p.m. ET.
How to watch the Breeders' Cup
- TV channels: NBC, USA Network
- Live stream: Peacock, Fubo
Coverage begins Friday with USA Network covering the races from 4 p.m. ET to 8 p.m. ET.
On Saturday, USA Network begins its coverage of the Breeders' Cup at 1:30 p.m. ET. NBC takes over at 3:30 p.m. with Peacock streaming the final races beginning at 7 p.m. ET.
The event can be streamed on Peacock, and the portions airing on NBC and USA Network are available via Fubo, which offers a free trial.
Breeders' Cup purse
The Breeders' Cup purse is set at $31 million between Friday's and Saturday's races.
The Classic awards the winner with the most prize money, $6 million. The Turf, which races an hour prior to the Classic, has a purse of $4 million, the second-highest prize of the event.
All 14 races award prize money, and each winner earns at least $1,000,000.
Breeders' Cup Classic post positions and odds
Arcangelo, who had the second-best odds after wining the Belmont Stakes, has been scratched from the Breeders' Cup Classic due to ongoing foot issues. He will be retired next year.
Arabian Knight (3-1) still has the best chance to win it all. White Abarrio and Ushba Tesoro are next in line with 4-1 odds.The next contender, Bright Future (10-1), is a distance behind the top-three horses.
Here are the full odds for the Breeders' Cup Classic.
| Post Position | Horse | Trainer | Jockey | Odds |
| 1. | Arcangelo* | Jena M. Antonucci | Javier Castellano | 7-2 |
| 2. | Zandon | Chad C. Brown | Lanfranco Dettori | 12-1 |
| 3. | White Abarrio | Richard Dutrow, Jr. | Irad Ortiz, Jr. | 4-1 |
| 4. | Missed the Cut | John W. Sadler | Luis Saez | 30-1 |
| 5. | Derma Sotogake | Hidetaka Otonashi | Christophe Lemaire | 20-1 |
| 6. | Saudi Crown | Brad Cox | Florent Geroux | 12-1 |
| 7. | Clapton | Chad Summers | Tyler Gaffalione | 20-1 |
| 8. | Ushba Tesoro | Noboru Takagi | Yuga Kawada | 4-1 |
| 9. | Senor Buscador | Todd W. Fincher | Geovanni Franco | 30-1 |
| 10. | Dreamlike | Todd A. Pletcher | Jose Ortiz | 30-1 |
| 11. | Bright Future | Todd A. Pletcher | John Velazquez | 10-1 |
| 12. | Arabian Knight | Bob Baffert | Flavien Prat | 3-1 |
| 13. | Proxy | Michael Stidham | Joel Rosario | 12-1 |
*Scratched from race.
Breeders' Cup schedule 2023
Friday, Nov. 3
| Race | Time (ET) | Distance | Prize money |
| Juvenile Turf Sprint | 5 p.m. | 5 furlongs | $1,000,000 |
| Juvenile Fillies | 5:40 p.m. | 1 1/16 miles | $2,000,000 |
| Juvenile Fillies Turf | 6:20 p.m. | 1 mile | $1,000,000 |
| Juvenile | 7 p.m. | 1 1/16 miles | $2,000,000 |
| Juvenile Turf | 7:40 p.m. | 1 mile | $1,000,000 |
Saturday, Nov. 4
| Race | Time (ET) | Distance | Prize money |
| Dirt Mile | 2:30 p.m. | 1 mile | $1,000,000 |
| Filly & Mare Turf | 3:10 p.m. | 1 1/4 miles | $2,000,000 |
| Filly & Mare Sprint | 3:50 p.m. | 7 furlongs | $1,000,000 |
| Mile | 4:30 p.m. | 1 mile | $2,000,000 |
| Distaff | 5:10 p.m. | 1 1/8 miles | $2,000,000 |
| Turf | 5:50 p.m. | 1 1/2 miles | $4,000,000 |
| Classic | 6:40 p.m. | 1 1/4 miles | $6,000,000 |
| Turf Spring | 7:25 p.m. | 5 furlongs | $1,000,000 |
| Sprint | 6 p.m. | 6 furlongs | $2,000,000 |
