Breeders' Cup Breeders’ Cup Challenge Series Returns for 2022 World Championships May 28, 2022 Breeders' Cup Breeders’ Cup Challenge Series Returns for 2022 World Championships May 28, 2022 By: Jared Welch twitterfacebooklinkedinemail Share: share on facebook share on twitter share on linkedin email this article Breeders’ Cup Limited has announced the 2022 Breeders’ Cup Challenge Series: Win and You’re In schedule of 82 races in 11 countries, whose winners will receive automatic qualifying positions, and fees paid, into a corresponding race in the 2022 Breeders’ Cup World Championships.Horses from around the globe will be qualifying through the Win and You’re In program for the 39th Breeders’ Cup World Championships, consisting of 14 Grade 1 races and purses and awards totaling $31 million. This year’s Championships will be held at Keeneland Race Course in Lexington, Ky., on Nov. 4-5. The first U.S. Breeders’ Cup Challenge Series race of the year will be the Shoemaker Mile (G1) at Santa Anita Park on May 30. ( Content Continues Below Ad ) The 2022 series in the U.S. has been restructured into a regional qualifying program to balance divisional competition across the country. In 11 of the 14 race divisions, there will be one Breeders’ Cup Challenge Series race per region, identified as East, Midwest, and West. Breeders’ Cup Challenge qualifying races in the Juvenile Turf and Juvenile Fillies Turf Divisions will be limited to two races. Breeders’ Cup will promote these regional rivalries on the road to the World Championships.The exception to the regional format will be in the Longines Breeders’ Cup Classic Division, which will have six domestic races in this year’s series. The complete 2022 schedule can be found below. RACE NAMEWINNERDATEDIVISIONREGIONTRACK JUNE Yasuda KinenRomantic Warrior (IRE)Jun 2FanDuel MileTokyo Racecourse Jaipur CaravelJun 10Turf SprintEastBelmont Park Ogden Phipps ClairiereJun 10Longines DistaffEastBelmont Park Hill ‘N’ Dale Metropolitan H.Cody's WishJun 10Big Ass Fans Dirt MileEastBelmont Park Grande Premio BrasilRaptor's (BRZ)Jun 18Longines TurfHipódromo da Gávea Queen Anne StakesTriple Time (IRE)Jun 20FanDuel MileAscot Racecourse King's Stand StakesBradsell (GB)Jun 20Turf SprintAscot Racecourse Prince of Wales's StakesMostahdaf (IRE)Jun 21Longines TurfAscot Racecourse Norfolk StakesValiant ForceJun 22Juvenile Turf SprintAscot Racecourse Takarazuka KinenEquinox (JPN)Jun 25Longines TurfHanshin Racecourse Gran Premio PamplonaSamay (PER)Jun 25Maker's Mark Filly & Mare TurfHipodromo Monterric JULY Stephen Foster StakesWest Will PowerJul 1Longines ClassicMidwestChurchill Downs TVG.com Haskell StakesGeaux Rocket RideJul 22Longines ClassicEastMonmouth Park Bing Crosby StakesThe Chosen VronJul 29Qatar Racing SprintWestDel Mar King George VI & Queen Elizabeth QIPCO StakesHukum (IRE)Jul 29Longines TurfAscot Racecourse AUGUST Qatar Sussex StakesPaddington (GB)Aug 2FanDuel MileGoodwood WhitneyWhite AbarrioAug 5Longines ClassicEastSaratoga Clement L. Hirsch StakesAdare ManorAug 5Longines DistaffWestDel Mar FourstardaveCasa CreedAug 12FanDuel MileEastSaratoga Beverly D. StakesFev Rover (IRE)Aug 12Maker's Mark Filly & Mare TurfMidwestColonial Downs Prix du Haras de Fresnay-Le-Buffard Jacques le MaroisInspiral (GB)Aug 13FanDuel MileDeauville Sumbe Prix MornyVandeek (GB)Aug 21Juvenile Turf SprintDeauville Juddmonte International StakesMostahdaf (IRE)Aug 23Longines ClassicYork Racecourse Pertemps Network Yorkshire OaksWarm Heart (IRE)Aug 24Maker's Mark Filly & Mare TurfYork Racecourse Coolmore Wootton Bassett Nunthorpe StakesLive In The Dream (IRE)Aug 25Turf SprintYork Racecourse The BallerinaEcho ZuluAug 26PNC Bank Filly & Mare SprintEastSaratoga The Resorts World Casino Sword DancerBolshoi Ballet (IRE)Aug 26Longines TurfEastSaratoga Pat O'Brien StakesAnarchistAug 26Big Ass Fans Dirt MileWestDel Mar SEPTMEBER FanDuel Racing Pacific ClassicArabian KnightSep 2Longines ClassicWestDel Mar The Flower BowlParnac (FR)Sep 2Maker's Mark Filly & Mare TurfEastSaratoga Jockey Club Gold CupBright FutureSep 2Longines ClassicEastSaratoga Green Flash HandicapMotorious (GB)Sep 2Turf SprintWestDel Mar Del Mar Handicap presented by The JRAGold Phoenix (IRE)Sep 2Longines TurfWestDel Mar KPMG Champions Juvenile StakesDiego Velazquez (IRE)Sep 9Juvenile TurfLeopardstown The Royal Bahrain Irish Champion StakesAuguste Rodin (IRE)Sep 9Longines TurfLeopardstown Coolmore America 'Justify' Matron StakesTahiyra (IRE)Sep 9Maker's Mark Filly & Mare TurfLeopardstown Ainsworth Turf SprintGear JockeySep 9Turf SprintMidwestKentucky Downs FanDuel Kentucky Turf CupGet SmokinSep 9Longines TurfMidwestKentucky Downs Al Basti Equiworld, Dubai Flying FiveMoss Tucker (IRE)Sep 10Turf SprintCurragh Moyglare Stud StakesFallen AngelSep 10Juvenile Fillies TurfCurragh Bet365 Summer StakesCarson's RunSep 16Juvenile TurfWoodbine Ricoh Woodbine MileMaster Of The SeasSep 16FanDuel MileWoodbine Johnnie Walker Natalma StakesShe Feels PrettySep 16Juvenile Fillies TurfWoodbine Al Basti Equiworld, Dubai Rockfel StakesCarla's WaySep 29Juvenile Fillies TurfNewmarket Ack Ack StakesZozosSep 30Big Ass Fans Dirt MileMidwestChurchill Downs Juddmonte Royal Lodge StakesGhostwriter (IRE)Sep 30Juvenile TurfNewmarket Awesome Again StakesSlow Down AndySep 30Longines ClassicWestSanta Anita Park OCTOBER Qatar Prix Jean-Luc LagardereRosallion (IRE)Oct 1Juvenile TurfParisLongchamp Qatar Prix Marcel BoussacOpera Singer (IRE)Oct 1Juvenile Fillies TurfParisLongchamp Qatar Prix de L'Arc de TriompheAce Impact (IRE)Oct 1Longines TurfParisLongchamp Prix de L'Opera LonginesBlue Rose Cen (IRE)Oct 1Maker's Mark Filly & Mare TurfParisLongchamp Prix de L'Abbaye de Longchamp LonginesHighfield Princess (IRE)Oct 1Turf SprintParisLongchamp The VosburghCody's WishOct 1Qatar Racing SprintEastAqueduct Miss GrilloHard To JustifyOct 4Juvenile Fillies TurfEastAqueduct PilgrimAgate RoadOct 4Juvenile TurfEastAqueduct Stoll Keenon Ogden PhoenixHoist The GoldOct 6Qatar Racing SprintMidwestKeeneland JessamineBuchuOct 6Juvenile Fillies TurfMidwestKeeneland Darley AlcibiadesCandiedOct 6NetJets Juvenile FilliesMidwestKeeneland The FrizetteJust F Y IOct 7NetJets Juvenile FilliesEastAqueduct The ChampagneTimberlakeOct 7FanDuel JuvenileEastAqueduct Thoroughbred Club of AmericaYuugiriOct 7PNC Bank Filly & Mare SprintMidwestKeeneland Claiborne Breeders' FuturityLockedOct 7FanDuel JuvenileMidwestKeeneland Coolmore Turf MileUp To The MarkOct 7FanDuel MileMidwestKeeneland Chandelier StakesChatalasOct 7NetJets Juvenile FilliesWestSanta Anita Park Rodeo Drive StakesDidia (ARG)Oct 7Maker's Mark Filly & Mare TurfWestSanta Anita Park American Pharoah StakesMuthOct 7FanDuel JuvenileWestSanta Anita Park Princess Rooney InvitationalThree WitchesOct 7PNC Bank Filly & Mare SprintEastGulfstream Park The FuturityBook'em DannoOct 8Juvenile Turf SprintEastAqueduct Juddmonte SpinsterIdiomaticOct 8Longines DistaffMidwestKeeneland Bourbon StakesCan ManOct 8Juvenile TurfMidwestKeeneland QIPCO Champion StakesOct 21Longines TurfAscot Racecourse Queen Elizabeth II Stakes (Sponsored by QIPCO)Oct 21FanDuel MileAscot Racecourse Join the Inner Circle Sign up for exclusive 10% discount on orders, plus be the first to access our daily free and premium horse racing picks, articles, podcasts, and more! 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