OCEANPORT, N.J., Oct. 25 (UPI) -- The expanded Breeders Cup World Championship is set to begin with 11 races, three of them new to the event, scheduled over two days at Monmouth Park, N.J.
Friday's races will include the Filly & Mare Sprint, the Juvenile Turf and the Dirt Mile.
Saturday's action will be highlighted by the Classic, in which Street Sense will try to become the first horse in the 24-year history of the Breeders Cup to win two different races.
Street Sense won the Breeders Cup Juvenile last year at Churchill Downs and is one of nine horses entered for the $5 million Classic. Carl Nafzger will be trying to become only the third trainer to saddle two winners in the same day at the Breeders Cup.
Nafzger also has Lady Joanne running in Saturday's Distaff.
Another highlight of the competition will be the appearance of unbeaten Nashoba's Key, seeking her eighth straight victory in the Filly & Mare Turf on Saturday.
The 11-race program will offer prize money totaling $23 million.
