Breeders' Cup introduces Open Enrollment program

Starting Tuesday, all non-nominated yearlings and horses of racing are

eligible to join the Breeders' Cup through a new Open Enrollment program.

In September of last year the Breeders' Cup Board passed sweeping changes to

its worldwide nomination program to increase the number of eligible runners for

the 2011 Breeders' Cup World Championships. Among those changes was the offer of

a special one-time, fee-based program this year for previously non-nominated

horses.

This Open Enrollment period, which will end June 30, is available to any

previously non-nominated horse sired by any stallion standing anywhere in the

world that has been nominated to the Breeders' Cup in 2011.

The fee payment structure is as follows:

· Yearlings (Born in 2010): US$3,000

· Two-year-olds (Born in 2009): US$6,000

· Three-year-old and older (Born in 2008 and Earlier): US$25,000

Upon expiration of the one-time open enrollment, the late nominations fees will

revert to standard rates for horses that were not previously nominated (e.g.,

$100,000/$200,000 Horses of Racing Age fee).

Earlier today, Bowman's Flight (Stevie Wonderboy), a two-year-old colt owned

by All Along LLC, was the first horse of racing age to nominate under the Open

Enrollment program for a fee of $6,000. Under the previous system, All Along LLC

would have been required to pay a fee of $100,000 to make Bowman's Flight

eligible to the program.

"The open enrollment program is a great opportunity for North American

owners, and those in the international market, to nominate their racing stock at

extremely favorable prices," said Dora Delgado, Breeders Cup Senior Vice

President, Racing & Nominations. "We want to provide those who did not nominate

under the previous system, especially in the yearling category at $3,000 per

individual, the chance to take advantage of the full benefits of the Breeders'

Cup program during the next five months."

These newly nominated horses will experience the same benefits as those

runners nominated as foals under the previous system. They will receive full

eligibility to the redesigned Breeders' Cup Challenge "Win and You're In"

series. In 2011, any horse that wins a Challenge race will, in addition to

having an automatic starting position in the corresponding Championship race,

will also have its entry fees paid and will receive a travel allowance when they

start in the Breeders' Cup World Championships, which offers $26 million in

purses and awards. Additionally foal nominators of every Breeders' Cup Challenge

winner will receive a $10,000 nominator award.

Non-nominated horses may be enrolled online at

www.members.breederscup.com.

In addition to the Open Enrollment, Breeders' Cup introduced in 2011 a new

International Stallion Nominations program. To date, more than 180 overseas

stallions have been nominated to the Breeders' Cup program. Beginning this year,

all foals sired by Breeders' Cup nominated international stallions will be

automatically eligible to participate in Breeders' Cup World Championships

races. To qualify for the new program, owners of stallions standing outside of

the United States and Canada in the Northern Hemisphere will pay an annual

nomination fee equal to 50 percent of their stallion's published stud fee and

owners of stallions standing in the Southern Hemisphere will pay a nomination

fee equal to 25 percent of their stallion's published stud fee.