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Sovereignty Tops Week 1: BC Classic Rankings 

POSTED: August 6, 2025

Sovereignty battling for the win in the 2025 Kentucky Derby. (Jenny Doyle/Past The Wire) Longines Breeders’ Cup Classic Rankings Weekly International Poll Tracks Leading Contenders...

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Whirl Dominates in Qatar Nassau At Goodwood

POSTED: July 31, 2025

Whirl under Ryan Moore weathers the pounding rain for victory in the Qatar Nassau Stakes at Goodwood (Francesca Altoft/focusonracing.com) Whirl Secures Automatic Berth into the...

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Fourstardave and Whitney at Saratoga

POSTED: July 31, 2025

2025 Breeders’ Cup Challenge Series Fact Sheet Breeders’ Cup Release The Breeders’ Cup Challenge Series: Win and You’re In is an international series of 93...

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150-1 Qirat Shocks in Sussex Stakes

POSTED: July 30, 2025

Qirat and Richard Kingscote (green cap) winning The Visit Qatar Sussex Stakes. (Dan Abraham/Focusonracing.com) Ralph Beckett’s 4-year-old gelding secures automatic berth into FanDuel Breeders’ Cup...

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Whirl, See The Fire Clash in G1 Nassau

POSTED: July 29, 2025

Winner Gains Automatic Berth into 2025 Maker’s Mark Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf Breeders' Cup Press Release CHICHESTER, England – Pretty Polly Stakes (G1)...

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Field of Gold, Rosallion Headline G1 Sussex

POSTED: July 29, 2025

Lady Iman Invades From Ireland To Contest G3 Molecomb Winners of the Sussex Stakes and Molecomb Stakes to Receive Automatic Berths into Oct. 31–Nov 1....

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Calandagan Powerful in King George VI & Queen Elizabeth

POSTED: July 26, 2025

Calandagan with Mickael Barzalona up win The King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes. (Hattie Austin focusonracing.com) Calandagan gave trainer Henri-Graffard a second consecutive score...

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BC Early Foal Noms Pending Deadline

POSTED: July 25, 2025

Sierra Leone scores the 2024 Breeders’ Cup Classic. (Ernie Belmonte/Past The Wire) $400 Early Breeders’ Cup Foal Nomination Deadline Closes August 1 Only Early Nominated Foals...

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Rebel’s Romance Heads G1 King George VI & Queen Elizabeth

POSTED: July 24, 2025

Rebel's Romance wins the Hardwicke June 21 at Ascot (Megan Coggin) Winner Gains Automatic Berth Into 2025 Longines Breeders’ Cup Turf Breeders' Cup Press Release...

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Welcome to our Breeders’ Cup page. Nothing is more exciting than the “superbowl” of horse racing otherwise known as the Breeders’ Cup. Participants from around the world converge to one location bringing their best champion thoroughbred race horses to compete against one another. The best of the best square off and compete for some of the largest purses in the world and the chance to be crowned a Breeders’ Cup World Champion.

Since it’s inception in 1984 has been mainly held in the United States with the exception in 1996 when the Breeders Cup world championships was held at Woodbine Race Course in Canada. These prestigious races originally started out as a one day event until 2007 when it became a two day extravaganza of racing.

Several Breeders’ Cup Champions go on to become Eclipse Award winners. Top horses that go on to be crowned as World Champions often have a higher value to breeders in the breeding shed because of the prestige that comes with being crowned a World Champion as you have beaten the best competition there is. This is the ultimate showcase for a breeder to display their talents on a world stage.

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