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American Affair Scores for Scotland in King Charles III

POSTED: June 17, 2025

American Affair, orange jacket, winning the King Charles III. (Francesca Altoft/focusonracing.com) Longshot Contender Earned Automatic Berths to Breeders’ Cup World Championships at Del Mar Breeders’...

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Docklands Thrills in Queen Anne Stakes 

POSTED: June 17, 2025

Ascot specialist Docklands provides Harry Eustace with Group 1 glory. (Megan Coggin) Longshot Contender Earned Automatic Berths to Breeders’ Cup World Championships at Del Mar Royal...

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Royal Ascot Opening Day Preview

POSTED: June 16, 2025

It is like a holiday for the horseplayer! Royal Ascot offers big fields, a plethora of wagering opportunities into big pools, class horses and a...

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CSW Rosallion Headlines Royal Ascot Opening Day

POSTED: June 13, 2025

Rosallion and Sean Levey (yellow) winning The St James’s Palace Stakes Royal Ascot. (Dan Abraham-focusonracing.com) Winners of the Queen Anne Stakes and King Charles III...

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2025 BC Challenge Series Fact Sheet

POSTED: June 12, 2025

Henri Matisse (IRE) scoring the 2024 Breeders' Cup Juvenile. (Ernie Belmonte/Past The Wire) June 17-19 - Royal Ascot Breeders’ Cup Release The Breeders’ Cup Challenge...

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Bellagio Opera Seeks Success in Takarazuka Kinen

POSTED: June 12, 2025

Bellagio Opera. (JPA Photo) Sunday’s Winner Gains Automatic Berth into Longines Breeders’ Cup Turf for World Championships at Del Mar Breeders’ Cup Release TAKARAZUKA, Japan –...

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West Acre Has Royal BC Ambitions   

POSTED: June 10, 2025

West Acre scoring the Group 3 Nad al Sheba Turf Sprint. (Dubai Racing Club) Top sprinter heads to Royal Ascot with Breeders’ Cup ambitions Breeders’ Cup...

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Soul Rush Headlines Yasuda Kinen

POSTED: June 5, 2025

Soul Rush. (Japan Racing Association) Sunday’s Winner Gains Automatic Berth into FanDuel Breeders’ Cup Mile in World Championships at Del Mar Breeders’ Cup Release TOKYO...

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BC Win and You’re In: 93 Stakes in 15 Countries

POSTED: June 5, 2025

In 2024, six Breeders’ Cup World Championships winners earned automatic berths via the Breeders’ Cup Challenge series including Henri Matisse (IRE) in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile...

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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.

You’ll find coverage of all the excitement leading up to the races such as previews, features, results, workouts and more. We interview Breeders’ Cup participants including trainers, jockeys, owners and breeders.

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