The 2025 Breeders’ Cup World Championships return to Del Mar Racetrack in Del Mar, California on October 31 and November 1. This 42nd edition of the world’s premier Thoroughbred racing event features 14 Grade 1 races across two thrilling days, with over $34 million in purses and awards. Fans from around the globe will gather to witness the sport’s top horses, jockeys, and trainers compete on one of racing’s most iconic stages.
Stay up to date with everything you need for the 2025 Breeders’ Cup, including race entries, schedules, picks and expert tips, post times, wagering info, and results from the Breeders’ Cup Challenge Series: Win and You’re In™. You’ll also find the latest news, 2024 results, and payouts right here—all in one place.
2025 BREEDERS’ CUP CHALLENGE SERIES
Win, and you’re in. It’s the Breeders’ Cup Challenge Series, where the world’s top Thoroughbreds compete for a starting spot at the 2025 Breeders’ Cup World Championships at Del Mar, October 31 and November 1. With qualifying races all over the world and across three battleground regions in the US (East, West, Midwest), this year’s series just means more.
View the 2025 Challenge Series races and results below.
| DATE | RACE NAME | WINNER | DIVISION | TRACK |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JUNE | ||||
| 6/6/2025 | Ogden Phipps Presented by Ford | Dorth Vader | Distaff | Saratoga |
| 6/7/2025 | The Hill ‘N’ Dale Metropolitan Handicap | Raging Torrent | Dirt Mile | Saratoga |
| 6/8/2025 | The Jaipur | Ag Bullet | Turf Sprint | Saratoga |
| 6/8/2025 | Yasuda Kinen | Jantar Mantar (JPN) | Mile | Tokyo Racecourse |
| 6/15/2025 | Takarazuka Kinen | Meisho Tabaru (JPN) | Turf | Hanshin Racecourse |
| 6/17/2025 | The King Charles III Stakes | American Affair (GB) | Turf Sprint | Ascot |
| 6/17/2025 | The Queen Anne Stakes | Docklands (GB) | Mile | Ascot |
| 6/18/2025 | The Prince of Wales's Stakes | Ombudsman (IRE) | Turf | Ascot |
| 6/19/2025 | The Norfolk Stakes | Charles Darwin (IRE) | Juvenile Turf Sprint | Ascot |
| 6/22/2025 | Grande Premio Brasil | Turf | Hipódromo da Gávea | |
| 6/22/2025 | Gran Premio Pamplona | Filly & Mare Turf | Hipódromo de Monterrico | |
| 6/28/2025 | Fleur de Lis Stakes | Distaff | Churchill Downs | |
| 6/28/2025 | Stephen Foster Stakes | Classic | Churchill Downs | |
| 6/29/2025 | Asociación Uruguaya de Propietarios de Caballos de Carrera | Dirt Mile | Hipodromo Nacional de Maroñas | |
| JULY | ||||
| 7/19/2025 | NYRA Bets Haskell Stakes | Classic | Monmouth Park | |
| 7/26/2025 | King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes | Turf | Ascot | |
| 7/26/2025 | Bing Crosby Stakes | Sprint | Del Mar | |
| 7/30/2025 | Jaeger-Lecoultre Molecomb Stakes | Juvenile Turf Sprint | Goodwood | |
| 7/30/2025 | Qatar Sussex Stakes | Mile | Goodwood | |
| 7/31/2025 | Qatar Nassau Stakes | Filly & Mare Turf | Goodwood | |
| AUGUST | ||||
| 8/2/2025 | Clement L. Hirsch Stakes presented by Oak Tree Racing Association | Distaff | Del Mar | |
| 8/2/2025 | The FanDuel Fourstardave | Mile | Saratoga | |
| 8/2/2025 | The Whitney | Classic | Saratoga | |
| 8/9/2025 | The Sword Dancer | Turf | Saratoga | |
| 8/16/2025 | E.P. Taylor Stakes | Filly & Mare Turf | Woodbine | |
| 8/20/2025 | Juddmonte International Stakes | Classic | York | |
| 8/20/2025 | Tattersalls Acomb Stakes | Juvenile Turf | York | |
| 8/21/2025 | Pertemps Network Yorkshire Oaks | Filly & Mare Turf | York | |
| 8/22/2025 | Coolmore Wootton Bassett Nunthorpe Stakes | Turf Sprint | York | |
| 8/23/2025 | Pat O'Brien Stakes | Dirt Mile | Del Mar | |
| 8/23/2025 | William Hill Prestige Fillies' Stakes | Juvenile Fillies Turf | Goodwood | |
| 8/23/2025 | The Forego | Dirt Mile | Saratoga | |
| 8/23/2025 | The Personal Ensign | Distaff | Saratoga | |
| 8/23/2025 | The Resorts World Casino Ballerina | Filly & Mare Sprint | Saratoga | |
| 8/30/2025 | Del Mar Handicap Presented By The Japan Racing Association | Turf | Del Mar | |
| 8/30/2025 | Green Flash Handicap | Turf Sprint | Del Mar | |
| 8/30/2025 | Pacific Classic | Classic | Del Mar | |
| 8/30/2025 | Kentucky Downs Turf Sprint | Turf Sprint | Kentucky Downs | |
| 8/30/2025 | The Flower Bowl | Filly & Mare Turf | Saratoga | |
| 8/30/2025 | The Spinaway | Juvenile Fillies | Saratoga | |
| 8/31/2025 | Jockey Club Gold Cup | Classic | Saratoga | |
| SEPTEMBER | ||||
| 9/6/2025 | FanDuel TV Kentucky Turf Cup Invitational | Turf | Kentucky Downs | |
| 9/7/2025 | Korea Cup | Dirt Mile | Seoul Racecourse | |
| 9/7/2025 | Korea Sprint | Sprint | Seoul Racecourse | |
| 9/13/2025 | Coolmore America 'Justify' Matron Stakes | Filly & Mare Turf | Leopardstown | |
| 9/13/2025 | The KPMG Champions Juvenile Stakes | Juvenile Turf | Leopardstown | |
| 9/13/2025 | The Royal Bahrain Irish Champion Stakes | Turf | Leopardstown | |
| 9/13/2025 | bet365 Summer Stakes | Juvenile Turf | Woodbine | |
| 9/13/2025 | Johnnie Walker Natalma Stakes | Juvenile Fillies Turf | Woodbine | |
| 9/13/2025 | Rogers Woodbine Mile | Mile | Woodbine | |
| 9/14/2025 | Bar One Flying Five Stakes | Turf Sprint | Curragh Racecourse | |
| 9/14/2025 | Moyglare Stud Stakes | Juvenile Fillies Turf | Curragh Racecourse | |
| 9/20/2025 | Princess Rooney Invitational | Filly & Mare Sprint | Gulfstream Park | |
| 9/27/2025 | The Vosburgh | Sprint | Aqueduct | |
| 9/27/2025 | City of Hope Mile | Mile | Santa Anita | |
| 9/27/2025 | Goodwood Stakes | Classic | Santa Anita | |
| 9/28/2025 | Santa Anita Sprint Championship | Sprint | Santa Anita | |
| 9/28/2025 | Zenyatta Stakes | Distaff | Santa Anita | |
| OCTOBER | ||||
| 10/3/2025 | The Futurity | Juvenile Turf Sprint | Aqueduct | |
| 10/3/2025 | Darley Alcibiades | Juvenile Fillies | Keeneland | |
| 10/3/2025 | Jessamine Presented by Keeneland Sales | Juvenile Fillies Turf | Keeneland | |
| 10/3/2025 | Stoll Keenon Ogden Phoenix | Sprint | Keeneland | |
| 10/4/2025 | The Champagne | Juvenile | Aqueduct | |
| 10/4/2025 | The Miss Grillo | Juvenile Fillies Turf | Aqueduct | |
| 10/4/2025 | The Pilgrim | Juvenile Turf | Aqueduct | |
| 10/4/2025 | Claiborne Breeders' Futurity | Juvenile | Keeneland | |
| 10/4/2025 | Coolmore Turf Mile | Mile | Keeneland | |
| 10/4/2025 | Thoroughbred Club of America | Filly & Mare Sprint | Keeneland | |
| 10/4/2025 | American Pharoah presented by DK Horse | Juvenile | Santa Anita | |
| 10/4/2025 | Oak Leaf Presented by Oak Tree | Juvenile Fillies | Santa Anita | |
| 10/4/2025 | Rodeo Drive Stakes | Filly & Mare Turf | Santa Anita | |
| 10/5/2025 | Castle & Key Bourbon | Juvenile Turf | Keeneland | |
| 10/5/2025 | Juddmonte Spinster | Distaff | Keeneland | |
| 10/5/2025 | Prix de l'Abbaye de Longchamp Longines | Turf Sprint | ParisLongchamp | |
| 10/5/2025 | Prix de l'Opera Longines | Filly & Mare Turf | ParisLongchamp | |
| 10/5/2025 | Qatar Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe | Turf | ParisLongchamp | |
| 10/5/2025 | Qatar Prix de la Foret | Mile | ParisLongchamp | |
| 10/5/2025 | Qatar Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere | Juvenile Turf | ParisLongchamp | |
| 10/5/2025 | Qatar Prix Marcel Boussac | Juvenile Fillies Turf | ParisLongchamp | |
| 10/18/2025 | QIPCO Champion Stakes | Turf | Ascot |
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2024 BREEDERS’ CUP CLASSIC RESULTS AND PAYOUTS
2024 BREEDERS’ CUP RESULTS
Previous Results
– Breeders Cup 2023
– Breeders Cup 2022
– Breeders Cup 2021
– Breeders Cup 2020
– Breeders Cup 2019
– Breeders Cup 2018
– Breeders Cup 2017
