On November 2-3, 2018 the 35th Breeders’ Cup World Championships will be held at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky. Total purses and awards for the 2018 Breeders’ Cup World Championships will exceed $30 million, including more than $1 million in purses for the undercard races. Whether you’re looking for past contenders, odds, Breeders’ Cup races, 2018 Challenge Series races and results, news, 2017 results and payouts, picks and tips, or handicapping advice, you will have the most updated information here.

LATEST BREEDERS’ CUP NEWS

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2018 BREEDERS’ CUP CHALLENGE SERIES

The Breeders’ Cup Challenge Series consists of the best races from around the world and awards each winner an automatic and free entry into the Breeders’ Cup World Championships on November 2 & 3 at Churchill Downs. It’s simple, they win and they’re in.

DATE	RACE NAME	TRACK	DIVISION	WINNER
JANUARY
Jan 6	Cartier Paddock Stakes	Kenilworth	Maker's Mark Filly & Mare Turf	Oh Susanna (AUS)
Jan 6	L'Ormarins Queen's Plate	Kenilworth	Mile	Legal Eagle (SAF)
FEBRUARY
Feb 18	February Stakes	Tokyo Racecourse	Classic	Nonkono Yume (JPN)
APRIL
Apr 7	The Star Doncaster Mile	Royal Randwick	Mile	Happy Clapper
Apr 14	Coolmore Legacy Stakes	Royal Randwick	Maker's Mark Filly & Mare Turf	Alizee (AUS)
MAY
May 1	Gran Premio Criadores	Palermo	Longines Distaff	Sinfonia Fantastica (ARG)
May 21	Gran Premio Club Hipico Falabella	Club Hípico de Santiago	Mile	Nuevo Maestro (CHI)
May 25	Gran Premio 25 de Mayo	San Isidro	Longines Turf	La Extrana Dama (ARG)
May 28	Shoemaker Mile S.	Santa Anita Park	Mile	Hunt (IRE)
JUNE
Jun 3	Yasuda Kinen	Tokyo Racecourse	Mile	Mozu Ascot
Jun 9	Ogden Phipps Stakes	Belmont Park	Longines Distaff	Abel Tasman
Jun 9	Jaipur Invitational Stakes	Belmont Park	Turf Sprint	Disco Partner
Jun 9	Runhappy Metropolitan Handicap	Belmont Park	Dirt Mile	Bee Jersey
Jun 10	Grande Premio Brasil	Hipódromo da Gávea	Longines Turf	Quarteto De Cordas (BRZ)
Jun 16	Stephen Foster H.	Churchill Downs	Classic	Pavel
Jun 16	Fleur de Lis H.	Churchill Downs	Longines Distaff	Blue Prize
Jun 19	Queen Anne S.	Ascot	Mile	Accidental Agent
Jun 20	Prince of Wales's S.	Ascot	Longines Turf	Poet’s Word
Jun 21	Norfolk S.	Ascot	Juvenile Turf Sprint	Shang Shang Shang
Jun 23	Diamond Jubilee S.	Ascot	Turf Sprint	Merchant Navy
Jun 24	Gran Premio Pamplona	Hipódromo de Monterrico	Maker's Mark Filly & Mare Turf	Smart Choice (ARG)
Jun 24	Takarazuka Kinen	Hanshin Racecourse	Longines Turf	Mikki Rocket (JPN)
Jun 30	Highlander Stakes	Woodbine Racetrack	Turf Sprint	Long On Value
Jun 30	Princess Rooney H.	Gulfstream Park	Filly & Mare Sprint	Stormy Embrace
JULY
Jul 7	Belmont Sprint Championship S.	Belmont Park	TwinSpires Sprint	Limousine Liberal
Jul 28	King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes sponsored by QIPCO	Ascot	Longines Turf	Poet’s Word
Jul 28	Bing Crosby S.	Del Mar	TwinSpires Sprint	Ransom the Moon
Jul 29	Clement L. Hirsch S.	Del Mar	Longines Distaff	Unique Bella
Jul 29	Haskell Invitational	Monmouth Park	Classic	Good Magic
AUGUST
Aug 1	Qatar Sussex Stakes	Goodwood	Mile	Lightning Spear
Aug 4	Whitney Stakes	Saratoga	Classic	Diversify
Aug 11	Arlington Million	Arlington Park	Longines Turf	Robert Bruce (CHI)
Aug 11	Beverly D. Stakes	Arlington Park	Maker's Mark Filly & Mare Turf	Sistercharlie (IRE)
Aug 12	Prix du Haras de Fresnay-Le-Buffard Jacques le Marois	Deauville	Mile	Alpha Centauri (IRE)
Aug 18	Del Mar H. Presented by The Japan Racing Association	Del Mar	Longines Turf	Fashion Business (GB)
Aug 18	TVG Pacific Classic	Del Mar	Classic	Accelerate
Aug 22	Juddmonte International S.	York	Longines Turf	Roaring Lion
Aug 23	Darley Yorkshire Oaks	York	Maker's Mark Filly & Mare Turf	Sea of Class
Aug 24	Coolmore Nunthorpe Stakes	York	Turf Sprint	Alpha Delphini (GB)
Aug 25	Sword Dancer	Saratoga	Longines Turf	Glorious Empire (IRE)
Aug 25	Personal Ensign	Saratoga	Longines Distaff	Abel Tasman
Aug 25	Ketel One Ballerina	Saratoga	Filly & Mare Sprint	Marley's Freedom
Aug 25	Forego	Saratoga	Dirt Mile	Whitmore
Aug 25	Pat O'Brien S.	Del Mar	Dirt Mile	Catalina Cruiser
SEPTEMBER
Sep 1	Spinaway	Saratoga	Tito's Handmade Vodka Juvenile Fillies	Sippican Harbor
Sep 15	Iroquois S.	Churchill Downs	Sentient Jet Juvenile	Cairo Cat
Sep 15	Coolmore Fastnet Rock Matron S.	Leopardstown	Maker's Mark Filly & Mare Turf	Laurens (FR)
Sep 15	QIPCO Irish Champion Stakes	Leopardstown	Longines Turf	Roaring Lion
Sep 15	KPMG Champions Juvenile Stakes	Leopardstown	Juvenile Turf	Madhmoon
Sep 15	Ricoh Woodbine Mile	Woodbine	Mile	Oscar Performance
Sep 15	Pocahontas S.	Churchill Downs	Tito's Handmade Vodka Juvenile Fillies	Serengeti Empress
Sep 16	Derrinstown Stud Flying Five Stakes	Curragh Racecourse	Turf Sprint	Havana Grey (GB)
Sep 16	Moyglare Stud Stakes	Curragh Racecourse	Juvenile Fillies Turf	Skitter Scatter
Sep 16	Natalma Stakes	Woodbine	Juvenile Fillies Turf	La Pelosa (IRE)
Sep 16	Summer Stakes	Woodbine	Juvenile Turf	Fog of War
Sep 28	Shadwell Rockfel	Newmarket Racecourse	Juvenile Fillies Turf	N/A
Sep 29	Joe Hirsch Turf Classic	Belmont Park	Longines Turf	N/A
Sep 29	The Vosburgh	Belmont Park	TwinSpires Sprint	N/A
Sep 29	Juddmonte Royal Lodge Stakes	Newmarket Racecourse	Juvenile Turf	N/A
Sep 29	American Pharoah Stakes	Santa Anita Park	Sentient Jet Juvenile	N/A
Sep 29	Chandelier Stakes	Santa Anita Park	Tito's Handmade Vodka Juvenile Fillies	N/A
Sep 29	Rodeo Drive Stakes	Santa Anita Park	Maker's Mark Filly & Mare Turf	N/A
Sep 29	Awesome Again Stakes	Santa Anita Park	Classic	N/A
Sep 29	Jockey Club Gold Cup Stakes	Belmont Park	Classic	N/A
Sep 30	Sprinters S.	Nakayama	Turf Sprint	N/A
Sep 29	Zenyatta Stakes	Santa Anita Park	Longines Distaff	N/A
OCTOBER
Oct 5	Stoll Keenon Ogden Phoenix Stakes	Keeneland	TwinSpires Sprint	N/A
Oct 5	Darley Alcibiades Stakes	Keeneland	Tito's Handmade Vodka Juvenile Fillies	N/A
Oct 6	First Lady S.	Keeneland	Maker's Mark Filly & Mare Turf	N/A
Oct 6	Thoroughbred Club of America Stakes	Keeneland	Filly & Mare Sprint	N/A
Oct 6	Claiborne Breeders' Futurity	Keeneland	Sentient Jet Juvenile	N/A
Oct 6	Shadwell Turf Mile Stakes	Keeneland	Mile	N/A
Oct 6	Frizette Stakes	Belmont Park	Tito's Handmade Vodka Juvenile Fillies	N/A
Oct 6	The Futurity	Belmont Park	Juvenile Turf Sprint	N/A
Oct 6	Santa Anita Sprint Championship	Santa Anita Park	TwinSpires Sprint	N/A
Oct 6	TBA	Santa Anita Park	Juvenile Turf Sprint	N/A
Oct 7	Total Prix Marcel Boussac	Chantilly	Juvenile Fillies Turf	N/A
Oct 7	Qatar Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere	Chantilly	Juvenile Turf	N/A
Oct 7	Longines Prix de l'Opera	Chantilly	Maker's Mark Filly & Mare Turf	N/A
Oct 7	Flower Bowl Stakes	Belmont Park	Maker's Mark Filly & Mare Turf	N/A
Oct 7	Champagne Stakes	Belmont Park	Sentient Jet Juvenile	N/A
Oct 7	Indian Summer Stakes	Keeneland	Juvenile Turf Sprint	N/A
Oct 7	Juddmonte Spinster Stakes	Keeneland	Longines Distaff	N/A
Oct 7	Dixiana Bourbon S.	Keeneland	Juvenile Turf	N/A
Oct 7	Jockey Club Gold Cup Stakes	Belmont Park	Classic	N/A
Oct 10	JPMorgan Chase Jessamine Stakes	Keeneland	Juvenile Fillies Turf	N/A

2018 BREEDERS’ CUP FUTURE WAGER

The Breeders’ Cup Future Wager gives you the opportunity to lock down potential Breeders’ Cup contenders early as they compete towards locking-in starts for their specific divisions. A future wager bet can offer larger payouts for horses who win their Breeders’ Cup race because the fields are still relatively unknown.

The Breeders’ Cup Classic will offer two opportunities for placing a future wager and the Distaff, Juvenile, Turf and Juvenile Sire future wagers will present one advanced offering.

The dates and results for the 2018 Breeders’ Cup Future Wager are:

August 24-26, 2018 (CLOSED)

Breeders’ Cup Classic Future Wager Pool 1
Breeders’ Cup Longines Distaff Future Wager Pool

August 31-September 2, 2018 (CLOSED)

Sentient Jet Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Future Wager Pool
Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Sire Future Wager Pool

October 5-7, 2018

Breeders’ Cup Classic Future Wager Pool 2
Longines Breeders’ Cup Turf Future Wager Pool

2017 BREEDERS’ CUP CLASSIC RESULTS AND PAYOUTS

Race Recap/Replay

On Saturday, November 4, 2017, Winchell Thoroughbreds and Three Chimneys Farm’s Gun Runner won the Grade 1, $6,000,000 Breeders’ Cup Classic going wire-to-wire in a final time of 2:01.29. The Classic was the final race of the 34th Breeders’ Cup World Championships at Del Mar Thoroughbred Club.

Gun Runner’s win was trainer Steve Asmussen’s sixth Breeders’ Cup victory and second in the Classic, having won 10 years ago at Monmouth Park with Curlin. Ridden by Florent Geroux, it was his fourth Breeders’ Cup victory and first in the Classic. Get results and payouts to the 2017 Breeders’ Cup Classic below. Also, be on the lookout for our upcoming 2018 Breeders’ Cup Wagering Guide.

#	HORSE	JOCKEY	TRAINER	WIN	PLACE	SHOW
5	Gun Runner	Florent Geroux	Steve Asmussen	6.80	4.40	3.20
11	Collected	Martin Garcia	Bob Baffert		5.60	4.00
8	West Coast	Javier Castellano	Bob Baffert			3.60

WAGER TYPE	NUMBERS	PAYOFF	POOL
$1.00 Pick 3	6-1-5 (3 Correct)	$707.80	$1,091,532
$0.50 Pick 4	5-6-1-5 (4 Correct)	$1,257.15	$5,163,476
$2.00 Pick 6	5-8-5-6-1-5 (5 Correct)	$1,381.80
$2.00 Pick 6	5-8-5-6-1-5 (6 Correct)	$388,423.60	$2,994,088
$2.00 Daily Double	1-5	$118.20	$1,348,534
$1.00 Distaff/Classic Daily Double	6-5	$18.70	$628,940
$1.00 Exacta	5-11	$17.00	$3,880,075
$1.00 Superfecta	5-11-8-4	$1,433.50	$1,998,341
$1.00 Super High Five	5-11-8-4-1	$2,435.90	$294,834
$1.00 Super High Five	5-11-8-4-9	$4,090.40
$0.50 Trifecta	5-11-8	$32.25	$3,292,902

2017 BREEDERS’ CUP RACE RESULTS

While the Grade 1, $6,000,000 Breeders’ Cup Classic was the main event, the Breeders’ Cup also featured 12 other Grade 1 races throughout the 2-day World Championships: the Juvenile Fillies Turf, Las Vegas Dirt Mile, Juvenile Turf, Longines Distaff, 14 Hands Winery Juvenile Fillies, Turf Sprint, Filly & Mare Sprint, Filly & Mare Turf, Twinspires Sprint, Mile, Sentient Jet Juvenile, and Longines Turf. Here are the results and payouts for the 2017 Breeders’ Cup:

Friday, November 3, 2017

Juvenile Fillies Turf – Race Recap/Replay

Race #: 6
Purse: $1,000,000
Grade: 1
Distance: 1 Mile
Age: 2

#	HORSE	JOCKEY	TRAINER	WIN	PLACE	SHOW
11	Rushing Fall	Javier Castellano	Chad Brown	8.00	4.60	3.40
1	Best Performance	Jose Ortiz	Christophe Clement		11.80	7.80
10	September (IRE)	Seamus Heffernan	Aidan O'Brien			4.80

Las Vegas Dirt Mile – Race Recap/Replay

Race #: 7
Purse: $1,000,000
Grade: 1
Distance: 1 Mile
Age: 3+

#	HORSE	JOCKEY	TRAINER	WIN	PLACE	SHOW
9	Battle of Midway	Flavien Prat	Jerry Hollendorfer	30.40	11.40	6.60
3	Sharp Azteca	Paco Lopez	Jorge Navarro		4.80	4.00
5	Awesome Slew	John Velazquez	Mark Casse			7.00

Juvenile Turf – Race Recap/Replay

Race #: 8
Purse: $1,000,000
Grade: 1
Distance: 1 Mile
Age: 2

#	HORSE	JOCKEY	TRAINER	WIN	PLACE	SHOW
1	Mendelssohn	Ryan Moore	Aidan O'Brien	11.60	8.40	5.60
2	Untamed Domain	Jose Ortiz	H. Graham Motion		11.00	7.00
8	Voting Control	Javier Castellano	Chad Brown			6.20

Longines Distaff – Race Recap/Replay

Race #: 9
Purse: $2,000,000
Grade: 1
Distance: 1 1/8 Miles
Age: 3+

#	HORSE	JOCKEY	TRAINER	WIN	PLACE	SHOW
6	Forever Unbridled	John Velazquez	Dallas Stewart	9.40	5.00	3.40
4	Abel Tasman	Mike Smith	Bob Baffert		5.40	3.60
7	Paradise Woods	Flavien Prat	Richard Mandella			3.80

Saturday, November 4, 2017

14 Hands Winery Juvenile Fillies – Race Recap/Replay

Race #: 4
Purse: $2,000,000
Grade: 1
Distance: 1 1/16 Miles
Age: 2

#	HORSE	JOCKEY	TRAINER	WIN	PLACE	SHOW
12	Caledonia Road	Mike Smith	Ralph Nicks	36.60	15.40	9.80
9	Alluring Star	Joseph Talamo	Bob Baffert		10.40	7.20
5	Blonde Bomber	Jose Lezcano	Stanley Gold			15.20

Turf Sprint – Race Recap/Replay

Race #: 5
Purse: $1,000,000
Grade: 1
Distance: 5 Furlongs
Age: 3+

#	HORSE	JOCKEY	TRAINER	WIN	PLACE	SHOW
4	Stormy Liberal	Joel Rosario	Peter Miller	62.40	26.60	15.60
7	Richard's Boy	Flavien Prat	Peter Miller		13.00	7.40
1	Disco Partner	Irad Ortiz, Jr.	Christophe Clement			4.60

Filly & Mare Sprint – Race Recap/Replay

Race #: 6
Purse: $1,000,000
Grade: 1
Distance: 7 Furlongs
Age: 3+

#	HORSE	JOCKEY	TRAINER	WIN	PLACE	SHOW
5	Bar of Gold	Irad Ortiz, Jr.	John Kimmel	135.40	44.20	21.60
14	Ami's Mesa	Luis Contreras	Josie Carroll		16.20	11.00
1	Carina Mia	Javier Castellano	Chad Brown			11.00

Filly & Mare Turf – Race Recap/Replay

Race #: 7
Purse: $2,000,000
Grade: 1
Distance: 1 1/8 Miles
Age: 3+

#	HORSE	JOCKEY	TRAINER	WIN	PLACE	SHOW
5	Wuheida (GB)	William Buick	Charles Appleby	24.40	12.40	8.60
14	Rhododendron (IRE)	Ryan Moore	Aidan O'Brien		9.40	6.80
6	Cambodia	Drayden Van Dyke	Thomas Proctor			6.80

Twinspires Sprint – Race Recap/Replay

Race #: 8
Purse: $1,500,000
Grade: 1
Distance: 6 Furlongs
Age: 3+

#	HORSE	JOCKEY	TRAINER	WIN	PLACE	SHOW
8	Roy H	Kent Desormeaux	Peter Miller	11.80	5.00	3.60
10	Imperial Hint	Javier Castellano	Luis Carvajal, Jr.		5.20	4.00
6	Mind Your Biscuits	Joel Rosario	Chad Summers			4.40

Mile – Race Recap/Replay

Race #: 9
Purse: $2,000,000
Grade: 1
Distance: 1 Mile
Age: 3+

#	HORSE	JOCKEY	TRAINER	WIN	PLACE	SHOW
5	World Approval	John Velazquez	Mark Casse	7.40	4.80	3.80
4	Lancaster Bomber	Seamus Heffernan	Aidan O'Brien		13.60	8.00
13	Blackjackcat	Kent Desormeaux	Mark Glatt			7.40

Sentient Jet Juvenile – Race Recap/Replay

Race #: 10
Purse: $2,000,000
Grade: 1
Distance: 1 1/16 Miles
Age: 2

#	HORSE	JOCKEY	TRAINER	WIN	PLACE	SHOW
6	Good Magic	Jose Ortiz	Chad Brown	25.00	9.40	5.60
2	Solomini	Flavien Prat	Bob Baffert		8.40	4.40
11	Bolt d'Oro	Corey Nakatani	Mick Ruis			2.60

Longines Turf – Race Recap/Replay

Race #: 11
Purse: $4,000,000
Grade: 1
Distance: 1 1/2 Miles
Age: 3+

#	HORSE	JOCKEY	TRAINER	WIN	PLACE	SHOW
1	Talismanic (GB)	Mickael Barzalona	Andre Fabre	30.20	10.80	6.40
12	Beach Patrol	Joel Rosario	Chad Brown		4.00	3.00
3	Highland Reel (IRE)	Ryan Moore	Aidan O'Brien			3.40