2025 Breeders' Cup
Owners Gary Barber and C2 Racing Stable have filed a suit in a California Superior Court alleging that defendants Breeders' Cup Limited, the California Horse Racing Board, and the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club engaged in intentional interference with prospective economic relations, negligent interference with prospective economic relations, violation of California business & professions code, gross negligence, negligence, breach of contract, and breach of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing. The matter involves the scratching of White Abarrio (Race Day), which took place just minutes before the running...
Del Mar rounded out its 12th Bing Crosby Fall Meet on Sunday with a 9.4% gain in total handle, despite running one fewer day than in 2024 due to a weather-related cancellation. Total wagering for the recently concluded 13-day fall meet rose to $183.4 million compared to $167.6 million for the 14-day 2024 fall season. Average daily handle for the 13 race days was $14.1 million an increase of 17.8% from last year. Field size for the fall season remained steady at 7.77 runners per race versus 7.72 in 2024....
Bill Finley, Randy Moss, and Zoe Cadman handicap the Breeders' Cup races for 2025, offering their selections and analysis.
The TDN Writers' Room, which is presented by Keeneland, took a different route this week, handicapping every Breeders' Cup race. How did we do? We'll know late Saturday evening. Here are the highlights of the picks made by Zoe Cadman, Bill Finley and Randy Moss. FRIDAY: Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint: Predicting that Aidan O'Brien is going to have a huge Friday, Finley picked True Love (Ire) (No Nay Never), pointing out that the filly is coming off a Group I win in the Cheveley Park S. and looks to...
The Week In Review 1) Not only will this year's Breeders' Cup championships feature the 1-2-3 finishers from each of the 2024 and 2025 GI Kentucky Derbies, but the two champion 2-year-old males who each won the GI Juvenile in the past two seasons will also be in action. Sovereignty (Into Mischief), Journalism (Curlin) and Baeza (McKinzie) all finished within 1 ¾ lengths of each other in the Derby six months ago, and will all hook up in Saturday's GI Classic. Mystik Dan (Goldencents), 'TDN Rising Star' Sierra Leone (Gun...
The official race order, post times, and wagering menu for the 42nd Breeders' Cup World Championships Oct. 31-Nov. 1 at Del Mar Thoroughbred Club in Del Mar were released by Breeders' Cup Limited Wednesday. The 2025 World Championships will feature 14 Grade I races and more than $34 million in purses and awards. Del Mar will host the Breeders' Cup for the fourth time. The $7 million GI Longines Breeders' Cup Classic anchors a 3.5-hour NBC broadcast window on Saturday (12:30-4:00 p.m. PT / 3:30-7:00 p.m. ET) as Race 9...
The launch of "Champions Give Back," a campaign dedicated to raising funds and awareness for Breeders' Cup Charities, will coincide with this year's World Championships, according to an organization release Tuesday. Led by an annual donation of all royalties received on Breeders' Cup merchandise sales, "Champions Give Back" will support the enhanced Breeders' Cup Charities program announced earlier this year. Breeders' Cup Charities supports Thoroughbred aftercare, jockey health and wellness, backstretch and industry workers, equine research, and other impactful community initiatives. Featuring a selection of apparel, accessories, and décor, all...