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Breeders' Cup
World Championships Wrap Up

Trainer Jose D'Angelo (right) was the only trainer to win more than one Breeders' Cup races this year, with two victories on Saturday.

The 42nd Breeders' Cup World Championships held on Friday and Saturday, October 31 and 1, 2025, at Del Mar Thoroughbred Club in north San Diego County, California, are now in the record books. Attendance on Championship Saturday was 35,173 and the two-day on-track attendance was 65,232. On-track handle for the 2 days was $18,079,169. Total all-sources, global common-pool handle for the two-day Breeders' Cup World Championships at Del Mar was $180,036,799, third highest ever. Total common-pool handle on Saturday's 12-race Breeders' Cup card was $118,028,444. All sources common-pool handle on Breeders' Cup's 10-race Future Stars Friday card was $62,008,354. This is the eighth consecutive year that Breeders' Cup grouped all its juvenile races together on Friday.

The Championships were held at Del Mar for the fourth time, after 2017, 2021, and 2024. The 43rd Breeders' Cup World Championships will be held Friday-Saturday, October 30-31, 2026 at Keeneland Race Course in Lexington, Kentucky, followed by the 44th on October 29-30, 2027 at Belmont Park on Long Island, New York.

Ryusei Sakai celebrates aboard Forever Young (Classic).

Irad Ortiz Jr., who rode three winners over the two-day 42nd Breeders’ Cup World Championships, won the 23rd Bill Shoemaker Award as the outstanding jockey for the marquee event at Del Mar. It is the sixth time he has won the award. Ortiz opened the weekend with a victory on Cy Fair in the Juvenile Turf Sprint and followed up back-to-back victories Saturday on Shisospicy in the Turf Sprint and Bentornato in the Sprint.

The only other rider with multiple victories was last year’s Shoemaker Award winner Flavien Prat. Prat had two victories, both coming Saturday with Splendora in the Filly & Mare Sprint and Nysos in the Dirt Mile.

Europeans entrants won five Championship races: Gstaad (Juvenile Turf), Balantina (Juvenile Fillies Turf), Notable Speech (Mile), Ethical Diamond (Turf) and Gezora (Filly & Mare Turf).

Jockey Hector Berrios celebrates his first BC win aboard Super Corredora (Juvenile Fillies)

Three jockeys won their first Breeders' Cup races this year. Hector Berrios on Super Corredora (Juvenile Fillies), Dylan McMonagle on Ethical Diamond (Turf), and Ryusei Sakai on Forever Young (Classic). Among trainers with their first BC wins, Willie Mullins won with his first ever starter, with Ethical Diamond (Turf). Jose D'Angelo got his first BC win with Shisospicy (Turf Sprint), Francis Henri-Graffard with Gezora (Filly and Mare Turf), Donnacha O'Brien with Balantina (Juvenile Fillies Turf), and George Weaver with Cy Fair (Turf Sprint). D'Angelo didn't waste time getting his second BC win, taking the Sprint with Bentornato in the next race. D'Angelo was also the only trainer with multiple wins this year.

Friday saw the first father-son combination to win Breeders' Cup Championship races in the same year. Donnacha O'Brien saddled Balantina to victory in the Juvenile Fillies Turf, then two races later his father Aidan notched his record 21st Cup win with Gstaad in the Juvenile Turf to tie with Bob Baffert for most Breeders' Cup wins by a trainer.

Five of the 14 Breeders' Cup races were won by the betting favorite. The winning favorites were Nysos ($3.40 in the Dirt Mile), Ted Noffey ($3.60 Juvenile), Gstaad ($4.40 Juvenile Turf), Notable Speech ($7.20 Mile) and Bentornato ($5.40 Sprint).  The highest price winner of the weekend was Ethical Diamond (Turf) with a $57.40 payoff for a $2 win bet. At the other end, Nysos (Dirt Mile)) was the shortest priced winner at just $3.40.

Breeders' Cup Two-Day Attendance and Handle History 2025 Del Mar 65,232 $180,036,799 2024 Del Mar 67,418 $179,218,631 2023 Santa Anita Park 109,624 $176,281,989 2022 Keeneland Race Course 85,824 $189,060,373 2021 Del Mar 47,089 $182,908,409 2020 Keeneland Race Course 0 $160,472,894 2019 Santa Anita Park 109,054 $174,000,574 2018 Churchill Downs 112,667 $157,445,842 2017 Del Mar 70,420 $166,077,486 2016 Santa Anita Park 118,484 $156,861,811 2015 Keeneland Race Course 94,652 $149,869,035 2014 Santa Anita Park 98,319 $151,158,813 2013 Santa Anita Park 94,628 $160,704,877 2012 Santa Anita Park 89,742 $144,272,332 2011 Churchill Downs 105,820 $161,512,867 2010 Churchill Downs 114,353 $173,857,697 2009 Santa Anita Park 96,496 $153,271,176 2008 Santa Anita Park 86,588 $155,740,328 2007 Monmouth Park 69,584 $129,197,262

The Torrie Horse statue, the permanent Breeders' Cup trophy, behind the Del Mar grandstand.

Breeders' Cup World Championships Leading Jockeys

(by wins)                       (by earnings)
Jockey               Wins        Jockey               Earnings
Mike Smith            27         John Velazquez       $42,060,275
Irad Ortiz Jr.        23         Mike Smith           $38,694,605
John Velazquez        22         Irad Ortiz Jr.       $31,590,345
Ryan Moore            16         Joel Rosario         $30,012,535
Joel Rosario          16         Frankie Dettori      $28,011,862
Frankie Dettori       15         Ryan Moore           $24,447,035

Breeders' Cup World Championships Leading Trainers

(by wins)                       (by earnings)
Trainer              Wins        Trainer              Earnings
Bob Baffert           21         Bob Baffert          $44,845,000
Aidan O'Brien         21         Aidan O'Brien        $36,355,590
D. Wayne Lukas        20         Todd Pletcher        $31,078,030
Chad Brown            19         Chad Brown           $29,780,690
Bill Mott             16         Bill Mott            $27,396,900
Todd Pletcher         16         D. Wayne Lukas       $22,760,520

Breeders' Cup quick links:

• 2025 Breeders' Cup Wrap Up - First-time winning jockeys and trainers, statistics, how previous winners finished, top jockeys and trainers, and more for the 42nd running of the Breeders' Cup at Del Mar.
• Saturday at the Breeders' Cup Part 1 - Saturday had 5 races on the dirt, headlined by the $7 million Longines Breeders' Cup Classic (G1) won by Forever Young. Also on the card were the Longines Breeders' Cup Distaff (G1) won by Scylla, the Cygames Breeders' Cup Sprint (G1) won by Bentornato, the Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile (G1) won by Nysos, and the PNC Bank Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Sprint (G1) won by Splendora. Get the results, charts, and photos here. Expanded results and photos: Classic, Distaff, Sprint, Dirt Mile, Filly Sprint
• Saturday at the Breeders' Cup Part 2 - Saturday also had 4 races on the turf, headlined by the $5 million Longines Breeders' Cup Turf (G1) won by Ethical Diamond. Also on the card were the FanDuel Breeders' Cup Mile (G1) won by Notable Speech, the Maker's Mark Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Turf (G1) won by Gezora, and the Prevagen Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint (G1) won by Shisospicy. Get the results, charts, and more photos here. Expanded results and photos: Turf, Mile, Filly Turf, Turf Sprint
• Future Stars Friday at the Breeders' Cup - Friday had 5 races for the Juveniles on both dirt and turf at Del Mar, headlined by the FanDuel Breeders' Cup Juvenile (G1) won by Ted Noffey. Also on the card, Gstaad won the Juvenile Turf (G1), Super Corredora won the NetJets Juvenile Fillies (G1), Balantina won the John Deere Juvenile Fillies Turf (G1), and Cy Fair won the Juvenile Turf Sprint (G1). Get the results, charts, and photos here. Expanded results and more photos: Juvenile, Juvenile Turf, Juvenile Fillies, Juvenile Fillies Turf, Juvenile Turf Sprint
• Breeders' Cup Entries - Entries closed and post positions were drawn on Monday Oct. 27 for the Breeders' Cup at Del Mar on Oct, 31 - Nov. 1. Check out the horses, post positions, and morning line odds plus info about all the races and contenders.
• 2025 Breeders' Cup Past Performances - Free past performances for all 14 Breeders' Cup races from BrisNet or Equineline.
• Wednesday Breeders' Cup Photos - 69 horses from Wednesday morning
• Wednesday Breeders' Cup Photos - 51 horses from Wednesday morning
• Breeders' Cup Weather - Check out the latest weather forecasts for the Breeders' Cup at Del Mar
• 2024 Saturday at the Breeders' Cup Part 1 - Saturday had 5 races on the dirt, headlined by the $7 million Longines Breeders' Cup Classic (G1) won by Sierra Leone. Also on the card were the Longines Breeders' Cup Distaff (G1) won by Thorpedo Anna, the Cygames Breeders' Cup Sprint (G1) won by Straight No Chaser, the Big Ass Fans Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile (G1) won by Full Serrano, and the PNC Bank Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Sprint (G1) won by Soul of an Angel. Get the results, charts, and photos here. Expanded results and photos: Classic, Distaff, Sprint, Dirt Mile, Filly Sprint
• 2024 Saturday at the Breeders' Cup Part 2 - Saturday also had 4 races on the turf, headlined by the $5 million Longines Breeders' Cup Turf (G1) won by Rebel's Romance. Also on the card were the FanDuel Breeders' Cup Mile (G1) won by More Than Looks, the Maker's Mark Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Turf (G1) won by Moira, and the Prevagen Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint (G1) won by Starlust. Get the results, charts, and more photos here. Expanded results and photos: Turf, Mile, Filly Turf, Turf Sprint
• 2024 Future Stars Friday at the Breeders' Cup - Friday had 5 races for the Juveniles on both dirt and turf at Del Mar, headlined by the FanDuel Breeders' Cup Juvenile (G1) won by Citizen Bull. Also on the card, Henri Matisse won the Juvenile Turf (G1), Immersive won the NetJets Juvenile Fillies (G1), Lake Victoria won the John Deere Juvenile Fillies Turf (G1), and Magnum Force won the Juvenile Turf Sprint (G1). Get the results, charts, and photos here. Expanded results and more photos: Juvenile, Juvenile Turf, Juvenile, Juvenile, Juvenile Turf Sprint
• Breeders' Cup Traditions - about the signature statue, the trophies and flower blankets each winner receives, and signature cocktails.
• Breeders' Cup Hits and Near Misses - Who has won multiple times or just missed a second win plus winners who are parents of winners.
• Breeders' Cup Field Selection Rules - how they decide who gets in if a Championship race is oversubscribed at pre-entry time.
• Satellite photo of Del Mar from Google Maps
• Del Mar Track Records - for all distances and surfaces.
• The Breeders' Cup Championship Day - The official page for the Breeders' Cup championship races. Just about anything you need to know about it: results, video clips, and race calls for past years, and eventually nominations, entries, and results.
• Breeders' Cup Challenge Results - Winners and photos
• Points Standings - from the Breeders' Cup
• Breeders' Cup Postcards - Breeders' Cup theme virtual postcards to send your friends including many past winners
• Breeders' Cup Supplemental Entries - The old official policy on supplemental entries plus all the supplemental entries and how they fared, mostly it was a losing proposition. There are no more supplements now, only late nominations making it impossible to track since the change.
• America's Best Racing Breeders' Cup Special - News, lifestyle, and more
• Blood Horse Breeders' Cup Special - Entries, news, history and more
• Daily Racing Form coverage - Full coverage with lots of news, stats, and other info.
• A History of Dosage in the Breeders' Cup - from Chef-de-Race.com including dosage and pedigree info.
• European News - the latest on the Euro Entries from Sporting Life
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