The Breeders’ Cup World Championships is a two-day meeting in the USA which takes place over two days, a Friday and Saturday in late October to early November. The hosts course rotates around a series of venues, Santa Anita in California holding the most meetings to date with eleven, followed by Churchill Downs in Kentucky with nine. The 2025 meeting takes place at Del Mar, California.
Of the fourteen Breeders’ Cup races, all of which are Grade 1s, seven are run on dirt and seven are run on turf. That, coupled with $34m in prize money up for grabs, means that the meeting attracts top-class runners from all over the world. The most valuable races are the $7m Breeders’ Cup Classic and the $5m Breeders’ Cup Turf.
Five of the Breeders’ Cup races are for juveniles, who are aged two, these are run on the Friday. The remaining nine races for runners aged three and above are run on the Saturday. There are also supporting races outside of the Breeders’ Cup contests to enhance the racecards on both days.
Friday 31st October 2025
On Friday there are five races on the card before the five juvenile Breeders’ Cup races. The first is a 1m race for runners 3yo+ before two races for juveniles over 1m and 7f. A 5f sprint follows before the 7f Golden State Juvenile Stakes.
The five Breeders’ Cup races on Friday are all for two-year-olds, beginning with the Juvenile Turf Sprint over 5f before the 1m½f Juvenile Fillies on the dirt course. Next is the 1m Juvenile Fillies Turf ahead of the 1m½f Breeders’ Cup Juvenile, a dirt race, and finally the 1m Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf.
- 6:35pm: The Pacific Shore
1m, 3yo+, $175,000 - 7:10pm: Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance Stakes
1m, 2yo, $200,000 - 7:45pm: Golden State Juvenile Fillies Stakes
7f, 2yo, $175,000 - 8:25pm: Senator Ken Maddy Stakes Presented By Breeders’ Cup Charities
5f, 3yo+, $200,000 - 9:05am: Golden State Juvenile Stakes
7f, 2yo, $175,000 - 9:45pm: Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint
Grade 1, 5f, 2yo, $1,000,000 - 10:25pm: NetJets Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies
Grade 1, 1m½f, 2yo, $2,000,000 - 11:05pm: John Deere Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf
Grade 1, 1m, 2yo, $1,000,000 - 11:45pm: Fanduel Breeders’ Cup Juvenile
Grade 1, 1m½f, 2yo, $2,000,000 - 00:25am (1st Nov): Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf
Grade 1, 1m, 2yo, $1,000,000
Saturday 1st November 2025
On Saturday, the action begins with three non-Breeders’ Cup races in a 1m turf race, 6f dirt race and the Grade 3 Goldikova Stakes over 1m.
The Breeders’ Cup action on Saturday starts with the 7f Filly & Mare Sprint before the 5f Turf Sprint and the 6f Breeders’ Cup Sprint on dirt. The 1m1f Distaff is next before the $5m Breeders’ Cup Turf over 1m4f.
The biggest race of the meeting is next in the $7m Breeders’ Cup Classic which is run over 1m2f. The meeting closes with the Breeders’ Cup Mile on the turf track, the Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile and finally the Filly & Mare Turf over 1m3f.
- 5:05pm: Turf Race
1m, 3yo+, $175,000 - 5:40pm: Dirt Race
6f, 3yo+, $175,000 - 6:15pm: Goldikova Stakes Presented By Yaamava’
Grade 3, 1m, 3yo+, $300,000 - 7:00pm: PNC Bank Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Sprint
Grade 1, 7f, 3yo+, $1,000,000 - 7:41pm: Prevagen Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint
Grade 1, 5f, 3yo+, $1,000,000 - 8:21pm: Cygames Breeders’ Cup Sprint
Grade 1, 6f, 3yo+, $2,000,000 - 9:01am: Longines Breeders’ Cup Distaff
Grade 1, 1m1f, 3yo+, $2,000,000 - 9:41pm: Longines Breeders’ Cup Turf
Grade 1, 1m4f, 3yo+, $5,000,000 - 10:25pm: Longines Breeders’ Cup Classic
Grade 1, 1m2f, 3yo+, $7,000,000 - 11:05pm: Fanduel Breeders’ Cup Mile
Grade 1, 1m, 3yo+, $2,000,000 - 11:45pm: Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile
Grade 1, 1m, 3yo+, $1,000,000 - 00:25am (2nd Nov): Maker’s Mark Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf
Grade 1, 1m3f, 3yo+, $2,000,000
