Past Champions Highlight Pre-Entries for Next Week’s Breeders’ Cup at Del Mar

Past champions highlight pre-entries for next week’s Breeders’ Cup at Del Mar

There will be no shortage of familiar names next week when the Breeders’ Cup is held for the second straight year and fourth time overall at Del Mar. Among the 191 pre-entries announced Wednesday for the 14-race event on Oct. 31 and Nov. 1 were eight former Breeders’ Cup champions, including five from last year. Four of the five will be trying to win the same race; the fifth, Citizen Bull, won last year’s Juvenile, which is restricted to 2-year-…

Breeders’ Cup 2025: 10 live long shots on HorseCenter

With the pre-entries for the 2025 Breeders’ Cup announced, we are ready to dig deep into the 14 races to find the best value plays over the two-day extravaganza at Del Mar.  The fields for the world championships are deep, talented and contentious, and that could not be more true than in the big one. Headlined by the streaking Sovereignty, the $7 million Breeders’ Cup Classic will include no fewer than 10 Grade 1 winners, all in good form. That …

Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile: White Abarrio hopes to burnish résumé with win at new distance

White Abarrio will be moving to a new distance when he seeks to win a second career Breeders' Cup race in the Grade 1, $1 million Dirt Mile on Nov. 1 at Del Mar.