Fri, 10/31/2025 - 18:42

Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies: Super Corredora wires field

Barbara D. Livingston
Super Corredora gave jockey Hector Berrios his first win in a Breeders' Cup race.

DEL MAR, Calif. – When the month began, Super Corredora was still a maiden. When it ended, the daughter of Gun Runner was not only a Breeders’ Cup winner but also the favorite to claim the Eclipse Award in her division after making every pole a winning one en route to a three-quarter-length victory over the 3-2 favorite Explora in Friday’s $2 million Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies at Del Mar.

Fri, 10/31/2025 - 18:02

Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint: Cy Fair a total pro, gives Weaver first BC win

Justin N. Lane
Irad Ortiz Jr. rode Cy Fair to victory in Friday's Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint at Del Mar.

DEL MAR ,Calif. – Trainer George Weaver has done great work getting 2-year-olds to the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint. Six of the nine horses he’d run in the Breeders’ Cup contested the Juvenile Turf Sprint. He ran three in 2023 and on Friday added two more runners to his ledger. And this time he won.

Fri, 10/31/2025 - 13:06

Breeders' Cup: Precise, Blackout Time scratched

Precise at DMR Oct 29 2025
Barbara D. Livingston
Precise was scratched from the Juvenile Fillies Turf after coughing a number of times. She would have been a heavy favorite.

DEL MAR, Calif. - Precise, the 6-5 morning-line favorite for Friday’s Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf, and Blackout Time, the third choice in Friday’s $2 million Juvenile, have been scratched from their respective races, according to their connections.

Aidan O’Brien, trainer of Precise, told Matt Chapman of At the Races, that Precise coughed 10 times.

Kenny McPeek, the trainer of Blackout Time, said he was perplexed about why the vets scratched Blackout Time from the Juvenile.

Thu, 10/30/2025 - 16:30

Breeders' Cup: A confident Soumillon gets another shot on the biggest stage

Coady Media
Jockey Christophe Soumillion hasn't won a Breeders' Cup race since 2005, his only victory in the United Staes.

DEL MAR, Ca. – Christophe Soumillon wasn’t feeling sick, was, in fact, asymptomatic when a COVID-19 test administered on Nov. 4, 2020, at Keeneland came back positive the following day. Soumillon, the only one of 55 jockeys set to ride at the Breeders’ Cup to test positive, had to miss rides on Tarnawa in the Filly and Mare Turf and on Order of Australia in the Mile. Probably he did feel sick after both horses went out and won.

Thu, 10/30/2025 - 14:46

Breeders' Cup Clocker: Some stood out during hectic training session

Tamara trains at DMR Oct 29 2025
Debra A. Roma
Filly and Mare Sprint contender Tamara, shown in a Wednesday photo, had tons of energy galloping through the stretch on Thursday.

DEL MAR
Thursday, Oct. 30

Weather: Clear
Temp: 60°
Track: Fast
Turf: Firm

DEL MAR, Calif. – What a difference a week has made at Del Mar when it comes to Breeders’ Cup activity.

Thu, 10/30/2025 - 13:40

Breeders' Cup Friday picks: How to bet on a $100 budget

Barbara D. Livingston
La Wally could get a better setup in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies.

Millions of dollars will be awarded to winning breeders, owners, trainers, jockeys, and bettors throughout Breeders’ Cup weekend. We want some of that cash! Let’s focus on Breeders’ Cup Friday and see if we can make some money using a $100 budget.

Here's how I'll play my hundred on Friday at Del Mar.

Thu, 10/30/2025 - 12:31

Breeders' Cup packs a punch, even without its leading man

O'Brien's Army.Del Mar.scenic Oct 29 2025
Debra A. Roma
Aidan O’Brien’s army of Breeders’ Cup contenders train at Del Mar on Wednesday morning.

DEL MAR, Calif. – Even without the star, the show will go on.

The defection of leading 3-year-old and potential Horse of the Year Sovereignty certainly leaves a void in what was shaping up to be an all-time Breeders’ Cup Classic. But the $7 million Classic and the other eight Breeders’ Cup races to be run Saturday at Del Mar, a stone’s thrown from the Pacific Ocean, will still have plenty of drama and compelling story lines to keep one’s interest throughout the championship-defining series of races.

Thu, 10/30/2025 - 11:24

Breeders' Cup Classic: Recalling Derby bump, Forever Young seeks revenge

Barbara D. Livingston
Forever Young finished third in last year’s Classic but may been compromised by his inside draw.

DEL MAR, Calif. – While this year’s Breeders’ Cup Classic conjures memories of last year’s, considering the top three finishers are back in the race, there’s another race that is still very much on the mind of Japanese jockey Ryusei Sakai.

It was the 2024 Kentucky Derby where Forever Young, ridden by Sakai, battled through the Churchill Downs stretch inside of Sierra Leone. Forever Young came up two noses short of Mystik Dan in the Derby. One could argue that a late bump from Sierra Leone might have cost Forever Young a shot at second or perhaps the win.

Thu, 10/30/2025 - 11:22

Breeders' Cup Turf: Jump master Mullins fields his first BC starter with Ethical Diamond

Susie Raisher
Ethical Diamond has won 4 of 14 starts, with three wins in flat races and a win in a maiden race for hurdlers in Ireland.

From a training base in County Carlow, Ireland, trainer Willie Mullins has conquered jump racing in his home country and Britain in a spectacular manner. This week, his massive operation has spread as far as Del Mar and Melbourne, Australia.

Mullins will have his first Breeders’ Cup runner when Ethical Diamond starts in Saturday’s $5 million Turf at 1 1/2 miles. Ethical Diamond was a successful hurdler for Mullins earlier this year.

Thu, 10/30/2025 - 11:21

Breeders' Cup Turf: Still in top form, Rebel's Romance chases history

Susie Raisher
A 7-year-old gelding, Rebel’s Romance has 20 wins at 14 tracks in six countries.

DEL MAR, Calif. – Race No. 30 in Rebel’s Romance’s already acclaimed career could be historic.

A 7-year-old gelding, Rebel’s Romance has 20 wins at 14 tracks in six countries. On Saturday at Del Mar, he will attempt to become the first three-time winner of the $5 million Breeders’ Cup Turf at Del Mar. Rebel’s Romance won the 2022 BC Turf at Keeneland and the same race last year at Del Mar.