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Breeders’ Cup Ltd. today unveiled 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, Calif.
The 2025 World Championships will again feature 14 Grade 1 races and more than $34 million in purses and awards, bringing together the sport’s top horses, owners, breeders, trainers, and jockeys on racing’s biggest stage. Del Mar, “Where the Turf Meets the Surf” on the shores of the Pacific Ocean, will host the Breeders’ Cup for the fourth time on the heels of a record-setting edition in 2024 that achieved a new global wagering benchmark of $203.7 million.
The $7 million 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 with a post time of 3:25 p.m. PT / 6:25 p.m. ET. The centerpiece of the two-day international festival of racing is shaping up as a truly epic showdown, featuring last year’s top three finishers – Sierra Leone, Fierceness, and Japanese star Forever Young – alongside Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve, Belmont Stakes Presented by NYRA Bets, and DraftKings Travers Stakes winner Sovereignty and Preakness Stakes and NYRA Bets Haskell Stakes winner Journalism. Five Championships races precede the Longines Breeders’ Cup Classic and three follow, with the Longines Breeders’ Cup Classic kicking off the Late Pick 4 and serving as the second leg of the Late Pick 5, which begins with Race 8.
NBC Sports will produce more than 10 hours of world-class racing coverage during the World Championships, airing live across NBC and USA Network. NBC's full coverage will also be simul-streamed on Peacock, providing live, continuous coverage of all 14 Breeders' Cup races. In addition to the Longines Breeders’ Cup Classic, the 3.5-hour NBC broadcast window on Saturday (12:30-4:00 p.m. PT / 3:30–7:00 p.m. ET), features four other Championship races. FanDuel TV will also present live, continuous coverage of every Championship and undercard race through the Breeders’ Cup Players’ Show, available on FanDuel TV, BreedersCup.com, the official Breeders’ Cup app, Breeders’ Cup YouTube, Facebook, and X social channels, all major ADW platforms, and simulcast outlets worldwide.
The World Championships begin Friday with a 10-race card anchored by the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf. First post is 11:35 a.m. PT / 2:35 p.m. ET, with five undercard races preceding the first Championships race – the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint, Race 6, with a post time of 2:45 p.m. PT / 5:45 p.m. ET. The Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf, Race 10, will wrap the day with a post time of 5:25 p.m. PT / 8:25 p.m. ET.
The 12-race Saturday card begins at 10:05 a.m. PT / 1:05 p.m. ET with three undercard races before the PNC Bank Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Sprint, Race 4, kicks off the Championships action with a post time of 12:00 p.m. PT / 3:00 p.m. ET.
There will be three Breeders’ Cup races after the Longines Breeders’ Cup Classic, as follows:
This year, 43 international jurisdictions are set to wager on the Breeders’ Cup World Championships through common- and separate-pool wagering, including Australia, Canada, England, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, Ireland, Mexico, and Turkey.
The 2025 wagering menu for the two-day World Championships will include a total of ten Pick 4s, six Pick 5s, two Pick 6s, and four special Daily Doubles.
On Friday, there will be a Breeders’ Cup $3 All-Turf Pick 3. The three races, in order, are:
The Breeders’ Cup All-Turf Pick 4 on Saturday is a $.50 minimum wager and will package four of the best turf races in the world together with full fields of international competitors. The four races, in order, are:
The Breeders’ Cup will also offer the Breeders’ Cup All-Dirt Pick 4 on Saturday, which is a $.50 minimum wager. The four races, in order, are:
Breeders’ Cup will also offer three Pick 5’s on Saturday. The early Pick 5 will be Race 1 through Race 5. The middle Pick 5 will start with Race 5, the Prevagen Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint and end with Race 9, the Longines Breeders’ Cup Classic. The late Pick 5 will start with the Longines Breeders’ Cup Turf and end with the final race of the day, the Maker’s Mark Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf.
There will be four Special Daily Doubles (SPDD) across the two days as follows:
Wagering Notes
Bet Minimums
$3 All-Turf Pick 3
$2 WPS
$1 Exacta, Daily Double and SPDD, Pick 6
$.50 Trifecta, Pick 3, Pick 4, All-Turf Pick 4, All-Dirt Pick 4, Pick 5, Super High 5
$.10 Superfecta