Each week a panel of media members, horseplayers, and Breeders’ Cup World Championships officials release a poll tabulating their votes on the nation's top contenders for the 2025 Longines Breeders’ Cup Classic. The rankings are a weekly rating of the top 10 horses in contention and are determined by each voter ranking their top 10 horses with points assigned on a descending 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis.

The 10th and final week of the 2025 Breeders' Cup Classic rankings are once again led by 3-year-old Sovereignty, the winner of the Kentucky Derby presented by Woodford Reserve and the Belmont Stakes presented by NYRA Bets who was the runaway 10-length winner of the Aug. 23 DraftKings Travers Stakes at Saratoga Race Course.

The results of the final poll are below.

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Breeders’ Cup Classic Rankings for Oct. 7, 2025

1. Sovereignty (35 first-place votes)

Owner: Godolphin

Trainer: Bill Mott

Jockey: Junior Alvarado

2025 record: 6 starts – 5 wins – 1 second – 0 thirds

Last race: 1^st, DraftKings Travers Stakes, Aug. 23 at Saratoga Race Course

Next race: Longines Breeders’ Cup Classic, Nov. 1 at Del Mar 

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2. Fierceness (2 first-place votes)

Owners: Repole Stable, Derrick Smith, Michael Tabor, and Susan Magnier

Trainer: Todd Pletcher

Jockey: John Velazquez

2025 record: 4 starts – 2 wins – 1 second – 0 thirds

Last race: 1^st, Pacific Classic Stakes, Aug. 30 at Del Mar

Next race: Longines Breeders’ Cup Classic, Nov. 1 at Del Mar 

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3. Sierra Leone (2 first-place votes)

Owners: Peter Brant, Susan Magnier, Michael Tabor, Derrick Smith, Westerberg, and Brooke Smith

Trainer: Chad Brown

Jockey: Flavien Prat

2025 record: 4 starts – 1 win – 2 seconds – 1 third

Last race: 2^nd, Jockey Club Gold Cup Stakes, Aug. 31 at Saratoga Race Course

Next race: Longines Breeders’ Cup Classic, Nov. 1 at Del Mar

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4. Mindframe 

Owners: Repole Stable and St. Elias Stable

Trainer: Todd Pletcher

Jockey: Irad Ortiz Jr.

2025 record: 4 starts – 3 wins – 0 seconds – 0 thirds

Last race: DNF, Jockey Club Gold Cup Stakes, Aug. 31 at Saratoga Race Course

Next race: Longines Breeders’ Cup Classic, Nov. 1 at Del Mar

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5. Forever Young (1 first-place vote)

Owner: Susumo Fujita

Trainer: Yoshito Yahagi

Jockey: Ryusei Sakai

2025 record: 3 starts – 2 wins – 0 seconds – 1 third

Last race: 1^st, Nippon TV Hai, Oct. 1 at Funabashi Racecourse in Japan

Next race: Longines Breeders' Cup Classic, Nov. 1 at Del Mar

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6. Journalism 

Owners: Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners, Bridlewood Farm, Don Alberto Stable, LaPenta, Robert V., Elayne Stables 5, Magnier, Mrs. John, Tabor, Michael B. and Smith, Derrick

Trainer: Michael McCarthy

Jockey: Umberto Rispoli

2025 record: 7 starts – 4 wins – 3 seconds – 0 thirds

Last race: 2^nd, Pacific Classic Stakes, Aug. 30 at Del Mar 

Next race: Longines Breeders' Cup Classic, Nov. 1 at Del Mar

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7. Baeza

Owners: C R K Stable LLC and Grandview Equine

Trainer: John Shirreffs

Jockey: Hector Isaac Berrios

2025 record: 7 starts – 2 wins – 3 seconds – 2 thirds

Last race: 1^st, Pennsylvania Derby, Sept. 20 at Parx Racing

Next race: Longines Breeders' Cup Classic, Nov. 1 at Del Mar

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8. Antiquarian

Owner: Centennial Farms

Trainer: Todd Pletcher

Jockey: TBD

2025 record: 4 starts – 2 wins – 2 seconds – 0 thirds

Last race: 1^st, Jockey Club Gold Cup Stakes, Aug. 31 at Saratoga Race Course

Next race: Longines Breeders' Cup Classic, Nov. 1 at Del Mar

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9. Locked

Owners: Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners and Walmac Farm

Trainer: Todd Pletcher

Jockey: John Velazquez

2025 record: 5 starts – 2 wins – 1 second – 1 third

Last race: 1^st, Woodward Stakes, Sept. 27 at Belmont at the Big A

Next race: TBD, possibly Longines Breeders' Cup Classic or the Big Ass Fans Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile, both Nov. 1 at Del Mar

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10. Highland Falls

Owner: Godolphin

Trainer: Brad Cox

Jockey: Luis Saez

2025 record: 3 starts – 1 win – 1 second – 1 third

Last race: 3^rd, Jockey Club Gold Cup, Aug. 31 at Saratoga Race Course

Next race: Longines Breeders' Cup Classic, Nov. 1 at Del Mar

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