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Thrillers, Comebacks, and Powerhouse Performances: The Top 10 Races of 2024

As 2024 comes to an end, this seems like a good time to look back at the past year and reflect on the best races of the year. Here is one racing fan’s highly subjective list of the top 10 races of 2024, with the criteria being stretch battles, close finishes, or exceptional performances in stakes races run at the highest level of competition. We hope you had a good year, and that you will enjoy plenty of good racing and wagering in the year ahead. Good luck and happy holidays!

Bricks and Mortar, Breeders' Cup Turf, 2019 Horse of the Year, Santa Anita Park, Eclipse Sportswire, Chad Brown, Klaravich
Bricks and Mortar: From Adversity Emerged a Champion

The Thoroughbred is known for its athletic prowess and tenacious spirit, qualities that the humblest of claimers or the grandest of champions can show when put to the test. When an injury sends a horse to the sidelines, their performance when they return to the racetrack can show fans what that particular competitor is made of.

Sierra Leone, Breeders’ Cup Classic, Chad Brown, horse racing, Del Mar, Fierceness
Breeders’ Cup Classic Winner Sierra Leone Surges in Latest World’s Best Racehorse Rankings

Buoyed by a 1 ½-length victory in the $7 million Longines Breeders' Cup Classic Nov. 2 at Del Mar, U.S.-based 3-year-old Sierra Leone improved his rating from a 120 to a 125 in the ninth edition of the Longines World’s Best Racehorse Rankings for 2024.

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Breeders’ Cup Classic Winner Sierra Leone to Race in 2025

Longines Breeders’ Cup Classic winner Sierra Leone will race next year as a 4-year-old, Coolmore America announced in a social media post Nov. 7.

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Horseplayer Steven Wells Wins 2024 Breeders’ Cup Betting Challenge with $573K Payoff

There were 14 Breeders’ Cup races run on Nov. 1-2, 2024, with purses of $1 million or more apiece, but those were not the only events held at Del Mar that offered seven-figure purses.

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