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LEXINGTON, Ky. & HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. (Nov. 13, 2025) – The $3 million Pegasus World Cup Invitational Stakes will for the first time be included in the Breeders’ Cup Challenge Series: Win and You’re In, Breeders’ Cup Limited and 1/ST announced Thursday. 

 The ninth edition of the Longines World’s Best Racehorse Rankings are out, and recent Longines Breeders’ Cup Classic winner Forever Young and leading U.S. 3-year-old Sovereignty are both rated as the best dirt racehorses in training with a rating of 127.

The post-Breeders’ Cup lull may be settling in, but there was still plenty of meaningful stakes action across North America last week. Graded stakes at Aqueduct and Churchill Downs produced standout performances that sparked some movement on the Equibase leaderboard measuring earnings in North American races for 2025.

The Breeders’ Cup provided more evidence of increased interest in racing during the 2025 season as NBC Sports reported strong ratings. Beyond those viewers, it’s important to remember that fans reach this event through a number of other outlets.

Some might say that Charlie Whittingham was the best and most famous trainer California has ever known.

As true as that might be, Whittingham deserves to be viewed in a context much greater than even a state as large as California.

Though synonymous with the Golden State, Whittingham was unquestionably one of greatest trainers in the long and glorious history of Thoroughbred racing anywhere in the United States.

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