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Claiborne Breeders' Futurity, Keeneland, Spice Runner, Breeders' Cup Juvenile, Del Mar, America's Best Racing, horse racing, ABR

2025 Claiborne Breeders’ Futurity at a Glance

While it’s never too early to start Kentucky Derby dreaming, there are multiple major prizes in the 2-year-old male division this weekend with Grade 1 stakes on the slate in New York, Kentucky, and Southern California that will be key tests that go a long way toward determining the Eclipse Award.

Breeders’ Cup Classic, Power Rankings, horse racing, Del Mar, Sovereignty, Fierceness, Sierra Leone, Mindframe, Journalism, Forever Young, Baeza, Antiquarian, Locked, Woodward, Highland Falls, ABR

Locked Enters Breeders' Cup Power Rankings Top Ten, Sovereignty Remains First

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.

Coolmore Turf Mile Stakes, Keeneland, Breeders’ Cup, Donegal Momentum, Quatrocento, Howard Wolowitz, Diego Velazquez, Woodshauna, Mercante, Epic Ride, Program Trading, Rhetorical, Brilliant Berti, Beach Gold, Jonquil, ABR

2025 Coolmore Turf Mile Stakes at a Glance

The richest race of Keeneland’s fall meet came up very strong this year. A full 12-horse field is lined up in Saturday’s Grade 1 Coolmore Turf Mile Stakes with a berth in the FanDuel Breeders’ Cup Mile Presented by PDJF on the line. Three entrants ship over from Europe, which makes the competition tougher and handicapping challenge even more difficult.

American Pharoah Stakes, Santa Anita Park, Breeders’ Cup Juvenile, Kentucky Derby, Desert Gate, Intrepido, Plutarch, Civil Liberty, Balboa, Kristofferson, Baffert, O’Neill, Mullins, jockey, trainer, horse racing, ABR

2025 American Pharoah Stakes at a Glance

Saturday’s American Pharoah Stakes Presented by DK Horse for 2-year-olds is the final California qualifier for the FanDuel Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Presented by Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance and the Golden State’s first prep race awarding points to next year’s Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve (10-5-3-2-1

Champagne Stakes, Belmont at the Big A, It's Our Time, America's Best Racing, horse racing, ABR

2025 Champagne Stakes at a Glance

New York’s top 2-year-olds will vie for the bubbly as a field of nine will square off in Saturday’s $500,000 Champagne Stakes at Aqueduct.

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