Forever Young (5), ridden by jockey Ryusei Sakai, wins the Longines Breeders’ Cup Classic on Breeders’ Cup Championship Saturday at Del Mar Thoroughbred Club in Del Mar, California on November 1, 2025 ...

The Breeders’ Cup, an annual gathering of the world’s best horses, generally offers three things horseplayers and fans love. First, great performances. In a sport based on speed and athleticism, the ...

DEL MAR — The horse from far away had come so close before, a Japanese star inches and then yards from achieving American royalty. Saturday, finally, Forever Young got there. After finishing an ...

The 2025 Breeders' Cup, the final major Grade 1 Thoroughbred horse racing event of the year in North America, didn't disappoint. Championship Saturday at Del Mar Thoroughbred Club featured nine races ...

Having won the Kentucky Derby (G1), Belmont Stakes (G1), and Travers Stakes (G1), Godolphin's Sovereignty —scratched from the Nov. 1 Breeders' Cup Classic (G1) due to fever—is the front-runner to earn ...

Ryusei Sakai (5) rides Forever Young to victory in the Breeders’ Cup Classic race on Saturday, Nov. 1, 2025, in Del Mar. (Photo by Gregory Bull/AP) Forever Young beat defending champion Sierra Leone ...

Forever Young ended a forever wait. A horse from Japan had never won one of America’s greatest races until Saturday, when Forever Young held off defending champion Sierra Leone to win the $7 million ...

It was another picture-perfect day down at old Del Mar, the Southern California racetrack that Bing Crosby opened way back in 1937, then wrote a song about – coining the phrase "Where the Turf Meets ...