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Jun 7, 2025; Saratoga, NY, USA; Sovereignty with Junior Alvarado up wins the Belmont Stakes at Saratoga Race Course.

Award season is upon us, and horse racing is no different. The year-end Eclipse Awards are always a highly-debated topic in the horse racing community. While there's some certain winners, others merit a lengthy discussion.

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Award season is upon us, and horse racing is no different. The year-end Eclipse Awards are always a highly-debated topic in the horse racing community. While there's some certain winners, others merit a lengthy discussion.

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Forever Young held off Sierra Leone to win Saturday's $7 million Breeders' Cup Classic at Del Mar.

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Forever Young became the first Japanese-based horse to win the Breeders' Cup Classic, holding off last year's winner Sierra Leone on Saturday at Del Mar.

May 17, 2025; Baltimore, Maryland, USA; Bob Baffert, an American racehorse trainer, crosses the track prior to the running of the 150th Preakness stakes. Mandatory Credit: Tommy Gilligan-Imagn Images

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Bob Baffert’s Seismic Beauty headlines the Breeders’ Cup Distaff field as the 9/5 favorite, facing tough rivals like Nitrogen, Gin Gin, and Dorth Vader in a deep and competitive lineup.

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Todd Pletcher’s standout filly Tommy Jo headlines a deep Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies lineup featuring top rivals Percy’s Bar, Iron Orchard, and Bob Baffert’s duo Explora and Bottle of Rouge.

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Saturday features nine Breeders' Cup races at Del Mar, highlighted by the Classic, which comes as the ninth race on the 12-race card.

Scenes from around the track at Del Mar Thoroughbred Club in Del Mar, California on October 28, 2025.

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The juveniles take centerstage Friday for the first day of the Breeders' Cup at Del Mar.

Fierceness, trained by Todd A. Pletcher, exercises in preparation for the Longines Breeders' Cup Classic at Del Mar Thoroughbred Club in Del Mar, California on October 28, 2025.

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Sovereignty, the Kentucky Derby, Belmont, and Travers winner, was scratched from Saturday's Breeders' Cup Classic at Del Mar, leaving a star-studded field of nine set to battle for the sport's season-ending championship.

Minnie Hauk, trained by Aidan P. O'Brien, exercises in preparation for the Longines Breeders' Cup Turf at Del Mar Thoroughbred Club in Del Mar, California on October 29, 2025.

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The filly Minnie Hauk will take on males in Saturday's Breeders' Cup Turf at Del Mar. Minnie Hauk is coming off a narrow second-place finish in the Arc de Triomphe in France.

Rhetorical, trained by William Walden, exercises in preparation for the FanDuel Breeders' Cup Mile at Del Mar Thoroughbred Club in Del Mar, California on October 28, 2025.

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New York-bred Rhetorical takes on a tough field in Saturday's Breeders' Cup Mile at Del Mar. Last out, Rhetorical won the Grade 1 Turf Mile at Keeneland for trainer Will Walden.

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DRF handicappers share their plays for the day, including best bets, for racing at Belmont at the Big A, Woodbine, Del Mar, and Remington.

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The Breeders' Cup Sprint drew an eclectic field that features plenty of Grade 1 firepower but Japanese runner American Stage could pull off a shocker Saturday at Del Mar.

Ted Noffey, trained by Todd A. Pletcher, exercises in preparation for the FanDuel Breeders' Cup Juvenile at Del Mar Thoroughbred Club in Del Mar, California on October 27, 2025.

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Ted Noffey, the 4-5 favorite, will square off with Brant in Friday's headliner, the Breeders' Cup Juvenile. Both horses are undefeated and get their toughest test Friday.

Gstaad, trained by Aidan P. O'Brien, exercises in preparation for the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf at Del Mar Thoroughbred Club in Del Mar, California on October 28, 2025.

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Looking for a record-extending eighth win in Friday's Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf, trainer Aidan O'Brien sends out favored Gstaad from post 13.

True Love, trained by Aidan P. O'Brien, exercises in preparation for the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint at Del Mar Thoroughbred Club in Del Mar, California on October 28, 2025.

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Friday's Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint kicks off the two-day action. The five-furlong Sprint drew a jammed-pack field of 12 2-year-olds.

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DRF handicappers share their plays for the day, including best bets, for racing at Belmont at the Big A, Woodbine, Laurel, and Santa Anita.

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DRF handicappers share their plays for the day, including best bets, for racing at Belmont at the Big A, Woodbine, Keeneland and Remington.

Thorpedo Anna, the winner of the 150th Running of The Kentucky Oaks, is walked around Kenny McPeek’s barn at Churchill Downs on Sunday, May 5, 2024.

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With seven Grade 1 victories to her name, reigning Horse of the Year, Thorpedo Anna, was officially retired Wednesday by trainer Kenny McPeek.

Danny Garage trains Kentucky Derby hopeful, Tax. Tax will be Gargan's first Derby horse. Gargan is a native of Louisville native. May 2, 2019.

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Iron Orchard battled to victory in the Grade 1 Frizette Stakes at Aqueduct, giving trainer Danny Gargan another rising star in his barn.

Trainer Todd Pletcher smiles after greets Leslie's Rose won the Central Bank Ashland Stakes in the ninth race of first day of the 2024 Spring Meet in Lexington, Ky. April 5, 2024

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Undefeated filly Tommy Jo secured her second Grade 1 win in the Darley Alcibiades at Keeneland after Percy’s Bar was disqualified for interference in the stretch.

Nov 2, 2024; Del Mar, CA, USA; Thorpedo Anna ridden by Brian Hernandez wins the Distaff ridden by Rossa Ryan during the 2024 Breeders' Cup Championship at Del Mar Thoroughbred Club.

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Thorpedo Anna, the reigning Horse of the Year, meets Nitrogen in Sunday's Grade 1 Spinster at Keeneland.

Ted Noffey (middle) was a dominant winner of the Grade 1 Hopeful at Saratoga.

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Ted Noffey, winner of the Grade 1 Hopeful at Saratoga, will try to stretch out in Saturday's Grade 1, $650,000 Breeders' Futurity at Keeneland.

It's Our Time was an impressive maiden winner for trainer Tom Amoss during the summer meet at Saratoga.

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Off a 17 3/4-length maiden victory at Saratoga, It's Our Time is favored in Saturday's Grade 1, $500,000 Champagne Stakes at Aqueduct.

Nov 2, 2024; Del Mar, CA, USA; William Buick celebrates after winning the Turf race aboard Rebel’s Romance during the 2024 Breeders' Cup Championship at Del Mar Thoroughbred Club.

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The globetrotting gelding added another Grade 1 victory to his resume for Godolphin and Appleby.

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Horse racing action from Aqueduct Race Track for Belmont at the Big A

Flightline, with Flavien Prat up, wins the Breeders' Cup Classic at Keeneland Race Course on Saturday, November 5, 2022, in Lexington, Kentucky

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High demand for Flightline and Gun Runner progeny fueled $150m in Book 1 sales at Keeneland.