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.
Category: Horse Racing News
Where to Watch/Listen: Horse Racing Coverage Oct. 8-12
After an action-packed first weekend of October featuring 21 Breeders’ Cup Challenge Series races, the upcoming weekend is less flashy but still includes several important stakes at tracks around North America.
Football agent Kia Joorabchian splashes out £3.6m for potential wonder horse – as Dubai’s ruling Sheikh makes rare public appearance at auction
DOMINIC KING: Kia Joorabchian proved once again that money is no ceiling to ambition as he lit up Tattersalls when spending 3.6million guineas for a potential wonder horse.
2025 Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup at a Glance
As much as the Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup Presented by Dixiana is a Grade 1 stakes, it is typically not a steppingstone to the Breeders’ Cup because it is restricted to 3-year-old fillies just three weeks before the World Championships and its 1/8-mile distance. But, with the quality of the fillies it attracts, don’t be surprised if some of the fillies in the field Oct.
