Breeders’ Cup

Returning from a seventh-place finish in the Breeders' Cup Classic (G1), Nevada Beach towers over four foes in the $100,000 Native Diver Stakes (G3) at Del Mar Nov. 22.

The South Carolina Thoroughbred Owners & Breeders Association receives a grant from The Jockey Club, the national breed registry and long-standing advocate for the improvement of Thoroughbred breeding and racing.

Valiant Minister, sire of $2 million Breeders' Cup Sprint (G1) winner Bentornato, will stand for $3,500 for the upcoming breeding season at Bridlewood Farm in Florida. He stood in 2025 for $3,000.

A regular focus on the Goffs November Foal Sale, held Nov. 17-20, has been quietly paying off for Stanley Lodge, who will consign a full brother to Breeders' Cup Turf (G1T) winner Ethical Diamond.

The 2023 Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint (G1T) winner, Nobals, repeated in the $127,026 Kennedy Road Stakes (G2) at Woodbine Nov. 15.

All race day test samples (post-race and TCO2) collected from participants in the 2025 Breeders' Cup Oct. 31-Nov. 1 at Del Mar have been cleared by the Horseracing Integrity & Welfare Unit

The Jockey Club and the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association hosted a regional breeders organization workshop at Churchill Downs Nov. 12 to identify best practices and areas of growth for the industry.

Landing a daily double on the last two races of the Breeders' Cup World Championships and earning $607,800 with his win, Dave Smyth, 50, a financial planner from Lexington, won a record-setting edition of the 2025 Breeders' Cup Betting Challenge. 

There is a new horse atop the latest Longines World's Best Racehorse Rankings, though it is not Forever Young, winner of the Nov. 1 Breeders' Cup Classic (G1) at Del Mar. It's Calandagan, who took the Oct. 18 Champion Stakes (G1)…

The $3 million Pegasus World Cup Invitational (G1) will for the first time be included in the Breeders' Cup Challenge Series: Win and You're In, Breeders' Cup and 1/ST Racing announced Nov. 13.