Years and planning and preparation go into hosting the Breeders' Cup and for Aidan Butler the Nov. 3-4 40th edition of the World Championships at picturesque Santa Anita Park was filled with superlatives.
Europe's top 3-year-old Auguste Rodin created a masterpiece on the Santa Anita Park turf, winning the most prestigious grass race in North America, the Breeders' Cup Turf (G1T), by three-quarters of a length.
In his final race before stud duty, Elite Power pulled off a repeat victory in the Breeders' Cup Sprint (G1).
Chad Brown talks about Goodnight Olive's Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Sprint (G1) victory to close out her racing career. Goodnight Olive is Brown's first back-to-back Breeders' Cup winner. She won the same race in 2022.
Kiersti Wylie talks about introducing her off-track Thoroughbred, Red King, to Breeders’ Cup visitors Nov. 4 at Santa Anita Park.
Breeders' Cup Juvenile, Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf, Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies, Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf, and Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint, Breeders' Cup Classic, Breeders' Cup Turf, Breeders' Cup Distaff, & more.
Irad Ortiz Jr., who guided three horses to Breeders' Cup victories Nov. 3-4 at Santa Anita Park during the World Championships, won the 21st Bill Shoemaker Award as the event's outstanding jockey.
Total all-sources, global common-pool handle for the two-day Breeders' Cup World Championships at Santa Anita Park reached $176,281,989, Breeders' Cup announced.
Fast and firm conditions with sunshine, high clouds and warm temperatures in the low 80s are expected during the afternoon at Santa Anita Park for Breeders' Cup Saturday.