Each week, a panel of media members, horseplayers and Breeders’ Cup World Championships officials released a poll providing their votes on the nation’s top contenders for the Longines Breeders’ Cup Classic in 2025. The rankings are a weekly rating of the top 10 horses in contention and are determined by each voter who ranks their top 10 horses with points assigned based on 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-4-3-2-1.
The 10th and final week of the 2025 Breeders’ Cup Classic rankings are once again led by 3-year-old Sovereignty, the winner of the Kentucky Derby presented by Woodford Reserve and the Belmont Stakes presented by NYRA Bets who was the runaway 10-length winner of the Aug. 23 DraftKings Travers Stakes at Saratoga Race Course.
The results of the final poll are below.
Breeders’ Cup Classic Rankings for October 7, 2025
1. Sovereignty (35 first place votes)
Owner: Godolphin
Trainer: Bill Mott
Jockey: Junior Alvarado
2025 Record: 6 starts – 5 wins – 1 second – 0 thirds
Last race: 1starDraftKings Travers Stakes, Aug. 23 at Saratoga Race Course
Next race: Longines Breeders’ Cup Classic, Nov. 1 at Del Mar
2. Fierceness (2 first place votes)
Owners: Repole Stable, Derrick Smith, Michael Tabor and Susan Magnier
Trainer: Todd Pletcher
Jockey: John Velazquez
2025 Record: 4 starts – 2 wins – 1 second – 0 thirds
Last race: 1starPacific Classic Stakes, August 30 at Del Mar
Next race: Longines Breeders’ Cup Classic, Nov. 1 at Del Mar
3. Sierra Leone (2 first place votes)
Owners: Peter Brant, Susan Magnier, Michael Tabor, Derrick Smith, Westerberg and Brooke Smith
Trainer: Chad brown
Jockey: Flavien talks
2025 Record: 4 starts – 1 win – 2 seconds – 1 third
Last race: 2n.dJockey Club Gold Cup Stakes, Aug. 31 at Saratoga Race Course
Next race: Longines Breeders’ Cup Classic, Nov. 1 at Del Mar
4. Mind frame
Owners: Repole stable and St. Elias stable
Trainer: Todd Pletcher
Jockey: Irad Ortiz Jr.
2025 Record: 4 starts – 3 wins – 0 seconds – 0 thirds
Last race: DNF, Jockey Club Gold Cup Stakes, August 31 at Saratoga Race Course
Next race: Longines Breeders’ Cup Classic, Nov. 1 at Del Mar
5. Forever young (1 first place)
Owner: Susumo Fujita
Trainer: Yoshito Yahagi
Jockey: Ryosei Sakai
2025 Record: 3 starts – 2 wins – 0 seconds – 1 third
Last race: 1starNippon TV Hai, October 1 at Funabashi Racecourse in Japan
Next race: Longines Breeders’ Cup Classic, Nov. 1 at Del Mar
6. Journalism
Owners: Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners, Bridlewood Farm, Don Alberto Stable, LaPenta, Robert V., Elayne Stables 5, Magnier, Mrs. John, Tabor, Michael B. and Smith, Derrick
Trainer: Michael McCarthy
Jockey: Umberto Rispoli
2025 Record: 7 starts – 4 wins – 3 seconds – 0 thirds
Last race: 2n.dPacific Classic Stakes, August 30 at Del Mar
Next race: Longines Breeders’ Cup Classic, Nov. 1 at Del Mar
7. Baeza
Owners: CRK STABLE LLC and Grandview Equine
Trainer: John Shirreffs
Jockey: Hector Isaac Berrios
2025 Record: 7 starts – 2 wins – 3 seconds – 2 thirds
Last race: 1starPennsylvania Derby, September 20 at Parx Racing
Next race: Longines Breeders’ Cup Classic, Nov. 1 at Del Mar
8. Antique dealer
Owner: Centennial Farms
Trainer: Todd Pletcher
Jockey: TBD
2025 Record: 4 starts – 2 wins – 2 seconds – 0 thirds
Last race: 1starJockey Club Gold Cup Stakes, Aug. 31 at Saratoga Race Course
Next race: Longines Breeders’ Cup Classic, Nov. 1 at Del Mar
9. locked
Owners: Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners and Walmac Farm
Trainer: Todd Pletcher
Jockey: John Velazquez
2025 Record: 5 starts – 2 wins – 1 second – 1 third
Last race: 1starWoodward Stakes, September 27 at Belmont on the big A
Next race: TBD, possibly Longines Breeders’ Cup Classic or the Big Ass Fans Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile, both November 1 at Del Mar
10. Highland Falls
Owner: Godolphin
Trainer: Brad Cox
Jockey: Luis Saez
2025 Record: 3 starts – 1 win – 1 second – 1 third
Last race: 3rdJockey Club Gold Cup, Aug. 31 at Saratoga Race Course
Next race: Longines Breeders’ Cup Classic, Nov. 1 at Del Mar
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