This weekend sees the final big race of the season – the 2025 Breeders’ Cup Classic. Wedged in between a slew of other races in the Breeders’ Cup Championship weekend, it features a slew of horse looking for one more big pay day to end the year right. We’ll see a triple crown winner in the event. Although we did happen to lose the winner of the other two events when Sovereignty was scratched from the race.
While it is never ideal to see the favorite fall out of the race, we now have closer odds across the board and some interesting decisions to make. We’ve got the Breeders’ Cup odds, predictions and best bets for you here, so come check out what we cooked up for the event.
2025 Beeders’ Cup World Championships – Odds, Predictions, Best Bets
Breeders’ Cup Classic Information
Date: Saturday, November 1st
Post Time: 6:25 pm EST
Network: USA
Streaming: Peacock
The Breeders Cup Classic is the premier event of the Breeders’ Cup series. 14 races in total will take place over the weekend, but it’s the 1 1/4 mile Classic that has the big prize on the line. $7 million is on the line on Saturday and there are nine horse’s vying for the largest piece of that pie.
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Odds
1 – Fierceness – 6-1
2 – Baeza – 7-1
3 – Nevada Beach – 15-1
4 – Contrary Thinking – 100-1
5 – Forever Young – 3-1
6 – Sovereignty – SCRATCHED
7 – Sierra Leone – 9-2
8 – Mindframe – 17-1
9 – Journalism – 8-1
10 – Antiquarian – 13-1
Race Predictions and Best Bets
The Favorite – (5) Forever Young – 3-1
With the scratch to Sovereignty, the Japanese thoroughbred Forever Young becomes to the odds-on favorite. His signature win came in February when he won the Saudi Cup by a neck. He entered the 2024 Kentucky Derby undefeated, but finished third to Mystik Dan and Sierra Leone. His bounceback in Riyadh shows that he’s still at the top of his game.
Best Bet – (2) Baeza – 7-1
For my pick to win the 2025 Breeders’ Cup Classic, I like Baeza. Running on the inside track, the descendant of Big Brown has put together a solid year. He finished third in the 2025 Kentucky Derby, less than two lengths behind of winner Sovereignty. Since then his HRN speed figures have trended up. While they peaked in August, he comfortably won the 2025 Pennsylvania Derby last month and is in prime position for another big win here.
Trifecta Box – (2) (5) (9)
To make things a bit more interesting in this one, let’s put together a trifecta box for Saturday’s action. Obviously we want to get Baeza, who I expect to win on the top of the card. When looking at the Breeders’ Cup odds, I like what we can get on Forever Young as well. You can’t debate the results that we’re seeing overseas from that horse. To close it out, we’ll add in Journalism. The American came about as close as you can come to winning the Triple Crown this year without actually doing it. He won the Preakness Stakes while taking second in both the Kentucky Derby and the Belmont Stakes.
If you’d like even more picks for the 2025 Breeders’ Cup Championships, be sure to check out the The Notorious OTB. The guys are dropping plenty of episodes to make you the smartest guy/gal at the bar.
