2025 Breeders' Cup Challenge Race Schedule
Win, and you’re in. It’s the Breeders’ Cup Challenge Series, where the world’s top Thoroughbreds compete for a free spot at the 2025 Breeders’ Cup World Championships starting gate this October 31 & November 1 at Del Mar. With a record number of qualifying races all over the world, this year’s series means more than ever.
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The following Challenge races have not announced their 2025 date and will be updated soon:
| Date | Track | Race | Grade | Distance | Age | Sex | Division | Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TBD | Aqu | The Pilgrim | II | 1 1/16 Miles (T) | 2 YO | Juvenile Turf | New York | |
| TBD | Aqu | The Vosburgh | III | 7 Furlongs | 3 YO & UP | Sprint | New York | |
| TBD | Aqu | The Futurity | III | 6 Furlongs (T) | 2 YO | C & G | Juvenile Turf Sprint | New York |
| TBD | Aqu | The Champagne | I | 1 Mile | 2 YO | Juvenile | New York | |
| TBD | Aqu | The Miss Grillo | II | 1 1/16 Miles (T) | 2 YO | F | Juvenile Fillies Turf | New York |
| Date | Track | Race | Grade | Distance | Age | Sex | Division | Area | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12/14/2024 | SIS | Gran Premio International Carlos Pellegrini Stakes | I | 1 1/2 Miles (T) | 3 YO & UP | Turf | Argentina | Intense for Me (ARG) | |
| 1/4/2025 | KEN | Cartier Paddock Stakes | I | 1 1/8 Miles (T) | 3 YO & UP | F & M | Filly & Mare Turf | South Africa | Double Grand Slam (SAF) |
| 1/4/2025 | KEN | L'Ormarins King's Plate | I | 1 Mile (T) | 3 YO & UP | Mile | South Africa | One Stripe (SAF) | |
| 2/22/2025 | KAR | Riyadh Dirt Sprint | II | 6 Furlongs | 3 YO & UP | Sprint | Saudi Arabia | Straight No Chaser | |
| 2/22/2025 | KAR | Saudi Cup | I | 1 1/8 Miles | 3 YO & UP | Classic | Saudi Arabia | Forever Young (JPN) | |
| 2/23/2025 | TOK | February Stakes | I | 1 Mile | 4 YO & UP | Classic | Japan | Costa Nova (JPN) | |
| 4/5/2025 | MEY | Dubai Golden Shaheen sponsored by Nakheel | I | 6 Furlongs | 3 YO & UP | Sprint | United Arab Emirates | Dark Saffron | |
| 4/5/2025 | MEY | Dubai Turf sponsored by DP World | I | 1 1/8 Miles (T) | 3 YO & UP | Mile | United Arab Emirates | Soul Rush (JPN) | |
| 4/5/2025 | MEY | Dubai World Cup sponsored by Emirates Airlines | I | 1 1/4 Miles | 3 YO & UP | Classic | United Arab Emirates | Hit Show | |
| 4/5/2025 | MEY | Longines Dubai Sheema Classic Presented by Longines | I | 1 1/2 Miles (T) | 3 YO & UP | Turf | United Arab Emirates | Danon Decile (JPN) | |
| 5/1/2025 | Pal | Gran Premio Criadores | I | 1 1/4 Miles | 3 YO & UP | F & M | Distaff | Argentina | Sarawak Rim (ARG) |
| 5/18/2025 | TOK | Victoria Mile | I | 1 Mile (T) | 4 YO & UP | F | Filly & Mare Turf | Japan | |
| 5/25/2025 | CHS | Gran Premio Club Hípico Falabella | I | 1 1/4 Miles (T) | 3 YO & UP | Mile | Chile | ||
| 6/6/2025 | Sar | Ogden Phipps Presented by Ford | I | 1 1/8 Miles | 4 YO & UP | F & M | Distaff | New York | |
| 6/7/2025 | Sar | The Hill ‘N’ Dale Metropolitan Handicap | I | 1 Mile | 3 YO & UP | Dirt Mile | New York | ||
| 6/7/2025 | Sar | The Jaipur | I | 5 1/2 Furlongs (T) | 3 YO & UP | Turf Sprint | New York | ||
| 6/8/2025 | TOK | Yasuda Kinen | I | 1 Mile (T) | 3 YO & UP | Mile | Japan | ||
| 6/15/2025 | KYO | Takarazuka Kinen | I | 1 3/8 Mile (T) | 3 YO & UP | Turf | Japan | ||
| 6/17/2025 | ASC | The King Charles III Stakes | I | 5 Furlongs (T) | 3 YO & UP | Turf Sprint | United Kingdom | ||
| 6/17/2025 | ASC | The Queen Anne Stakes | I | 1 Mile (T) | 4 YO & UP | Mile | United Kingdom | ||
| 6/18/2025 | ASC | The Prince of Wales's Stakes | I | 1 1/4 Miles (T) | 4 YO & UP | Turf | United Kingdom | ||
| 6/19/2025 | ASC | The Norfolk Stakes | II | 5 Furlongs (T) | 2 YO | Juvenile Turf Sprint | United Kingdom | ||
| 6/22/2025 | GVA | Grande Premio Brasil | I | 1 1/2 Miles (T) | 3 YO & UP | Turf | Brazil | ||
| 6/22/2025 | MON | Gran Premio Pamplona | I | 1 1/4 Miles (T) | 3 YO & UP | F & M | Filly & Mare Turf | Peru | |
| 6/28/2025 | CD | Fleur de Lis Stakes | II | 1 1/8 Miles | 4 YO & UP | F & M | Distaff | Kentucky | |
| 6/28/2025 | CD | Stephen Foster Stakes | I | 1 1/8 Miles | 4 YO & UP | Classic | Kentucky | ||
| 6/29/2025 | MAR | Asociación Uruguaya de Propietarios de Caballos de Carrera | III | 1 Mile | 3 YO & UP | Dirt Mile | Uruguay | ||
| 7/19/2025 | Mth | NYRA Bets Haskell Stakes | I | 1 1/8 Miles | 3 YO | Classic | New Jersey | ||
| 7/26/2025 | ASC | King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes | I | 1 1/2 Miles (T) | 3 YO & UP | Turf | United Kingdom | ||
| 7/26/2025 | Dmr | Bing Crosby Stakes | I | 6 Furlongs | 3 YO & UP | Sprint | California | ||
| 7/30/2025 | GOO | Jaeger-Lecoultre Molecomb Stakes | III | 5 Furlongs (T) | 2 YO | Juvenile Turf Sprint | United Kingdom | ||
| 7/30/2025 | GOO | Qatar Sussex Stakes | I | 1 Mile (T) | 3 YO & UP | Mile | United Kingdom | ||
| 7/31/2025 | GOO | Qatar Nassau Stakes | I | 1 1/4 Miles (T) | 3 YO & UP | F & M | Filly & Mare Turf | United Kingdom | |
| 8/2/2025 | Dmr | Clement L. Hirsch Stakes presented by Oak Tree Racing Association | I | 1 1/16 Miles | 3 YO & UP | F & M | Distaff | California | |
| 8/2/2025 | Sar | The FanDuel Fourstardave | I | 1 Mile (T) | 4 YO & UP | Mile | New York | ||
| 8/2/2025 | Sar | The Whitney | I | 1 1/8 Miles | 4 YO & UP | Classic | New York | ||
| 8/9/2025 | Sar | The Sword Dancer | I | 1 1/2 Miles (T) | 4 YO & UP | Turf | New York | ||
| 8/16/2025 | WO | E.P. Taylor Stakes | I | 1 1/4 Miles (T) | 3 YO & UP | F & M | Filly & Mare Turf | Ontario | |
| 8/20/2025 | YOR | Juddmonte International Stakes | I | 1 1/4 Miles (T) | 3 YO & UP | Classic | United Kingdom | ||
| 8/20/2025 | YOR | Tattersalls Acomb Stakes | III | 7 Furlongs (T) | 2 YO | Juvenile Turf | United Kingdom | ||
| 8/21/2025 | YOR | Pertemps Network Yorkshire Oaks | I | 1 1/2 Miles (T) | 3 YO & UP | F & M | Filly & Mare Turf | United Kingdom | |
| 8/22/2025 | YOR | Coolmore Wootton Bassett Nunthorpe Stakes | I | 5 Furlongs (T) | 2 YO & UP | Turf Sprint | United Kingdom | ||
| 8/23/2025 | Dmr | Pat O'Brien Stakes | II | 7 Furlongs | 3 YO & UP | Dirt Mile | California | ||
| 8/23/2025 | GOO | William Hill Prestige Fillies' Stakes | III | 7 Furlongs (T) | 2 YO | F | Juvenile Fillies Turf | United Kingdom | |
| 8/23/2025 | Sar | The Forego | I | 7 Furlongs | 4 YO & UP | Dirt Mile | New York | ||
| 8/23/2025 | Sar | The Personal Ensign | I | 1 1/8 Miles | 4 YO & UP | F & M | Distaff | New York | |
| 8/23/2025 | Sar | The Resorts World Casino Ballerina | I | 7 Furlongs | 3 YO & UP | F & M | Filly & Mare Sprint | New York | |
| 8/30/2025 | Dmr | Del Mar Handicap Presented By The Japan Racing Association | II | 1 3/8 Mile (T) | 3 YO & UP | Turf | California | ||
| 8/30/2025 | Dmr | Green Flash Handicap | III | 5 Furlongs (T) | 3 YO & UP | Turf Sprint | California | ||
| 8/30/2025 | Dmr | Pacific Classic | I | 1 1/4 Miles | 3 YO & UP | Classic | California | ||
| 8/30/2025 | KD | Kentucky Downs Turf Sprint | II | 6 Furlongs (T) | 3 YO & UP | Turf Sprint | Kentucky | ||
| 8/30/2025 | Sar | The Flower Bowl | II | 1 3/8 Mile (T) | 4 YO & UP | F & M | Filly & Mare Turf | New York | |
| 8/30/2025 | Sar | The Spinaway | I | 7 Furlongs | 2 YO | F | Juvenile Fillies | New York | |
| 8/31/2025 | Sar | Jockey Club Gold Cup | I | 1 1/4 Miles | 3 YO & UP | Classic | New York | ||
| 9/6/2025 | KD | Kentucky Downs Turf Cup | II | 1 1/2 Miles (T) | 3 YO & UP | Turf | Kentucky | ||
| 9/7/2025 | SEO | Korea Cup | III | 1 1/8 Miles | 3 YO & UP | Dirt Mile | South Korea | ||
| 9/7/2025 | SEO | Korea Sprint | III | 6 Furlongs | 3 YO & UP | Sprint | South Korea | ||
| 9/13/2025 | LEO | Coolmore America 'Justify' Matron Stakes | I | 1 Mile (T) | 3 YO & UP | F & M | Filly & Mare Turf | Ireland | |
| 9/13/2025 | LEO | The KPMG Champions Juvenile Stakes | II | 1 Mile (T) | 2 YO | Juvenile Turf | Ireland | ||
| 9/13/2025 | LEO | The Royal Bahrain Irish Champion Stakes | I | 1 1/4 Miles (T) | 3 YO & UP | Turf | Ireland | ||
| 9/13/2025 | WO | bet365 Summer Stakes | I | 1 Mile (T) | 2 YO | Juvenile Turf | Ontario | ||
| 9/13/2025 | WO | Johnnie Walker Natalma Stakes | I | 1 Mile (T) | 2 YO | F | Juvenile Fillies Turf | Ontario | |
| 9/13/2025 | WO | Rogers Woodbine Mile | I | 1 Mile (T) | 3 YO & UP | Mile | Ontario | ||
| 9/14/2025 | CUR | Bar One Flying Five Stakes | I | 5 Furlongs (T) | 3 YO & UP | Turf Sprint | Ireland | ||
| 9/14/2025 | CUR | Moyglare Stud Stakes | I | 7 Furlongs (T) | 2 YO | F | Juvenile Fillies Turf | Ireland | |
| 9/20/2025 | GP | Princess Rooney Invitational | III | 7 Furlongs | 3 YO & UP | F & M | Filly & Mare Sprint | Florida | |
| 9/27/2025 | SA | City of Hope Mile | II | 1 Mile (T) | 3 YO & UP | Mile | California | ||
| 9/27/2025 | SA | Goodwood Stakes | I | 1 1/8 Miles | 3 YO & UP | Classic | California | ||
| 9/28/2025 | SA | Santa Anita Sprint Championship | II | 6 Furlongs | 3 YO & UP | Sprint | California | ||
| 9/28/2025 | SA | Zenyatta Stakes | II | 1 1/16 Miles | 3 YO & UP | F & M | Distaff | California | |
| 10/3/2025 | Kee | Darley Alcibiades | I | 1 1/16 Miles | 2 YO | F | Juvenile Fillies | Kentucky | |
| 10/3/2025 | Kee | Jessamine Presented by Keeneland Sales | II | 1 1/16 Miles (T) | 2 YO | F | Juvenile Fillies Turf | Kentucky | |
| 10/3/2025 | Kee | Stoll Keenon Ogden Phoenix | II | 6 Furlongs | 3 YO & UP | Sprint | Kentucky | ||
| 10/4/2025 | Kee | Claiborne Breeders' Futurity | I | 1 1/16 Miles | 2 YO | Juvenile | Kentucky | ||
| 10/4/2025 | Kee | Coolmore Turf Mile | I | 1 Mile (T) | 3 YO & UP | Mile | Kentucky | ||
| 10/4/2025 | Kee | Thoroughbred Club of America | II | 6 Furlongs | 3 YO & UP | F & M | Filly & Mare Sprint | Kentucky | |
| 10/4/2025 | SA | American Pharoah presented by DK Horse | I | 1 1/16 Miles | 2 YO | Juvenile | California | ||
| 10/4/2025 | SA | Oak Leaf Presented by Oak Tree | II | 1 1/16 Miles | 2 YO | F | Juvenile Fillies | California | |
| 10/4/2025 | SA | Rodeo Drive Stakes | II | 1 1/4 Miles (T) | 3 YO & UP | F & M | Filly & Mare Turf | California | |
| 10/5/2025 | Kee | Castle & Key Bourbon | II | 1 1/16 Miles (T) | 2 YO | Juvenile Turf | Kentucky | ||
| 10/5/2025 | Kee | Juddmonte Spinster | I | 1 1/8 Miles | 3 YO & UP | F & M | Distaff | Kentucky | |
| 10/5/2025 | Lch | Prix de l'Abbaye de Longchamp Longines | I | 5 Furlongs (T) | 2 YO & UP | Turf Sprint | France | ||
| 10/5/2025 | Lch | Prix de l'Opera Longines | I | 1 1/4 Miles (T) | 3 YO & UP | F & M | Filly & Mare Turf | France | |
| 10/5/2025 | Lch | Qatar Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe | I | 1 1/2 Miles (T) | 3 YO & UP | Turf | France | ||
| 10/5/2025 | Lch | Qatar Prix de la Foret | I | 7 Furlongs (T) | 3 YO & UP | Mile | France | ||
| 10/5/2025 | Lch | Qatar Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere | I | 7 Furlongs (T) | 2 YO | Juvenile Turf | France | ||
| 10/5/2025 | Lch | Qatar Prix Marcel Boussac | I | 1 Mile (T) | 2 YO | F | Juvenile Fillies Turf | France | |
| 10/18/2025 | ASC | QIPCO Champion Stakes | I | 1 1/4 Miles (T) | 3 YO & UP | Turf | United Kingdom |