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
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 The 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 The Kentucky 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