Breeders' Cup Odds: Sovereignty Stands Tall as Classic Favorite

There's just over six weeks to go until the 2025 Breeders' Cup Classic, and Sovereignty has stamped himself as the clear frontrunner in the early betting. Can anyone catch him?

Robert Criscola - Betting Analyst at Covers.com
Robert Criscola • Betting Analyst
Sep 17, 2025 • 13:25 ET • 4 min read
Breeders' Cup Sovereignty
Photo By - Imagn Images. Sovereignty during a training session.

Sovereignty's runaway triumph in the Travers Stakes has set the tone in the Breeders' Cup odds.

The Kentucky Derby and Belmont Stakes champion scared away most of the competition in the "Midsummer Derby," and crushed the four horses that dared to test him. Now Sovereignty is +162 to win the Breeders' Cup Classic despite subsequent eye-catching wins from Fierceness in the Pacific Classic and Antiquarian in the Jockey Club Gold Cup.

Let's take a look at the latest Breeders' Cup odds for the $7 million Classic as well as the Distaff and the Sprint, which will all be held the weekend of Oct. 31 and Nov. 1, 2025 at Del Mar Thoroughbred Club.

Odds to win Breeders' Cup Classic 2025

Horse bet365
Sovereignty +162
Sierra Leone +500
Fierceness +800
Mindframe +1000
Journalism +1200
Forever Young +1200
Antiquarian +1400
Nysos +2000
Baeza +2000
Highland Falls +2500

Odds as of 9-17.

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Odds to win Breeders' Cup Distaff

Horse bet365
Thorpedo Anna +300
Nitrogen +550
Cavalieri +600
Seismic Beauty +800
Scottish Lassie +900
Dorth Vader +1000
Good Cheer +1200
Immersive +1600
Randomized +2000
Richi +2000

Odds as of 9-17.

Odds to win Breeders' Cup Sprint

Horse bet365
Book'em Danno +400
Mullikin +700
Bentornato +700
Straight No Chaser +800
Barnes +1000
Patch Adams +1200
Hejazi +1400
Lovesick Blues +1600
Hoist the Gold +2000
Booth +2000

Odds as of 9-17.

Breeders' Cup Friday events for 2025

Race Name Restriction Distance/Surface
Juvenile Turf Sprint 2YO Five furlongs on turf
Juvenile 2YO 1 1/16th-miles on dirt
Juvenile Fillies 2YO fillies 1 1/16th-miles on dirt
Juvenile Turf 2YO One mile on turf
Juvenile Fillies Turf 2YO fillies One mile on turf

Breeders' Cup Saturday events for 2025

Race Name Restriction Distance/Surface
Filly & Mare Sprint 3YO&Up Fillies & Mares Seven furlongs on dirt
Filly & Mare Turf 3YO&Up Fillies & Mares 1 3/8-miles on turf
Turf Sprint 3YO&Up Five furlongs on turf
Dirt Mile 3YO&Up One mile on dirt
Sprint 3YO&Up Six furlongs on dirt
Mile 3YO&Up One mile on turf
Distaff 3YO&Up Fillies & Mares 1 1/8-miles on dirt
Turf 3YO&Up 1 1/2-miles on turf
Classic 3YO&Up 1 1/4-miles on dirt

Breeders' Cup track overview

Del Mar Thoroughbred Club in Del Mar, CA will host the Breeders' Cup for the fourth time in 2025. The main oval is one mile around, and a round trip of their turf course is seven furlongs (7/8ths of a mile).

Del Mar typically hosts two meetings: a summer one that begins in mid-July and lasts through mid-September, and an autumn one that starts in late October or early November and ends in early December. The 42nd renewal of the Breeders' Cup is set for Oct. 31 & Nov. 1, 2025.

Most Breeders' Cup wins by jockey

Name Wins
Mike Smith 27
John Velazquez 20
Irad Ortiz Jr. 19
Ryan Moore 16
Joel Rosario 16

Most Breeders' Cup wins by trainer

Name Wins
D. Wayne Lukas 20
Aiden O'Brien 20
Bob Baffert 19
Chad Brown 18
Todd Pletcher 15
William Mott 15

Breeders Cup Classic FAQs

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Robert M. Criscola’s road to becoming a Covers publishing editor began with an internship at Metro New York, which eventually turned into a freelance job at MetroBet covering many sports from a wagering angle, including horse racing. He continued to focus on “The Sport of Kings” by writing for shapperdacapper.com, danonymousracing.com, and informer.fanxt.com before joining the team at the TwinSpires Edge in 2019 as a regular contributor and weekend editor. “Crisco” began writing game previews for Covers in 2022 and joined the editing team in 2023.

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