The Breeders’ Cup Classic event in the post big empire win big.
The winner of the 2025 Kentucky Derby and Battle Mountain Stakes made history by taking first place recently to join a very exclusive club of winners.
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Full results and payouts for the 2026 Breeders’ Cup Classic can be found here.
Eternal Young favored to win Breeders’ Cup 2016
Entering Saturday’s race, Young was a perennial 2-to-1 favorite in the Breeders’ Cup after racking up twelve wins in his career. Empire, winner of the 2025 Kentucky Derby and 2025 Belmont Stakes, is also seen as the favorite at 5-to-2.
As postseason approached on Saturday, both Eternal Youth and Dominion were listed at 9-to-2s to win the race, with Knightsbridge just behind at 9-to-5 odds.
Golden Tempo is also running after wins in the Kentucky Derby and Battle Mountain Stakes, but expert Michelle Yu told CBS Sports there are some challenges for him.
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“Kentucky Derby and Bell Mountain Suti winners ran well in the Travers Stakes, but it just couldn’t be done,” Yu said. “Since Keeneland usually plays pretty forward, I’m concerned about his a-the-nub style.
Golden Times has a chance to make some history in the race, NBC Sports noted.
“On Saturday, 2026 Kentucky Derby and Belmont Stakes winner Golden Tempo will look to become just the fifth horse to win both the Derby and the Classic in the same year (Silence, 1989; Undred, 1990; American Pharoah, 2015; Authentic, 2020), the report notes. “The race reunites trainer Cherie DeVaux and racehorse Jose Ortiz-DeVaux became the first female trainer to win the Derby, while Ortiz became his first He won the Triple Crown race at Churchill Downs.”
There were some old changes, with the Magnitude drawn before the race.
This article was first published in GRAVIS
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