The 2025 Breeders’ Cup Classic headlines Championship Saturday at Del Mar Thoroughbred Club with a $7 million purse and global contenders.
How to Watch 2025 Breeders’ Cup Classic
- When: Saturday, Nov. 1, 2025
- Time: 3:30 p.m.
- Where: Del Mar Thoroughbred Club
- TV Channel: NBC
- Live Stream: Fubo (Watch free now!)
NBC will air several races throughout the day, but none is more important than the Breeders’ Cup Classic, which takes place at 6:25 p.m. ET. With a $7 million purse, this race is viewed as the top thoroughbred race in the United States by most people.
The horses in the race, by post order, are Fierceness, Baeza, Nevada Beach, Contrary Thinking, Forever Young, Sierra Leone, Mindframe, Journalism, and Antiquarian, with Soverneighty scratching earlier in the week.
With Sovereignty out, we won’t see a repeat of this year’s Kentucky Derby, when Sovereignty defeated Journalism by 1.5 lengths to take the win. Baeza was third in the Derby.
The televised races begin at 2:15 p.m. on USA Network with the Goldikova Stakes and the PNC Bank Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Sprint at 3:00 p.m. Coverage then switches to NBC before returning to USA Network later in the day, with the FanDuel Breeders’ Cup Mile at 7:05 p.m. and the Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile at 7:45 p.m.
You can watch the Breeders’ Cup action on Saturday on Fubo. Don’t miss out on a great weekend of horse racing, featuring some of the most acclaimed and accomplished horses and jockeys in the world.
Live stream Breeders’ Cup Classic on Fubo: Watch the event now!
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