LEXINGTON, Ky. (Nov. 8, 2023) – The Breeders’ Cup, one in every of Thoroughbred horse racing’s most prestigious worldwide occasions, in the present day introduced that Del Mar Thoroughbred Membership will host the 2025 Breeders’ Cup World Championships.

Positioned on the sting of the Pacific Ocean in San Diego County, Del Mar – “The place the turf meets the surf” – is about to function a Breeders’ Cup host website for a fourth time after additionally internet hosting in 2017, 2021, and having been introduced beforehand because the host in 2024. Consisting of 14 Grade 1 races with purses and awards totaling greater than $31 million, the forty second World Championships are scheduled to be held on Friday, Oct. 31 and Saturday, Nov. 1, 2025.

“Our return to Del Mar in back-to-back years marks the continuation of a beautiful collaboration and profitable partnership, each with our mates on the observe and with the higher San Diego space, demonstrating our continued dedication to California horse racing,” mentioned Drew Fleming, President and CEO of Breeders’ Cup Restricted. “We sit up for as soon as once more gathering the place the turf meets the surf because the world’s finest Thoroughbreds placed on an unbelievable present.”

Identified for its scenic location and prestigious race conferences, Del Mar undertook an intensive enlargement of its luxurious seating choices for its first Breeders’ Cup in 2017. The Breeders’ Cup’s debut at Del Mar resulted in a record-breaking, two-day on-track wagering mark, whereas additionally producing an estimated $96.8 million in financial advantages for San Diego County.

The 2021 version, performed in the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, set a wagering file for the World Championships whereas allowing followers to return in restricted numbers with acceptable well being measures in place. The 2024 operating is scheduled to happen on the seaside oval Nov. 1-2.

“We couldn’t be extra enthusiastic about internet hosting back-to-back Breeders’ Cup World Championships and welcoming the easiest in worldwide racing again to the city of Del Mar and the higher San Diego space,” mentioned Joe Harper, CEO of the Del Mar Thoroughbred Membership. “The Breeders’ Cup represents the top in world-class racing and the group’s willingness to return right here once more is a testomony to the standard of our racing amenities, our idyllic climate, and the nice and cozy hospitality proven to our guests by the local people.”

Followers are inspired to go to www.breederscup.com/2025 to enroll in ticket info.

About Breeders’ Cup

Breeders’ Cup Restricted administers the Breeders’ Cup World Championships, Thoroughbred racing’s year-end Championships, in addition to the Breeders’ Cup Problem Sequence: Win and You’re In, which offers computerized beginning positions into the Championships races via an 80-race sequence hosted by 11 international locations, and the U.S.-based Grime Dozen Bonus Sequence. The Breeders’ Cup helps and operates underneath the Horseracing Integrity and Security Authority (HISA), which, for the primary time, establishes a nationwide, uniform algorithm relevant to each Thoroughbred racing participant and racetrack. HISA seeks to reinforce the security of each horse and rider and to guard the integrity of the game to the advantage of all racing individuals, followers, and bettors.

The 2024 Breeders’ Cup World Championships, consisting of 14 Grade 1 Championship races, and $31 million in purses and awards, are scheduled to be held Nov. 1-2 at Del Mar in Del Mar, California. The Championships might be televised reside by NBC Sports activities. Press releases seem on the Breeders’ Cup web site, BreedersCup.com. You may also observe the Breeders’ Cup on social media.

About Del Mar Thoroughbred Membership

Opened in 1937, San Diego’s iconic – and the nation’s solely – seaside racetrack options the world’s prime racehorses, trainers and jockeys, in addition to the perfect in trend and traditional California tradition “the place the turf meets the surf.” What started as a Hollywood hotspot within the period of the racetrack’s founder, Bing Crosby, is now one in every of America’s foremost racetracks and a premier Southern California vacation spot, in addition to a nationwide chief in racetrack security.