Report: Del Mar to Host 2025 Breeders’ Cup

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According to a report posted on the Los Angeles Times' website Wednesday, Del Mar has been chosen as the site of the 2025 Breeders' Cup. With Santa Anita this year's host and Del Mar also scheduled to hold the event in 2024, it will mark three straight years that the Breeders' Cup has been held in California and two straight at Del Mar.

The 2025 edition will be the fourth running of the Breeders' Cup at Del Mar and the races will be held on Oct. 31 and Nov. 1.

The Times said that an announcement will be made this week and said it learned of the decision from three people “with knowledge of the situation but not authorized to speak publicly.”

When the TDN reached out to Breeders' Cup Ltd. for confirmation of the report, the organization replied that it does not comment on future host decisions until an official announcement is made.

The last time a track hosted consecutive Breeders' Cups was from 2012 to 2014, when it was run three straight years at Santa Anita.

Churchill Downs last held the Breeders' Cup in 2018 and has not been mentioned as potential site in recent years. Without Churchill in the mix and until a new grandstand at Belmont Park is erected, it appears that the Breeders' Cup is willing to use only three tracks–Santa Anita, Del Mar and Keeneland. Ordinarily it would be Keeneland's turn in 2025. But Keeneland has announced plans to construct a new paddock building and to enhance the saddling paddock, with construction to continue through the fall of 2025.The Times is reporting that Keeneland declined to host the 2025 Breeders' Cup because of the project.

It is not known if Santa Anita put in a bid for the 2025 running.

Del Mar hosted the Breeders' Cup in 2017 and 2021. In 2021, Del Mar handled $182,908,409 on the two-day event. This year at Santa Anita, total all-sources, global common-pool handle for the two-day Breeders' Cup was $176,281,989.

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