This is a listing of the horses that finished in either first, second, or third place and number of starters in the Breeders' Cup Classic, North America's richest horse race run as a grade one on dirt, it is the final race on Saturday of the Breeders' Cup World Thoroughbred Championships.
Year Winner Second Third Starters2025Forever YoungSierra LeoneFierceness92024Sierra LeoneFiercenessForever Young142023White AbarrioDerma SotogakeProxy122022 Flightline Olympiad Taiba82021 Knicks Go Medina Spirit Essential Quality82020AuthenticImprobableGlobal Campaign102019Vino RossoMcKinzieHigher Power112018AccelerateGunneveraThunder Snow142017Gun RunnerCollectedWest Coast112016ArrogateCalifornia ChromeKeen Ice92015American PharoahEffinexHonor Code82014BayernToast of New YorkCalifornia Chrome142013Mucho Macho ManWill Take ChargeDeclaration of War112012Fort LarnedMucho Macho ManFlat Out122011DrosselmeyerGame On DudeRuler on Ice122010BlameZenyattaFly Down122009 Zenyatta Gio Ponti Twice Over122008 Raven's Pass Henrythenavigator Tiago122007 Curlin Hard Spun Awesome Gem92006 Invasor Bernardini Premium Tap132005 Saint Liam Flower Alley Perfect Drift132004 Ghostzapper Roses in May Pleasantly Perfect132003 Pleasantly Perfect Medaglia d'Oro Dynever102002 Volponi Medaglia d'Oro Milwaukee Brew 122001 Tiznow Sakhee Albert the Great132000 Tiznow Giant's Causeway Captain Steve131999 Cat Thief Budroyale Golden Missile141998 Awesome Again Silver Charm Swain101997 Skip Away Deputy Commander Dowty91996 Alphabet Soup Louis Quatorze Cigar131995 Cigar L'Carriere Unaccounted For111994 Concern Tabasco Cat Dramatic Gold141993 Arcangues Bertrando Kissin Kris131992 A.P. Indy Pleasant Tap Jolypha141991 Black Tie Affair Twilight Agenda Unbridled 111990 Unbridled Ibn Bey Thirty Six Red141989 Sunday Silence Easy Goer Blushing John81988 Alysheba Seeking The Gold Waquoit91987 Ferdinand Alysheba Judge Angelucci121986 Skywalker Turkoman Precisionist111985 Proud Truth Gate Dancer Turkoman81984 Wild Again Slew o' Gold Gate Dancer8
See also
Breeders' Cup World Thoroughbred Championships Breeders' Cup Distaff (sister race)
External links Official Breeders' Cup website
References