2026 Breeders' Cup Classic full race

You never know. And that's the field. Forever young, your returning champion, in Deload, the $7 million Longines Breeders' Cup Classic for one final time. Let's get it to the voice of the Breeders' Cup, Larry Comas. Knightsbridge moving into line, and here's the Preakness winner, Napoleon Solo. These two probably the pace setters. We shall see. They're all in line, and we're ready for the start. They're off in the Breeders' Cup Classic. And Knightsbridge comes out running and takes the early lead. T.O. Password is away running in second. Forever Young came out third, and Napoleon Solo is next on the outside. Then it's back to Sovereignty, and it's three to the Puma. The trailer is the Kentucky Derby winner, Golden Tempo. That's his style. Knightsbridge moving right along as they race into this turn. Knightsbridge is the pacemaker. On top a length and a half. The opening quarter mile was in 23.54 seconds. A solid tempo. T.O. Password and Forever Young are second and third. Oling and Solo somewhat unexpectedly off the pace, while 3Y running in fourth. Sovereign T is fifth, and he's racing four and a half lengths off the lead. The Puma tracks him, and it's a long way back to Golden Tempo, who is 13 lengths behind in the run up the back stretch. Knightsbridge and Luis Saez making this pace a 47.64 half mile. He continues to lead the way by a length. And then it's Forever Young, last year's winner, running in second. On the inside is T.O. Passport, the Preakness winner, Napoleon Solo, fourth on the outside. A Kentucky Derby winner, Sovereignty, traveling very well right now in fifth. He's three and a half lengths off the lead. Junior Alvarado still has him well in hand, and he's going to switch to the outside as they make their way around the far turn. Meanwhile, Golden Tempo still far behind. Knightsbridge around the far turn in front, Forever Young in second. Sovereignty is moving now with a four-wide blitz on the far outside and Golden Tempo is still last but he's getting a bit closer now as they come to the top of the stretch and they're into the stretch and Sovereignty makes his move on the outside. Spridge, Forever Young, T.O. Password, the Puma is trying to get involved too. Sovereignty has the lead close to home. The Puma second on the outside then comes down toward the rail. Knights Braves are coming to the finish. The king, Sovereignty, six seconds, Sovereignty did it. Didn't get the chance, scratched before this race last year. Bill Mott, though, in 2026, redemption for Sovereignty. What a training job by trainer Bill Mott. That's why he's in the Hall of Fame. You handed lemons, he made lemonade out of it. Foot abscess, no problem. He trains him with morning workouts to get ready for this instead of a traditional prep race. Tremendous training job, tremendous performance by the horse. So many questions, right? After the foot abscess, the first workout wasn't what Mott wanted to see. He was disappointed in the first workout back. And then the horse kept getting a little better and a little better. And finally, Mott was pleased with what he saw. And when a guy like that is confident enough to put this horse in a race like this, you've got to feel confident he's going to fire. And boy, did he. Forever Young, probably a little closer than normal, but well-placed. I just think the miles have caught up. You know, you can't travel that much and not wear and tear on you. You see he finishes, it looks like, fifth. Maybe that disappointing, visually disappointing prep race in the Jacket Club Gold Cup meant a little bit more than the connections thought. But Golden Tempo didn't really get into contention after being so far back early. But Sovereignty, he looked like a winner halfway around the second turn. You could see him pulling Junior Alvarado as jockey up to the leaders. All right, so let's take another look. Sovereignty. Sovereignty. Perfect position? Yeah, the pace was honest enough so he could sit a little further back, but that's about where he comes from normally. But, oh, he was just cruising. Anytime you see a jock water skiing on a horse, the horse just pulling him up to the other horses, you know that there's a lot of animal underneath him. And certainly Junior Alvarado asked the question, and sovereignty answered it, yes. Little surprise that Napoleon Solo didn't push the pace any more than he did. You see he's languishing back in last. Golden Tipo finishes next last. Yes. The Puma ran a very good race. Looked like he had a chance turning for home. Ran an exceptional race on the outside. Looks like he gets up to finish second. It's going to be close with Knightsbridge. It was just the second. Just the sovereignty. Just the best horse. It was just the fourth time that Junior Alvarado's been in this race. He finished second four years ago with Olympiad. Now finishes first.