Breeders' Cup Classic top three finishers explained

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.^[1]

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Year	Winner	Second	Third	Starters
2023	White Abarrio	Derma Sotogake	Proxy	12
2022	Flightline	Olympiad	Taiba	8
2021	Knicks Go	Medina Spirit	Hot Rod Charlie	8
2020	Authentic	Improbable	Global Campaign	10
2019	Vino Rosso	McKinzie	Higher Power	11
2018	Accelerate	Gunnevera	Thunder Snow	14
2017	Gun Runner	Collected	West Coast	11
2016	Arrogate	California Chrome	Keen Ice	9
2015	American Pharoah	Effinex	Honor Code	8
2014	Bayern	Toast of New York	California Chrome	14
2013	Mucho Macho Man	Will Take Charge	Declaration of War	11
2012	Fort Larned	Mucho Macho Man	Flat Out	12
2011	Drosselmeyer	Game On Dude	Ruler on Ice	12
2010	Blame	Zenyatta	Fly Down	12
2009			Twice Over	12
2008			Tiago	12
2007	Curlin	Hard Spun	Awesome Gem	9
2006	Invasor		Premium Tap	13
2005			Perfect Drift	13
2004	Ghostzapper		Pleasantly Perfect	13
2003			Dynever	10
2002				12
2001	Tiznow		Albert the Great	13
2000	Tiznow		Captain Steve	13
1999		Budroyale	Golden Missile	14
1998			Swain	10
1997			Dowty	9
1996			Cigar	13
1995		L'Carriere	Unaccounted For	11
1994	Concern	Tabasco Cat	Dramatic Gold	14
1993		Bertrando	Kissin Kris	13
1992		Pleasant Tap	Jolypha	14
1991	Black Tie Affair	Twilight Agenda		11
1990		Ibn Bey	Thirty Six Red	14
1989	Sunday Silence		Blushing John	8
1988	Alysheba	Seeking The Gold	Waquoit	9
1987	Ferdinand		Judge Angelucci	12
1986			Precisionist	11
1985			Turkoman	8
1984			Gate Dancer	8

See also

• Breeders' Cup World Thoroughbred Championships
• Breeders' Cup Distaff (sister race)

External links

• Official Breeders' Cup website

Notes and References

1. https://archive.today/20120712022542/http://news.bloodhorse.com/article/48193.htm Six New Grade I Races for 2009 - bloodhorse.com