2025 Breeders' Cup Day 2 Tips - Nine Group Ones covered at Del Mar on Saturday
Day Two of the 2025 Breeders' Cup at Del Mar features an exciting lineup of nine Group One races. Key highlights include Hope Road in the Filly & Mare Sprint, Bucanero Fuerte in the Turf Sprint, and Baeza in the Classic. Notable selections for the night are 'Notable Speech', 'Jayarebe', 'No Straight Chaser', and 'Post Time'. The event promises thrilling performances from both seasoned favorites and promising challengers. Tune in for a night of top-notch racing action.
- Tips for day two of the 2025 Breeders' Cup
- This famous flat racing meeting continues at Del Mar on Saturday 1st November
- Baeza, White Abarrio and See The Fire feature in our selections
- 2025 Breeders' Cup Day Two Card
- 7:00pm Del Mar - Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint Tips
- 7:41pm Del Mar - Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint Tips
- 8:21pm Del Mar - Breeders' Cup Sprint Tips
- 9:01pm Del Mar - Breeders' Cup Distaff Tips
- 9:41pm Del Mar - Breeders' Cup Turf Tips
- 10:25pm Del Mar - Breeders' Cup Classic Tips
- 11:05pm Del Mar - Breeders' Cup Mile Tips
- 11:45pm Del Mar - Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile Tips
- 12:25pm Del Mar - Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf Tips
Breeders' Cup Day 2 Tips
One of the biggest nights of the flat season takes place at Del Mar on Saturday, as nine Group One races will take place on day two of the Breeders' Cup. ITV Racing won't be showing all of the nine Grade One races live, but have secured the rights for the Distaff, the Turf and the Breeders' Cup Classic.
Here are our free Breeders' Cup 2025 day two tips.
2025 Breeders' Cup Day Two Card
| Time | Title | Grade | Surface | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7:00pm | Breeders' Cup Filly & Mares Sprint | Grade 1 | Dirt | 7f |
| 7:41pm | Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint | Grade 1 | Turf | 5f |
| 8:21pm | Breeders' Cup Sprint | Grade 1 | Dirt | 6f |
| 9:01pm | Breeders' Cup Distaff | Grade 1 | Dirt | 1m1f |
| 9:41pm | Breeders Cup Turf | Grade 1 | Turf | 1m4f |
| 10:25pm | Breeders' Cup Classic | Grade 1 | Dirt | 1m2f |
| 11:05pm | Breeders' Cup Mile | Grade 1 | Turf | 1m |
| 11:45pm | Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile | Grade 1 | Dirt | 1m |
| 12:25am | Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf | Grade 1 | Turf | 1m3f |
2025 Breeders' Cup Day Two Tips - Saturday 2nd November
7:00pm Del Mar - Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint Tips
Sweet Azteca is short at the head of this betting heat, but it could be worth taking the favourite on with HOPE ROAD (5/1). Bob Baffert's star won a Group Three over a mile on this card 12 months ago, and returns to Del Mar on the back of an impressive Group One win in the Ballerina Stakes.
In between those victories, Hope Road ran into top filly Kopian on three occasions, and didn't have the pace for six furlongs in the Winning Colors Stakes. Hope Road relished the step back up to seven furlongs on her most recent outing at Saratoga, and that performance puts her bang in the frame here.
7:41pm Del Mar - Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint Tips
The value here could lie with BUCANERO FUERTE (14/1), who has won two of his three starts this term. Adrian Murray's sprinter made all to win both the Sole Power Sprint Stakes and the Phoenix Sprint Stakes, showing excellent gate speed and staying power on both occasions.
Murray's four-year-old attempted similar tactics in the Flying Five Stakes on his most recent start, but couldn't quite sustain his challenge as Arizona Blaze and Nighteyes passed him late on. It's much easier to front-run around a track like Del Mar than the Curragh, and this test of speed should suit him well.
8:21pm Del Mar - Breeders' Cup Sprint Tips
With no Book'em Danno in the field, there's an open look to this Group One sprint. LOVESICK BLUES (18/1) has returned from a two-year absence in solid form this year, winning a Group One on his sole start on dirt.
Librado Barocio's seven-year-old claimed Listed glory on turf on his second start, before finishing fourth behind today's favourite, Motorious in the Daytona Stakes. Geovanni Franco's star flew home to land the Bing Crosby Stakes in July, and should be spot on for this test after a narrow defeat on the turf at Santa Anita three weeks ago.
9:01pm Del Mar - Breeders' Cup Distaff Tips
The recent retirement of Thorpedo Anna has blown this division wide open. There doesn't seem to be a stand-out on paper, so I'll chance my arm with SCYLLA (20/1) at an each-way price.
Billy Mott's filly started out as an eight and nine-furlong filly, winning the Fleur de Lis Stakes before two runner-up efforts in Group One company. Mott has tried shorter trips since then, but Scylla put in an excellent showing when third in the nine-furlong Juddmonte Spinster Stakes last time out - staying on for third after stumbling at the start - and she ran well when fourth in the Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint 12 months ago.
9:41pm Del Mar - Breeders' Cup Turf Tips
Read our full guide to the 2025 Breeders' Cup Turf to find out who we've backed in this excellent Group One.
Visit our Breeders' Cup Live Stream page if you plan on watching any of Saturday's races at Del Mar via a mobile or tablet.
10:25pm Del Mar - Breeders' Cup Classic Tips
Sovereignty's scratching was a bitter blow for the Breeders' Cup, but it has made the Classic a better betting contest. Sierra Leone has every chance of defending his crown, while Fierceness will be looking to avenge his defeat here at Del Mar 12 months ago.
This year's Classic crop is still well-represented, and BAEZA (10/1) seems to have been overlooked. John Shirreff's stable star was touched off in the Santa Anita Derby by Journalism, before a good third behind that rival and Sovereignty in the Kentucky Derby.
Baeza came within a length of upsetting Sovereignty in the Jim Dandy Stakes at Saratoga, before claiming a richly-deserved Group One victory in the Pennsylvania Derby, flying home from the rear to claim a commanding two-length success. Baeza is a three-year-old who has been trending in the right direction all season long, and looks to be the value play in this year's Classic.
11:05pm Del Mar - Breeders' Cup Mile Tips
European raiders dominate this betting heat, and I've got great respect for the likes of Notable Speech and The Lion In Winter. One who catches my eye further down the market is PROGRAM TRADING (14/1), and Chad Brown's five-year-old seems to be building towards a big performance.
Program Trading was one of the top three-year-old milers back in 2023, winning the Hollywood Derby on his final outing of the year. Flavien Prat's mount won another Grade One on his reappearance the following season, but could only finish fifth as the favourite in the Manhattan Stakes and spent the next 14 months on the sidelines.
Brown's colt was too keen when beaten a neck on his return in a Listed race, and did well to get within a length of Rhetorical in the Coolmore Turf Mile, where he got racing a little too late. Those performances suggest that Program Trading has been trending towards this contest, and a return to his 2023 puts him firmly in the picture.
11:45pm Del Mar - Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile Tips
This Group One could turn into a real burn-up. Full Serrano only knows one way of racing, and the two Bob Baffert horses have made all in the past. Mystik Dan likes to be up with the pace too, and Touch Of Destiny has done all of his winning from the front.
With a rapid pace all but guaranteed, the Mile could fall into WHITE ABBARIO'S (9/1) lap. Saffie Joseph Jnr's star won the Classic at the 2023 Breeders' Cup and returned to form earlier this term by landing the Pegasus World Cup.
Irad Ortiz Jnr's mount has finished an underwhelming fourth on his three most recent starts, and comes into this well under the radar. Yet, White Abarrio is a proven winner at this level and a pace collapse might be to his advantage.
12:25pm Del Mar - Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf Tips
A poor draw out in stall 14 has seen SEE THE FIRE (5/1) drift at the head of this betting heat. Yet, the conditions of the contest should really suit Andrew Balding's filly, who brings some excellent form into her first Breeders' Cup.
A multiple Group One placer at three, See The Fire kicked off her four-year-old campaign with a rampant 12-length victory in the 10-furlong Middleton Stakes at York. Oisin Murphy's mount ran OK to place third in both the Prince Of Wales's Stakes and the Nassau, before keeping on from the rear to finish fourth lengths adrift of Ombudsman in the Juddmonte International.
Back in with her own sex, See The Fire went down fighting behind Barnavara in the Prix de l'Opera. Fast ground around a left-handed track seems to bring out the best in this talented filly, and I'm hopeful that a bad draw won't stop See The Fire from confirming her class in the final race of the Breeders' Cup.
Verdict
Breeders' Cup 2025 Day Two Top Tips:
See The Fire
12:25pm Del Mar
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Hope Road
7:00pm Del Mar
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White Abarrio
11:45pm Del Mar
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Baeza E/W
10:25pm Del Mar
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