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Forever Young finishes fifth in Breeders’ Cup Classic
Japan’s Forever Young finished fifth in the Breeders’ Cup Classic on October 31 at Keeneland in Kentucky.
The five-year-old horse was seeking to win the race for a second straight year.
That would have made him only the second horse in history, and the first in 25 years, to win the Classic in consecutive years.
Seven horses ran in the 2,000-metre dirt race, the main event of the Breeders’ Cup.
Forever Young raced near the front but could not keep up in the home stretch.
Sovereignty won the race; the available information does not say what happens next for Forever Young.
Forever Young finished fifth in the Breeders’ Cup Classic at Keeneland Racecourse in Kentucky.
The race was held on October 31, local time, with seven horses competing.
The five-year-old had been seeking to become the second horse in history to win the Classic in consecutive years.
Forever Young raced in a good position but lacked a finishing burst in the final stretch.
Sovereignty, the 2025 U.S. Horse of the Year, won the race.
- Who
- Forever Young, a five-year-old horse trained by Yoshito Yahagi, finished fifth.
- What
- He finished fifth in the Breeders’ Cup Classic.
- When
- October 31, local time; November 1 in Japan.
- Where
- Keeneland Racecourse in Kentucky, United States.
- Why
- He lacked a finishing burst in the final stretch.
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- Finish
- Fifth
- Race
- Breeders’ Cup Classic
- Venue
- Keeneland Racecourse, Kentucky
- Field
- Seven horses
- Winner
- Sovereignty