The $7-million Classic is cast as close run rather than a runaway. Here, the deep dive on the two sheer athleticism of the leading runners.

Sierra Leone has won the 2024 Breeders' Cup Classic with a time of 2:00.78. After narrowly missing the winner's circle at the ...

Sierra Leone stalked Fierceness and Forever Young in the stretch, then blazed by them to snatch the biggest race of them all ...

Sierra Leone (Gun Runner), a painful second in the GI Kentucky Derby and a frustrating, beaten favorite in three subsequent ...

Fierceness emerged as a top runner with his upset victory at 16-1 in last year’s Juvenile, a 6 ¼-length romp that earned him ...

DEL MAR, Calif. — Sierra Leone kicks it into another gear in the final stretch, holding onto the lead to win the Breeders’ Cup Classic with Flavien Prat in the reins.

“It’s the way it’s supposed to be,” trainer Ken McPeek said this week at Del Mar. The Horse of the Year contest between the 3-year-old colt Fierceness and McPeek’s 3-year-old filly ...

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He was third at the mile mark. He engaged with Fierceness entering the stretch but in the end his late speed was too much for the competition. “For him to have this moment and to get over all ...

(Meg McLaughlin / The San Diego Union-Tribune) Fierceness, the betting favorite and top-ranked U.S. thoroughbred, finished second, probably dooming his Horse of the Year chances because the ...

Sierra Leone started near the back of the pack but slowly worked up the field. Fierceness and Derma Sotogake helped set one of the fastest paces in Breeders' Cup Classic history, helping patient ...

Sierra Leone, a 3-year-old colt who finished second or third in his previous four races, was ridden into the victory in the ...