Breeders' Cup Betting Guide 2025 [FREE DOWNLOAD]
Breeders' Cup Betting Guide
October 30th, 2025
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Breeders' Cup Friday Information
Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint (G1) – #2 Military Code (12-1)
While #1 Brussels (8-1) and #8 Havana Anna (6-1) rank as logical value plays, Military Code has potential at a much higher price. From the high-percentage yard of Godolphin trainer Charlie Appleby, who won this race in 2022 with Mischief Magic, Military Code just missed in a pair of five-furlong stakes in Great Britain. He might find it easier to sustain his move around a turning track.
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| RACE | TIME |
|---|
Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint | 2:45 PM / 5:45 ET |
Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies | 3:25 PT / 6:25 ET |
Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf | 4:05 PT / 7:05 ET |
Breeders' Cup Juvenile | 4:45 PT / 7:45 ET |
Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf | 5:25 PT / 8:25 ET |
Breeders' Cup Saturday Information
| RACE | TIME |
|---|
Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint | 12:00 PT / 3:00 ET |
Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint | 12:41 PT / 3:41 ET |
Breeders' Cup Distaff | 1:21 PT / 4:21 ET |
Breeders' Cup Turf | 2:01 PT / 5:01 ET |
Breeders' Cup Classic | 2:41 PT / 5:41 ET |
Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf | 3:25 PT / 6:25 ET |
Breeders' Cup Sprint | 4:05 PT / 7:05 ET |
Breeders' Cup Mile | 4:45 PM / 7:45 ET |
Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile | 5:25 PT / 8:25 ET |
Appleby's remarkable strike rate
Appleby has scored 11 Breeders’ Cup victories, placing him seventh on the all-time list. But what’s amazing is that he’s recorded those victories – beginning with his first runner Outstrip in 2013 – from just 27 runners, at a remarkable strike rate of 41%. Nobody else with more than a few starters comes near to this.
Appleby has the advantage of training for one of the world’s largest thoroughbred players, Godolphin. But he’s not the only trainer preparing horses for major owners, and none have the strike rate that Appleby does.
Much of his success looks to be due to careful targeting. Unlike some European trainers, who contest the Breeders’ Cup as an afterthought following major home targets like the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe (G1), Dewhurst S. (G1), and Prix du Moulin (G1), Appleby’s Breeders’ Cup winners tend to have their seasons geared specifically towards the World Championships.
One notable example is Rebel’s Romance, who seeks a third Breeders’ Cup Turf (G1) on Saturday. Appleby hasn’t been shy about travelling him, contesting races in Britain, Germany, Dubai, Hong Kong, Saudi Arabia, and Qatar as well as the United States in his 29-race career.
However, he’s never contested the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe – a race which winners in particular have found it very hard to back up from in the Breeders’ Cup. This year, his final lead-up was a winning run in the Joe Hirsch Turf Classic (G1) Sept. 27. This may be worth considering when assessing whether he can beat Minnie Hauk, runner-up in soft conditions in a punishing Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe.
In addition to his 11 winners, eight other Appleby Breeders’ Cup runners have finished in the top four. Leave his runners out at your peril this weekend.
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