Sierra Leone wins the Breeders' Cup Classic! Sierra Leone came in second by a (heart-crushing) whisker in the Kentucky Derby. What a comeback.

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The richest horse race in North America belongs to Sierra Leone. Del Mar Racetrack in California played host to the $7 million Breeders’ Cup Classic on Saturday, pitting the top thoroughbreds ...

Sierra Leone ridden by Flavien Prat wins the Breeders Cup Classic during the Breeders’ Cup World Championships at Del Mar racetrack on Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024 in Del Mar, CA. (Meg McLaughlin ...

DEL MAR, Calif. (AP) — Sierra Leone won the $7 million Breeders' Cup Classic by 1 1/2 lengths Saturday at Del Mar, ending a frustrating run of recent losses, including the Kentucky Derby.

Sierra Leone rallied past Fierceness in the final stretch to win the $7 million Breeders' Cup Classic on Saturday ... rebounding from a 2000 Guineas flop with wins this year in the Derby, the ...

(AP) — Sierra Leone won the $7 million Breeders' Cup Classic by 1 1/2 lengths Saturday ... Brown has 19 Cup wins, leaving him one short of career leading trainers Aidan O'Brien, who won two ...