Grade 1 · Santa Anita · Saturday, November 4, 2023
2023 Breeders' Cup Classic Results
White Abarrio won the 2023 Breeders' Cup Classic at Santa Anita on November 4, 2023, ridden by Irad Ortiz Jr. for trainer Richard Dutrow Jr..
2023 Breeders' Cup Classic winner
White Abarrio
- Jockey
- Irad Ortiz Jr.
- Trainer
- Richard Dutrow Jr.
- Odds at post
- 2.60-1
- Winning margin
- 1 length
- Final time
- 2:02.87
- Distance
- 1 1/4 Miles · Dirt
How the 2023 Breeders' Cup Classic was won
White Abarrio won by 1 length in 2:02.87. White Abarrio went off at 2.60-1.
Irad Ortiz Jr. rode White Abarrio for trainer Richard Dutrow Jr.. Irad Ortiz Jr. also won the Breeders' Cup Classic in 2019.
White Abarrio came into it having won the 2022 Florida Derby and the 2023 Whitney Stakes. White Abarrio went on to win the 2025 Pegasus World Cup.
White Abarrio was the post-time favorite.
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Previous Breeders' Cup Classic winners
- 2022FlightlineFlavien Prat · John Sadler
- 2021Knicks GoJoel Rosario · Brad Cox
- 2020AuthenticJohn Velazquez · Bob Baffert
- 2019Vino RossoIrad Ortiz Jr. · Todd Pletcher
- 2018AccelerateJoel Rosario · John Sadler
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Results from public race records (source), checked October 2026. For entertainment purposes only.