Grade 1 · Del Mar · Saturday, November 2, 2024
2024 Breeders' Cup Classic Results
Sierra Leone won the 2024 Breeders' Cup Classic at Del Mar on November 2, 2024, ridden by Flavien Prat for trainer Chad Brown.
2024 Breeders' Cup Classic winner
Sierra Leone
- Jockey
- Flavien Prat
- Trainer
- Chad Brown
- Odds at post
- 6.90-1
- Winning margin
- 1 1/2 lengths
- Final time
- 2:00.78
- Distance
- 1 1/4 Miles · Dirt
How the 2024 Breeders' Cup Classic was won
Sierra Leone won by 1 1/2 lengths in 2:00.78. Sierra Leone went off at 6.90-1.
Flavien Prat rode Sierra Leone for trainer Chad Brown. Flavien Prat also won the Breeders' Cup Classic in 2022.
Sierra Leone came into it having won the 2024 Blue Grass Stakes. Sierra Leone went on to win the 2025 Whitney Stakes.
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Previous Breeders' Cup Classic winners
- 2023White AbarrioIrad Ortiz Jr. · Richard Dutrow Jr.
- 2022FlightlineFlavien Prat · John Sadler
- 2021Knicks GoJoel Rosario · Brad Cox
- 2020AuthenticJohn Velazquez · Bob Baffert
- 2019Vino RossoIrad Ortiz Jr. · Todd Pletcher
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Results from public race records (source), checked October 2026. For entertainment purposes only.