Forever Young held off Sierra Leone, last year’s winner, to win the $7-million Breeders’ Cup Classic by a half-length.

Japan’s Forever Young, a 4-year-old trained by Yoshito Yahagi, and jockey Ryusei Sakai won the 2025 Breeders’ Cup Classic on Saturday at Del Mar Racetrack in Del Mar, Calif., in 2:00.19.