Breeders' Cup Favorites by Year: How Many Betting Favorites and Top-Three Choices Won, and the Longest-Priced Winner, 1991–2026
36 years · 386 races · from the official charts
The 2026 Breeders' Cup at Keeneland is the chalkiest in the archive. Its longest-priced winner, Kathynmarissa in the Filly & Mare Turf, paid $13.24 on a $2 win bet; no other year's top win price is below $25.20, set in 1998. It is also the only year in which every winner, fourteen of them, was one of the first three choices in the betting. Favorites won 7 of its 14 races, and the average winner paid $6.85, the lowest of any year.
Across 386 charted races from 1991 to 2026, the favorite won 127 (33%). Favorites had their best year in 1997, winning 5 of 7. The biggest win price in the table is Arcangues's $269.20 in the 1993 Classic.
| 2026 | 7/14 | 14/14 | $6.85 | $13.24Kathynmarissa |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5/14 | 9/14 | $15.93 | $57.40Ethical Diamond (IRE) |
| 2024 | 5/14 | 5/14 | $20.54 | $69.20Starlust (GB) |
| 2023 | 8/14 | 11/14 | $11.37 | $35.00Fierceness |
| 2022 | 5/14 | 10/14 | $15.34 | $87.78Caravel |
| 2021 | 5/13 | 9/13 | $18.31 | $101.80Marche Lorraine (JPN) |
| 2020 | 5/14 | 8/14 | $27.19 | $148.40Order of Australia (IRE) |
| 2019 | 3/14 | 9/14 | $20.24 | $93.80Storm the Court |
| 2018 | 5/14 | 12/14 | $11.66 | $53.80Shamrock Rose |
| 2017 | 2/13 | 7/13 | $30.72 | $135.40Bar of Gold |
| 2016 | 1/13 | 7/13 | $18.72 | $69.20Champagne Room |
| 2015 | 4/13 | 8/13 | $13.35 | $33.80Mongolian Saturday |
| 2014 | 4/13 | 7/13 | $27.15 | $125.40Take Charge Brandi |
| 2013 | 5/13 | 9/13 | $15.74 | $66.60Ria Antonia |
| 2012 | 4/13 | 5/13 | $17.68 | $36.60Little Mike |
| 2011 | 3/13 | 5/13 | $29.77 | $131.60Court Vision |
| 2010 | 3/13 | 6/13 | $25.46 | $94.00Shared Account |
| 2009 | 5/13 | 7/13 | $20.32 | $63.20Vale of York (IRE) |
| 2008 | 3/13 | 9/13 | $16.91 | $75.00Desert Code |
| 2007 | 3/11 | 6/11 | $13.36 | $27.20Nownownow |
| 2006 | 2/8 | 3/8 | $24.62 | $50.60Miesque's Approval |
| 2005 | 2/8 | 5/8 | $22.35 | $63.50Pleasant Home |
| 2004 | 4/8 | 5/8 | $23.02 | $58.60Wilko |
| 2003 | 2/8 | 3/8 | $31.75 | $83.40Adoration |
| 2002 | 4/8 | 5/8 | $25.25 | $89.00Volponi |
| 2001 | 1/8 | 3/8 | $17.10 | $26.60Unbridled Elaine |
| 2000 | 2/8 | 4/8 | $35.30 | $113.80Spain |
| 1999 | 2/8 | 4/8 | $27.38 | $67.00Cash Run |
| 1998 | 2/7 | 6/7 | $10.63 | $25.20Da Hoss |
| 1997 | 5/7 | 6/7 | $10.69 | $35.20Elmhurst |
| 1996 | 2/7 | 5/7 | $16.97 | $41.70Alphabet Soup |
| 1995 | 3/7 | 6/7 | $10.91 | $31.00Desert Stormer |
| 1994 | 3/7 | 3/7 | $26.91 | $96.20One Dreamer |
| 1993 | 3/7 | 6/7 | $44.37 | $269.20Arcangues |
| 1992 | 3/7 | 5/7 | $15.17 | $39.40Thirty Slews |
| 1991 | 2/7 | 3/7 | $32.71 | $86.20Miss Alleged |
Select a column heading to sort. The favorite is the horse the chart marks as favorite. Top-three choices rank each winner by final odds, with coupled entries counted as one betting interest. Avg $2 win is the average of the year's $2 win payoffs, and top $2 win the highest, both from the charts. Results before 1991 have no charts in the archive, and a race whose winner has no charted odds is left out of its year.