🏇 2025 Jockey Club Gold Cup Preview | 6 Key Angles + Contender-by-Contender Analysis | Saratoga G1

Who’s got the golden ticket to the Breeders’ Cup Classic? We’re heading to Saratoga for the 2025 Jockey Club Gold Cup — a Grade 1, mile and a quarter showdown with history, prestige, and a "Win and You’re In" on the line.

In this video, I dig into 30 years of data to uncover 6 key angles that consistently identify contenders in this race — including: Distance Experience Class and graded stakes history Prep race and performance Current form and speed Running style and pace setup Then, I go contender by contender, evaluating how each horse stacks up against the angles and who’s most likely to hit the wire first.

🐎 2025 Jockey Club Gold Cup Contenders:

#1 Disarm (Steve Asmussen) – Asmussen’s won this race four times, and this closer has the kind of late kick that could light up the tote board.

#2 Highland Falls (Brad Cox) – Checks all the angle boxes. Runner-up to Sierra Leone in the Whitney and defending champ of this very race.

#3 Sierra Leone (Chad Brown) – The Breeders’ Cup Classic winner and Whitney champ is back to remind everyone who’s boss. Devastating late kick.

#4 Mindframe (Todd Pletcher) – The buzz horse who’s won all the right races… and beat Sierra Leone not once, but twice.

#5 White Abarrio (Saffie Joseph Jr.) – The veteran in the field. Pegasus champ in January. Can experience carry him?

#6 Contrary Thinking (Chad Brown) – Could be the race’s pace-maker.

#7 Phileas Fogg (Gustavo Rodriguez) – Underrated? Has won twice at the distance and just took down the G2 Suburban here at Saratoga.

#8 Antiquarian (Todd Pletcher) – Pletcher’s second entry. Ran second to Phileas Fogg last out. Depth test here.

#9 Banishing (David Jacobson) – Light on angles and faces a steep climb. Will need to improve big to factor.