Breeders' Cup Juvenile
Flat horse race in the United States
Horse race
The Breeders' Cup Juvenile is a Thoroughbred horse race for 2-year-old colts and geldings raced on dirt. It is held annually in late October or early November at a different racetrack in the United States or Canada as part of the Breeders' Cup World Championships . The current purse is US$2,000,000 making it the most valuable race for two-year-olds in North America. It is normally run at a distance of 1+ 1 ⁄16 miles.
The Breeders' Cup Juvenile is typically the first time that the best colts from the various racing circuits across North America (in New York, Kentucky and California in particular) meet up with each other. The winner often earns the Eclipse Award for Champion Two-Year-Old Male Horse, and becomes one of the early favorites for the next year's Kentucky Derby.[ 1]
In 2006, the National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA) wrote in Part 2 of their special series titled Spiraling To The Breeders' Cup that "Arazi turned in what many still consider to be the single-most spectacular performance in Breeders' Cup history."
Timber Country was the first Breeders' Cup Juvenile winner to win an American Triple Crown race when he went on to win the 1995 Preakness Stakes . The 2006 winner, Street Sense , became the first to capture the Kentucky Derby .[ 1] In 2016, Nyquist won the Kentucky Derby as well.
Automatic berths
Beginning in 2007, the Breeders' Cup developed the Breeders' Cup Challenge , a series of "Win and You're In" races that allot automatic qualifying bids to winners of defined races. Each of the fourteen divisions has multiple qualifying races, which change somewhat from year to year. Note that one horse may win multiple challenge races, while other challenge winners will not be entered in the Breeders' Cup for a variety of reasons such as injury or travel considerations.
In the Juvenile division, the number of runners is limited to 14. The 2022 "Win and You're In" races were:[ 2]
the American Pharoah Stakes , a Grade 1 race run in October at Santa Anita Park in California
the Champagne Stakes , a Grade 1 race run in October at Aqueduct Racetrack in New York
the Breeders' Futurity , a Grade 1 race at Keeneland in Kentucky
Records
Midshipman in the 2008 Juvenile
Most wins by a jockey :
Most wins by a trainer :
Most wins by an owner:
Winners
Year
Winner
Jockey
Trainer
Owner
Time
Distance
Purse
Grade
2024
Citizen Bull
Martin Garcia
Bob Baffert
SF Racing, Starlight Racing et al
1:43.07
1+ 1 ⁄16 miles
$2,000,000
I
2023
Fierceness
John R. Velazquez
Todd A. Pletcher
Repole Stable
1:41.90
1+ 1 ⁄16 miles
$2,000,000
I
2022
Forte
Irad Ortiz Jr.
Todd A. Pletcher
Repole Stable & St. Elias Stables
1:43.06
1+ 1 ⁄16 miles
$2,000,000
I
2021
Corniche
Mike E. Smith
Bob Baffert
Speedway Stables LLC
1:42.50
1+ 1 ⁄16 miles
$2,000,000
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2020
Essential Quality
Luis Saez
Brad H. Cox
Godolphin Stables
1:42.09
1+ 1 ⁄16 miles
$2,000,000
I
2019
Storm the Court
Flavien Prat
Peter Eurton
Exline-Border Racing LLC et al.
1:44.93
1+ 1 ⁄16 miles
$2,000,000
I
2018
Game Winner
Joel Rosario
Bob Baffert
Gary and Mary West
1:43.67
1+ 1 ⁄16 miles
$2,000,000
I
2017
Good Magic
José L. Ortiz
Chad C. Brown
e Five Racing & Stonestreet Stables
1:43.34
1+ 1 ⁄16 miles
$2,000,000
I
2016
Classic Empire
Julien Leparoux
Mark E. Casse
John C. Oxley
1:42.60
1+ 1 ⁄16 miles
$2,000,000
I
2015
Nyquist
Mario Gutierrez
Doug O'Neill
Reddam Racing
1:43.79
1+ 1 ⁄16 miles
$2,000,000
I
2014
Texas Red
Kent Desormeaux
Keith Desormeaux
Erich Brehm, Wayne Detmar et al.
1:41.91
1+ 1 ⁄16 miles
$2,000,000
I
2013
New Year's Day
Martin Garcia
Bob Baffert
Gary and Mary West
1:43.52
1+ 1 ⁄16 miles
$2,000,000
I
2012
Shanghai Bobby
Rosie Napravnik
Todd A. Pletcher
Starlight Racing, John Magnier , Michael Tabor & Derrick Smith
1:44.58
1+ 1 ⁄16 miles
$2,000,000
I
2011
Hansen
Ramon Domínguez
Michael Maker
Kendall Hansen, MD & Sky Chai Racing
1:44.44
1+ 1 ⁄16 miles
$2,000,000
I
2010
Uncle Mo
John Velazquez
Todd A. Pletcher
Repole Stable
1:42.60
1+ 1 ⁄16 miles
$2,000,000
I
2009
Vale of York (IRE)
Ahmed Ajtebi
Saeed bin Suroor
Godolphin
1:43.48
1+ 1 ⁄16 miles
$2,000,000
I
2008
Midshipman
Garrett Gomez
Bob Baffert
Darley Stable
1:40.94
1+ 1 ⁄16 miles
$2,000,000
I
2007
War Pass
Cornelio Velásquez
Nick Zito
Robert V. LaPenta
1:42.76
1+ 1 ⁄16 miles
$2,000,000
I
2006
Street Sense
Calvin Borel
Carl Nafzger
James B. Tafel
1:42.59
1+ 1 ⁄16 miles
$2,000,000
I
2005
Stevie Wonderboy
Garrett Gomez
Doug O'Neill
Merv Griffin Ranch Company
1:41.64
1+ 1 ⁄16 miles
$1,500,000
I
2004
Wilko
Frankie Dettori
Jeremy Noseda
J. Paul Reddam
1:42.09
1+ 1 ⁄16 miles
$1,500,000
I
2003
Action This Day
David R. Flores
Richard Mandella
B. Wayne Hughes
1:43.62
1+ 1 ⁄16 miles
$1,500,000
I
2002
Vindication
Mike E. Smith
Bob Baffert
Padua Stables
1:49.61
1+ 1 ⁄8 miles
$1,000,000
I
2001
Johannesburg
Michael Kinane
Aidan O'Brien
Michael Tabor & Susan Magnier
1:42.27
1+ 1 ⁄16 miles
$1,000,000
I
2000
Macho Uno
Jerry Bailey
Joseph Orseno
Stronach Stables
1:42.05
1+ 1 ⁄16 miles
$1,000,000
I
1999
Anees
Gary Stevens
Alex Hassinger Jr.
The Thoroughbred Corp.
1:42.29
1+ 1 ⁄16 miles
$1,000,000
I
1998
Answer Lively
Jerry Bailey
Bobby C. Barnett
John A. Franks
1:44.00
1+ 1 ⁄16 miles
$1,000,000
I
1997
Favorite Trick
Pat Day
Patrick B. Byrne
Joseph LaCombe Stable
1:41.47
1+ 1 ⁄16 miles
$1,000,000
I
1996
Boston Harbor
Jerry Bailey
D. Wayne Lukas
Overbrook Farm
1:43.40
1+ 1 ⁄16 miles
$1,000,000
I
1995
Unbridled's Song
Mike E. Smith
James T. Ryerson
Paraneck Stable
1:41.60
1+ 1 ⁄16 miles
$1,000,000
I
1994
Timber Country
Pat Day
D. Wayne Lukas
Overbrook Farm , Gainsway Farm & Robert B. Lewis
1:44.55
1+ 1 ⁄16 miles
$1,000,000
I
1993
Brocco
Gary Stevens
Randy Winick
Albert R. Broccoli
1:42.99
1+ 1 ⁄16 miles
$1,000,000
I
1992
Gilded Time
Chris McCarron
Darrell Vienna
David Milch , Jack Silverman & Mark Silverman
1:43.43
1+ 1 ⁄16 miles
$1,000,000
I
1991
Arazi
Pat Valenzuela
François Boutin
Allen E. Paulson
1:44.78
1+ 1 ⁄16 miles
$1,000,000
I
1990
Fly So Free
José A. Santos
Scotty Schulhofer
Tommy Valando
1:43.40
1+ 1 ⁄16 miles
$1,000,000
I
1989
Rhythm
Craig Perret
Claude R. McGaughey III
Ogden Mills Phipps
1:43.60
1+ 1 ⁄16 miles
$1,000,000
I
1988
Is It True
Laffit Pincay Jr.
D. Wayne Lukas
Eugene V. Klein
1:46.60
1+ 1 ⁄16 miles
$1,000,000
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1987
Success Express
José A. Santos
D. Wayne Lukas
Eugene V. Klein
1:35.20
1 mile
$1,000,000
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1986
Capote
Laffit Pincay Jr.
D. Wayne Lukas
Barry A. Beal, Lloyd R. French Jr. & Eugene V. Klein
1:43.80
1+ 1 ⁄16 miles
$1,000,000
I
1985
Tasso
Laffit Pincay Jr.
Neil Drysdale
Gerald Robins
1:36.20
1 mile
$1,000,000
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1984
Chief's Crown
Don MacBeth
Roger Laurin
Star Crown Stable (Andrew Rosen, et al.)
1:36.20
1 mile
$1,000,000
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See also
References
Racing Post :
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2009 , 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2018 , 2019
2020 , 2021
External links
Races
†Race no longer part of Breeders' Cup · §Race no longer run.
Years Challenge Series Miscellaneous