Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf Explained

Surface:Turf
Class:Grade I
Horse Race:Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf
Location:United States
Inaugurated:2008
Race Type:Thoroughbred – Flat racing
Distance:1miles
Track:Left-handed
Weight:Assigned
Purse:$1,000,000

The Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf is a one-mile turf stakes race for thoroughbred fillies two years old. As its name implies, it is part of the Breeders' Cup World Championships, the de facto year-end championship for North American thoroughbred racing.

The race was run for the first time in 2008 during the first day of Breeders' Cup racing at that year's host track, Santa Anita Park.[1] Because of technical requirements, it was not eligible for classification as a graded stakes race in its first two runnings.[2] The American Graded Stakes Committee made it a Grade II race in 2010.[3] Effective with the 2012 edition, it became a Grade I race.[4]

Automatic berths

Beginning in 2007, the Breeders' Cup developed the Breeders' Cup Challenge, a series of races in each division that allotted automatic qualifying bids to winners of defined races. Each of the fourteen divisions has multiple qualifying races. Note though 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 Fillies Turf division, runners are limited to 14 and there are up to six automatic berths. The 2022 "Win and You're In" races were:[5]

  1. Moyglare Stud Stakes, a Group 1 race run in September at Curragh Racecourse in County Kildare, Ireland
  2. Natalma Stakes, a Grade 1 race run in September at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
  3. Rockfel Stakes, a Group 2 race run in September at Newmarket Racecourse in Suffolk, England
  4. Miss Grillo Stakes, a Grade 2 race run in October at Aqueduct Racetrack in New York
  5. Prix Marcel Boussac, a Group 1 race run in October at Longchamp Racecourse in Paris, France
  6. Jessamine Stakes, a Grade 2 race run in October at Keeneland Racecourse in Kentucky

Records

Most wins by a jockey:

Most wins by a trainer:

Most wins by an owner:

Winners

YearWinnerJockeyTrainerstyle= OwnerTimePurseGrade
2023Hard To Justify Flavien PratChad C. BrownWise Racing 1:34.42$1,000,000I
2022Meditate (IRE)Ryan MooreAidan O'BrienMrs. John Magnier, Michael Tabor, Derrick Smith & Westerburg1:35.38$1,000,000I
2021Pizza BiancaJosé L. OrtizChristophe ClementBobby Flay1:35.36$1,000,000I
2020Aunt Pearl (IRE)Florent GerouxBrad H. CoxMichael Dubb, Madaket Stables, Peter Deutsch, Michael E. Kisber, The Elkstone Group & Bethlehem Stables1:35.71$1,000,000I
2019SharingManuel FrancoH. Graham MotionEclipse Thoroughbred Partners & Gainesway Stable1:34.59$1,000,000I
2018Newspaperofrecord (IRE)Irad Ortiz Jr.Chad C. BrownKlaravich Stables1:39.00$1,000,000I
2017Rushing FallJavier CastellanoChad C. Browne Five Racing Thoroughbreds1:36.09$1,000,000I
2016New Money HoneyJavier CastellanoChad C. Browne Five Racing Thoroughbreds 1:34.01$1,000,000I
2015Catch A GlimpseFlorent GerouxMark CasseGary Barber, Michael James Ambler & Windways Farm1:39.08$1,000,000I
2014Lady EliIrad Ortiz Jr.Chad C. BrownSheep Pond Partners1:33.41$1,000,000I
2013Chriselliam (IRE)Richard HughesCharles HillsWillie Carson, Emily Asprey, Chris Wright1:33.72$1,000,000I
2012Flotilla (FRA)Christophe LemaireMikel DelzanglesSheikh Mohammed Al Thani1:34.64$1,000,000I
2011Stephanie's KittenJohn VelazquezWayne CatalanoKenneth Ramsey & Sarah Ramsey1:38.90$1,000,000II
2010More Than RealGarrett K. GomezTodd A. PletcherBobby Flay1:36.61$1,000,000II
2009TapitsflyRobby AlbaradoDale L. RomansFrank L. Jones Jr.1:34.25$1,000,000
2008MaramJose LezcanoChad C. BrownKaren N. Woods & Saud bin Khaled 1:35.15$1,000,000

See also

References

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Monthly Index to Online Story's Blood-Horse.com . 2007-12-10 . https://archive.today/20120710222148/http://news.bloodhorse.com/viewstory.asp?id=42402 . 2012-07-10 . dead .
  2. Web site: Graded Stakes Committee releases 2008 changes – Thoroughbred Times . 2007-12-10 . 2007-12-02 . https://web.archive.org/web/20071202042856/http://www.thoroughbredtimes.com/racing-news/2007/November/28/Graded-Stakes-Committee-releases-2008-changes.aspx . dead .
  3. News: Arkansas Derby Among Three New Grade I Stakes . Tom . LaMarra . BloodHorse.com . 2008-12-03 . 2009-12-28.
  4. News: Two BC races, Cotillion among four new Grade 1 stakes for 2012 . Matt . Hegarty . . December 2, 2011 . February 6, 2012.
  5. Web site: BC announces 2022 "Win and You're In' schedule . BloodHorse.com . 7 October 2022.