Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf

Grade 1 race
Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf

Location	North America
Inaugurated	1999
Race type	Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Race information
Distance	1¼ miles (2012 m) or: 1⅜ miles (2213 m)
Track	Grass, left-handed
Qualification	Fillies and Mares, 3-years-old & up
Weight	Weight for Age
Purse	US$2,000,000

The Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf is a Weight for Age Thoroughbred horse race on turf for fillies and mares, three years old and up. It is held annually at a different racetrack in the United States as part of the Breeders' Cup World Championships.

The race is run at either 1¼ miles (2012 m) or 1⅜ miles (2213 m), depending on the turf course configuration at the Breeders' Cup host track. For tracks which can accommodate either distance (Belmont, Woodbine, and Santa Anita ), it is run at 1¼ miles.

Automatic Berths

Beginning in 2007, the Breeders' Cup developed "The Breeders' Cup Challenge," a series of races in each division that alloted automatic qualifying bids to winners of defined races. Each of the fourteen divisions has between three and six of these, "Win and You're In," qualifiers. In the Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Turf Division there are five automatic berths. In 2009, the Win and You're In races are: the Audi Pretty Polly Stakes, a group one race at Curragh Racecourse, the Beverly D. Stakes, a grade one race at Arlington Park, the John C. Mabee Handicap, a grade one race at Del Mar, the First Lady Stakes, a grade one race at Keeneland and the Yellow Ribbon Stakes a grade one race at Santa Anita Park.

Records

Most wins:

• Ouija Board (2004, 2006)

Most wins by a jockey:

• 2 - Jerry Bailey (1999, 2000)
• 2 - Kieren Fallon (2003, 2004)
• 2 - John Velazquez (2002, 2011)

Most wins by a trainer:

• 2 - Robert J. Frankel (2002, 2005)
• 2 - Ed Dunlop (2004, 2006)

Most wins by an owner:

• 3 - Juddmonte Farms (2001, 2005, 2009)
• 2 - Lord Derby (2004, 2006)

Winners of the Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf since 1999

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time	Miles	Purse	Grade
2011	Perfect Shirl	4	John Velazquez	Roger Attfield	Charles E. Fipke	2:18.62	1¼	$2,000,000	I
2010	Shared Account	4	Edgar Prado	Graham Motion	Sagamore Farm	2:17.74	1¼	$2,000,000	I
2009	Midday	3	Tom Queally	Henry Cecil	Juddmonte Farms	1:59.14	1¼	$2,000,000	I
2008	Forever Together	4	Julien Leparoux	Jonathan Sheppard	Augustin Stable	2:01.58	1¼	$2,000,000	I
2007	Lahudood	4	Alan Garcia	Kiaran McLaughlin	Shadwell Racing	2:22.75	1⅜	$2,000,000	I
2006	Ouija Board	5	Frankie Dettori	Ed Dunlop	Lord Derby	2:14.55	1⅜	$2,000,000	I
2005	Intercontinental	5	Rafael Bejarano	Robert J. Frankel	Juddmonte Farms	2:02.34	1¼	$2,000,000	I
2004	Ouija Board	3	Kieren Fallon	Ed Dunlop	Lord Derby	2:18.25	1⅜	$1,000,000	I
2003	Islington	4	Kieren Fallon	Sir Michael Stoute	Estate of Lord Weinstock	1:59.13	1¼	$1,000,000	I
2002	Starine	5	John Velazquez	Robert J. Frankel	Robert J. Frankel	2:03.57	1¼	$1,000,000	I
2001	Banks Hill	3	Olivier Peslier	Andre Fabre	Juddmonte Farms	2:00.36	1¼	$1,000,000	I
2000	Perfect Sting	4	Jerry Bailey	Joe Orseno	Stronach Stables	2:13.07	1⅜	$1,000,000	I
1999	Soaring Softly	4	Jerry Bailey	James J. Toner	Phillips Racing Partnership	2:13.89	1⅜	$1,000,000	I

See also

• Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf "top three finishers" and starters
• Breeders' Cup World Thoroughbred Championships
• American Thoroughbred Racing top Attended Events

References

• Official Breeders' Cup website