Breeders' Cup Juvenile

Grade I race
Breeders' Cup Juvenile
Location	North America
Inaugurated	1984
Race type	Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Website	Official Breeders' Cup website
Race information
Distance	1 1/16-miles (8.5 furlongs)
Track	Dirt, left-handed
Qualification	Two-year-old Colts and geldings
Weight	Assigned
Purse	US$2,000,000

The Breeders' Cup Juvenile is a Thoroughbred horse race for 2-year-old colts and geldings raced on dirt. It is held annually at a different racetrack in the United States or Canada as part of the Breeders' Cup World Championships.

Distance : 1 mile (1984-1985, 1987); 1 1/16-miles (1986, 1988-2001, 2003 to present); 1 1/8 miles (2002).

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." [1]

Timber Country went on to become the first Breeders' Cup Juvenile winner to win a U.S. Triple Crown race for three-year-olds when he won the 1995 Preakness Stakes. The 2006 winner, Street Sense, became the first to capture the Kentucky Derby.

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 Juvenile Division there are three automatic berths. In 2009, the Win and You're In races are: the Norfolk Stakes, a grade one race at Santa Anita Park, the Champagne Stakes, a grade one race at Belmont Park and the Breeders' Futurity, a grade one race at Keeneland.

Records

Speed record:

• 1:40.94 - Midshipman (2008)

Most wins by a jockey:

• 3 - Laffit Pincay, Jr. (1985, 1986, 1988)
• 3 - Jerry Bailey (1996, 1998, 2000)

Most wins by a trainer:

• 5 - D. Wayne Lukas (1986, 1987, 1988, 1994, 1996)

Most wins by an owner:

• 2 - Eugene V. Klein (1987, 1988)
• 2 - Overbrook Farm (with partners in 1994, 1996)

Winners of the Breeders' Cup Juvenile

Year	Winner	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time	Purse	Grade
2011	Hansen	Ramon Dominguez	Michael Maker	Kendall Hansen, MD/Sky Chai Racing	1:44.44	$2,000,000	I
2010	Uncle Mo	John Velazquez	Todd Pletcher	Repole Stable	1:42.60	$2,000,000	I
2009	Vale of York	Ahmed Ajtebi	Saeed bin Suroor	Godolphin Racing	1:43.48	$2,000,000	I
2008	Midshipman	Garrett Gomez	Bob Baffert	Darley Stable	1:40.94	$2,000,000	I
2007	War Pass	Cornelio Velasquez	Nick Zito	Robert V. LaPenta	1:42.76	$2,000,000	I
2006	Street Sense	Calvin Borel	Carl Nafzger	James B. Tafel	1:42.59	$2,000,000	I
2005	Stevie Wonderboy	Garrett Gomez	Doug O'Neill	Merv Griffin Ranch Company	1:41.64	$1,500,000	I
2004	Wilko	Frankie Dettori	Jeremy Noseda	J. Paul Reddam	1:42.09	$1,500,000	I
2003	Action This Day	David R. Flores	Richard Mandella	B. Wayne Hughes	1:43.62	$1,500,000	I
2002	Vindication	Mike E. Smith	Bob Baffert	Padua Stables	1:49.61	$1,000,000	I
2001	Johannesburg	Michael Kinane	Aidan O'Brien	Michael Tabor & Susan Magnier	1:42.27	$1,000,000	I
2000	Macho Uno	Jerry Bailey	Joseph Orseno	Stronach Stables	1:42.05	$1,000,000	I
1999	Anees	Gary Stevens	Alex Hassinger, Jr.	The Thoroughbred Corp.	1:42.29	$1,000,000	I
1998	Answer Lively	Jerry Bailey	Bobby C. Barnett	John A. Franks	1:44.00	$1,000,000	I
1997	Favorite Trick	Pat Day	Patrick B. Byrne	Joseph LaCombe Stable	1:41.47	$1,000,000	I
1996	Boston Harbor	Jerry Bailey	D. Wayne Lukas	Overbrook Farm	1:43.40	$1,000,000	I
1995	Unbridled's Song	Mike E. Smith	James T. Ryerson	Paraneck Stable	1:41.60	$1,000,000	I
1994	Timber Country	Pat Day	D. Wayne Lukas	Overbrook/Gainsway/Lewis	1:44.55	$1,000,000	I
1993	Brocco	Gary Stevens	Randy Winick	Albert R. Broccoli	1:42.99	$1,000,000	I
1992	Gilded Time	Chris McCarron	Darrell Vienna	Milch, Silverman & Silverman	1:43.43	$1,000,000	I
1991	Arazi	Pat Valenzuela	Francois Boutin	Allen E. Paulson	1:44.78	$1,000,000	I
1990	Fly So Free	Jose Santos	Scotty Schulhofer	Tommy Valando	1:43.40	$1,000,000	I
1989	Rhythm	Craig Perret	C. R. McGaughey III	Ogden Mills Phipps	1:43.60	$1,000,000	I
1988	Is It True	Laffit Pincay, Jr.	D. Wayne Lukas	Eugene V. Klein	1:46.60	$1,000,000	I
1987	Success Express	José Santos	D. Wayne Lukas	Eugene V. Klein	1:35.20†	$1,000,000	I
1986	Capote	Laffit Pincay, Jr.	D. Wayne Lukas	Beal, French Jr. & E. V. Klein	1:43.80	$1,000,000	I
1985	Tasso	Laffit Pincay, Jr.	Neil Drysdale	Gerald Robins	1:36.20†	$1,000,000	I
1984	Chief's Crown	Don MacBeth	Roger Laurin	Star Crown Stable	1:36.20†	$1,000,000	I

† - 1984, 1985, 1987 were run at 1 mile, current distance is 1 1/16 miles

See also

• Breeders' Cup Juvenile "top three finishers" and starters
• Breeders' Cup World Thoroughbred Championships
• American Thoroughbred Racing top Attended Events

External links

• Official Breeders' Cup website