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Breeders' Cup Sprint

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Breeders' Cup Sprint
Grade I race
LocationNorth America
Inaugurated1984
Race typeThoroughbred – Flat racing
Websitewww.breederscup.com
Race information
Distance6 furlongs (3⁄4 mile)
SurfaceDirt
Trackleft-handed
QualificationThree-years-old & up
WeightWeight for Age
PurseUS$2,000,000

The Breeders' Cup Sprint is an American Weight for Age Grade I Thoroughbred horse race for horses three years old and older. Run on dirt Corrected grade for Santa Anita sprintover a distance of 6 Furlongs (3⁄4 mile), the race has been held annually since 1984 at a different racetrack in the United States or Canada as part of the Breeders' Cup World Championships.

Automatic berths

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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 Sprint division, runners are limited to 14 and there are up to three automatic berths. The 2022 "Win and You're In" races were:[1]

  1. the Bing Crosby Stakes, a Grade I race run in July at Del Mar racetrack in California
  2. the Vosburgh Stakes, a Grade II race run in October at Belmont Park in New York
  3. the Phoenix Stakes, a Grade II race at Keeneland in Kentucky

Records

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Most wins:

Most wins by a jockey:

Most wins by a trainer:

Most wins by an owner:

Winners

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Year Winner Age Jockey Trainer Owner Time Purse Grade
2024 Straight No Chaser 5 John Velazquez Dan Blacker MyRacehorse 1:08.62 $2,000,000 I
2023 Elite Power 5 Irad Ortiz Jr. William I. Mott Juddmonte Farm 1:08.34 $2,000,000 I
2022 Elite Power 4 Irad Ortiz Jr. William I. Mott Juddmonte Farm 1:09.11 $2,000,000 I
2021 Aloha West 4 José Ortiz Wayne Catalano Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners 1:08.49 $2,000,000 I
2020 Whitmore 7 Irad Ortiz Jr. Ron Moquett Robert V. LaPenta, Ron Moquett & Head of Plains Partners 1:08.61 $2,000,000 I
2019 Mitole 4 Ricardo Santana Jr. Steven M. Asmussen William L. & Corinne Heiligbrodt 1:09.00 $2,000,000 I
2018 Roy H 6 Paco Lopez Peter Miller Rockingham Ranch & D. A. Bernsen 1:08.24 $2,000,000 I
2017 Roy H 5 Kent Desormeaux Peter Miller Rockingham Ranch & D. A. Bernsen 1:08.61 $1,500,000 I
2016 Drefong 3 Martin Garcia Bob Baffert Baoma Corporation 1:08.79 $1,500,000 I
2015 Runhappy 3 Edgar Prado Maria Borell James McIngvale 1:08.58 $1,500,000 I
2014 Work All Week 5 Florent Geroux Roger Brueggemann Midwest Thoroughbreds Inc 1:08.28 $1,500,000 I
2013 Secret Circle 4 Martin Garcia Bob Baffert Michael E. Pegram & Watson & Weitman Performances 1:08.73 $1,500,000 I
2012 Trinniberg 3 Willie Martinez Shivananda Parbhoo Sherry Parbhoo 1:07.98 $1,500,000 I
2011 Amazombie 5 Mike E. Smith Bill Spawr Spawr & Sanford 1:09.17 $1,500,000 I
2010 Big Drama 4 Eibar Coa David Fawkes Harold Queen 1:09.05 $2,000,000 I
2009 Dancing in Silks 4 Joel Rosario Carla Gaines Ken Kinakin 1:08.14 $2,000,000 I
2008 Midnight Lute 5 Garrett Gomez Bob Baffert Michael E. Pegram & Watson & Weitman Performances 1:07.08 $2,000,000 I
2007 Midnight Lute 4 Garrett Gomez Bob Baffert Michael E. Pegram& Watson & Weitman Performances 1:09.18 $2,000,000 I
2006 Thor's Echo 4 Corey Nakatani Doug O'Neill R.S. Jaime & Suarez Racing 1:08.80 $2,000,000 I
2005 Silver Train 3 Edgar Prado Richard Dutrow Buckram Oak Farm 1:08.86 $2,000,000 I
2004 Speightstown 6 John Velazquez Todd A. Pletcher Eugene Melnyk 1:08.11 $1,000,000 I
2003 Cajun Beat 3 Cornelio Velásquez Steve Margolis Padua Stables & J. & J. Iracane 1:07.95 $1,000,000 I
2002 Orientate 4 Jerry Bailey D. Wayne Lukas Bob & Beverly Lewis 1:08.89 $1,000,000 I
2001 Squirtle Squirt 3 Jerry Bailey Robert J. Frankel David J. Lanzman 1:08.41 $1,000,000 I
2000 Kona Gold 6 Alex Solis Bruce Headley Bruce Headley, Irwin Molasky, High Tech Stable 1:07.60 $1,000,000 I
1999 Artax 4 Jorge F. Chavez Louis Albertrani Paraneck Stable 1:07.80 $1,000,000 I
1998 Reraise 3 Corey Nakatani Craig Dollase B Fey, M Han, L. Opas, F. Sinatra & Class Racing Stable 1:09.00 $1,000,000 I
1997 Elmhurst 7 Corey Nakatani Jenine Sahadi Evergreen Farm & Sahadi 1:08.20 $1,000,000 I
1996 Lit de Justice 6 Corey Nakatani Jenine Sahadi Evergreen Farm 1:08.60 $1,000,000 I
1995 Desert Stormer 5 Kent Desormeaux Frank Lyons Joanne H. Nor 1:09.00 $1,000,000 I
1994 Cherokee Run 4 Mike E. Smith Frank A. Alexander Jill E. Robinson 1:09.40 $1,000,000 I
1993 Cardmania 7 Ed Delahoussaye Derek Meredith Jean Couvercelle 1:08.60 $1,000,000 I
1992 Thirty Slews 5 Eddie Delahoussaye Bob Baffert Dutch Masters III DeGroot & Micheal E. Pegram 1:08.20 $1,000,000 I
1991 Sheikh Albadou (GB) 3 Pat Eddery Alex Scott Hilal Salem 1:09.20 $1,000,000 I
1990 Safely Kept 4 Craig Perret Alan E. Goldberg Jayeff B Stable 1:09.60 $1,000,000 I
1989 Dancing Spree 4 Ángel Cordero Jr. Claude R. McGaughey III Ogden Phipps 1:09.00 $1,000,000 I
1988 Gulch 4 Ángel Cordero Jr. D. Wayne Lukas Peter M. Brant 1:10.40 $1,000,000 I
1987 Very Subtle 3 Pat Valenzuela Melvin F. Stute Ben Rochelle 1:08.80 $1,000,000 I
1986 Smile 4 Jacinto Vásquez Scotty Schulhofer Frances A. Genter 1:08.40 $1,000,000 I
1985 Precisionist 4 Chris McCarron Ross Fenstermaker Fred W. Hooper 1:08.40 $1,000,000 I
1984 Eillo 4 Craig Perret Budd Lepman Crown Stable 1:10.20 $1,000,000 I

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "BC announces 2022 "Win and You're In' schedule". BloodHorse.com. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
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