Breeders' Cup Distaff top three finishers

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This is a listing of the horses that finished in either first, second, or third place and the number of starters in the Breeders' Cup Distaff , a Grade I race for fillies and mares, three years old and up. An annual race run on the dirt, it was the final race of the first-day (Friday) card of the Breeders' Cup World Thoroughbred Championships since 2008. [1] In 2018, it was returned to the Saturday card. [2]

The race, which has been run in every Breeders' Cup since the first event in 1984, was known as the Breeders' Cup Ladies Classic between 2008 and 2012.

YearWinnerSecondThirdStartersRef
2023 Idiomatic RandomizedLe Da Vida11
2022 Malathaat Blue Stripe Clairiere 8
2021Marche Lorraine (JPN)Dunbar Road Malathaat 11 [3]
2020 Monomoy Girl ValianceDunbar Road10 [4]
2019Blue Prize (ARG) Midnight Bisou Serengeti Empress11 [5]
2018 Monomoy Girl Wow Cat Midnight Bisou 11 [6]
2017 Forever Unbridled Abel Tasman Paradise Woods8 [7]
2016 Beholder Songbird Forever Unbridled8 [8]
2015 Stopchargingmaria Stellar Wind Curalina14 [9]
2014 Untapable Don't Tell SophiaIotapa11 [10]
2013 Beholder Close Hatches Authenticity6 [11]
2012 Royal Delta My Miss Aurelia Include Me Out8 [12]
2011 Royal Delta It's Tricky Pachattack9 [13]
2010 Unrivaled Belle Blind Luck Havre de Grace 11 [14]
2009 Life Is Sweet Mushka Music Note 8 [15]
2008 Zenyatta Cocoa Beach Music Note 8 [16]
2007 Ginger Punch Hystericalady Octave 12 [17]
2006 Round Pond Happy Ticket [lower-alpha 1] Balletto13 [18]
2005 Pleasant Home Society Selection Ashado 13 [19]
2004 Ashado Storm Flag Flying Stellar Jayne11 [20]
2003 Adoration ElloluvGot Koko7 [21]
2002 Azeri Farda AmigaImperial Gesture8 [22]
2001 Unbridled Elaine Spain Two Item Limit 11 [23]
2000 Spain SurfsideHeritage of Gold9 [24]
1999 Beautiful Pleasure Banshee Breeze Heritage of Gold8 [25]
1998 Escena Banshee Breeze Keeper Hill8 [26]
1997 Ajina Sharp Cat Escena 8 [27]
1996 Jewel Princess Serena's Song Different6 [28]
1995 Inside Information Heavenly Prize Lakeway 10 [29]
1994 One Dreamer Heavenly Prize Miss Dominique9 [30]
1993 Hollywood Wildcat Paseana Re Toss8 [31]
1992 Paseana Versailles TreatyMagical Maiden14 [32]
1991 Dance Smartly Versailles TreatyBrought To Mind13 [33]
1990 Bayakoa Colonial WatersValay Maid7 [34]
1989 Bayakoa Gorgeous Open Mind 10 [34]
1988 Personal Ensign Winning Colors Goodbye Halo9 [34]
1987 Sacahuista Clabber GirlOueee Bebe6 [34]
1986 Lady's Secret Fran's Valentine Outstandingly 8 [34]
1985 Life's Magic Lady's Secret Dontstop Themusic 7 [34]
1984 Princess Rooney Life's Magic Adored7 [34]
  1. ↑ Asi Siempre finished second but was disqualified to fourth for interference

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