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 Sprint, a grade one race run on dirt held on Saturday of the Breeders' Cup World Thoroughbred Championships. [1]
Year | Winner | Second | Third | Starters |
---|---|---|---|---|
2023 | Elite Power | Gunite | Nakatomi | 9 |
2022 | Elite Power | C Z Rocket | Jackie's Warrior | 11 |
2021 | Aloha West | Dr.Sichivel | Following Sea | 9 |
2020 | Whitmore | C Z Rocket | Firenze Fire | 14 |
2019 | Mitole | Shancelot | Whitmore | 8 |
2018 | Roy H | Whitmore | Imperial Hint | 9 |
2017 | Roy H | Imperial Hint | Mind Your Biscuits | 10 |
2016 | Drefong | Mind Your Biscuits [lower-alpha 1] † | A. P. Indian | 8 |
2015 | Runhappy | Private Zone | Favorite Tale | 14 |
2014 | Work All Week | Secret Circle | Private Zone | 14 |
2013 | Secret Circle | Laugh Track | Gentleman's Bet | 12 |
2012 | Trinniberg | The Lumber Guy | Smiling Tiger | 14 |
2011 | Amazombie | Force Freeze | Jackson Bend | 8 |
2010 | Big Drama | Hamazing Destiny | Smiling Tiger | 12 |
2009 | Dancing In Silks | Crown of Thorns | Cost of Freedom | 9 |
2008 | Midnight Lute | Fatal Bullet | Street Boss | 8 |
2007 | Midnight Lute | Idiot Proof | Talent Search | 10 |
2006 | Thor's Echo | Friendly Island | Nightmare Affair | 14 |
2005 | Silver Train | Taste of Paradise | Lion Tamer | 11 |
2004 | Speightstown | Kela | My Cousin Matt | 13 |
2003 | Cajun Beat | Bluesthestandard | Shake You Down | 13 |
2002 | Orientate | Thunderello | Crafty C. T. | 13 |
2001 | Squirtle Squirt | Xtra Heat | Caller One | 14 |
2000 | Kona Gold | Honest Lady | Bet On Sunshine | 14 |
1999 | Artax | Kona Gold | Big Jag | 14 |
1998 | Reraise | Grand Slam | Kona Gold | 14 |
1997 | Elmhurst | Hesabull | Bet On Sunshine | 14 |
1996 | Lit de Justice | Paying Dues | Honour and Glory | 13 |
1995 | Desert Stormer | Mr. Greeley | Lit de Justice | 13 |
1994 | Cherokee Run | Soviet Problem | Cardmania | 14 |
1993 | Cardmania | Meafara | Gilded Time | 14 |
1992 | Thirty Slews | Meafara | Rubiano | 14 |
1991 | Sheikh Albadou | Pleasant Tap | Robyn Dancer | 11 |
1990 | Safely Kept | Dayjur | Black Tie Affair | 14 |
1989 | Dancing Spree | Safely Kept | Dispersal | 13 |
1988 | Gulch | Play the King | Afleet | 13 |
1987 | Very Subtle | Groovy | Exclusive Enough | 13 |
1986 | Smile | Pine Tree Lane | Bedside Promise | 9 |
1985 | Precisionist | Smile | Mt. Livermore | 14 |
1984 | Eillo | Commemorate | Fighting Fit | 11 |
†- 2016- Masochistic finished 2nd but was later Disqualified for a failed drug test
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