Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint

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Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint
Grade I race
LocationUnited States
Inaugurated2008
Race type Thoroughbred – Flat racing
Website Official Breeders' Cup website
Race information
Distancefrom 5 furlongs (0.63 mi)
to 6.5 furlongs (0.81 mi)
SurfaceTurf
TrackLeft-handed
QualificationThree-years-old & up
Weight Weight for Age
PurseUS$1,000,000

The Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint is a Weight for Age stakes race for thoroughbred racehorses three years old and up. As its name implies, it is a part of the Breeders' Cup World Championships, the de facto year-end championship for North American thoroughbred racing. The distance of the race will vary depending on the host track's turf course requirements. [1]

Contents

The race was run for the first time in 2008 during the second day of Breeders' Cup racing at that year's host track, Santa Anita Park. The 2008 race was held at a distance of 6+1⁄2 furlongs and was contested on Santa Anita's signature El Camino Real "downhill" turf course. Besides Santa Anita, the only tracks in North America capable of contesting turf sprints at 6+1⁄2 furlongs are Woodbine [2] and Belmont. [3] Churchill Downs, which has hosted the Breeders' Cup eight times, can only conduct turf sprints at five furlongs. [4] The 2015 race at Keeneland was held at approximately 5+1⁄2 furlongs.

Because of technical requirements, it was not eligible for classification as a graded stakes race in its first two runnings. [5] Starting in 2010, it was a Grade II race, [6] and was upgraded to Grade I for 2012. [7]

Automatic berths

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 Turf Sprint division, runners are limited to 12 or 14 (depending on the dimensions of the host track and there are up to seven automatic berths. The 2022 "Win and You're In" races were: [8]

  1. the Jaipur Invitational, a Grade I race run in June at Belmont Park in New York
  2. the King's Stand Stakes, a Group 1 race run in June at Royal Ascot in England
  3. the Nunthorpe Stakes, a Group 1 race run in August at York Racecourse in England
  4. the Green Flash Handicap, a stakes race run in September at Del Mar in California
  5. the Kentucky Downs Turf Sprint Stakes, a Grade III race run in September at Kentucky Downs in Kentucky
  6. the Flying Five Stakes, a Group 1 race run in September at Curragh Racecourse in Ireland
  7. the Prix de l'Abbaye de Longchamp, a Group 1 race run in October at Longchamp in France

Records

Most wins:

Most wins by a jockey:

Most wins by a trainer:

Most wins by an owner:

Winners

YearWinnerAgeJockeyTrainerOwnerDistanceTimePurseGrade
2024Starlust3 Rossa Ryan Ralph Beckett Fitri Hay5 f0:55.92$1,000,000I
2023Nobals4Gerardo CorralesLarry RivelliPatricia's Hope5 f0:55.15$1,000,000I
2022 Caravel 5 Tyler Gaffalione Brad H. Cox Qatar Racing, Marc Detampel, & Madaket Stables5+1⁄2 f1:01.79$1,000,000I
2021 Golden Pal 3 Irad Ortiz Jr. Wesley Ward Derrick Smith, Susan Magnier, Michael Tabor & Westerberg (Georg von Opel)5 f0:55.22$1,000,000I
2020 Glass Slippers (GB)4Tom EavesKevin RyanBearstone Stud (Terry & Margaret Holdcroft)5+1⁄2 f1:01.53$1,000,000I
2019 Belvoir Bay (GB)6 Javier Castellano Peter Miller Gary Barber 5 f0:54.83$1,000,000I
2018 Stormy Liberal 6 Drayden Van Dyke Peter Miller Rockingham Ranch (Gary Hartunian)5+1⁄2 f1:04.50$1,000,000I
2017 Stormy Liberal 5 Joel Rosario Peter Miller Rockingham Ranch (Gary Hartunian)5 f0:56.12$1,000,000I
2016 Obviously (IRE)8 Flavien Prat Philip D'Amato Anthony Fanticola & Joseph Scardinoabt. 6+1⁄2 f 1:11.33$1,000,000I
2015 Mongolian Saturday 5 Florent Geroux Enebish GanbatMongolian Stable (Ganbaatar Dagvadorj)abt. 5+1⁄2 f 1:03.19$1,000,000I
2014 Bobby's Kitten 3 Joel Rosario Chad C. Brown Ken & Sarah Ramsey abt. 6+1⁄2 f 1:12.73$1,000,000I
2013 Mizdirection 5 Mike Smith Mike Puype Jungle Racing & KMN Racing et al.abt. 6+1⁄2 f 1:12.25$1,000,000I
2012 Mizdirection 4 Mike Smith Mike Puype Jungle Racing & KMN Racing et al.abt. 6+1⁄2 f 1:11.39$1,000,000I
2011 Regally Ready 4 Corey Nakatani Steve Asmussen Vinery Stable 5 f0:56.48$1,000,000II
2010 Chamberlain Bridge 6 Jamie Theriot Bret Calhoun Carl Moore Management5 f0:56.53$1,000,000II
2009 California Flag 5 Joe Talamo Brian Koriner Hi Card Ranch (Keith Card)abt. 6+1⁄2 f 1:11.28$1,000,000
2008 Desert Code 4 Richard Migliore David Hofmans Tarabilla Farms (Susan Osborne)abt. 6+1⁄2 f 1:11.60$1,000,000

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