Breeders' Cup Sprint
| Grade I race | |
| Location | North America |
|---|---|
| Inaugurated | 1984 |
| Race type | Thoroughbred - Flat racing |
| Website |
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| Race information | |
| Distance | 6 furlongs (3⁄4 mile) |
| Surface | Dirt |
| Track | left-handed |
| Qualification | Three-years-old & up |
| Weight | Weight for Age |
| Purse | US$1,500,000 |
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 over 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
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 between three and seven of these, "Win and You're In," qualifying races. In the Breeders' Cup Sprint Division the number of runners are limited to 14 and there are four automatic berths. The "Win and You're In" races are:
- the Smile Sprint, a Grade 2 race at Calder Race Course in Miami Gardens, Florida;[1]
- the Vosburgh Stakes, a Grade 1 race at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York;[1]
- the Phoenix Stakes, a Grade 3 race at Keeneland in Lexington, Kentucky[1] and
- the Santa Anita Sprint Championship, a Grade 1 race at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California.[1]
Records
Most wins:
- 2 - Midnight Lute (2007, 2008)
Most wins by a jockey:
- 4 - Corey Nakatani (1996, 1997, 1998, 2006)
Most wins by a trainer:
- 4 - Bob Baffert (1992, 2007, 2008, 2013)
Most wins by an owner:
- 3 - Pegram/Watson & Weitman (2007, 2008, 2013)
Winners of the Breeders' Cup Sprint since 1984
| Year |
Winner |
Age |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Owner |
Time | Purse | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | K. Watson, M. Pegram & P. Weitman | 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 | Pegram/Watson & Weitman | 1:07.08 | $2,000,000 | I |
| 2007 | Midnight Lute | 4 | Garrett Gomez | Bob Baffert | Pegram/Watson & Weitman | 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 Velasquez | Stephen Margolis | Padua S./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 | Headley/Molasky/High Tech | 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 et al. | 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 | DeGroot/Dutch Masters/Pegram | 1:08.20 | $1,000,000 | I |
| 1991 | Sheikh Albadou | 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 | Angel Cordero, Jr. | C. R. McGaughey III | Ogden Phipps | 1:09.00 | $1,000,000 | I |
| 1988 | Gulch | 4 | Angel 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 Vasquez | 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
- Breeders' Cup Sprint "top three finishers" and starters
- American Thoroughbred Racing top Attended Events
References
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