The Breeders' Cup Juvenile
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Breeders’ Cup Juvenile
The 2017 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile will be held at Del Mar Thoroughbred Club on Saturday, November 4th.
The Breeders’ Cup Challenge Series started in 2007, and awards automatic Breeders’ Cup bids to the winners of defined races. Those Juvenile qualifying prep races are:
- Iroquois Stakes, a Grade 3 race run in September at Churchill Downs in Kentucky
- Frontrunner Stakes, a Grade 1 race run in October at Santa Anita Park in California
- Champagne Stakes, a Grade 1 race run in October at Belmont Park in New York
- Breeders’ Futurity, a Grade 1 race run in October at Keeneland in Kentucky
The Juvenile Winners
The $2 million Sentient Jet Breeders’ Cup Juvenile is the richest 2-year-old race in North America. The 1 1/16 mile race, restricted to male 2-year-olds, is often a preview of the stars of the Triple Crown races for the following year. The Juvenile is a season-defining event, as the race often determines the Eclipse Award Champion 2-year-old male, and also the winter-book favorite for the Kentucky Derby.
In the lead-up to the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile, 12 of the past 20 winners were favored in their last start. But the last BC Juvenile race favorite to win the race was Shanghai Bobby in 2012 (7-5), and a total of 11 race-day favorites have won the Juvenile. The two longest odds horses to win the Juvenile were both 30-1 when Vale of York (IRE) beat the favorite Lookin’ at Lucky by a head in 2009 at Santa Anita, and 1999 winner Anees came from the very back of the pack to win by more than 2 lengths at Gulfstream Park.
Some notable achievements for past Juvenile winners include Timber Country (1995), who became the first Breeders' Cup Juvenile winner to win one of the U.S. Triple Crown races for 3-year-olds when he won the 1995 Preakness Stakes. The 2006 winner, Street Sense, became the first to capture the Kentucky Derby, and the other Juvenile winner to win the Run for the Roses the following May was Nyquist (2015).
The Breeders’ Cup Juvenile speed record was set by Midshipman in 2008 when he ran the 1 1/16 mile race in 1:40.94. The late jockey Garrett Gomez rode for trainer Bob Baffert.
BREEDERS’ CUP JUVENILE WINNERS & RECORDS
| Year/Track | Winner/ | Jockey/ | Time/ |
| Date/Distance | Owner | Trainer | Odds |
| 2016 - SA | Classic Empire | J. Leparoux | 01:42.6 |
| Nov 05 - 1 1/16M | John C. Oxley | M. Casse | $4.50 |
| 2015 - KEE | Nyquist | M. Gutierrez | 01:43.8 |
| Oct 31 - 1 1/16M | Reddam Racing LLC | D. O'Neill | $4.70 |
| 2014 - SA | Texas Red | K. Desormeaux | 01:41.9 |
| Nov 01 - 1 1/16M | Brehm, Erich, Detmar, Wayne, Michaels, Lee, Desormeaux, J. Keith et al. | J. Desormeaux | $13.90 |
| 2013 - SA | New Year's Day | M. Garcia | 01:43.5 |
| Nov 02 - 1 1/16M | West, Gary and Mary | B. Baffert | $10.50 |
| 2012 - SA | Shanghai Bobby | A. Napravnik | 01:44.6 |
| Nov 03 - 1 1/16M | Starlight Racing, Magnier, Mrs. John, Tabor, Michael B. and Smith, Derrick | T. Pletcher | $1.30* |
| 2011 - CD | Hansen | R. Dominguez | 01:44.4 |
| Nov 05 - 1 1/16M | Hansen, Kendall, M.D. and Sky Chai Racing | M. Maker | $7.10 |
| 2010 - CD | Uncle Mo | J. Velazquez | 01:42.6 |
| Nov 06 - 1 1/16M | Repole Stable | T. Pletcher | $1.40* |
| 2009 - OSA | Vale of York (IRE) | A. Ajtebi | 01:43.5 |
| Nov 07 - 1 1/16M | Godolphin Racing LLC | S. bin Suroor | $30.60 |
| 2008 - OSA | Midshipman | G. Gomez | 01:40.9 |
| Oct 25 - 1 1/16M | Darley Stable | B. Baffert | $3.60 |
| 2007 - MTH | War Pass | C. Velasquez | 01:42.8 |
| Oct 27 - 1 1/16M | Robert V. LaPenta | N. Zito | $2.20* |
| 2006 - CD | Street Sense | C. Borel | 01:42.6 |
| Nov 04 - 1 1/16M | Jim Tafel LLC | C. Nafzger | $15.20 |
| 2005 - BEL | Stevie Wonderboy | G. Gomez | 01:41.6 |
| Oct 29 - 1 1/16M | Merv Griffin Ranch Co., The | D. O'Neill | $4.50 |
| 2004 - LS | Wilko | L. Dettori | 01:42.1 |
| Oct 30 - 1 1/16M | Reddam, J. Paul and Roy, Susan | J. Noseda | $28.30 |
| 2003 - SA | Action This Day | D. Flores | 01:43.6 |
| Oct 25 - 1 1/16M | B. Wayne Hughes | R. Mandella | $26.80 |
| 2002 - AP | Vindication | M. Smith | 01:49.6 |
| Oct 26 - 1 1/8M | Padua Stables | B. Baffert | $4.10 |
| 2001 - BEL | Johannesburg | M. Kinane | 01:42.3 |
| Oct 27 - 1 1/16M | Tabor, Michael B. and Magnier, Mrs. John | A. O'Brien | $7.20 |
| 2000 - CD | Macho Uno | J. Bailey | 01:42.1 |
| Nov 04 - 1 1/16M | Stronach Stables | J. Orseno | $6.30 |
| 1999 - GP | Anees | G. Stevens | 01:42.3 |
| Nov 06 - 1 1/16M | The Thoroughbred Corporation | A. Hassinger, Jr. | $30.30 |
| 1998 - CD | Answer Lively | J. Bailey | 01:44.0 |
| Nov 07 - 1 1/16M | John Franks | B. Barnett | $2.70* |
| 1997 - HOL | Favorite Trick | P. Day | 01:41.5 |
| Nov 08 - 1 1/16M | Joseph P. Lacombe | P. Byrne | $1.20* |
| 1996 - WO | Boston Harbor | J. Bailey | 01:43.4 |
| Oct 26 - 1 1/16M | Overbrook Farm | D. Lukas | $2.40 |
| 1995 - BEL | Unbridled's Song | M. Smith | 01:41.6 |
| Oct 28 - 1 1/16M | Paraneck Stable | J. Ryerson | $5.20 |
| 1994 - CD | Timber Country | P. Day | 01:44.6 |
| Nov 05 - 1 1/16M | Overbrook Farm, Gainsway Thoroughbreds Ltd. and Lewis, Robert and Beverly | D. Lukas | $2.40* |
| 1993 - SA | Brocco | G. Stevens | 01:43.0 |
| Nov 06 - 1 1/16M | Broccoli, Mr. and Mrs. Albert | R. Winick | $3.00 |
| 1992 - GP | Gilded Time | C. McCarron | 01:43.4 |
| Oct 31 - 1 1/16M | Carl Ichan | D. Vienna | $2.00* |
| 1991 - CD | Arazi | P. Valenzuela | 01:44.8 |
| Nov 02 - 1 1/16M | Paulson, Allen E. and al Maktoum, Sheik Mohammed | F. Boutin | $2.10* |
| 1990 - BEL | Fly So Free | J. Santos | 01:43.4 |
| Oct 27 - 1 1/16M | Thomas Valando | F. Schulhofer | $1.40* |
| 1989 - GP | Rhythm | C. Perret | 01:43.6 |
| Nov 04 - 1 1/16M | Ogden Mills Phipps | C. McGaughey III | $2.60 |
| 1988 - CD | Is It True | L. Pincay, Jr. | 01:46.6 |
| Nov 05 - 1 1/16M | E. V. Klein | D. Lukas | $9.20 |
| 1987 - HOL | Success Express | J. Santos | 01:35.2 |
| Nov 21 - 1M | E. V. Klein | D. Lukas | $4.10 |
| 1986 - SA | Capote | L. Pincay, Jr. | 01:43.8 |
| Nov 01 - 1 1/16M | Beal, French, Jr. and Klein | D. Lukas | $2.40* |
| 1985 - AQU | Tasso | L. Pincay, Jr. | 01:36.2 |
| Nov 02 - 1M | Gerald Robins | N. Drysdale | $5.60 |
| 1984 - HOL | Chief's Crown | D. MacBeth | 01:36.2 |
| Nov 10 - 1M | Star Crown Stable | R. Laurin | $0.70* |
