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2023 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf

The 2023 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf will be held at Santa Anita Park on Friday, November 3rd.

Official Entries & Morning Line Odds

Race 9, Post Time 7:40 pm (ET)

The BREEDERS' CUP JUVENILE TURF (GI) is a one mile race for 2-year-old colts and geldings to be run on the turf. The race carries a guaranteed purse of $1 million, including travel awards. Official entries and morning line odds will be available here once announced.

Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf 2023

PP
Odds
Horse
Jockey / Trainer
1
20-1
Air Recruit
Luis Saez / Arnaud Delacour
2
3-1
River Tiber (IRE)
Ryan Moore / Aidan P. O'Brien
3
20-1
Tok Tok
John Velazquez / H. Graham Motion
4
12-1
**Can Group
Flavian Prat / Mark E. Casse
5
8-1
*My Boy Prince
Joel Rosario / Mark E. Casse
6
20-1
Stay Hot
Antonia Freso / Peter A. Eurton
7
8-1
**Agate Road
Irad Ortiz, Jr. / Todd A. Pletcher
8
4-1
Unquestionable (FR)
Frankie Dettori / Aidan P. O'Brien
9
5-1
*Endlessly
Juan Hernandez / Michael W. McCarthy
10
20-1
Fulmineo
Tyler Gaffalione / Arnaud Delacour
11
30-1
Liam's Journey
Manuel Franco / Michael J. Maker
12
12-1
Mountain Bear (IRE)
Dylan McMongale / Aidan P. O'Brien
13
20-1
Grand Mo the First
Hector Berrios / Victor Barboza
14
6-1
**Carson's Run
Dylan Davis / Christophe Clement

**denotes Breeders' Cup Challenge Winner

Information and winners of the “Win and You’re In” Challenge Series races for the 2023 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf:

DATE
RACE
COUNTRY
WINNER
9/9/2023
Ireland
Diego Velazquez
9/16/2023
Canada
Carson's Run
9/30/2023
UK
Ghostwriter
10/1/2023
USA
Rosallion
10/1/2023
France
Agate Road
10/8/2023
USA
Can Group

Latest Juvenile Turf News

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A handful of Breeders’ Cup events will take place on Friday at Santa Anita, with each of the tilts featuring two-year-old runners. Below are a few horses that might not be well fancied at post time, but will nonetheless present value in the deep fields. 

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BREEDERS' CUP RANKINGS 2023: FUTURE STARS FRIDAY

A handful of races will be held on the opening-day portion of the Breeders’ Cup World Championships at Santa Anita on Nov. 3. European imports have endured a bevy of success in these tilts, especially in the events that have been contested on the turf, but my focus for this piece will be on the U.S.-based contenders. 

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2023 BREEDERS' CUP: 10 OBSERVATIONS FROM PRE-ENTRIES 

Pre-entries for the 2023 Breeders’ Cup at Santa Anita were released on Wednesday. From all appearances, the 14 races are coming up strong.

Get up to speed on key Breeders’ Cup storylines with 10 observations and takeaways.

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2023 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf Results & Payouts

Final results for the 2023 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf:

POST
HORSE
JOCKEY / TRAINER
WIN / PLACE / SHOW
8
Unquestionable (FR)
Ryan L. Moore / Aidan P. O'Brien
$5.00 / $.3.80 / $3.20
12
Mountain Bear (IRE)
Dylan Browne McMonagle / Aidan P. O'Brien
$17.60 / $9.20
5
My Boy Prince
Joel Rosario / Mark E. Casse
$3.80
4
Can Group
Flavien Prat / Mark E. Casse
7
Agate Road
Irad Ortiz, Jr. / Todd A. Pletcher
3
Tok Tok
John R. Velazquez / H. Graham Motion
1
Air Recruit
Luis Saez / Arnaud Delacour
9
Endlessly
Juan J. Hernandez / Michael W. McCarthy
14
Carson's Run
Dylan Davis / Christophe Clement
6
Stay Hot
Antonio Fresu / Peter Eurton

Exotic Payouts:

  • $1.00 Exacta (8-12) Paid: $38.30
  • $0.50 Trifecta (8-12-5) Paid: $101.85
  • $0.10 Superfecta (8-12-5-4) Paid: $170.76

Watch the 2023 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf


The BC Juvenile Turf History

The Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf was inaugurated in 2007 and offers a purse of $1,000,000. It is eligible for two-year-old colts and is run over one mile on a turf surface. In 2009, the race was given a Grade-II status which was upgraded to Grade-I in 2011.

Five races offer automatic berths in to the event and these take place all over the world. These include the Juvenile Stakes in Ireland, Summer Stakes in Canada, Royal Lodge Stakes in England, Bourbon Stakes in the United States and the Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere in France.

The caliber of winners that emerge from the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf has been spotty to a certain degree. Hit It A Bomb finished 9th in the Breeders’ Cup Mile, Nownownow and Donativum won in 2007 and 2008 and only won a single stakes race afterwards before retiring. For almost all other horses, the Breeders’ Cup Juveniel Turf was the only significant win, and their last one as well.

Oscar Performance is seemingly changing that trend after claiming victory in the 2016 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf. The colt continued to run through 2017 and picked up three victories in the Pennine Ridge, Belmont Derby and Secretariat Stakes. In 2018 he captured wins at the Poker Stakes and the Woodbine Mile as well. 2017 winner Mendelssohn picked up wins at both the Patton Stakes and the UAE Derby during his three-year-old season but ultimately failed to capitalize on that momentum, with his best showing coming with a second place finish at the Travers Stakes.


Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf Historical Records

Jockey Ryan Moore and trainer Aidan O'Brien have won the race a record six times - in 2011, 2012, 2015, 2017, 2022 and 2023. In fact, the winning horses in all six years were owned by the same team of John Magnier, Micheal Tabor, and Derrick Smith (with Al Shaqab Racing having an ownership stake in 2023 winner Unquestionable).

The fastest time for the race was set by Great Britain’s Outstrip with a time of 1:33.20 in 2013.

YEAR
HORSE (AGE)
JOCKEY / TRAINER
TIME / VENUE
2023
Unquestionable (FR) (2)
Ryan L. Moore / Aidan P. O'Brien
1:33.65 / Santa Anita Park
2022
Victoria Road (IRE) (2)
Ryan L. Moore / Aidan P. O'Brien
1:35.99 / Keeneland
2021
Modern Games (IRE) (2)
William T. Buick / Charles Appleby
1:34.72 / Del Mar Racetrack
2020
Fire At Will (2)
Ricardo Santana Jr. / Michaael J. Maker
1:35.81 / Keeneland
2019
Structor (2)
José Ortiz / Chad Brown
1:35.11 / Santa Anita Park
2018
Line of Duty (IRE) (2)
William Buick / Charlie Appleby
1:40.60 / Churchill Downs
2017
Mendelssohn (2)
Ryan Moore / Aidan O'Brien
1:35.97 / Del Mar Racetrack
2016
Oscar Performance (2)
José Ortiz / Brian Lynch
1:33.28 / Santa Anita Park
2015
Hit It A Bomb (2)
Ryan Moore / Aidan O'Brien
1:38.86 / Keeneland
2014
Hootenanny (2)
Frankie Dettori / Wesley A. Ward
1:34.79 / Santa Anita Park