Breeders'_Cup_Filly_&_Mare_Sprint

Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint

Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint

Horse race

The Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint is a 7-furlong (1408 m) Weight for Age stakes race for thoroughbred fillies and mares 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, generally held in the United States (also held one time in Canada). The race is run on a dirt course (either natural dirt or a synthetic surface such as Polytrack).

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The race was run for the first time in 2007 during the first day of the expanded Breeders' Cup at that year's host track, Monmouth Park Racetrack in Oceanport, New Jersey. In 2009, the race became a Grade I event.[1]

The 2007 race was held at a distance of 6 furlongs (1207 m) instead of the normal distance of 7 furlongs because of the configuration of the dirt track at Monmouth Park.

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 Filly & Mare Sprint division, runners are limited to 14 and there are up to three automatic berths. The 2022 "Win and You're In" races were:[2]

  1. the Princess Rooney Stakes, a Grade 2 race run in July at Gulfstream Park in Florida
  2. the Ballerina Stakes, a Grade 1 race at Saratoga Race Course in upstate New York
  3. the Thoroughbred Club of America Stakes, a Grade 2 race at Keeneland Race Course in Kentucky

Records

Most wins:

Most wins by a jockey:

Most wins by a trainer:

  • 3 – Chad C. Brown (2015, 2022, 2023)
  • 2 – William Bradley (2012, 2013)

Most wins by an owner:

  • 2 – Fred Bradley, William Bradley, Brent Burns, Carl Hurst (2012, 2013)
  • 2 – First Row Partners & Team Hanley (2022, 2023)

Winners of the Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint

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† – Run at 6 furlongs

See also

References

  1. [1]
    Six New Grade I Races for 2009 – bloodhorse.com
  2. [2]
    "BC announces 2022 "Win and You're In' schedule". BloodHorse.com. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
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