The Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint is an American Thoroughbred horse race for two-year-old horses, run on a grass course at a distance of 5 or furlongs, depending on the configuration of the host track. It is part of the Breeders' Cup World Championships, the de facto year-end championship for North American thoroughbred racing. All Breeders' Cups to date have been conducted in the United States, with the exception of the 1996 event in Canada.
In 2017, a race named the Juvenile Turf Sprint was held at Del Mar Racetrack as part of the 2017 Breeders' Cup undercard.War Front Half to Honor Code Flies Late to Take Juvy Turf Sprint The race was run for the first time as a Breeders' Cup Championship race in 2018 during the first day of the Breeders' Cup at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky. Prior to 2018 the Juvenile Turf Sprint was run as an undercard race at the Breeders' Cup. The race was not eligible for grading in its first year but from 2019 it was a Grade II event and since 2022 it has been run as a Grade I race.
The distance of the race varies depending on the configuration of the host race track: 5 furlongs – 2019, 2021, 2023–2025 furlongs – 2018, 2020, 2022
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 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 Juvenile Turf Sprint division, runners are limited to either 12 or 14 depending on the configuration of the host racetrack. The 2022 "Win and You're In" races were: Norfolk Stakes, a Group 2 race run in June at Ascot Racecourse in Berkshire, England Prix Morny, a Group One race run in August at Deauville in France Speakeasy Stakes, a race run in October at Santa Anita Park in California Belmont Futurity Stakes, a Grade 3 race run in October at Aqueduct Racetrack in New York Indian Summer Stakes, a race run in October at Keeneland in Kentucky
Records
Most wins by a jockey: 4 – Irad Ortiz Jr. (2019, 2020, 2021, 2025)
Most wins by a trainer: 3 – Wesley Ward (2019, 2020, 2021) Most wins by an owner:
No owner has won this race more than once
Winners Year Winner Jockey Trainer Owner Track Distance Time Purse Grade RefBreeders' Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint2025Cy FairIrad Ortiz Jr.George WeaverSwinbank Stables, Medallion Racing, Joey Platts & Mark StantonDel Mar5 furlongs 56.20$1,000,000I2024 Magnum Force (IRE) Colin Keane Ger Lyons Abdulla Al KhalifaDel Mar5 furlongs 56.36 $1,000,000I 2023 Big Evs (IRE) Tom Marquand Michael Appleby RP Racing LtdSanta Anita5 furlongs 55.31$1,000,000I 2022Mischief Magic (IRE)William Buick Charlie ApplebyGodolphin RacingKeeneland furlongs1:02.41$1,000,000I 2021Twilight Gleaming (IRE)Irad Ortiz Jr.Wesley WardStonestreet StablesDel Mar5 furlongs56.24$1,000,000II2020Golden PalIrad Ortiz Jr.Wesley WardRanlo InvestmentsKeeneland furlongs1:02.82$1,000,000II2019Four Wheel DriveIrad Ortiz Jr.Wesley WardBreeze Easy, LLCSanta Anita5 furlongs55.66$1,000,000II2018BulletinJavier CastellanoTodd A. PletcherWinStar FarmChurchill Downs furlongs1:05.54$1,000,000Listed
See also
Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint "top three finishers" and starters List of American and Canadian Graded races
References
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