Breeders Cup Juvenile

The Breeders Cup Juvenile is also known as the TVG Juvenile is a horse race for 2-year-old colts and geldings. This year the event is going to hold on November 4th at Keeneland.

The current purse is US$2,000,000 making it the most valuable race for two-year-olds in America. For this edition, the run will have a distance of 1 ¹⁄₁₆ miles on dirt.

This event is often a preview of the stars of the Triple Crown races for the following year. For example, Timber Country holds the record as the first Breeders’ Cup Juvenile victor to win the Triple Crown race when he went on to win the 1995 Preakness Stakes. Also, in 2006 Street Sense became the first to capture the Kentucky Derby a feat that was repeated by Nyquist in 2016.

Last Year Winner

Last year’s winner was Corniche, which was trained by Bob Baffert and the jockey was the American Mike E. Smith. Corniche earned the victory ahead of runner-up Pappacap and Giant Game who finished third in the race.

Qualification

A horse can qualify for a Breeders’ Cup race by completing one of the following processes. By winning a Breeder Cup Challenge Series “win and You’re in” or through a selection process. If there are more than 14 nominees (oversubscribed), the BC Challenge Series winners will get spots and the next seven are determined by points based on the following formula.

Win, place, and show horses in Grade I stakes earn ten, six, and four points, respectively. The top three finishers in Grade II stakes earn six, four, and two points respectively, and in Grade III races the points earned are four, two, and one, respectively.

The horses remaining after the BC Challenge winners and 7 entries based on points will be ranked in order of preference by the Panel. The Panel will be free to establish its own criteria or ranking so that high-quality horses of demonstrated ability will have the opportunity to participate in Championship Races regardless of earlier participation in graded events.

Breeders Cup Juvenile Win and You’re In Races

DATE	RACE NAME	GRADED	TRACK	DISTANCE	WINNER	VIDEO
Oct 1th	Champagne Stakes	G1	Belmont Park	1 Mile	Blazing Sevens
Oct 8th	Claiborne Breeders’ Futurity	G1	Juvenile Keeneland	1 1/16 Miles	Forte
Oct 8th	American Pharoah Stakes	G1	Santa Anita Park	1 1/4 Miles (T)	Cave Rock

Records

Most wins by a jockey:

3 – Laffit Pincay Jr. (1985, 1986, 1988)

3 – Jerry Bailey (1996, 1998, 2000)

3 – Mike E. Smith (1995, 2002, 2021)

Most wins by a trainer:

5 – D. Wayne Lukas (1986, 1987, 1988, 1994, 1996)

5 – Bob Baffert (2002, 2008, 2013, 2018, 2021)

Most wins by an owner:

2 – Eugene V. Klein (1987, 1988)

2 – Overbrook Farm (with partners in 1994, 1996)

2 – Michael Tabor & Susan Magnier (2001, with partners in 2012)

2 – Gary & Mary West (2013, 2018)

2 – Godolphin (2009, 2020)

Breeders Cup Juvenile Past Winners

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