Breeders' Cup Juvenile

Horseraces infobox
class = Grade I
horse race = Breeders' Cup Juvenile


caption =
location = North America flagicon|USA
inaugurated = 1984
race type = Thoroughbred - Flat racing
website = [http://www.breederscup.com Official Breeders' Cup website]
distance = 1 1/16-miles (8.5 furlongs)
track = Dirt, left-handed
qualification = Two-year-old Colts
weight = Assigned
purse = US$2,000,000
bonuses = The Breeders' Cup Juvenile is a Thoroughbred horse race for 2-year-old colts and geldings raced on dirt. It is held annually at a different racetrack in the United States or Canada as part of the Breeders' Cup.

Distance : 1 mile (1984-1985, 1987); 1 1/16-miles (1986, 1988-2001, 2003 to present); 1 1/8 miles (2002).

In 2006, the National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA) wrote in Part 2 of their special series titled "Spiraling To The Breeders' Cup" that "Arazi turned in what many still consider to be the single-most spectacular performance in Breeders' Cup history." [http://www.ntra.com/content.aspx?type=other&id=19892]

Timber Country went on to become the first Breeders' Cup Juvenile winner to win a U.S. Triple Crown race for three-year-olds when he won the 1995 Preakness Stakes. The 2006 winner, Street Sense, became the first to capture the Kentucky Derby.

Records

Most wins by a jockey:
* 3 - Laffit Pincay, Jr. (1985, 1986, 1988)
* 3 - Jerry Bailey (1996, 1998, 2000)

Most wins by a trainer:
* 5 - D. Wayne Lukas (1986, 1987, 1988, 1994, 1996)

Most wins by an owner:
* 2 - Eugene V. Klein (1987, 1988)
* 2 - Overbrook Farm (with partners in 1994, 1996)

Winners

ee also

*Breeders' Cup World Thoroughbred Championships

External links

* [http://www.ntra.com/bc_index.asp Official Breeders' Cup website]