Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint

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 ​5 1⁄2 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.

Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint
Grade 2 race
LocationUnited States, United States
Inaugurated2018
Race typeThoroughbred - Flat racing
WebsiteOfficial Breeders' Cup website
Race information
Distance5 or ​5 1⁄2 furlongs
SurfaceTurf
TrackLeft-handed
QualificationTwo-year-olds
WeightAssigned
PurseUS$1,000,000

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.[1] Prior to 2018 the Juvenile Turf Sprint was run as an undercard race at the Breeders' Cup.[2] The race was not eligible for grading in its first year but in 2019, it was run as a Grade II event.

The distance of the race varies depending on the configuration of the host race track:

  • 5 furlongs – 2019
  • ​5 1⁄2 furlongs – 2018

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 thirteen divisions has between two and twelve of these "Win and You're In" qualifying races.

In the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint division, runners are limited to 14 and there are up to five automatic berths. 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.

The 2019 "Win and You're In" races are:[3]

  1. Norfolk Stakes, a Group 2 race run in June at Ascot Racecourse in Berkshire, England
  2. Prix Morny, a Group One race run in August at Deauville in France
  3. Belmont Futurity Stakes, a Grade 3 race run in September at Belmont Park in New York
  4. Speakeasy Stakes, a race run in October at Santa Anita Park in California
  5. Indian Summer Stakes, a race run in October at Keeneland in Kentucky

Winners
Year
 Winner
 Jockey
 Trainer
 Owner
 Time
 Purse
 Grade
2019 Four Wheel Drive Irad Ortiz Jr. Wesley Ward Breeze Easy, LLC 55.66 $1,000,000 II
2018 Bulletin Javier Castellano Todd Pletcher WinStar Farm 1:05.54 $1,000,000

References
  1. "Juvenile Turf Sprint". Breeders' Cup. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
  2. "Juvenile Turf Sprint Added to Breeders' Cup Line Up; Sprint Purse Raised". Thoroughbred Daily News. 5 February 2018.
  3. "Breeders' Cup Announces Challenge Series Schedule". BloodHorse.com. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
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