Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf

MONMOUTH JUNCTION, NJ - OCTOBER 26: Alan Garcia celebrates with British bred Lahudood after winning the Emirates Airline Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf October 27, 2007 during the Breeders' Cup at Monmouth Park in Monmouth Junction, New Jersey. (Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images)
The Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf is a Grade 1 race for 3-year-old and above fillies and mares, run over a distance of 1ΒΌ mile. The race is a weight-for-age handicap and is run on turf. The race attracts entries from both Europe and the United States, and provides racing fans with an opportunity to see how North American and European thoroughbreds fare against one another on a level playing field.

Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf Winners

Year

Winner

Time

Jockey

Trainer
2008 Forever Together 2:01.58 J. Leparoux J. Sheppard
2007 Lahudood 2:22.75 A. Garcia K. McLaughlin
2006 Ouija Board (GB) 2:14.55 Lanfranco Dettori Edward Dunlop
2005 Intercontinental 2:02.34 R. Berarano R. Frankel
2004 Ouija Board 2:18.25 K. Fallon E. Dunlop
2003 Islington 1:59:00 Kieren Fallon Sir Michael Stoute
2002 Starine 2:033/5 John Velazquez Bobby Frankel
2001 Banks Hill 2:001/5 Olivier Peslier Andre Fabre
2000 Perfect Sting 2:13:00 Jerry Bailey Joe Orseno
1999 Soaring Softly 2:134/5 Jerry Bailey James J. Toner

2008 Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf

The 2008 Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf was won by an American trainer in 2008, with Jonathan Sheppard’s Forever Together taking victory in the 3rd fastest time recorded in the history of the race. Canadian Champions 3-Year-Old Filly, Sealy Hill, finished the race in second place while Wait A While came home in third place.