Breeders’ Cup Juvenile
The Breeders’ Cup Juvenile is a Grade 1 race for two-year-old colts and geldings. The race, which is run on dirt track, has been run over different distances in different years, depending on the course hosting the Breeders’ Cup World Championships. of 1 1/16 miles.
The 2008 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile will be run over 1 1/16 miles. It’s sponsored by Bessemer and has a total prize fund of $2 million.
Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Winners
The performance by Arazi in 1991 is considered by many to be the most outstanding seen in any Breeders’ Cup race. Arazi had never raced before on dirt track and was given the worst starting place for the race. The popular Bertando, who had previously won the Grade 1 Norfolk Stakes and the Del Mar Futurity, took the lead and Arazi trailed to almost 12 lengths behind. Late in the race, Arazi and jockey Pat Valenzuela then made a dramatic dash to the front, overtaking Bertando and proceeding to win the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile by the biggest ever recorded margin.
Year |
Winner |
Time |
Jockey |
Trainer |
| 2007 | War Pass | 1:42.76 | C. Velasquez | N. Zito |
| 2006 | Street Sense | 1:42.59 | C. Borel | C. Nafzger |
| 2005 | Stevie Wonderboy | 1:41.64 | G Gomez | D. O’Neill |
| 2004 | Wilko | 1:42.09 | F. Dettori | J. Noseda |
| 2003 | Action This Day | 1:433/5 | David Flores | Richard Mandella |
| 2002 | Vindication | 1:493/5 | Mike Smith | Bob Baffert |
| 2001 | Johannesburg | 1:421/5 | Michael Kinane | Aidan O’Brien |
| 2000 | Macho Uno | 1:42:00 | Jerry Bailey | Joe Orseno |
| 1999 | Anees | 1:421/5 | Gary Stevens | Alex Hassinger Jr. |
| 1998 | Answer Lively | 1:44:00 | Jerry Bailey | Bobby Barnett |
| 1997 | Favorite Trick | 1:412/5 | Pat Day | Patrick Byrne |
| 1996 | Boston Harbor | 1:432/5 | Jerry Bailey | D. Wayne Lukas |
| 1995 | Unbridled’s Song | 1:413/5 | Mike Smith | James Ryerson |
| 1994 | Timber Country | 1:442/5 | Pat Day | D. Wayne Lukas |
| 1993 | Brocco | 1:424/5 | Gary Stevens | Randy Winick |
| 1992 | Gilded Time | 1:432/5 | Chris McCarron | Darrell Vienna |
| 1991 | Arazi | 1:443/5 | Pat Valenzuela | Francois Boutin |
| 1990 | Fly So Free | 1:432/5 | Jose Santos | Scotty Schulhofer |
| 1989 | Rhythm | 1:433/5 | Craig Perret | Shug McGaughey |
| 1988 | Is It True | 1:463/5 | Laffit Pincay Jr. | D. Wayne Lukas |
| 1987 | Success Express | 1:351/5 | Jose Santos | D. Wayne Lukas |
| 1986 | Capote | 1:434/5 | Laffit Pincay Jr. | D. Wayne Lukas |
| 1985 | Tasso | 1:361/5 | Laffit Pincay Jr. | Neil Drysdale |
| 1984 | Chief’s Crown | 1:361/5 | Don MacBeth | Roger Laurin |
2007 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile
Trained by Nick Zito and ridden by Cornelio Velasquez, War Pass won the 2007 race by 4¾ lengths, ahead of runner-up Pyro. This outcome mirrored the result of the Champagne Stakes run at Belmont Park three weeks earlier, in which War Pass and Pyro took first and second places respectively.
Of War Pass, Zito said “He just keeps getting better and better. He has tons and tons of talent. You don’t have to make any apologies for this 2-year-old champion.”
Third position in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile went to Kodiak Kowboy, who came in a full 12 lengths behind Pyro, and fourth went to Tale of Ekati.
We’ll be waiting to see what promising colts and geldings emerge from the 2008 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile.
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