2017 Breeders' Cup Sprint
The world's fastest Thoroughbreds compete in the Sprint, sometimes achieving speeds nearing 40 M.P.H. in the stretch. This race is contested at three-quarters of a mile for male and female horses, 3-years-old and older.
Breeders' Cup Sprint
| Purse: | $1,500,000 | Grade: | 1 |
| Distance: | 6 Furlongs | Age: | 3+ |
Recent Breeders Cup' Sprint Winners
| Year | Winner | Jockey | Trainer | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Roy H | Kent Desormeax | Peter Miller | 1:08.61 |
| 2016 | Drefong | Martin Garcia | Bob Baffert | 1:08.79 |
| 2015 | Runhappy | Edgar Prado | Maria Borell | 1:08.58 |
| 2014 | Work All Week | Florent Geroux | Roger Brueggemann | 1:08.28 |
| 2013 | Secret Circle | Martin Garcia | Bob Baffert | 1:08.73 |
| 2012 | Trinniberg | Willie Martinez | Shivananda Parbhoo | 1:07.98 |
| 2011 | Amazombie | Mike E. Smith | Bill Spawr | 1:09.17 |
| 2010 | Big Drama | Eibar Coa | David Fawkes | 1:09.05 |
What is the Breeders Cup' Sprint?
The Breeders' Cup Sprint (Grade 1) has been a popular racing event since the inauguration of Breeders' Cup in 1984. At present, this horse racing event carries a purse of $1.5 million and has proven a nightmare for handicappers among the Breeders' Cup races. As a champion event, the Breeders' Cup Sprint has become a platform where none can predict which horse is going to perform best on that very day. In fact, in seven of the Breeders' Cup Sprint races, the winner was decided by a distance of neck or less than that. So, from the result itself we can measure the level of competition in this race.
Browsing the history of Breeders' Cup Sprint, we find the 1990 session. The 1989 champion, Safely Kept, fought brilliantly head-to-head battle with English invader Dayjur - favorite of that race; inside the furlong pole, Dayjur suddenly took the command over but only forty yards away from the finishing line, he jumped the shadow of Belmont Park's grandstand and lost his action for a few moment. Those missteps were enough for the favorite, Safety Kept, to regain the lead and hold on for a neck victory.
In seven of the Breeders' Cup Sprint races, the winner was decided by a distance of neck or less than that.
On October 27, 2007, Midnight Lute, trained by multiple Kentucky Derby winner, Bob Baffert, scored the most important victory of his career when he won the six-furlong Breeders' Cup Sprint at Monmouth Park, ridden by Garrett Gomez. Coming from last to first, he won by 4 3/4 lengths over a sloppy track in a time of 1:09.18. In his next visit to Breeders' Cup Sprint at Santa Anita Park on October 25th, 2008, he finished the six-furlong dash in a final time of 1:07:08 on a fast track making Midnight Lute the first horse to ever repeat in the Breeders' Cup Sprint.
In the 2000, Kona Gold snatched the winning title while the Java Gold gelding placed third in 1998, second in 1999 and finally won the race at six. In fact the favorite takes it all in this race! We all are expecting the same trend of results in this year too. The 2009 winner of the Breeders' Cup Sprint, Dancing in Silks, shared 2009 California Horse of the Year honors with California Flag.
2024 BREEDERS' CUP RACE SCHEDULE
| Breeders' Cup Race | Grade | Purse | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint | I | $1,000,000 | November 1 |
| Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies | I | $2,000,000 | November 1 |
| Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf | I | $1,000,000 | November 1 |
| Breeders' Cup Juvenile | I | $2,000,000 | November 1 |
| Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf | I | $1,000,000 | November 1 |
| Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint | I | $1,000,000 | November 2 |
| Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint | I | $1,000,000 | November 2 |
| Breeders' Cup Distaff | I | $2,000,000 | November 2 |
| Breeders' Cup Turf | I | $5,000,000 | November 2 |
| Breeders' Cup Classic | I | $7,000,000 | November 2 |
| Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf | I | $2,000,000 | November 2 |
| Breeders' Cup Sprint | I | $2,000,000 | November 2 |
| Breeders' Cup Mile | I | $2,000,000 | November 2 |
| Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile | I | $1,000,000 | November 2 |
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