2018 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint
The Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint will make its debut at this year's World Championships, November 2-3 at Churchill Downs and will carry a $1 million purse. The race will be run at 5.5 furlongs on the turf and will be open to all 2-year-olds.
Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint
| Purse: | $1,000,000 | Grade: | TBD |
| Distance: | 5.5 Furlongs | Age: | 2 |
2018 Juvenile Turf Sprint Odds & Entries
Race 5 on Churchill Downs's Friday card with a Post Time of 3:21 PM
| Entry | Horse | ML Odds | Jockey | Trainer |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Strike Silver | 4-1 | Julien Leparoux 122 Lbs |
Mark Casse |
| 2 | Soldier's Call (GB) | 9-2 | Oisin Murphy 122 Lbs |
Archie Watson |
| 3 | Well Done Fox (GB) | 12-1 | William Buick 122 Lbs |
Richard Hannon |
| 4 | Stillwater Cove | 20-1 | Irad Ortiz, Jr. 119 Lbs |
Wesley Ward |
| 5 | Bulletin | 10-1 | Javier Castellano 122 Lbs |
Todd Pletcher |
| 6 | Moonlight Romance | 12-1 | Jose Ortiz 119 Lbs |
Wesley Ward |
| 7 | Shang Shang Shang | 5-1 | John Velazquez 119 Lbs |
Wesley Ward |
| 8 | Sergei Prokofiev | 6-1 | Ryan Moore 122 Lbs |
Aidan O'Brien |
| 9 | Chelsea Cloisters | 8-1 | Tyler Gaffalione 119 Lbs |
Wesley Ward |
| 10 | So Perfect | 12-1 | Wayne Lordan 119 Lbs |
Aidan O'Brien |
| 11 | Queen of Bermuda (IRE) | 20-1 | Flavien Prat 119 Lbs |
William Haggas |
| 12 | Pocket Dynamo | 20-1 | Joel Rosario 122 Lbs |
Robert Cowell |
| 13 | Big Drink of Water | 30-1 | Jose Valdivia, Jr. 122 Lbs |
Larry Rivelli |
| 14 | Comedy (IRE) | 30-1 | Joel Rosario 119 Lbs |
Karl Burke |
| 15 | Van Beethoven | 30-1 | Andrea Atzeni 122 Lbs |
Aidan O'Brien |
| 16 | Legends of War | 30-1 | Oisin Murphy 122 Lbs |
John Gosden |
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Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint To Debut in the 2018 Championships
The Breeders' Cup announced the promotion of the undercard Juvenile Turf Sprint, an open race for both genders, to the Breeders' Cup World Championships program. The Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint will be a part of this year's World Championships, November 2-3 at Churchill Downs in Louisville and will carry a $1 million purse. The race will be run at about 5.5 furlongs on the turf and will be open to all 2-year-olds.
With the addition of the Juvenile Turf Sprint, there will now be 14 races in this year's World Championships plus an additional $1 million in undercard purses. Total purses and awards for the 2018 event will now exceed $30 million.
"The upgrade of the Juvenile Turf Sprint is in response to the increasing popularity of turf racing in North America and will fill a need for international turf sprint sires," said Dora Delgado, Breeders' Cup Senior Vice President of Racing and Nominations. "Each year, the Juvenile Turf and the Juvenile Fillies Turf are oversubscribed at the Championships. We feel that Juvenile Turf Sprint will also be a popular draw among horsemen from North America and overseas stables and will generate interest among North American racetracks to card races in this division."
Breeze Easy LLC's Florida-bred filly SHANG SHANG SHANG was the first horse to qualify for the race when she won the Norfolk Stakes (G2) at Royal Ascot in June for trainer Wesley Ward.
Three American 2-year-olds also won Breeders' Cup Challenge automatic berths: Beach Haven Thoroughbreds' UNCLE BENNY came from way back to win the Futurity Stakes at Belmont Park for trainer Jason Servis; John Oxley's STRIKE SILVER, trained by Mark Casse, also closed late to capture Keeneland's Indian Summer Stakes and Janet Lyons and Evan Trommer, Andrew Trommer and Matthew Trommer's ITS GONNA HURT was a front-running winner of the Speakeasy Stakes at Santa Anita on Oct. 6.
What is the 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 5½ furlongs. 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.
The race will be run for the first time as a Breeders' Cup Championship race in 2018 during the first day of the Breeders' Cup at host track, Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky. Prior to 2018 the Juvenile Turf Sprint was run as an undercard race at the Breeders' Cup.
Breeders Cup' Juvenile Turf Sprint Winners
| Year | Winner | Jockey | Trainer | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
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 |
| Race Tracks | Time (ET) |
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