Breeders' Futurity Stakes
The Breeders' Futurity Stakes is an American Grade I Thoroughbred horse race held annually in early October at Keeneland Race Course in Lexington, Kentucky. Currently offering a purse of $500,000, the race is open to two-year-old horses and is run at a distance of one and one-sixteenth miles on the dirt. From 1997 to 2008, the race was sponsored by Lane's End Farm and from 2009 to 2013 it was sponsored by Dixiana Farm. It is now sponsored by Claiborne Farm.[1]
Grade I race | |
Location | Keeneland Race Course Lexington, Kentucky, United States |
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Inaugurated | 1910 |
Race type | Thoroughbred - Flat racing |
Website | ww2 |
Race information | |
Distance | 1 1⁄16 miles (8.5 furlongs) |
Surface | Dirt |
Track | left-handed |
Qualification | Two-year-olds |
Weight | Fillies, 118 lbs. Colts and Geldings, 121lbs |
Purse | $500,000 (since 2014)[1] |
The race is a Road to the Kentucky Derby Prep Season qualifying race. The winner receives 10 points toward qualifying for the Kentucky Derby.[2]
The race is also currently part of the Breeders' Cup Challenge series. The winner automatically qualifies for the Breeders' Cup Juvenile.
The Breeders' Futurity was first raced at the Kentucky Association track in Lexington in 1910 and was renewed each year thereafter through 1930. In 1931 through 1935, the race was shifted to the Latonia Race Track in Covington, Kentucky. The Futurity was revived at Keeneland in the fall of 1938 and during World War II, from 1943 through 1945 was renewed as part of the Churchill Downs fall meetings.
The race was a Grade III event from 1973 to 1975, a Grade II from 1976 through 2003, and became a Grade 1 stakes in 2004. Over the years, it has been raced at various distances:
- Six furlongs (1938–1949)
- Seven furlongs (1950–1955)
- Seven furlongs, 184 feet (1956–1980)
- 1 1⁄16 miles (1981–present)
From 2006 to 2013, the race was run on a Polytrack artificial dirt surface. In 2014, the Polytrack was replaced by a new dirt surface.[3]
Records (since 1938)
Fastest Time: (at Current Distance 1 1⁄16 miles)
- 1:42.20 - Polar Expedition (1993)
- Most wins by an owner
- 5 - Claiborne Farm (1956, 1963, 1968, 1983, 1987)
- Most wins by a jockey
- 5 - Don Brumfield (1969, 1970, 1972, 1974, 1979)
- Most wins by a trainer
- 6 - D. Wayne Lukas (1991, 1992, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2004)
Winners of the Breeders' Futurity Stakes since 1938
Year |
Winner |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Owner |
Time |
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2019 | Maxfield | José Ortiz | Brendan Walsh | Godolphin | 1:44.21 |
2018 | Knicks Go | Albin Jimenez | Ben Colebrook | KRA Stud Farm | 1:44.23 |
2017 | Free Drop Billy | Robby Albarado | Dale Romans | Albaugh Family Stables | 1:45.43 |
2016 | Classic Empire | Julien Leparoux | Mark E. Casse | John Oxley | 1:43.41 |
2015 | Brody's Cause | Corey J. Lanerie | Dale L. Romans | Albaugh Family Stable | 1:43.27 |
2014 | Carpe Diem | John Velazquez | Todd Pletcher | WinStar Farm/Stonestreet Stables | 1:43.38 |
2013 | We Miss Artie | John Velazquez | Todd Pletcher | Ken and Sarah Ramsey | 1:46.91 |
2012 | Joha | Rajiv Maragh | Michael J. Maker | Bluegrass Equine Bloodstock | 1:44.52 |
2011 | Dullahan | Kent Desormeaux | Dale Romans | Donegal Racing | 1:43.12 |
2010 | J.B.'s Thunder | Shaun Bridgmohan | Albert Stall Jr. | Columbine Stable | 1:44.12 |
2009 | Noble's Promise | Willie Martinez | Kenneth G. McPeek | Chasing Dreams Racing | 1:43.12 |
2008 | Square Eddie | Rafael Bejarano | John R. Best | J. Paul Reddam | 1:43.04 |
2007 | Wicked Style | Robby Albarado | George R. Arnold II | Ashbrook Farm | 1:45.21 |
2006 | Great Hunter | Victor Espinoza | Doug O'Neill | J. Paul Reddam | 1:44.09 |
2005 | Dawn of War | John Jacinto | Dale L. Romans | Ken and Sarah Ramsey | 1:48.77 |
2004 | Consolidator | Rafael Bejarano | D. Wayne Lukas | R. & B. Lewis | 1:43.67 |
2003 | Eurosilver | Javier Castellano | Nicholas P. Zito | Buckram Oak Farm | 1:43.42 |
2002 | Sky Mesa | Edgar Prado | John T. Ward, Jr. | John C. Oxley | 1:46.78 |
2001 | Siphonic | Chris McCarron | David Hofmans | Amerman Racing LLC | 1:43.79 |
2000 | Arabian Light | Shane Sellers | Bob Baffert | The Thoroughbred Corp. | 1:43.00 |
1999 | Captain Steve | Garrett K. Gomez | Bob Baffert | Michael E. Pegram | 1:42.40 |
1998 | Cat Thief | Pat Day | D. Wayne Lukas | Overbrook Farm | 1:44.00 |
1997 | Favorite Trick | Pat Day | Patrick B. Byrne | Joseph LaCombe Stable | 1:43.20 |
1996 | Boston Harbor | Jerry D. Bailey | D. Wayne Lukas | Overbrook Farm | 1:45.20 |
1995 | Honour and Glory | Pat Day | D. Wayne Lukas | Michael Tabor | 1:43.20 |
1994 | Tejano Run | Jerry D. Bailey | Kenneth McPeek | Roy K. Monroe | 1:44.60 |
1993 | Polar Expedition | Curt Bourque | Hugh H. Robertson | James B. Cody | 1:42.20 |
1992 | Mountain Cat | Pat Day | D. Wayne Lukas | Overbrook Farm | 1:42.40 |
1991 | Dance Floor | Charles Woods, Jr. | D. Wayne Lukas | Oaktown Stable | 1:44.20 |
1990 | Sir Bordeaux | Wigberto Ramos | Ronnie G. Warren | D. G. Hardamon/R. Trisler | 1:44.40 |
1989 | Slavic | José A. Santos | Flint S. Schulhofer | William Haggin Perry | 1:44.60 |
1988 | Fast Play | Angel Cordero, Jr. | C.R. McGaughey III | Ogden Phipps | 1:45.20 |
1987 | Forty Niner | Eddie Maple | Woody Stephens | Claiborne Farm | 1:43.80 |
1986 | Orono | Sandy Hawley | Carl Nafzger | Bayview Stable | 1:45.20 |
1985 | Tasso | Laffit Pincay, Jr. | Neil Drysdale | G. Robins/T. Sams | 1:46.00 |
1984 | Crater Fire | Daryl Montoya | Dixie H. Griffitt | S. D. Hinkle IV/D. D. Crater | 1:45.80 |
1983 | Swale | Eddie Maple | Woody Stephens | Claiborne Farm | 1:44.00 |
1982 | Highland Park | John L. Lively | Anthony L. Basile | Bwamazon Farm | 1:43.60 |
1981 | D'Accord | Darrel McHargue | LeRoy Jolley | Bertram R. Firestone | 1:44.80 |
1980 | Fairway Phantom | John L. Lively | Carl Nafzger | William Floyd | 1:28.80 |
1979 | Gold Stage | Don Brumfield | William Curtis, Jr. | Mrs. Philip Hofmann | 1:26.80 |
1978 | Strike Your Colors | Ed Delahoussaye | Del W. Carroll | William S. Farish III | 1:26.20 |
1977 | Gonquin | Frank Olivares | Jerry M. Fanning | James Scully | 1:28.00 |
1976 | Run Dusty Run | Darrel McHargue | Smiley Adams | Golden Chance Farm | 1:27.40 |
1975 | Harbor Springs | Eddie Maple | Woody Stephens | Louis Lee Haggin II | 1:27.00 |
1974 | Packer Captain | Don Brumfield | Douglas Dodson | Eagle Mountain Farm | 1:25.80 |
1973 | Provante | Mike Manganello | Dave Zakoor, Jr. | G. E. Sanders | 1:27.20 |
1972 | Annihilate 'Em | Don Brumfield | Douglas M. Davis, Jr. | Patricia B. Blass | 1:27.00 |
1971 | Windjammer | Laffit Pincay, Jr. | MacKenzie Miller | Cragwood Stables | 1:27.20 |
1970 | Man of the Moment | Don Brumfield | Jack Long | Circle M Farm | 1:28.80 |
1969 | Hard Work | Don Brumfield | Charles R. Werstler | Dixiana Stable | 1:25.60 |
1968 | Dike | Earlie Fires | Lucien Laurin | Claiborne Farm | 1:26.80 |
1967 | T.V. Commercial | Manuel Ycaza | Anthony L. Basile | Bwamazon Farm | 1:26.80 |
1966 | Gentleman James | Jimmy Nichols | Del W. Carroll | Michael Grace Phipps | 1:28.00 |
1965 | Tinsley | Jimmy Nichols | Julius E. Tinsley, Jr. | Fred W. Hooper | 1:28.40 |
1964 | Umbrella Fella | John Nazareth | Loyd Gentry, Jr. | Ford Stables | 1:26.40 |
1963 | Duel | W. D. Lucas | LeRoy Jolley | Claiborne Farm | 1:26.20 |
1962 | Ornamento | Jimmy Lynch | James P. Conway | Darby Dan Farm | 1:26.40 |
1961 | Roman Line | William M. Cook | Vester R. Wright | T. Allie Grissom | 1:26.60 |
1960 | He's a Pistol | Larney Hansman | J. D. Puckett | J. Graham Brown | 1:27.00 |
1959 | Toby's Brother | John L. Rotz | Robert E. Wingfield | G. Van Deren/O.S. Deming | 1:27.20 |
1958 | Namon | Jimmy Combest | Vester R. Wright | T. Allie Grissom | 1:26.80 |
1957 | Fulcrum | John Delahoussaye | Jack C. Hodgins | Mary V. Fisher | 1:26.40 |
1956 | Round Table | Steve Brooks | Moody Jolley | Claiborne Farm | 1:26.80 |
1955 | Jovial Jove | Douglas Dodson | Strother Griffin | Bwamazon Farm | 1:23.60 |
1954 | Brother Tex | Pete D. Anderson | Woody Stephens | Woody Stephens | 1:24.40 |
1953 | Hasty Road | John H. Adams | Harry Trotsek | Hasty House Farm | 1:23.20 |
1952 | Straight Face | Bennie Green | John M. Gaver, Sr. | Greentree Stable | 1:23.80 |
1951 | Alladier | Carroll Bierman | Anthony J. Pupino | Harborvale Stable | 1:23.40 |
1950 | Big Stretch | Ted Atkinson | John M. Gaver, Sr. | Greentree Stable | 1:23.60 |
1949 | Oil Capitol | Kenneth Church | Harry Trotsek | Thomas Gray | 1:12.20 |
1948 | Olympia | Willie Garner | Ivan H. Parke | Fred W. Hooper | 1:11.60 |
1947 | Shy Guy | Steve Brooks | Jack C. Hodgins | Dixiana Stable | 1:11.80 |
1946 | Education | Steve Brooks | Ivan H. Parke | Fred W. Hooper | 1:11.40 |
1945 | Pellicle | Steve Brooks | E. Leigh Cotton | Hal Price Headley | 1:12.80 |
1944 | Air Sailor | Leon Haas | Lex Wilson | T. D. Buhl | 1:12.20 |
1943 | Durazna | Jesse Higley | John M. Goode | Brownell Combs | 1:11.60 |
1942 | Occupation | Leon Haas | Burley Parke | John Marsch | 1:14.00 |
1941 | Devil Diver | Conn McCreary | John M. Gaver, Sr. | Greentree Stable | 1:11.80 |
1940 | Whirlaway | Johnny Longden | Ben A. Jones | Calumet Farm | 1:11.20 |
1939 | Roman Flag | Leon Haas | Max Hirsch | W. Arnold Hanger | 1:10.60 |
1938 | Johnstown | James Stout | George Tappen | Belair Stud | 1:11.40 |
Earlier winners
- 1937: No race
- 1936: No race
- 1935: No race
- 1934: No race
- 1933: Mata Hari
- 1932: Technique
- 1931: The Bull
- 1930: Mate
- 1929: Gallant Knight
- 1928: Current
- 1927: Wacker Drive
- 1926: Wood Lore
- 1925: Flight of Time
- 1924: Candy Kid
- 1923: Worthmore
- 1922: Donges
- 1921: Gentility
- 1920: Believe Idle Hour
- 1919: Blazes
- 1918: Colonel Livingston
- 1917: Escoba
- 1916: Harry Kelly
- 1915: Kinney
- 1914: Luke
- 1913: Imperator
- 1912: Helios
- 1911: The Manager
- 1910: Housemaid
See also
References
- "Breeders' Futurity Stakes Profile". www.equibase.com. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
- "Road to the Kentucky Derby". kentuckyderbyinfographic.com. Churchill Downs Inc. Archived from the original on 2018-08-06. Retrieved 2019-06-14.
- "Keeneland Debuts New Dirt Surface on Main Race Track". www.keeneland.com. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 15 June 2016.