# Breeders' Cup Sprint

The Breeders' Cup Sprint is an American Weight for Age Grade I Thoroughbred horse race for horses three years old and older. Run on dirt Corrected grade for Santa Anita sprintover a distance of 6 Furlongs (3⁄4 mile), the race has been held annually since 1984 at a different racetrack in the United States or Canada as part of the Breeders' Cup World Championships.

## Automatic berths

Beginning in 2007, the Breeders' Cup developed the Breeders' Cup Challenge, a series of races in each division that allotted automatic qualifying bids to winners of defined races. Each of the fourteen divisions has multiple qualifying races. Note though that one horse may win multiple challenge races, while other challenge winners will not be entered in the Breeders' Cup for a variety of reasons such as injury or travel considerations.
In the Sprint division, runners are limited to 14 and there are up to three automatic berths. The 2022 "Win and You're In" races were:
* the Bing Crosby Stakes, a Grade I race run in July at Del Mar racetrack in California
* the Vosburgh Stakes, a Grade II race run in October at Belmont Park in New York
* the Phoenix Stakes, a Grade II race at Keeneland in Kentucky

## Records

Most wins:
* 2 – Midnight Lute (2007, 2008)
* 2 – Roy H (2017, 2018)
* 2 – Elite Power (2022, 2023)
Most wins by a jockey:
* 4 – Corey Nakatani (1996, 1997, 1998, 2006)
Most wins by a trainer:
* 5 – Bob Baffert (1992, 2007, 2008, 2013, 2016)
Most wins by an owner:
* 3 – Michael E. Pegram & Watson & Weitman Performances (2007, 2008, 2013)

## Winners

| Year | Winner | Age | Jockey | Trainer | Owner | Time | Purse | Grade |
| 2024 | Straight No Chaser | 5 | John Velazquez | Dan Blacker | MyRacehorse | 1:08.62 | $2,000,000 | I |
| 2023 | Elite Power | 5 | Irad Ortiz Jr. | William I. Mott | Juddmonte Farm | 1:08.34 | $2,000,000 | I |
| 2022 | Elite Power | 4 | Irad Ortiz Jr. | William I. Mott | Juddmonte Farm | 1:09.11 | $2,000,000 | I |
| 2021 | Aloha West | 4 | José Ortiz | Wayne Catalano | Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners | 1:08.49 | $2,000,000 | I |
| 2020 | Whitmore | 7 | Irad Ortiz Jr. | Ron Moquett | Robert V. LaPenta, Ron Moquett & Head of Plains Partners | 1:08.61 | $2,000,000 | I |
| 2019 | Mitole | 4 | Ricardo Santana Jr. | Steven M. Asmussen | William L. & Corinne Heiligbrodt | 1:09.00 | $2,000,000 | I |
| 2018 | Roy H | 6 | Paco Lopez | Peter Miller | Rockingham Ranch & D. A. Bernsen | 1:08.24 | $2,000,000 | I |
| 2017 | Roy H | 5 | Kent Desormeaux | Peter Miller | Rockingham Ranch & D. A. Bernsen | 1:08.61 | $1,500,000 | I |
| 2016 | Drefong | 3 | Martin Garcia | Bob Baffert | Baoma Corporation | 1:08.79 | $1,500,000 | I |
| 2015 | Runhappy | 3 | Edgar Prado | Maria Borell | James McIngvale | 1:08.58 | $1,500,000 | I |
| 2014 | Work All Week | 5 | Florent Geroux | Roger Brueggemann | Midwest Thoroughbreds Inc | 1:08.28 | $1,500,000 | I |
| 2013 | Secret Circle | 4 | Martin Garcia | Bob Baffert | Michael E. Pegram & Watson & Weitman Performances | 1:08.73 | $1,500,000 | I |
| 2012 | Trinniberg | 3 | Willie Martinez | Shivananda Parbhoo | Sherry Parbhoo | 1:07.98 | $1,500,000 | I |
| 2011 | Amazombie | 5 | Mike E. Smith | Bill Spawr | Spawr & Sanford | 1:09.17 | $1,500,000 | I |
| 2010 | Big Drama | 4 | Eibar Coa | David Fawkes | Harold Queen | 1:09.05 | $2,000,000 | I |
| 2009 | Dancing in Silks | 4 | Joel Rosario | Carla Gaines | Ken Kinakin | 1:08.14 | $2,000,000 | I |
| 2008 | Midnight Lute | 5 | Garrett Gomez | Bob Baffert | Michael E. Pegram & Watson & Weitman Performances | 1:07.08 | $2,000,000 | I |
| 2007 | Midnight Lute | 4 | Garrett Gomez | Bob Baffert | Michael E. Pegram& Watson & Weitman Performances | 1:09.18 | $2,000,000 | I |
| 2006 | Thor's Echo | 4 | Corey Nakatani | Doug O'Neill | R.S. Jaime & Suarez Racing | 1:08.80 | $2,000,000 | I |
| 2005 | Silver Train | 3 | Edgar Prado | Richard Dutrow | Buckram Oak Farm | 1:08.86 | $2,000,000 | I |
| 2004 | Speightstown | 6 | John Velazquez | Todd A. Pletcher | Eugene Melnyk | 1:08.11 | $1,000,000 | I |
| 2003 | Cajun Beat | 3 | Cornelio Velásquez | Steve Margolis | Padua Stables & J. & J. Iracane | 1:07.95 | $1,000,000 | I |
| 2002 | Orientate | 4 | Jerry Bailey | D. Wayne Lukas | Bob & Beverly Lewis | 1:08.89 | $1,000,000 | I |
| 2001 | Squirtle Squirt | 3 | Jerry Bailey | Robert J. Frankel | David J. Lanzman | 1:08.41 | $1,000,000 | I |
| 2000 | Kona Gold | 6 | Alex Solis | Bruce Headley | Bruce Headley, Irwin Molasky, High Tech Stable | 1:07.60 | $1,000,000 | I |
| 1999 | Artax | 4 | Jorge F. Chavez | Louis Albertrani | Paraneck Stable | 1:07.80 | $1,000,000 | I |
| 1998 | Reraise | 3 | Corey Nakatani | Craig Dollase | B Fey, M Han, L. Opas, F. Sinatra & Class Racing Stable | 1:09.00 | $1,000,000 | I |
| 1997 | Elmhurst | 7 | Corey Nakatani | Jenine Sahadi | Evergreen Farm & Sahadi | 1:08.20 | $1,000,000 | I |
| 1996 | Lit de Justice | 6 | Corey Nakatani | Jenine Sahadi | Evergreen Farm | 1:08.60 | $1,000,000 | I |
| 1995 | Desert Stormer | 5 | Kent Desormeaux | Frank Lyons | Joanne H. Nor | 1:09.00 | $1,000,000 | I |
| 1994 | Cherokee Run | 4 | Mike E. Smith | Frank A. Alexander | Jill E. Robinson | 1:09.40 | $1,000,000 | I |
| 1993 | Cardmania | 7 | Ed Delahoussaye | Derek Meredith | Jean Couvercelle | 1:08.60 | $1,000,000 | I |
| 1992 | Thirty Slews | 5 | Eddie Delahoussaye | Bob Baffert | Dutch Masters III DeGroot & Micheal E. Pegram | 1:08.20 | $1,000,000 | I |
| 1991 | Sheikh Albadou (GB) | 3 | Pat Eddery | Alex Scott | Hilal Salem | 1:09.20 | $1,000,000 | I |
| 1990 | Safely Kept | 4 | Craig Perret | Alan E. Goldberg | Jayeff B Stable | 1:09.60 | $1,000,000 | I |
| 1989 | Dancing Spree | 4 | Ángel Cordero Jr. | Claude R. McGaughey III | Ogden Phipps | 1:09.00 | $1,000,000 | I |
| 1988 | Gulch | 4 | Ángel Cordero Jr. | D. Wayne Lukas | Peter M. Brant | 1:10.40 | $1,000,000 | I |
| 1987 | Very Subtle | 3 | Pat Valenzuela | Melvin F. Stute | Ben Rochelle | 1:08.80 | $1,000,000 | I |
| 1986 | Smile | 4 | Jacinto Vásquez | Scotty Schulhofer | Frances A. Genter | 1:08.40 | $1,000,000 | I |
| 1985 | Precisionist | 4 | Chris McCarron | Ross Fenstermaker | Fred W. Hooper | 1:08.40 | $1,000,000 | I |
| 1984 | Eillo | 4 | Craig Perret | Budd Lepman | Crown Stable | 1:10.20 | $1,000,000 | I |