Breeders' Cup Distaff 2024
Saturday, Nov 2, 2024 − Del Mar
$2 million; 1 1/8 miles; fillies and mares, 3-year-olds and up
Breeders' Cup Distaff 2024
- Breeders' Cup Classic 2024
- Breeders' Cup Juvenile 2024
- Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies 2024
- Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf 2024
- Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf 2024
- Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint 2024
- Breeders' Cup Turf 2024
- Breeders' Cup Mile 2024
- Breeders' Cup Sprint 2024
- Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf 2024
- Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile 2024
- Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint 2024
- Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint 2024
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Breeders' Cup Distaff: Thorpedo Anna makes her case with emphatic victory
Brad Free Nov 02,2024
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Breeders' Cup: Awesome Result a vet scratch from Distaff
Brad Free Nov 02,2024
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McPeek has best shot for first Breeders' Cup win with Thorpedo Anna
David Grening Oct 31,2024
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Batucada, Miss New York scratched from Breeders' Cup Distaff
David Grening Oct 30,2024
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Breeders' Cup Distaff: Thorpedo Anna puts in final work before flying West
David Grening Oct 26,2024
Breeders' Cup Distaff Field
- designates Keeneland sale graduate
| Post | Horse/ Best Beyer | Trainer/ Jockey | Odds and comments by Brad Free | |||
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| 1 | Candied 91-89-89 | Todd Pletcher Irad Ortiz, Jr. | 6-1 | |||
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| BF: Third in Spinster was not bad, distant second behind Thorpedo Anna three back, 3yo filly rounding to top effort, blinkers on | ||||||
| 2 | Thorpedo Anna 93-111-95 | Kenny McPeek Brian Hernandez, Jr. | 1-1 | |||
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| Brad Free: Invincible this year vs. 3yo fillies, defection of Idiomatic makes Thorpedo Anna the clear favorite and the controlling speed | ||||||
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Batucada
86-74-74
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Saffie Joseph Jr. Ricardo Santana, Jr. | SCR | |||
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| BF: She gave Raging Sea all she could handle finishing second by a head in low-rated Beldame, not impossible just very unlikely | ||||||
| 4 | Alice Verite NA-NA-NA | Kazuya Nakatake Kyle Frey | 30-1 | |||
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| BF: Japan-based Grade 3-winning turf filly has never raced on dirt, has employed front-running style racing 10 furlongs on turf | ||||||
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Sugar Fish
91-79-91
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Jeff Mullins Tyler Baze | 30-1 | |||
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| BF: Fortunate to win modest G2 last out; runner-up stumbled and main rival Flying Connection scratched by Santa Anita vets | ||||||
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Raging Sea
86-97-91
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Chad Brown Flavien Prat | 4-1 | |||
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| BF: Regressed last out following career-high figure two starts back winning Grade 1, consistent filly won six of last seven starts | ||||||
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Honor D Lady
74-92-93
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Saffie Joseph, Jr. Tyler Gaffalione | 8-1 | |||
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| BF: Spinster misfire was her first start in three months; fringe contender could potentially hit board based on summer G2 win | ||||||
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Miss New York
80-84-56
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Jorge Delgado Umberto Rispoli | SCR | |||
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| BF: Lacks BC Distaff credentials, never won or placed in graded race, career-high Beyer 87, natural speed for forward position | ||||||
| 9 | Awesome Result NA-NA-NA | Yasutosi Ikee Yutaka Take | SCR | |||
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| BF: Japan filly 7 for 7, including recent romp that was her best yet; five-length win validated when runner-up won next | ||||||
| 10 | Che Evasora 45-NA-NA | Phil D'Amato Tiago Pereira | 30-1 | |||
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| BF: Was too close to pace in last-place U.S. debut after Argentina upset WAYI, expected to take back early and rally late this time | ||||||
Breeders' Cup Distaff Challenge Series schedule
| Date | Race / Track | Winner / Beyer | ||||
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| Wednesday, May 1, 2024 |
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Che Evasora |
Che Evasora
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| Saturday, Jun 8, 2024 |
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Randomized 99 | Race Recap |
Randomized
99
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| Saturday, Aug 3, 2024 |
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Adare Manor 98 | Race Recap |
Adare Manor
98
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| Sunday, Oct 6, 2024 |
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Idiomatic | Race Recap |
Idiomatic
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Breeders' Cup Distaff News
Breeders' Cup Distaff: Thorpedo Anna might take control early from post 2
Brad Free
Oct 31,2024
DEL MAR, Calif. – A race initially billed as a two-horse showdown between a champion mare and an outstanding young filly, the 2024 Breeders’ Cup Distaff storyline shifted. It might be a one-horse
Breeders' Cup: Awesome Result a vet scratch from Distaff
Brad Free
Nov 02,2024
DEL MAR, Calif. – Awesome Result, the undefeated filly from Japan scheduled to run in the Breeders’ Cup Distaff, was scratched Saturday morning following a veterinary exam.
Awesome Result won s
McPeek has best shot for first Breeders' Cup win with Thorpedo Anna
David Grening
Oct 31,2024
DEL MAR, Calif. – In a span of 24 hours back in May, trainer Kenny McPeek won his first Kentucky Oaks and first Kentucky Derby. He also was the first trainer to win both races in the same year in 72
Batucada, Miss New York scratched from Breeders' Cup Distaff
David Grening
Oct 30,2024
DEL MAR, Calif. – Batucada and Miss New York, both longshots, have been scratched out of Saturday’s $2 million Breeders’ Cup Distaff at Del Mar, bringing the field for the race down to eight hor
Breeders' Cup Distaff: Thorpedo Anna puts in final work before flying West
David Grening
Oct 26,2024
Thorpedo Anna, the four-time Grade 1 winning 3-year-old filly, completed preparations for next Saturday’s $2 million Breeders’ Cup Distaff by working five furlongs in 1:01.24 over the Oklahoma tra
Idiomatic to miss Breeders’ Cup Distaff, retired from racing
Steve Andersen
Oct 25,2024
Idiomatic, the champion older dirt female of 2023, was retired on Friday after being diagnosed with lameness in her left knee, an injury that will prevent her from starting in the Breeders’ Cup Dist
Breeders' Cup Distaff: Final curtain for Idiomatic, or maybe an encore?
Brad Free
Oct 16,2024
The finish wire at Del Mar probably is the end of the line for Idiomatic, the majestic 5-year-old mare seeking a second Breeders’ Cup Distaff victory for owner-breeder Juddmonte Farm.
While a Dis
Alpha Bella opts for Bayakoa Stakes over Breeders' Cup Distaff
Steve Andersen
Oct 13,2024
ARCADIA, Calif. - The graded stakes winner Alpha Bella will start in the Grade 3 Bayakoa Stakes for fillies and mares at a mile at Del Mar on Nov. 2 and not in the $2 million Breeders’ Cup Distaff o
Breeders' Cup Distaff: Awesome Result looks to give Japan another upset
Brad Free
Oct 09,2024
Far, far away from Breeders’ Cup prep races in the United States, an undefeated filly in Japan is quietly preparing for a chance to upset the stars of the BC Distaff.
It happened once before, thr
Idiomatic positions herself for BC Distaff with Spinster triumph
Marcus Hersh
Oct 06,2024
Finally, Idiomatic was emphatic.
After two close defeats and a narrow victory, Idiomatic put it to them Sunday at Keeneland in the Spinster Stakes, rolling to a 6 1/2-length victory more emblematic
Raging Sea outlasts Batucada in Beldame Stakes
David Grening
Oct 06,2024
OZONE PARK, N.Y. - When trainer Chad Brown chose to eschew Sunday’s Grade 1 Spinster at Keeneland for the Grade 2 Beldame at Aqueduct with Raging Sea, it was in the belief the filly would like
Scottish Lassie cruises to easy maiden win in Frizette Stakes
David Grening
Oct 05,2024
OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Scottish Lassie finished third in her first start. Disappointed, not deterred, trainer Jorge Abreu told his owners he wanted to run the 2-year-old filly in the Grade 1 Frizette de
Breeders' Cup Distaff: McPeek looks to cap big year with elusive BC win
Brad Free
Oct 02,2024
Trainer Kenny McPeek has been trying forever to win a Breeders’ Cup race, which is longer than it took his 3-year-old filly Thorpedo Anna to secure a clear path in her final prep.
The filly final
McPeek: Thorpedo Anna could be Horse of Year with BC Distaff victory
David Grening
Sep 22,2024
The way trainer Kenny McPeek sees it, Thorpedo Anna should be Horse of the Year if she wins the $2 million Breeders’ Cup Distaff at Del Mar on Nov. 2.
“I think if she wins the next one you got
Personal Ensign: Idiomatic wins pace battle, but Raging Sea wins the war
David Grening
Aug 23,2024
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - Idiomatic survived a serious pace battle with her nemesis Randomized and seemed on her way to another victory in the Grade 1 Personal Ensign at Saratoga. But despite fighting
Adare Manor earns BC Distaff berth with second consecutive Clement Hirsch Stakes win
Brad Free
Aug 03,2024
DEL MAR, Calif. – Adare Manor, an amazon mare who almost always benefits from a perfect trip setting or pressing an easy pace, did not get her normal trip Saturday at Del Mar.
It did not matter,
Randomized outlasts Idiomatic in Ogden Phipps
Marcus Hersh
Jun 08,2024
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Just from the sound of their names – Idiomatic and Randomized, Randomized and Idiomatic – it feels natural these two horses would be rivals. Idiomatic beat Randomized by
Breeders' Cup Distaff: Idiomatic digs deep in stretch to clinch championship
Brad Free
Nov 04,2023
ARCADIA, Calif. – Idiomatic slapped an exclamation mark on a championship season Saturday at Santa Anita by scoring a gritty victory in the $2 million Breeders’ Cup Distaff.
The half-length vic
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Breeders’ Cup Distaff recent winners
| Year | Horse/Trainer | Horse | Trainer | Beyer |
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| 2024 |
Kenny McPeek
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Thorpedo Anna | Kenny McPeek | 100 |
| 2023 |
Brad Cox
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Idiomatic | Brad Cox | 96 |
| 2022 |
Todd Pletcher
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Malathaat | Todd Pletcher | 102 |
| 2021 |
Yoshito Yahagi
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Marche Lorraine | Yoshito Yahagi | 103 |
| 2020 |
Brad Cox
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Monomoy Girl | Brad Cox | 100 |
| 2019 |
Ignacio Correas
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Blue Prize | Ignacio Correas | 103 |
| 2018 |
Brad Cox
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Monomoy Girl | Brad Cox | 96 |
| 2017 |
Dallas Stewart
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Forever Unbridled | Dallas Stewart | 99 |
| 2016 |
Richard Mandella
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Beholder | Richard Mandella | 105 |
| 2015 |
Todd Pletcher
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Stopchargingmaria | Todd Pletcher | 98 |
| 2014 |
Steve Asmussen
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Untapable | Steve Asmussen | 103 |
| 2013 |
Richard Mandella
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Beholder | Richard Mandella | 105 |
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