Breeders' Cup Sprint 2024
Saturday, Nov 2, 2024 − Del Mar
$2 million; six furlongs; 3-year-olds and up
Breeders' Cup Sprint 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 Distaff 2024
- Breeders' Cup Mile 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 Sprint: Straight No Chaser's roller coaster ride hits a high note
Mike Welsch Nov 03,2024
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Breeders' Cup Sprint: Straight No Chaser settles off the speed en route to sizzling score
Mike Welsch Nov 02,2024
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Breeders’ Cup Sprint: The Chosen Vron scratched by California Horse Racing Board vet
Steve Andersen Oct 22,2024
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Breeders' Cup Sprint: Nakatomi looks to rise again from the Phoenix
Mike Welsch Oct 16,2024
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Anarchist will skip Breeders' Cup Sprint, O'Neill says
Steve Andersen Oct 13,2024
Breeders' Cup Sprint Field
- designates Keeneland sale graduate
| Post | Horse/ Best Beyer | Trainer/ Jockey | Odds and comments by Brad Free | |||
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Raging Torrent
104-98-104
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Doug O'Neill Antonio Fresu | 12-1 | |||
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| BF: Caught seven-pound weight break to upset The Chosen Vron racing seven furlongs Del Mar, six furlongs different ballgame | ||||||
| 2 | Gun Pilot 94-88-101 | Steve Asmussen Cristian Torres | 12-1 | |||
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| BF: Live longshot with speed figures that fit and a red-hot pace scenario that benefits his closing style, genuine upset candidate | ||||||
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Federal Judge
106-100-91
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Brad Cox Irad Ortiz, Jr. | 9-2 | |||
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| BF: Stepped up in class and caught pro-speed surface to park at Keeneland, speedster will keep Skelly honest on the front end | ||||||
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Nakatomi
93-105-NA
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Wesley Ward Tyler Gaffalione | 4-1 | |||
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| BF: His off-pace G2 runner-up prep was better than it looks, Keeneland track was speed-biased, major threat from behind | ||||||
| 5 | Don Frankie NA-NA-NA | Takashi Saito Cristian Demuro | 15-1 | |||
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| BF: Japan shipper finished in front of Nakatomi early this year in Middle East, finished in the exacta in 12 of 15 starts at 7F or shorter 15-1 | ||||||
| 6 | Bentornato 101-99-NA | Jose D’Angelo Luis Saez | 30-1 | |||
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| BF: Makes third start off summer layoff, improving 3YO who would add even more speed to an already speed-jammed lineup | ||||||
| 7 | Meta Mix NA-NA-NA | Hideyuki Mori Akira Sugawara | 30-1 | |||
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| BF: Japan shipper less accomplished than most others, won last start and therefore taking a shot, difficult to make case for | ||||||
| 8 | Straight No Chaser 104-84-107 | Dan Blacker John Velazquez | 8-1 | |||
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| BF: California speedster set pace in eight of his nine starts, is yet another front-runner expected to duel Skelly and Federal Judge | ||||||
| 9 | Remake NA-NA-NA | Shintani Koichi Yuga Kawada | 8-1 | |||
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| BF: Scored second straight Korea Sprint victory last out, defeated top Sprint contender Skelly in Saudi Arabia, not impossible | ||||||
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Mullikin
105-102-98
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Irad Ortiz, Jr. | 5-1 | |||
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| BF: Seems like seven-furlong specialist who could get cooked chasing hot splits at 6F, earned triple-digit figs recent in G1-G2 wins | ||||||
| 11 | Skelly 103-101-96 | Steve Asmussen Ricardo Santana, Jr. | 7-2 | |||
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| BF: Speed of the speed will be hounded by host of fast pace rivals in BC Sprint won by late-runners each of the past four years | ||||||
Breeders' Cup Sprint Challenge Series schedule
| Date | Race / Track | Winner / Beyer | ||||
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| Saturday, Jul 27, 2024 |
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The Chosen Vron 105 | Race Recap |
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| Sunday, Sep 8, 2024 |
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Remake | Race Recap |
Remake
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| Saturday, Sep 28, 2024 |
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Mufasa 97 | Race Recap |
Mufasa
97
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| Friday, Oct 4, 2024 |
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Federal Judge | Race Recap |
Federal Judge
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Breeders' Cup Sprint News
Breeders' Cup Sprint: Straight No Chaser's roller coaster ride hits a high note
Mike Welsch
Nov 03,2024
Trainer Dan Blacker admitted the reality of having won his first Breeders’ Cup race with Straight No Chaser in the Sprint on Saturday afternoon at Del Mar still hadn’t sunk in yet by the time he r
Breeders' Cup Sprint: Straight No Chaser settles off the speed en route to sizzling score
Mike Welsch
Nov 02,2024
DEL MAR, Calif. – Straight No Chaser waited until the most important race of his career to prove he was more than a one dimensional speedball who needed the lead to win, rallying from off the pace t
Breeders' Cup Sprint: Sizzling pace could set up a late-runner like Nakatomi
Mike Welsch
Oct 31,2024
DEL MAR, Calif. – Nobody was more surprised to see Nakatomi holding a narrow lead midway down the backstretch in the 2023 Breeders’ Cup Sprint than his trainer, Wesley Ward. But that is certain no
Breeders’ Cup Sprint: The Chosen Vron scratched by California Horse Racing Board vet
Steve Andersen
Oct 22,2024
The Chosen Vron, an 18-time stakes winner including the last two runnings of the Grade 1 Bing Crosby Stakes at Del Mar, will not start in the Breeders’ Cup Sprint at Del Mar on Nov. 2 after being sc
Breeders' Cup Sprint: Nakatomi looks to rise again from the Phoenix
Mike Welsch
Oct 16,2024
Perhaps the biggest surprise when it comes to assessing Nakatomi’s performance in the 2023 Breeders’ Cup Sprint at Santa Anita is not that he finished a close third as a 26-1 outsider behind defen
Anarchist will skip Breeders' Cup Sprint, O'Neill says
Steve Andersen
Oct 13,2024
ARCADIA, Calif. - Anarchist, a two-time graded stakes winner in 2023 who was third in the Group 3 Korea Sprint in Seoul, South Korea, on Sept. 8, will not start in the Breeders’ Cup Sprint at Del Ma
Over a track kind to early speed, Federal Judge wires Phoenix Stakes
Nicole Russo
Oct 04,2024
LEXINGTON, KY. - Trainer Brad Cox felt good as he put the saddle on Federal Judge for the Grade 2, $350,000 Phoenix Stakes on Friday’s opening-day card at Keeneland.
“Just based off of seeing s
Breeders' Cup Sprint: West Coast loaded to end win drought
Mike Welsch
Oct 02,2024
It’s been six years since a West Coast-based horse won the $2 million Breeders’ Cup Sprint, when Roy H went back-to-back to capture the event in 2017 and 2018 for trainer Peter Miller.
But that
South Korea: Crown Pride, Remake earn Breeders' Cup berths
Steve Andersen
Sep 08,2024
The Japanese shippers Crown Pride and Remake each won Group 3 races on dirt for the second consecutive year in Seoul, South Korea, on Sunday to earn automatic berths to Breeders’ Cup races at Del Ma
Raging Torrent will point to Breeders' Cup Sprint, not Dirt Mile, O'Neill says
Steve Andersen
Aug 25,2024
DEL MAR, Calif. - There was a time in the final months of 2023 when Raging Torrent was tried twice in top two-turn races for juveniles in California and Oklahoma. He finished fourth in the Grade 1 Ame
Nakatomi rallies to first Grade 1 win in Vanderbilt
Mike Welsch
Jul 27,2024
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Nakatomi, victimized by traffic issues of one kind or another in each of his last three starts dating back to the 2023 Breeders’ Cup Sprint, benefitted
About the Breeders' Cup
The Breeders' Cup World Championships attract the best Thoroughbred horses worldwide to compete in Grade 1 races for both males and females at a variety of distances on both turf and dirt. The 2024 Breeders' Cup will be held at Del Mar in California. The two-day event will be held Nov. 1 and 2.
Breeders' Cup World Championship races
Future Stars Friday
Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint
Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies
Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf
Breeders' Cup Juvenile
Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf
Championship Saturday
Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile
Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Turf
Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Sprint
Breeders' Cup Mile
Breeders' Cup Distaff
Breeders’ Cup Turf
Breeders' Cup Classic
Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint
Breeders' Cup Sprint
The horses that compete in these championship races can claim their berths in multiple ways. The first is by winning a Breeders' Cup Challenge race. The second is through a system that allows horses to earn points based on their performance in major races throughout the year. The third way to be selected is to be chosen by a panel of experts. There are a maximum of 14 horses in each Breeders' Cup race, except the Dirt Mile and Juvenile Turf Sprint, which are limited to 12 starters.
Breeders' Cup Sprint recent winners
| Year | Horse/Trainer | Horse | Trainer | Beyer |
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| 2024 |
Dan Blacker
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Straight No Chaser | Dan Blacker | 103 |
| 2023 |
Bill Mott
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Elite Power | Bill Mott | 111 |
| 2022 |
Bill Mott
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Elite Power | Bill Mott | 100 |
| 2021 |
Wayne Catalano
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Aloha West | Wayne Catalano | 100 |
| 2020 |
Ron Moquett
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Whitmore | Ron Moquett | 104 |
| 2019 |
Steve Asmussen
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Mitole | Steve Asmussen | 112 |
| 2018 |
Peter Miller
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Roy H | Peter Miller | 111 |
| 2017 |
Peter Miller
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Roy H | Peter Miller | 111 |
| 2016 |
Bob Baffert
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Drefong | Bob Baffert | 103 |
| 2015 |
Maria Borell
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Runhappy | Maria Borell | 108 |
| 2014 |
Roger Brueggemann
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Work All Week | Roger Brueggemann | 105 |
| 2013 |
Bob Baffert
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Secret Circle | Bob Baffert | 98 |
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