Breeders' Cup Distaff

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The Breeders' Cup Distaff is a Weight for Age Thoroughbred horse race for fillies and mares, 3 years old and up. It is held annually at a different racetrack in the United States or Canada as part of the Breeders' Cup. It is sponsored by the airline Emirates.

Distance : 1 1/4 miles (1984-87); 1 1/8 miles (1988-).

Year	Winner	Jockey	Trainer	Time
2006	Round Pond	Edgar Prado	Michael Matz	1:50.50
2005	Pleasant Home	Cornelio Velasquez	Shug McGaughey	1:48.34
2004	Ashado	John Velazquez	Todd Pletcher	1:48.26
2003	Adoration	Pat Valenzuela	David Hofmans	1:49.17
2002	Azeri	Mike E. Smith	Laura de Seroux	1:48.64
2001	Unbridled Elaine	Pat Day	Dallas Stewart	1:49.21
2000	Spain	Victor Espinoza	D. Wayne Lukas	1:47.66
1999	Beautiful Pleasure	Jorge Chavez	John T. Ward, Jr.	1:47.56
1998	Escena	Gary Stevens	Bill Mott	1:49.89
1997	Ajina	Mike E. Smith	Bill Mott	1:47.20
1996	Jewel Princess	Corey Nakatani	Wallace Dollase	1:48.40
1995	Inside Information	Mike E. Smith	Shug McGaughey	1:46.15
1994	One Dreamer	Gary Stevens	Thomas Proctor	1:50.79
1993	Hollywood Wildcat	Eddie Delahoussaye	Neil Drysdale	1:48.35
1992	Paseana	Chris McCarron	Ron McAnally	1:48.17
1991	Dance Smartly	Pat Day	James E. Day	1:50.95
1990	Bayakoa	Laffit Pincay, Jr.	Ron McAnally	1:49.20
1989	Bayakoa	Laffit Pincay, Jr.	Ron McAnally	1:47.40
1988	Personal Ensign	Randy Romero	Shug McGaughey	1:52.00
1987	Sacahuista	Randy Romero	D. Wayne Lukas	2:02.80
1986	Lady's Secret	Pat Day	D. Wayne Lukas	2:01.20
1985	Life's Magic	Angel Cordero Jr.	D. Wayne Lukas	2:02.00
1984	Princess Rooney	Eddie Delahoussaye	Neil Drysdale	2:02.40

In 2006, tragedy struck when Pine Island had to be euthanized after breaking her left front ankle, exposing bone and thereby becoming prone to serious infection. This was the first time in a Breeders' Cup event since Go For Wand in 1990 that a horse was so severely injured it had to be put down. A second horse, Fleet Indian, also broke down in unrelated circumstances in the same race, but her ligament injury was much less severe. Though she will be retired from racing, she is expected to survive as a broodmare. Ironically, Pine Island and Fleet Indian were joint favorites to win the 2006 Distaff.