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-).
[edit] Winners of the Breeders' Cup Distaff
| Year | Winner | Jockey | Trainer | Owner | Time |
| 2006 | Round Pond | Edgar Prado | Michael Matz | Fox Hill Farm | 1:50.50 |
| 2005 | Pleasant Home | Cornelio Velasquez | Shug McGaughey | Ogden Mills Phipps | 1:48.34 |
| 2004 | Ashado | John Velazquez | Todd Pletcher | Pletcher, Saylor, Martin, Wolf | 1:48.26 |
| 2003 | Adoration | Pat Valenzuela | David Hofmans | Amerman Racing, LLC | 1:49.17 |
| 2002 | Azeri | Mike E. Smith | Laura de Seroux | Allen E. Paulson | 1:48.64 |
| 2001 | Unbridled Elaine | Pat Day | Dallas Stewart | Roger J. Devenport | 1:49.21 |
| 2000 | Spain | Victor Espinoza | D. Wayne Lukas | The Thoroughbred Corp. | 1:47.66 |
| 1999 | Beautiful Pleasure | Jorge Chavez | John T. Ward, Jr. | John C. Oxley | 1:47.56 |
| 1998 | Escena | Gary Stevens | Bill Mott | Allen E. Paulson | 1:49.89 |
| 1997 | Ajina | Mike E. Smith | Bill Mott | Allen E. Paulson | 1:47.20 |
| 1996 | Jewel Princess | Corey Nakatani | Wallace Dollase | M & R Stephen/The Thoroughbred Corp. | 1:48.40 |
| 1995 | Inside Information | Mike E. Smith | Shug McGaughey | Ogden Mills Phipps | 1:46.15 |
| 1994 | One Dreamer | Gary Stevens | Thomas Proctor | Glen Hill Farm | 1:50.79 |
| 1993 | Hollywood Wildcat | Eddie Delahoussaye | Neil Drysdale | Irving & Marjorie Cowan | 1:48.35 |
| 1992 | Paseana | Chris McCarron | Ron McAnally | Sidney H. Craig | 1:48.17 |
| 1991 | Dance Smartly | Pat Day | James E. Day | Sam-Son Farm | 1:50.95 |
| 1990 | Bayakoa | Laffit Pincay, Jr. | Ron McAnally | Janis & Frank Whitham | 1:49.20 |
| 1989 | Bayakoa | Laffit Pincay, Jr. | Ron McAnally | Janis & Frank Whitham | 1:47.40 |
| 1988 | Personal Ensign | Randy Romero | Shug McGaughey | Ogden Phipps | 1:52.00 |
| 1987 | Sacahuista | Randy Romero | D. Wayne Lukas | B. A. Beal & L. R. French, Jr. | 2:02.80 |
| 1986 | Lady's Secret | Pat Day | D. Wayne Lukas | Eugene V. Klein | 2:01.20 |
| 1985 | Life's Magic | Angel Cordero, Jr. | D. Wayne Lukas | Mel Hatley & Eugene V. Klein | 2:02.00 |
| 1984 | Princess Rooney | Eddie Delahoussaye | Neil Drysdale | Paula J. Tucker | 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 Funfair in 2005 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. She was retired from racing and will survive as a broodmare. Ironically, Pine Island and Fleet Indian were joint favorites to win the 2006 Distaff.
