Breeders' Cup Mile

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The Breeders' Cup Mile is a 1-mile Grade 1 Weight for Age stakes race for thoroughbred racehorses three years old and up, run on a grass course. It has been conducted annually since 1984 at a different racetrack in the United States or Canada as part of the Breeders' Cup.

The purse was raised from $1.5 million US to $2 million in 2007.

[edit] Winners of the Breeders' Cup Mile

Year	Winner	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time
2007	Kip Deville	Cornelio Velasquez	Richard E. Dutrow, Jr.	IEAH Stables et al	1:39.78
2006	Miesque's Approval	Eddie Castro	Martin D. Wolfson	Live Oak Plantation Racing	1:34.75
2005	Artie Schiller	Garrett Gomez	James A. Jerkens	Timber Bay Farm/ Mrs. Thomas J. Walsh	1:36.10
2004	Singletary	David R. Flores	Don Chatlos	Little Red Feather Stables	1:36.90
2003	Six Perfections	Jerry Bailey	Pascal Bary	Flaxman Holdings	1:33.86
2002	Domedriver	Thierry Thulliez	Pascal Bary	Flaxman Holdings	1:36.88
2001	Val Royal	Jose Valdivia, Jr.	Julio Canani	David S. Milch	1:32.05
2000	War Chant	Gary Stevens	Neil Drysdale	Marjorie & Irving Cowan	1:34.60
1999	Silic	Corey Nakatani	Julio Canani	J. Terrence Lanni	1:34.20
1998	Da Hoss	John Velazquez	Michael Dickinson	Prestonwood Farm & Wallstreet Stables	1:35.20
1997	Spinning World	Cash Asmussen	Jonathan Pease	Flaxman Holdings	1:32.60
1996	Da Hoss	Gary Stevens	Michael Dickinson	Prestonwood Farm & Wallstreet Stables	1:35.80
1995	Ridgewood Pearl	Johnny Murtagh	John Oxx	Anne Coughlan	1:43.60
1994	Barathea	Frankie Dettori	Luca Cumani	Sheikh Mohammed & Gerald W. Leigh	1:34.40
1993	Lure	Mike E. Smith	C. R. McGaughey III	Claiborne Farm	1:33.40
1992	Lure	Mike E. Smith	C. R. McGaughey III	Claiborne Farm /The Game Corp.	1:32.80
1991	Opening Verse	Pat Valenzuela	Richard J. Lundy	Allen E. Paulson	1:37.40
1990	Royal Academy	Lester Piggott	Vincent O'Brien	Classic Ire Stable	1:35.20
1989	Steinlen	José Santos	D. Wayne Lukas	Daniel Wildenstein	1:37.20
1988	Miesque	Freddy Head	François Boutin	Stavros Niarchos	1:38.60
1987	Miesque	Freddy Head	François Boutin	Stavros Niarchos	1:32.80
1986	Last Tycoon	Yves Saint-Martin	Robert Collet	Richard C. Strauss	1:35.20
1985	Cozzene	Walter Guerra	Jan Nerud	John A. Nerud	1:35.00
1984	Royal Heroine	Fernando Toro	John Gosden	Robert Sangster	1:32.60