Breeders' Cup Sprint
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The Breeders' Cup Sprint is an American Weight for Age Grade I Thoroughbred horse race for three year olds & up. Run on dirt over a distance of 6 Furlongs (3/4 mile), the race has been held annually since 1984 at a different racetrack in the United States or Canada as part of the Breeders' Cup.
The current purse is $2 million.
[edit] Winners of the Breeders' Cup Sprint
| Year |
Winner |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Owner |
Time |
| 2007 | Midnight Lute | Garrett Gomez | Bob Baffert | M. E. Pegram / Watson & Weitman | 1:09.18 |
| 2006 | Thor's Echo | Corey Nakatani | Doug O'Neill | Royce S. Jaime & Suarez Racing | 1:08.80 |
| 2005 | Silver Train | Edgar Prado | Richard E. Dutrow, Jr. | Buckram Oak Farm | 1:08.86 |
| 2004 | Speightstown | John Velazquez | Todd A. Pletcher | Eugene Melnyk | 1:08.11 |
| 2003 | Cajun Beat | Cornelio Velasquez | Stephen R. Margolis | Padua Stable, John & Joseph Iracane | 1:07.95 |
| 2002 | Orientate | Jerry Bailey | D. Wayne Lukas | Bob & Beverly Lewis | 1:08.89 |
| 2001 | Squirtle Squirt | Jerry Bailey | Robert J. Frankel | D. J. Lanzman | 1:08.41 |
| 2000 | Kona Gold | Alex Solis | Bruce Headley | Headley, Molasky & High Tech | 1:07.60 |
| 1999 | Artax | Jorge F. Chavez | Louis Albertrani | Paraneck Stable | 1:07.80 |
| 1998 | Reraise | Corey Nakatani | Craig Dollase | B Fey/M Han/L Opas/F Sinatra/R Huson | 1:09.00 |
| 1997 | Elmhurst | Corey Nakatani | Jenine Sahadi | Evergreen Farm & Jenine Sahadi | 1:08.20 |
| 1996 | Lit de Justice | Corey Nakatani | Jenine Sahadi | Evergreen Farm | 1:08.60 |
| 1995 | Desert Stormer | Kent Desormeaux | Frank Lyons | Joanne H. Nor | 1:09.00 |
| 1994 | Cherokee Run | Mike E. Smith | Frank A. Alexander | Jill E. Robinson | 1:09.40 |
| 1993 | Cardmania | Ed Delahoussaye | Derek Meredith | Jean Couvercelle | 1:08.60 |
| 1992 | Thirty Slews | Ed Delahoussaye | Bob Baffert | M. DeGroot/Dutch Masters/M. Pegram | 1:08.20 |
| 1991 | Sheikh Albadou | Pat Eddery | Alexander Scott | Hilal Salem | 1:09.20 |
| 1990 | Safely Kept | Craig Perret | Alan Goldberg | Jayeff B Stable | 1:09.60 |
| 1989 | Dancing Spree | Angel Cordero, Jr. | C. R. McGaughey III | Ogden Phipps | 1:09.00 |
| 1988 | Gulch | Angel Cordero, Jr. | D. Wayne Lukas | Peter M. Brant | 1:10.40 |
| 1987 | Very Subtle | Pat Valenzuela | Melvin Stute | Ben Rochelle | 1:08.80 |
| 1986 | Smile | Jacinto Vasquez | Scotty Schulhofer | Frances A. Genter Stable | 1:08.40 |
| 1985 | Precisionist | Chris McCarron | L. Ross Fenstermaker | Fred W. Hooper | 1:08.40 |
| 1984 | Eillo | Craig Perret | Budd Lepman | Crown Stable | 1:10.20 |
