Breeders' Cup Ladies' Classic

Grade I race
Breeders' Cup Ladies' Classic
Location North America
Inaugurated 1984
Race type Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Race information
Distance 1⅛ miles (9 Furlongs)
Track Dirt, left-handed
Qualification Fillies & Mare, three-years-old & up
Weight Assigned
Purse US$2,000,000

The Breeders' Cup Ladies' Classic is a Weight for Age Thoroughbred horse race for fillies and mares, 3 years old and up. Known as the Breeders' Cup Distaff from its inception in 1984 through 2007, it is held annually at a different racetrack in the United States or Canada as part of the Breeders' Cup World Championships.

Starting with the 2008 Breeders' Cup, the Ladies' Classic will be the final race on the first day of the two-day event.

Distance : 1 1/4 miles (1984-1987); 1 1/8 miles (1988 to present).

Contents

Automatic berths

Beginning in 2007, the Breeders' Cup developed "The Breeders' Cup Challenge," a series of races in each division that alloted automatic qualifying bids to winners of defined races. Each of the fourteen divisions has between three and six of these, "Win and You're In," qualifiers. In the Breeders' Cup Ladies Classic Division there are four automatic births. In 2009 the Win and You're In races are: the Delaware Handicap, a grade one race at Delaware Park Racetrack, the Ruffian Handicap a grade one race at Saratoga Race Course, the Lady's Secret Stakes a grade one race at Santa Anita and the Juddmonte Spinster Stakes a grade one race at Keeneland Race Course.

Records

Most wins:

Most wins by a jockey:

Most wins by a trainer:

Most wins by an owner:

Winners of the Breeders' Cup Ladies' Classic since 1984

Year
 Winner
 Age
 Jockey
 Trainer
 Owner
 Time
 Purse
 Grade
2011 Royal Delta 3 Jose Lezcano William I. Mott Palides Investments 1:50.78 $2,000,000 I
2010 Unrivaled Belle 4 Kent Desormeaux William I. Mott Gary Seidler & Peter Vegso 1:50.04 $2,000,000 I
2009 Life Is Sweet 4 Garrett K. Gomez John Shirreffs Pam & Martin Wygod 1:48.58 $2,000,000 I
2008 Zenyatta 4 Mike E. Smith John Shirreffs Ann & Jerry Moss 1:46.85 $2,000,000 I
2007 Ginger Punch 4 Rafael Bejarano Robert J. Frankel Stronach Stables 1:50.11 $2,000,000 I
2006 Round Pond 4 Edgar Prado Michael R. Matz Fox Hill Farm 1:50.50 $2,000,000 I
2005 Pleasant Home 4 Cornelio Velasquez C. R. McGaughey III Ogden Mills Phipps 1:48.34 $2,000,000 I
2004 Ashado 3 John Velazquez Todd Pletcher Starlight Stables et al. 1:48.26 $1,000,000 I
2003 Adoration 4 Pat Valenzuela David Hofmans Amerman Racing 1:49.17 $1,000,000 I
2002 Azeri 4 Mike E. Smith Laura de Seroux Allen E. Paulson 1:48.64 $1,000,000 I
2001 Unbridled Elaine 3 Pat Day Dallas Stewart Roger J. Devenport 1:49.21 $1,000,000 I
2000 Spain 3 Victor Espinoza D. Wayne Lukas The Thoroughbred Corp. 1:47.66 $1,000,000 I
1999 Beautiful Pleasure 4 Jorge F. Chavez John T. Ward, Jr. John C. Oxley 1:47.56 $1,000,000 I
1998 Escena 5 Gary Stevens William I. Mott Allen E. Paulson 1:49.89 $1,000,000 I
1997 Ajina 3 Mike E. Smith William I. Mott Allen E. Paulson 1:47.20 $1,000,000 I
1996 Jewel Princess 4 Corey Nakatani Wallace Dollase M & R Stephen/TTC 1:48.40 $1,000,000 I
1995 Inside Information 4 Mike E. Smith C. R. McGaughey III Ogden Mills Phipps 1:46.15 $1,000,000 I
1994 One Dreamer 6 Gary Stevens Thomas F. Proctor Glen Hill Farm 1:50.79 $1,000,000 I
1993 Hollywood Wildcat 3 Ed Delahoussaye Neil Drysdale Irving & Marjorie Cowan 1:48.35 $1,000,000 I
1992 Paseana 5 Chris McCarron Ron McAnally Sidney H. Craig 1:48.17 $1,000,000 I
1991 Dance Smartly 3 Pat Day James E. Day Sam-Son Farm 1:50.95 $1,000,000 I
1990 Bayakoa 6 Laffit Pincay, Jr. Ron McAnally Janis & Frank Whitham 1:49.20 $1,000,000 I
1989 Bayakoa 5 Laffit Pincay, Jr. Ron McAnally Janis & Frank Whitham 1:47.40 $1,000,000 I
1988 Personal Ensign 4 Randy Romero C. R. McGaughey III Ogden Phipps 1:52.00 $1,000,000 I
1987 Sacahuista 3 Randy Romero D. Wayne Lukas B. A. Beal & L. R. French, Jr. 2:02.80† $1,000,000 I
1986 Lady's Secret 4 Pat Day D. Wayne Lukas Eugene V. Klein 2:01.20† $1,000,000 I
1985 Life's Magic 4 Angel Cordero, Jr. D. Wayne Lukas Mel Hatley/Eugene V. Klein 2:02.00† $1,000,000 I
1984 Princess Rooney 4 Ed Delahoussaye Neil Drysdale Paula J. Tucker 2:02.40† $1,000,000 I

† - 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987 races were run at 1 1/4 miles

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