| Grade I race | |
|---|---|
| Dixiana Breeders' Futurity Stakes | |
| Location | Keeneland Race Course Lexington, Kentucky, United States |
| Inaugurated | 1910 |
| Race type | Thoroughbred - Flat racing |
| Website | Keeneland racing |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 11/16 miles (8.5 furlongs) |
| Track | Polytrack, left-handed |
| Qualification | Two-year-olds |
| Weight | Fillies, 118 lbs. Colts and Geldings, 121lbs |
| Purse | $500,000 |
The Breeders' Futurity Stakes is an American Grade I Thoroughbred horse race held annually in early October at Keeneland Race Course in Lexington, Kentucky. Currently offering a purse of $500,000, the race is open to two-year-old horses and is run at a distance of one and one-sixteenth miles on the Polytrack. From 1997 to 2008, the race was sponsored by Lane's End Farm. Starting in 2009, the race has been sponsored by Dixiana Farm.
The race is currently part of the Breeders' Cup Challenge series. The winner will automatically qualify for the Breeders' Cup Juvenile.
It was first raced at the Kentucky Association track in Lexington in 1910 and was renewed each year thereafter through 1930. In 1931 through 1935, the race was shifted to the Latonia Race Track in Covington, Kentucky. The Futurity was revived at Keeneland in the fall of 1938 and during World War II, from 1943 through 1945 was renewed as part of the Churchill Downs fall meetings.
The race was a Grade III event from 1973-1975, a Grade II from 1976 through 2003, and became a Grade 1 stakes in 2004. Over the years, it has been raced at various distances:
Fastest Time: (at Current Distance 11/16 miles)
Most wins by an owner:
Most wins by a jockey:
Most wins by a trainer:
| Year |
Winner |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Owner |
Time |
| 2011 | Dullahan | Kent Desormeaux | Dale Romans | Donegal Racing | 1:43.12 |
| 2010 | J.B.'s Thunder | Shaun Bridgmohan | Al Stall Jr. | Columbine Stable | 1:44.12 |
| 2009 | Noble's Promise | Willie Martinez | Kenneth G. McPeek | Chasing Dreams Racing | 1:43.12 |
| 2008 | Square Eddie | Rafael Bejarano | John R. Best | J. Paul Reddam | 1:43.04 |
| 2007 | Wicked Style | Robby Albarado | George R. Arnold II | Ashbrook Farm | 1:45.21 |
| 2006 | Great Hunter | Victor Espinoza | Doug O'Neill | J. Paul Reddam | 1:44.09 |
| 2005 | Dawn of War | John Jacinto | Dale L. Romans | K & S Ramsey | 1:48.77 |
| 2004 | Consolidator | Rafael Bejarano | D. Wayne Lukas | R. & B. Lewis | 1:43.67 |
| 2003 | Eurosilver | Javier Castellano | Nicholas P. Zito | Buckram Oak Farm | 1:43.42 |
| 2002 | Sky Mesa | Edgar Prado | John T. Ward, Jr. | John C. Oxley | 1:46.78 |
| 2001 | Siphonic | Chris McCarron | David Hofmans | Amerman Racing LLC | 1:43.79 |
| 2000 | Arabian Light | Shane Sellers | Bob Baffert | The Thoroughbred Corp. | 1:43.00 |
| 1999 | Captain Steve | Garrett K. Gomez | Bob Baffert | Michael E. Pegram | 1:42.40 |
| 1998 | Cat Thief | Pat Day | D. Wayne Lukas | Overbrook Farm | 1:44.00 |
| 1997 | Favorite Trick | Pat Day | Patrick B. Byrne | Joseph LaCombe Stable | 1:43.20 |
| 1996 | Boston Harbor | Jerry D. Bailey | D. Wayne Lukas | Overbrook Farm | 1:45.20 |
| 1995 | Honour and Glory | Pat Day | D. Wayne Lukas | Michael Tabor | 1:43.20 |
| 1994 | Tejano Run | Jerry D. Bailey | Kenneth McPeek | Roy K. Monroe | 1:44.60 |
| 1993 | Polar Expedition | Curt Bourque | Hugh H. Robertson | James B. Cody | 1:42.20 |
| 1992 | Mountain Cat | Pat Day | D. Wayne Lukas | Overbrook Farm | 1:42.40 |
| 1991 | Dance Floor | Charles Woods, Jr. | D. Wayne Lukas | Oaktown Stable | 1:44.20 |
| 1990 | Sir Bordeaux | Wigberto Ramos | Ronnie G. Warren | D. G. Hardamon/R. Trisler | 1:44.40 |
| 1989 | Slavic | Jose Santos | Flint S. Schulhofer | William Haggin Perry | 1:44.60 |
| 1988 | Fast Play | Angel Cordero, Jr. | C.R. McGaughey III | Ogden Phipps | 1:45.20 |
| 1987 | Forty Niner | Eddie Maple | Woody Stephens | Claiborne Farm | 1:43.80 |
| 1986 | Orono | Sandy Hawley | Carl Nafzger | Bayview Stable | 1:45.20 |
| 1985 | Tasso | Laffit Pincay, Jr. | Neil Drysdale | G. Robins/T. Sams | 1:46.00 |
| 1984 | Crater Fire | Daryl Montoya | Dixie H. Griffitt | S. D. Hinkle IV/D. D. Crater | 1:45.80 |
| 1983 | Swale | Eddie Maple | Woody Stephens | Claiborne Farm | 1:44.00 |
| 1982 | Highland Park | John L. Lively | Anthony Basile | Bwamazon Farm | 1:43.60 |
| 1981 | D'Accord | Darrel McHargue | LeRoy Jolley | Bertram R. Firestone | 1:44.80 |
| 1980 | Fairway Phantom | John L. Lively | Carl Nafzger | William Floyd | 1:28.80 |
| 1979 | Gold Stage | Don Brumfield | William Curtis, Jr. | Mrs. Philip Hofmann | 1:26.80 |
| 1978 | Strike Your Colors | Ed Delahoussaye | Del W. Carroll | William S. Farish III | 1:26.20 |
| 1977 | Gonquin | Frank Olivares | Jerry M. Fanning | James Scully | 1:28.00 |
| 1976 | Run Dusty Run | Darrel McHargue | William E. Adams | Golden Chance Farm | 1:27.40 |
| 1975 | Harbor Springs | Eddie Maple | Woody Stephens | Louis Lee Haggin II | 1:27.00 |
| 1974 | Packer Captain | Don Brumfield | Douglas Dodson | Eagle Mountain Farm | 1:25.80 |
| 1973 | Provante | Mike Manganello | Dave Zakoor, Jr. | G. E. Sanders | 1:27.20 |
| 1972 | Annihilate 'em | Don Brumfield | Douglas Davis, Jr. | Patricia B. Blass | 1:27.00 |
| 1971 | Windjammer | Laffit Pincay, Jr. | MacKenzie Miller | Cragwood Stables | 1:27.20 |
| 1970 | Man of the Moment | Don Brumfield | Jack Long | Circle M Farm | 1:28.80 |
| 1969 | Hard Work | Don Brumfield | Charles R. Werstler | Dixiana Stable | 1:25.60 |
| 1968 | Dike | Earlie Fires | Lucien Laurin | Claiborne Farm | 1:26.80 |
| 1967 | T.V. Commercial | Manuel Ycaza | Anthony Basile | Bwamazon Farm | 1:26.80 |
| 1966 | Gentleman James | James Nichols | Del W. Carroll | Michael Grace Phipps | 1:28.00 |
| 1965 | Tinsley | James Nichols | Julius E. Tinsley, Jr. | Fred W. Hooper | 1:28.40 |
| 1964 | Umbrella Fella | John Nazareth | Loyd Gentry, Jr. | Ford Stables | 1:26.40 |
| 1963 | Duel | W. D. Lucas | LeRoy Jolley | Claiborne Farm | 1:26.20 |
| 1962 | Ornamento | Jimmy Lynch | James P. Conway | Darby Dan Farm | 1:26.40 |
| 1961 | Roman Line | William M. Cook | Vester R. Wright | T. Allie Grissom | 1:26.60 |
| 1960 | He's a Pistol | Larney Hansman | J. D. Puckett | J. Graham Brown | 1:27.00 |
| 1959 | Toby's Brother | John L. Rotz | Robert E. Wingfield | G. Van Deren/O.S. Deming | 1:27.20 |
| 1958 | Namon | James Combest | Vester R. Wright | T. Allie Grissom | 1:26.80 |
| 1957 | Fulcrum | John Delahoussaye | Jack C. Hodgins | Mary V. Fisher | 1:26.40 |
| 1956 | Round Table | Steve Brooks | Moody Jolley | Claiborne Farm | 1:26.80 |
| 1955 | Jovial Jove | Douglas Dodson | Strother Griffin | Bwamazon Farm | 1:23.60 |
| 1954 | Brother Tex | Pete D. Anderson | Woody Stephens | Woody Stephens | 1:24.40 |
| 1953 | Hasty Road | John H. Adams | Harry Trotsek | Hasty House Farm | 1:23.20 |
| 1952 | Straight Face | Bennie Green | John M. Gaver, Sr. | Greentree Stable | 1:23.80 |
| 1951 | Alladier | Carroll Bierman | Anthony J. Pupino | Harborvale Stable | 1:23.40 |
| 1950 | Big Stretch | Ted Atkinson | John M. Gaver, Sr. | Greentree Stable | 1:23.60 |
| 1949 | Oil Capitol | Kenneth Church | Harry Trotsek | Thomas Gray | 1:12.20 |
| 1948 | Olympia | Willie Garner | Ivan H. Parke | Fred W. Hooper | 1:11.60 |
| 1947 | Shy Guy | Steve Brooks | Jack C. Hodgins | Dixiana Stable | 1:11.80 |
| 1946 | Education | Steve Brooks | Ivan H. Parke | Fred W. Hooper | 1:11.40 |
| 1945 | Pellicle | Steve Brooks | E. Leigh Cotton | Hal Price Headley | 1:12.80 |
| 1944 | Air Sailor | Leon Haas | Lex Wilson | T. D. Buhl | 1:12.20 |
| 1943 | Durazna | Jesse Higley | John M. Goode | Brownell Combs | 1:11.60 |
| 1942 | Occupation | Leon Haas | Burley Parke | John Marsch | 1:14.00 |
| 1941 | Devil Diver | Conn McCreary | John M. Gaver, Sr. | Greentree Stable | 1:11.80 |
| 1940 | Whirlaway | Johnny Longden | Ben A. Jones | Calumet Farm | 1:11.20 |
| 1939 | Roman Flag | Leon Haas | Max Hirsch | W. Arnold Hanger | 1:10.60 |
| 1938 | Johnstown | James Stout | George Tappen | Belair Stud | 1:11.40 |