Breeders’ Cup Juvenile

Del Mar • Del Mar, CA, USA 30-15-9-6-3
October 31, 2025

Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Race History 

For many years, racing fans and handicappers spoke of the “Juvenile Jinx.” So the thinking went, it was virtually impossible for any horse to win both the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1) and the Kentucky Derby (G1).

The Breeders’ Cup Juvenile ranks as North America’s season-defining championship for two-year-old colts and geldings. The 1 1⁄16-mile race has traveled around the country since its inauguration in 1984 and is frequently won by precocious runners lacking the stamina and/or durability to succeed as three-year-olds in the 1 1/4-mile Kentucky Derby.

The “Juvenile Jinx” has been a sound theory. Many impressive Juvenile winners have indeed come up short on the first Saturday in May, including the sensational Arazi (eighth in 1992) and Horse of the Year Favorite Trick (eighth in 1997).

But pit enough high-quality juveniles against each other in an annual championship race, and you’re bound to come up with Kentucky Derby winners occasionally. During the first decade of the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile, future Derby winners Spend a Buck (1985), Alysheba (1987), and Sea Hero (1993) were all beaten in the Juvenile before making history under the Twin Spires.

Then in 2006-07, the jinx was broken. The Breeders’ Cup Juvenile traveled to Churchill Downs, where an unheralded colt named Street Sense obliterated his rivals by a record-breaking 10 lengths. Six months later, he returned to Louisville and crushed the curse with a decisive rail-skimming triumph in the Kentucky Derby.

In the years since, the influence of the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile has continued to grow. When Midshipman won the 2008 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile in the stakes-record time of 1:40.94, the last horse to cross the finish line was a diminutive gelding named Mine That Bird. The following year, Mine That Bird stunned the racing world with a 50-1 upset in the Run for the Roses.

Even more significantly, Nyquist emulated Street Sense by sweeping the Juvenile/Derby double in 2015-16, reiterating the importance of racing’s championship test for juveniles. Between 1984 and 2022, a span of 39 years, the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile produced six winners of the Kentucky Derby, more than any other stakes race for two-year-olds.

By J. Keeler Johnson/TwinSpires.com

Results

Win

Place

Show

8

Ted Noffey30

$3.60

$2.60

$2.10

3

Mr. A. P.15

$3.60

7

Brant9

$2.40

6

Litmus Test6

1

Intrepido3

Payouts

Exacta

18.70

8/3

Trifecta

29.85

8/3/7

Superfecta

16.32

8/3/7/6

Super High Five

184.50

8/3/7/6/1

Double

49.20

10/8

Pick-3

296.05

8/10/8

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Entries

Jockey

Owner

Trainer

Current odds

Wagers

1

Intrepido

Berrios, Hector Isaac

Dutch Girl Holdings LLC and Irving Ventures LLC

Mullins, Jeff

8/1

2

Blackout Time

Ortiz Jr., Irad

Brookdale Racing, Inc., Gasaway, Lance and Magdalena Racing

McPeek, Kenneth G.

5/1

3

Mr. A. P.

Fresu, Antonio

Wilson, Holly and Wilson, David

Cerin, Vladimir

30/1

4

Comport

Gaffalione, Tyler

Joseph W. Sutton

Kenneally, Eddie

30/1

5

Civil Liberty

Dettori, Lanfranco

Great Friends Stables and Davis, Mark D.

O'Neill, Doug F.

30/1

6

Litmus Test

Ortiz, Jose L.

SF Racing LLC, Starlight Racing, Madaket Stables LLC, Stonestreet Stables LLC, Bashor, Dianne, Determined Stables, Golconda Stable, Waves Edge Capital LLC and Donovan, Catherine

Baffert, Bob

15/1

7

Brant

Prat, Flavien

Zedan Racing Stables, Inc.

Baffert, Bob

5/2

8

Ted Noffey

Velazquez, John R.

Spendthrift Farm LLC

Pletcher, Todd A.

4/5

Road to the Kentucky Derby

Cattleya

November 29, 2025

Tokyo Racecourse • Fuchu, Tokyo, Japan

Points: 10-5-3-2-1

Kentucky Jockey Club

November 29, 2025

Churchill Downs • Louisville, KY, USA

Points: 10-5-3-2-1

Remsen

December 6, 2025

Aqueduct • New York, NY, USA

Points: 10-5-3-2-1

Los Alamitos Futurity

December 13, 2025

Los Alamitos • Cypress, CA, USA

Points: 10-5-3-2-1

Zen-Nippon Nisai Yushun

December 17, 2025

Kawasaki • Kawasaki, Japan

Points: 20-10-6-4-2

Gun Runner

December 20, 2025

Fair Grounds • New Orleans, LA, USA

Points: 10-5-3-2-1

Remington Springboard Mile

December 20, 2025

Remington Park • Oklahoma City, OK, USA

Points: 10-5-3-2-1

Jerome

January 3, 2026

Aqueduct • New York, NY, USA

Points: 10-5-3-2-1

Smarty Jones

January 3, 2026

Oaklawn Park • Hot Springs, AR, USA

Points: 10-5-3-2-1

Lecomte

January 17, 2026

Fair Grounds • New Orleans, LA, USA

Points: 20-10-6-4-2

UAE 2000 Guineas

January 23, 2026

Meydan Racecourse • Dubai, UAE

Points: 20-10-6-4-2

Withers

January 31, 2026

Aqueduct • New York, NY, USA

Points: 20-10-6-4-2

Robert B. Lewis

January 31, 2026

Santa Anita Park • Arcadia, CA, USA

Points: 20-10-6-4-2

Holy Bull

January 31, 2026

Gulfstream Park • Hallandale Beach, FL, USA

Points: 20-10-6-4-2

Southwest

January 31, 2026

Oaklawn Park • Hot Springs, AR, USA

Points: 20-10-6-4-2

Sam F. Davis

February 7, 2026

Tampa Bay Downs • Tampa, FL, USA

Points: 20-10-6-4-2

Saudi Derby

February 14, 2026

King Abdulaziz Racecourse

Points: 30-15-9-6-3

Fasig-Tipton Risen Star

February 14, 2026

Fair Grounds • New Orleans, LA, USA

Points: 50-25-15-10-5

Sunland Derby

February 15, 2026

Sunland Park • Sunland Park, NM, USA

Points: 20-10-6-4-2

Dubai Road to the Kentucky Derby Stakes

February 20, 2026

Meydan Racecourse • Dubai, UAE

Points: 20-10-6-4-2

Hyacinth

February 21, 2026

Tokyo Racecourse • Fuchu, Tokyo, Japan

Points: 30-15-9-6-3

John Battaglia Memorial

February 21, 2026

Turfway Park • Florence, KY

Points: 20-10-6-4-2

Road to the Kentucky Derby Condition Stakes

February 25, 2026

Kempton • Sunbury-on-Thames, England, UK

Points: 20-10-6-4-2

Fountain of Youth

February 28, 2026

Gulfstream Park • Hallandale Beach, FL, USA

Points: 50-25-15-10-5

San Felipe

February 28, 2026

Santa Anita Park • Arcadia, CA, USA

Points: 50-25-15-10-5

Gotham

February 28, 2026

Aqueduct • New York, NY, USA

Points: 50-25-15-10-5

Rebel

March 1, 2026

Oaklawn Park • Hot Springs, AR, USA

Points: 50-25-15-10-5

The Patton

March 6, 2026

Dundalk • Louth, Ireland

Points: 20-10-6-4-2

ESMARK Tampa Bay Derby

March 7, 2026

Tampa Bay Downs • Tampa, FL, USA

Points: 50-25-15-10-5

Virginia Derby

March 14, 2026

Colonial Downs • New Kent, VA, USA

Points: 50-25-15-10-5

Twinspires.com Louisiana Derby

March 21, 2026

Fair Grounds • New Orleans, LA, USA

Points: 100-50-25-15-10

Jeff Ruby Steaks

March 21, 2026

Turfway Park • Florence, KY

Points: 100-50-25-15-10

Fukuryu

March 28, 2026

Nakayama • Funabashi, Chiba, Japan

Points: 40-20-12-8-4

UAE Derby

March 28, 2026

Meydan Racecourse • Dubai, UAE

Points: 100-60-30-15-10

Arkansas Derby

March 28, 2026

Oaklawn Park • Hot Springs, AR, USA

Points: 100-50-25-15-10

Florida Derby

March 28, 2026

Gulfstream Park • Hallandale Beach, FL, USA

Points: 100-50-25-15-10

Santa Anita Derby

April 4, 2026

Santa Anita Park • Arcadia, CA, USA

Points: 100-50-25-15-10

Blue Grass

April 4, 2026

Keeneland • Lexington, KY, USA

Points: 100-50-25-15-10

Wood Memorial

April 4, 2026

Aqueduct • New York, NY, USA

Points: 100-50-25-15-10

Lexington

April 11, 2026

Keeneland • Lexington, KY, USA

Points: 20-10-6-4-2

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