Breeders' Cup Mile

Breeders' Cup Mile

Grade I race
Location	North America
Inaugurated	1984
Race type	Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Website	Official Breeders' Cup website
Race information
Distance	One mile (8 furlongs)
Track	Turf, left-handed
Qualification	Three-years-old & up
Weight	Weight for Age
Purse	US$2,000,000

The Breeders' Cup Mile is a 1-mile (1.6 km) 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 World Championships.

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

Freddy Head has won this race twice as a jockey and twice as a trainer.

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 Mile Division there are six automatic births. In 2009, the Win and You're In races are: the Champions Mile, a group one race at Sha Tin Racecourse, the Woodbine Mile, a grade one race at Woodbine Racetrack, the Del Mar Breeders' Cup Mile, a grade one race at Del Mar, the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes a group one race at Ascot Racecourse, the Shadwell Turf Mile Stakes a grade one race at Keeneland and the Oak Tree Mile Stakes a grade two race at Santa Anita Park.

Records

Most wins:

• 2 - Goldikova (2008, 2009)
• 2 - Miesque (1987, 1988)
• 2 - Lure (1992, 1993)
• 2 - Da Hoss (1996, 1998)

Most wins by a jockey:

• 2 - Olivier Peslier (2008, 2009)
• 2 - Freddy Head (1987, 1988)
• 2 - Mike E. Smith (1992, 1993)
• 2 - Gary Stevens (1996, 2000)

Most wins by a trainer:

• 2 - Freddy Head (2008, 2009)
• 2 - François Boutin (1987, 1988)
• 2 - C. R. McGaughey III (1992, 1993)
• 2 - Michael W. Dickinson (1996, 1998)
• 2 - Julio C. Canani (1999, 2001)
• 2 - Pascal Bary (2002, 2003)

Most wins by an owner:

• 3 - Flaxman Holdings (1997, 2002, 2003)

Winners

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time	Purse	Grade
2009	Goldikova	4	Olivier Peslier	Freddy Head	Wertheimer et Frere	1:32.26	$2,000,000	. I
2008	Goldikova	3	Olivier Peslier	Freddy Head	Wertheimer et Frere	1:33.40	$2,000,000	. I
2007	Kip Deville	4	Cornelio Velasquez	Richard E. Dutrow, Jr.	IEAH Stables et al.	1:39.78	$2,000,000	. I
2006	Miesque's Approval	7	Eddie Castro	Martin D. Wolfson	Live Oak Plantation Racing	1:34.75	$1,500,000	. I
2005	Artie Schiller	4	Garrett Gomez	James A. Jerkens	Timber Bay Farm/Denise Walsh	1:36.10	$1,500,000	. I
2004	Singletary	4	David R. Flores	Don Chatlos	Little Red Feather Stables	1:36.90	$1,500,000	. I
2003	Six Perfections	3	Jerry Bailey	Pascal Bary	Flaxman Holdings	1:33.86	$1,500,000	. I
2002	Domedriver	4	Thierry Thulliez	Pascal Bary	Flaxman Holdings	1:36.88	$1,000,000	. I
2001	Val Royal	5	Jose Valdivia, Jr.	Julio C. Canani	David S. Milch	1:32.05	$1,000,000	. I
2000	War Chant	3	Gary Stevens	Neil Drysdale	Irving & Marjorie Cowan	1:34.60	$1,000,000	. I
1999	Silic	4	Corey Nakatani	Julio C. Canani	J. Terrence Lanni	1:34.20	$1,000,000	. I
1998	Da Hoss	6	John Velazquez	Michael W. Dickinson	Prestonwood/Wallstreet Stables	1:35.20	$1,000,000	. I
1997	Spinning World	4	Cash Asmussen	Jonathan E. Pease	Flaxman Holdings	1:32.60	$1,000,000	. I
1996	Da Hoss	4	Gary Stevens	Michael W. Dickinson	Prestonwood/Wallstreet Stables	1:35.80	$1,000,000	. I
1995	Ridgewood Pearl	3	Johnny Murtagh	John Oxx	Anne Coughlan	1:43.60	$1,000,000	. I
1994	Barathea	4	Frankie Dettori	Luca Cumani	Sheikh Mohammed/G. W. Leigh	1:34.40	$1,000,000	. I
1993	Lure	4	Mike E. Smith	C. R. McGaughey III	Claiborne Farm	1:33.40	$1,000,000	. I
1992	Lure	3	Mike E. Smith	C. R. McGaughey III	Claiborne Farm/The Gamely Corp.	1:32.80	$1,000,000	. I
1991	Opening Verse	5	Pat Valenzuela	Richard J. Lundy	Allen E. Paulson	1:37.40	$1,000,000	. I
1990	Royal Academy	3	Lester Piggott	Vincent O'Brien	Classic Ire Stable	1:35.20	$1,000,000	. I
1989	Steinlen	6	José Santos	D. Wayne Lukas	Daniel Wildenstein	1:37.20	$1,000,000	. I
1988	Miesque	4	Freddy Head	François Boutin	Stavros Niarchos	1:38.60	$1,000,000	. I
1987	Miesque	3	Freddy Head	François Boutin	Stavros Niarchos	1:32.80	$1,000,000	. I
1986	Last Tycoon	3	Yves Saint-Martin	Robert Collet	Richard C. Strauss	1:35.20	$1,000,000	. I
1985	Cozzene	5	Walter Guerra	Jan H. Nerud	John A. Nerud	1:35.00	$1,000,000	. I
1984	Royal Heroine	4	Fernando Toro	John Gosden	Robert Sangster	1:32.60	$1,000,000	. I

See also

• Breeders' Cup Mile "top three finishers" and starters
• Breeders' Cup World Thoroughbred Championships
• Complete 26-year history of BC Mile races, starters, charts and replays