| Grade I race | |
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| Breeders' Cup Mile | |
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| 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 as part of the Breeders' Cup World Championships since the event's inception in 1984. All Breeders' Cups to date have been held in the United States except for the 1996 event in Canada.
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.
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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:
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
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