Breeders' Cup Distaff Odds

The Distaff, also known as the Ladies’ Classic from 2008 to 2012, was part of the original seven Breeders’ Cup races rolled out in 1984. It is the premier dirt race for fillies and mares in the country, run at a distance of 1 â…› miles on the host track’s main track (it has been conducted on synthetic surfaces in the past).

The Grade 1 race worth $2 million currently has eight ‘Win and You’re In’ events that offer an automatic berth in the starting gate: the Grade 1 Gran Premio Criadores at Palermo, the Grade 1 Ogden Phipps at Belmont, the Grade 2 Fleur de Lis at Churchill Downs, the Grade 1 Clement L. Hirsch at Del Mar, the Grade 1 Personal Ensign at Saratoga, the Grade 1 Cotillion at Parx, the Grade 1 Zenyatta at Santa Anita and the Grade 1 Spinster at Keeneland.

The race has been won multiple times by three different horses — Bayakoa, Royal Delta, and Beholder — but its most famous winner is unquestionably Zenyatta, who captured the Distaff in 2008, a year before she beat males in the Classic. Zenyatta retired with a lifetime record of 19-1-0 from 20 starts, her lone blemish coming in the 2010 Classic.

Odds will appear here when available...

Winners:

(US unless noted)

2021 - Marche Lorraine (JPN)
2020 - Monomoy Girl
2019 - Blue Prize (ARG)
2018 - Monomoy Girl
2017 - Forever Unbridled
2016 - Beholder
2015 - Stopchargingmaria
2014 - Untapable
2013 - Beholder
2012 - Royal Delta
2011 - Royal Delta
2010 - Unrivaled Belle
2009 - Life Is Sweet
2008 - Zenyatta
2007 - Ginger Punch
2006 - Round Pond
2005 - Pleasant Home
2004 - Ashado
2003 - Adoration
2002 - Azeri
2001 - Unbridled Elaine
2000 - Spain
1999 - Beautiful Pleasure
1998 - Escena
1997 - Ajina
1996 - Jewel Princess
1995 - Inside Information
1994 - One Dreamer
1993 - Hollywood Wildcat
1992 - Paseana (ARG)
1991 - Dance Smartly
1990 - Bayakoa (ARG)
1989 - Bayakoa (ARG)
1988 - Personal Ensign
1987 - Sacahuista
1986 - Lady's Secret
1985 - Life's Magic
1984 - Princess Rooney