Breeders' Cup Juvenile Odds

The Breeders' Cup Juvenile is the only race that appears in both the Road to the Kentucky Derby and the Breeders' Cup so we have put together a page based on both those aspects of the race.

Kentucky Derby Prep:

Note: Date, Track and Qualifying Points are based on the Road to the 2020 Kentucky Derby schedule

When:  November 1, 2019

Where:  Location varies (2019 was at Santa Anita Park)

Purse: $2,000,000

Race Distance: 1 1/16 mile

History:  The Juvenile was inaugurated in 1984 as part of the original seven-race Breeders’ Cup program, which was intended to serve as a definitive year-end championship event in American horse racing. As such, it is the preeminent dirt race in the country for 2-year-olds and carries double the qualifying points of any other North American Derby prep for juveniles. Despite its stature in the sport and the volume of exceptional winners it has produced, it wasn’t until 2007, when Street Sense won the Kentucky Derby, that a horse captured both the Juvenile and the Derby. In 2017, Nyquist became the second to accomplish the feat. Other notable winners include Arazi, who in 1991 produced one of the most memorable performances in Breeders’ Cup history; Timber Country, the first Juvenile champ to win a Triple Crown race; Unbridled’s Song, who would go on to become a prolific sire following his 1995 triumph; and Favorite Trick, who parlayed his win in 1997 into Horse of the Year honors, becoming the first juvenile to earn the title since Secretariat.

Qualifying points:  20-8-4-2

Breeders' Cup:

The Juvenile was inaugurated in 1984, the first year the Breeders’ Cup was held. The race is a Grade 1 event for 2-year-olds worth $2 million and is typically run at 1 1/16 miles on dirt, though the distance can vary depending on the host track. There are currently four ‘Win and You’re In’ races for the Juvenile: the Grade 3 Iroquois at Churchill Downs, the Grade 1 American Pharoah at Santa Anita, the Grade 1 Champagne at Belmont and the Grade 1 Breeders’ Futurity at Keeneland. The most famous renewal of the Juvenile came in 1991, when European invader Arazi unleashed a devastating rally around the far turn to sweep past the field and win by five lengths. In 2007, Street Sense became the first horse to win the Kentucky Derby after winning the Juvenile the prior year. Nyquist would again accomplish the feat in 2016.

Odds will appear here when available...

Winners:

(US unless noted)

2021 - Corniche
2020 - Essential Quality
2019 - Storm the Court
2018 - Game Winner
2017 - Good Magic
2016 - Classic Empire
2015 - Nyquist
2014 - Texas Red
2013 - New Year's Day
2012 - Shanghai Bobby
2011 - Hansen
2010 - Uncle Mo
2009 - Vale of York (IRE)
2008 - Midshipman
2007 - War Pass
2006 - Street Sense
2005 - Stevie Wonderboy
2004 - Wilko
2003 - Action This Day
2002 - Vindication
2001 - Johannesburg
2000 - Macho Uno
1999 - Anees
1998 - Answer Lively
1997 - Favorite Trick
1996 - Boston Harbor
1995 - Unbridled's Song
1994 - Timber Country
1993 - Brocco
1992 - Gilded Time
1991 - Arazi
1990 - Fly So Free
1989 - Rhythm
1988 - Is It True
1987 - Success Express
1986 - Capote
1985 - Tasso
1984 - Chief's Crown