Breeders' Futurity Stakes

Breeders' Futurity Stakes
Grade I race
LocationKeeneland Race Course
Lexington, Kentucky, United States
Inaugurated1910
Race typeThoroughbredFlat racing
Websiteww2.keeneland.com/racing/default.aspx
Race information
Distance1+116 miles (8.5 furlongs)
SurfaceDirt
Trackleft-handed
QualificationTwo-year-olds
WeightFillies, 118 lbs.
Colts and Geldings, 121lbs
Purse$600,000 (since 2023)[1]

The Breeders' Futurity Stakes is an American Grade I Thoroughbred horse race held annually in early October at Keeneland Race Course in Lexington, Kentucky.[2] Currently offering a purse of $600,000, the race is open to two-year-old horses and is run at a distance of one and one-sixteenth miles on the dirt. From 1997 to 2008, the race was sponsored by Lane's End Farm.[3] From 2009 to 2013 it was sponsored by Dixiana Farm.[4] It is now sponsored by Claiborne Farm.[1]

  1. ^ a b "Breeders' Futurity Stakes Profile". Equibase. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
  2. ^ "Breeders' Futurity at Keeneland, October 3, 2020 | 10–4–2–1 Road to the Kentucky Derby Points | 2022 Kentucky Derby & Oaks | May 6 and May 7, 2022". www.kentuckyderby.com. Retrieved 2021-05-04.
  3. ^ www.bloodhorse.com https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/149444/keeneland-race-loses-sponsor-lanes-end. Retrieved 2021-05-04. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. ^ "Dixiana Breeders' Futurity Stakes Horse Race Betting | OFF TRACK BETTING". www.offtrackbetting.com. Retrieved 2021-05-04.