Grade I race | |
Location | United States |
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Inaugurated | 2008 |
Race type | Thoroughbred – Flat racing |
Race information | |
Distance | 1 mile (8.0 furlongs) |
Surface | Turf |
Track | Left-handed |
Qualification | Two-Year-Old Fillies |
Weight | Assigned |
Purse | $1,000,000 |
The Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf is a one-mile turf stakes race for thoroughbred fillies two years old. As its name implies, it is part of the Breeders' Cup World Championships, the de facto year-end championship for North American thoroughbred racing.
The race was run for the first time in 2008 during the first day of Breeders' Cup racing at that year's host track, Santa Anita Park.[1] Because of technical requirements, it was not eligible for classification as a graded stakes race in its first two runnings.[2] The American Graded Stakes Committee made it a Grade II race in 2010.[3] Effective with the 2012 edition, it became a Grade I race.[4]