The Breeders' Futurity Stakes is an American

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held annually in early October at

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. Currently offering a purse of $500,000, 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. From 2009 to 2013 it was sponsored by

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. It is now sponsored by

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Structure

The race is a

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Prep Season qualifying race. The winner receives 10 points toward qualifying for the

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. It is also currently part of the

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series. The winner automatically qualifies for the

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History

The Breeders' Futurity was first raced at the

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track in Lexington in 1910 and was renewed each year thereafter through 1930. In 1931 through 1935, the race was shifted to the

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. The Futurity was revived at Keeneland in the fall of 1938 and during World War II, from 1943 through 1945 was renewed as part of the

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fall meetings. The race was a Grade III event from 1973 to 1975, a Grade II from 1976 through 2003, and became a Grade 1 stakes in 2004. Over the years, it has been raced at various distances: * Six furlongs (1938–1949) * Seven furlongs (1950–1955) * Seven furlongs, 184 feet (1956–1980) * miles (1981–present) From 2006 to 2013, the race was run on a Polytrack artificial dirt surface. In 2014, the Polytrack was replaced by a new dirt surface.

Records (since 1938)

Fastest Time: (at Current Distance miles) * 1:42.20 –

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(1993) ;Most wins by an owner * 5 –

(1956, 1963, 1968, 1983, 1987) ;Most wins by a

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* 5 –

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(1969, 1970, 1972, 1974, 1979) ;Most wins by a trainer * 6 –

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(1991, 1992, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2004)

Winners of the Breeders' Futurity Stakes since 1938

Earlier winners

*1937: ''No race'' *1936: ''No race'' *1935: ''No race'' *1934: ''No race'' *1933:

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*1932: Technique *1931: The Bull *1930:

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*1929: Gallant Knight *1928: Current *1927: Wacker Drive *1926: Wood Lore *1925: Flight of Time *1924: Candy Kid *1923: Worthmore *1922: Donges *1921: Gentility *1920: Believe Idle Hour *1919: Blazes *1918: Colonel Livingston *1917: Escoba *1916: Harry Kelly *1915: Kinney *1914: Luke *1913: Imperator *1912: Helios *1911: The Manager *1910: Housemaid

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