The Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies is a -mile

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on dirt (although the distance has varied, depending on the configuration of the host track) for two-year-old

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run annually since 1984 at a different racetrack in the United States or Canada as part of the

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in early November.

Automatic Berths

Beginning in 2007, the Breeders' Cup developed "The Breeders' Cup Challenge," a series of races in each division that allotted automatic qualifying bids to winners of defined races. Each of the fourteen divisions has multiple qualifying races. In the Juvenile Fillies division, runners are limited to 14, with up to three automatic berths. The 2022 "Win and You're In" races were: # the Chandelier Stakes, a Grade 2 race run in October at

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in California # the

Alcibiades Stakes The Alcibiades Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually in early October at Keeneland Race Course in Lexington, Kentucky. A Grade I race, it is open to two-year-old fillies willing to race one and one-sixteenth miles on the dir ...

, a Grade 1 race run in October at

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in Kentucky # the

Frizette Stakes The Frizette Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race for two-year-old fillies raced annually at Belmont Park in October. It is currently a Grade I stakes race at a distance of one mile. The Frizette is the female counterpart of the Champag ...

, a Grade 1 race run in October at

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in New York

Records

Most wins by a

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: * 3 –

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(2008, 2015, 2017) * 3 -

Joel Rosario Joel Rosario (born January 14, 1985) is a Champion jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing, originally from the Dominican Republic. In the space of five weeks in 2013 he rode the winners of the Dubai World Cup and the Kentucky Derby. More rec ...

(2018, 2020, 2021) * 2 –

Pat Valenzuela Patrick Angel Valenzuela (born October 17, 1962, in Montrose, Colorado) is an American thoroughbred horse racing jockey. Born into a racing family, his father plus three of his uncles, including Ismael Valenzuela, were jockeys. He rode his first ...

(1986, 1992) * 2 –

Pat Day Patrick Alan "Pat" Day (born October 13, 1953, in Brush, Colorado) is a retired American jockey. He is a four-time winner of the Eclipse Award for Outstanding Jockey and was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1991 a ...

(1987, 1994) * 2 –

Jerry Bailey Jerry D. Bailey (born August 29, 1957 in Dallas, Texas) is an Thoroughbred Racing on NBC, NBC Sports thoroughbred racing analyst and a retired American National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame, Hall of Fame jockey. Early years Bailey was born ...

(1995, 1999) * 2 –

John Velazquez John R. Velazquez (born November 24, 1971) is a Puerto Rican jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing. He began his career in Puerto Rico and moved to New York in 1990. In 2004 and 2005 he was the United States Champion Jockey by earnings and both ye ...

(2000, 2002) * 2 –

Corey Nakatani Corey S. Nakatani (born October 21, 1970 in Covina, California, United States) is an American Thoroughbred horse racing jockey. He got his big break in 1990 when he rode Itsallgreektome to win big stakes races. Nakatani has long resided on the S ...

(2004, 2011) * 2 – Garrett K. Gomez (2007, 2012) * 2 –

Javier Castellano Javier Castellano (born October 23, 1977, in Maracaibo, Zulia State, Venezuela) is a jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing. Castellano began his riding career in 1996 at Santa Rita and La Rinconada racecourses in Venezuela. In June 1997 ...

(2013, 2019) Most wins by a trainer: * 6 – D. Wayne Lukas (1985, 1988, 1994, 1999, 2005, 2014) Most wins by an owner: * 2 –

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(1985, 1988)

Winners

* † 1987, 1985, 1984 – raced at a distance of 1 mile * ‡ 2002 – raced at a distance of miles * # 1984, 2013 – won via DQ

References

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External links

Three Great Moments: Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies at Hello Race Fans!
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Automatic Berths

Records

Winners

See also

References

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