Breeders' Cup
Filly & Mare Turf

Introduction

The Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf is a middle distance Grade 1 which has consistently drawn the best female turf horses not just from the United States but around the world.

Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf History

Established in 1999, the Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf was inaugurated to provide a platform exclusively for female horses to showcase their prowess on grass. It was a notable addition to the Breeders’ Cup series broadening the scope of competition and allowing for a more diverse field of entries. The race has been staged at various distances due to differing inner turf track configurations, and is most commonly run at 1 3/8 miles or 1 1/4 miles.

Open to fillies and mares aged three years and up, the race has a purse of $2 million. In 2025 at Del Mar, the race will again be contested over one mile and three furlongs.

2025 Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf Challenge Series Races

Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf Trends

• US/import 12 Europe 12 Japan 1 (2021) Canada 1 (2024)
• 9/9 US/Can winners 1st/2nd LTO; 3/4 ex-Euro imports 1st LTO; 2/12 Euro 1st LTO! (inc ’23 winner, Inspiral)
• Layoff: US/import 10/12 35 days or less; Euro, anything goes!; Japan win off 65 days, Canada win off 49 days
• Age: 3-8 (all Euro, incl ’16, ’17, ’19, ’22 winners); 4-11; 5-6 (inc ’21 Japan & ’24 Canada winners); 6+-1
• Since 2007, Euro 3yo: 5, US: 8, Euro 4yo+: 3, Japan 1, Canada 1
• 22/26 – 4-7 runs this season (3 had 3 starts, Tuesday ’22 had 8 starts!)
• 9 of 12 US winners had a race at Keeneland that season
• Since 2012, Chad Brown 4, Europe 7 (all 11/1 or shorter), Japan 1, Canada 1
• No US trainer except Chad Brown has won this since 2011!
• 4 wins for Chad Brown (first win for APOB in ’22 at the 18th attempt, currently 1 from 20)

To view the following sections:
 – How the Runners Fit the Trends
 – Pace Map
 – Trends Contenders
 – Form Overview
 – Form Contenders

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Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf Results

Key: PP – post position; RS – run style (lengths behind leader: 4 <½L, 3 ½L- 1½L, 2 1¾L – 3½L, 1 > 3½L); Odds – return for a 1 unit stake; SR – Equibase speed figure

Memorable Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf Winners

Ouija Board (2004, 2006)

The British mare Ouija Board was so dominant that she not only won the race in 2004 but came back to reclaim her title in 2006. Trained by Ed Dunlop and ridden first by Kieren Fallon and then by Frankie Dettori, she remains one of the most iconic figures in the race’s history.

Sistercharlie (2018)

Trained by Chad Brown and the most recent of his four winners in the race, Sistercharlie delivered an electrifying performance in 2018 to overcome a stacked field and add another feather in her conditioner’s Graded turf stakes cap. Sistercharlie would try twice more to regain her crown, enduring a luckless run when third in 2019 before a sixth place finish in her final race in 2020.

Tuesday (2022)

It was a case of 18th time lucky for legendary Irish trainer Aidan O’Brien who finally struck Filly & Mare Turf gold with his game filly, Tuesday. Having previously won every Breeders’ Cup race at a mile and beyond on the lawns, Tuesday completed the set for her handler by coming five wide into the stretch and grabbing the trailblazing In Italian under the shadow of the post. It required a full throttle ride from jockey Ryan Moore to deny Chad Brown his fifth Filly & Mare Turf crown.