Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies

Introduction

The Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies is a Grade 1 Thoroughbred horse race run as part of the annual Breeders’ Cup World Championships. It has been an ever present at the event since the inaugural running at the sadly now defunct Hollywood Park in 1984, and is run over a distance of one mile and a sixteenth on the main (dirt) track.

The leading riders, with three victories apiece, are Mike Smith and Joel Rosario.

2025 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Challenge Series Races

Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Trends

• 19 of the last 23 had 3-5 career starts (exceptions, 2 starts, ’07, ’17, ’19, ’23)
• Last 23, career runs: 2-4/3-9/4-7/5+-3
• Layoff: 34/41 were running within 30 days; 38/41 5 weeks off or less
• 34/41 (83%) had a Grade 1, 2 or 3 win, from c.60% of the runners. 3/7 non-qualifiers placed in Frizette (incl. ’17 winner)
• 24/30 improved Beyer when racing 7f+ for 1st time (excludes pre-Beyer BC’s and winners with no 7f+ form)
• 90+ Beyer = very strong, 80+ 1 or 2 starts = strong [90+ Beyers quite rare these days]
• 38/41 were top 4 or less than 4L behind the winner last time out
• Favourite is 20/41 (49%)
• Look beyond the obvious when trials were slow, consider lightly raced improvers
• 24/41 (59%) had NOT won at the distance. ’22 & ’24 winners had
• Baffert not won since 2007 (from 9 runners, all bar one single figure odds, no runner in ’23)
• Last 12: 6 Frizette (4 1st, 2 2nd), 4 Alcibiades (all won), 2 Chandelier/Oak Leaf (not since 2016)

How The Runners Fit

Pace Map

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Key Trials

Go to breederscup.com for race videos.

Juvenile Fillies Trends Contenders

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2025 Juvenile Fillies Form Preview

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Juvenile Fillies Form Contenders

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Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies 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