Breeders' Cup Juvenile
Fillies Turf

Introduction

The Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf is a Grade 1 Thoroughbred horse race that is a part of the annual Breeders’ Cup World Championships. It is run over a distance of one mile on the turf course.

The Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf made its debut in 2008 at Santa Anita Park where Maram, trained by Chad Brown, was the first winner. The addition of this race was part of a broader initiative to expand the Breeders’ Cup series and to include more turf races that could attract international competitors. It has proven hugely successful in that aim.

Brown has gone on to win the race an incredible six times up to 2023, comfortably the winningmost trainer in the Juvenile Fillies Turf’s relatively short history.

In 2022, Aidan O’Brien recorded his first win in the race with the very high class filly, Meditate:

2025 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf Challenge Series Races

Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf Trends

• US 13 Euro 4
• 10/13 US winners ran in Miss Grillo or Natalma, ’17/’20 winners exited Jessamine, ’19 winner minor Stakes
• 16/17 finished top 3 or within 1.5L of the winner last time out (exception ran in Miss Grillo)
• 14/17 won at 1m+ (exceptions all Eu: Flotilla, 1.5L behind in G1; Meditate unraced beyond 7f, 2nd G1; Lake Victoria likewise, won 7f G1)
• 17/17 finished top 3, or within 1.5L of the winner, in a Stakes race
• Frontrunners 3, Prominent 7, Late runners 7
• Layoff: 3wks-2 / 4wks-4 / 5wks-6 / 6wks-2 / 7wks-3 (’21 winner off 47 days, ’22 winner off 41 days)
• Prior Runs: US winners 2-9; 3-2; 4-1; 5-0; 6-1 / Euro winners 4-2; 5-1; 6-1
• 80+ Beyer – 10/13 recorded 80+ (2 others had only 2 starts) / Euro RPR’s 114, 106, 110, 116
• 4/4 Euro winners ran in G1 races LTO (1st, 1.5L 4th, 3/4L 2nd, 1st) – Euro^ = G1 LTO
• Chad Brown has trained SIX JFT winners (5 in California)
• 5 of Chad’s 6 won the Ms Grillo, most recently with Hard To Justify in 2023
• All US exacta: 5/14 (US 1-3 in ’21, 2-3 in ’22, 1-3 in ’23)
• West Coast has NEVER won the JFT

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 Juvenile Fillies 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