Breeders Cup Juvenile Turf Preview, Tips, Runners & Trends

Explore key trends, past winners, and top trainers and jockeys in our Breeders Cup Juvenile Turf preview. Gain insights into this prestigious 1-mile race at Del Mar, featuring the best 2-year-old colts and geldings on turf.
Breeders Cup Juvenile Turf Preview, Tips, Runners & Trends
Andy Powell
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Horse Racing stats man, Andy has contributed to OLBG for 18 years - An Ipswich fan and F1 fanatic, he also contributes EFL football and Motor Sport opinion.

2025 Breeders Cup Juvenile Turf Preview

The Breeders Cup Juvenile Turf was first introduced in 2007, the race is open to two-year-old runners and since 2011 has been a Grade 1 race that is run over a mile on the turf.

Breeders Cup Juvenile Turf Information:

Our dedicated Del Mar tips page will not only bring you predictions from the OLBG racing tipsters for the upcoming card that includes the Breeders Cup Juvenile Turf but will also have predictions for each meeting at Del Mar throughout the season so be sure to head over there. You may also be interested in other preview blogs that we have packed full of information, head down to the Breeders Cup Schedule section for links to these.

How competitive is the Breeders Cup Juvenile Turf market? When looking at the over-rounds for the last 18 renewals, the most competitive market was in 2017 when the race had an over-round of 115%. The race in 2007 was a race that was most in the bookie's favour with an over-round of 125%, whilst on average over the last 18 renewals of the Breeders Cup Juvenile Turf, the over-round has been 120%, which means the bookie expects to pay out £100 for every £120 which is bet.

Breeders Cup Juvenile Turf Trends:

Looking at the future form, is the winner worth following next time out? From the past 18 if you had followed the winner of the Breeders Cup Juvenile Turf next time out then you would have backed a total of 3 winners. Backing all 15 runners who have been out since to win at SP next time out, would have returned an LSP of -8.90. Ahead of the 2025 Breeders Cup Juvenile Turf why not head over to the racing predictions for tips on other races today?

Over the last 18 renewals, it was Outstrip, trained by Charlie Appleby and ridden by Mike E Smith who set the fastest winning time in the Breeders Cup Juvenile Turf, the runner won the race in a time of 1:33.20 when winning the race in 2013. At the other end of the scale, it was the combination of trainer Francois Parisel and jockey Julien R Leparoux with Nownownow who set the slowest winning time, the race-winning time was 1:40.48 in the 2007 renewal.

These are the top three quickest-run Breeders Cup Juvenile Turf over the last 18 renewals:

  1. Outstrip (1:33.20) in 2013
  2. Oscar Performance (1:33.28) in 2016
  3. Unquestionable (1:33.65) in 2023

Breeders Cup Juvenile Turf Challenge Series

Here are the races that are included in the Breeders Cup Challenge Series for the Breeders Cup Juvenile Turf:

Breeders Cup Juvenile Turf Past Winners

Here are the Breeders Cup Juvenile Turf past winners for the last 10 renewals. Each row details the year of the race, the horse which won along with the age & weight of the horse. Also detailed is the stall where the horse came from and the total number of runners in the race. The horse's trainer and the jockey at the time of winning the Breeders Cup Juvenile Turf are also displayed, along with the starting price at which the horse was sent off.

YearHorse (Drawn)Info
2024
1:34.48
Henri Matisse (IRE)
2yo 8-10 (12 of 12) 39/10F
Ryan Moore
A P O'Brien (IRE)
2023
1:33.65
Unquestionable (FR)
2yo 8-10 (7 of 11) 6/4F
Ryan Moore
A P O'Brien (IRE)
2022
1:35.99
Victoria Road (IRE)
2yo 8-10 (1 of 14) 558/100
Ryan Moore
A P O'Brien (IRE)
2021
1:34.72
Modern Games (IRE)
2yo 8-10 (1 of 13) 13/8F
William Buick
Charlie Appleby (GB)
2020
1:35.81
Fire At Will (USA)
2yo 8-10 (7 of 14) 33/1
Ricardo Santana Jr
Michael J Maker (USA)
2019
1:35.11
Structor (USA)
2yo 8-10 (2 of 14) 11/2
Jose L Ortiz
Chad C Brown (USA)
2018
1:40.06
Line of Duty (IRE)
2yo 8-10 (5 of 14) 3/1F
William Buick
Charlie Appleby (GB)
2017
1:35.97
Mendelssohn (USA)
2yo 8-10 (1 of 14) 9/2
Ryan Moore
A P O'Brien (IRE)
2016
1:33.28
Oscar Performance (USA)
2yo 8-10 (13 of 14) 7/1
Jose L Ortiz
Brian A Lynch (CAN)
2015
1:38.86
Hit It A Bomb (USA)
2yo 8-10 (14 of 14) 9/2
Ryan Moore
A P O'Brien (IRE)

Where have the winning runners come from?

Here are the countries where the winning trainers of the Breeders Cup Juvenile Turf have been based:

  • IRE: 7 winners with an additional 6 placings from 27 runners
  • USA: 5 winners with an additional 23 placings from 145 runners
  • GB: 5 winners with an additional 4 placings from 39 runners
  • CAN: 1 winner with an additional 3 placings from 22 runners
  • FR: 0 winners with an additional 0 placings from 3 runners
  • JPN: 0 winners with an additional 0 placings from 1 runner

Breeders Cup Juvenile Turf Trainer Statistics

The leading trainer in the Breeders Cup Juvenile Turf over the last 18 renewals is A P O'Brien who has won the race seven times with those seven winners coming from Wrote (2011), George Vancouver (2012), Hit It A Bomb (2015), Mendelssohn (2017), Victoria Road (2022), Unquestionable (2023) and Henri Matisse (2024). Other trainers who have recorded multiple wins in the Breeders Cup Juvenile Turf are Charlie Appleby (3 wins) and John Gosden (2 wins). There is one trainer who has not had the best of times in the Breeders Cup Juvenile Turf, Mark Casse has sent a total of 17 runners to the race without recording any wins.

Here are some of the top Breeders Cup Juvenile Turf trainer statistics over the last 18 renewals (R = Runners, W = Winners, P = Places including winners, Win LSP is based on 1pt Win and EW LSP is based on 0.5pt Win & 0.5pt Place):

TrainerR-W-PWinEW
A P O'Brien24-7-13+17.98+11.34
Charlie Appleby7-3-5+4.00+2.90
John Gosden4-2-2+6.50+3.10
Todd Pletcher16-1-2-6.00-8.70
Chad C Brown16-1-5-9.50-6.78
Michael J Maker10-1-2+24.00+12.90
Wesley A Ward7-1-4-2.00+2.90
Francois Parisel1-1-1+11.00+6.60
Brian A Lynch1-1-1+7.00+4.20
Mark Casse17-0-2-17.00-15.08

Breeders Cup Juvenile Turf Jockey Statistics

The leading jockey in the Breeders Cup Juvenile Turf over the last 18 renewals is Ryan Moore who has won the race seven times with those seven winners coming from Wrote (2011), George Vancouver (2012), Hit It A Bomb (2015), Mendelssohn (2017), Victoria Road (2022), Unquestionable (2023) and Henri Matisse (2024). Other jockeys who have recorded multiple wins in the Breeders Cup Juvenile Turf are Frankie Dettori (3 wins), William Buick (2 wins) and Jose L Ortiz (2 wins). Two jockeys have not had the best of times over the last 18 renewals in the Breeders Cup Juvenile Turf, John R Velazquez has ridden 15 runners to the race without recording any wins whilst Joel Rosario has ridden 13 without a winner.

Here are some of the top Breeders Cup Juvenile Turf jockey statistics over the last 18 renewals (R = Runners, W = Winners, P = Places including winners, Win LSP is based on 1pt Win and EW LSP is based on 0.5pt Win & 0.5pt Place):

JockeyR-W-PWinEW
Ryan Moore15-7-9+26.98+14.56
Frankie Dettori9-3-3+6.50+1.50
William Buick8-2-4-4.00-2.70
Jose L Ortiz6-2-5+8.50+9.30
Julien R Leparoux9-1-3+3.00+1.00
G K Gomez6-1-1+4.00+0.40
Mike E Smith5-1-2+2.00+1.20
Ricardo Santana Jr2-1-1+32.00+18.80
John R Velazquez15-0-1-15.00-12.50
Joel Rosario13-0-2-13.00-11.23

Breeders Cup Juvenile Turf Trend Analysis

✅ The trend factor which had produced 9+ winners and shows the best LSP, an LSP of +2.90 is when runners ran over 7f last time out.

❌ The worst performing factor that has failed to produce a single winner is when runners were off a break of 26 days, when backing these the trend shows a record of 0-45.

Here are the most recent winning draws along with the further placings in brackets:

  • 2024: Winner in 12 (6,11) [12 Runners]
  • 2023: Winner in 7 (10,4) [11 Runners]
  • 2022: Winner in 1 (4,9) [14 Runners]
  • 2021: Winner in 1 (3,5) [13 Runners]
  • 2020: Winner in 7 (9,8) [14 Runners]

The course which has produced the most winners of the Breeders Cup Juvenile Turf is Newmarket (Rowley), there has been a total number of 6 winners of this race who ran at Newmarket (Rowley) last time out. The next best courses which have produced the second most winners are Longchamp and Belmont Park, there has been a total number of 3 winners from each of those courses.

Looking over the past renewals, there is only one stallion whose offspring have produced multiple winners of the Breeders Cup Juvenile Turf, that stallion Wootton Bassett has produced 2 winners (2024,2023).

Looking over the past renewals, there is only one stallion whose offspring have been disappointed with multiple attempts but no wins in the Breeders Cup Juvenile Turf, that stallion is City Zip who has failed to produce a winner from 5 runners.

Looking at the winning odds over the last 18 renewals, the biggest-priced winner was Fire At Will in 2020, winning for Michael J Maker at odds of 33/1 under the guidance of Ricardo Santana Jr. Looking at the runners at the head of the market over the last 18 renewals there have been 5 winning favourites in the race. Remember to bookmark the best racing tipsters page so you can get easy access to the best OLBG racing tipsters. All figures and trends above, such as the horse's previous runs are based on the information that is available on the racing post.

Article Contributor Information

We are blessed with an excellent team of specialists and experts at OLBG. Contributing to creating and maintaining this Breeders Cup Juvenile Turf Preview are at hand, Andy and Darren. They both work on the Horse racing tips team team looking after the tipsters and managing the tips settlement, whilst also creating and managing all of the horse racing event previews for International racing.

Darren Brett

Darren Brett

Tipster Competition Manager

Darren has worked in the horse racing industry for decades bringing to OLBG for the last 20 years a wealth of knowledge, creating much of our content on these sports. Darren also manages our Grand National Guide and is the go-to font of knowledge for the world's greatest steeplechase.
Andy Powell

Andy Powell

Content Editor

Andy, a seasoned horse racing analyst with over 15 years of experience, delves into the intricacies of international horse racing, meticulously analyzing complex statistical data to uncover hidden trends. He spearheads the creation and management of OLBG's international horse racing trend blogs, providing valuable insights for bettors worldwide.

Breeders Cup Schedule

Breeders Cup Juvenile races on Friday

RaceLast WinnerInfo
Breeders Cup Juvenile Turf SprintMagnum Force (IRE)
2yo - 125/10
G M Lyons
Colin Keane
Breeders Cup Juvenile FilliesImmersive (USA)
2yo - 2/1
Brad H Cox
Manuel Franco
Breeders Cup Juvenile Fillies TurfLake Victoria (IRE)
2yo - 7/10
A P O'Brien
Ryan Moore
Breeders Cup JuvenileCitizen Bull (USA)
2yo - 159/10
Bob Baffert
Martin Garcia
Breeders Cup Juvenile TurfHenri Matisse (IRE)
2yo - 39/10
A P O'Brien
Ryan Moore

Breeders Cup Championship races on Saturday

RaceLast WinnerInfo
Breeders Cup Filly & Mare SprintSoul Of An Angel (USA)
5yo - 198/10
Saffie A Joseph Jr
Drayden Van Dyke
Breeders Cup Turf SprintStarlust (GB)
3yo - 34/1
Ralph Beckett
Rossa Ryan
Breeders Cup DistaffThorpedo Anna (USA)
3yo - 2/5
Kenneth McPeek
Brian Joseph Hernandez Jr
Breeders Cup TurfRebels Romance (IRE)
6yo - 19/10
Charlie Appleby
William Buick
Breeders Cup ClassicSierra Leone (USA)
3yo - 69/10
Chad C Brown
Flavien Prat
Breeders Cup Filly & Mare TurfMoira (CAN)
5yo - 58/10
Kevin Attard
Flavien Prat
Breeders Cup SprintStraight No Chaser (USA)
5yo - 61/10
Dan Blacker
John R Velazquez
Breeders Cup MileMore Than Looks (USA)
4yo - 69/10
Cherie DeVaux
Jose L Ortiz
Breeders Cup Dirt MileFull Serrano (ARG)
5yo - 134/10
John W Sadler
Joel Rosario

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