Breeders Cup Sprint Preview, Tips, Runners & Trends

Explore top trainers, jockeys, and key trends in the Breeders Cup Sprint at Del Mar. Uncover insights from past winners of this thrilling 6-furlong race to gain an edge in predicting potential champions in this year's prestigious event.
Breeders Cup Sprint Preview, Tips, Runners & Trends
Andy Powell
Andy Powell Content Editor

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 Sprint Preview

The Breeders Cup Sprint is a fast-paced sprint over six furlongs on the dirt with a purse of $2m. The race is open to runners aged 3yo+ and was first held in 1984.

Breeders Cup Sprint Information:

We also have a dedicated Del Mar tips page that will cover this race as well as all of the other races on the day of the race, see which runners the OLBG racing tipsters are predicting to win this race and the others on the cards. 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 Sprint market? When looking at the over-rounds for the last 20 renewals, the most competitive market was in 2016 when the race had an over-round of 110%. The race in 2006 was a race that was most in the bookie's favour with an over-round of 125%, whilst on average over the last 20 renewals of the Breeders Cup Sprint, the over-round has been 118%, which means the bookie expects to pay out £100 for every £118 which is bet.

Breeders Cup Sprint Trends:

Looking at the future form, is the winner worth following next time out? From the past 20 if you had followed the winner of the Breeders Cup Sprint next time out then you would have backed a total of 6 winners. Backing all 16 runners who have been out since to win at SP next time out, would have returned an LSP of -5.65. Remember to use the racing predictions along with the information on this page to find a bet on the 2025 Breeders Cup Sprint.

The runner that holds the record over the past 20 renewals for the slowest time in the race was set in the 2007 renewal when Midnight Lute from Bob Baffert under the guidance of G K Gomez, won in a time of 1:09.18, whilst at the other end of the spectrum, Midnight Lute, trained by Bob Baffert and ridden by G K Gomez set the quickest time of 1:07.08 in the 2008 renewal.

These are the top three quickest-run Breeders Cup Sprint over the last 20 renewals:

  1. Midnight Lute (1:07.08) in 2008
  2. Trinniberg (1:07.98) in 2012
  3. Dancing In Silks (1:08.14) in 2009

Breeders Cup Sprint Challenge Series

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

  • Bing Crosby Handicap (Del Mar)
  • Phoenix Stakes (Keeneland)
  • Vosburgh Stakes (Aqueduct)

Breeders Cup Sprint Past Winners

Here are the Breeders Cup Sprint 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 Sprint are also displayed, along with the starting price at which the horse was sent off.

YearHorse (Drawn)Info
2024
1:08.62
Straight No Chaser (USA)
5yo 9-0 (8 of 11) 61/10
John R Velazquez
Dan Blacker (USA)
2023
1:08.34
Elite Power (USA)
5yo 9-0 (7 of 8) 17/10F
Irad Ortiz Jr
William Mott (USA)
2022
1:09.11
Elite Power (USA)
4yo 9-0 (6 of 11) 50/9
Irad Ortiz Jr
William Mott (USA)
2021
1:08.49
Aloha West (USA)
4yo 9-0 (5 of 9) 113/10
Jose L Ortiz
Wayne Catalano (USA)
2020
1:08.61
Whitmore (USA)
7yo 9-0 (7 of 14) 16/1
Irad Ortiz Jr
Ronald Moquett (USA)
2019
1:09.00
Mitole (USA)
4yo 9-0 (4 of 8) 7/4F
Ricardo Santana Jr
Steven Asmussen (USA)
2018
1:08.24
Roy H (USA)
6yo 9-0 (9 of 9) 5/2
Paco Lopez
Peter Miller (USA)
2017
1:08.61
Roy H (USA)
5yo 9-0 (8 of 10) 9/2
Kent J Desormeaux
Peter Miller (USA)
2016
1:08.79
Drefong (USA)
3yo 8-12 (2 of 7) 7/2
Martin Garcia
Bob Baffert (USA)
2015
1:08.58
Runhappy (USA)
3yo 8-12 (5 of 14) 9/4F
Edgar S Prado
Maria Borell (USA)

Where have the winning runners come from?

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

  • USA: 20 winners with an additional 37 placings from 199 runners
  • JPN: 0 winners with an additional 0 placings from 6 runners
  • CAN: 0 winners with an additional 2 placings from 4 runners
  • GB: 0 winners with an additional 0 placings from 4 runners
  • HK: 0 winners with an additional 0 placings from 1 runner

Breeders Cup Sprint Trainer Statistics

The leading trainer in the Breeders Cup Sprint over the last 20 renewals is Bob Baffert who has won the race four times with those four winners coming from Midnight Lute (2007 & 2008), Secret Circle (2013) and Drefong (2016). Other trainers who have recorded multiple wins in the Breeders Cup Sprint are Peter Miller (2 wins) and William Mott (2 wins).

Here are some of the top Breeders Cup Sprint trainer statistics over the last 20 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
Bob Baffert14-4-5+2.58-1.36
Peter Miller7-2-4+2.00+3.75
William Mott4-2-2+5.26+2.36
Steven Asmussen14-1-3-11.25-10.56
Doug O'Neill7-1-1+8.00+2.40
Ronald Moquett5-1-4+12.00+11.15
Wayne Catalano5-1-1+7.30+2.78
Bill Spawr4-1-1+3.00+0.60
David Fawkes4-1-1+2.00+0.00
Shivananda Parbhoo2-1-1+19.00+11.00

Breeders Cup Sprint Jockey Statistics

The leading jockey in the Breeders Cup Sprint over the last 20 renewals is Irad Ortiz Jr who has won the race three times with those three winners coming from Whitmore (2020) and Elite Power (2022 & 2023). Other jockeys who have recorded multiple wins in the Breeders Cup Sprint are G K Gomez (2 wins), Martin Garcia (2 wins) and Edgar S Prado (2 wins). There is one jockey who has not had the best of times in the Breeders Cup Sprint, Javier Castellano has ridden 11 runners to the race without recording any wins.

Here are some of the top Breeders Cup Sprint jockey statistics over the last 20 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
Irad Ortiz Jr8-3-3+18.26+8.96
G K Gomez7-2-3+1.08+0.25
Martin Garcia5-2-3+3.50+1.99
Edgar S Prado3-2-3+9.25+8.15
John R Velazquez14-1-5-6.90-2.57
Joel Rosario12-1-5+14.00+12.61
Mike E Smith9-1-2-2.00-1.90
Jose L Ortiz8-1-2+4.30+0.47
Ricardo Santana Jr6-1-2-3.25-2.70
Florent Geroux3-1-1+18.00+10.00

Breeders Cup Sprint Trend Analysis

✅ The trend factor which had produced 10+ winners and shows the best LSP, an LSP of +8.91 is when runners ran in a Class 2 on debut.

❌ The worst performing factor that has failed to produce a single winner is when runners had 6 season starts, when backing these the trend shows a record of 0-31.

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

  • 2024: Winner in 8 (6,10) [11 Runners]
  • 2023: Winner in 7 (8,1) [8 Runners]
  • 2022: Winner in 6 (8,9) [11 Runners]
  • 2021: Winner in 5 (9,1) [9 Runners]
  • 2020: Winner in 7 (2,8) [14 Runners]

The course which has produced the most winners of the Breeders Cup Sprint is Santa Anita, there has been a total number of 7 winners of this race who ran at Santa Anita last time out. The next best course which has produced the second most winners is Saratoga, there has been a total number of 5 winners of this race who ran at Saratoga last time out.

The race is open to both sexes with the Male runners having produced a total of 20 winners from a total of 209 runners whilst the Female runners have produced 0 winners from a total of 5 runners.

Looking over the past renewals, these are the stallions whose offspring have produced multiple winners of the Breeders Cup Sprint:

  • Curlin (2 Wins)
  • More Than Ready (2 Wins)
  • Real Quiet (2 Wins)

These are the stallions whose offspring have not produced a winner of the Breeders Cup Sprint despite multiple attempts:

  • Speightstown (0 Wins from 11 runners)
  • Distorted Humor (0 Wins from 5 runners)

Looking at the winning odds over the last 20 renewals, the biggest-priced winner was Dancing In Silks in 2009, winning for Carla Gaines at odds of 25/1 under the guidance of Joel Rosario. Looking at the runners at the head of the market over the last 20 renewals there have been 6 winning favourites in the race. Ahead of the 2025 Breeders Cup Sprint why not head over to the best racing tipster page to see what the tipsters are backing today? 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 Sprint 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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