Claibornebreeders' Futurity
Claiborne Breeders’ Futurity (G1) Sponsored by Claiborne Farm 103rd Running • Fall • 1 1/16 miles • 2-year-olds The Breeders’ Futurity was inaugurated at the Kentucky Association track in Lexington in 1910 and was renewed every year thereafter through 1930. In 1931-1933, the race was shifted to Latonia in Northern Kentucky. The Futurity was revived at Keeneland in the fall of 1938. From 1943-1945, the Futurity was renewed as a part of the Churchill Downs fall meetings. Claiborne Farm of Paris, Ky., became the sponsor in 2014. Milestones – Breeders’ Futurity 2015 Purse: $500,000 Fastest Time at Current Distance (1 1/16 miles): 1:42 1/5, Polar Expedition, 1993 STAKES Largest Straight Payoff: $74.60, Dawn of War, 2005 Smallest Straight Payoff: $2.20, Occupation, 1942 Keeneland/Coady Largest Field: 15, 1954 Keeneland sales graduate Brody’s Cause upset favored Smallest Field: 3, 1943; 1946 Exaggerator to win the Claiborne Breeders’ Futurity (G1). Largest Value to Winner: $310,000, Consolidator, 2004; Dawn of War, 2005; Great Hunter, 2006; Wicked Style, 2007; Square Eddie, 2008 Owners – Breeders’ Futurity Albaugh Family Stable – Brody’s Cause, 2015 Run, 1976 Robins, Gerald and Timothy Sams – Tasso, Amerman Racing LLC (John and Jerome Gray, Tom – Oil Capitol, 1949 1985 Amerman) – Siphonic, 2001 Greentree Stable – Devil Diver, 1941; Sanders, G.E. – Provante, 1973 Ashbrook Farm (Glen S. Bromagen) – Big Stretch, 1950; Straight Face, 1952 Scully, James – Gonquin, 1977 Wicked Style, 2007 Grissom, T.A. – Namon, 1958; Roman Line, Stephens, Woodford C. – Brother Tex, 1954 Bayview Stable – Orono, 1986 1961 Tabor, Michael – Honour and Glory, 1995 Belair Stud – Johnstown, 1938 Haggin II, Louis Lee – Harbor Springs, 1975 The Thoroughbred Corp.
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