BREEDERS' FUTURITY STAKES · UNITED STATES
Breeders' Futurity Stakes prize money
The Breeders' Futurity Stakes is worth $650,000 . That makes it the 150th richest of the 997 races on this site and the 57th richest in the United States.
Every figure here is the money the race announces, in the currency it announces it in. The currency control at the top swaps the whole page.
TOTAL PRIZE MONEY $650,000
WORLD RANK 150th
RUNNINGS HELD 88
FIRST RUN 1910
What the Breeders' Futurity Stakes is
Grade I · miles (8.5 furlongs) · Dirt · Keeneland Race Course
- Racecourse
- Keeneland Race Course
- Country
- United States
- Grade
- Grade I
- Distance
- miles (8.5 furlongs)
- Surface
- Dirt
- Race type
- Thoroughbred, Flat racing
- Open to
- Two-year-olds
- Direction
- left-handed
- First run
- 1910
We hold the total fund for the Breeders' Futurity Stakes and no separate winner's cheque. What the winner takes is a rule the racecourse sets rather than a national one, and it varies race by race.
Run in 1:43.98 in 2025, the Breeders' Futurity Stakes pays $6,251 for every second of the race, which is 114th of the 611 races in horse racing prize money per second and 59th in the United States.
Every Breeders' Futurity Stakes winner
88 runnings, 1938 to 2025, newest first
| Year | Winner | Jockey | Trainer | Owner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Ted Noffey1:43.98 | John R. Velazquez | Todd A. Pletcher | Spendthrift Farm |
| 2024 | East Avenue1:43.17 | Tyler Gaffalione | Brendan P. Walsh | Godolphin |
| 2023 | Locked1:45.06 | José Ortiz | Todd A. Pletcher | Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners and Walmac Farm |
| 2022 | Forte1:44.74 | Irad Ortiz Jr. | Todd A. Pletcher | Repole Stable & St. Elias Stable |
| 2021 | Rattle N Roll1:43.78 | Brian Hernandez Jr. | Kenneth McPeek | Lucky Seven Stable |
| 2020 | Essential Quality1:44.37 | Luis Saez | Brad H. Cox | Godolphin |
| 2019 | Maxfield1:44.21 | José Ortiz | Brendan Walsh | Godolphin |
| 2018 | Knicks Go1:44.23 | Albin Jimenez | Ben Colebrook | KRA Stud Farm |
| 2017 | Free Drop Billy1:45.43 | Robby Albarado | Dale L. Romans | Albaugh Family Stables |
| 2016 | Classic Empire1:43.41 | Julien Leparoux | Mark E. Casse | John C. Oxley |
| 2015 | Brody's Cause1:43.27 | Corey J. Lanerie | Dale L. Romans | Albaugh Family Stable |
| 2014 | Carpe Diem1:43.38 | John R. Velazquez | Todd A. Pletcher | WinStar Farm & Stonestreet Stables |
| 2013 | We Miss Artie1:46.91 | John R. Velazquez | Todd A. Pletcher | Ken and Sarah Ramsey |
| 2012 | Joha1:44.52 | Rajiv Maragh | Michael J. Maker | Bluegrass Equine Bloodstock |
| 2011 | Dullahan1:43.12 | Kent Desormeaux | Dale L. Romans | Donegal Racing (Jerry Crawford, partnership manager) |
| 2010 | J.B.'s Thunder1:44.12 | Shaun Bridgmohan | Albert Stall Jr. | Columbine Stable |
| 2009 | Noble's Promise1:43.12 | Willie Martinez | Kenneth G. McPeek | Chasing Dreams Racing |
| 2008 | Square Eddie1:43.04 | Rafael Bejarano | John R. Best | J. Paul Reddam |
| 2007 | Wicked Style1:45.21 | Robby Albarado | George R. Arnold II | Ashbrook Farm |
| 2006 | Great Hunter1:44.09 | Victor Espinoza | Doug O'Neill | J. Paul Reddam |
| 2005 | Dawn of War1:48.77 | John Jacinto | Dale L. Romans | Ken and Sarah Ramsey |
| 2004 | Consolidator1:43.67 | Rafael Bejarano | D. Wayne Lukas | R. & B. Lewis |
| 2003 | Eurosilver1:43.42 | Javier Castellano | Nicholas P. Zito | Buckram Oak Farm |
| 2002 | Sky Mesa1:46.78 | Edgar Prado | John T. Ward Jr. | John C. Oxley |
| 2001 | Siphonic1:43.79 | Chris McCarron | David Hofmans | Amerman Racing LLC |
| 2000 | Arabian Light1:43.00 | Shane Sellers | Bob Baffert | The Thoroughbred Corp. |
| 1999 | Captain Steve1:42.40 | Garrett K. Gomez | Bob Baffert | Michael E. Pegram |
| 1998 | Cat Thief1:44.00 | Pat Day | D. Wayne Lukas | Overbrook Farm |
| 1997 | Favorite Trick1:43.20 | Pat Day | Patrick B. Byrne | Joseph LaCombe Stable |
| 1996 | Boston Harbor1:45.20 | Jerry D. Bailey | D. Wayne Lukas | |Overbrook Farm |
| 1995 | Honour and Glory1:43.20 | Pat Day | D. Wayne Lukas | Michael Tabor |
| 1994 | Tejano Run1:44.60 | Jerry D. Bailey | Kenneth McPeek | Roy K. Monroe |
| 1993 | Polar Expedition1:42.20 | Curt Bourque | Hugh H. Robertson | James B. Cody |
| 1992 | Mountain Cat1:42.40 | Pat Day | D. Wayne Lukas | Overbrook Farm |
| 1991 | Dance Floor1:44.20 | Charles Woods Jr. | D. Wayne Lukas | Oaktown Stable |
| 1990 | Sir Bordeaux1:44.40 | Wigberto Ramos | Ronnie G. Warren | Donald G. Hardamon & Ray Trisler |
| 1989 | Slavic1:44.60 | José A. Santos | Flint S. Schulhofer | William Haggin Perry |
| 1988 | Fast Play1:45.20 | Ángel Cordero Jr. | C. R. McGaughey III | Ogden Phipps |
| 1987 | Forty Niner1:43.80 | Eddie Maple | Woody Stephens | Claiborne Farm |
| 1986 | Orono1:45.20 | Sandy Hawley | Carl Nafzger | Bayview Stable |
| 1985 | Tasso1:46.00 | Laffit Pincay Jr. | Neil Drysdale | Gerald Robins & Tim Sams |
| 1984 | Crater Fire1:45.80 | Daryl Montoya | Dixie H. Griffitt | Samuel D. Hinkle IV & D. D. Crater |
| 1983 | Swale1:44.00 | Eddie Maple | Woody Stephens | Claiborne Farm |
| 1982 | Highland Park1:43.60 | John L. Lively | Anthony L. Basile | Bwamazon Farm |
| 1981 | D'Accord1:44.80 | Darrel McHargue | LeRoy Jolley | Bertram R. Firestone |
| 1980 | Fairway Phantom1:28.80 | John L. Lively | Carl Nafzger | William Floyd |
| 1979 | Gold Stage1:26.80 | Don Brumfield | William Curtis Jr. | Georgia E. Hofmann |
| 1978 | Strike Your Colors1:26.20 | Ed Delahoussaye | Del W. Carroll | William S. Farish III |
| 1977 | Gonquin1:28.00 | Frank Olivares | Jerry M. Fanning | James Scully |
| 1976 | Run Dusty Run1:27.40 | Darrel McHargue | Smiley Adams | Golden Chance Farm |
| 1975 | Harbor Springs1:27.00 | Eddie Maple | Woody Stephens | Louis Lee Haggin II |
| 1974 | Packer Captain1:25.80 | Don Brumfield | Douglas Dodson | Eagle Mountain Farm |
| 1973 | Provante1:27.20 | Mike Manganello | Dave Zakoor Jr. | Greg E. Sanders |
| 1972 | Annihilate 'Em1:27.00 | Don Brumfield | Douglas M. Davis Jr. | Patricia B. Blass |
| 1971 | Windjammer1:27.20 | Laffit Pincay Jr. | MacKenzie Miller | Cragwood Stables |
| 1970 | Man of the Moment1:28.80 | Don Brumfield | Jack Long | Circle M Farm |
| 1969 | Hard Work1:25.60 | Don Brumfield | Charles R. Werstler | Dixiana Stable |
| 1968 | Dike1:26.80 | Earlie Fires | Lucien Laurin | Claiborne Farm |
| 1967 | T.V. Commercial1:26.80 | Manuel Ycaza | Anthony L. Basile | Bwamazon Farm |
| 1966 | Gentleman James1:28.00 | Jimmy Nichols | Del W. Carroll | Michael Grace Phipps |
| 1965 | Tinsley1:28.40 | Jimmy Nichols | Julius E. Tinsley Jr. | Fred W. Hooper |
| 1964 | Umbrella Fella1:26.40 | John Nazareth | Loyd Gentry Jr. | Ford Stables |
| 1963 | Duel1:26.20 | William D. Lucas | LeRoy Jolley | Claiborne Farm |
| 1962 | Ornamento1:26.40 | Jimmy Lynch | James P. Conway | Darby Dan Farm |
| 1961 | Roman Line1:26.60 | William M. Cook | Vester R. Wright | T. Allie Grissom |
| 1960 | He's a Pistol1:27.00 | Larney Hansman | Joseph D. Puckett | J. Graham Brown |
| 1959 | Toby's Brother1:27.20 | John L. Rotz | Robert E. Wingfield | G. Van Deren & O.S. Deming |
| 1958 | Namon1:26.80 | Jimmy Combest | Vester R. Wright | T. Allie Grissom |
| 1957 | Fulcrum1:26.40 | John Delahoussaye | Jack C. Hodgins | Mary V. Fisher |
| 1956 | Round Table1:26.80 | Steve Brooks | Moody Jolley | Claiborne Farm |
| 1955 | Jovial Jove1:23.60 | Douglas Dodson | Strother Griffin | Bwamazon Farm |
| 1954 | Brother Tex1:24.40 | Pete D. Anderson | Woody Stephens | Woody Stephens |
| 1953 | Hasty Road1:23.20 | John H. Adams | Harry Trotsek | Hasty House Farm |
| 1952 | Straight Face1:23.80 | Bennie Green | John M. Gaver Sr. | Greentree Stable |
| 1951 | Alladier1:23.40 | Carroll Bierman | Anthony J. Pupino | Harborvale Stable, F.L. Leatherbury & E.A. Roberts |
| 1950 | Big Stretch1:23.60 | Ted Atkinson | John M. Gaver Sr. | Greentree Stable |
| 1949 | Oil Capitol1:12.20 | Kenneth Church | Harry Trotsek | Thomas Gray |
| 1948 | Olympia1:11.60 | |Willie Garner | Ivan H. Parke | Fred W. Hooper |
| 1947 | Shy Guy1:11.80 | Steve Brooks | Jack C. Hodgins | Dixiana Stable |
| 1946 | Education1:11.40 | Steve Brooks | Ivan H. Parke | Fred W. Hooper |
| 1945 | Pellicle1:12.80 | Steve Brooks | E. Leigh Cotton | Hal Price Headley |
| 1944 | Air Sailor1:12.20 | Leon Haas | Lex Wilson | Theodore DeLong Buhl |
| 1943 | Durazna1:11.60 | Jesse Higley | John M. Goode | Brownell Combs |
| 1942 | Occupation1:14.00 | Leon Haas | Burley Parke | John Marsch |
| 1941 | Devil Diver1:11.80 | Conn McCreary | John M. Gaver Sr. | Greentree Stable |
| 1940 | Whirlaway1:11.20 | Johnny Longden | Ben A. Jones | Calumet Farm |
| 1939 | Roman Flag1:10.60 | Leon Haas | Max Hirsch | W. Arnold Hanger |
| 1938 | Johnstown1:11.40 | James Stout | George Tappen | Belair Stud |
88 of the 88 runnings name the rider, 88 name the trainer and 88 name the owner, who is the one of the three the prize money actually belongs to.
Who wins the Breeders' Futurity Stakes more than once
The fact the table above holds and cannot show
No horse has won the Breeders' Futurity Stakes twice in the 88 runnings on this page.
Most wins by a trainer
Races worth about the same
Either side of the Breeders' Futurity Stakes in the world money order
| # | Race | Country | Prize money | As published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 140 | Stan Fox StakesRandwick Racecourse, Sydney, Australia | Australia | $703,704 | AU$1,000,000 |
| 141 | The ShortsRandwick Racecourse, | Australia | $703,704 | AU$1,000,000 |
| 142 | Winx StakesRandwick Racecourse | Australia | $703,704 | AU$1,000,000 |
| 143 | 2000 Guineas StakesRowley Mile | Great Britain | $698,250 | £525,000 |
| 144 | Haneda HaiOhi Racecourse | Japan | $683,726 | ¥102,000,000 |
| 145 | Japan Breeding Farms' Cup Ladies' ClassicChanges yearly | Japan | $683,726 | ¥102,000,000 |
| 146 | Grand Prix de ParisLongchamp Racecourse | France | $682,051 | €600,000 |
| 147 | Poule d'Essai des PoulainsLongchamp Racecourse | France | $682,051 | €600,000 |
| 148 | Prix VermeilleLongchamp Racecourse | France | $682,051 | €600,000 |
| 149 | Alcibiades StakesKeeneland Race Course | United States | $650,000 | $650,000 |
| 151 | Madison StakesKeeneland Race Course | United States | $650,000 | $650,000 |
| 152 | Spinster StakesKeeneland Race Course | United States | $650,000 | $650,000 |
| 154 | Al Maktoum ClassicMeydan Racecourse | United Arab Emirates | $600,000 | $600,000 |
| 155 | Alabama StakesSaratoga Race Course | United States | $600,000 | $600,000 |
| 156 | Belmont OaksBelmont Park | United States | $600,000 | $600,000 |
| 157 | Bryan Station StakesKeeneland | United States | $600,000 | $600,000 |
| 158 | Maker's Mark Mile StakesKeeneland Race Course | United States | $600,000 | $600,000 |
| 159 | Transylvania StakesKeeneland | United States | $600,000 | $600,000 |
| 160 | Champion HurdleCheltenham Racecourse | Great Britain | $598,500 | £450,000 |
| 161 | Derby ItalianoCapannelle Racecourse | Italy | $595,431 | €523,800 |
The 20 races closest to the Breeders' Futurity Stakes in what they pay, above and below it. Follow the ranking all the way up on the richest races in the world.
The rest of the money in the United States
196 races, 57th of them is this one
| Race | Racecourse | Grade | Prize money |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pat Day Mile Stakes | Churchill Downs | Grade II | $750,000 |
| Saratoga Derby Stakes | Saratoga Race Course | Grade I | $750,000 |
| Wood Memorial Stakes | Aqueduct Racetrack | Grade II | $750,000 |
| Alcibiades Stakes | Keeneland Race Course | Grade I | $650,000 |
| Madison Stakes | Keeneland Race Course | Grade I | $650,000 |
| Spinster Stakes | Keeneland Race Course | Grade I | $650,000 |
| Alabama Stakes | Saratoga Race Course | Grade I stakes | $600,000 |
| Belmont Oaks | Belmont Park | Grade I | $600,000 |
Every race in the United States we hold a purse for is on the United States prize money list.
Frequently asked questions
What is the total Breeders' Futurity Stakes prize money?
$650,000.
Where does the Breeders' Futurity Stakes rank among the richest races in the world?
150th of 997. 149 races pay more, the nearest of them Stan Fox Stakes. In the United States it is 57th of 196.
Which jockey has won the Breeders' Futurity Stakes most often?
Don Brumfield, with 5 wins between 1969 and 1979.
When was the Breeders' Futurity Stakes first run?
1910. This page holds 88 runnings, from 1938 to 2025.
How far is the Breeders' Futurity Stakes?
miles (8.5 furlongs), on dirt, at Keeneland Race Course.
Where to next
The rest of the racing money