Blue Prize (foaled August 26, 2013) is a retired Argentinian Thoroughbred racehorse and the winner of the 2019

Breeders' Cup Distaff The Breeders' Cup Distaff is a Weight for Age Thoroughbred horse race for fillies and mares, 3 years old and up. Known as the Breeders' Cup Ladies' Classic between 2008 and 2012, it is held annually at a different racetrack in the United States or ...

Career

Blue Prize's first race and only start as a two-year-old was on May 30, 2016, at

Hipódromo Argentino de Palermo The Hipódromo Argentino de Palermo is a horse racing course located in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and one of the most important in the country, hosting 120 days of racing and 1,400 races every year. Races are hosted three days a week, with about n ...

, where she came in first. Blue Prize finished second in her first two starts at age three. On October 10, 2016, she won the Grade-1 Argentinian

Gran Premio Seleccion The Gran Premio Seleccion is a Grade-1 horse race open to international horses in Argentina. The race takes place in October at the Hipódromo Argentino de Palermo. The race is sometimes known as the Argentine Oaks. Records since 1988 Speed rec ...

. She was named Argentina's champion three-year-old filly. She was sold to Merriebelle Stable in 2017 and was relocated to the United States where she made her first start on June 11 with a second-place finish at Churchill Downs. She then came in second place three more times in a row. On October 8, 2017, she came in third place at the Grade-1

Spinster Stakes The Spinster Stakes (also known as the "Juddmonte Spinster" with Juddmonte Farms sponsorship) is an American Thoroughbred horse race for fillies and mares aged three or up run annually in early October at Keeneland Racecourse in Lexington, Kentuc ...

. She finally captured her first American graded win by winning the Grade-2

Falls City Handicap The Falls City Handicap is a Thoroughbred horse race run annually near the end of November at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky. A Grade II event, the race is open to fillies and mares, age three and up, willing to race one and one-eighth mil ...

on November 23 to close out her 2017 season. She had a strong 2018 season. She won the

Top Flight Handicap The Top Flight Invitational Handicap is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Aqueduct Racetrack in Queens, New York. A Listed race, it is open to fillies and mares, age three and older. The event is contested over a distance of one ...

, the Fleur de Lis Handicap, the

Locust Grove Handicap The Locust Grove Stakes is a Grade III American Thoroughbred horse race for fillies and mares, age three and older, over a distance of miles held annually in September during the early fall meeting at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky. The ...

and the Grade-1

. She closed the season out with a 4th-place finish at the Grade-1

on November 13. Blue Prize started her 2019 season with a third-place finish in the

La Troienne Stakes The La Troienne Stakes is a Grade I American Thoroughbred horse race for fillies and mares, age four and older, over a distance of miles held annually in early May on the Kentucky Oaks day meeting at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky du ...

at Churchill Downs on May 3. She tried to defend her Fleur de Lis Handicap crown in June, but came in second. She then finished third in the July 13

Delaware Handicap The Delaware Handicap is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually in mid July at Delaware Park Racetrack in Wilmington, Delaware. The Grade 2 race is open to fillies and mares, age three and up, willing to race one and one-quarter miles o ...

. Blue Prize's 2019 season picked up though in August with a win at the Summer Colony Stakes at

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. This was the first of a three-race winning streak. Her next win came on October 6 when she successfully defended her

title at Keeneland. On November 2, she finished out the 2019 season with a win at the Grade-1

, beating

Midnight Bisou Midnight Bisou (foaled April 18, 2015) is a retired American Thoroughbred racehorse who was the Champion Older Female Horse of 2019 after being one of the top-ranked fillies of 2018. At age three, she won five stakes races including the Santa An ...

. Blue Prize was sold for $5,000,000 and retired in November 2019. She will be bred to

Into Mischief Into Mischief (foaled March 28, 2005) is a retired American Thoroughbred racehorse and active sire. During his racing career, he won three of six starts including the CashCall Futurity. Since his retirement, he has developed into an outstanding ...

Racing statistics

An asterisk after the odds means Blue Prize was the post time favorite

Pedigree

References

{{notelist 2013 racehorse births Racehorses bred in Argentina Racehorses trained in Argentina Racehorses trained in the United States Breeders' Cup Distaff winners