| The Grey Goose Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf is a | | | | to race on the grass under trainer David |
| turf race for two year olds. The distance is one | | | | Wachman. The colt debuted at Ireland's famous |
| mile and the purse is $1 million. The Juvenile Turf | | | | Curragh Racecourse for the one mile Group One |
| was first run in 2007 at the Breeders' Cup at | | | | Irish 2,000 Guineas, but finished fifth in a five |
| Monmouth Park Racetrack in Oceanport, New | | | | horse field. |
| Jersey. Due to technical requirements as an | | | | In order to make it to the Grey Goose Breeders' |
| expansion race for the Breeders' Cup, the race is | | | | Cup Juvenile Turf, the two year old colts must |
| not eligible as a graded stakes race for its first | | | | participate in several qualifying races. These begin |
| two runnings. The second running will be held in | | | | in late September and run through early October |
| October 2008 at Santa Anita. | | | | and include the Royal Lodge Stakes at Ascot, the |
| The 2007 winner of the Juvenile Turf was | | | | Pilgrim Stakes at Belmont, the Summer Stakes at |
| Nownownow, by Whywhywhy and out of Where | | | | Woodbine and the Bourbon Stakes at Keeneland. |
| and Now. Whywhywhy is a descendent of the | | | | These are all competitive tracks that feature |
| famed racehorse sire Mr. Prospector. This bay | | | | competitive fields, which helps to ensure that the |
| colt was trained by Francois Parisel after the colt's | | | | colts who are invited into the elite field of |
| first trainer, Patrick Biancone, was suspended by | | | | fourteen at the Breeders' Cup world |
| racing authorities for medication violations. | | | | championships are truly horses of championship |
| Although the colt did not get his first win until his | | | | abilities. |
| fourth start, he became a competitor in the | | | | The grey Goose Breeders Cup Juvenile Turf is a |
| Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf and, although he was | | | | weight for age race, which is reserved for higher |
| considered a long shot by bettors, he made a | | | | class races. These races typically have higher |
| powerful run down a soggy turf course on a rainy | | | | purse amounts as well and require the horses to |
| day to capture the million dollar purse. The win | | | | be of the same age, class and gender. When the |
| gave jockey Julien Leparoux his first Breeders' | | | | Juvenile Turf becomes eligible for grade stakes |
| Cup win, as well as the colt's second win in six | | | | status in 2009, the race will become a Grade I |
| starts. | | | | stakes. |
| For the 2008 season, the colt was sent to Ireland | | | | |