Endeavour Breeders' Cup Stakes
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The Endeavour Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race
Thoroughbred horse race
Thoroughbred horse racing is a worldwide sport and industry involving the racing of Thoroughbred horses. It is governed by different national bodies. There are two forms of the sport: Flat racing and National Hunt racing...

 held annually in mid February at Tampa Bay Downs
Tampa Bay Downs
Tampa Bay Downs is an American Thoroughbred horse racing facility located in Westchase in Hillsborough County, just outside Tampa, Florida. It opened in 1926 under the name Tampa Downs. The first of many names, the racetrack was well known as Sunshine Park and Florida Downs.-Season:The track races...

 racetrack in Tampa, Florida
Tampa, Florida
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. Raced on turf
Grass
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 over a distance of 1 1/16 miles (8.5 furlongs), it is open to fillies
Filly
A filly is a young female horse too young to be called a mare. There are several specific definitions in use.*In most cases filly is a female horse under the age of four years old....

 and Mare
Mare
Female horses are called mares.Mare is the Latin word for "sea".The word may also refer to:-People:* Ahmed Marzooq, also known as Mare, a footballer and Secretary General of Maldives Olympic Committee* Mare Winningham, American actress and singer...

s, aged four and older.

Inaugurated in 2000 at a distance of 1⅛ miles (9 furlongs), in 2004 the race was modified to its present 11/16 miles.

Known for a time as the Endeavour Stakes, in 2008 it went back to using the Breeders' Cup
Breeders' Cup
The Breeders' Cup World Championships is an annual series of Thoroughbred horse races, most but not all Grade I, operated by Breeders' Cup Limited, a company formed in 1982. From its inception in 1984 through 2006, it was a single-day event; starting in 2007, it expanded to two days. The location...

 designation.

Records

Speed record: (at present distance of 1 1/16 miles)
  • 1:40.26 - My Lordship (2006)
  • 1:48:48 - Cybil (2001) 1 1/8 miles)


Most wins:
  • No horse has won this race more than once.


Most wins by an owner:
  • No owner has won this race more than once.


Most wins by a jockey
Jockey
A jockey is an athlete who rides horses in horse racing or steeplechase racing, primarily as a profession. The word also applies to camel riders in camel racing.-Etymology:...

:
  • 2 - Cornelio Velasquez
    Cornelio Velásquez
    Cornelio H. Velásquez is a jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing. He was introduced to horse racing at age fifteen by trainer Carlos Salazar Guardia in his native Panama and enrolled in the national jockey school...

     (2006, 2008)


Most wins by a trainer
Horse trainer
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:
  • 2 - William I. Mott (2005, 2006)

Winners

Year
Winner
Age
Jockey
Trainer
Owner
Time
2011 Silver Reunion 5 Ramon A. Dominguez
Ramon A. Dominguez
Ramon A. Dominguez is an Eclipse Award-winning champion jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing....

H. Graham Motion
H. Graham Motion
H. Graham Motion is an American horse trainer, notable for his work with 2011 Kentucky Derby winner Animal Kingdom and Better Talk Now. Motion started out training and winning with his own Thoroughbred horses at age 29, his first win was with Bounding Daisy in March 1993 at Laurel Park...

Brereton C. Jones 1:43.98
2010 Lomaki 6 Christopher P. DeCarlo Eric Coatrieux Chiefswood Stable 1:46.39
2009 Ballymore Lady 6 Jose Lezcano
Jose Lezcano
Jose Lezcano is a jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing. He rides in New York in the spring, summer and fall and spends the winter in Florida. His big break came in 2008 when he won a Breeders' Cup race....

Eddie Kenneally Ron McCauley & Colin Purcell 1:42.37
2008 Dreaming of Anna
Dreaming of Anna
Dreaming of Anna is an American thoroughbred filly racehorse. She was sired by the outstanding English and American stud, Rahy out of the Broad Brush mare, Justenuffheart, who was a multi graded stakes race winner and half-sister to Grade I Turf winner Kitten's Joy. Although there is no Northern...

4 Cornelio Velasquez
Cornelio Velásquez
Cornelio H. Velásquez is a jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing. He was introduced to horse racing at age fifteen by trainer Carlos Salazar Guardia in his native Panama and enrolled in the national jockey school...

Wayne M. Catalano
Wayne M. Catalano
Wayne M. Catalano is a former jockey and current trainer in American Thoroughbred horse racing who has won three Breeders' Cup World Championship races and trained two Eclipse Award Champions.-Jockey career:...

Frank C. Calabrese 1:42.38
2007 Cassydora 5 John Velazquez Todd A. Pletcher Green Hills Farm 1:43.05
2006 My Lordship 5 Cornelio Velasquez
Cornelio Velásquez
Cornelio H. Velásquez is a jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing. He was introduced to horse racing at age fifteen by trainer Carlos Salazar Guardia in his native Panama and enrolled in the national jockey school...

William I. Mott Live Oak Plantation 1:40.26
2005 Delta Princess 6 Heberto Castillo, Jr.
Heberto Castillo, Jr.
Heberto Castillo, Jr. is a retired jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing. He was born into a family involved in the sport. His father was a jockey and his mother Gloria was a horse trainer in Florida. His sister, Rita, married jockey José Santos in 1997.In 1986, Castillo, Jr...

William I. Mott Saud bin Khaled 1:43.54
2004 Madeira Mist 5 Edgar Prado Christophe Clement
Christophe Clement
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Skymarc Farm
Chryss Goulandris
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1:44.97
2003 Wander Mom 5 Manoel R. Cruz Edward Plesa, Jr. Jamie Carrion 1:50.89
2002 Chausson Poire 4 Thomas L. Pompell Duane Knipe Pia M. Kirkham 1:50.40
2001 Cybil 5 Felix L. Ortiz
Felix L. Ortiz
Felix Luis Ortiz is a jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing. He learned to ride in his native Puerto Rico, attending the El Commandante Jockey School...

J. J. Graci Carol F. Dooner 1:48.48
2000 Office Miss 6 Joe Bravo
Joe Bravo (jockey)
Joe Bravo is a jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing. The son and grandson of jockeys, he began his professional career in Thoroughbred flat racing at Calder Race Course in Miami Gardens, Florida during the latter end of 1988.According to his NTRA profile, Joe Bravo has dominated the New...

Gary Sciacca
Gary Sciacca
Gary Sciacca is an American horse trainer in the sport of Thoroughbred horse racing.Sciacca earned his first win as a professional trainer on October 21, 1981 at New York's Aqueduct Racetrack...

Sam Morell 1:48.93
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