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The Big Five: Ranking the Best Breeders’ Cup Distaff Winners

Ever since the very first Breeders’ Cup Distaff won by Princess Rooney 42 years ago at Hollywood Park, the prestigious race for fillies and mares has continued to produce high-quality winners. Racing’s Hall of Fame has opened its doors to a dozen winners of the race, several of whom found the winner’s circle more than once at the World Championships.

Tiznow, the Two-Time Breeders' Cup Winner and Beacon of Hope After Sept. 11

There have been 41 winners of the Breeders’ Cup Classic since the inception of the series in 1984.

But only one Tiznow.

Flavien Prat, Flightline, 2022 Longines Breeders’ Cup Classic, Keeneland, Eclipse Sportswire

The Effortless Greatness of Flightline, a True ‘Once-in-a-Lifetime’ Superstar

Breeder Jane Lyon’s Summer Wind Farm features two high-powered producers, mares whose progeny have left their mark on the sport’s history in their own ways. Littleprincessemma, purchased by Lyon when her Pioneerof the Nile colt was 2, was part of an elite sorority that boasted, at the time, only two members. That Pioneerof the Nile colt, named American Pharoah, won the Triple Crown in 2015.

Breeders’ Cup Fantastic Finishes: Japanese Outsider Stuns Stacked 2021 Distaff Field

The 38th Breeders’ Cup World Championships at Del Mar lived up to expectations in many ways. The year prior, fans were prohibited from attending the Breeders’ Cup at Keeneland due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and the crowds that made it to the 2021 event at picturesque Del Mar in California were more than ready to celebrate as NBC Sports chronicled the festivities.

Royal Delta is one of just four horses who won the Breeders' Cup Distaff twice.

Royal Delta: A Three-Time Champion Worthy of Her Astronomical Sale Price

Racing is filled with the disappointing tales of horses who are bought for a seven-figure price tag but never come close to repaying their owner for signing that huge check.

Then there are horses like Royal Delta, who left her owner with no regrets about paying a king’s ransom for her, even if she did not cover a humungous price tag.

The story of Royal Delta actually has two chapters.

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