There is no official record since the race is run at different racetracks each year, but Ghostzapper posted the fastest Classic of all time, setting a track record of 1:59.02 at Lone Star Park in 2004.

The 11-time champion jockey returned to the saddle after a five-year hiatus. Fresh out of prison after tax evasion charges, Piggott steered Royal Academy to a sweeping run on the outside in one of the most exquisite rides of his storied career to win by a neck.

Mike Pegram, the genial commoner who made his money on McDonald's franchises and lost the 1998 Triple Crown by the length of a french fry, named his favorite horse after the Coor's Light Beer cans known as "silver bullets."

The 1985 winner Capote sired 1996 victor Boston Harbor.

From its inception in 1984 through 2006, it was a single-day event; starting in 2007, it expanded to two days.

Moving from last to first, Midnight Lute won by 4 3/4 lengths over a sloppy track in a time of 1:09.18, with Idiot Proof second and Talent Search third.

For the first time, all of the Juvenile races were run on the opening day of the Championships, and the program was themed under the banner of "Future Stars Friday."

Jenine Sahadi made history by becoming the first female trainer to win a Breeders' Cup race when Lit de Justice came from last to first to win the Breeders' Cup Sprint under Corey Nakatani. It was back to back victories for Nakatani, who next rode the filly Jewel Princess to win the Distaff.

Each Breeders' Cup race presents four Breeders' Cup trophies to the connections of the winner and a garland of flowers draped over the withers of the winning horse.

Chief's Crown was the winner of the first ever Breeders' Cup race -- the Breeders' Cup Juvenile. He would go one to become one of only three horses in history to lose all three U.S. Triple Crown races while being the betting favorite for each race.