Breeders' Cup Distaff Contenders: Then and Now
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Contenders in this year’s Longines Breeders' Cup Distaff have all amassed impressive résumés leading up to this year’s edition of the premiere end of the year race for fillies and mares; but before they were stars on the racetrack, they were unnamed foals playing in fields.
Thanks to The Jockey Club, the breed registry for American Thoroughbreds that you see running at tracks every day, we’ve tracked down baby pictures of the probable runners in this year’s Distaff so you can see how far they’ve come. The signs in some of the images indicate the foal's dam (mother) and year of birth for identification, since the foals were unnamed at the time.
All photos of adult horses courtesy of Eclipse Sportswire unless otherwise indicated.
Calamity Kate - Then
Now
Photo by Penelope P. Miller
Curalina - Then
Now
Frivolous - Then
Now
Got Lucky - Then
Now
I'm A Chatterbox - Then
Now
Photo by Penelope P. Miller
My Sweet Addiction - Then
Now
Peace and War - Then
Now
Salama - Then
Now
Photo by Melissa Bauer-Herzog
Sheer Drama - Then
Now
Photo by Penelope P. Miller
Stellar Wind - Then
Now
Photo by Penelope P. Miller
Stopchargingmaria - Then
Now
Photo by Penelope P. Miller
Untapable - Then
Now
Warren's Veneda - Then
Now
Wedding Toast - Then
Now
Photo by Penelope P. Miller
Yahilwa - Then
NOW
Photo by Melissa Bauer-Herzog