Editing Breeders' Cup Distaff (section)

{{Short description|Thoroughbred horse race}}
{{Infobox horseraces
| class         = Grade I
| horse race    = Breeders' Cup Distaff
| image         = 
| caption       = 
| location      = North America
| inaugurated   = 1984
| race type     = [[Thoroughbred]] – [[Flat racing]]
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| distance      = {{frac|1|1|8}} miles (9 [[Furlong]]s)
| surface       = Dirt
| track         = left-handed
| qualification = [[Filly|Fillies]] & [[Mare (horse)|Mare]], three-years-old & up
| weight        = Assigned
| purse         = US$2,000,000<ref name="EquibaseProfile">{{cite web|title=Breeders' Cup Disaff Stakes Profile|url=http://www.equibase.com/profiles/Results.cfm?type=Stakes&stkid=4194|website=www.equibase.com|access-date=3 November 2017|language=en}}</ref>
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}}
The '''Breeders' Cup Distaff''' is a [[Weight for Age]] [[Thoroughbred horse race]] for [[Filly|fillies]] and [[mare]]s, three years old and up. Known as the '''Breeders' Cup Ladies' Classic''' between 2008 and 2012, it is held annually at a different racetrack in the United States or Canada as part of the [[Breeders' Cup World Championships]]. It is the top ranked race for fillies and mares in North America,<ref>{{cite web|title=Top 100 G1 races of the World|url=http://www.ifhaonline.org/resources/Top_100_Races_2012_2013_2014.pdf|website=ifhaonline.org|access-date=3 November 2017}}</ref> and often decides the title for champion three-year-old and / or champion older filly or mare.

Starting with the 2008 Breeders' Cup, the Distaff was the final race on the first day (Friday) of the two-day event. In 2018, it was returned to the Saturday card.<ref>{{cite web |title=Breeders' Cup Friday to Spotlight Juvenile Races |url=https://bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/227465/breeders-cup-friday-to-spotlight-juvenile-races |website=BloodHorse.com |access-date=4 July 2018 |language=en}}</ref>

Distance : 1{{fraction|1|4}} miles (1984–1987); 1{{fraction|1|8}} miles (1988 to present).