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JOCKEY · 185th BY BIG-RACE WINS

Alex O. Solis

35 wins in the world's richest races between 1985 and 2015, across 20 different races. The biggest is the Turf Classic Stakes, worth £1,127,820.

Rolls of honour are kept race by race, so a rider's big-race record only exists once every one of them on this site has been read and turned sideways.

BIG-RACE WINS 35
BIGGEST WIN £1.1m
RACES WON 20
FIRST AND LAST 1985 to 2015
COUNTRIES 1

When the wins came

35 wins from 1985 to 2015, in 3-year spells

Best spell: 2001-03, 9 wins

A list of winners sorted by date reads as one long run. Drawn, it has a shape: Alex O. Solis took 9 of these 35 in 2001-03 alone.

The races Alex O. Solis keeps winning

By number of wins

7 won more than once

Twilight Derby 5 Sham Stakes 4 Lazaro Barrera Stakes 4 Goodwood Stakes 3 La Brea Stakes 2 Matriarch Stakes 2 La Jolla Handicap 2 Turf Classic Stakes 1 Haskell Stakes 1 Pacific Classic Stakes 1 Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup Stakes 1 Maker's Mark Mile Stakes 1

Every big race Alex O. Solis has won

35 winners, newest first

20 different races

Year Race Horse Trainer Country Worth
2015 El Camino Real Derby Metaboss Jeffrey L. Bonde United States £75,188
2013 Spinaway Stakes Sweet Reason Leah Gyarmati United States £225,564
2012 Maker's Mark Mile Stakes Data Link Claude R. McGaughey III United States £451,128
2011 Old Dominion Derby Air Support Claude R. McGaughey III United States £375,940
2010 Forego Stakes Here Comes Ben Charles LoPresti United States £375,940
2010 Sham Stakes Alphie's Bet Alexis Barba United States £75,188
2009 La Jolla Handicap Meteore Richard E. Mandella United States £112,782
2009 Lazaro Barrera Stakes Charlie's Moment Walther Solis United States £75,188
2009 Sham Stakes The Pamplemousse Julio C. Canani United States £75,188
2005 Clement L. Hirsch Stakes Tucked Away Patrick Gallagher United States £300,752
2005 Lazaro Barrera Stakes Storm Wolf Bruce Headley United States £75,188
2004 Lazaro Barrera Stakes Twice as Bad Vladimir Cerin United States £75,188
2004 Sham Stakes Master David Robert J. Frankel United States £75,188
2003 Affirmed Stakes (LATC) Eye of the Tiger Jerry Hollendorfer United States £75,188
2003 Goodwood Stakes Pleasantly Perfect Richard E. Mandella United States £225,564
2003 Sham Stakes Man Among Men Gary Mandella United States £75,188
2002 American Oaks †Megahertz (GB) Robert J. Frankel United States £225,564
2002 Goodwood Stakes Pleasantly Perfect Richard E. Mandella United States £225,564
2002 La Brea Stakes Got Koko Bruce Headley United States £225,564
2002 Turf Classic Stakes Beat Hollow (GB) Robert J. Frankel United States £1,127,820£1.1m
2002 Twilight Derby Johar Richard E. Mandella United States £150,376
2001 Secretariat Stakes Startac Simon Bray United States £375,940
2000 Haskell Stakes Dixie Union Richard E. Mandella United States £751,880
2000 Twilight Derby Sign of Hope (GB) Neil D. Drysdale United States £150,376
1998 Matriarch Stakes Squeak (GB) Ben D. A. Cecil United States £225,564
1997 La Jolla Handicap Fantastic Fellow D. Wayne Lukas United States £112,782
1997 Lazaro Barrera Stakes Kukulcan Ron McAnally United States £75,188
1997 Matriarch Stakes Ryafan Robert J. Frankel United States £225,564
1997 Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup Stakes Ryafan John Gosden United States £601,504
1997 Twilight Derby Lasting Approval Diane L. Perkins United States £150,376
1996 Pacific Classic Stakes Dare and Go Richard E. Mandella United States £751,880
1992 Twilight Derby Blacksburg D. Wayne Lukas United States £150,376
1990 Goodwood Stakes Lively One Charles E. Whittingham United States £225,564
1990 La Brea Stakes Brought To Mind Ron McAnally United States £225,564
1985 Twilight Derby Justoneoftheboys Ron McAnally United States £150,376

The figure on each row is what that race puts up today, which is the number that says how big a day it was. The prize itself goes to the owner and the jockey takes a percentage of it, set by the rules of the country the race is run in.

The riders either side

Ranked 185th of 216 on big-race wins

# Jockey Wins Races Span Biggest win
175 Robert Thornton 38 27 1997 to 2014 £450,000
176 Kevin Woodburn 38 26 1986 to 2001 £555,556
177 Brian Hernandez Jr. 37 31 2006 to 2026 £5,263,158£5.3m
178 Ron Turcotte 37 31 1962 to 1977 £3,759,399£3.8m
179 Eurico Rosa da Silva 37 19 2007 to 2019 £536,800
180 Kevin Manning 36 18 1988 to 2021 £3,800,000£3.8m
181 Tom Marquand 36 32 2018 to 2026 £751,880
182 Carl Llewellyn 36 25 1988 to 2006 £250,000
183 Garrett Gomez 35 29 1994 to 2012 £5,263,158£5.3m
184 Geoff Lewis 35 26 1960 to 1977 £4,273,504£4.3m
186 Norman Williamson 35 29 1990 to 2003 £646,880
187 Aurelien Lemaitre 35 31 2015 to 2026 £854,701
188 Noel Fehily 35 29 2004 to 2019 £450,000
189 Bauyrzhan Murzabayev 35 27 2017 to 2026 £555,556
190 Kerrin McEvoy 34 25 2000 to 2022 £10,582,011£10.6m
191 Don MacBeth 34 27 1971 to 1986 £5,493,600£5.5m
192 Andrea Atzeni 34 32 2012 to 2023 £4,511,278£4.5m
193 Christy Roche 34 18 1972 to 1998 £1,500,000£1.5m
194 Pat Taaffe 34 15 1953 to 1970 £1,000,000£1.0m
195 Noel Harris 34 17 1972 to 2014 £581,400

Frequently asked questions

How many big races has Alex O. Solis won?

35, across 20 different races between 1985 and 2015. That is 185th of the 216 jockeys on this site.

What is the biggest race Alex O. Solis has won?

the Turf Classic Stakes, worth £1,127,820 and run in the United States. Alex O. Solis won it in 2002.

Which race has Alex O. Solis won most often?

the Twilight Derby, 5 times at Santa Anita Park. 7 of these races have gone to Alex O. Solis more than once.

How much prize money has Alex O. Solis won?

The prize goes to the owner, and the jockey takes a percentage of it set by the rules of the country the race is run in. What this page holds is the races themselves: 35 wins, the biggest of them worth £1,127,820.

When did Alex O. Solis win these races?

Between 1985 and 2015. The busiest spell was 2001-03, with 9 of them.

Where to next

The races Alex O. Solis has won, and the riders around them

The races Alex O. Solis has won

The riders either side

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