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JOCKEY · 146th BY BIG-RACE WINS

Bill Hartack

41 wins in the world's richest races between 1956 and 1972, across 26 different races. The biggest is the Kentucky Derby, worth £3,759,399.

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 41
BIGGEST WIN £3.8m
RACES WON 26
FIRST AND LAST 1956 to 1972
COUNTRIES 2

When the wins came

41 wins from 1956 to 1972, in 2-year spells

Best spell: 1958-59, 10 wins

A list of winners sorted by date reads as one long run. Drawn, it has a shape: Bill Hartack took 10 of these 41 in 1958-59 alone.

The races Bill Hartack keeps winning

By number of wins

8 won more than once

Kentucky Derby 5 Preakness Stakes 3 Florida Derby 3 Pat Day Mile Stakes 3 Fountain of Youth Stakes 3 Spinster Stakes 2 Jersey Derby 2 Lamplighter Stakes 2 Belmont Stakes 1 Kentucky Oaks 1 Blue Grass Stakes 1 Manhattan Stakes 1

Every big race Bill Hartack has won

41 winners, newest first

26 different races

Year Race Horse Trainer Country Worth
1972 Dwyer Stakes Cloudy Dawn Frank Y. Whiteley Jr. United States £150,376
1969 Del Mar Futurity George Lewis Buster Millerick United States £225,564
1969 Kentucky Derby Majestic Prince Johnny Longden United States £3,759,399£3.8m
1969 Preakness Stakes Majestic Prince Johnny Longden United States £1,503,759£1.5m
1969 San Vicente Stakes Majestic Prince Johnny Longden United States £150,376
1969 Santa Anita Derby Majestic Prince Johnny Longden United States £375,940
1968 Hollywood Derby Poleax Joseph S. Dunn United States £300,752
1968 La Jolla Handicap Baffle Johnny Longden United States £112,782
1968 Manhattan Stakes Quicken Tree Clyde Turk United States £751,880
1967 Clement L. Hirsch Stakes Daystar II (ARG) Farrell W. Jones United States £300,752
1967 Pat Day Mile Stakes Barbs Delight Hal Steele United States £563,910
1965 Del Mar Debutante Stakes Century Gordon C. Campbell United States £225,564
1965 Pat Day Mile Stakes Bold Lad William C. Winfrey United States £563,910
1965 Spinster Stakes Star Maggie Robert E. Wingfield United States £488,722
1964 Blue Grass Stakes Northern Dancer Horatio Luro United States £939,850
1964 Kentucky Derby Northern Dancer Horatio Luro United States £3,759,399£3.8m
1964 King's Plate Northern Dancer Horatio Luro Canada £536,800
1964 Preakness Stakes Northern Dancer Horatio Luro United States £1,503,759£1.5m
1964 Wood Memorial Stakes Quadrangle J. Elliott Burch United States £563,910
1962 Kentucky Derby Decidedly Horatio Luro United States £3,759,399£3.8m
1960 Belmont Stakes Celtic Ash Thomas J. Barry United States £1,503,759£1.5m
1960 Kentucky Derby Venetian Way Victor Sovinski United States £3,759,399£3.8m
1959 Florida Derby Easy Spur Paul L. Kelley United States £751,880
1959 Fountain of Youth Stakes Easy Spur Paul L. Kelley United States £300,752
1959 Lamplighter Stakes Atoll Ray Metcalf United States £45,113
1959 New York Stakes Amerigo Harris Brown United States £563,910
1959 Spinster Stakes Royal Native Kenny Noe Sr. United States £488,722
1958 Diana Stakes Searching Hirsch Jacobs United States £375,940
1958 Florida Derby Tim Tam Horace A. Jones United States £751,880
1958 Forerunner Stakes Tim Tam Jimmy Jones United States £75,188
1958 Fountain of Youth Stakes Tim Tam Jimmy Jones United States £300,752
1958 Lamplighter Stakes Plion Tom Jolley United States £45,113
1957 Florida Derby Gen. Duke Horace A. Jones United States £751,880
1957 Fountain of Youth Stakes Gen. Duke Jimmy Jones United States £300,752
1957 Frizette Stakes Idun Sherrill W. Ward United States £300,752
1957 Jersey Derby Iron Liege Jimmy Jones United States £75,188
1957 Kentucky Derby Iron Liege Jimmy Jones United States £3,759,399£3.8m
1956 Jersey Derby Fabius Jimmy Jones United States £75,188
1956 Kentucky Oaks Princess Turia Horace A. Jones United States £1,127,820£1.1m
1956 Pat Day Mile Stakes Fabius Horace A. Jones United States £563,910
1956 Preakness Stakes Fabius Horace A. Jones United States £1,503,759£1.5m

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.

Where Bill Hartack wins

2 countries

Country Wins Share Biggest race won there
United States 40 98% Kentucky Derby
Canada 1 2% King's Plate

The riders either side

Ranked 146th of 216 on big-race wins

# Jockey Wins Races Span Biggest win
136 Tony Cruz 45 40 1983 to 1995 £3,800,000£3.8m
137 Lance O'Sullivan 45 17 1982 to 2003 £5,493,600£5.5m
138 Timmy Murphy 44 30 1997 to 2012 £375,000
139 Ted Atkinson 43 26 1944 to 1957 £1,503,759£1.5m
140 Fritz Drechsler 43 23 1960 to 1975 £341,880
141 William Mongil 43 39 1989 to 2009 £256,410
142 John L. Rotz 42 30 1956 to 1973 £1,503,759£1.5m
143 Michael Roberts 42 37 1986 to 2000 £5,493,600£5.5m
144 Grégory Benoist 42 32 2009 to 2022 £854,701
145 Andrzej Tylicki 42 25 1981 to 1997 £555,556
147 Ramon Domínguez 41 27 1999 to 2012 £3,759,399£3.8m
148 Don Brumfield 41 29 1964 to 1988 £1,503,759£1.5m
149 Manny Franco 41 33 2014 to 2026 £1,503,759£1.5m
150 Alan Garcia 41 37 2005 to 2015 £1,879,699£1.9m
151 Darrel McHargue 41 33 1974 to 1986 £1,503,759£1.5m
152 Jeffrey Fell 41 33 1974 to 1986 £939,850
153 Sir Gordon Richards 41 16 1929 to 1954 £1,500,000£1.5m
154 Paddy Brennan 41 32 2005 to 2023 £646,880
155 Eric Guerin 40 26 1946 to 1971 £3,759,399£3.8m
156 Ricardo Santana Jr. 40 31 2013 to 2026 £1,503,759£1.5m

Frequently asked questions

How many big races has Bill Hartack won?

41, across 26 different races between 1956 and 1972. That is 146th of the 216 jockeys on this site.

What is the biggest race Bill Hartack has won?

the Kentucky Derby, worth £3,759,399 and run in the United States. Bill Hartack won it in 1969, 1964, 1962, 1960, 1957.

Which race has Bill Hartack won most often?

the Kentucky Derby, 5 times at Churchill Downs. 8 of these races have gone to Bill Hartack more than once.

How much prize money has Bill Hartack 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: 41 wins, the biggest of them worth £3,759,399.

When did Bill Hartack win these races?

Between 1956 and 1972. The busiest spell was 1958-59, with 10 of them.

Where to next

The races Bill Hartack has won, and the riders around them

The races Bill Hartack has won

The riders either side

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