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JOCKEY · 206th BY BIG-RACE WINS

Conn McCreary

31 wins in the world's richest races between 1941 and 1958, across 21 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 31
BIGGEST WIN £3.8m
RACES WON 21
FIRST AND LAST 1941 to 1958
COUNTRIES 1

When the wins came

31 wins from 1941 to 1958, in 2-year spells

Best spell: 1942-43, 5 wins

A list of winners sorted by date reads as one long run. Drawn, it has a shape: Conn McCreary took 5 of these 31 in 1942-43 alone.

The races Conn McCreary keeps winning

By number of wins

8 won more than once

Diana Stakes 4 Kentucky Derby 2 Preakness Stakes 2 Blue Grass Stakes 2 Jockey Club Gold Cup 2 Alabama Stakes 2 Acorn Stakes 2 Test Stakes 2 Metropolitan Handicap 1 Churchill Downs Stakes 1 Pat Day Mile Stakes 1 New York Stakes 1

Every big race Conn McCreary has won

31 winners, newest first

21 different races

Year Race Horse Trainer Country Worth
1958 Jockey Club Gold Cup Inside Tract John J. Weipert Jr. United States £751,880
1957 Arlington Classic Clem William W. Stephens United States £75,188
1957 Withers Stakes Clem William W. Stephens United States £187,970
1956 Acorn Stakes Beyond (DH) Horace A. Jones United States £375,940
1956 Diana Stakes Searching Hirsch Jacobs United States £375,940
1955 Discovery Stakes Westward Ho not found United States £112,782
1955 Pat Day Mile Stakes Flying Fury Loyd Gentry Jr. United States £563,910
1954 Diana Stakes Lavender Hill Thomas W. Kelley United States £375,940
1952 Dwyer Stakes Blue Man Woody Stephens United States £150,376
1952 Preakness Stakes Blue Man Woody Stephens United States £1,503,759£1.5m
1951 Kentucky Derby Count Turf Sol Rutchick United States £3,759,399£3.8m
1950 Jersey Derby Ferd Andy Schuttinger United States £75,188
1949 Blue Grass Stakes Halt Woody Stephens United States £939,850
1949 Test Stakes Lady Dorimar Woody Stephens United States £375,940
1948 Metropolitan Handicap Stymie Hirsch Jacobs United States £751,880
1948 New York Stakes Miss Grillo Horatio Luro United States £563,910
1947 Diana Stakes Miss Grillo Horatio Luro United States £375,940
1946 Diana Stakes Miss Grillo Horatio Luro United States £375,940
1944 Acorn Stakes Twilight Tear Ben A. Jones United States £375,940
1944 Coaching Club American Oaks Twilight Tear Ben A. Jones United States £375,940
1944 Kentucky Derby Pensive Ben Jones United States £3,759,399£3.8m
1944 Preakness Stakes Pensive Ben A. Jones United States £1,503,759£1.5m
1943 Alabama Stakes Stefanita Winbert F. Mulholland United States £451,128
1943 Jockey Club Gold Cup Princequillo Horatio Luro United States £751,880
1943 Peter Pan Stakes Slide Rule Cecil Wilhelm United States £150,376
1943 Test Stakes Stefanita Bert Mulholland United States £375,940
1942 Hopeful Stakes Devil's Thumb Cecil Wilhelm United States £225,564
1941 Alabama Stakes War Wizard Walter A. Carter United States £451,128
1941 Blue Grass Stakes Our Boots Steve Judge United States £939,850
1941 Breeders' Futurity Stakes Devil Diver John M. Gaver Sr. United States £488,722
1941 Churchill Downs Stakes My Bill John T. Weaver United States £751,880

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 206th of 216 on big-race wins

# Jockey Wins Races Span Biggest win
196 Ismael Valenzuela 33 22 1956 to 1974 £3,759,399£3.8m
197 Shaun Bridgmohan 33 31 1999 to 2019 £1,503,759£1.5m
198 Davy Russell 33 20 2004 to 2020 £1,000,000£1.0m
199 Jamie Osborne 33 23 1989 to 1998 £400,000
200 Adrian Maguire 33 27 1991 to 2001 £646,880
201 Vincent Cheminaud 32 29 2013 to 2021 £1,282,051£1.3m
202 John Francome 32 21 1975 to 1985 £646,880
203 Peter Schiergen 32 23 1985 to 1996 £427,350
204 João Moreira 31 18 2014 to 2023 £4,511,278£4.5m
205 Earl Sande 31 15 1921 to 1930 £3,759,399£3.8m
207 Eibar Coa 31 22 1997 to 2010 £1,503,759£1.5m
208 Ted Durcan 31 28 2000 to 2013 £4,511,278£4.5m
209 Pat Smullen 31 18 1998 to 2016 £1,500,000£1.5m
210 Avelino Gomez 31 12 1956 to 1976 £536,800
211 Tom Scudamore 31 21 2001 to 2021 £375,000
212 Johnny Sellers 30 29 1958 to 1972 £3,759,399£3.8m
213 Eddie Belmonte 30 22 1966 to 1974 £1,503,759£1.5m
214 Seamie Heffernan 30 16 1999 to 2026 £3,759,399£3.8m
215 Ray Cochrane 30 24 1984 to 1999 £2,645,503£2.6m
216 Paul Carberry 30 23 1993 to 2015 £1,000,000£1.0m

Frequently asked questions

How many big races has Conn McCreary won?

31, across 21 different races between 1941 and 1958. That is 206th of the 216 jockeys on this site.

What is the biggest race Conn McCreary has won?

the Kentucky Derby, worth £3,759,399 and run in the United States. Conn McCreary won it in 1951, 1944.

Which race has Conn McCreary won most often?

the Diana Stakes, 4 times at Saratoga Race Course. 8 of these races have gone to Conn McCreary more than once.

How much prize money has Conn McCreary 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: 31 wins, the biggest of them worth £3,759,399.

When did Conn McCreary win these races?

Between 1941 and 1958. The busiest spell was 1942-43, with 5 of them.

Where to next

The races Conn McCreary has won, and the riders around them

The races Conn McCreary has won

The riders either side

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