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JOCKEY · 165th BY BIG-RACE WINS

Cornelio Velásquez

39 wins in the world's richest races between 1992 and 2014, across 33 different races. The biggest is the Breeders' Cup Distaff, worth £1,503,759.

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 39
BIGGEST WIN £1.5m
RACES WON 33
FIRST AND LAST 1992 to 2014
COUNTRIES 2

When the wins came

39 wins from 1992 to 2014, in 2-year spells

Best spell: 2006-07, 14 wins

A list of winners sorted by date reads as one long run. Drawn, it has a shape: Cornelio Velásquez took 14 of these 39 in 2006-07 alone.

The races Cornelio Velásquez keeps winning

By number of wins

5 won more than once

Clásico del Caribe 3 Pegasus World Cup Turf Invitational 2 Belmont Derby 2 National Museum of Racing Hall of Fame Stakes 2 Jerome Stakes 2 Breeders' Cup Juvenile 1 Breeders' Cup Mile 1 Breeders' Cup Distaff 1 Breeders' Cup Sprint 1 Manhattan Stakes 1 Christophe Clement Turf Stakes 1 Wood Memorial Stakes 1

Every big race Cornelio Velásquez has won

39 winners, newest first

33 different races

Year Race Horse Trainer Country Worth
2014 Forego Stakes Palace Linda L. Rice United States £375,940
2013 Belmont Derby Up With the Birds Malcolm Pierce United States £563,910
2013 Jerome Stakes Vyjack Rudy R. Rodriguez United States £112,782
2012 Jimmy Winkfield Stakes King and Crusader Richard E. Dutrow Jr. United States £75,188
2011 Christophe Clement Turf Stakes Winchester Christophe Clement United States £563,910
2011 Hutcheson Stakes Flashpoint Richard E. Dutrow Jr. United States £56,391
2010 Ballerina Handicap Rightly So Anthony W. Dutrow United States £375,940
2010 Manhattan Stakes Winchester Christophe Clement United States £751,880
2009 Belmont Oaks Miss World Christophe Clement United States £451,128
2009 Pegasus World Cup Turf Invitational Kip Deville Richard E. Dutrow Jr. United States £751,880
2008 Jerome Stakes Tale of Ekati Barclay Tagg United States £112,782
2008 Maker's Mark Mile Stakes Kip Deville Richard E. Dutrow Jr. United States £451,128
2007 Breeders' Cup Juvenile War Pass Nick Zito United States £1,503,759£1.5m
2007 Breeders' Cup Mile Kip Deville Richard E. Dutrow Jr. United States £1,503,759£1.5m
2007 Calder Derby Soldier's Dancer David A. Vivian United States £187,970
2007 Champagne Stakes War Pass Nicholas P. Zito United States £375,940
2007 National Museum of Racing Hall of Fame Stakes Nobiz Like Shobiz Barclay Tagg United States £300,752
2007 Pegasus Stakes Actin Good Robert Dibona United States £112,782
2007 Wood Memorial Stakes Nobiz Like Shobiz Barclay Tagg United States £563,910
2006 Ashland Stakes Bushfire Eddie Kenneally United States £375,940
2006 Belmont Derby Showing Up Barclay Tagg United States £563,910
2006 Commonwealth Turf Cup Showing Up Barclay Tagg United States £150,376
2006 Hollywood Derby Showing Up Barclay Tagg United States £300,752
2006 Lexington Stakes (NYRA) After Market William I. Mott United States £75,188
2006 National Museum of Racing Hall of Fame Stakes After Market William I. Mott United States £300,752
2006 Ogden Phipps Stakes Take D' Tour David Fawkes United States £375,940
2005 American Derby Gun Salute William I. Mott United States £75,188
2005 Breeders' Cup Distaff Pleasant Home Claude R. McGaughey III United States £1,503,759£1.5m
2005 Hawthorne Derby Gun Salute William I. Mott United States £112,782
2004 Alabama Stakes Society Selection H. Allen Jerkens United States £451,128
2004 Clásico del Caribe Spago † Moises Henriquez £225,564
2003 Alcibiades Stakes Be Gentle D. Wayne Lukas United States £488,722
2003 Breeders' Cup Sprint Cajun Beat Steve Margolis United States £1,503,759£1.5m
2003 Clásico del Caribe Cafajeste Rafael Fernández Prado £225,564
2003 Fountain of Youth Stakes Trust n Luck Ralph Ziadie United States £300,752
2003 Kentucky Cup Sprint Stakes Cajun Beat Steve Margolis United States £75,188
2002 Pegasus World Cup Turf Invitational Cetewayo Michael Dickinson United States £751,880
1996 Toronto Cup Stakes Ok by Me John B. Bond Canada £80,520
1992 Clásico del Caribe Leonardo † Alberto Paz Rodriguez £225,564

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 Cornelio Velásquez wins

2 countries

Country Wins Share Biggest race won there
United States 35 90% Breeders' Cup Juvenile
Canada 1 3% Toronto Cup Stakes

The riders either side

Ranked 165th of 216 on big-race wins

# Jockey Wins Races Span Biggest win
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
157 Jim Crowley 40 36 2009 to 2024 £854,701
158 Darryll Holland 40 36 1992 to 2011 £650,000
159 Sam Twiston-Davies 40 32 2010 to 2026 £400,000
160 Daryl Jacob 40 25 2009 to 2023 £299,145
161 Lutz Mäder 40 27 1977 to 1994 £555,556
162 Andreas Boschert 40 29 1988 to 2007 £447,692
163 Jean Cruguet 39 31 1969 to 1990 £3,759,399£3.8m
164 Bobby Ussery 39 25 1957 to 1974 £3,759,399£3.8m
166 Rene Piechulek 39 27 2015 to 2026 £4,273,504£4.3m
167 Harry Carr 39 17 1948 to 1963 £1,500,000£1.5m
168 Robin Platts 39 15 1970 to 1997 £536,800
169 Julien R. Leparoux 38 24 2006 to 2020 £1,315,789£1.3m
170 Rajiv Maragh 38 34 2008 to 2019 £939,850
171 Ruben Hernandez 38 33 1976 to 1997 £1,503,759£1.5m
172 Robbie Davis 38 32 1984 to 2000 £751,880
173 Doug Smith 38 18 1941 to 1966 £650,000
174 Mick Fitzgerald 38 29 1994 to 2008 £646,880
175 Robert Thornton 38 27 1997 to 2014 £450,000

Frequently asked questions

How many big races has Cornelio Velásquez won?

39, across 33 different races between 1992 and 2014. That is 165th of the 216 jockeys on this site.

What is the biggest race Cornelio Velásquez has won?

the Breeders' Cup Distaff, worth £1,503,759 and run in the United States. Cornelio Velásquez won it in 2005.

Which race has Cornelio Velásquez won most often?

Clásico del Caribe, 3 times at Variable. 5 of these races have gone to Cornelio Velásquez more than once.

How much prize money has Cornelio Velásquez 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: 39 wins, the biggest of them worth £1,503,759.

When did Cornelio Velásquez win these races?

Between 1992 and 2014. The busiest spell was 2006-07, with 14 of them.

Where to next

The races Cornelio Velásquez has won, and the riders around them

The races Cornelio Velásquez has won

The riders either side

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