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JOCKEY · 70th BY BIG-RACE WINS

Craig Perret

83 wins in the world's richest races between 1974 and 2002, across 61 different races. The biggest is the Kentucky Derby, worth £3,703,704.

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 83
BIGGEST WIN £3.7m
RACES WON 61
FIRST AND LAST 1974 to 2002
COUNTRIES 2

When the wins came

83 wins from 1974 to 2002, in 3-year spells

Best spell: 1989-91, 27 wins

A list of winners sorted by date reads as one long run. Drawn, it has a shape: Craig Perret took 27 of these 83 in 1989-91 alone.

The races Craig Perret keeps winning

By number of wins

14 won more than once

Lamplighter Stakes 5 Haskell Stakes 3 Pat Day Mile Stakes 3 Fountain of Youth Stakes 3 Lafayette Stakes 3 Jersey Derby 3 Breeders' Cup Sprint 2 Southwest Stakes 2 Rebel Stakes 2 King's Plate 2 Test Stakes 2 Breeders' Stakes 2

Every big race Craig Perret has won

83 winners, newest first

61 different races

Year Race Horse Trainer Country Worth
2002 Pat Day Mile Stakes Sky Terrace Vickie Foley United States £555,556
1997 Forerunner Stakes Thesaurus Peter M. Vestal United States £74,074
1997 Hawthorne Derby River Squall Peter M. Vestal United States £111,111
1997 Saranac Stakes River Squall Pete Vestal United States £111,111
1997 Southwest Stakes Smoke Glacken Henry L. Carroll United States £740,741
1997 Woody Stephens Stakes Smoke Glacken Henry L. Carroll United States £370,370
1996 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Storm Song Nick Zito United States £1,481,481£1.5m
1996 Frizette Stakes Storm Song Nicholas Zito United States £296,296
1996 Hopeful Stakes Smoke Glacken Henry L. Carroll United States £222,222
1996 Jefferson Cup Stakes Unruled 1-1/8 United States £74,074
1996 Rebel Stakes Ide Peter M. Vestal United States £740,741
1996 Southwest Stakes Ide Peter M. Vestal United States £740,741
1995 Breeders' Stakes Charlie's Dewan Mark Frostad Canada £268,400
1995 Rebel Stakes Mystery Storm Larry Robideaux Jr. United States £740,741
1995 Round Table Stakes Kingdom City W. Elliott Walden United States £74,074
1994 Fountain of Youth Stakes Dehere Reynaldo Nobles United States £296,296
1994 Louisiana Derby Kandaly Louie J. Roussel III United States £740,741
1994 Prince of Wales Stakes Bruce's Mill Mark Frostad Canada £214,720
1993 Breeders' Stakes Peteski † Roger Attfield Canada £268,400
1993 King's Plate Peteski Roger Attfield Canada £536,800
1993 Withers Stakes Williamstown Peter M. Vestal United States £185,185
1992 Ashland Stakes Prospectors Delite Neil J. Howard United States £370,370
1992 Derby City Distaff Stakes Ifyoucouldseemenow Brian A. Mayberry United States £740,741
1992 King's Plate Alydeed Roger Attfield Canada £536,800
1992 Maker's Mark Mile Stakes Shudanz (CAN) Roger L. Attfield United States £444,444
1992 Marine Stakes Alydeed Roger Attfield Canada £80,520
1992 Pat Day Mile Stakes Alydeed Roger Attfield United States £555,556
1992 Personal Ensign Stakes Quick Mischief Charles Carlesimo Jr. United States £370,370
1992 Plate Trial Stakes Alydeed Roger Attfield Canada £80,520
1991 Albany Stakes Excellent Tipper Howard M. Tesher United States £185,185
1991 Dwyer Stakes Lost Mountain Thomas Bohannan United States £148,148
1991 Forego Stakes Housebuster Jimmy Croll United States £370,370
1991 Haskell Stakes Lost Mountain Thomas K. Bohannan United States £740,741
1991 New York Derby Excellent Tipper Howard M. Tesher United States £111,111
1991 Pegasus World Cup Turf Invitational Shy Tom D. Wayne Lukas United States £740,741
1991 Peter Pan Stakes Lost Mountain Thomas Bohannan United States £148,148
1991 Wood Memorial Stakes Cahill Road Scotty Schulhofer United States £555,556
1990 Breeders' Cup Sprint Safely Kept Alan E. Goldberg United States £1,481,481£1.5m
1990 Coaching Club American Oaks Charon Eugene Navarro United States £370,370
1990 Colonel Liam Stakes Dawn Quixote Sonny Hine United States £148,148
1990 Coolmore Turf Mile Stakes Silver Medallion Philip M. Hauswald United States £925,926
1990 H. Allen Jerkens Memorial Stakes Housebuster Jimmy Croll United States £370,370
1990 Jerome Stakes Housebuster Warren A. Croll Jr. United States £111,111
1990 Kentucky Derby Unbridled Carl Nafzger United States £3,703,704£3.7m
1990 Lafayette Stakes Housebuster Warren A. Croll Jr. United States £296,296
1990 Ogden Phipps Stakes Fantastic Find Claude R. McGaughey III United States £370,370
1990 Pat Day Mile Stakes Housebuster Warren A. Croll Jr. United States £555,556
1990 Swale Stakes Housebuster Jimmy Croll United States £129,630
1990 Withers Stakes Housebuster Warren A. Croll Jr. United States £185,185
1989 American Derby Awe Inspiring C. R. McGaughey III United States £74,074
1989 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Rhythm Claude R. McGaughey III United States £1,481,481£1.5m
1989 Discovery Stakes Tricky Creek George R. Arnold III United States £111,111
1989 Jaipur Stakes Harp Islet William I. Mott United States £370,370
1989 Jenny Wiley Stakes Native Mommy Joseph H. Pierce Jr. United States £370,370
1989 Jersey Derby Awe Inspiring C. R. McGaughey III United States £74,074
1989 Test Stakes Safely Kept Alan E. Goldberg United States £370,370
1988 Christophe Clement Turf Stakes Anka Germania Tom Skiffington United States £555,556
1988 Jersey Derby Dynaformer D. Wayne Lukas United States £74,074
1988 Lamplighter Stakes Mi Selecto Eduardo Azpurua United States £44,444
1987 Acorn Stakes Grecian Flight Joseph H. Pierce Jr. United States £370,370
1987 Belmont Stakes Bet Twice Jimmy Croll United States £1,481,481£1.5m
1987 Fountain of Youth Stakes Bet Twice Warren Croll United States £296,296
1987 Haskell Stakes Bet Twice Jimmy Croll United States £740,741
1987 Lamplighter Stakes Clever Secret D. Wayne Lukas United States £44,444
1987 New York Stakes Anka Germania Thomas J. Skiffington Jr. United States £555,556
1986 Lafayette Stakes Numero Uno Pass James J. Crupi United States £296,296
1986 Lamplighter Stakes One Magic Moment Joseph Pierce Jr. United States £44,444
1986 Swale Stakes One Magic Moment Joseph H. Pierce Jr. United States £129,630
1986 Tampa Bay Derby My Prince Charming Newcomb Green United States £296,296
1986 Test Stakes Storm and Sunshine Thomas J. Kelly United States £370,370
1984 Bay Shore Stakes Secret Prince William V. Terrill United States £111,111
1984 Breeders' Cup Sprint Eillo Budd Lepman United States £1,481,481£1.5m
1982 Cotillion Handicap Lady Eleanor Bruce N. Levine United States £740,741
1981 Haskell Stakes Five Star Flight Ben W. Perkins Sr. United States £740,741
1981 Jersey Derby Five Star Flight Ben W. Perkins Sr. United States £74,074
1977 Florida Derby Ruthie's Native Eugene Jacobs United States £740,741
1977 Fountain of Youth Stakes Ruthies Native Eugene Jacobs United States £296,296
1976 Lamplighter Stakes Modred Willard C. Freeman United States £44,444
1976 Lexington Stakes (NYRA) Modred Willard C. Freeman United States £74,074
1976 Spinster Stakes Optimistic Gal LeRoy Jolley United States £481,481
1975 Lamplighter Stakes Embassy Row Lawrence W. Jennings United States £44,444
1974 Lafayette Stakes Paris Dust Smiley Adams United States £296,296
1974 Risen Star Stakes Heavy Mayonnaise Don Kempfer United States £370,370

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 Craig Perret wins

2 countries

Country Wins Share Biggest race won there
United States 76 92% Kentucky Derby
Canada 7 8% King's Plate

The riders either side

Ranked 70th of 216 on big-race wins

# Jockey Wins Races Span Biggest win
60 Alfred Gibert 88 59 1971 to 1990 £833,333
61 Andreas Suborics 88 56 1995 to 2015 £2,850,000£2.9m
62 Edgar Prado 87 56 1993 to 2020 £3,703,704£3.7m
63 Florent Geroux 86 60 2011 to 2026 £8,888,889£8.9m
64 Johnny Murtagh 86 56 1991 to 2013 £4,166,667£4.2m
65 Eddie Maple 86 48 1970 to 1997 £1,481,481£1.5m
66 Olivier Doleuze 86 57 1992 to 2018 £3,040,000£3.0m
67 Richard Johnson 86 51 1996 to 2019 £646,880
68 Georg Bocskai 85 33 1977 to 2000 £541,667
69 Garrett K. Gomez 84 64 1992 to 2013 £1,481,481£1.5m
71 John Reid 83 68 1978 to 2001 £4,166,667£4.2m
72 Dario Vargiu 83 33 2001 to 2025 £541,667
73 Braulio Baeza 79 38 1960 to 1976 £3,703,704£3.7m
74 Mirco Demuro 79 45 1998 to 2018 £8,888,889£8.9m
75 James Doyle 79 63 2012 to 2026 £4,444,444£4.4m
76 Greville Starkey 78 49 1963 to 1989 £4,166,667£4.2m
77 Rafael Bejarano 77 58 2004 to 2025 £1,481,481£1.5m
78 Sandy Hawley 75 37 1970 to 1997 £925,926
79 Richard Hills 74 59 1985 to 2011 £8,888,889£8.9m
80 Philippe Paquet 74 58 1974 to 1984 £2,280,000£2.3m

Frequently asked questions

How many big races has Craig Perret won?

83, across 61 different races between 1974 and 2002. That is 70th of the 216 jockeys on this site.

What is the biggest race Craig Perret has won?

the Kentucky Derby, worth £3,703,704 and run in the United States. Craig Perret won it in 1990.

Which race has Craig Perret won most often?

the Lamplighter Stakes, 5 times at Monmouth Park Racetrack. 14 of these races have gone to Craig Perret more than once.

How much prize money has Craig Perret 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: 83 wins, the biggest of them worth £3,703,704.

When did Craig Perret win these races?

Between 1974 and 2002. The busiest spell was 1989-91, with 27 of them.

Where to next

The races Craig Perret has won, and the riders around them

The races Craig Perret has won

The riders either side

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