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JOCKEY · 183rd BY BIG-RACE WINS

Garrett Gomez

35 wins in the world's richest races between 1994 and 2012, across 29 different races. The biggest is the Breeders' Cup Classic, worth £5,263,158.

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 £5.3m
RACES WON 29
FIRST AND LAST 1994 to 2012
COUNTRIES 2

When the wins came

35 wins from 1994 to 2012, in 2-year spells

Best spell: 2006-07, 13 wins

A list of winners sorted by date reads as one long run. Drawn, it has a shape: Garrett Gomez took 13 of these 35 in 2006-07 alone.

The races Garrett Gomez keeps winning

By number of wins

9 won more than once

Breeders' Cup Juvenile 2 Breeders' Cup Sprint 2 Arkansas Derby 2 Spinster Stakes 2 Beholder Mile Stakes 2 Del Mar Futurity 2 Del Mar Derby 2 Northern Dancer Stakes 2 Sir Barton Stakes 2 Breeders' Cup Classic 1 Breeders' Cup Mile 1 Kentucky Oaks 1

Every big race Garrett Gomez has won

35 winners, newest first

29 different races

Year Race Horse Trainer Country Worth
2012 Beholder Mile Stakes Love Theway Youare Myung Kwon Cho United States £375,940
2011 Beholder Mile Stakes Blind Luck Jerry Hollendorfer United States £375,940
2011 Del Mar Derby Banned Tom Proctor United States £187,970
2010 Breeders' Cup Classic Blame Albert Stall Jr. United States £5,263,158£5.3m
2010 Hollywood Derby Haimish Hy Art Sherman United States £300,752
2010 Northern Dancer Stakes Colizeo Todd Pletcher United States £93,985
2010 San Rafael Stakes Conveyance Bob Baffert United States £112,782
2010 Whitney Stakes Blame Albert Stall Jr. United States £751,880
2009 Del Mar Futurity Lookin at Lucky Bob Baffert United States £225,564
2009 Kentucky Cup Sprint Stakes El Brujo Malcolm Pierce United States £75,188
2009 Manhattan Stakes Gio Ponti Christophe Clement United States £751,880
2008 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Midshipman Bob Baffert United States £1,503,759£1.5m
2008 Breeders' Cup Sprint Midnight Lute Bob Baffert United States £1,503,759£1.5m
2008 Jefferson Cup Stakes Tizdejavu Gregory Fox United States £75,188
2008 Sunshine Millions Classic Go Between William I. Mott United States £150,376
2007 Breeders' Cup Sprint Midnight Lute Bob Baffert United States £1,503,759£1.5m
2007 Frizette Stakes Indian Blessing Bob Baffert United States £300,752
2007 Godolphin Mile Spring at Last Douglas F. O'Neill United Arab Emirates £751,880
2007 Kentucky Oaks Rags to Riches Todd A. Pletcher United States £1,127,820£1.1m
2007 Select Stakes Cobalt Blue Douglas F. O'Neill United States £45,113
2007 Spinster Stakes Panty Raid Todd A. Pletcher United States £488,722
2006 Baldwin Stakes Fast Parade Peter Miller United States £75,188
2006 Belmont Oaks Magnificent Song Todd A. Pletcher United States £451,128
2006 Blue Grass Stakes Sinister Minister Bob Baffert United States £939,850
2006 Jerome Stakes Discreet Cat Saeed bin Suroor United States £112,782
2006 Northern Dancer Stakes High Cotton Todd Pletcher United States £93,985
2006 Sir Barton Stakes High Cotton Todd A. Pletcher United States £75,188
2006 Wood Memorial Stakes Bob and John Bob Baffert United States £563,910
2005 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Stevie Wonderboy Doug O'Neill United States £1,503,759£1.5m
2005 Breeders' Cup Mile Artie Schiller James A. Jerkens United States £1,503,759£1.5m
2005 Del Mar Derby Willow O Wisp Vladimir Cerin United States £187,970
2005 Del Mar Futurity Stevie Wonderboy Doug O'Neill United States £225,564
2005 Jockey Club Gold Cup Borrego C. Beau Greely United States £751,880
2000 Spinster Stakes Plenty of Light W. Elliott Walden United States £488,722
1997 American Derby Honor Glide Jim Day United States £75,188
1995 Arkansas Derby Dazzling Falls Chuck Turco United States £939,850
1994 Arkansas Derby Concern Richard W. Small United States £939,850
1994 Sir Barton Stakes Kayacan John B. Secor United States £75,188

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 Garrett Gomez wins

2 countries

Country Wins Share Biggest race won there
United States 37 106% Breeders' Cup Classic
United Arab Emirates 1 3% Godolphin Mile

The riders either side

Ranked 183rd of 216 on big-race wins

# Jockey Wins Races Span Biggest win
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
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
184 Geoff Lewis 35 26 1960 to 1977 £4,273,504£4.3m
185 Alex O. Solis 35 20 1985 to 2015 £1,127,820£1.1m
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

Frequently asked questions

How many big races has Garrett Gomez won?

35, across 29 different races between 1994 and 2012. That is 183rd of the 216 jockeys on this site.

What is the biggest race Garrett Gomez has won?

the Breeders' Cup Classic, worth £5,263,158 and run in the United States. Garrett Gomez won it in 2010.

Which race has Garrett Gomez won most often?

the Breeders' Cup Juvenile, 2 times at North America. 9 of these races have gone to Garrett Gomez more than once.

How much prize money has Garrett Gomez 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 £5,263,158.

When did Garrett Gomez win these races?

Between 1994 and 2012. The busiest spell was 2006-07, with 13 of them.

Where to next

The races Garrett Gomez has won, and the riders around them

The races Garrett Gomez has won

The riders either side

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