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JOCKEY · 196th BY BIG-RACE WINS

Ismael Valenzuela

33 wins in the world's richest races between 1956 and 1974, across 22 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 33
BIGGEST WIN £3.8m
RACES WON 22
FIRST AND LAST 1956 to 1974
COUNTRIES 1

When the wins came

33 wins from 1956 to 1974, in 2-year spells

Best spell: 1958-59, 6 wins

A list of winners sorted by date reads as one long run. Drawn, it has a shape: Ismael Valenzuela took 6 of these 33 in 1958-59 alone.

The races Ismael Valenzuela keeps winning

By number of wins

9 won more than once

Jockey Club Gold Cup 3 San Miguel Stakes 3 Kentucky Derby 2 Preakness Stakes 2 Whitney Stakes 2 New York Stakes 2 Spinaway Stakes 2 San Vicente Stakes 2 Bay Shore Stakes 2 Blue Grass Stakes 1 Manhattan Stakes 1 Pat Day Mile Stakes 1

Every big race Ismael Valenzuela has won

33 winners, newest first

22 different races

Year Race Horse Trainer Country Worth
1974 Santa Anita Derby Destroyer Monti C. Sims United States £375,940
1968 American Derby Forward Pass Henry Forrest United States £75,188
1968 Arlington Classic Exclusive Native Ivan H. Parke United States £75,188
1968 Blue Grass Stakes Forward Pass Henry Forrest United States £939,850
1968 Kentucky Derby Forward Pass Henry Forrest United States £3,759,399£3.8m
1968 Preakness Stakes Forward Pass Henry Forrest United States £1,503,759£1.5m
1967 Alcibiades Stakes Lady Tramp Richard J. Fischer United States £488,722
1967 Robert B. Lewis Stakes Serve Notice Ted Saladin United States £150,376
1965 Bay Shore Stakes Flag Raiser Hirsch Jacobs United States £112,782
1965 San Miguel Stakes Hempen Steve Ippolito United States £52,632
1965 Whitney Stakes Kelso Carl Hanford United States £751,880
1964 Jockey Club Gold Cup Kelso Carl Hanford United States £751,880
1963 Jockey Club Gold Cup Kelso Carl Hanford United States £751,880
1963 San Miguel Stakes Royal Grounded Cecil C. Jolly United States £52,632
1963 Whitney Stakes Kelso Carl Hanford United States £751,880
1962 Bay Shore Stakes Duc d'Or Monte Parke United States £112,782
1962 Jockey Club Gold Cup Kelso Carl Hanford United States £751,880
1962 Spinaway Stakes Affectionately Hirsch Jacobs United States £225,564
1961 Manhattan Stakes Nickel Boy Walter A. Kelley United States £751,880
1961 Spinaway Stakes Cicada Casey Hayes United States £225,564
1960 New York Stakes Nickle Boy Walter A. Kelley United States £563,910
1960 San Vicente Stakes John William George Auerbach United States £150,376
1959 Bing Crosby Stakes Ole Fols William B. Finnegan United States £300,752
1959 Champagne Stakes Warfare Hack Ross United States £375,940
1958 Coaching Club American Oaks A Glitter Horace A. Jones United States £375,940
1958 Kentucky Derby Tim Tam Jimmy Jones United States £3,759,399£3.8m
1958 Pat Day Mile Stakes Tim Tam Horace A. Jones United States £563,910
1958 Preakness Stakes Tim Tam Horace A. Jones United States £1,503,759£1.5m
1957 Del Mar Oaks Royal Rasher Frank E. Childs United States £225,564
1957 San Miguel Stakes Buford Willie Alvarado United States £52,632
1957 San Vicente Stakes Buford Willie Alvarado United States £150,376
1956 Discovery Stakes Reneged Homer C. Pardue United States £112,782
1956 New York Stakes Nearque II Carl A. Roles United States £563,910

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 196th of 216 on big-race wins

# Jockey Wins Races Span Biggest win
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
194 Pat Taaffe 34 15 1953 to 1970 £1,000,000£1.0m
195 Noel Harris 34 17 1972 to 2014 £581,400
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
206 Conn McCreary 31 21 1941 to 1958 £3,759,399£3.8m

Frequently asked questions

How many big races has Ismael Valenzuela won?

33, across 22 different races between 1956 and 1974. That is 196th of the 216 jockeys on this site.

What is the biggest race Ismael Valenzuela has won?

the Kentucky Derby, worth £3,759,399 and run in the United States. Ismael Valenzuela won it in 1968, 1958.

Which race has Ismael Valenzuela won most often?

the Jockey Club Gold Cup, 3 times at Belmont Park. 9 of these races have gone to Ismael Valenzuela more than once.

How much prize money has Ismael Valenzuela 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: 33 wins, the biggest of them worth £3,759,399.

When did Ismael Valenzuela win these races?

Between 1956 and 1974. The busiest spell was 1958-59, with 6 of them.

Where to next

The races Ismael Valenzuela has won, and the riders around them

The races Ismael Valenzuela has won

The riders either side

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