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JOCKEY · 105th BY BIG-RACE WINS

Jacinto Vásquez

56 wins in the world's richest races between 1967 and 1992, across 40 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 56
BIGGEST WIN £3.8m
RACES WON 40
FIRST AND LAST 1967 to 1992
COUNTRIES 1

When the wins came

56 wins from 1967 to 1992, in 3-year spells

Best spell: 1974-76, 13 wins

A list of winners sorted by date reads as one long run. Drawn, it has a shape: Jacinto Vásquez took 13 of these 56 in 1974-76 alone.

The races Jacinto Vásquez keeps winning

By number of wins

13 won more than once

Coaching Club American Oaks 3 Test Stakes 3 Gotham Stakes 3 Kentucky Derby 2 Blue Grass Stakes 2 Wood Memorial Stakes 2 Ohio Derby 2 Champagne Stakes 2 Ogden Phipps Stakes 2 Acorn Stakes 2 Withers Stakes 2 Jersey Derby 2

Every big race Jacinto Vásquez has won

56 winners, newest first

40 different races

Year Race Horse Trainer Country Worth
1992 Blue Grass Stakes Pistols and Roses George Gianos United States £939,850
1991 James W. Murphy Stakes Link Howard M. Tesher United States £75,188
1990 Ohio Derby Private School Donald Habeeb United States £375,940
1990 Woody Stephens Stakes Adjudicating Claude R. McGaughey III United States £375,940
1989 Champagne Stakes Adjudicating Claude R. McGaughey III United States £375,940
1988 Blue Grass Stakes Granacus Pat Collins United States £939,850
1988 Spinster Stakes Hail a Cab Philip M. Hauswald United States £488,722
1987 Hollywood Derby Political Ambition Neil D. Drysdale United States £300,752
1987 Turf Classic Stakes Manila LeRoy Jolley United States £1,127,820£1.1m
1986 Breeders' Cup Sprint Smile Scotty Schulhofer United States £1,503,759£1.5m
1986 Gotham Stakes Mogambo LeRoy Jolley United States £225,564
1985 Arlington Classic Smile Frank Gomez United States £75,188
1985 Carry Back Stakes Smile Frank Gomez United States £112,782
1985 Louisiana Derby Violado William E. Burch United States £751,880
1985 Manhattan Stakes Cool Angel Penna Jr. United States £751,880
1985 Withers Stakes El Basco Woodrow Sedlacek United States £187,970
1983 Alcibiades Stakes Lucky Lucky Lucky D. Wayne Lukas United States £488,722
1983 Ashland Stakes Princess Rooney Frank Gomez United States £375,940
1983 Diana Stakes Hush Dear J. Elliott Burch United States £375,940
1983 Jersey Derby World Appeal Scotty Schulhofer United States £75,188
1983 Kentucky Oaks Princess Rooney Frank Gomez United States £1,127,820£1.1m
1982 Coaching Club American Oaks Christmas Past Angel Penna Jr. United States £375,940
1982 Ohio Derby Spanish Drums Antonio Arcodia United States £375,940
1982 Pennsylvania Derby Spanish Drums Anthony Arcodia United States £751,880
1980 Kentucky Derby Genuine Risk LeRoy Jolley United States £3,759,399£3.8m
1979 Gotham Stakes General Assembly LeRoy Jolley United States £225,564
1978 Albany Stakes Fio Rito Michael S. Ferraro United States £187,970
1978 Jerome Stakes Sensitive Prince H. Allen Jerkens United States £112,782
1978 Ogden Phipps Stakes Dottie's Doll Paul A. Healy United States £375,940
1976 Christophe Clement Turf Stakes Arabian Law David A. Whiteley United States £563,910
1976 Coaching Club American Oaks Revidere David A. Whiteley United States £375,940
1976 Cotillion Handicap Revidere David A. Whiteley United States £751,880
1976 Gotham Stakes Zen David A. Whiteley United States £225,564
1976 Lexington Stakes (NYRA) Fabled Monarch Woody Stephens United States £75,188
1975 Acorn Stakes Ruffian Frank Y. Whiteley Jr. United States £375,940
1975 Coaching Club American Oaks Ruffian Frank Y. Whiteley Jr. United States £375,940
1975 Kentucky Derby Foolish Pleasure LeRoy Jolley United States £3,759,399£3.8m
1975 Test Stakes My Juliet Leland G. Ripley United States £375,940
1975 Wood Memorial Stakes Foolish Pleasure LeRoy Jolley United States £563,910
1974 Champagne Stakes Foolish Pleasure LeRoy Jolley United States £375,940
1974 Clásico del Caribe Barremina Alberto Paz Rodriguez £225,564
1974 Test Stakes Quaza Quilt Charles R. Parke United States £375,940
1973 Frizette Stakes Bundler Anthony L. Basile United States £300,752
1973 Whitney Stakes Onion H. Allen Jerkens United States £751,880
1973 Wood Memorial Stakes Angle Light Lucien Laurin United States £563,910
1972 American Derby Dubassoff Thomas J. Kelly United States £75,188
1972 Ogden Phipps Stakes Summer Guest J. Elliott Burch United States £375,940
1972 Round Table Stakes King's Bishop Thomas J. Kelly United States £75,188
1972 Test Stakes Numbered Account Roger Laurin United States £375,940
1971 Hopeful Stakes Rest Your Case MacKenzie Miller United States £225,564
1971 Jersey Derby Bold Reasoning Nick Gonzales United States £75,188
1971 Saranac Stakes Salem Edward L. Holton United States £112,782
1971 Withers Stakes Bold Reasoning Nick Gonzales United States £187,970
1970 Lexington Stakes (NYRA) Roman Scout Clyde Troutt United States £75,188
1968 New York Stakes Ludham Frank I. Wright United States £563,910
1967 Acorn Stakes Furl Sail John L. Winans United States £375,940

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 105th of 216 on big-race wins

# Jockey Wins Races Span Biggest win
95 Sylvain Guillot 64 51 1992 to 2000 £854,701
96 Joe Mercer 62 30 1955 to 1984 £2,280,000£2.3m
97 Jose Lezcano 60 50 2006 to 2025 £2,631,579£2.6m
98 Edgar S. Prado 60 39 1998 to 2016 £1,503,759£1.5m
99 Richard Quinn 60 49 1983 to 2005 £700,000
100 Gary W. Moore 59 49 1975 to 1990 £4,273,504£4.3m
101 Tyler Gaffalione 58 48 2017 to 2026 £2,631,579£2.6m
102 Paul Townend 58 31 2011 to 2026 £1,000,000£1.0m
103 Harry Cobden 58 34 2016 to 2026 £250,000
104 Nico de Boinville 57 34 2014 to 2026 £646,880
106 Julien Leparoux 56 45 2006 to 2025 £1,503,759£1.5m
107 Oisin Murphy 56 47 2015 to 2026 £5,493,600£5.5m
108 Johnny Longden 55 29 1936 to 1964 £3,759,399£3.8m
109 Joe Bravo 55 42 1994 to 2022 £1,503,759£1.5m
110 John Velazquez 54 35 1995 to 2024 £9,022,556£9.0m
111 Umberto Rispoli 54 45 2008 to 2025 £2,850,000£2.9m
112 David R. Flores 53 42 1991 to 2013 £1,879,699£1.9m
113 Michael Hills 53 35 1988 to 2011 £3,800,000£3.8m
114 Thierry Gillet 53 44 1993 to 2008 £4,273,504£4.3m
115 Yutaka Take 52 31 1994 to 2024 £5,493,600£5.5m

Frequently asked questions

How many big races has Jacinto Vásquez won?

56, across 40 different races between 1967 and 1992. That is 105th of the 216 jockeys on this site.

What is the biggest race Jacinto Vásquez has won?

the Kentucky Derby, worth £3,759,399 and run in the United States. Jacinto Vásquez won it in 1980, 1975.

Which race has Jacinto Vásquez won most often?

the Coaching Club American Oaks, 3 times at Saratoga Race Course. 13 of these races have gone to Jacinto Vásquez more than once.

How much prize money has Jacinto Vásquez 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: 56 wins, the biggest of them worth £3,759,399.

When did Jacinto Vásquez win these races?

Between 1967 and 1992. The busiest spell was 1974-76, with 13 of them.

Where to next

The races Jacinto Vásquez has won, and the riders around them

The races Jacinto Vásquez has won

The riders either side

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