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JOCKEY · 163rd BY BIG-RACE WINS

Jean Cruguet

39 wins in the world's richest races between 1969 and 1990, across 30 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 39
BIGGEST WIN £3.8m
RACES WON 30
FIRST AND LAST 1969 to 1990
COUNTRIES 3

When the wins came

39 wins from 1969 to 1990, in 2-year spells

Best spell: 1978-79, 7 wins

A list of winners sorted by date reads as one long run. Drawn, it has a shape: Jean Cruguet took 7 of these 39 in 1978-79 alone.

The races Jean Cruguet keeps winning

By number of wins

7 won more than once

Lexington Stakes (NYRA) 3 Wood Memorial Stakes 2 New York Stakes 2 Alabama Stakes 2 Diana Stakes 2 National Museum of Racing Hall of Fame Stakes 2 Hopeful Stakes 2 Kentucky Derby 1 Belmont Stakes 1 Preakness Stakes 1 Blue Grass Stakes 1 Cotillion Handicap 1

Every big race Jean Cruguet has won

39 winners, newest first

30 different races

Year Race Horse Trainer Country Worth
1990 Federico Tesio Stakes Smelly Craig Nicholson United States £93,985
1989 National Museum of Racing Hall of Fame Stakes Orange Sunshine Jimmy Croll United States £300,752
1989 Ogden Phipps Stakes Rose's Cantina LeRoy Jolley United States £375,940
1988 Cotillion Handicap Aquaba Scotty Schulhofer United States £751,880
1987 Diana Stakes Bailrullah William W. Wright United States £375,940
1986 Diana Stakes Duty Dance C. R. McGaughey III United States £375,940
1986 Spinaway Stakes Tappiano Scotty Schulhofer United States £225,564
1985 National Museum of Racing Hall of Fame Stakes Duluth Flint S. Schulhofer United States £300,752
1984 Coaching Club American Oaks Class Play LeRoy Jolley United States £375,940
1984 Dwyer Stakes Track Barron LeRoy Jolley United States £150,376
1984 Wood Memorial Stakes Leroy S. Jan Nerud United States £563,910
1983 Alabama Stakes Spit Curl LeRoy Jolley United States £451,128
1983 Blue Grass Stakes Play Fellow Harvey L. Vanier United States £939,850
1983 Lexington Stakes (NYRA) Kilauea William H. Turner Jr. United States £75,188
1980 Hill Prince Stakes Ben Fab Jacques Dumas United States £150,376
1980 Lamplighter Stakes Harvest Hero Guy J. Lyon United States £45,113
1979 Jerome Stakes Czaravich William H. Turner Jr. United States £112,782
1979 New York Stakes La Soufriere Eugene Jacobs United States £563,910
1979 Saranac Stakes Told Philip G. Johnson United States £112,782
1979 Withers Stakes Czaravich William H. Turner Jr. United States £187,970
1978 Coronation Futurity Stakes Medaille d'Or Yonnie Starr Canada £134,200
1978 Lexington Stakes (NYRA) Mac Diarmida Flint S. Schulhofer United States £75,188
1978 Secretariat Stakes Mac Diarmida Flint S. Schulhofer United States £375,940
1977 Belmont Stakes Seattle Slew William H. Turner Jr. United States £1,503,759£1.5m
1977 Kentucky Derby Seattle Slew Billy Turner Jr. United States £3,759,399£3.8m
1977 Preakness Stakes Seattle Slew Bill Turner United States £1,503,759£1.5m
1977 Wood Memorial Stakes Seattle Slew William H. Turner Jr. United States £563,910
1976 Champagne Stakes Seattle Slew William H. Turner Jr. United States £375,940
1976 Hopeful Stakes Banquet Table George T. Poole Jr. United States £225,564
1975 Alabama Stakes Spout Victor J. Nickerson United States £451,128
1975 Hopeful Stakes Jackknife John P. Campo United States £225,564
1974 Manhattan Stakes Golden Don Kay Erik Jensen United States £751,880
1972 Poule d'Essai des Pouliches Mata Hari Angel Penna France £427,350
1972 Prix Morny Filiberto Angel Penna Sr. France £299,145
1971 Bay Shore Stakes Hoist The Flag Sidney Watters Jr. United States £112,782
1971 New York Stakes Princess Pout Michael Smithwick United States £563,910
1970 Lexington Stakes (NYRA) Naskra Philip G. Johnson United States £75,188
1969 Metropolitan Handicap Arts and Letters J. Elliott Burch United States £751,880

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 Jean Cruguet wins

3 countries

Country Wins Share Biggest race won there
United States 35 90% Kentucky Derby
France 2 5% Poule d'Essai des Pouliches
Canada 1 3% Coronation Futurity Stakes

The riders either side

Ranked 163rd of 216 on big-race wins

# Jockey Wins Races Span Biggest win
153 Sir Gordon Richards 41 16 1929 to 1954 £1,500,000£1.5m
154 Paddy Brennan 41 32 2005 to 2023 £646,880
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
164 Bobby Ussery 39 25 1957 to 1974 £3,759,399£3.8m
165 Cornelio Velásquez 39 33 1992 to 2014 £1,503,759£1.5m
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

Frequently asked questions

How many big races has Jean Cruguet won?

39, across 30 different races between 1969 and 1990. That is 163rd of the 216 jockeys on this site.

What is the biggest race Jean Cruguet has won?

the Kentucky Derby, worth £3,759,399 and run in the United States. Jean Cruguet won it in 1977.

Which race has Jean Cruguet won most often?

the Lexington Stakes (NYRA), 3 times at Aqueduct Racetrack. 7 of these races have gone to Jean Cruguet more than once.

How much prize money has Jean Cruguet 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 £3,759,399.

When did Jean Cruguet win these races?

Between 1969 and 1990. The busiest spell was 1978-79, with 7 of them.

Where to next

The races Jean Cruguet has won, and the riders around them

The races Jean Cruguet has won

The riders either side

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