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JOCKEY · 204th BY BIG-RACE WINS

João Moreira

31 wins in the world's richest races between 2014 and 2023, across 18 different races. The biggest is Dubai Turf, worth £4,511,278.

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 31
BIGGEST WIN £4.5m
RACES WON 18
FIRST AND LAST 2014 to 2023
COUNTRIES 3

When the wins came

31 wins from 2014 to 2023, in years

Best spell: 2014, 6 wins

A list of winners sorted by date reads as one long run. Drawn, it has a shape: João Moreira took 6 of these 31 in 2014 alone.

The races João Moreira keeps winning

By number of wins

9 won more than once

Centenary Sprint Cup 4 Lion Rock Trophy 4 Hong Kong Vase 3 Hong Kong Gold Cup 3 Hong Kong Stewards' Cup 3 Hong Kong Sprint 2 Hong Kong Derby 2 Queen's Silver Jubilee Cup 2 Celebration Cup 2 Dubai Turf 1 Hong Kong Cup 1 Hong Kong Mile 1

Every big race João Moreira has won

31 winners, newest first

18 different races

Year Race Horse Trainer Country Worth
2023 Japan Breeding Farms' Cup Classic King's Sword Ryo Terashima Japan £856,800
2021 Centenary Sprint Cup Hot King Prawn John Size Hong Kong £1,140,000£1.1m
2021 Hong Kong Derby Sky Darci Caspar Fownes Hong Kong £2,280,000£2.3m
2021 Hong Kong Vase Glory Vase Tomohito Ozeki (Japan) Hong Kong £2,280,000£2.3m
2021 Lion Rock Trophy Sky Darci Caspar Fownes Hong Kong £308,750
2021 Queen's Silver Jubilee Cup Waikuku John Size Hong Kong £1,140,000£1.1m
2020 Centenary Sprint Cup Beat The Clock John Size Hong Kong £1,140,000£1.1m
2020 Hong Kong Gold Cup Time Warp Tony Cruz Hong Kong £1,140,000£1.1m
2020 Hong Kong Stewards' Cup Waikuku John Size Hong Kong £1,140,000£1.1m
2019 Centenary Sprint Cup Beat The Clock John Size Hong Kong £1,140,000£1.1m
2019 Chairman's Sprint Prize Beat The Clock John Size Hong Kong £1,900,000£1.9m
2019 Hong Kong Sprint Beat The Clock John Size (Hong Kong) Hong Kong £2,470,000£2.5m
2019 Hong Kong Vase Glory Vase Tomohito Ozeki (Japan) Hong Kong £2,280,000£2.3m
2019 Lion Rock Trophy Champion's Way John Size Hong Kong £308,750
2018 Hong Kong Stewards' Cup Seasons Bloom Danny Shum Chap-shing Hong Kong £1,140,000£1.1m
2018 Lion Rock Trophy The Golden Age Tony Cruz Hong Kong £308,750
2017 Dubai Turf Vivlos Yasuo Tomomichi United Arab Emirates £4,511,278£4.5m
2017 Hong Kong Derby Rapper Dragon † John Moore Hong Kong £2,280,000£2.3m
2017 Queen Elizabeth II Cup Neorealism Noriyuki Hori (Japan) Hong Kong £2,850,000£2.9m
2016 Celebration Cup Joyful Trinity John Moore Hong Kong £308,750
2016 Hong Kong Vase Satono Crown Noriyuki Hori (Japan) Hong Kong £2,280,000£2.3m
2016 Lion Rock Trophy Rapper Dragon John Moore Hong Kong £308,750
2015 Celebration Cup Contentment John Size Hong Kong £308,750
2015 Hong Kong Gold Cup Designs on Rome John Moore Hong Kong £1,140,000£1.1m
2015 Hong Kong Sprint Peniaphobia Tony Cruz (Hong Kong) Hong Kong £2,470,000£2.5m
2015 Hong Kong Stewards' Cup Able Friend John Moore Hong Kong £1,140,000£1.1m
2015 Queen's Silver Jubilee Cup Able Friend John Moore Hong Kong £1,140,000£1.1m
2015 Sha Tin Trophy Contentment John Size Hong Kong £403,750
2014 Al Quoz Sprint Amber Sky Ricky Yiu Poon-fai United Arab Emirates £751,880
2014 Centenary Sprint Cup Amber Sky Ricky Yiu Poon-fai Hong Kong £1,140,000£1.1m
2014 Dubai Golden Shaheen Sterling City John Moore United Arab Emirates £1,503,759£1.5m
2014 Hong Kong Cup Designs On Rome John Moore Hong Kong £3,800,000£3.8m
2014 Hong Kong Gold Cup Military Attack John Moore Hong Kong £1,140,000£1.1m
2014 Hong Kong Mile Able Friend John Moore (Hong Kong) Hong Kong £3,040,000£3.0m

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 João Moreira wins

3 countries

Country Wins Share Biggest race won there
Hong Kong 30 97% Hong Kong Cup
United Arab Emirates 3 10% Dubai Turf
Japan 1 3% Japan Breeding Farms' Cup Classic

The riders either side

Ranked 204th of 216 on big-race wins

# Jockey Wins Races Span Biggest win
194 Pat Taaffe 34 15 1953 to 1970 £1,000,000£1.0m
195 Noel Harris 34 17 1972 to 2014 £581,400
196 Ismael Valenzuela 33 22 1956 to 1974 £3,759,399£3.8m
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
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
207 Eibar Coa 31 22 1997 to 2010 £1,503,759£1.5m
208 Ted Durcan 31 28 2000 to 2013 £4,511,278£4.5m
209 Pat Smullen 31 18 1998 to 2016 £1,500,000£1.5m
210 Avelino Gomez 31 12 1956 to 1976 £536,800
211 Tom Scudamore 31 21 2001 to 2021 £375,000
212 Johnny Sellers 30 29 1958 to 1972 £3,759,399£3.8m
213 Eddie Belmonte 30 22 1966 to 1974 £1,503,759£1.5m
214 Seamie Heffernan 30 16 1999 to 2026 £3,759,399£3.8m

Frequently asked questions

How many big races has João Moreira won?

31, across 18 different races between 2014 and 2023. That is 204th of the 216 jockeys on this site.

What is the biggest race João Moreira has won?

Dubai Turf, worth £4,511,278 and run in the United Arab Emirates. João Moreira won it in 2017.

Which race has João Moreira won most often?

the Centenary Sprint Cup, 4 times at Sha Tin Racecourse. 9 of these races have gone to João Moreira more than once.

How much prize money has João Moreira 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: 31 wins, the biggest of them worth £4,511,278.

When did João Moreira win these races?

Between 2014 and 2023. The busiest spell was 2014, with 6 of them.

Where to next

The races João Moreira has won, and the riders around them

The races João Moreira has won

The riders either side

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