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JOCKEY · 142nd BY BIG-RACE WINS

John L. Rotz

42 wins in the world's richest races between 1956 and 1973, across 30 different races. The biggest is the Belmont Stakes, worth £1,503,759.

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 42
BIGGEST WIN £1.5m
RACES WON 30
FIRST AND LAST 1956 to 1973
COUNTRIES 1

When the wins came

42 wins from 1956 to 1973, in 2-year spells

Best spell: 1970-71, 8 wins

A list of winners sorted by date reads as one long run. Drawn, it has a shape: John L. Rotz took 8 of these 42 in 1970-71 alone.

The races John L. Rotz keeps winning

By number of wins

10 won more than once

Champagne Stakes 3 Saranac Stakes 3 Metropolitan Handicap 2 Wood Memorial Stakes 2 Spinster Stakes 2 Alabama Stakes 2 Acorn Stakes 2 Test Stakes 2 Jim Dandy Stakes 2 Hopeful Stakes 2 Belmont Stakes 1 Preakness Stakes 1

Every big race John L. Rotz has won

42 winners, newest first

30 different races

Year Race Horse Trainer Country Worth
1973 Beholder Mile Stakes Convenience Willard L. Proctor United States £375,940
1972 Ashland Stakes Barely Even Lou M. Goldfine United States £375,940
1972 Champagne Stakes Stop The Music * John M. Gaver Sr. United States £375,940
1971 Acorn Stakes Deceit Del W. Carroll United States £375,940
1971 Lexington Stakes (NYRA) Bold Reason Angel Penna Sr. United States £75,188
1970 Belmont Stakes High Echelon John W. Jacobs United States £1,503,759£1.5m
1970 Cotillion Handicap Office Queen Budd Lepman United States £751,880
1970 Hopeful Stakes Proudest Roman Woody Stephens United States £225,564
1970 Ogden Phipps Stakes Ta Wee Scotty Schulhofer United States £375,940
1970 Personal Ensign Stakes Obeah Henry S. Clark United States £375,940
1970 Saranac Stakes Silent Screen J. Bowes Bond United States £112,782
1969 Champagne Stakes Silent Screen J. Bowes Bond United States £375,940
1969 Spinster Stakes Gallant Bloom William J. Hirsch United States £488,722
1968 Alabama Stakes Gay Matelda Casey Hayes United States £451,128
1968 Bay Shore Stakes Verbatim Victor J. Nickerson United States £112,782
1968 Gotham Stakes Verbatim James P. Conway United States £225,564
1968 Metropolitan Handicap In Reality Melvin Calvert United States £751,880
1968 Test Stakes Heartland Max Hirsch United States £375,940
1967 Saranac Stakes Bold Hour Bert Mulholland United States £112,782
1966 Hopeful Stakes Bold Hour Bert Mulholland United States £225,564
1966 Jim Dandy Stakes Indulto Max Hirsch United States £375,940
1966 Spinaway Stakes Silver True Ivor G. Balding United States £225,564
1966 Withers Stakes Indulto Max Hirsch United States £187,970
1965 Alabama Stakes What A Treat Sylvester E. Veitch United States £451,128
1965 Florida Derby Native Charger Raymond F. Metcalf United States £751,880
1964 Acorn Stakes Castle Forbes Edward A. Neloy United States £375,940
1964 Jerome Stakes Irvkup Burley Parke United States £112,782
1964 Jim Dandy Stakes Malicious John M. Gaver Sr. United States £375,940
1964 Test Stakes Time For Bed John M. Gaver Sr. United States £375,940
1963 Champagne Stakes Roman Brother Burley Parke United States £375,940
1963 Wood Memorial Stakes No Robbery John M. Gaver Sr. United States £563,910
1962 Metropolitan Handicap Carry Back Jack A. Price United States £751,880
1962 Preakness Stakes Greek Money Virgil W. Raines United States £1,503,759£1.5m
1961 Arlington Classic Globemaster Thomas J. Kelly United States £75,188
1961 Saranac Stakes Globemaster Thomas J. Kelly United States £112,782
1961 Wood Memorial Stakes Globemaster Thomas J. Kelly United States £563,910
1960 Lafayette Stakes Bright Silver John J. Greely Jr. United States £300,752
1960 Spinster Stakes Rash Statement Allen R. Hultz United States £488,722
1959 Alcibiades Stakes Rash Statement Allen R. Hultz United States £488,722
1959 Breeders' Futurity Stakes Toby's Brother Robert E. Wingfield United States £488,722
1959 Kentucky Oaks Wedlock Paul Shawhan United States £1,127,820£1.1m
1956 Arkansas Derby Johns Chic Logan Fischer United States £939,850

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 142nd of 216 on big-race wins

# Jockey Wins Races Span Biggest win
132 Todd Kabel 47 19 1990 to 2007 £536,800
133 Jean-Luc Samyn 46 35 1977 to 2007 £751,880
134 Alain Badel 46 35 1977 to 2000 £854,701
135 Torsten Mundry 46 34 1995 to 2008 £555,556
136 Tony Cruz 45 40 1983 to 1995 £3,800,000£3.8m
137 Lance O'Sullivan 45 17 1982 to 2003 £5,493,600£5.5m
138 Timmy Murphy 44 30 1997 to 2012 £375,000
139 Ted Atkinson 43 26 1944 to 1957 £1,503,759£1.5m
140 Fritz Drechsler 43 23 1960 to 1975 £341,880
141 William Mongil 43 39 1989 to 2009 £256,410
143 Michael Roberts 42 37 1986 to 2000 £5,493,600£5.5m
144 Grégory Benoist 42 32 2009 to 2022 £854,701
145 Andrzej Tylicki 42 25 1981 to 1997 £555,556
146 Bill Hartack 41 26 1956 to 1972 £3,759,399£3.8m
147 Ramon Domínguez 41 27 1999 to 2012 £3,759,399£3.8m
148 Don Brumfield 41 29 1964 to 1988 £1,503,759£1.5m
149 Manny Franco 41 33 2014 to 2026 £1,503,759£1.5m
150 Alan Garcia 41 37 2005 to 2015 £1,879,699£1.9m
151 Darrel McHargue 41 33 1974 to 1986 £1,503,759£1.5m
152 Jeffrey Fell 41 33 1974 to 1986 £939,850

Frequently asked questions

How many big races has John L. Rotz won?

42, across 30 different races between 1956 and 1973. That is 142nd of the 216 jockeys on this site.

What is the biggest race John L. Rotz has won?

the Belmont Stakes, worth £1,503,759 and run in the United States. John L. Rotz won it in 1970.

Which race has John L. Rotz won most often?

the Champagne Stakes, 3 times at Belmont Park. 10 of these races have gone to John L. Rotz more than once.

How much prize money has John L. Rotz 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: 42 wins, the biggest of them worth £1,503,759.

When did John L. Rotz win these races?

Between 1956 and 1973. The busiest spell was 1970-71, with 8 of them.

Where to next

The races John L. Rotz has won, and the riders around them

The races John L. Rotz has won

The riders either side

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