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JOCKEY · 110th BY BIG-RACE WINS

John Velazquez

54 wins in the world's richest races between 1995 and 2024, across 35 different races. The biggest is the Dubai World Cup, worth £9,022,556.

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 54
BIGGEST WIN £9.0m
RACES WON 35
FIRST AND LAST 1995 to 2024
COUNTRIES 2

When the wins came

54 wins from 1995 to 2024, in 3-year spells

Best spell: 2010-12, 12 wins

A list of winners sorted by date reads as one long run. Drawn, it has a shape: John Velazquez took 12 of these 54 in 2010-12 alone.

The races John Velazquez keeps winning

By number of wins

19 won more than once

Diana Stakes 6 Metropolitan Handicap 5 Fountain of Youth Stakes 5 Personal Ensign Stakes 4 Acorn Stakes 4 Kentucky Derby 3 Jockey Club Gold Cup 3 New York Stakes 3 Test Stakes 3 Spinaway Stakes 3 James W. Murphy Stakes 3 Breeders' Cup Sprint 2

Every big race John Velazquez has won

54 winners, newest first

35 different races

Year Race Horse Trainer Country Worth
2024 Breeders' Cup Sprint Straight No Chaser Dan Blacker United States £1,503,759£1.5m
2022 Personal Ensign Stakes Malathaat Todd A. Pletcher United States £375,940
2022 Sham Stakes Newgrange Bob Baffert United States £75,188
2022 Spinster Stakes Malathaat Todd A. Pletcher United States £488,722
2021 La Brea Stakes Kalypso Bob Baffert United States £225,564
2020 Acorn Stakes Gamine Bob Baffert United States £375,940
2020 Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint Gamine Bob Baffert United States £751,880
2020 Kentucky Derby Authentic Bob Baffert United States £3,759,399£3.8m
2019 American Pharoah Stakes Eight Rings Bob Baffert United States £225,564
2019 Diana Stakes Sistercharlie Chad Brown United States £375,940
2019 Fountain of Youth Stakes Code of Honor |Claude R. McGaughey III United States £300,752
2019 Jerome Stakes Mind Control Gregory D. Sacco United States £112,782
2019 Jockey Club Gold Cup Code of Honor1 Shug McGaughey United States £751,880
2018 Diana Stakes Sistercharlie Chad Brown United States £375,940
2017 Kentucky Derby Always Dreaming Todd Pletcher United States £3,759,399£3.8m
2016 Jockey Club Gold Cup Hoppertunity Bob Baffert United States £751,880
2015 Acorn Stakes Curalina Todd Pletcher United States £375,940
2015 Diana Stakes Hard Not to Like Christophe Clement United States £375,940
2015 Jockey Club Gold Cup Tonalist Christophe Clement United States £751,880
2015 Spinaway Stakes Rachel's Valentina Todd A. Pletcher United States £225,564
2014 Metropolitan Handicap Palace Malice Todd Pletcher United States £751,880
2013 Florida Derby Orb Claude. R. McGaughey III United States £751,880
2013 Fountain of Youth Stakes Orb |Claude R. McGaughey III United States £300,752
2013 Manhattan Stakes Point of Entry C. R. McGaughey III United States £751,880
2013 Pegasus Stakes Verrazano Todd Pletcher United States £112,782
2013 Pegasus World Cup Turf Invitational Point of Entry Claude R. McGaughey III United States £751,880
2012 Christophe Clement Turf Stakes Point of Entry Claude R. McGaughey III United States £563,910
2012 Metropolitan Handicap Shackleford Dale Romans United States £751,880
2012 Personal Ensign Stakes Love and Pride Todd A. Pletcher United States £375,940
2012 Spinster Stakes In Lingerie Todd A. Pletcher United States £488,722
2011 Alcibiades Stakes Stephanie's Kitten Wayne Catalano United States £488,722
2011 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf Stephanie's Kitten Wayne Catalano United States £751,880
2011 James W. Murphy Stakes Chinglish Mark Hennig United States £75,188
2011 Kentucky Derby Animal Kingdom Graham Motion United States £3,759,399£3.8m
2010 Champagne Stakes Uncle Mo Todd A. Pletcher United States £375,940
2010 Fountain of Youth Stakes Eskendereya Todd A. Pletcher United States £300,752
2010 Metropolitan Handicap Quality Road Todd Pletcher United States £751,880
2010 New York Stakes Lady Shakespeare Roger Attfield United States £563,910
2009 American 1000 Guineas Stakes Consequence Claude R. McGaughey III United States £150,376
2009 Florida Derby Quality Road James A. Jerkens United States £751,880
2009 Fountain of Youth Stakes Quality Road James A. Jerkens United States £300,752
2009 James W. Murphy Stakes Affirmatif Todd Pletcher United States £75,188
2008 Acorn Stakes Zaftig James A. Jerkens United States £375,940
2008 Test Stakes Indian Blessing Bob Baffert United States £375,940
2007 Fountain of Youth Stakes Scat Daddy Todd A. Pletcher United States £300,752
2006 Forerunner Stakes Up an Octave Todd A. Pletcher United States £75,188
2005 Belmont Oaks Luas Line David Wachman United States £451,128
2005 Commonwealth Turf Cup English Channel Todd Pletcher United States £150,376
2005 Diana Stakes Sand Springs William I. Mott United States £375,940
2005 Dubai World Cup Roses in May Dale L. Romans United Arab Emirates £9,022,556£9.0m
2005 James W. Murphy Stakes English Channel Todd Pletcher United States £75,188
2005 Pegasus Stakes Magna Graduate Todd Pletcher United States £112,782
2005 Spinaway Stakes Adieu Todd A. Pletcher United States £225,564
2004 Breeders' Cup Sprint Speightstown Todd A. Pletcher United States £1,503,759£1.5m
2004 Kentucky Oaks Ashado Todd A. Pletcher United States £1,127,820£1.1m
2004 Personal Ensign Stakes Storm Flag Flying C. R. McGaughey III United States £375,940
2002 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Storm Flag Flying C. R. McGaughey III United States £1,503,759£1.5m
2002 Personal Ensign Stakes Summer Colony Mark A. Hennig United States £375,940
2001 Diana Stakes Starine Robert J. Frankel United States £375,940
2001 Jerome Stakes Express Tour Saeed bin Suroor United States £112,782
2000 Acorn Stakes Finder's Fee C. R. McGaughey III United States £375,940
2000 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Caressing David R. Vance United States £1,503,759£1.5m
1999 Metropolitan Handicap Sir Bear Ralph Ziade United States £751,880
1999 Spinaway Stakes Circle Of Life Todd A. Pletcher United States £225,564
1999 Test Stakes Marley Vale Todd Pletcher United States £375,940
1998 Christophe Clement Turf Stakes Cetewayo Michael Dickinson United States £563,910
1998 New York Stakes Auntie Mame Angel Penna Jr. United States £563,910
1997 Gotham Stakes Smokin Mel John DeStefano Jr. United States £225,564
1996 Count Fleet Stakes Criminal Suit Robert Barbara United States £48,872
1996 Metropolitan Handicap Honour and Glory D. Wayne Lukas United States £751,880
1996 Test Stakes Capote Belle Daniel C. Peitz United States £375,940
1995 Belmont Oaks Perfect Arc Angel Penna Jr. United States £451,128
1995 Diana Stakes Perfect Arc Angel Penna Jr. United States £375,940
1995 New York Stakes Irish Linnet Leo O'Brien 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.

Where John Velazquez wins

2 countries

Country Wins Share Biggest race won there
United States 73 135% Kentucky Derby
United Arab Emirates 1 2% Dubai World Cup

The riders either side

Ranked 110th of 216 on big-race wins

# Jockey Wins Races Span Biggest win
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
105 Jacinto Vásquez 56 40 1967 to 1992 £3,759,399£3.8m
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
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
116 Andreas Helfenbein 52 31 1992 to 2022 £427,350
117 Zac Purton 51 18 2010 to 2026 £10,582,011£10.6m
118 Martin Garcia 51 37 2010 to 2025 £5,263,158£5.3m
119 Chris Antley 51 44 1984 to 1999 £3,759,399£3.8m
120 Patrick Husbands 51 20 1999 to 2024 £751,880

Frequently asked questions

How many big races has John Velazquez won?

54, across 35 different races between 1995 and 2024. That is 110th of the 216 jockeys on this site.

What is the biggest race John Velazquez has won?

the Dubai World Cup, worth £9,022,556 and run in the United Arab Emirates. John Velazquez won it in 2005.

Which race has John Velazquez won most often?

the Diana Stakes, 6 times at Saratoga Race Course. 19 of these races have gone to John Velazquez more than once.

How much prize money has John Velazquez 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: 54 wins, the biggest of them worth £9,022,556.

When did John Velazquez win these races?

Between 1995 and 2024. The busiest spell was 2010-12, with 12 of them.

Where to next

The races John Velazquez has won, and the riders around them

The races John Velazquez has won

The riders either side

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