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JOCKEY · 123rd BY BIG-RACE WINS

Junior Alvarado

49 wins in the world's richest races between 2012 and 2026, across 38 different races. The biggest is the Saudi Cup, worth £3,950,000.

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 49
BIGGEST WIN £4.0m
RACES WON 38
FIRST AND LAST 2012 to 2026
COUNTRIES 2

When the wins came

49 wins from 2012 to 2026, in 2-year spells

Best spell: 2022-23, 14 wins

A list of winners sorted by date reads as one long run. Drawn, it has a shape: Junior Alvarado took 14 of these 49 in 2022-23 alone.

The races Junior Alvarado keeps winning

By number of wins

9 won more than once

Whitney Stakes 3 Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile 2 Joe Hirsch Turf Classic Stakes 2 Forego Stakes 2 Fountain of Youth Stakes 2 National Museum of Racing Hall of Fame Stakes 2 Frizette Stakes 2 Holy Bull Stakes 2 Mike Lee Stakes 2
Saudi Cup 1
Kentucky Derby 1 Pegasus World Cup Invitational Stakes 1

Every big race Junior Alvarado has won

49 winners, newest first

38 different races

Year Race Horse Trainer Country Worth
2026 Del Mar Oaks Tam Tam Philip A. Bauer United States £222,222
2026 Pacific Classic Stakes Knightsbridge Bill Mott United States £740,741
2026 Whitney Stakes Sovereignty William I. Mott United States £740,741
2025 Arlington Million Fort Washington Claude R. McGaughey III United States £740,741
2025 Belmont Stakes Sovereignty William I. Mott United States £1,481,481£1.5m
2025 Breeders' Cup Distaff Scylla William I. Mott United States £1,481,481£1.5m
2025 Fountain of Youth Stakes Sovereignty William I. Mott United States £296,296
2025 Jim Dandy Stakes Sovereignty William I. Mott United States £370,370
2025 Kentucky Derby Sovereignty William I. Mott United States £3,703,704£3.7m
2025 Saranac Stakes Stars and Strides William I. Mott United States £111,111
2024 National Museum of Racing Hall of Fame Stakes Neat Rob Atras United States £296,296
2024 Ohio Derby Batten Down William I. Mott United States £370,370
2024 Saudi Cup Senor Buscador Todd W. Fincher Saudi Arabia £3,950,000£4.0m
2024 Whitney Stakes Arthur's Ride William I. Mott United States £740,741
2023 Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile Cody's Wish William I. Mott United States £740,741
2023 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Just F Y I William I. Mott United States £1,481,481£1.5m
2023 Churchill Downs Stakes Cody's Wish William I. Mott United States £740,741
2023 Frizette Stakes Just F Y I William I. Mott United States £296,296
2023 Gallant Bob Stakes Damon's Mound Michelle Lovell United States £296,296
2023 Holy Bull Stakes Rocket Can William I. Mott United States £203,704
2023 Hopeful Stakes Nutella Fella Gary C. Contessa United States £222,222
2023 Joe Hirsch Turf Classic Stakes ƒ War Like Goddess William I. Mott United States £370,370
2023 Metropolitan Handicap Cody's Wish William I. Mott United States £740,741
2023 Pegasus World Cup Invitational Stakes Art Collector William I. Mott United States £2,222,222£2.2m
2022 Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile Cody's Wish William I. Mott United States £740,741
2022 Forego Stakes Cody's Wish William I. Mott United States £370,370
2022 Jockey Club Gold Cup Olympiad William I. Mott United States £740,741
2022 Stephen Foster Stakes Olympiad William I. Mott United States £1,481,481£1.5m
2021 Jaipur Stakes Casa Creed William I. Mott United States £370,370
2021 Sam F. Davis Stakes Candy Man Rocket William I. Mott United States £185,185
2020 Belmont Derby Gufo Christophe Clement United States £555,556
2020 Discovery Stakes Forza Di Oro Wiliam I. Mott United States £111,111
2020 Frizette Stakes Dayoutoftheoffice Timothy E. Hamm United States £296,296
2019 Joe Hirsch Turf Classic Stakes Arklow Brad H. Cox United States £370,370
2019 National Museum of Racing Hall of Fame Stakes Casa Creed William I. Mott United States £296,296
2019 Withers Stakes Tax Danny Gargan United States £185,185
2018 Gotham Stakes Enticed Kiaran McLaughlin United States £222,222
2018 Mike Lee Stakes Analyze the Odds Jason Servis United States £92,593
2016 Fountain of Youth Stakes Mohaymen Kiaran McLaughlin United States £296,296
2016 Holy Bull Stakes Mohaymen Kiaran P. McLaughlin United States £203,704
2016 Just a Game Stakes Celestine William I. Mott United States £370,370
2015 Kent Stakes Syntax William I. Mott United States £185,185
2015 Madison Stakes Princess Violet Linda L. Rice United States £481,481
2015 New York Stakes Waltzing Matilda (IRE) Tommy Stack United States £555,556
2014 Whitney Stakes Moreno Eric Guillot United States £740,741
2013 Forego Stakes Strapping Groom David Jacobson United States £370,370
2013 Mike Lee Stakes Amberjack Michael E. Hushion United States £92,593
2012 Fred "Cappy" Capossela Stakes Hardened Wildcat Chad Brown United States £74,074

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 Junior Alvarado wins

2 countries

Country Wins Share Biggest race won there
United States 47 96% Kentucky Derby
Saudi Arabia 1 2% Saudi Cup

The riders either side

Ranked 123rd of 216 on big-race wins

# Jockey Wins Races Span Biggest win
113 Michael Hills 53 35 1988 to 2011 £3,800,000£3.8m
114 Thierry Gillet 53 44 1993 to 2008 £4,166,667£4.2m
115 Yutaka Take 52 31 1994 to 2024 £5,493,600£5.5m
116 Andreas Helfenbein 52 31 1992 to 2022 £416,667
117 Zac Purton 51 18 2010 to 2026 £10,416,667£10.4m
118 Martin Garcia 51 37 2010 to 2025 £5,185,185£5.2m
119 Chris Antley 51 44 1984 to 1999 £3,703,704£3.7m
120 Patrick Husbands 51 20 1999 to 2024 £740,741
121 Randy Romero 50 40 1980 to 1996 £1,481,481£1.5m
122 Peter Scudamore 50 30 1981 to 1993 £450,000
124 Kent J. Desormeaux 49 34 1990 to 2019 £1,481,481£1.5m
125 Silvestre de Sousa 48 42 2011 to 2026 £8,888,889£8.9m
126 Manuel Ycaza 48 36 1958 to 1969 £1,481,481£1.5m
127 Julie Krone 48 40 1983 to 2003 £1,481,481£1.5m
128 Peter Remmert 48 25 1963 to 1988 £416,667
129 Donald Pierce 47 23 1959 to 1984 £925,926
130 Henri Samani 47 33 1971 to 1988 £833,333
131 Harry Skelton 47 36 2014 to 2026 £400,000
132 Todd Kabel 47 19 1990 to 2007 £536,800
133 Jean-Luc Samyn 46 35 1977 to 2007 £740,741

Frequently asked questions

How many big races has Junior Alvarado won?

49, across 38 different races between 2012 and 2026. That is 123rd of the 216 jockeys on this site.

What is the biggest race Junior Alvarado has won?

the Saudi Cup, worth £3,950,000 and run in Saudi Arabia. Junior Alvarado won it in 2024.

Which race has Junior Alvarado won most often?

the Whitney Stakes, 3 times at Saratoga Race Course. 9 of these races have gone to Junior Alvarado more than once.

How much prize money has Junior Alvarado 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: 49 wins, the biggest of them worth £3,950,000.

When did Junior Alvarado win these races?

Between 2012 and 2026. The busiest spell was 2022-23, with 14 of them.

Where to next

The races Junior Alvarado has won, and the riders around them

The races Junior Alvarado has won

The riders either side

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