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JOCKEY · 77th BY BIG-RACE WINS

Rafael Bejarano

77 wins in the world's richest races between 2004 and 2025, across 58 different races. The biggest is the Breeders' Cup Distaff, 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 77
BIGGEST WIN £1.5m
RACES WON 58
FIRST AND LAST 2004 to 2025
COUNTRIES 1

When the wins came

77 wins from 2004 to 2025, in 2-year spells

Best spell: 2012-13, 17 wins

A list of winners sorted by date reads as one long run. Drawn, it has a shape: Rafael Bejarano took 17 of these 77 in 2012-13 alone.

The races Rafael Bejarano keeps winning

By number of wins

15 won more than once

Southwest Stakes 3 Alcibiades Stakes 3 West Virginia Derby 3 Iowa Derby 3 Arkansas Derby 2 Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile 2 La Troienne Stakes 2 Pat Day Mile Stakes 2 Breeders' Futurity Stakes 2 Gamely Stakes 2 Del Mar Futurity 2 Shoemaker Mile Stakes 2

Every big race Rafael Bejarano has won

77 winners, newest first

58 different races

Year Race Horse Trainer Country Worth
2025 Southwest Stakes Speed King Ron Moquett United States £751,880
2024 Iowa Derby Henro Chris A. Hartman United States £187,970
2020 El Camino Real Derby Azul Coast Bob Baffert United States £75,188
2016 Del Mar Futurity Klimt Bob Baffert United States £225,564
2016 Indiana Derby Cupid Bob Baffert United States £225,564
2016 Iowa Derby American Freedom Bob Baffert United States £187,970
2016 Shoemaker Mile Stakes Midnight Storm Philip D'Amato United States £225,564
2016 West Virginia Derby Cupid Bob Baffert United States £300,752
2015 San Vicente Stakes Lord Nelson Bob Baffert United States £150,376
2015 Shoemaker Mile Stakes Talco (FR) John W. Sadler United States £225,564
2014 Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile Goldencents Leandro Mora United States £751,880
2014 Oklahoma Derby Tonito M. Jerry Hollendorfer United States £300,752
2013 Arkansas Derby Overanalyze Todd A. Pletcher United States £939,850
2013 Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile Goldencents Doug O'Neill United States £751,880
2013 Los Alamitos Derby Chief Havoc Peter Miller United States £75,188
2013 Mathis Mile Stakes Gervinho Carla Gaines United States £150,376
2013 Southwest Stakes Super Ninety Nine Bob Baffert United States £751,880
2012 American Pharoah Stakes Power Broker Bob Baffert United States £225,564
2012 American Turf Stakes Silver Max Dale L. Romans United States £751,880
2012 Apple Blossom Handicap Plum Pretty Bob Baffert United States £939,850
2012 Del Mar Debutante Stakes Executiveprivilege Bob Baffert United States £225,564
2012 Del Mar Futurity Rolling Fog Bob Baffert United States £225,564
2012 Goodwood Stakes Game On Dude Bob Baffert United States £225,564
2012 Haskell Stakes Paynter Bob Baffert United States £751,880
2012 La Brea Stakes Book Review Bob Baffert United States £225,564
2012 Mathis Mile Stakes Silentio Gary Mandella United States £150,376
2012 Rebel Stakes Secret Circle Bob Baffert United States £751,880
2012 Southwest Stakes Castaway Bob Baffert United States £751,880
2012 Test Stakes Contested Bob Baffert United States £375,940
2011 Bing Crosby Stakes Euroears Bob Baffert United States £300,752
2011 Cotillion Handicap Plum Pretty Bob Baffert United States £751,880
2011 Del Mar Debutante Stakes Weemissfrankie Peter Eurton United States £225,564
2011 Iowa Derby Prayer for Relief Bob Baffert United States £187,970
2011 Lazaro Barrera Stakes Bench Points Tim Yakteen United States £75,188
2011 Super Derby Prayer for Relief Bob Baffert United States £187,970
2011 West Virginia Derby Prayer for Relief Bob Baffert United States £300,752
2010 Alcibiades Stakes Wickedly Perfect Doug O'Neill United States £488,722
2010 Gamely Stakes Tuscan Evening Jerry Hollendorfer United States £300,752
2010 Kentucky Oaks Blind Luck Jerry Hollendorfer United States £1,127,820£1.1m
2010 Turf Classic Stakes General Quarters Thomas R. McCarthy United States £1,127,820£1.1m
2009 Affirmed Stakes (LATC) Grazen Mike R. Mitchell United States £75,188
2009 Arkansas Derby Papa Clem Gary Stute United States £939,850
2009 Harry Henson Stakes Backbackbackgone Peter Miller United States £52,632
2008 Breeders' Futurity Stakes Square Eddie John R. Best United States £488,722
2008 Gamely Stakes Precious Kitten Robert J. Frankel United States £300,752
2008 La Troienne Stakes Ginger Punch Robert J. Frankel United States £751,880
2008 Lone Star Derby El Gato Malo Craig Dollase United States £150,376
2008 Ogden Phipps Stakes Ginger Punch Robert J. Frankel United States £375,940
2008 Personal Ensign Stakes Ginger Punch Robert J. Frankel United States £375,940
2008 San Vicente Stakes Georgie Boy Kathy Walsh United States £150,376
2008 Santa Anita Handicap Heatseeker Jerry Hollendorfer United States £225,564
2007 Alcibiades Stakes Country Star Robert J. Frankel United States £488,722
2007 Blue Grass Stakes Dominican Darrin Miller United States £939,850
2007 Breeders' Cup Distaff Ginger Punch Robert J. Frankel United States £1,503,759£1.5m
2007 Chick Lang Stakes Street Magician Michael Trombetta United States £112,782
2007 Churchill Downs Stakes Saint Anddan Robert J. Frankel United States £751,880
2007 Derby City Distaff Stakes Hystericalady Jerry Hollendorfer United States £751,880
2007 Matriarch Stakes Precious Kitten Robert J. Frankel United States £225,564
2006 La Troienne Stakes Oonagh Maccool (IRE) Todd A. Pletcher United States £751,880
2006 Pat Day Mile Stakes Record Bob Baffert United States £563,910
2006 Pegasus World Cup Turf Invitational Einstein (BRZ) Helen Pitts United States £751,880
2006 Peter Pan Stakes Sunriver Todd A. Pletcher United States £150,376
2005 Barbaro Stakes at Delaware Park Sun King Nick Zito United States £75,188
2005 Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf Intercontinental (GB) Robert J. Frankel United States £1,503,759£1.5m
2005 Coolmore Turf Mile Stakes Host (CHI) Todd A. Pletcher United States £939,850
2005 Pennsylvania Derby Sun King Nick Zito United States £751,880
2005 Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup Stakes Sweet Talker Helen Pitts-Blasi United States £601,504
2005 Sam F. Davis Stakes Andromeda's Hero Nicholas P. Zito United States £187,970
2005 San Felipe Stakes Consolidator D. Wayne Lukas United States £300,752
2005 Sir Barton Stakes Pinpoint Nick Zito United States £75,188
2004 Alcibiades Stakes Runway Model Bernard S. Flint United States £488,722
2004 Breeders' Futurity Stakes Consolidator D. Wayne Lukas United States £488,722
2004 Northern Dancer Stakes Suave III Paul J. McGee United States £93,985
2004 Pat Day Mile Stakes Sir Shackleton Nick Zito United States £563,910
2004 Perryville Stakes Commentator Nick Zito United States £263,158
2004 Stephen Foster Stakes Colonial Colony Walter M. Bindner Jr. United States £1,503,759£1.5m
2004 West Virginia Derby Sir Shackleton Nicholas P. Zito United States £300,752

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 77th of 216 on big-race wins

# Jockey Wins Races Span Biggest win
67 Richard Johnson 86 51 1996 to 2019 £646,880
68 Georg Bocskai 85 33 1977 to 2000 £555,556
69 Garrett K. Gomez 84 64 1992 to 2013 £1,503,759£1.5m
70 Craig Perret 83 61 1974 to 2002 £3,759,399£3.8m
71 John Reid 83 68 1978 to 2001 £4,273,504£4.3m
72 Dario Vargiu 83 33 2001 to 2025 £555,556
73 Braulio Baeza 79 38 1960 to 1976 £3,759,399£3.8m
74 Mirco Demuro 79 45 1998 to 2018 £9,022,556£9.0m
75 James Doyle 79 63 2012 to 2026 £4,511,278£4.5m
76 Greville Starkey 78 49 1963 to 1989 £4,273,504£4.3m
78 Sandy Hawley 75 37 1970 to 1997 £939,850
79 Richard Hills 74 59 1985 to 2011 £9,022,556£9.0m
80 Philippe Paquet 74 58 1974 to 1984 £2,280,000£2.3m
81 Richard Hughes 74 53 1993 to 2015 £854,701
82 Éric Legrix 72 56 1984 to 2005 £3,759,399£3.8m
83 Alex Solis 71 42 1983 to 2012 £5,263,158£5.3m
84 Richard Dunwoody 71 35 1985 to 1999 £646,880
85 Fabio Branca 71 31 2006 to 2026 £447,692
86 Opie Bosson 70 24 1998 to 2026 £2,645,503£2.6m
87 Jamie Spencer 69 56 2001 to 2025 £4,511,278£4.5m

Frequently asked questions

How many big races has Rafael Bejarano won?

77, across 58 different races between 2004 and 2025. That is 77th of the 216 jockeys on this site.

What is the biggest race Rafael Bejarano has won?

the Breeders' Cup Distaff, worth £1,503,759 and run in the United States. Rafael Bejarano won it in 2007.

Which race has Rafael Bejarano won most often?

the Southwest Stakes, 3 times at Oaklawn Park Race Track. 15 of these races have gone to Rafael Bejarano more than once.

How much prize money has Rafael Bejarano 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: 77 wins, the biggest of them worth £1,503,759.

When did Rafael Bejarano win these races?

Between 2004 and 2025. The busiest spell was 2012-13, with 17 of them.

Where to next

The races Rafael Bejarano has won, and the riders around them

The races Rafael Bejarano has won

The riders either side

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