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JOCKEY · 121st BY BIG-RACE WINS

Randy Romero

50 wins in the world's richest races between 1980 and 1996, across 40 different races. The biggest is the Breeders' Cup Distaff, worth £1,481,481.

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 50
BIGGEST WIN £1.5m
RACES WON 40
FIRST AND LAST 1980 to 1996
COUNTRIES 1

When the wins came

50 wins from 1980 to 1996, in 2-year spells

Best spell: 1988-89, 15 wins

A list of winners sorted by date reads as one long run. Drawn, it has a shape: Randy Romero took 15 of these 50 in 1988-89 alone.

The races Randy Romero keeps winning

By number of wins

8 won more than once

Ashland Stakes 3 Hutcheson Stakes 3 Breeders' Cup Distaff 2 Blue Grass Stakes 2 Transylvania Stakes 2 Risen Star Stakes 2 Secretariat Stakes 2 Ogden Phipps Stakes 2 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies 1 Louisiana Derby 1 Florida Derby 1 Whitney Stakes 1

Every big race Randy Romero has won

50 winners, newest first

40 different races

Year Race Horse Trainer Country Worth
1996 Alcibiades Stakes Southern Playgirl Harvey L. Vanier United States £481,481
1996 Illinois Derby Natural Selection Mohamed Moubarak United States £185,185
1995 Blue Grass Stakes Wild Syn Thomas K. Arnemann United States £925,926
1993 Hutcheson Stakes Hidden Trick Jacqueline Brittain United States £55,556
1993 Louisiana Derby Dixieland Heat Gerald Romero United States £740,741
1993 Risen Star Stakes Dixieland Heat Gerald J. Romero United States £370,370
1990 Alabama Stakes Go For Wand William Badget Jr. United States £444,444
1990 Ashland Stakes Go for Wand William Badgett Jr. United States £370,370
1990 Forerunner Stakes Izvestia Roger L. Attfield United States £74,074
1990 Hutcheson Stakes Housebuster Warren A. Croll, Jr. United States £55,556
1990 Secretariat Stakes § Super Abound Carl A. Nafzger United States £370,370
1990 Test Stakes Go For Wand William Badgett Jr. United States £370,370
1990 Transylvania Stakes Izvestia Roger L. Attfield United States £444,444
1989 Blue Grass Stakes Western Playboy Harvey L. Vanier United States £925,926
1989 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Go For Wand William Badgett Jr. United States £1,481,481£1.5m
1989 Colonel Liam Stakes Shy Tom D. Wayne Lukas United States £148,148
1989 Fountain of Youth Stakes Dixieland Brass Charles Peoples United States £296,296
1989 Hutcheson Stakes Dixieland Brass Charles Peoples United States £55,556
1989 Maker's Mark Mile Stakes Yankee Affair Henry L. Campbell United States £444,444
1989 Transylvania Stakes Shy Tom D. Wayne Lukas United States £444,444
1988 Breeders' Cup Distaff Personal Ensign Claude R. McGaughey III United States £1,481,481£1.5m
1988 Florida Derby Brian's Time John M. Veitch United States £740,741
1988 Fred "Cappy" Capossela Stakes Aloha Prospector Edwin J. Gregson United States £74,074
1988 Ogden Phipps Stakes Personal Ensign Claude R. McGaughey III United States £370,370
1988 Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup Stakes Love You by Heart John M. Veitch United States £592,593
1988 Spinaway Stakes Seattle Meteor Ross Pearce United States £222,222
1988 Swale Stakes Seeking the Gold Claude R. McGaughey III United States £129,630
1988 Whitney Stakes Personal Ensign Claude R. McGaughey III United States £740,741
1987 Belmont Derby Stacked Pack C. R. McGaughey III United States £555,556
1987 Belmont Oaks Personal Ensign Claude R. McGaughey III United States £444,444
1987 Breeders' Cup Distaff Sacahuista D. Wayne Lukas United States £1,481,481£1.5m
1987 Cotillion Handicap Silent Turn † Angel Penna Sr. United States £740,741
1987 Hopeful Stakes Crusader Sword MacKenzie Miller United States £222,222
1987 Jimmy Winkfield Stakes Java Gold MacKenzie Miller United States £74,074
1987 Pegasus World Cup Turf Invitational Bolshoi Boy Howard M. Tesher United States £740,741
1987 Spinster Stakes Sacahuista D. Wayne Lukas United States £481,481
1986 Arlington Classic Sumptious Phil Hauswald United States £74,074
1986 Ballerina Handicap Gene's Lady D. Wayne Lukas United States £370,370
1986 Champagne Stakes Polish Navy Claude R. McGaughey III United States £370,370
1986 Coaching Club American Oaks Valley Victory Leo O'Brien United States £370,370
1986 Frizette Stakes Personal Ensign C. R. McGaughey III United States £296,296
1986 Jockey Club Gold Cup Creme Fraiche Woody Stephens United States £740,741
1985 Ashland Stakes Koluctoo's Jill Bruce N. Levine United States £370,370
1985 Lafayette Stakes Proudest Hour Joseph M. Bollero United States £296,296
1985 Ogden Phipps Stakes †Heatherten William I. Mott United States £370,370
1985 Pat Day Mile Stakes Creme Fraiche Woody Stephens United States £555,556
1985 Secretariat Stakes Derby Wish William I. Mott United States £370,370
1984 Risen Star Stakes Taylor's Special William I. Mott United States £370,370
1982 Haskell Stakes Wavering Monarch George R. Arnold II United States £740,741
1980 Ashland Stakes Flos Florum William S. Borders United States £370,370

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 121st of 216 on big-race wins

# Jockey Wins Races Span Biggest win
111 Umberto Rispoli 54 45 2008 to 2025 £2,850,000£2.9m
112 David R. Flores 53 42 1991 to 2013 £1,851,852£1.9m
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
122 Peter Scudamore 50 30 1981 to 1993 £450,000
123 Junior Alvarado 49 38 2012 to 2026 £3,950,000£4.0m
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

Frequently asked questions

How many big races has Randy Romero won?

50, across 40 different races between 1980 and 1996. That is 121st of the 216 jockeys on this site.

What is the biggest race Randy Romero has won?

the Breeders' Cup Distaff, worth £1,481,481 and run in the United States. Randy Romero won it in 1988, 1987.

Which race has Randy Romero won most often?

the Ashland Stakes, 3 times at Keeneland Race Course. 8 of these races have gone to Randy Romero more than once.

How much prize money has Randy Romero 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: 50 wins, the biggest of them worth £1,481,481.

When did Randy Romero win these races?

Between 1980 and 1996. The busiest spell was 1988-89, with 15 of them.

Where to next

The races Randy Romero has won, and the riders around them

The races Randy Romero has won

The riders either side

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