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JOCKEY · 156th BY BIG-RACE WINS

Ricardo Santana Jr.

40 wins in the world's richest races between 2013 and 2026, across 31 different races. The biggest is the Breeders' Cup Sprint, 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 40
BIGGEST WIN £1.5m
RACES WON 31
FIRST AND LAST 2013 to 2026
COUNTRIES 2

When the wins came

40 wins from 2013 to 2026, in 2-year spells

Best spell: 2020-21, 16 wins

A list of winners sorted by date reads as one long run. Drawn, it has a shape: Ricardo Santana Jr. took 16 of these 40 in 2020-21 alone.

The races Ricardo Santana Jr. keeps winning

By number of wins

5 won more than once

Forego Stakes 4 Metropolitan Handicap 3 Arkansas Derby 2 Southwest Stakes 2 Spinaway Stakes 2 Breeders' Cup Sprint 1 Apple Blossom Handicap 1 Cotillion Handicap 1 Jockey Club Gold Cup 1 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf 1 Churchill Downs Stakes 1 Derby City Distaff Stakes 1

Every big race Ricardo Santana Jr. has won

40 winners, newest first

31 different races

Year Race Horse Trainer Country Worth
2026 Forego Stakes Hymn Ron Moquett United States £375,940
2026 Spinaway Stakes Summer Starlet Steven M. Asmussen United States £225,564
2022 New York Derby Barese Michael J. Maker United States £112,782
2021 Arkansas Derby Super Stock Steven M. Asmussen United States £939,850
2021 Coaching Club American Oaks Maracuja Rob Atras United States £375,940
2021 Cotillion Handicap Clairiere Steven M. Asmussen United States £751,880
2021 Ellis Park Derby Super Stock Steve Asmussen United States £150,376
2021 Forego Stakes Yaupon Steven M. Asmussen United States £375,940
2021 Frizette Stakes Echo Zulu Steven M. Asmussen United States £300,752
2021 Hopeful Stakes Gunite Steven M. Asmussen United States £225,564
2021 Jockey Club Gold Cup Max Player Steve Asmussen United States £751,880
2021 Metropolitan Handicap Silver State Steve Asmussen United States £751,880
2021 Spinaway Stakes Echo Zulu Steven M. Asmussen United States £225,564
2020 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf Fire At Will Michael J. Maker United States £751,880
2020 H. Allen Jerkens Memorial Stakes Echo Town Steven Asmussen United States £375,940
2020 Ogden Phipps Stakes She's a Julie Steven M. Asmussen United States £375,940
2020 Perryville Stakes Nashville Steven M. Asmussen United States £263,158
2020 Southwest Stakes Silver Prospector Steven M. Asmussen United States £751,880
2020 Transylvania Stakes Field Pass Michael J. Maker United States £451,128
2019 Breeders' Cup Sprint Mitole Steven M. Asmussen United States £1,503,759£1.5m
2019 Churchill Downs Stakes Mitole Steven M. Asmussen United States £751,880
2019 Derby City Distaff Stakes Mia Mischief Steven M. Asmussen United States £751,880
2019 Forego Stakes Mitole Steven M. Asmussen United States £375,940
2019 Fourstardave Stakes ƒ Got Stormy Mark E. Casse United States £563,910
2019 Hill Prince Stakes Neptune's Storm Richard Baltas United States £150,376
2019 La Troienne Stakes She's a Julie Steven M. Asmussen United States £751,880
2019 Metropolitan Handicap Mitole Steven M. Asmussen United States £751,880
2019 Prince of Wales Stakes Tone Broke Steve Asmussen Canada £214,720
2018 Apple Blossom Handicap Unbridled Mo Todd A. Pletcher United States £939,850
2018 Chick Lang Stakes Mitole Steve Asmussen United States £112,782
2018 Forego Stakes Whitmore Ron Moquett United States £375,940
2018 James W. Murphy Stakes Tap Daddy Steve Asmussen United States £75,188
2018 Jim Dandy Stakes Tenfold Steven M. Asmussen United States £375,940
2018 Metropolitan Handicap Bee Jersey Steven M. Asmussen United States £751,880
2017 Oklahoma Derby Untrapped Steven M. Asmussen United States £300,752
2016 Arkansas Derby Creator Steven M. Asmussen United States £939,850
2014 Southwest Stakes Tapiture Steven M. Asmussen United States £751,880
2013 Carry Back Stakes Mico Margarita Steve Asmussen United States £112,782
2013 Jefferson Cup Stakes General Election Wesley A. Ward United States £75,188

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 Ricardo Santana Jr. wins

2 countries

Country Wins Share Biggest race won there
United States 38 95% Breeders' Cup Sprint
Canada 1 3% Prince of Wales Stakes

The riders either side

Ranked 156th of 216 on big-race wins

# Jockey Wins Races Span Biggest win
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
153 Sir Gordon Richards 41 16 1929 to 1954 £1,500,000£1.5m
154 Paddy Brennan 41 32 2005 to 2023 £646,880
155 Eric Guerin 40 26 1946 to 1971 £3,759,399£3.8m
157 Jim Crowley 40 36 2009 to 2024 £854,701
158 Darryll Holland 40 36 1992 to 2011 £650,000
159 Sam Twiston-Davies 40 32 2010 to 2026 £400,000
160 Daryl Jacob 40 25 2009 to 2023 £299,145
161 Lutz Mäder 40 27 1977 to 1994 £555,556
162 Andreas Boschert 40 29 1988 to 2007 £447,692
163 Jean Cruguet 39 31 1969 to 1990 £3,759,399£3.8m
164 Bobby Ussery 39 25 1957 to 1974 £3,759,399£3.8m
165 Cornelio Velásquez 39 33 1992 to 2014 £1,503,759£1.5m
166 Rene Piechulek 39 27 2015 to 2026 £4,273,504£4.3m

Frequently asked questions

How many big races has Ricardo Santana Jr. won?

40, across 31 different races between 2013 and 2026. That is 156th of the 216 jockeys on this site.

What is the biggest race Ricardo Santana Jr. has won?

the Breeders' Cup Sprint, worth £1,503,759 and run in the United States. Ricardo Santana Jr. won it in 2019.

Which race has Ricardo Santana Jr. won most often?

the Forego Stakes, 4 times at Saratoga Race Course. 5 of these races have gone to Ricardo Santana Jr. more than once.

How much prize money has Ricardo Santana Jr. 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: 40 wins, the biggest of them worth £1,503,759.

When did Ricardo Santana Jr. win these races?

Between 2013 and 2026. The busiest spell was 2020-21, with 16 of them.

Where to next

The races Ricardo Santana Jr. has won, and the riders around them

The races Ricardo Santana Jr. has won

The riders either side

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