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JOCKEY · 168th BY BIG-RACE WINS

Robin Platts

39 wins in the world's richest races between 1970 and 1997, across 15 different races. The biggest is the King's Plate, worth £536,800.

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 39
BIGGEST WIN £537k
RACES WON 15
FIRST AND LAST 1970 to 1997
COUNTRIES 2

When the wins came

39 wins from 1970 to 1997, in 3-year spells

Best spell: 1980-82, 7 wins

A list of winners sorted by date reads as one long run. Drawn, it has a shape: Robin Platts took 7 of these 39 in 1980-82 alone.

The races Robin Platts keeps winning

By number of wins

12 won more than once

King's Plate 4 Breeders' Stakes 4 Queenston Stakes 4 Marine Stakes 4 Prince of Wales Stakes 3 Coronation Futurity Stakes 3 Toronto Cup Stakes 3 Duchess Stakes 3 Ontario Derby 2 Valedictory Stakes 2 Grey Stakes 2 Woodstock Stakes 2

Every big race Robin Platts has won

39 winners, newest first

15 different races

Year Race Horse Trainer Country Worth
1997 Woodstock Stakes Air Cool Thomas Bowden Canada £52,332
1992 Ontario Derby Vying Victor Ian Jory Canada £80,520
1991 Valedictory Stakes Cozzene's Prince Tino Attard Canada £80,520
1990 Maker's Mark Mile Stakes Charlie Barley Grant D. Pearce United States £451,128
1990 Queenston Stakes Spencer Gorge Gil Rowntree Canada £80,520
1989 Toronto Cup Stakes Charlie Barley Grant Pearce Canada £80,520
1989 Woodstock Stakes Charlie Barley Grant Pearce Canada £52,332
1988 Toronto Cup Stakes Smart Lord Macdonald Benson Canada £80,520
1986 Ontario Derby Lover's Cross Roger Attfield Canada £80,520
1984 King's Plate Key to the Moon Gil Rowntree Canada £536,800
1984 Marine Stakes Key to the Moon Gil Rowntree Canada £80,520
1983 Breeders' Stakes Kingsbridge John J. Tammaro Jr. Canada £268,400
1983 Coronation Futurity Stakes Prince Avatar Bil Marko Canada £134,200
1983 Marine Stakes Pax Nobiscum Dinny Day Canada £80,520
1983 Ohio Derby Pax Nobiscum James E. Day United States £375,940
1983 Toronto Cup Stakes Kingsbridge John J. Tammaro Jr. Canada £80,520
1982 Breeders' Stakes Runaway Groom John DiMario Canada £268,400
1982 Prince of Wales Stakes Runaway Groom John DiMario Canada £214,720
1981 Prince of Wales Stakes Cadet Corps W. Granger Canada £214,720
1981 Spinster Stakes Glorious Song John Cairns United States £488,722
1980 Coronation Futurity Stakes Bayford John J. Tammaro, Jr. Canada £134,200
1980 Duchess Stakes Solartic John Morahan Canada £51,728
1980 Grey Stakes Bayford John J. Tammaro, Jr. Canada £61,219
1978 Breeders' Stakes Overskate Gil Rowntree Canada £268,400
1978 Duchess Stakes Flower Princess Macdonald Benson Canada £51,728
1978 Prince of Wales Stakes Overskate Gil Rowntree Canada £214,720
1977 Coronation Futurity Stakes Overskate Gil Rowntree Canada £134,200
1977 King's Plate Sound Reason Gil Rowntree Canada £536,800
1977 Queenston Stakes Sound Reason Gil Rowntree Canada £80,520
1974 Breeders' Stakes Haymaker's Jig Lou Cavalaris Jr. Canada £268,400
1974 King's Plate Amber Herod Gil Rowntree Canada £536,800
1974 Marine Stakes Instead of Roses Arthur H. Warner Canada £80,520
1974 Queenston Stakes Amber Herod Gil Rowntree Canada £80,520
1974 Valedictory Stakes Carney's Point Lou Cavalaris, Jr. Canada £80,520
1973 Grey Stakes Trojan Bronze Glenn Magnusson Canada £61,219
1973 Marine Stakes Sunny South Frank H. Merrill, Jr. Canada £80,520
1972 King's Plate Victoria Song Larry Grant Canada £536,800
1972 Queenston Stakes Henry Tudor Lou Cavalaris, Jr. Canada £80,520
1970 Duchess Stakes Tudor Queen Gil Rowntree Canada £51,728

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 Robin Platts wins

2 countries

Country Wins Share Biggest race won there
Canada 36 92% King's Plate
United States 3 8% Spinster Stakes

The riders either side

Ranked 168th of 216 on big-race wins

# Jockey Wins Races Span Biggest win
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
167 Harry Carr 39 17 1948 to 1963 £1,500,000£1.5m
169 Julien R. Leparoux 38 24 2006 to 2020 £1,315,789£1.3m
170 Rajiv Maragh 38 34 2008 to 2019 £939,850
171 Ruben Hernandez 38 33 1976 to 1997 £1,503,759£1.5m
172 Robbie Davis 38 32 1984 to 2000 £751,880
173 Doug Smith 38 18 1941 to 1966 £650,000
174 Mick Fitzgerald 38 29 1994 to 2008 £646,880
175 Robert Thornton 38 27 1997 to 2014 £450,000
176 Kevin Woodburn 38 26 1986 to 2001 £555,556
177 Brian Hernandez Jr. 37 31 2006 to 2026 £5,263,158£5.3m
178 Ron Turcotte 37 31 1962 to 1977 £3,759,399£3.8m

Frequently asked questions

How many big races has Robin Platts won?

39, across 15 different races between 1970 and 1997. That is 168th of the 216 jockeys on this site.

What is the biggest race Robin Platts has won?

the King's Plate, worth £536,800 and run in Canada. Robin Platts won it in 1984, 1977, 1974, 1972.

Which race has Robin Platts won most often?

the King's Plate, 4 times at Woodbine Racetrack. 12 of these races have gone to Robin Platts more than once.

How much prize money has Robin Platts 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: 39 wins, the biggest of them worth £536,800.

When did Robin Platts win these races?

Between 1970 and 1997. The busiest spell was 1980-82, with 7 of them.

Where to next

The races Robin Platts has won, and the riders around them

The races Robin Platts has won

The riders either side

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