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JOCKEY · 136th BY BIG-RACE WINS

Tony Cruz

45 wins in the world's richest races between 1983 and 1995, across 39 different races. The biggest is the Hong Kong Cup, worth £3,800,000.

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 45
BIGGEST WIN £3.8m
RACES WON 39
FIRST AND LAST 1983 to 1995
COUNTRIES 6

When the wins came

45 wins from 1983 to 1995, in years

Best spell: 1987, 11 wins

A list of winners sorted by date reads as one long run. Drawn, it has a shape: Tony Cruz took 11 of these 45 in 1987 alone.

The races Tony Cruz keeps winning

By number of wins

4 won more than once

Hong Kong Derby 4 Prix Vicomtesse Vigier 2 Prix Niel 2 Prix Daphnis 2 Hong Kong Cup 1 Hong Kong Champions & Chater Cup 1 Hong Kong Gold Cup 1 Prix de Diane 1 Singapore Gold Cup 1 Grand Prix de Paris 1 Prix Vermeille 1 Prix Jean Prat 1

Every big race Tony Cruz has won

45 winners, newest first

39 different races

Year Race Horse Trainer Country Worth
1995 Hong Kong Champions & Chater Cup Makarpura Star John Moore Hong Kong £1,235,000£1.2m
1995 Hong Kong Derby Makarpura Star John Moore Hong Kong £2,280,000£2.3m
1995 Hong Kong Gold Cup Makarpura Star John Moore Hong Kong £1,140,000£1.1m
1993 Prix Eugène Adam Revelation Richard Hannon Sr. France £111,111
1991 Easter Stakes Corrupt Neville Callaghan Great Britain £40,000
1991 Prix Royal-Oak Turgeon Jonathan Pease France £299,145
1990 Fürstenberg-Rennen Erdelistan Alain de Royer-Dupré Germany £47,009
1990 Grand Prix de Vichy North Col Jonathan Pease France £47,863
1990 Prix Daphnis Candy Glen Chris Wall France £68,376
1990 Prix de Ris-Orangis Ron's Victory Alain Falourd France £47,863
1990 Prix de Saint-Georges Ron's Victory Alain Falourd France £47,863
1990 Prix Eclipse Crack Regiment John Fellows France £68,376
1990 Prix Gérald de Geoffre North Col Jonathan Pease France £68,376
1990 Prix Vicomtesse Vigier Turgeon Jonathan Pease France £341,880
1989 Coppa d'Oro di Milano Katoleme Kurt Schafflützel Italy £35,727
1989 Hong Kong Cup Colonial Chief Ivan W. Allan Hong Kong £3,800,000£3.8m
1989 Prix d'Arenberg Repercutionist Alain Falourd France £68,376
1989 Prix de Diane Lady in Silver Roger Wojtowiez France £854,701
1989 Prix de Seine-et-Oise Aliocha François Boutin France £68,376
1989 Prix du Gros Chêne Viva Zapata Jonathan Pease France £111,111
1989 Prix Gladiateur Hi Lass Jonathan Pease France £68,376
1989 Prix Niel Golden Pheasant Jonathan Pease France £111,111
1989 Prix Penelope Behera Alain de Royer-Dupré France £68,376
1988 Grand Prix de Chantilly Something True Georges Mikhalidès France £111,111
1988 Grand Prix de Paris Fijar Tango Georges Mikhalidès France £512,821
1988 Hong Kong Derby Clear City Chu Po-ming Hong Kong £2,280,000£2.3m
1988 Prix Daphnis Bricassar Pascal Bary France £68,376
1988 Prix de Cabourg Kendor Raymond Touflan France £47,863
1988 Prix du Calvados Oczy Czarnie Jean-Marie Béguigné France £111,111
1988 Prix Herod Silver Tornado Georges Mikhalidès France £47,009
1988 Prix Niel Fijar Tango Georges Mikhalidès France £111,111
1988 Prix Vermeille Indian Rose Jean-Marie Béguigné France £512,821
1987 Hong Kong Derby Tea For Two II Ng Chi-lam Hong Kong £2,280,000£2.3m
1987 Prix Bertrand du Breuil Relasure Patrick Biancone France £68,376
1987 Prix d'Harcourt Grand Pavois Patrick Biancone France £111,111
1987 Prix de la Grotte Sakura Reiko Patrick Biancone France £68,376
1987 Prix du Muguet Art Francais Patrick Biancone France £111,111
1987 Prix Ganay Triptych Patrick Biancone France £256,410
1987 Prix Greffulhe Persifleur Patrick Biancone France £111,111
1987 Prix Jean de Chaudenay Lascaux Patrick Biancone France £81,197
1987 Prix Jean Prat Risk Me Paul Kelleway France £341,880
1987 Prix Thomas Bryon Raise a Memory Patrick Biancone France £68,376
1987 Prix Vicomtesse Vigier Tale Quale Patrick Biancone France £341,880
1984 Singapore Gold Cup Big Chief Ivan Allan Singapore £581,400
1983 Hong Kong Derby Co-Tack Wong Tang-ping Hong Kong £2,280,000£2.3m

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 Tony Cruz wins

6 countries

Country Wins Share Biggest race won there
France 34 76% Prix de Diane
Hong Kong 7 16% Hong Kong Cup
Singapore 1 2% Singapore Gold Cup
Germany 1 2% Fürstenberg-Rennen
Great Britain 1 2% Easter Stakes
Italy 1 2% Coppa d'Oro di Milano

The riders either side

Ranked 136th of 216 on big-race wins

# Jockey Wins Races Span Biggest win
126 Manuel Ycaza 48 36 1958 to 1969 £1,503,759£1.5m
127 Julie Krone 48 40 1983 to 2003 £1,503,759£1.5m
128 Peter Remmert 48 25 1963 to 1988 £427,350
129 Donald Pierce 47 23 1959 to 1984 £939,850
130 Henri Samani 47 33 1971 to 1988 £854,701
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 £751,880
134 Alain Badel 46 35 1977 to 2000 £854,701
135 Torsten Mundry 46 34 1995 to 2008 £555,556
137 Lance O'Sullivan 45 17 1982 to 2003 £5,493,600£5.5m
138 Timmy Murphy 44 30 1997 to 2012 £375,000
139 Ted Atkinson 43 26 1944 to 1957 £1,503,759£1.5m
140 Fritz Drechsler 43 23 1960 to 1975 £341,880
141 William Mongil 43 39 1989 to 2009 £256,410
142 John L. Rotz 42 30 1956 to 1973 £1,503,759£1.5m
143 Michael Roberts 42 37 1986 to 2000 £5,493,600£5.5m
144 Grégory Benoist 42 32 2009 to 2022 £854,701
145 Andrzej Tylicki 42 25 1981 to 1997 £555,556
146 Bill Hartack 41 26 1956 to 1972 £3,759,399£3.8m

Frequently asked questions

How many big races has Tony Cruz won?

45, across 39 different races between 1983 and 1995. That is 136th of the 216 jockeys on this site.

What is the biggest race Tony Cruz has won?

the Hong Kong Cup, worth £3,800,000 and run in Hong Kong. Tony Cruz won it in 1989.

Which race has Tony Cruz won most often?

the Hong Kong Derby, 4 times at Sha Tin Racecourse. 4 of these races have gone to Tony Cruz more than once.

How much prize money has Tony Cruz 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: 45 wins, the biggest of them worth £3,800,000.

When did Tony Cruz win these races?

Between 1983 and 1995. The busiest spell was 1987, with 11 of them.

Where to next

The races Tony Cruz has won, and the riders around them

The races Tony Cruz has won

The riders either side

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