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JOCKEY · 111th BY BIG-RACE WINS

Umberto Rispoli

54 wins in the world's richest races between 2008 and 2025, across 44 different races. The biggest is the Queen Elizabeth II Cup, worth £2,850,000.

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 54
BIGGEST WIN £2.9m
RACES WON 44
FIRST AND LAST 2008 to 2025
COUNTRIES 5

When the wins came

54 wins from 2008 to 2025, in 2-year spells

Best spell: 2024-25, 13 wins

A list of winners sorted by date reads as one long run. Drawn, it has a shape: Umberto Rispoli took 13 of these 54 in 2024-25 alone.

The races Umberto Rispoli keeps winning

By number of wins

8 won more than once

Del Mar Derby 3 Hollywood Derby 2 Gamely Stakes 2 Shoemaker Mile Stakes 2 Twilight Derby 2 Premio Presidente della Repubblica 2 Premio Carlo Vittadini 2 Gran Premio d'Italia 2 Queen Elizabeth II Cup 1 Preakness Stakes 1 Kentucky Downs Ladies Sprint Stakes 1 Haskell Stakes 1

Every big race Umberto Rispoli has won

54 winners, newest first

44 different races

Year Race Horse Trainer Country Worth
2025 Del Mar Derby The Padre Philip D'Amato United States £187,970
2025 Haskell Stakes Journalism Michael W. McCarthy United States £751,880
2025 Hollywood Derby Salamis Chad C. Brown United States £300,752
2025 Preakness Stakes Journalism Michael W. McCarthy United States £1,503,759£1.5m
2025 San Felipe Stakes Journalism Michael W. McCarthy United States £300,752
2024 American Turf Stakes Trikari H. Graham Motion United States £751,880
2024 California Cup Derby Micis Express Steve R. Knapp United States £131,579
2024 Del Mar Derby Formidable Man Michael W. McCarthy United States £187,970
2024 Gamely Stakes Anisette (GB) Leonard Powell United States £300,752
2024 Hollywood Derby Formidable Man Michael W. McCarthy United States £300,752
2024 Jeff Ruby Steaks Endlessly Michael W. McCarthy United States £584,211
2024 Kentucky Downs Ladies Sprint Stakes Ag Bullet Richard Baltas United States £1,315,789£1.3m
2024 Shoemaker Mile Stakes Johannes Tim Yakteen United States £225,564
2023 American Oaks Anisette (GB) Leonard Powell United States £225,564
2023 Del Mar Oaks Anisette (GB) Leonard Powell United States £225,564
2023 Twilight Derby Seal Team (GB) Richard E. Mandella United States £150,376
2022 Gamely Stakes Ocean Road (IRE) Brendan Walsh United States £300,752
2021 Affirmed Stakes (LATC) The Chosen Vron J. Eric Kruljac United States £75,188
2021 Lazaro Barrera Stakes The Chosen Vron J. Eric Kruljac United States £75,188
2021 Santa Anita Derby Rock Your World John W. Sadler United States £375,940
2021 Shoemaker Mile Stakes Smooth Like Strait Michael McCarthy United States £225,564
2020 Cinema Stakes Hariboux Jeff Mullins United States £75,188
2020 Del Mar Derby Pixelate Michael Stidham United States £187,970
2020 La Jolla Handicap Smooth Like Strait Michael W. McCarthy United States £112,782
2020 Mathis Mile Stakes Smooth Like Strait Michael McCarthy United States £150,376
2020 Twilight Derby Smooth Like Strait Michael W. McCarthy United States £150,376
2016 Gran Premio d'Italia Full Drago Stefano Botti Italy £37,607
2016 Meilen-Trophy Kaspersky Endo Botti Germany £59,829
2016 Premio Carlo Vittadini Kasperksy Edmondo Botti Italy £103,419
2016 Prix Kergorlay Nearly Caught Hughie Morrison France £111,111
2015 Preis des Winterfavoriten Isfahan Andreas Wöhler Germany £132,479
2015 Premio Carlo Vittadini Kaspersky Edmondo Botti Italy £103,419
2015 Premio Presidente della Repubblica Cleo Fan Stefano Botti Italy £140,000
2015 Premio Ribot Kaspersky Endo Botti Italy £34,509
2015 Prix Cléopâtre Little Nightingale Mikel Delzangles France £68,376
2015 Prix du Bois Fly On The Night Attilio Giorgi France £68,376
2015 Prix du Conseil de Paris Ming Dynasty Mikel Delzangles France £111,111
2014 Critérium International Vert De Grece Roger Varian France £213,675
2014 Prix de Pomone Star Lahib Andreas Wohler France £111,111
2013 Gran Criterium Priore Philip Stefano Botti Italy £235,043
2013 Premio Parioli Best Tango Gianluca Bietolini Italy £91,255
2013 Prix de Malleret Pacific Rim Mikel Delzangles France £111,111
2013 Prix du Palais-Royal Pearl Flute Francis-Henri Graffard France £68,376
2012 Premio Verziere Cartaya Miroslav Rulec Italy £65,812
2012 Prix des Chênes Pearl Flute Francis-Henri Graffard France £47,863
2012 Prix du Cadran Molly Malone Mikel Delzangles France £256,410
2012 Prix du Calvados Purr Along William Muir France £111,111
2012 Queen Elizabeth II Cup Rulership Katsuhiko Sumii (Japan) Hong Kong £2,850,000£2.9m
2011 Gran Premio d'Italia Bacchelli Stefano Botti Italy £37,607
2011 Premio Presidente della Repubblica Estejo Ralf Rohne Italy £140,000
2010 Premio Lydia Tesio Aoife Alainn Maurizio Guarnieri Italy £235,043
2009 Premio del Piazzale Win for Sure Andreas Wöhler Italy £55,470
2008 Premio Primi Passi Lui Rei Armando Renzoni Italy £65,812

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 Umberto Rispoli wins

5 countries

Country Wins Share Biggest race won there
United States 26 48% Preakness Stakes
Italy 13 24% Gran Criterium
France 11 20% Prix du Cadran
Germany 2 4% Preis des Winterfavoriten
Hong Kong 1 2% Queen Elizabeth II Cup

The riders either side

Ranked 111th of 216 on big-race wins

# Jockey Wins Races Span Biggest win
101 Tyler Gaffalione 58 48 2017 to 2026 £2,631,579£2.6m
102 Paul Townend 58 31 2011 to 2026 £1,000,000£1.0m
103 Harry Cobden 58 34 2016 to 2026 £250,000
104 Nico de Boinville 57 34 2014 to 2026 £646,880
105 Jacinto Vásquez 56 40 1967 to 1992 £3,759,399£3.8m
106 Julien Leparoux 56 45 2006 to 2025 £1,503,759£1.5m
107 Oisin Murphy 56 47 2015 to 2026 £5,493,600£5.5m
108 Johnny Longden 55 29 1936 to 1964 £3,759,399£3.8m
109 Joe Bravo 55 42 1994 to 2022 £1,503,759£1.5m
110 John Velazquez 54 35 1995 to 2024 £9,022,556£9.0m
112 David R. Flores 53 42 1991 to 2013 £1,879,699£1.9m
113 Michael Hills 53 35 1988 to 2011 £3,800,000£3.8m
114 Thierry Gillet 53 44 1993 to 2008 £4,273,504£4.3m
115 Yutaka Take 52 31 1994 to 2024 £5,493,600£5.5m
116 Andreas Helfenbein 52 31 1992 to 2022 £427,350
117 Zac Purton 51 18 2010 to 2026 £10,582,011£10.6m
118 Martin Garcia 51 37 2010 to 2025 £5,263,158£5.3m
119 Chris Antley 51 44 1984 to 1999 £3,759,399£3.8m
120 Patrick Husbands 51 20 1999 to 2024 £751,880
121 Randy Romero 50 40 1980 to 1996 £1,503,759£1.5m

Frequently asked questions

How many big races has Umberto Rispoli won?

54, across 44 different races between 2008 and 2025. That is 111th of the 216 jockeys on this site.

What is the biggest race Umberto Rispoli has won?

the Queen Elizabeth II Cup, worth £2,850,000 and run in Hong Kong. Umberto Rispoli won it in 2012.

Which race has Umberto Rispoli won most often?

the Del Mar Derby, 3 times at Del Mar Racetrack. 8 of these races have gone to Umberto Rispoli more than once.

How much prize money has Umberto Rispoli 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: 54 wins, the biggest of them worth £2,850,000.

When did Umberto Rispoli win these races?

Between 2008 and 2025. The busiest spell was 2024-25, with 13 of them.

Where to next

The races Umberto Rispoli has won, and the riders around them

The races Umberto Rispoli has won

The riders either side

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