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OWNER · 73rd BY BIG-RACE WINS

Alfred G. Vanderbilt II

25 wins in the world's richest races between 1934 and 1991, across 19 different races. The biggest is the Preakness Stakes, worth £1,503,759.

The owner is the one name on a winner's row the prize actually belongs to. Everybody else in the yard takes a percentage of it, set by the country the race is run in.

BIG-RACE WINS 25
BIGGEST WIN £1.5m
RACES WON 19
FIRST AND LAST 1934 to 1991
COUNTRIES 1

When the wins came

25 wins from 1934 to 1991, by decade

Best decade: the 1950s, 12 wins

A list of winners sorted by date reads as one long run. Drawn, it has a shape: 12 of these 25 came in the 1950s alone.

The races Alfred G. Vanderbilt II keeps winning

By number of wins

3 won more than once

Whitney Stakes 4 Metropolitan Handicap 3 San Vicente Stakes 2 Preakness Stakes 1 Manhattan Stakes 1 Wood Memorial Stakes 1 Ogden Phipps Stakes 1 Jim Dandy Stakes 1 Personal Ensign Stakes 1 Coaching Club American Oaks 1 Acorn Stakes 1 Test Stakes 1

Every big race Alfred G. Vanderbilt II has won

25 winners, newest first

19 different races

Year Race Horse Jockey Trainer Country Worth
1991 Discovery Stakes Upon My Soul Jean-Luc Samyn Richard Violette Jr. United States £112,782
1971 Ogden Phipps Stakes Cold Comfort Mike Venezia Willard C. Freeman United States £375,940
1967 Jim Dandy Stakes Gala Performance Eddie Belmonte Willard C. Freeman United States £375,940
1955 Manhattan Stakes Social Outcast Eric Guerin William C. Winfrey United States £751,880
1954 Metropolitan Handicap Native Dancer Eric Guerin Bill Winfrey United States £751,880
1954 Whitney Stakes Social Outcast Eric Guerin William C. Winfrey United States £751,880
1953 American Derby Native Dancer Eddie Arcaro William C. Winfrey United States £75,188
1953 Arlington Classic Native Dancer Eric Guerin William C. Winfrey United States £75,188
1953 Dwyer Stakes Native Dancer Eric Guerin William C. Winfrey United States £150,376
1953 Gotham Stakes Native Dancer Eric Guerin William C. Winfrey United States £225,564
1953 Preakness Stakes Native Dancer Eric Guerin Bill Winfrey United States £1,503,759£1.5m
1953 Withers Stakes Native Dancer Eric Guerin William C. Winfrey United States £187,970
1953 Wood Memorial Stakes Native Dancer Eric Guerin William C. Winfrey United States £563,910
1952 Personal Ensign Stakes Next Move Eric Guerin William C. Winfrey United States £375,940
1950 Coaching Club American Oaks Next Move Eric Guerin William C. Winfrey United States £375,940
1949 Metropolitan Handicap Loser Weeper Hedley Woodhouse Bill Winfrey United States £751,880
1941 San Vicente Stakes Good Turn Carroll Bierman Lee McCoy United States £150,376
1939 San Vicente Stakes Impound Silvio Coucci Bud Stotler United States £150,376
1936 Metropolitan Handicap Good Harvest Sam Renick Bud Stotler United States £751,880
1936 Whitney Stakes Discovery John Bejshak Bud Stotler United States £751,880
1935 Acorn Stakes Good Gamble Sam Renick Bud Stotler United States £375,940
1935 Jerome Stakes Good Harvest Sam Renick Bud Stotler United States £112,782
1935 Test Stakes Good Gamble Sam Renick Bud Stotler United States £375,940
1935 Whitney Stakes Discovery John Bejshak Bud Stotler United States £751,880
1934 Whitney Stakes Discovery Don Meade Bud Stotler United States £751,880

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 owners either side

Ranked 73rd of 288 on big-race wins

# Owner Wins Races Span Biggest win
53 Loblolly Stable 32 22 1977 to 1995 £1,503,759£1.5m
54 Smith / Magnier / Tabor 31 16 2008 to 2026 £2,280,000£2.3m
55 Nelson Bunker Hunt 31 26 1970 to 1988 £1,500,000£1.5m
56 The Thoroughbred Corp. 30 26 1994 to 2003 £3,759,399£3.8m
57 Edouard de Rothschild 30 23 1934 to 2025 £4,273,504£4.3m
58 Guy de Rothschild 30 25 1963 to 2005 £4,273,504£4.3m
59 Augustin Stable 29 24 1974 to 2018 £3,759,399£3.8m
60 Gestüt Röttgen 29 12 1971 to 2025 £555,556
61 Gerry Oldham 29 26 1969 to 2011 £854,701
62 Live Oak Plantation 28 22 1978 to 2019 £1,503,759£1.5m
63 Ecurie Aland 28 23 1981 to 1995 £854,701
64 Richard Strauss 28 20 1985 to 2011 £854,701
65 Edward R. Bradley 27 16 1917 to 1946 £3,759,399£3.8m
66 Ogden Mills Phipps 27 23 1975 to 2005 £1,503,759£1.5m
67 Teruya Yoshida 27 19 1994 to 2025 £5,493,600£5.5m
68 Meadow Stable 26 23 1958 to 1979 £3,759,399£3.8m
69 Cain Hoy Stable 26 16 1950 to 1969 £3,759,399£3.8m
70 Countess Batthyany 26 22 1970 to 1989 £4,273,504£4.3m
71 Ahmed Al Maktoum 26 21 1983 to 2026 £1,503,759£1.5m
72 Spendthrift Farm 25 23 1985 to 2026 £5,263,158£5.3m
74 Gestüt Ittlingen 25 17 1989 to 2023 £555,556
75 Reddam Racing 24 21 2003 to 2026 £3,759,399£3.8m
76 Centennial Farms 24 22 1985 to 2026 £1,503,759£1.5m
77 Edmund A. Gann 23 23 1988 to 2009 £5,493,600£5.5m
78 August Belmont Jr 23 13 1895 to 1924 £1,503,759£1.5m
79 Ethel D. Jacobs 23 20 1936 to 1986 £1,503,759£1.5m
80 Kenneth and Sarah Ramsey 23 17 2003 to 2019 £1,503,759£1.5m
81 Golden Eagle Farm 23 14 1982 to 2001 £751,880
82 Scuderia Effevi 23 10 2007 to 2019 £447,692
83 Harry Payne Whitney 22 12 1906 to 1930 £3,759,399£3.8m
84 Charles E. Fipke 22 18 2003 to 2022 £1,503,759£1.5m
85 William Haggin Perry 22 20 1956 to 1991 £1,503,759£1.5m
86 Glen Hill Farm 22 16 1972 to 2015 £1,503,759£1.5m
87 Aga Khan Studs SCEA 21 20 2025 to 2026 £5,493,600£5.5m
88 Elmendorf Farm 21 16 1960 to 1982 £751,880
89 Prince A. A. Faisal 21 18 1986 to 2026 £854,701
90 Haras d'Etreham 21 16 1981 to 2024 £341,880
91 Glen Riddle Farm 20 9 1919 to 1941 £1,503,759£1.5m
92 Cornelius V. Whitney 20 10 1933 to 1977 £1,503,759£1.5m
93 Stonestreet Stables 20 18 2007 to 2026 £1,503,759£1.5m

Frequently asked questions

How many big races has Alfred G. Vanderbilt II won?

25, across 19 different races between 1934 and 1991. That is 73rd of the 288 owners on this site.

What is the biggest race Alfred G. Vanderbilt II has won?

the Preakness Stakes, worth £1,503,759 and run in the United States. Alfred G. Vanderbilt II won it in 1953.

Which race has Alfred G. Vanderbilt II won most often?

the Whitney Stakes, 4 times at Saratoga Race Course. 3 of these races have gone to Alfred G. Vanderbilt II more than once.

When did Alfred G. Vanderbilt II win these races?

Between 1934 and 1991. The busiest decade was the 1950s, with 12 of them.

Who rides for Alfred G. Vanderbilt II?

11 different riders have won one of these races in the colours, across 25 wins. The horses number 12.

Where to next

The races Alfred G. Vanderbilt II has won, and the owners around them

The races Alfred G. Vanderbilt II has won

The owners either side

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