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Bertram R. Firestone

16 wins in the world's richest races between 1975 and 1992, across 16 different races. The biggest is the Japan Cup, worth £5,493,600.

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 16
BIGGEST WIN £5.5m
RACES WON 16
FIRST AND LAST 1975 to 1992
COUNTRIES 2

When the wins came

16 wins from 1975 to 1992, by decade

Best decade: the 1980s, 6 wins

A list of winners sorted by date reads as one long run. Drawn, it has a shape: 6 of these 16 came in the 1980s alone.

The races Bertram R. Firestone keeps winning

By number of wins

0 won more than once

Japan Cup 1 Blue Grass Stakes 1 Manhattan Stakes 1 Florida Derby 1 Christophe Clement Turf Stakes 1 Breeders' Futurity Stakes 1 H. Allen Jerkens Memorial Stakes 1 Jim Dandy Stakes 1 Jaipur Stakes 1 Joe Hirsch Turf Classic Stakes 1 Secretariat Stakes 1 Champagne Stakes 1

Every big race Bertram R. Firestone has won

16 winners, newest first

16 different races

Year Race Horse Jockey Trainer Country Worth
1992 Hollywood Derby Paradise Creek Pat Day William I. Mott United States £300,752
1992 National Museum of Racing Hall of Fame Stakes Paradise Creek Mike E. Smith William I. Mott United States £300,752
1991 H. Allen Jerkens Memorial Stakes Take Me Out Mike E. Smith William I. Mott United States £375,940
1990 Jim Dandy Stakes Chief Honcho Mike E. Smith William I. Mott United States £375,940
1990 Manhattan Stakes Phantom Breeze Mike E. Smith William I. Mott United States £751,880
1989 Jaipur Stakes Harp Islet Craig Perret William I. Mott United States £375,940
1987 Christophe Clement Turf Stakes Theatrical Pat Day William I. Mott United States £563,910
1987 Joe Hirsch Turf Classic Stakes Theatrical (IRE) Pat Day William I. Mott United States £375,940
1982 Japan Cup Half Iced Don MacBeth Stanley M. Hough Japan £5,493,600£5.5m
1982 Secretariat Stakes Half Iced Donald MacBeth Stanley M. Hough United States £375,940
1981 Breeders' Futurity Stakes D'Accord Darrel McHargue LeRoy Jolley United States £488,722
1979 Gotham Stakes General Assembly Jacinto Vásquez LeRoy Jolley United States £225,564
1978 Hopeful Stakes General Assembly Darrel McHargue LeRoy Jolley United States £225,564
1976 Blue Grass Stakes Honest Pleasure Braulio Baeza LeRoy Jolley United States £939,850
1976 Florida Derby Honest Pleasure Braulio Baeza LeRoy Jolley United States £751,880
1975 Champagne Stakes Honest Pleasure Braulio Baeza LeRoy Jolley United States £375,940

The figure on each row is what that race puts up today, which is the number that says how big a day it was.

Where Bertram R. Firestone wins

2 countries

Country Wins Share Biggest race won there
United States 15 94% Blue Grass Stakes
Japan 1 6% Japan Cup

The owners either side

Ranked 144th of 288 on big-race wins

# Owner Wins Races Span Biggest win
124 Earle I. Mack 18 18 1980 to 2015 £751,880
125 Gus Schickedanz 18 14 1995 to 2008 £751,880
126 Ecurie I. M. Fares 18 17 1986 to 2016 £256,410
127 Michael E. Pegram 17 15 1998 to 2020 £9,022,556£9.0m
128 Magnier / Tabor / Smith 17 11 2006 to 2025 £1,500,000£1.5m
129 James R. Keene 17 7 1879 to 1910 £1,503,759£1.5m
130 Gary A. Tanaka 17 16 1995 to 2007 £3,040,000£3.0m
131 Enrique Sarasola 17 13 1992 to 2000 £4,273,504£4.3m
132 Fox Hill Farms 17 15 2000 to 2019 £1,503,759£1.5m
133 Robert V. LaPenta 17 16 2003 to 2025 £1,503,759£1.5m
134 Shadwell Stable 17 14 1997 to 2023 £1,503,759£1.5m
135 Bwamazon Farm 17 10 1955 to 1983 £751,880
136 Jean-Louis Bouchard 17 13 1986 to 2021 £1,282,051£1.3m
137 Rex C. Ellsworth 17 12 1947 to 1966 £1,503,759£1.5m
138 Tabor / Magnier 17 12 1997 to 2005 £854,701
139 Sigmund Sommer 17 15 1967 to 1978 £751,880
140 Serge Fradkoff 17 15 1978 to 1998 £854,701
141 Stafford Farms 17 7 1962 to 1980 £536,800
142 Alec Head 17 14 1977 to 2009 £341,880
143 George L. Lorillard 16 6 1878 to 1884 £1,503,759£1.5m
145 Lord Weinstock 16 16 1990 to 2001 £5,493,600£5.5m
146 Maine Chance Farm 16 13 1945 to 1963 £3,759,399£3.8m
147 Leonidas Marinopoulos 16 16 1999 to 2015 £4,511,278£4.5m
148 Bruce McNall 16 16 1981 to 1991 £5,493,600£5.5m
149 Tracy Farmer 16 15 2000 to 2025 £1,503,759£1.5m
150 Sue Magnier 16 12 1997 to 2012 £751,880
151 Edward P. Evans 16 16 1986 to 2010 £751,880
152 E. P. Taylor 16 8 1946 to 1957 £536,800
153 Howard B. Keck 16 10 1959 to 1994 £563,910
154 Jerry & Ann Moss 15 10 1984 to 2016 £5,263,158£5.3m
155 Frances A. Genter 15 14 1959 to 1991 £5,263,158£5.3m
156 Tabor / Smith / Magnier 15 9 2008 to 2025 £4,273,504£4.3m
157 Buckland Farm 15 15 1974 to 1992 £3,759,399£3.8m
158 Tartan Stable 15 14 1967 to 1987 £1,503,759£1.5m
159 Ryehill Farm 15 13 1979 to 1997 £1,127,820£1.1m
160 Harry C. Hatch 15 6 1931 to 1945 £563,910
161 Peachtree Stable 15 14 2001 to 2022 £1,127,820£1.1m
162 Alan Clore 15 14 1974 to 1990 £393,162
163 Robin Scully 15 10 1980 to 1990 £324,786
164 Gary Tanaka 15 12 1994 to 2009 £512,821

Frequently asked questions

How many big races has Bertram R. Firestone won?

16, across 16 different races between 1975 and 1992. That is 144th of the 288 owners on this site.

What is the biggest race Bertram R. Firestone has won?

the Japan Cup, worth £5,493,600 and run in Japan. Bertram R. Firestone won it in 1982.

When did Bertram R. Firestone win these races?

Between 1975 and 1992. The busiest decade was the 1980s, with 6 of them.

Who rides for Bertram R. Firestone?

8 different riders have won one of these races in the colours, across 16 wins. The horses number 11.

Where to next

The races Bertram R. Firestone has won, and the owners around them

The races Bertram R. Firestone has won

The owners either side

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