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OWNER · 228th BY BIG-RACE WINS

El Peco Ranch

11 wins in the world's richest races between 1955 and 1978, across 11 different races. The biggest is the Kentucky Derby, worth £3,759,399.

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 11
BIGGEST WIN £3.8m
RACES WON 11
FIRST AND LAST 1955 to 1978
COUNTRIES 1

When the wins came

11 wins from 1955 to 1978, by decade

Best decade: the 1960s, 6 wins

A list of winners sorted by date reads as one long run. Drawn, it has a shape: 6 of these 11 came in the 1960s alone.

The races El Peco Ranch keeps winning

By number of wins

0 won more than once

Kentucky Derby 1 Pat Day Mile Stakes 1 Santa Anita Derby 1 San Felipe Stakes 1 Malibu Stakes 1 Santa Anita Handicap 1 Del Mar Derby 1 Twilight Derby 1 La Jolla Handicap 1 Los Alamitos Derby 1 Forerunner Stakes 1

Every big race El Peco Ranch has won

11 winners, newest first

11 different races

Year Race Horse Jockey Trainer Country Worth
1978 Malibu Stakes J. O. Tobin Steve Cauthen Laz Barrera United States £225,564
1978 Twilight Derby Wayside Station Laffit Pincay Jr. John H. Adams United States £150,376
1977 Los Alamitos Derby J. O. Tobin Bill Shoemaker John H. Adams United States £75,188
1976 Del Mar Derby Montespan Darrel McHargue John H. Adams United States £187,970
1965 Santa Anita Handicap Hill Rise Donald Pierce William B. Finnegan United States £225,564
1964 Forerunner Stakes Hill Rise Bill Shoemaker William B. Finnegan United States £75,188
1964 Pat Day Mile Stakes Hill Rise Bill Shoemaker William B. Finnegan United States £563,910
1964 San Felipe Stakes Hill Rise Don Pierce William B. Finnegan United States £300,752
1964 Santa Anita Derby Hill Rise Donald Pierce William B. Finnegan United States £375,940
1962 Kentucky Derby Decidedly Bill Hartack Horatio Luro United States £3,759,399£3.8m
1955 La Jolla Handicap Hillary Gordon Glisson William B. Finnegan United States £112,782

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 228th of 288 on big-race wins

# Owner Wins Races Span Biggest win
208 Caro / Augustin-Normand 12 9 2014 to 2019 £1,282,051£1.3m
209 Etti Plesch 12 11 1961 to 1992 £1,500,000£1.5m
210 Gestüt Wittekindshof 12 6 1996 to 2016 £555,556
211 Barry K. Schwartz 12 11 1980 to 2018 £751,880
212 William Hendrie 12 4 1890 to 1903 £536,800
213 Hickory Tree Stable 12 11 1970 to 1987 £563,910
214 Richard C. Strauss 12 7 1986 to 2011 £1,503,759£1.5m
215 Ecurie Skymarc Farm 12 11 1989 to 2008 £854,701
216 Pin Oak Stable 12 11 1991 to 2011 £563,910
217 Jeff Smith 12 10 1984 to 2014 £650,000
218 Fahd Salman 12 11 1986 to 1999 £512,821
219 SARL Darpat France 12 11 2009 to 2019 £427,350
220 Peter Goulandris 12 12 1970 to 1986 £427,350
221 Ecurie J. L. Bouchard 12 11 1999 to 2014 £111,111
222 Rashid Bin Mohammed 12 8 1999 to 2007 £201,700
223 Lady O'Reilly 12 11 1991 to 2010 £111,111
224 Shadwell Racing 11 10 1986 to 2022 £5,291,005£5.3m
225 17th Earl of Derby 11 3 1910 to 1944 £1,500,000£1.5m
226 Suzy Volterra 11 10 1955 to 1989 £4,273,504£4.3m
227 Lazy F Ranch 11 8 1967 to 1998 £939,850
229 G. Watts Humphrey Jr 11 10 1982 to 2019 £1,315,789£1.3m
230 The Thoroughbred Corporation 11 8 1997 to 2002 £751,880
231 e Five Racing Thoroughbreds 11 9 2016 to 2025 £939,850
232 Pam & Martin Wygod 11 10 1995 to 2015 £1,503,759£1.5m
233 Christopher Chenery 11 11 1950 to 1958 £1,503,759£1.5m
234 Michael Lund Petersen 11 9 2016 to 2024 £939,850
235 Karl Watson, Michael E. Pegram & Paul Weitman 11 9 2011 to 2024 £1,503,759£1.5m
236 Cynthia Phipps 11 11 1975 to 1996 £563,910
237 Sean Mulryan 11 8 2004 to 2007 £726,496
238 Zahra Aga Khan 11 10 2006 to 2026 £512,821
239 C R K Stable 11 11 2001 to 2026 £451,128
240 Zenya Yoshida 11 11 1973 to 1993 £375,940
241 Nurlan Bizakov 11 11 2022 to 2024 £854,701
242 Allevamento White Star 11 8 1986 to 1989 £235,043
243 Gestüt Park Wiedingen 11 6 2001 to 2022 £555,556
244 VHW Stables 11 7 1991 to 2001 £300,752
245 Scuderia Incolinx 11 8 2002 to 2014 £447,692
246 Scuderia Siba 11 8 1983 to 2009 £447,692
247 New Farm 11 8 1995 to 2014 £375,940
248 Moufid Dabaghi 11 9 1981 to 1987 £170,940

Frequently asked questions

How many big races has El Peco Ranch won?

11, across 11 different races between 1955 and 1978. That is 228th of the 288 owners on this site.

What is the biggest race El Peco Ranch has won?

the Kentucky Derby, worth £3,759,399 and run in the United States. El Peco Ranch won it in 1962.

When did El Peco Ranch win these races?

Between 1955 and 1978. The busiest decade was the 1960s, with 6 of them.

Who rides for El Peco Ranch?

8 different riders have won one of these races in the colours, across 11 wins. The horses number 6.

Where to next

The races El Peco Ranch has won, and the owners around them

The races El Peco Ranch has won

The owners either side

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