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OWNER · 79th BY BIG-RACE WINS

Ethel D. Jacobs

23 wins in the world's richest races between 1936 and 1986, across 20 different races. The biggest is the Belmont 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 23
BIGGEST WIN £1.5m
RACES WON 20
FIRST AND LAST 1936 to 1986
COUNTRIES 1

When the wins came

23 wins from 1936 to 1986, by decade

Best decade: the 1960s, 8 wins

A list of winners sorted by date reads as one long run. Drawn, it has a shape: 8 of these 23 came in the 1960s alone.

The races Ethel D. Jacobs keeps winning

By number of wins

3 won more than once

Metropolitan Handicap 2 Manhattan Stakes 2 Diana Stakes 2 Belmont Stakes 1 Preakness Stakes 1 Whitney Stakes 1 Wood Memorial Stakes 1 Pat Day Mile Stakes 1 Belmont Derby 1 New York Stakes 1 Spinster Stakes 1 Jim Dandy Stakes 1

Every big race Ethel D. Jacobs has won

23 winners, newest first

20 different races

Year Race Horse Jockey Trainer Country Worth
1986 Del Mar Futurity Qualify Gary Stevens Laz Barrera United States £225,564
1970 Belmont Stakes High Echelon John L. Rotz John W. Jacobs United States £1,503,759£1.5m
1970 Jersey Derby Personality Eddie Belmonte John W. Jacobs United States £75,188
1970 Jim Dandy Stakes Personality Laffit Pincay Jr. John W. Jacobs United States £375,940
1970 Preakness Stakes Personality Eddie Belmonte John W. Jacobs United States £1,503,759£1.5m
1970 Wood Memorial Stakes Personality Eddie Belmonte John W. Jacobs United States £563,910
1967 Spinster Stakes Straight Deal II Howard Grant John W. Jacobs United States £488,722
1966 James W. Murphy Stakes Exhibitionist Heliodoro Gustines Hirsch Jacobs United States £75,188
1966 Pat Day Mile Stakes Exhibitionist Eddie Belmonte Hirsch Jacobs United States £563,910
1966 Personal Ensign Stakes Straight Deal II Bobby Ussery Hirsch Jacobs United States £375,940
1966 Robert B. Lewis Stakes Exhibitionist Eddie Belmonte Hirsch Jacobs United States £150,376
1965 Frizette Stakes Priceless Gem Walter Blum Hirsch Jacobs United States £300,752
1965 Malibu Stakes Power of Destiny Kenneth Church Hirsch Jacobs United States £225,564
1962 Spinaway Stakes Affectionately Ismael Valenzuela Hirsch Jacobs United States £225,564
1958 Diana Stakes Searching Bill Hartack Hirsch Jacobs United States £375,940
1957 Belmont Derby Pertshire Ted Atkinson Hirsch Jacobs United States £563,910
1956 Diana Stakes Searching Conn McCreary Hirsch Jacobs United States £375,940
1948 Metropolitan Handicap Stymie Conn McCreary Hirsch Jacobs United States £751,880
1947 Metropolitan Handicap Stymie Basil James Hirsch Jacobs United States £751,880
1946 Manhattan Stakes Stymie Basil James Hirsch Jacobs United States £751,880
1946 New York Stakes Stymie Basil James Hirsch Jacobs United States £563,910
1946 Whitney Stakes Stymie Basil James Hirsch Jacobs United States £751,880
1936 Manhattan Stakes Action John Gilbert Hirsch Jacobs 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 79th of 288 on big-race wins

# Owner Wins Races Span Biggest win
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
73 Alfred G. Vanderbilt II 25 19 1934 to 1991 £1,503,759£1.5m
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
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
94 Gestüt Ammerland 20 18 1997 to 2017 £2,280,000£2.3m
95 Darley Stable 20 19 2003 to 2012 £1,503,759£1.5m
96 Cheveley Park Stud 20 17 1990 to 2023 £1,503,759£1.5m
97 Gestüt Zoppenbroich 20 9 1965 to 1985 £555,556
98 Georg von Ullmann 20 15 1993 to 2009 £854,701
99 Jean-Louis Levesque 20 12 1965 to 1983 £488,722

Frequently asked questions

How many big races has Ethel D. Jacobs won?

23, across 20 different races between 1936 and 1986. That is 79th of the 288 owners on this site.

What is the biggest race Ethel D. Jacobs has won?

the Belmont Stakes, worth £1,503,759 and run in the United States. Ethel D. Jacobs won it in 1970.

Which race has Ethel D. Jacobs won most often?

the Metropolitan Handicap, 2 times at Belmont Park. 3 of these races have gone to Ethel D. Jacobs more than once.

When did Ethel D. Jacobs win these races?

Between 1936 and 1986. The busiest decade was the 1960s, with 8 of them.

Who rides for Ethel D. Jacobs?

15 different riders have won one of these races in the colours, across 23 wins. The horses number 12.

Where to next

The races Ethel D. Jacobs has won, and the owners around them

The races Ethel D. Jacobs has won

The owners either side

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