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OWNER · 38th BY BIG-RACE WINS

King Ranch

39 wins in the world's richest races between 1937 and 1988, across 25 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 39
BIGGEST WIN £3.8m
RACES WON 25
FIRST AND LAST 1937 to 1988
COUNTRIES 1

When the wins came

39 wins from 1937 to 1988, by decade

Best decade: the 1940s, 15 wins

A list of winners sorted by date reads as one long run. Drawn, it has a shape: 15 of these 39 came in the 1940s alone.

The races King Ranch keeps winning

By number of wins

10 won more than once

Coaching Club American Oaks 4 Belmont Stakes 3 Acorn Stakes 3 Kentucky Derby 2 Alabama Stakes 2 Personal Ensign Stakes 2 Peter Pan Stakes 2 Dwyer Stakes 2 Discovery Stakes 2 Jersey Derby 2 Preakness Stakes 1 Cotillion Handicap 1

Every big race King Ranch has won

39 winners, newest first

25 different races

Year Race Horse Jockey Trainer Country Worth
1988 Cotillion Handicap Aquaba Jean Cruguet Scotty Schulhofer United States £751,880
1969 Spinster Stakes Gallant Bloom John L. Rotz William J. Hirsch United States £488,722
1968 Jersey Derby Out of the Way Eddie Belmonte Max Hirsch United States £75,188
1968 Test Stakes Heartland John L. Rotz Max Hirsch United States £375,940
1961 Ogden Phipps Stakes Disperse William Boland Max Hirsch United States £375,940
1959 Coaching Club American Oaks Resaca Manuel Ycaza Buddy Hirsch United States £375,940
1959 Peter Pan Stakes Black Hills Eddie Arcaro Max Hirsch United States £150,376
1957 Alabama Stakes Here and There Eldon Nelson Max Hirsch United States £451,128
1955 Metropolitan Handicap High Gun Anthony DeSpirito Max Hirsch United States £751,880
1954 Acorn Stakes Riverina (DH) William Boland Max Hirsch United States £375,940
1954 Belmont Stakes High Gun Eric Guerin Max Hirsch United States £1,503,759£1.5m
1954 Dwyer Stakes High Gun Eric Guerin Max Hirsch United States £150,376
1954 Jockey Club Gold Cup High Gun Eddie Arcaro Max Hirsch United States £751,880
1954 Manhattan Stakes High Gun Eddie Arcaro Max Hirsch United States £751,880
1954 Peter Pan Stakes High Gun Eric Guerin Max Hirsch United States £150,376
1954 Santa Anita Handicap Rejected Bill Shoemaker William J. Hirsch United States £225,564
1953 Hollywood Derby Rejected Ralph Neves William J. Hirsch United States £300,752
1951 Personal Ensign Stakes Renew B. Green Max Hirsch United States £375,940
1950 Belmont Stakes Middleground William Boland Max Hirsch United States £1,503,759£1.5m
1950 Kentucky Derby Middleground William Boland Max Hirsch United States £3,759,399£3.8m
1949 Discovery Stakes Prophets Thumb Dave Gorman Max Hirsch United States £112,782
1949 Hopeful Stakes Middleground Dave Gorman Max Hirsch United States £225,564
1949 Personal Ensign Stakes But Why Not Dave Gorman Max Hirsch United States £375,940
1948 Coaching Club American Oaks Scattered Warren Mehrtens Max Hirsch United States £375,940
1948 Discovery Stakes Better Self Dave Gorman Max Hirsch United States £112,782
1947 Acorn Stakes But Why Not Warren Mehrtens Max Hirsch United States £375,940
1947 Alabama Stakes But Why Not Eric Guerin Max Hirsch United States £451,128
1947 Arlington Classic ¶But Why Not Warren Mehrtens Max Hirsch United States £75,188
1946 Belmont Stakes Assault Warren Mehrtens Max Hirsch United States £1,503,759£1.5m
1946 Dwyer Stakes Assault Warren Mehrtens Max Hirsch United States £150,376
1946 Kentucky Derby Assault Warren Mehrtens Max Hirsch United States £3,759,399£3.8m
1946 Preakness Stakes Assault Warren Mehrtens Max Hirsch United States £1,503,759£1.5m
1946 Wood Memorial Stakes Assault Warren Mehrtens Max Hirsch United States £563,910
1943 Coaching Club American Oaks Too Timely George Woolf Max Hirsch United States £375,940
1942 Jersey Derby Salto Warren Mehrtens Max Hirsch United States £75,188
1939 Santa Anita Derby Ciencia† Carroll Bierman William J. Hirsch United States £375,940
1937 Acorn Stakes Dawn Play Lester Balaski Max Hirsch United States £375,940
1937 American Derby Dawn Play Lester Balaski Max Hirsch United States £75,188
1937 Coaching Club American Oaks Dawn Play Lester Balaski Max Hirsch 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.

The owners either side

Ranked 38th of 288 on big-race wins

# Owner Wins Races Span Biggest win
18 Mahmoud Fustok 67 46 1979 to 1988 £512,821
19 Frank Stronach 59 40 1983 to 2025 £5,263,158£5.3m
20 Belair Stud 53 23 1924 to 1955 £3,759,399£3.8m
21 Harbor View Farm 53 43 1960 to 1996 £3,759,399£3.8m
22 Claiborne Farm 52 37 1955 to 2013 £3,759,399£3.8m
23 Klaravich Stables 51 37 1997 to 2026 £3,759,399£3.8m
24 Paul de Moussac 50 43 1974 to 1994 £854,701
25 Ghislaine Head 48 40 1971 to 2011 £4,273,504£4.3m
26 Peter M. Brant 47 34 1977 to 2025 £1,503,759£1.5m
27 Gestüt Schlenderhan 47 18 1969 to 2022 £555,556
28 Fred W. Hooper 46 30 1945 to 1998 £1,503,759£1.5m
29 Gestüt Fährhof 46 16 1968 to 2026 £854,701
30 Michael Tabor 45 41 1995 to 2026 £4,273,504£4.3m
31 Marquesa de Moratalla 45 33 1979 to 2012 £1,282,051£1.3m
32 Brookmeade Stable 42 29 1927 to 1989 £3,759,399£3.8m
33 Windfields Farm 42 22 1959 to 1994 £3,759,399£3.8m
34 Al Shaqab Racing 42 38 2014 to 2026 £4,273,504£4.3m
35 Wheatley Stable 41 21 1928 to 1969 £1,503,759£1.5m
36 George D. Widener Jr 41 23 1918 to 1970 £1,503,759£1.5m
37 Zayat Stables 40 35 2006 to 2016 £5,263,158£5.3m
39 George Strawbridge 39 30 1989 to 2026 £700,000
40 John C. Oxley 38 35 1995 to 2026 £1,503,759£1.5m
41 Dogwood Stable 38 35 1971 to 2014 £1,503,759£1.5m
42 WinStar Farm 36 31 2001 to 2026 £3,759,399£3.8m
43 Eugene V. Klein 36 27 1983 to 1989 £1,503,759£1.5m
44 Kinghaven Farms 36 18 1979 to 2000 £563,910
45 Overbrook Farm 35 31 1989 to 2007 £5,263,158£5.3m
46 Joseph E. Seagram 35 4 1889 to 1917 £536,800
47 Winchell Thoroughbreds 34 26 2005 to 2026 £9,022,556£9.0m
48 Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum 34 16 2000 to 2024 £9,022,556£9.0m
49 Jean-Claude Seroul 34 29 1997 to 2023 £324,786
50 Darby Dan Farm 33 26 1961 to 1992 £5,263,158£5.3m
51 Rokeby Stable 33 20 1951 to 1993 £939,850
52 C. V. Whitney 33 21 1932 to 1983 £751,880
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

Frequently asked questions

How many big races has King Ranch won?

39, across 25 different races between 1937 and 1988. That is 38th of the 288 owners on this site.

What is the biggest race King Ranch has won?

the Kentucky Derby, worth £3,759,399 and run in the United States. King Ranch won it in 1946, 1950.

Which race has King Ranch won most often?

the Coaching Club American Oaks, 4 times at Saratoga Race Course. 10 of these races have gone to King Ranch more than once.

When did King Ranch win these races?

Between 1937 and 1988. The busiest decade was the 1940s, with 15 of them.

Who rides for King Ranch?

17 different riders have won one of these races in the colours, across 39 wins. The horses number 23.

Where to next

The races King Ranch has won, and the owners around them

The races King Ranch has won

The owners either side

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