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OWNER · 56th BY BIG-RACE WINS

The Thoroughbred Corp.

30 wins in the world's richest races between 1994 and 2003, across 26 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 30
BIGGEST WIN £3.8m
RACES WON 26
FIRST AND LAST 1994 to 2003
COUNTRIES 3

The races The Thoroughbred Corp. keeps winning

By number of wins

4 won more than once

Preakness Stakes 2 Pat Day Mile Stakes 2 American Pharoah Stakes 2 Del Mar Debutante Stakes 2 Kentucky Derby 1 Belmont Stakes 1 Breeders' Cup Distaff 1 Breeders' Cup Juvenile 1 Epsom Derby 1 St James's Palace Stakes 1 Breeders' Futurity Stakes 1 Champagne Stakes 1

Every big race The Thoroughbred Corp. has won

30 winners, newest first

26 different races

Year Race Horse Jockey Trainer Country Worth
2003 Del Mar Oaks Dessert Corey Nakatani Richard Mandella United States £225,564
2003 Forerunner Stakes Californian Kent Desormeaux Kristin Mulhall United States £75,188
2003 San Vicente Stakes Kafwain Victor Espinoza Bob Baffert United States £150,376
2002 American Pharoah Stakes Kafwain Victor Espinoza Bob Baffert United States £225,564
2002 Hollywood Derby Johar Alex Solis Richard Mandella United States £300,752
2002 Kentucky Derby War Emblem Victor Espinoza Bob Baffert United States £3,759,399£3.8m
2002 Preakness Stakes War Emblem Victor Espinoza Bob Baffert United States £1,503,759£1.5m
2002 San Miguel Stakes Popular Victor Espinoza Bob Baffert United States £52,632
2001 Belmont Stakes Point Given Gary Stevens Bob Baffert United States £1,503,759£1.5m
2001 Champagne Stakes Officer Victor Espinoza Bob Baffert United States £375,940
2001 Del Mar Debutante Stakes Habibti Victor Espinoza Bob Baffert United States £225,564
2001 Del Mar Futurity Officer Victor Espinoza Bob Baffert United States £225,564
2001 Preakness Stakes Point Given Gary Stevens Bob Baffert United States £1,503,759£1.5m
2001 San Felipe Stakes Point Given Gary Stevens Bob Baffert United States £300,752
2001 Santa Anita Derby Point Given Gary Stevens Bob Baffert United States £375,940
2000 Breeders' Cup Distaff Spain Victor Espinoza D. Wayne Lukas United States £1,503,759£1.5m
2000 Breeders' Futurity Stakes Arabian Light Shane Sellers Bob Baffert United States £488,722
2000 Illinois Derby Performing Magic Shane Sellers Alex L. Hassinger Jr. United States £187,970
2000 Pat Day Mile Stakes Performing Magic Pat Day Alex Hassinger, Jr. United States £563,910
1999 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Anees Gary Stevens Alex Hassinger Jr. United States £1,503,759£1.5m
1999 Epsom Derby Oath Kieren Fallon Henry Cecil Great Britain £1,500,000£1.5m
1999 Pat Day Mile Stakes Patience Game Corey Nakatani Alex Hassinger Jr. United States £563,910
1998 Clement L. Hirsch Stakes Sharp Cat Corey Nakatani Wallace Dollase United States £300,752
1998 Gamely Stakes Fiji Kent Desormeaux Neil D. Drysdale United States £300,752
1998 Prix Eugène Adam Dr Fong Kieren Fallon Henry Cecil France £111,111
1998 St James's Palace Stakes Dr Fong Kieren Fallon Henry Cecil Great Britain £650,000
1997 Acorn Stakes Sharp Cat Gary Stevens D. Wayne Lukas United States £375,940
1997 Prix Djebel Fantastic Fellow Olivier Peslier Clive Brittain France £68,376
1996 Del Mar Debutante Stakes Sharp Cat René Douglas D. Wayne Lukas United States £225,564
1994 American Pharoah Stakes Supremo Gary Stevens Richard W. Mulhall United States £225,564

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

What the owner takes out of a purse

The published split in the countries The Thoroughbred Corp. wins in

4 of 30 wins covered

Every racing authority that publishes a rule publishes it as a split of the race fund rather than of a winner's cheque, so these are figures about the races below and not about one person's bank account.

Country Wins there Code Owner's share Purse of those races Owners' share of it
Great Britain 2 Flat 80% / 78.25% £2,150,000£2.1m £1,720,000£1.7m
France 2 One code 75% £179,487 £134,615

British racing splits every pound of prize money five ways, and the two codes do not split it the same way. The owner's share is the largest single line in every country that publishes one, and it is the line that moves when a country changes its rules: British jump racing gives its riders 1.75 points more of every purse than the Flat does, and those points come out of the owner's share rather than anybody else's.

Where The Thoroughbred Corp. wins

3 countries

Country Wins Share Biggest race won there
United States 26 87% Kentucky Derby
Great Britain 2 7% Epsom Derby
France 2 7% Prix Eugène Adam

The owners either side

Ranked 56th of 288 on big-race wins

# Owner Wins Races Span Biggest win
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
38 King Ranch 39 25 1937 to 1988 £3,759,399£3.8m
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
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
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

Frequently asked questions

How many big races has The Thoroughbred Corp. won?

30, across 26 different races between 1994 and 2003. That is 56th of the 288 owners on this site.

What is the biggest race The Thoroughbred Corp. has won?

the Kentucky Derby, worth £3,759,399 and run in the United States. The Thoroughbred Corp. won it in 2002.

Which race has The Thoroughbred Corp. won most often?

the Preakness Stakes, 2 times at Pimlico Race Course. 4 of these races have gone to The Thoroughbred Corp. more than once.

How much of the prize does an owner keep?

Great Britain gives the owner 80% on the Flat and 78.25% on the Jumps of the fund, and France gives the owner 75% of the fund. The rest is split between the trainer, the riders and the sport itself, and the owner is the only party paid the prize rather than a percentage of it.

When did The Thoroughbred Corp. win these races?

Between 1994 and 2003. The busiest decade was the 2000s, with 19 of them.

Who rides for The Thoroughbred Corp.?

10 different riders have won one of these races in the colours, across 30 wins. The horses number 20.

Where to next

The races The Thoroughbred Corp. has won, and the owners around them

The races The Thoroughbred Corp. has won

The owners either side

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