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TRAINER · 125th BY BIG-RACE WINS

Ben Jones

42 wins in the world's richest races between 1938 and 1952, across 2 different races. The biggest is the Kentucky Derby, worth £3,759,399.

Rolls of honour are kept race by race, so a trainer's big-race record only exists once every one of them on this site has been read and turned sideways.

BIG-RACE WINS 42
BIGGEST WIN £3.8m
RACES WON 2
FIRST AND LAST 1938 to 1952
COUNTRIES 1

When the wins came

42 wins from 1938 to 1952, in 2-year spells

Best spell: 1952-53, 3 wins

A list of winners sorted by date reads as one long run. Drawn, it has a shape: Ben Jones took 3 of these 42 in 1952-53 alone.

Every big race Ben Jones has won

42 winners, newest first

2 different races

Year Race Horse Jockey Country Worth
1952 Kentucky Derby Eddie Arcaro United States £3,759,399£3.8m
1952 Kentucky Derby Hill Gail Eddie Arcaro United States £3,759,399£3.8m
1952 Kentucky Oaks Eddie Arcaro United States £1,127,820£1.1m
1949 Kentucky Derby Ponder Steve Brooks United States £3,759,399£3.8m
1948 Kentucky Derby Citation Eddie Arcaro United States £3,759,399£3.8m
1944 Kentucky Derby Pensive Conn McCreary United States £3,759,399£3.8m
1941 Kentucky Derby Whirlaway Eddie Arcaro United States £3,759,399£3.8m
1938 Kentucky Derby Lawrin Eddie Arcaro United States £3,759,399£3.8m

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 prize itself goes to the owner and the trainer takes a percentage of it, set by the rules of the country the race is run in.

The trainers either side

Ranked 125th of 187 on big-race wins

# Trainer Wins Races Span Biggest win
115 Jimmy Jones 44 26 1947 to 1964 £3,759,399£3.8m
116 Michael Jarvis 44 36 1970 to 2010 £4,273,504£4.3m
117 Jack Jarvis 44 17 1922 to 1968 £1,500,000£1.5m
118 Maurice Zilber 44 31 1970 to 2001 £1,500,000£1.5m
119 Nicolas Clément 44 37 1990 to 2022 £4,273,504£4.3m
120 François Rohaut 44 33 1986 to 2021 £854,701
121 John Shirreffs 43 29 1994 to 2025 £5,263,158£5.3m
122 Scotty Schulhofer 43 33 1966 to 2000 £1,503,759£1.5m
123 John Oxx 43 26 1988 to 2012 £4,273,504£4.3m
124 Karl Burke 43 34 1996 to 2026 £854,701
126 Henry de Bromhead 42 28 2009 to 2026 £1,000,000£1.0m
127 Harry Thomson Jones 42 34 1962 to 1990 £700,000
128 Mitri Saliba 42 33 1979 to 1987 £512,821
129 Michael J. Maker 41 29 2006 to 2025 £2,631,579£2.6m
130 Mark Walker & Sam Bergerson 41 21 2000 to 2026 £581,400
131 David Pipe 41 25 2006 to 2026 £375,000
132 Jean-Pierre Carvalho 41 29 2010 to 2022 £427,350
133 Richard E. Dutrow Jr. 40 32 2002 to 2026 £5,263,158£5.3m
134 Neil D. Drysdale 40 27 1975 to 2020 £1,503,759£1.5m
135 Stephen Autridge & Jamie Richards 40 15 2015 to 2022 £551,125

Frequently asked questions

How many big races has Ben Jones won?

42, across 2 different races between 1938 and 1952. That is 125th of the 187 trainers on this site.

What is the biggest race Ben Jones has won?

the Kentucky Derby, worth £3,759,399 and run in the United States. Ben Jones won it in 1952, 1952, 1949, 1948, 1944, 1941, 1938.

Which race has Ben Jones won most often?

the Kentucky Derby, 7 times at Churchill Downs. 1 of these races have gone to Ben Jones more than once.

How much prize money has Ben Jones won?

The prize goes to the owner, and the trainer takes a percentage of it set by the rules of the country the race is run in. What this page holds is the races themselves: 42 wins, the biggest of them worth £3,759,399.

When did Ben Jones win these races?

Between 1938 and 1952. The busiest spell was 1952-53, with 3 of them.

Where to next

The races Ben Jones has won, and the trainers around them

The races Ben Jones has won

The trainers either side

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