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TRAINER · 168th BY BIG-RACE WINS

Doug O'Neill

33 wins in the world's richest races between 2005 and 2025, across 25 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 33
BIGGEST WIN £3.8m
RACES WON 25
FIRST AND LAST 2005 to 2025
COUNTRIES 2

When the wins came

33 wins from 2005 to 2025, in 2-year spells

Best spell: 2012-13, 6 wins

A list of winners sorted by date reads as one long run. Drawn, it has a shape: Doug O'Neill took 6 of these 33 in 2012-13 alone.

The races Doug O'Neill keeps winning

By number of wins

6 won more than once

Kentucky Derby 2 Breeders' Cup Juvenile 2 Santa Anita Derby 2 Santa Anita Handicap 2 San Vicente Stakes 2 UAE 2000 Guineas 2 Preakness Stakes 1 Breeders' Cup Sprint 1 Blue Grass Stakes 1 Metropolitan Handicap 1 Cotillion Handicap 1 Pennsylvania Derby 1

Every big race Doug O'Neill has won

33 winners, newest first

25 different races

Year Race Horse Jockey Country Worth
2025 Metropolitan Handicap Raging Torrent Frankie Dettori United States £751,880
2024 Malibu Stakes Raging Torrent Frankie Dettori United States £225,564
2024 Maxfield Stakes Raging Torrent Antonio Fresu United States £187,970
2023 Cotillion Handicap Ceiling Crusher Edwin A. Maldonado United States £751,880
2023 UAE 2000 Guineas Tall Boy William Buick United Arab Emirates £50,425
2022 Al Maktoum Classic Hot Rod Charlie William Buick United Arab Emirates £451,128
2022 Del Mar Derby Slow Down Andy Mario Gutierrez United States £187,970
2021 Pennsylvania Derby Hot Rod Charlie Flavien Prat United States £751,880
2020 UAE 2000 Guineas Fore Left William Buick United Arab Emirates £50,425
2017 Blue Grass Stakes Irap Julien Leparoux United States £939,850
2017 Ohio Derby Irap Julien Leparoux United States £375,940
2017 San Vicente Stakes Iliad Flavien Prat United States £150,376
2016 Florida Derby Nyquist Mario Gutierrez United States £751,880
2016 Kentucky Derby Nyquist Mario Gutierrez United States £3,759,399£3.8m
2016 San Vicente Stakes Nyquist Mario Gutierrez United States £150,376
2015 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Nyquist Mario Gutierrez United States £1,503,759£1.5m
2015 Del Mar Oaks Sharla Rae James Graham United States £225,564
2013 Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile Goldencents Rafael Bejarano United States £751,880
2013 Santa Anita Derby Goldencents Kevin Krigger United States £375,940
2012 Kentucky Derby I'll Have Another Mario Gutierrez United States £3,759,399£3.8m
2012 Preakness Stakes I'll Have Another Mario Gutierrez United States £1,503,759£1.5m
2012 Robert B. Lewis Stakes I'll Have Another Mario Gutierrez United States £150,376
2012 Santa Anita Derby I'll Have Another Mario Gutierrez United States £375,940
2011 Lone Star Derby Thirtyfirststreet Chris Landeros United States £150,376
2010 Alcibiades Stakes Wickedly Perfect Rafael Bejarano United States £488,722
2007 San Felipe Stakes Cobalt Blue Victor Espinoza United States £300,752
2007 Santa Anita Handicap Lava Man Corey Nakatani United States £225,564
2006 Breeders' Cup Sprint Thor's Echo Corey Nakatani United States £1,503,759£1.5m
2006 Breeders' Futurity Stakes Great Hunter Victor Espinoza United States £488,722
2006 Santa Anita Handicap Lava Man Corey Nakatani United States £225,564
2005 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Stevie Wonderboy Garrett Gomez United States £1,503,759£1.5m

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.

Where Doug O'Neill wins

2 countries

Country Wins Share Biggest race won there
United States 28 85% Kentucky Derby
United Arab Emirates 3 9% Al Maktoum Classic

The trainers either side

Ranked 168th of 187 on big-race wins

# Trainer Wins Races Span Biggest win
158 Tom Dreaper 35 13 1946 to 1971 £646,880
159 John Fellows 35 26 1971 to 1995 £854,701
160 Ryan Price 35 24 1948 to 1982 £450,000
161 Ivan Allan 34 9 1973 to 2003 £3,040,000£3.0m
162 Neil J. Howard 34 27 1989 to 2017 £1,503,759£1.5m
163 Frank Butters 34 16 1928 to 1949 £4,273,504£4.3m
164 Michael W. McCarthy 34 28 2007 to 2026 £2,255,639£2.3m
165 Peter Walwyn 34 24 1969 to 1995 £1,500,000£1.5m
166 Josh Gifford 34 22 1973 to 2002 £400,000
167 Christophe Ferland 34 26 2011 to 2026 £512,821
169 Bert Mulholland 33 22 1936 to 1967 £1,503,759£1.5m
170 Paddy Prendergast 33 15 1950 to 1980 £854,701
171 Doug Watson 33 15 2005 to 2025 £751,880
172 Venetia Williams 33 24 1998 to 2026 £250,000
173 Philippe Demercastel 33 26 1988 to 2013 £512,821
174 Harro Remmert 33 21 1980 to 2002 £555,556
175 Steven M. Asmussen 32 17 2001 to 2024 £5,263,158£5.3m
176 Edward A. Neloy 32 22 1954 to 1970 £1,127,820£1.1m
177 Mark Frostad 32 14 1994 to 2012 £3,759,399£3.8m
178 Joseph Lawson 32 16 1929 to 1955 £1,500,000£1.5m

Frequently asked questions

How many big races has Doug O'Neill won?

33, across 25 different races between 2005 and 2025. That is 168th of the 187 trainers on this site.

What is the biggest race Doug O'Neill has won?

the Kentucky Derby, worth £3,759,399 and run in the United States. Doug O'Neill won it in 2016, 2012.

Which race has Doug O'Neill won most often?

the Kentucky Derby, 2 times at Churchill Downs. 6 of these races have gone to Doug O'Neill more than once.

How much prize money has Doug O'Neill 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: 33 wins, the biggest of them worth £3,759,399.

When did Doug O'Neill win these races?

Between 2005 and 2025. The busiest spell was 2012-13, with 6 of them.

Where to next

The races Doug O'Neill has won, and the trainers around them

The races Doug O'Neill has won

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