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TRAINER · 71st BY BIG-RACE WINS

H. Graham Motion

64 wins in the world's richest races between 1997 and 2026, across 44 different races. The biggest is the Breeders' Cup Turf, 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 64
BIGGEST WIN £3.8m
RACES WON 44
FIRST AND LAST 1997 to 2026
COUNTRIES 2

When the wins came

64 wins from 1997 to 2026, in 3-year spells

Best spell: 2010-12, 9 wins

A list of winners sorted by date reads as one long run. Drawn, it has a shape: H. Graham Motion took 9 of these 64 in 2010-12 alone.

The races H. Graham Motion keeps winning

By number of wins

12 won more than once

James W. Murphy Stakes 5 Jeff Ruby Steaks 3 Old Dominion Derby 3 Sir Barton Stakes 3 Belmont Derby 2 New York Stakes 2 Wood Memorial Stakes 2 Christophe Clement Turf Stakes 2 Transylvania Stakes 2 Tampa Bay Derby 2 Matriarch Stakes 2 Saranac Stakes 2

Every big race H. Graham Motion has won

64 winners, newest first

44 different races

Year Race Horse Jockey Country Worth
2026 James W. Murphy Stakes Turf Star Jorge Ruiz United States £75,188
2026 Pegasus World Cup Turf Invitational Test Score Manny Franco United States £751,880
2025 Belmont Derby Test Score Manuel Franco United States £563,910
2025 Kent Stakes Soleil Volant Sameul Marin United States £187,970
2025 Transylvania Stakes Test Score Manuel Franco United States £451,128
2025 Twilight Derby Test Score Juan J. Hernandez United States £150,376
2024 American Turf Stakes Trikari Umberto Rispoli United States £751,880
2024 Belmont Derby Trikari John R. Velazquez United States £563,910
2024 Secretariat Stakes Trikari John R. Velazquez United States £375,940
2023 James W. Murphy Stakes Nagirroc Flavien Prat United States £75,188
2022 Del Mar Oaks Spendarella Tyler Gaffalione United States £225,564
2022 Hawthorne Derby Speaking Scout Jareth Loveberry United States £112,782
2022 Hollywood Derby Speaking Scout Juan J. Hernandez United States £300,752
2022 Transylvania Stakes Sy Dog Irad Ortiz Jr. United States £451,128
2021 New York Stakes Mean Mary Luis Saez United States £563,910
2021 Old Dominion Derby Wootton Asset (FR) Jose L. Ortiz United States £375,940
2020 New York Stakes Mean Mary Luis Saez United States £563,910
2020 Saranac Stakes Bye Bye Melvin John R. Velazquez United States £112,782
2019 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf Sharing Manuel Franco United States £751,880
2019 James W. Murphy Stakes English Bee José Ortiz United States £75,188
2019 Old Dominion Derby English Bee Jorge A. Vargas Jr. United States £375,940
2017 Holy Bull Stakes Irish War Cry Joel Rosario United States £206,767
2017 Old Dominion Derby Just Howard Feargal Lynch United States £375,940
2017 Sir Barton Stakes No Mo Dough Jose L. Ortiz United States £75,188
2017 Wood Memorial Stakes Irish War Cry Rajiv Maragh United States £563,910
2016 Alcibiades Stakes Dancing Rags Angel Cruz United States £488,722
2016 Coolmore Turf Mile Stakes ƒ Miss Temple City Edgar S. Prado United States £939,850
2016 Maker's Mark Mile Stakes † Miss Temple City Drayden Van Dyke United States £451,128
2016 Matriarch Stakes Miss Temple City Edgar S. Prado United States £225,564
2014 Christophe Clement Turf Stakes Main Sequence Rajiv Maragh United States £563,910
2014 Hill Prince Stakes Ring Weekend Irad Ortiz Jr. United States £150,376
2014 Joe Hirsch Turf Classic Stakes Main Sequence Rajiv Maragh United States £375,940
2014 Saranac Stakes Ring Weekend John R. Velazquez United States £112,782
2014 Tampa Bay Derby Ring Weekend Daniel Centeno United States £300,752
2013 Valedictory Stakes Quaesitor Patrick Husbands Canada £80,520
2012 Barbaro Stakes at Delaware Park Stephanoatsee Sheldon Russell United States £75,188
2012 Jeff Ruby Steaks Went the Day Well John R. Velazquez United States £584,211
2012 Jersey Derby Howe Great Joe Bravo United States £75,188
2012 Kitten's Joy Stakes Howe Great Edgar S. Prado United States £131,579
2011 Jeff Ruby Steaks Animal Kingdom Alan Garcia United States £584,211
2011 Lamplighter Stakes Crimson China Alan Garcia United States £45,113
2011 Wood Memorial Stakes Toby's Corner Eddie Castro United States £563,910
2010 Belmont Oaks Check the Label Ramon Domínguez United States £451,128
2010 Matriarch Stakes Gypsy's Warning (SAF) Joel Rosario United States £225,564
2009 Whitney Stakes Bullsbay Jeremy Rose United States £751,880
2008 Federico Tesio Stakes Icabad Crane Jeremy Rose United States £93,985
2008 Jeff Ruby Steaks Adriano Edgar S. Prado United States £584,211
2007 Grey Stakes Globetrotter Jeremy Rose Canada £61,219
2007 Manhattan Stakes Better Talk Now Ramon Domínguez United States £751,880
2005 Bryan Station Stakes T. D. Vance Edgar S. Prado United States £451,128
2005 National Museum of Racing Hall of Fame Stakes T. D. Vance Todd Kabel United States £300,752
2005 Toronto Cup Stakes T.D. Vance Todd Kabel Canada £80,520
2004 Breeders' Cup Turf Better Talk Now Ramon Domínguez United States £3,759,399£3.8m
2004 Christophe Clement Turf Stakes Better Talk Now Ramon Domínguez United States £563,910
2003 Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup Stakes Film Maker Edgar S. Prado United States £601,504
2002 Tampa Bay Derby Equality Ramon A. Dominguez United States £300,752
2000 James W. Murphy Stakes Blaze and Blues Rick Wilson United States £75,188
2000 Sir Barton Stakes Broken Vow Shane Sellers United States £75,188
1999 Lexington Stakes (NYRA) Mythical Gem Jorge Chavez United States £75,188
1998 H. Allen Jerkens Memorial Stakes Secret Firm Edgar S. Prado United States £375,940
1997 James W. Murphy Stakes Two Smart Edgar Prado United States £75,188
1997 Sir Barton Stakes Two Smart Edgar Prado United States £75,188

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 H. Graham Motion wins

2 countries

Country Wins Share Biggest race won there
United States 59 92% Breeders' Cup Turf
Canada 3 5% Valedictory Stakes

The trainers either side

Ranked 71st of 187 on big-race wins

# Trainer Wins Races Span Biggest win
61 Mario Hofer 72 48 1990 to 2018 £555,556
62 Fulke Walwyn 71 28 1946 to 1986 £726,496
63 François Mathet 70 36 1950 to 1982 £4,273,504£4.3m
64 Dermot Weld 70 32 1973 to 2020 £3,759,399£3.8m
65 Alan King 70 44 1999 to 2026 £450,000
66 Alec Head 68 49 1952 to 1983 £4,273,504£4.3m
67 François Doumen 68 46 1986 to 2016 £4,511,278£4.5m
68 Jonathan Pease 67 53 1985 to 2014 £4,273,504£4.3m
69 Roger Attfield 67 23 1975 to 2020 £1,503,759£1.5m
70 Jonjo O'Neill 66 38 1991 to 2026 £646,880
72 Jerry Hollendorfer 64 39 1989 to 2019 £1,503,759£1.5m
73 Theo Grieper 64 33 1970 to 1995 £4,273,504£4.3m
74 Todd Pletcher 63 38 1998 to 2025 £3,759,399£3.8m
75 John W. Sadler 61 36 1986 to 2025 £5,263,158£5.3m
76 Cecil Boyd-Rochfort 61 18 1928 to 1968 £1,500,000£1.5m
77 Markus Klug 61 36 2013 to 2024 £555,556
78 Max Hirsch 60 25 1915 to 1968 £3,759,399£3.8m
79 Clive Brittain 60 44 1974 to 2008 £5,493,600£5.5m
80 H. Allen Jerkens 60 33 1962 to 2007 £751,880
81 Guy Harwood 60 40 1971 to 1993 £4,273,504£4.3m

Frequently asked questions

How many big races has H. Graham Motion won?

64, across 44 different races between 1997 and 2026. That is 71st of the 187 trainers on this site.

What is the biggest race H. Graham Motion has won?

the Breeders' Cup Turf, worth £3,759,399 and run in the United States. H. Graham Motion won it in 2004.

Which race has H. Graham Motion won most often?

the James W. Murphy Stakes, 5 times at Pimlico Race Course. 12 of these races have gone to H. Graham Motion more than once.

How much prize money has H. Graham Motion 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: 64 wins, the biggest of them worth £3,759,399.

When did H. Graham Motion win these races?

Between 1997 and 2026. The busiest spell was 2010-12, with 9 of them.

Where to next

The races H. Graham Motion has won, and the trainers around them

The races H. Graham Motion has won

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