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TRAINER · 148th BY BIG-RACE WINS

J. Elliott Burch

37 wins in the world's richest races between 1950 and 1984, across 20 different races. The biggest is the Belmont Stakes, worth £1,503,759.

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 37
BIGGEST WIN £1.5m
RACES WON 20
FIRST AND LAST 1950 to 1984
COUNTRIES 1

When the wins came

37 wins from 1950 to 1984, in 3-year spells

Best spell: 1959-61, 7 wins

A list of winners sorted by date reads as one long run. Drawn, it has a shape: J. Elliott Burch took 7 of these 37 in 1959-61 alone.

The races J. Elliott Burch keeps winning

By number of wins

10 won more than once

Diana Stakes 5 Whitney Stakes 4 Belmont Stakes 3 Saranac Stakes 3 Jockey Club Gold Cup 2 Metropolitan Handicap 2 Spinster Stakes 2 Personal Ensign Stakes 2 Coaching Club American Oaks 2 Acorn Stakes 2 Blue Grass Stakes 1 Pat Day Mile Stakes 1

Every big race J. Elliott Burch has won

37 winners, newest first

20 different races

Year Race Horse Jockey Country Worth
1984 Personal Ensign Stakes Solar Halo Robbie Davis United States £375,940
1983 Diana Stakes Hush Dear Jacinto Vásquez United States £375,940
1982 Diana Stakes Hush Dear Eric Beitia United States £375,940
1982 Whitney Stakes Silver Buck Don MacBeth United States £751,880
1980 Whitney Stakes State Dinner Ruben Hernandez United States £751,880
1976 Diana Stakes Glowing Tribute Ron Turcotte United States £375,940
1976 Test Stakes Ivory Wand Pat Day United States £375,940
1974 Spinster Stakes Summer Guest Daryl Montoya United States £488,722
1972 Alabama Stakes Summer Guest Jorge Velásquez United States £451,128
1972 Coaching Club American Oaks Summer Guest Ron Turcotte United States £375,940
1972 Ogden Phipps Stakes Summer Guest Jacinto Vásquez United States £375,940
1972 Pat Day Mile Stakes Key to the Mint Braulio Baeza United States £563,910
1972 Whitney Stakes Key To The Mint Braulio Baeza United States £751,880
1972 Withers Stakes Key to the Mint Braulio Baeza United States £187,970
1969 Belmont Stakes Arts and Letters Braulio Baeza United States £1,503,759£1.5m
1969 Blue Grass Stakes Arts and Letters Bill Shoemaker United States £939,850
1969 Jim Dandy Stakes Arts and Letters Braulio Baeza United States £375,940
1969 Jockey Club Gold Cup Arts and Letters Braulio Baeza United States £751,880
1969 Metropolitan Handicap Arts and Letters Jean Cruguet United States £751,880
1969 Personal Ensign Stakes Amerigo Lady Jorge Velásquez United States £375,940
1968 Diana Stakes Green Glade * Kenneth Knapp United States £375,940
1967 Diana Stakes Prides Profile Manuel Ycaza United States £375,940
1964 Belmont Stakes Quadrangle Manuel Ycaza United States £1,503,759£1.5m
1964 Dwyer Stakes Quadrangle Manuel Ycaza United States £150,376
1964 Wood Memorial Stakes Quadrangle Bill Hartack United States £563,910
1961 Acorn Stakes Bowl of Flowers Eddie Arcaro United States £375,940
1961 Coaching Club American Oaks Bowl of Flowers Eddie Arcaro United States £375,940
1961 Spinster Stakes Bowl of Flowers Eddie Arcaro United States £488,722
1960 Frizette Stakes Bowl of Flowers Eddie Arcaro United States £300,752
1959 Belmont Stakes Sword Dancer Bill Shoemaker United States £1,503,759£1.5m
1959 Jockey Club Gold Cup Sword Dancer Eddie Arcaro United States £751,880
1959 Metropolitan Handicap Sword Dancer Bill Shoemaker United States £751,880
1958 Acorn Stakes Big Effort Pete D. Anderson United States £375,940
1955 Whitney Stakes First Aid Hedley Woodhouse United States £751,880
1953 Saranac Stakes First Aid Augustine Catalano United States £112,782
1951 Saranac Stakes Bold Eddie Arcaro United States £112,782
1950 Saranac Stakes Sunglow Eddie Arcaro United States £112,782

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 148th of 187 on big-race wins

# Trainer Wins Races Span Biggest win
138 Chad Brown 39 21 2011 to 2026 £1,503,759£1.5m
139 Jessica Harrington 39 28 1996 to 2026 £854,701
140 Peter Easterby 39 20 1967 to 1991 £646,880
141 Vittorio Caruso 39 23 1991 to 2011 £447,692
142 Jens Hirschberger 39 25 2007 to 2018 £555,556
143 Tony Cruz 38 13 1997 to 2023 £3,800,000£3.8m
144 Joseph O'Brien 38 32 2017 to 2026 £5,291,005£5.3m
145 Colin Tizzard 38 28 2008 to 2022 £646,880
146 Fred Darling 37 15 1907 to 1947 £1,500,000£1.5m
147 Sam Hildreth 37 12 1899 to 1929 £1,503,759£1.5m
149 Bernard Sécly 37 19 1976 to 2002 £726,496
150 Roger Charlton 37 33 1990 to 2019 £4,511,278£4.5m
151 Jean-Marie Béguigné 37 29 1984 to 2011 £1,282,051£1.3m
152 Richard Hannon Jr. 37 27 2014 to 2024 £650,000
153 MacKenzie Miller 36 22 1956 to 1994 £3,759,399£3.8m
154 James E. Day 36 21 1984 to 2001 £1,503,759£1.5m
155 John M. Veitch 35 29 1977 to 1992 £5,263,158£5.3m
156 Murray Baker 35 16 1990 to 2022 £2,645,503£2.6m
157 Alec Taylor Jr. 35 11 1905 to 1927 £700,000
158 Tom Dreaper 35 13 1946 to 1971 £646,880

Frequently asked questions

How many big races has J. Elliott Burch won?

37, across 20 different races between 1950 and 1984. That is 148th of the 187 trainers on this site.

What is the biggest race J. Elliott Burch has won?

the Belmont Stakes, worth £1,503,759 and run in the United States. J. Elliott Burch won it in 1969, 1964, 1959.

Which race has J. Elliott Burch won most often?

the Diana Stakes, 5 times at Saratoga Race Course. 10 of these races have gone to J. Elliott Burch more than once.

How much prize money has J. Elliott Burch 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: 37 wins, the biggest of them worth £1,503,759.

When did J. Elliott Burch win these races?

Between 1950 and 1984. The busiest spell was 1959-61, with 7 of them.

Where to next

The races J. Elliott Burch has won, and the trainers around them

The races J. Elliott Burch has won

The trainers either side

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