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TRAINER · 154th BY BIG-RACE WINS

James E. Day

36 wins in the world's richest races between 1984 and 2001, across 20 different races. The biggest is the Breeders' Cup Distaff, 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 36
BIGGEST WIN £1.5m
RACES WON 20
FIRST AND LAST 1984 to 2001
COUNTRIES 2

When the wins came

36 wins from 1984 to 2001, in 2-year spells

Best spell: 1986-87, 9 wins

A list of winners sorted by date reads as one long run. Drawn, it has a shape: James E. Day took 9 of these 36 in 1986-87 alone.

The races James E. Day keeps winning

By number of wins

5 won more than once

Coronation Futurity Stakes 5 Toronto Cup Stakes 5 Marine Stakes 4 Grey Stakes 4 Valedictory Stakes 2 Breeders' Cup Distaff 1 American Turf Stakes 1 Pat Day Mile Stakes 1 Spinster Stakes 1 Secretariat Stakes 1 Joe Hirsch Turf Classic Stakes 1 Jenny Wiley Stakes 1

Every big race James E. Day has won

36 winners, newest first

20 different races

Year Race Horse Jockey Country Worth
2001 Coronation Futurity Stakes Streakin Rob Gary Boulanger Canada £134,200
1999 Toronto Cup Stakes Zanetti David Clark Canada £80,520
1997 Secretariat Stakes Honor Glide Garrett K. Gomez United States £375,940
1995 Illinois Derby Peaks and Valleys Julie Krone United States £187,970
1995 Pat Day Mile Stakes Peaks and Valleys Julie Krone United States £563,910
1993 American Turf Stakes † Desert Waves Shane Sellers United States £751,880
1992 Joe Hirsch Turf Classic Stakes Sky Classic Pat Day United States £375,940
1991 Breeders' Cup Distaff Dance Smartly Pat Day United States £1,503,759£1.5m
1991 Hawthorne Derby Rainbows for Life David Penna United States £112,782
1991 Spinster Stakes Wilderness Song Pat Day United States £488,722
1991 Toronto Cup Stakes Rainbows For Life Jack Lauzon Canada £80,520
1990 Coronation Futurity Stakes Rainbows For Life Brian Swatuk Canada £134,200
1990 Jenny Wiley Stakes Regal Wonder Ricardo D. Lopez United States £375,940
1990 Marine Stakes Very Formal Sandy Hawley Canada £80,520
1990 Valedictory Stakes Most Valiant Brian Swatuk Canada £80,520
1989 Grey Stakes Sky Classic Sandy Hawley Canada £61,219
1988 Marine Stakes Regal Classic Sandy Hawley Canada £80,520
1988 Plate Trial Stakes Regal Classic Sandy Hawley Canada £80,520
1988 Queenston Stakes Regal Intention Jack Lauzon Canada £80,520
1988 Victoria Park Stakes Regal Intention Jack M. Lauzon Canada £50,882
1987 Coronation Futurity Stakes Regal Classic Dave Penna Canada £134,200
1987 Forerunner Stakes Blue Finn Dave Penna United States £75,188
1987 Grey Stakes Regal Classic Dave Penna Canada £61,219
1987 Marine Stakes Duckpower Dave Penna Canada £80,520
1987 Ontario Derby Duckpower Larry Attard Canada £80,520
1987 Toronto Cup Stakes Duckpower Dave Penna Canada £80,520
1986 Grey Stakes Blue Finn Dave Penna Canada £61,219
1986 Toronto Cup Stakes No Louder Jeffrey Fell Canada £80,520
1986 Valedictory Stakes Royal Treasurer Don Seymour Canada £80,520
1985 Coronation Futurity Stakes Grey Classic Irwin Driedger Canada £134,200
1985 Marine Stakes Regal Remark * Irwin Driedger Canada £80,520
1985 Tampa Bay Derby Regal Remark Jeffrey Fell United States £300,752
1985 Toronto Cup Stakes Imperial Choice Irwin Driedger Canada £80,520
1984 Coronation Futurity Stakes Dauphin Fabuleux Jeffrey Fell Canada £134,200
1984 Grey Stakes Dauphin Fabuleux Jeffrey Fell Canada £61,219

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 James E. Day wins

2 countries

Country Wins Share Biggest race won there
Canada 24 67% Coronation Futurity Stakes
United States 11 31% Breeders' Cup Distaff

The trainers either side

Ranked 154th of 187 on big-race wins

# Trainer Wins Races Span Biggest win
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
148 J. Elliott Burch 37 20 1950 to 1984 £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
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
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

Frequently asked questions

How many big races has James E. Day won?

36, across 20 different races between 1984 and 2001. That is 154th of the 187 trainers on this site.

What is the biggest race James E. Day has won?

the Breeders' Cup Distaff, worth £1,503,759 and run in the United States. James E. Day won it in 1991.

Which race has James E. Day won most often?

the Coronation Futurity Stakes, 5 times at Woodbine Racetrack. 5 of these races have gone to James E. Day more than once.

How much prize money has James E. Day 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: 36 wins, the biggest of them worth £1,503,759.

When did James E. Day win these races?

Between 1984 and 2001. The busiest spell was 1986-87, with 9 of them.

Where to next

The races James E. Day has won, and the trainers around them

The races James E. Day has won

The trainers either side

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