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TRAINER · 49th BY BIG-RACE WINS

Jim Fitzsimmons

83 wins in the world's richest races between 1922 and 1961, across 10 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 83
BIGGEST WIN £3.8m
RACES WON 10
FIRST AND LAST 1922 to 1961
COUNTRIES 1

When the wins came

83 wins from 1922 to 1961, in 3-year spells

Best spell: 1953-55, 9 wins

A list of winners sorted by date reads as one long run. Drawn, it has a shape: Jim Fitzsimmons took 9 of these 83 in 1953-55 alone.

The races Jim Fitzsimmons keeps winning

By number of wins

8 won more than once

Dwyer Stakes 8 Jockey Club Gold Cup 6 Belmont Stakes 5 Preakness Stakes 4 Kentucky Derby 3 Diana Stakes 3 Saranac Stakes 3 Belmont Derby 2 Florida Derby 1 Hopeful Stakes 1

Every big race Jim Fitzsimmons has won

83 winners, newest first

10 different races

Year Race Horse Jockey Country Worth
1961 Dwyer Stakes Hitting Away Hedley Woodhouse United States £150,376
1958 Saranac Stakes Nasco Ray Broussard United States £112,782
1957 Dwyer Stakes Bureaucracy William Boland United States £150,376
1957 Preakness Stakes Bold Ruler Eddie Arcaro United States £1,503,759£1.5m
1956 Jockey Club Gold Cup Nashua Eddie Arcaro United States £751,880
1955 Belmont Stakes Nashua Eddie Arcaro United States £1,503,759£1.5m
1955 Diana Stakes Misty Morn Ted Atkinson United States £375,940
1955 Dwyer Stakes Nashua Eddie Arcaro United States £150,376
1955 Florida Derby Nashua Eddie Arcaro United States £751,880
1955 Jockey Club Gold Cup Nashua Eddie Arcaro United States £751,880
1955 Preakness Stakes Nashua Eddie Arcaro United States £1,503,759£1.5m
1954 Hopeful Stakes Nashua Eddie Arcaro United States £225,564
1954 Saranac Stakes Full Flight Jesse Higley United States £112,782
1953 Diana Stakes Sabette Jesse Higley United States £375,940
1952 Saranac Stakes Golden Gloves Nick Wall United States £112,782
1951 Diana Stakes Vulcania Robert Bernhardt United States £375,940
1949 Dwyer Stakes Shackleton R. Bernhardt United States £150,376
1946 Belmont Derby Bonnie Beryl James Stout United States £563,910
1939 Belmont Derby Fighting Fox James Stout United States £563,910
1939 Belmont Stakes Johnstown James Stout United States £1,503,759£1.5m
1939 Dwyer Stakes Johnstown James Stout United States £150,376
1939 Kentucky Derby Johnstown James Stout United States £3,759,399£3.8m
1936 Belmont Stakes Granville James Stout United States £1,503,759£1.5m
1935 Dwyer Stakes Omaha Wayne D. Wright United States £150,376
1935 Kentucky Derby Omaha Willie Saunders United States £3,759,399£3.8m
1935 Preakness Stakes Omaha Willie Saunders United States £1,503,759£1.5m
1934 Jockey Club Gold Cup Dark Secret Charles Kurtsinger United States £751,880
1933 Jockey Club Gold Cup Dark Secret Hank Mills United States £751,880
1932 Belmont Stakes Faireno Tommy Malley United States £1,503,759£1.5m
1932 Dwyer Stakes Faireno Thomas Malley United States £150,376
1930 Belmont Stakes Gallant Fox Earl Sande United States £1,503,759£1.5m
1930 Jockey Club Gold Cup Gallant Fox Earl Sande United States £751,880
1930 Kentucky Derby Gallant Fox Earl Sande United States £3,759,399£3.8m
1930 Preakness Stakes Gallant Fox Earl Sande United States £1,503,759£1.5m
1929 Jockey Club Gold Cup Diavolo John Maiben United States £751,880
1922 Dwyer Stakes Ray Jay Clyde Ponce United States £150,376

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 49th of 187 on big-race wins

# Trainer Wins Races Span Biggest win
39 Mark Johnston 96 55 1994 to 2022 £4,511,278£4.5m
40 Nigel Twiston-Davies 90 44 1987 to 2024 £646,880
41 Richard Hannon Sr. 90 49 1973 to 2013 £650,000
42 Dick Hern 89 43 1958 to 1997 £1,500,000£1.5m
43 Bruno Schütz 88 36 1971 to 1997 £555,556
44 Philip Hobbs 88 47 1986 to 2026 £450,000
45 Andreas Schütz 87 47 1998 to 2023 £3,040,000£3.0m
46 Henri-Alex Pantall 87 60 1989 to 2026 £854,701
47 Christophe Clement 85 49 1992 to 2024 £1,503,759£1.5m
48 Charles Whittingham 84 30 1956 to 1996 £5,493,600£5.5m
50 Sven von Mitzlaff 81 29 1958 to 1986 £555,556
51 Uwe Ostmann 81 40 1979 to 2011 £555,556
52 Barry Hills 80 43 1970 to 2011 £4,273,504£4.3m
53 John Hammond 79 57 1987 to 2011 £4,273,504£4.3m
54 David Smaga 79 52 1979 to 2021 £341,880
55 Ron McAnally 77 38 1961 to 2014 £3,759,399£3.8m
56 Luca Cumani 76 54 1980 to 2018 £5,493,600£5.5m
57 Patrick Biancone 76 57 1980 to 2020 £4,273,504£4.3m
58 Mike de Kock 75 26 1999 to 2022 £4,511,278£4.5m
59 Paul Cole 74 60 1983 to 2019 £1,500,000£1.5m

Frequently asked questions

How many big races has Jim Fitzsimmons won?

83, across 10 different races between 1922 and 1961. That is 49th of the 187 trainers on this site.

What is the biggest race Jim Fitzsimmons has won?

the Kentucky Derby, worth £3,759,399 and run in the United States. Jim Fitzsimmons won it in 1939, 1935, 1930.

Which race has Jim Fitzsimmons won most often?

the Dwyer Stakes, 8 times at Aqueduct Racetrack. 8 of these races have gone to Jim Fitzsimmons more than once.

How much prize money has Jim Fitzsimmons 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: 83 wins, the biggest of them worth £3,759,399.

When did Jim Fitzsimmons win these races?

Between 1922 and 1961. The busiest spell was 1953-55, with 9 of them.

Where to next

The races Jim Fitzsimmons has won, and the trainers around them

The races Jim Fitzsimmons has won

The trainers either side

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