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TRAINER · 115th BY BIG-RACE WINS

Jimmy Jones

44 wins in the world's richest races between 1956 and 1964, across 5 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 44
BIGGEST WIN £3.8m
RACES WON 5
FIRST AND LAST 1956 to 1964
COUNTRIES 1

When the wins came

44 wins from 1956 to 1964, in years

Best spell: 1957, 4 wins

A list of winners sorted by date reads as one long run. Drawn, it has a shape: Jimmy Jones took 4 of these 44 in 1957 alone.

The races Jimmy Jones keeps winning

By number of wins

4 won more than once

Fountain of Youth Stakes 3 Forerunner Stakes 3 Kentucky Derby 2 Jersey Derby 2 Hutcheson Stakes 1

Every big race Jimmy Jones has won

44 winners, newest first

5 different races

Year Race Horse Jockey Country Worth
1964 Hutcheson Stakes Kentucky Pioneer Larry Adams United States £56,391
1961 Fountain of Youth Stakes Beau Prince Eddie Arcaro United States £300,752
1958 Forerunner Stakes Tim Tam Bill Hartack United States £75,188
1958 Fountain of Youth Stakes Tim Tam Bill Hartack United States £300,752
1958 Kentucky Derby Tim Tam Ismael Valenzuela United States £3,759,399£3.8m
1957 Forerunner Stakes Iron Liege Dave Erb United States £75,188
1957 Fountain of Youth Stakes Gen. Duke Bill Hartack United States £300,752
1957 Jersey Derby Iron Liege Bill Hartack United States £75,188
1957 Kentucky Derby Iron Liege Bill Hartack United States £3,759,399£3.8m
1956 Forerunner Stakes Fabius John Heckmann United States £75,188
1956 Jersey Derby Fabius Bill Hartack 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.

The trainers either side

Ranked 115th of 187 on big-race wins

# Trainer Wins Races Span Biggest win
105 Angel Penna 48 35 1968 to 1990 £4,273,504£4.3m
106 Olivier Douieb 48 38 1977 to 1987 £4,273,504£4.3m
107 Hans Blume 48 33 1991 to 2009 £447,692
108 Andrew Balding 47 34 2003 to 2026 £4,511,278£4.5m
109 Dale L. Romans 46 28 2004 to 2018 £9,022,556£9.0m
110 Richard E. Mandella 46 24 1982 to 2025 £1,503,759£1.5m
111 Steve Asmussen 45 31 1996 to 2026 £9,022,556£9.0m
112 Mikel Delzangles 45 38 2003 to 2026 £5,291,005£5.3m
113 Bob Turnell 45 23 1956 to 1982 £646,880
114 Mick Channon 45 34 1995 to 2020 £650,000
116 Michael Jarvis 44 36 1970 to 2010 £4,273,504£4.3m
117 Jack Jarvis 44 17 1922 to 1968 £1,500,000£1.5m
118 Maurice Zilber 44 31 1970 to 2001 £1,500,000£1.5m
119 Nicolas Clément 44 37 1990 to 2022 £4,273,504£4.3m
120 François Rohaut 44 33 1986 to 2021 £854,701
121 John Shirreffs 43 29 1994 to 2025 £5,263,158£5.3m
122 Scotty Schulhofer 43 33 1966 to 2000 £1,503,759£1.5m
123 John Oxx 43 26 1988 to 2012 £4,273,504£4.3m
124 Karl Burke 43 34 1996 to 2026 £854,701
125 Ben Jones 42 17 1938 to 1952 £3,759,399£3.8m

Frequently asked questions

How many big races has Jimmy Jones won?

44, across 5 different races between 1956 and 1964. That is 115th of the 187 trainers on this site.

What is the biggest race Jimmy Jones has won?

the Kentucky Derby, worth £3,759,399 and run in the United States. Jimmy Jones won it in 1958, 1957.

Which race has Jimmy Jones won most often?

the Fountain of Youth Stakes, 3 times at Gulfstream Park. 4 of these races have gone to Jimmy Jones more than once.

How much prize money has Jimmy Jones 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: 44 wins, the biggest of them worth £3,759,399.

When did Jimmy Jones win these races?

Between 1956 and 1964. The busiest spell was 1957, with 4 of them.

Where to next

The races Jimmy Jones has won, and the trainers around them

The races Jimmy Jones has won

The trainers either side

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