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TRAINER · 75th BY BIG-RACE WINS

John W. Sadler

61 wins in the world's richest races between 1986 and 2025, across 36 different races. The biggest is the Breeders' Cup Classic, worth £5,185,185.

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 61
BIGGEST WIN £5.2m
RACES WON 36
FIRST AND LAST 1986 to 2025
COUNTRIES 2

When the wins came

61 wins from 1986 to 2025, in 3-year spells

Best spell: 2010-12, 14 wins

A list of winners sorted by date reads as one long run. Drawn, it has a shape: John W. Sadler took 14 of these 61 in 2010-12 alone.

The races John W. Sadler keeps winning

By number of wins

12 won more than once

Clement L. Hirsch Stakes 5 Pacific Classic Stakes 4 San Vicente Stakes 4 Beholder Mile Stakes 3 Bing Crosby Stakes 3 Santa Anita Handicap 3 La Brea Stakes 3 Del Mar Derby 3 Breeders' Cup Classic 2 Santa Anita Derby 2 San Felipe Stakes 2 Cinema Stakes 2

Every big race John W. Sadler has won

61 winners, newest first

36 different races

Year Race Horse Jockey Country Worth
2025 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Super Corredora Hector Berrios United States £1,481,481£1.5m
2024 Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile Full Serrano (ARG) Joel Rosario United States £740,741
2022 Breeders' Cup Classic Flightline Flavien Prat United States £5,185,185£5.2m
2022 Metropolitan Handicap Flightline Flavien Prat United States £740,741
2022 Pacific Classic Stakes Flightline Flavien Prat United States £740,741
2021 Churchill Downs Stakes Flagstaff Luis Saez United States £740,741
2021 Pacific Classic Stakes Tripoli Tiago Pereira United States £740,741
2021 Santa Anita Derby Rock Your World Umberto Rispoli United States £370,370
2020 Santa Anita Handicap Combatant Joel Rosario United States £222,222
2019 Bing Crosby Stakes Cistron Victor Espinoza United States £296,296
2019 Clement L. Hirsch Stakes Ollie's Candy Kent J. Desormeaux United States £296,296
2019 Pacific Classic Stakes Higher Power Flavien Prat United States £740,741
2019 Santa Anita Handicap Gift Box Joel Rosario United States £222,222
2018 Breeders' Cup Classic Accelerate Joel Rosario United States £5,185,185£5.2m
2018 Goodwood Stakes Accelerate Joel Rosario United States £222,222
2018 Pacific Classic Stakes Accelerate Joel Rosario United States £740,741
2018 Santa Anita Handicap Accelerate Victor Espinoza United States £222,222
2017 Apple Blossom Handicap Stellar Wind Victor Espinoza United States £925,926
2017 Beholder Mile Stakes Stellar Wind Victor Espinoza United States £370,370
2017 Clement L. Hirsch Stakes Stellar Wind Victor Espinoza United States £296,296
2016 Clement L. Hirsch Stakes Stellar Wind Victor Espinoza United States £296,296
2016 Los Alamitos Derby Accelerate Tyler Baze United States £74,074
2015 Shoemaker Mile Stakes Talco (FR) Rafael Bejarano United States £222,222
2014 Beholder Mile Stakes Iotapa Joe Talamo United States £370,370
2014 Clement L. Hirsch Stakes Iotapa Joseph Talamo United States £296,296
2014 Robert B. Lewis Stakes Candy Boy Gary Stevens United States £148,148
2014 San Vicente Stakes Kobe's Back Joel Rosario United States £148,148
2013 Del Mar Derby Ethnic Dance (2nd div.) Edwin Maldonado United States £185,185
2012 American Oaks Lady of Shamrock Mike E. Smith United States £222,222
2012 Del Mar Oaks Lady of Shamrock Mike E. Smith United States £222,222
2010 Arkansas Derby Line of David Jon Court United States £925,926
2010 Del Mar Debutante Stakes Tell a Kelly Alonso Quinonez United States £222,222
2010 Del Mar Derby Twirling Candy Joel Rosario United States £185,185
2010 Derby City Distaff Stakes Mona de Momma Joel Rosario United States £740,741
2010 La Brea Stakes Switch Joel Rosario United States £222,222
2010 La Jolla Handicap Sidney's Candy Joel Rosario United States £111,111
2010 Malibu Stakes Twirling Candy Joel Rosario United States £222,222
2010 Mathis Mile Stakes Sidney's Candy Joel Rosario United States £148,148
2010 Pat Day Mile Stakes Hurricane Ike Calvin Borel United States £555,556
2010 San Felipe Stakes Sidney's Candy Joe Talamo United States £296,296
2010 San Vicente Stakes Sidney's Candy Joe Talamo United States £148,148
2010 Santa Anita Derby Sidney's Candy Joe Talamo United States £370,370
2009 Cinema Stakes Oil Man Joel Rosario United States £74,074
2009 La Brea Stakes Evita Argentina Joel Rosario United States £222,222
2009 San Vicente Stakes Evita Argentina Garrett Gomez United States £148,148
2007 La Brea Stakes Dearest Trickski Mike E. Smith United States £222,222
2007 San Vicente Stakes Noble Court Corey Nakatani United States £148,148
2006 Clement L. Hirsch Stakes Healthy Addiction Victor Espinoza United States £296,296
2006 Del Mar Derby Get Funky Jose Valdivia Jr. United States £185,185
2005 Sunshine Millions Classic Musique Toujours Jorge Chavez United States £148,148
2004 Beholder Mile Stakes Victory Encounter Alex Solis United States £370,370
2004 Dubai Golden Shaheen Our New Recruit Alex Solis United Arab Emirates £1,481,481£1.5m
2001 Will Rogers Stakes Dr. Park (DH) Tyler Baze United States £74,074
1999 Bing Crosby Stakes Christmas Boy Corey Nakatani United States £296,296
1996 Cinema Stakes Let Bob Do It Kent Desormeaux United States £74,074
1993 San Felipe Stakes Corby Chris McCarron United States £296,296
1992 Bay Shore Stakes Three Peat Chris Antley United States £111,111
1988 Bing Crosby Stakes Olympic Prospect Alex Solis United States £296,296
1987 Baldwin Stakes Chime Time Pat Valenzuela United States £74,074
1986 Affirmed Stakes (LATC) ƒ Melair Pat Valenzuela United States £74,074

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 John W. Sadler wins

2 countries

Country Wins Share Biggest race won there
United States 59 97% Breeders' Cup Classic
United Arab Emirates 1 2% Dubai Golden Shaheen

The trainers either side

Ranked 75th of 187 on big-race wins

# Trainer Wins Races Span Biggest win
65 Alan King 70 44 1999 to 2026 £450,000
66 Alec Head 68 49 1952 to 1983 £4,166,667£4.2m
67 François Doumen 68 46 1986 to 2016 £4,444,444£4.4m
68 Jonathan Pease 67 53 1985 to 2014 £4,166,667£4.2m
69 Roger Attfield 67 23 1975 to 2020 £1,481,481£1.5m
70 Jonjo O'Neill 66 38 1991 to 2026 £646,880
71 H. Graham Motion 64 44 1997 to 2026 £3,703,704£3.7m
72 Jerry Hollendorfer 64 39 1989 to 2019 £1,481,481£1.5m
73 Theo Grieper 64 33 1970 to 1995 £4,166,667£4.2m
74 Todd Pletcher 63 38 1998 to 2025 £3,703,704£3.7m
76 Cecil Boyd-Rochfort 61 18 1928 to 1968 £1,500,000£1.5m
77 Markus Klug 61 36 2013 to 2024 £541,667
78 Max Hirsch 60 25 1915 to 1968 £3,703,704£3.7m
79 Clive Brittain 60 44 1974 to 2008 £5,493,600£5.5m
80 H. Allen Jerkens 60 33 1962 to 2007 £740,741
81 Guy Harwood 60 40 1971 to 1993 £4,166,667£4.2m
82 David Nicholson 59 33 1977 to 1999 £646,880
83 LeRoy Jolley 58 41 1962 to 1991 £3,703,704£3.7m
84 Kiaran McLaughlin 56 41 1994 to 2019 £8,888,889£8.9m
85 Fred Rimell 56 26 1948 to 1981 £646,880

Frequently asked questions

How many big races has John W. Sadler won?

61, across 36 different races between 1986 and 2025. That is 75th of the 187 trainers on this site.

What is the biggest race John W. Sadler has won?

the Breeders' Cup Classic, worth £5,185,185 and run in the United States. John W. Sadler won it in 2022, 2018.

Which race has John W. Sadler won most often?

the Clement L. Hirsch Stakes, 5 times at Del Mar Racetrack. 12 of these races have gone to John W. Sadler more than once.

How much prize money has John W. Sadler 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: 61 wins, the biggest of them worth £5,185,185.

When did John W. Sadler win these races?

Between 1986 and 2025. The busiest spell was 2010-12, with 14 of them.

Where to next

The races John W. Sadler has won, and the trainers around them

The races John W. Sadler has won

The trainers either side

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