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TRAINER · 102nd BY BIG-RACE WINS

Laz Barrera

49 wins in the world's richest races between 1971 and 1990, across 34 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 49
BIGGEST WIN £3.8m
RACES WON 34
FIRST AND LAST 1971 to 1990
COUNTRIES 1

When the wins came

49 wins from 1971 to 1990, in 2-year spells

Best spell: 1978-79, 13 wins

A list of winners sorted by date reads as one long run. Drawn, it has a shape: Laz Barrera took 13 of these 49 in 1978-79 alone.

The races Laz Barrera keeps winning

By number of wins

14 won more than once

San Vicente Stakes 3 Kentucky Derby 2 Belmont Stakes 2 Kentucky Oaks 2 Whitney Stakes 2 Jockey Club Gold Cup 2 Santa Anita Derby 2 Beholder Mile Stakes 2 Malibu Stakes 2 La Brea Stakes 2 Robert B. Lewis Stakes 2 La Jolla Handicap 2

Every big race Laz Barrera has won

49 winners, newest first

34 different races

Year Race Horse Jockey Country Worth
1990 San Vicente Stakes Mister Frisky Gary Stevens United States £150,376
1990 Santa Anita Derby Mister Frisky Gary Stevens United States £375,940
1988 La Jolla Handicap Perfecting Gary L. Stevens United States £112,782
1988 San Vicente Stakes Mi Preferido Alex Solis United States £150,376
1987 Kentucky Oaks Buryyourbelief José A. Santos United States £1,127,820£1.1m
1986 Del Mar Futurity Qualify Gary Stevens United States £225,564
1986 Kentucky Oaks Tiffany Lass Gary Stevens United States £1,127,820£1.1m
1984 Affirmed Stakes (LATC) Tights Laffit Pincay Jr. United States £75,188
1984 H. Allen Jerkens Memorial Stakes Commemorate Frank Lovato Jr. United States £375,940
1984 La Jolla Handicap Tights Chris McCarron United States £112,782
1984 Robert B. Lewis Stakes Tights Rafael Meza United States £150,376
1984 Twilight Derby Tights Chris McCarron United States £150,376
1983 Robert B. Lewis Stakes Fast Passage Ed Delahoussaye United States £150,376
1983 Whitney Stakes Island Whirl Ed Delahoussaye United States £751,880
1982 Goodwood Stakes Cajun Prince Walter Guerra United States £225,564
1982 Jockey Club Gold Cup Lemhi Gold Chris McCarron United States £751,880
1981 Lazaro Barrera Stakes It's the One Walter Guerra United States £75,188
1981 San Vicente Stakes Flying Nashua Ángel Cordero Jr. United States £150,376
1980 Beholder Mile Stakes It's In The Air Laffit Pincay, Jr. United States £375,940
1980 Los Alamitos Derby First Albert Francisco Mena United States £75,188
1979 Affirmed Stakes (LATC) Valdez Laffit Pincay Jr. United States £75,188
1979 Beholder Mile Stakes It's In The Air Laffit Pincay, Jr. United States £375,940
1979 Chick Lang Stakes Breezing On William Passmore United States £112,782
1979 Jockey Club Gold Cup Affirmed Laffit Pincay Jr. United States £751,880
1979 Los Alamitos Derby Valdez Laffit Pincay Jr. United States £75,188
1979 Santa Anita Handicap Affirmed Laffit Pincay Jr. United States £225,564
1978 Belmont Stakes Affirmed Steve Cauthen United States £1,503,759£1.5m
1978 Hollywood Derby Affirmed Steve Cauthen United States £300,752
1978 Kentucky Derby Affirmed Steve Cauthen United States £3,759,399£3.8m
1978 Malibu Stakes J. O. Tobin Steve Cauthen United States £225,564
1978 Preakness Stakes Affirmed Steve Cauthen United States £1,503,759£1.5m
1978 San Felipe Stakes Affirmed Steve Cauthen United States £300,752
1978 Santa Anita Derby Affirmed Laffit Pincay Jr. United States £375,940
1977 Haskell Stakes Affiliate Miguel A. Rivera United States £751,880
1977 Hopeful Stakes Affirmed Steve Cauthen United States £225,564
1976 Bay Shore Stakes Bold Forbes Angel Cordero Jr. United States £112,782
1976 Belmont Stakes Bold Forbes Ángel Cordero Jr. United States £1,503,759£1.5m
1976 Illinois Derby Life's Hope Sandy Hawley United States £187,970
1976 Jersey Derby Life's Hope Miguel A. Rivera United States £75,188
1976 Kentucky Derby Bold Forbes Ángel Cordero Jr. United States £3,759,399£3.8m
1976 La Brea Stakes Kirby Lane Laffit Pincay Jr. United States £225,564
1976 Whitney Stakes Dancing Gun Roger Velez United States £751,880
1976 Wood Memorial Stakes Bold Forbes Ángel Cordero Jr. United States £563,910
1975 La Brea Stakes Featherfoot Bill Shoemaker United States £225,564
1975 Malibu Stakes Princely Native Braulio Baeza United States £225,564
1975 Ogden Phipps Stakes Raisela Eddie Maple United States £375,940
1974 Discovery Stakes Green Gambados Ángel Cordero Jr. United States £112,782
1973 Acorn Stakes Windy's Daughter Braulio Baeza United States £375,940
1971 Jerome Stakes Tinajero Eddie Belmonte 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 102nd of 187 on big-race wins

# Trainer Wins Races Span Biggest win
92 Noel Murless 53 20 1949 to 1974 £1,500,000£1.5m
93 Alduino Botti 53 23 1982 to 2022 £447,692
94 Dan Skelton 53 36 2014 to 2026 £375,000
95 Nick Zito 52 28 1990 to 2011 £3,759,399£3.8m
96 Fred Winter 52 25 1970 to 1988 £646,880
97 John Moore 51 15 1993 to 2020 £3,800,000£3.8m
98 John Cunnington Jr. 51 42 1962 to 1991 £854,701
99 Henk Grewe 51 34 2018 to 2026 £555,556
100 Peter Chapple-Hyam 50 38 1992 to 2012 £1,500,000£1.5m
101 Bruno Grizzetti 50 23 1990 to 2014 £447,692
103 David Elsworth 49 37 1980 to 2018 £646,880
104 James Rowe Sr. 48 13 1881 to 1928 £3,759,399£3.8m
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

Frequently asked questions

How many big races has Laz Barrera won?

49, across 34 different races between 1971 and 1990. That is 102nd of the 187 trainers on this site.

What is the biggest race Laz Barrera has won?

the Kentucky Derby, worth £3,759,399 and run in the United States. Laz Barrera won it in 1978, 1976.

Which race has Laz Barrera won most often?

the San Vicente Stakes, 3 times at Santa Anita Park. 14 of these races have gone to Laz Barrera more than once.

How much prize money has Laz Barrera 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: 49 wins, the biggest of them worth £3,759,399.

When did Laz Barrera win these races?

Between 1971 and 1990. The busiest spell was 1978-79, with 13 of them.

Where to next

The races Laz Barrera has won, and the trainers around them

The races Laz Barrera has won

The trainers either side

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