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TRAINER · 83rd BY BIG-RACE WINS

LeRoy Jolley

58 wins in the world's richest races between 1962 and 1991, across 41 different races. The biggest is the Breeders' Cup Turf, 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 58
BIGGEST WIN £3.8m
RACES WON 41
FIRST AND LAST 1962 to 1991
COUNTRIES 1

When the wins came

58 wins from 1962 to 1991, in 3-year spells

Best spell: 1986-88, 16 wins

A list of winners sorted by date reads as one long run. Drawn, it has a shape: LeRoy Jolley took 16 of these 58 in 1986-88 alone.

The races LeRoy Jolley keeps winning

By number of wins

14 won more than once

Blue Grass Stakes 3 Champagne Stakes 3 Hopeful Stakes 3 Kentucky Derby 2 Whitney Stakes 2 Florida Derby 2 Wood Memorial Stakes 2 Breeders' Futurity Stakes 2 Alabama Stakes 2 Frizette Stakes 2 Spinaway Stakes 2 Gotham Stakes 2

Every big race LeRoy Jolley has won

58 winners, newest first

41 different races

Year Race Horse Jockey Country Worth
1991 Acorn Stakes Meadow Star Jerry Bailey United States £375,940
1990 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Meadow Star José A. Santos United States £1,503,759£1.5m
1990 Frizette Stakes Meadow Star José A. Santos United States £300,752
1990 Spinaway Stakes Meadow Star José A. Santos United States £225,564
1989 Ogden Phipps Stakes Rose's Cantina Jean Cruguet United States £375,940
1988 Personal Ensign Stakes Rose's Cantina José A. Santos United States £375,940
1987 Arlington Million Manila Angel Cordero Jr. United States £751,880
1987 Bay Shore Stakes Gulch Jose A. Santos United States £112,782
1987 Hollywood Derby Stately Don Eddie Delahoussaye United States £300,752
1987 Metropolitan Handicap Gulch Pat Day United States £751,880
1987 Peter Pan Stakes Leo Castelli José A. Santos United States £150,376
1987 Secretariat Stakes Stately Don Jacinto Vasquez United States £375,940
1987 Turf Classic Stakes Manila Jacinto Vásquez United States £1,127,820£1.1m
1987 Wood Memorial Stakes Gulch José A. Santos United States £563,910
1986 Breeders' Cup Turf Manila José A. Santos United States £3,759,399£3.8m
1986 Cinema Stakes Manila Fernando Toro United States £75,188
1986 Gotham Stakes Mogambo Jacinto Vásquez United States £225,564
1986 Hill Prince Stakes Double Feint Jose A. Santos United States £150,376
1986 Hopeful Stakes Gulch Ángel Cordero Jr. United States £225,564
1986 Joe Hirsch Turf Classic Stakes Manila Jose A. Santos United States £375,940
1986 Lexington Stakes (NYRA) Manila Jose Santos United States £75,188
1985 Champagne Stakes Mogambo Ángel Cordero Jr. United States £375,940
1985 Illinois Derby Important Business Juvenal L. Diaz United States £187,970
1985 Whitney Stakes Track Barron Ángel Cordero Jr. United States £751,880
1984 Coaching Club American Oaks Class Play Jean Cruguet United States £375,940
1984 Dwyer Stakes Track Barron Jean Cruguet United States £150,376
1984 San Vicente Stakes Fortunate Prospect Donald Pierce United States £150,376
1983 Alabama Stakes Spit Curl Jean Cruguet United States £451,128
1982 Spinaway Stakes Share The Fantasy Jeffrey Fell United States £225,564
1982 Twilight Derby Lamerok Laffit Pincay Jr. United States £150,376
1981 Breeders' Futurity Stakes D'Accord Darrel McHargue United States £488,722
1980 Jerome Stakes Jaklin Klugman Chris McCarron United States £112,782
1980 Kentucky Derby Genuine Risk Jacinto Vásquez United States £3,759,399£3.8m
1979 Gotham Stakes General Assembly Jacinto Vásquez United States £225,564
1978 Hopeful Stakes General Assembly Darrel McHargue United States £225,564
1977 Blue Grass Stakes For the Moment Ángel Cordero Jr. United States £939,850
1977 Hill Prince Stakes Forward Charger Jacinto Vasquez United States £150,376
1977 Whitney Stakes Nearly On Time Steve Cauthen United States £751,880
1976 Alabama Stakes Optimistic Gal Eddie Maple United States £451,128
1976 Ashland Stakes Optimistic Gal Braulio Baeza United States £375,940
1976 Blue Grass Stakes Honest Pleasure Braulio Baeza United States £939,850
1976 Florida Derby Honest Pleasure Braulio Baeza United States £751,880
1976 Kentucky Oaks Optimistic Gal Braulio Baeza United States £1,127,820£1.1m
1976 Spinster Stakes Optimistic Gal Craig Perret United States £488,722
1975 Alcibiades Stakes Optimistic Gal Darrel McHargue United States £488,722
1975 Champagne Stakes Honest Pleasure Braulio Baeza United States £375,940
1975 Frizette Stakes Optimistic Gal Braulio Baeza United States £300,752
1975 Kentucky Derby Foolish Pleasure Jacinto Vásquez United States £3,759,399£3.8m
1975 Wood Memorial Stakes Foolish Pleasure Jacinto Vásquez United States £563,910
1974 Champagne Stakes Foolish Pleasure Jacinto Vásquez United States £375,940
1974 Hopeful Stakes Foolish Pleasure Braulio Baeza United States £225,564
1973 James W. Murphy Stakes London Company Eldon Nelson United States £75,188
1973 Lexington Stakes (NYRA) London Company Laffit Pincay Jr. United States £75,188
1973 Manhattan Stakes London Company Laffit Pincay Jr. United States £751,880
1963 Breeders' Futurity Stakes Duel William D. Lucas United States £488,722
1962 Arlington Classic Ridan Avelino Gomez United States £75,188
1962 Blue Grass Stakes Ridan Manuel Ycaza United States £939,850
1962 Florida Derby Ridan Manuel Ycaza United States £751,880

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 83rd of 187 on big-race wins

# Trainer Wins Races Span Biggest win
73 Theo Grieper 64 33 1970 to 1995 £4,273,504£4.3m
74 Todd Pletcher 63 38 1998 to 2025 £3,759,399£3.8m
75 John W. Sadler 61 36 1986 to 2025 £5,263,158£5.3m
76 Cecil Boyd-Rochfort 61 18 1928 to 1968 £1,500,000£1.5m
77 Markus Klug 61 36 2013 to 2024 £555,556
78 Max Hirsch 60 25 1915 to 1968 £3,759,399£3.8m
79 Clive Brittain 60 44 1974 to 2008 £5,493,600£5.5m
80 H. Allen Jerkens 60 33 1962 to 2007 £751,880
81 Guy Harwood 60 40 1971 to 1993 £4,273,504£4.3m
82 David Nicholson 59 33 1977 to 1999 £646,880
84 Kiaran McLaughlin 56 41 1994 to 2019 £9,022,556£9.0m
85 Fred Rimell 56 26 1948 to 1981 £646,880
86 Waldemar Hickst 56 35 2006 to 2026 £427,350
87 Ian Balding 55 45 1965 to 2001 £4,273,504£4.3m
88 Hein Bollow 55 29 1968 to 1988 £555,556
89 John Gaver Sr. 54 25 1936 to 1974 £3,759,399£3.8m
90 Jim Bolger 54 24 1978 to 2021 £3,800,000£3.8m
91 Gordon Elliott 54 28 2007 to 2026 £1,000,000£1.0m
92 Noel Murless 53 20 1949 to 1974 £1,500,000£1.5m
93 Alduino Botti 53 23 1982 to 2022 £447,692

Frequently asked questions

How many big races has LeRoy Jolley won?

58, across 41 different races between 1962 and 1991. That is 83rd of the 187 trainers on this site.

What is the biggest race LeRoy Jolley has won?

the Breeders' Cup Turf, worth £3,759,399 and run in the United States. LeRoy Jolley won it in 1986.

Which race has LeRoy Jolley won most often?

the Blue Grass Stakes, 3 times at Keeneland Race Course. 14 of these races have gone to LeRoy Jolley more than once.

How much prize money has LeRoy Jolley 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: 58 wins, the biggest of them worth £3,759,399.

When did LeRoy Jolley win these races?

Between 1962 and 1991. The busiest spell was 1986-88, with 16 of them.

Where to next

The races LeRoy Jolley has won, and the trainers around them

The races LeRoy Jolley has won

The trainers either side

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