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TRAINER · 78th BY BIG-RACE WINS

Max Hirsch

60 wins in the world's richest races between 1915 and 1968, across 25 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 60
BIGGEST WIN £3.8m
RACES WON 25
FIRST AND LAST 1915 to 1968
COUNTRIES 1

When the wins came

60 wins from 1915 to 1968, in 3-year spells

Best spell: 1947-49, 9 wins

A list of winners sorted by date reads as one long run. Drawn, it has a shape: Max Hirsch took 9 of these 60 in 1947-49 alone.

The races Max Hirsch keeps winning

By number of wins

19 won more than once

Dwyer Stakes 5 Belmont Stakes 4 Alabama Stakes 4 Coaching Club American Oaks 4 Kentucky Derby 3 Metropolitan Handicap 3 Jockey Club Gold Cup 3 Manhattan Stakes 3 Acorn Stakes 3 Jersey Derby 3 Arlington Classic 3 Preakness Stakes 2

Every big race Max Hirsch has won

60 winners, newest first

25 different races

Year Race Horse Jockey Country Worth
1968 Jersey Derby Out of the Way Eddie Belmonte United States £75,188
1968 Test Stakes Heartland John L. Rotz United States £375,940
1968 Withers Stakes Call Me Prince William Boland United States £187,970
1966 Jim Dandy Stakes Indulto John L. Rotz United States £375,940
1966 Saranac Stakes Alexville Manuel Ycaza United States £112,782
1966 Withers Stakes Indulto John L. Rotz United States £187,970
1961 Ogden Phipps Stakes Disperse William Boland United States £375,940
1959 Dwyer Stakes Waltz Sam Boulmetis Sr. United States £150,376
1959 Jersey Derby Waltz Larry Gilligan United States £75,188
1959 Peter Pan Stakes Black Hills Eddie Arcaro United States £150,376
1957 Alabama Stakes Here and There Eldon Nelson United States £451,128
1955 Alabama Stakes Rico Reto William Boland United States £451,128
1955 Metropolitan Handicap High Gun Anthony DeSpirito United States £751,880
1954 Acorn Stakes Riverina (DH) William Boland United States £375,940
1954 Belmont Stakes High Gun Eric Guerin United States £1,503,759£1.5m
1954 Dwyer Stakes High Gun Eric Guerin United States £150,376
1954 Jockey Club Gold Cup High Gun Eddie Arcaro United States £751,880
1954 Manhattan Stakes High Gun Eddie Arcaro United States £751,880
1954 Peter Pan Stakes High Gun Eric Guerin United States £150,376
1953 Jockey Club Gold Cup Level Lea William Boland United States £751,880
1951 Personal Ensign Stakes Renew B. Green United States £375,940
1950 Belmont Stakes Middleground William Boland United States £1,503,759£1.5m
1950 Kentucky Derby Middleground William Boland United States £3,759,399£3.8m
1949 Discovery Stakes Prophets Thumb Dave Gorman United States £112,782
1949 Hopeful Stakes Middleground Dave Gorman United States £225,564
1949 Personal Ensign Stakes But Why Not Dave Gorman United States £375,940
1948 Coaching Club American Oaks Scattered Warren Mehrtens United States £375,940
1948 Discovery Stakes Better Self Dave Gorman United States £112,782
1947 Acorn Stakes But Why Not Warren Mehrtens United States £375,940
1947 Alabama Stakes But Why Not Eric Guerin United States £451,128
1947 Arlington Classic ¶But Why Not Warren Mehrtens United States £75,188
1947 Coaching Club American Oaks Harmonica John Adams United States £375,940
1946 Belmont Stakes Assault Warren Mehrtens United States £1,503,759£1.5m
1946 Dwyer Stakes Assault Warren Mehrtens United States £150,376
1946 Kentucky Derby Assault Warren Mehrtens United States £3,759,399£3.8m
1946 Preakness Stakes Assault Warren Mehrtens United States £1,503,759£1.5m
1946 Wood Memorial Stakes Assault Warren Mehrtens United States £563,910
1943 Coaching Club American Oaks Too Timely George Woolf United States £375,940
1942 Jersey Derby Salto Warren Mehrtens United States £75,188
1942 Metropolitan Handicap Attention Don Meade United States £751,880
1941 Arlington Classic Attention Carroll Bierman United States £75,188
1940 Wood Memorial Stakes Dit Leon Haas United States £563,910
1939 Breeders' Futurity Stakes Roman Flag Leon Haas United States £488,722
1937 Acorn Stakes Dawn Play Lester Balaski United States £375,940
1937 American Derby Dawn Play Lester Balaski United States £75,188
1937 Coaching Club American Oaks Dawn Play Lester Balaski United States £375,940
1936 Kentucky Derby Bold Venture Ira Hanford United States £3,759,399£3.8m
1936 Preakness Stakes Bold Venture George Woolf United States £1,503,759£1.5m
1934 Alabama Stakes Hindu Queen Lee Humphries United States £451,128
1932 American Derby Gusto Silvio Coucci United States £75,188
1932 Arlington Classic Gusto Silvio Coucci United States £75,188
1932 Jockey Club Gold Cup Gusto Buddy Hanford United States £751,880
1931 Hopeful Stakes Tick On Pete Walls United States £225,564
1928 Belmont Stakes Vito Clarence Kummer United States £1,503,759£1.5m
1927 Dwyer Stakes Kentucky II John Maiben United States £150,376
1926 Metropolitan Handicap Sarazen Fred Weiner United States £751,880
1925 Manhattan Stakes Pepp Harold Thurber United States £751,880
1924 Manhattan Stakes Sarazen John Maiben United States £751,880
1917 Whirl Stakes Papp Roscoe Troxler United States £3,008
1915 Dwyer Stakes Norse King James Butwell 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 78th of 187 on big-race wins

# Trainer Wins Races Span Biggest win
68 Jonathan Pease 67 53 1985 to 2014 £4,273,504£4.3m
69 Roger Attfield 67 23 1975 to 2020 £1,503,759£1.5m
70 Jonjo O'Neill 66 38 1991 to 2026 £646,880
71 H. Graham Motion 64 44 1997 to 2026 £3,759,399£3.8m
72 Jerry Hollendorfer 64 39 1989 to 2019 £1,503,759£1.5m
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
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
83 LeRoy Jolley 58 41 1962 to 1991 £3,759,399£3.8m
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

Frequently asked questions

How many big races has Max Hirsch won?

60, across 25 different races between 1915 and 1968. That is 78th of the 187 trainers on this site.

What is the biggest race Max Hirsch has won?

the Kentucky Derby, worth £3,759,399 and run in the United States. Max Hirsch won it in 1950, 1946, 1936.

Which race has Max Hirsch won most often?

the Dwyer Stakes, 5 times at Aqueduct Racetrack. 19 of these races have gone to Max Hirsch more than once.

How much prize money has Max Hirsch 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: 60 wins, the biggest of them worth £3,759,399.

When did Max Hirsch win these races?

Between 1915 and 1968. The busiest spell was 1947-49, with 9 of them.

Where to next

The races Max Hirsch has won, and the trainers around them

The races Max Hirsch has won

The trainers either side

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