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TRAINER · 129th BY BIG-RACE WINS

Michael J. Maker

41 wins in the world's richest races between 2006 and 2025, across 25 different races. The biggest is the Nashville Derby, worth £2,631,579.

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 41
BIGGEST WIN £2.6m
RACES WON 25
FIRST AND LAST 2006 to 2025
COUNTRIES 2

When the wins came

41 wins from 2006 to 2025, in 2-year spells

Best spell: 2020-21, 7 wins

A list of winners sorted by date reads as one long run. Drawn, it has a shape: Michael J. Maker took 7 of these 41 in 2020-21 alone.

The races Michael J. Maker keeps winning

By number of wins

6 won more than once

Jeff Ruby Steaks 6 Pegasus World Cup Turf Invitational 2 American Turf Stakes 2 Belmont Derby 2 Lecomte Stakes 2 Mike Lee Stakes 2 Nashville Derby 1 Blue Grass Stakes 1 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf 1 La Troienne Stakes 1 Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile 1 Churchill Downs Stakes 1

Every big race Michael J. Maker has won

41 winners, newest first

25 different races

Year Race Horse Jockey Country Worth
2025 Hawthorne Derby Anegada Luis H. Colon United States £112,782
2023 Kent Stakes Really Good Ruben Silvera United States £187,970
2023 Mike Lee Stakes Maker's Candy José Ortiz United States £93,985
2023 Pegasus World Cup Turf Invitational Atone Irad Ortiz Jr. United States £751,880
2022 American Turf Stakes Stolen Base Flavien Prat United States £751,880
2022 Mike Lee Stakes Rotknee Luis Saez United States £93,985
2022 New York Derby Barese Ricardo Santana Jr. United States £112,782
2021 Kitten's Joy Stakes Chess's Dream Tyler Gaffalione United States £131,579
2020 American Turf Stakes Fancy Liquor Florent Geroux United States £751,880
2020 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf Fire At Will Ricardo Santana Jr. United States £751,880
2020 Jeff Ruby Steaks Field Pass Irad Ortiz Jr. United States £584,211
2020 Ontario Derby Field Pass Kazushi Kimura Canada £80,520
2020 Pegasus World Cup Turf Invitational Zulu Alpha Tyler Gaffalione United States £751,880
2020 Transylvania Stakes Field Pass Ricardo Santana Jr. United States £451,128
2019 Belmont Derby Henley's Joy Jose Lezcano United States £563,910
2019 Jeff Ruby Steaks Somelikeithotbrown Tyler Gaffalione United States £584,211
2017 Jeff Ruby Steaks Fast and Accurate Tyler Gaffalione United States £584,211
2016 Jeff Ruby Steaks Oscar Nominated Brian Hernandez Jr. United States £584,211
2016 King's Plate Sir Dudley Digges Julien Leparoux Canada £536,800
2016 Nashville Derby Oscar Nominated Florent Geroux United States £2,631,579£2.6m
2015 Lecomte Stakes International Star Miguel Mena United States £187,970
2015 Risen Star Stakes International Star Miguel Mena United States £375,940
2014 Grey Stakes International Star Rafael M. Hernandez Canada £61,219
2014 Lecomte Stakes Vicar's in Trouble Rosie Napravnik United States £187,970
2013 Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup Stakes Kitten's Dumplings Julien R. Leparoux United States £601,504
2013 Secretariat Stakes Admiral Kitten Rosie Napravnik United States £375,940
2012 Belmont Derby King David Rosie Napravnik United States £563,910
2012 Breeders' Futurity Stakes Joha Rajiv Maragh United States £488,722
2012 La Troienne Stakes Juanita Ramon A. Dominguez United States £751,880
2011 Lexington Stakes (Keeneland) Derby Kitten Julien R. Leparoux United States £300,752
2010 Blue Grass Stakes Stately Victor Alan Garcia United States £939,850
2010 Jeff Ruby Steaks Dean's Kitten Cornelio Velasquez United States £584,211
2009 Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile Furthest Land Julien Leparoux United States £751,880
2009 Churchill Downs Stakes Accredit Julien R. Leparoux United States £751,880
2006 Jeff Ruby Steaks With A City Brice Blanc United States £584,211

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 Michael J. Maker wins

2 countries

Country Wins Share Biggest race won there
United States 32 78% Nashville Derby
Canada 3 7% King's Plate

The trainers either side

Ranked 129th of 187 on big-race wins

# Trainer Wins Races Span Biggest win
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
126 Henry de Bromhead 42 28 2009 to 2026 £1,000,000£1.0m
127 Harry Thomson Jones 42 34 1962 to 1990 £700,000
128 Mitri Saliba 42 33 1979 to 1987 £512,821
130 Mark Walker & Sam Bergerson 41 21 2000 to 2026 £581,400
131 David Pipe 41 25 2006 to 2026 £375,000
132 Jean-Pierre Carvalho 41 29 2010 to 2022 £427,350
133 Richard E. Dutrow Jr. 40 32 2002 to 2026 £5,263,158£5.3m
134 Neil D. Drysdale 40 27 1975 to 2020 £1,503,759£1.5m
135 Stephen Autridge & Jamie Richards 40 15 2015 to 2022 £551,125
136 Peter Rau 40 31 1991 to 2008 £555,556
137 Kenneth G. McPeek 39 32 1996 to 2026 £3,759,399£3.8m
138 Chad Brown 39 21 2011 to 2026 £1,503,759£1.5m
139 Jessica Harrington 39 28 1996 to 2026 £854,701

Frequently asked questions

How many big races has Michael J. Maker won?

41, across 25 different races between 2006 and 2025. That is 129th of the 187 trainers on this site.

What is the biggest race Michael J. Maker has won?

the Nashville Derby, worth £2,631,579 and run in the United States. Michael J. Maker won it in 2016.

Which race has Michael J. Maker won most often?

Jeff Ruby Steaks, 6 times at Turfway Park. 6 of these races have gone to Michael J. Maker more than once.

How much prize money has Michael J. Maker 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: 41 wins, the biggest of them worth £2,631,579.

When did Michael J. Maker win these races?

Between 2006 and 2025. The busiest spell was 2020-21, with 7 of them.

Where to next

The races Michael J. Maker has won, and the trainers around them

The races Michael J. Maker has won

The trainers either side

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