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TRAINER · 164th BY BIG-RACE WINS

Michael W. McCarthy

34 wins in the world's richest races between 2007 and 2026, across 25 different races. The biggest is the Pegasus World Cup Invitational Stakes, worth £2,255,639.

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 34
BIGGEST WIN £2.3m
RACES WON 25
FIRST AND LAST 2007 to 2026
COUNTRIES 1

When the wins came

34 wins from 2007 to 2026, in 2-year spells

Best spell: 2024-25, 9 wins

A list of winners sorted by date reads as one long run. Drawn, it has a shape: Michael W. McCarthy took 9 of these 34 in 2024-25 alone.

The races Michael W. McCarthy keeps winning

By number of wins

3 won more than once

El Camino Real Derby 3 Preakness Stakes 2 Indiana Derby 2 Pegasus World Cup Invitational Stakes 1 Apple Blossom Handicap 1 American Turf Stakes 1 Haskell Stakes 1 Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile 1 Jeff Ruby Steaks 1 Pat Day Mile Stakes 1 Santa Anita Derby 1 Ashland Stakes 1

Every big race Michael W. McCarthy has won

34 winners, newest first

25 different races

Year Race Horse Jockey Country Worth
2026 American Turf Stakes Stark Contrast Flavien Prat United States £751,880
2026 Shoemaker Mile Stakes Formidable Man Flavien Prat United States £225,564
2025 Del Mar Oaks Velocity Ricardo Gonzalez United States £225,564
2025 Haskell Stakes Journalism Umberto Rispoli United States £751,880
2025 Preakness Stakes Journalism Umberto Rispoli United States £1,503,759£1.5m
2025 San Felipe Stakes Journalism Umberto Rispoli United States £300,752
2025 Santa Anita Derby Journalism Umberto Rispoil United States £375,940
2024 Del Mar Derby Formidable Man Umberto Rispoli United States £187,970
2024 El Camino Real Derby Endlessly Umperto Rispoli United States £75,188
2024 Hollywood Derby Formidable Man Umberto Rispoli United States £300,752
2024 Jeff Ruby Steaks Endlessly Umberto Rispoli United States £584,211
2023 Jerome Stakes Lugan Knight Dylan Davis United States £112,782
2022 Indiana Derby Actuator James Graham United States £225,564
2021 El Camino Real Derby Rombauer Kyle Frey United States £75,188
2021 Preakness Stakes Rombauer Flavien Prat United States £1,503,759£1.5m
2020 Apple Blossom Handicap Ce Ce Victor Espinoza United States £939,850
2020 Ashland Stakes Speech Javier Castellano United States £375,940
2020 Beholder Mile Stakes Ce Ce Victor Espinoza United States £375,940
2020 La Jolla Handicap Smooth Like Strait Umberto Rispoli United States £112,782
2020 Pat Day Mile Stakes Rushie Javier Castellano United States £563,910
2020 Twilight Derby Smooth Like Strait Umberto Rispoli United States £150,376
2019 Pegasus World Cup Invitational Stakes City of Light Javier Castellano United States £2,255,639£2.3m
2018 Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile City of Light Javier Castellano United States £751,880
2018 El Camino Real Derby Paved † Drayden Van Dyke United States £75,188
2018 Indiana Derby Axelrod Florent Geroux United States £225,564
2018 Smarty Jones Stakes (Parx) Axelrod Joe Bravo United States £150,376
2017 Malibu Stakes City of Light Drayden Van Dyke United States £225,564
2016 Gamely Stakes Illuminant Flavien Prat United States £300,752
2007 Sham Stakes Ravel Garrett K. Gomez United States £75,188

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 164th of 187 on big-race wins

# Trainer Wins Races Span Biggest win
154 James E. Day 36 21 1984 to 2001 £1,503,759£1.5m
155 John M. Veitch 35 29 1977 to 1992 £5,263,158£5.3m
156 Murray Baker 35 16 1990 to 2022 £2,645,503£2.6m
157 Alec Taylor Jr. 35 11 1905 to 1927 £700,000
158 Tom Dreaper 35 13 1946 to 1971 £646,880
159 John Fellows 35 26 1971 to 1995 £854,701
160 Ryan Price 35 24 1948 to 1982 £450,000
161 Ivan Allan 34 9 1973 to 2003 £3,040,000£3.0m
162 Neil J. Howard 34 27 1989 to 2017 £1,503,759£1.5m
163 Frank Butters 34 16 1928 to 1949 £4,273,504£4.3m
165 Peter Walwyn 34 24 1969 to 1995 £1,500,000£1.5m
166 Josh Gifford 34 22 1973 to 2002 £400,000
167 Christophe Ferland 34 26 2011 to 2026 £512,821
168 Doug O'Neill 33 27 2005 to 2025 £3,759,399£3.8m
169 Bert Mulholland 33 22 1936 to 1967 £1,503,759£1.5m
170 Paddy Prendergast 33 15 1950 to 1980 £854,701
171 Doug Watson 33 15 2005 to 2025 £751,880
172 Venetia Williams 33 24 1998 to 2026 £250,000
173 Philippe Demercastel 33 26 1988 to 2013 £512,821
174 Harro Remmert 33 21 1980 to 2002 £555,556

Frequently asked questions

How many big races has Michael W. McCarthy won?

34, across 25 different races between 2007 and 2026. That is 164th of the 187 trainers on this site.

What is the biggest race Michael W. McCarthy has won?

the Pegasus World Cup Invitational Stakes, worth £2,255,639 and run in the United States. Michael W. McCarthy won it in 2019.

Which race has Michael W. McCarthy won most often?

El Camino Real Derby, 3 times at Golden Gate Fields. 3 of these races have gone to Michael W. McCarthy more than once.

How much prize money has Michael W. McCarthy 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: 34 wins, the biggest of them worth £2,255,639.

When did Michael W. McCarthy win these races?

Between 2007 and 2026. The busiest spell was 2024-25, with 9 of them.

Where to next

The races Michael W. McCarthy has won, and the trainers around them

The races Michael W. McCarthy has won

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