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TRAINER · 134th BY BIG-RACE WINS

Neil D. Drysdale

40 wins in the world's richest races between 1975 and 2020, across 25 different races. The biggest is the Stephen Foster Stakes, worth £1,503,759.

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 40
BIGGEST WIN £1.5m
RACES WON 25
FIRST AND LAST 1975 to 2020
COUNTRIES 1

When the wins came

40 wins from 1975 to 2020, in 3-year spells

Best spell: 1998-00, 8 wins

A list of winners sorted by date reads as one long run. Drawn, it has a shape: Neil D. Drysdale took 8 of these 40 in 1998-00 alone.

The races Neil D. Drysdale keeps winning

By number of wins

10 won more than once

Apple Blossom Handicap 3 Beholder Mile Stakes 2 Gamely Stakes 2 Hollywood Derby 2 Del Mar Oaks 2 Twilight Derby 2 Peter Pan Stakes 2 Jerome Stakes 2 San Rafael Stakes 2 Los Alamitos Derby 2 Stephen Foster Stakes 1 Turf Classic Stakes 1

Every big race Neil D. Drysdale has won

40 winners, newest first

25 different races

Year Race Horse Jockey Country Worth
2020 Jaipur Stakes ƒ Oleksandra (AUS) Joel Rosario United States £375,940
2013 Hawthorne Derby Kid Dreams Francisco C. Torres United States £112,782
2005 Beholder Mile Stakes Splendid Blended Jerry D. Bailey United States £375,940
2005 Twilight Derby Aragorn (IRE) Pat Valenzuela United States £150,376
2002 Maker's Mark Mile Stakes Touch of the Blues (FR) Kent J. Desormeaux United States £451,128
2002 Peter Pan Stakes Sunday Break Gary Stevens United States £150,376
2002 Transylvania Stakes Flying Dash (GER) Jerry D. Bailey United States £451,128
2001 Turf Classic Stakes White Heart (GB) Gary L. Stevens United States £1,127,820£1.1m
2000 Del Mar Oaks No Matter What Victor Espinoza United States £225,564
2000 Jerome Stakes Fusaichi Pegasus Kent Desormeaux United States £112,782
2000 San Felipe Stakes Fusaichi Pegasus Kent Desormeaux United States £300,752
2000 San Rafael Stakes War Chant Kent Desormeaux United States £112,782
2000 Twilight Derby Sign of Hope (GB) Alex O. Solis United States £150,376
2000 Wood Memorial Stakes Fusaichi Pegasus Kent Desormeaux United States £563,910
1998 Gamely Stakes Fiji Kent Desormeaux United States £300,752
1998 San Vicente Stakes Sea of Secrets Kent Desormeaux United States £150,376
1995 Cinema Stakes Via Lombardia Eddie Delahoussaye United States £75,188
1995 Hollywood Derby Labeeb Ed Delahoussaye United States £300,752
1995 Jerome Stakes French Deputy Gary Stevens United States £112,782
1994 Gamely Stakes Hollywood Wildcat Ed Delahoussaye United States £300,752
1993 Del Mar Oaks Hollywood Wildcat Ed Delahoussaye United States £225,564
1992 Peter Pan Stakes A.P. Indy Ed Delahoussaye United States £150,376
1992 San Rafael Stakes A.P. Indy Ed Delahoussaye United States £112,782
1990 Apple Blossom Handicap Gorgeous Eddie Delahoussaye United States £939,850
1990 Beholder Mile Stakes Gorgeous Eddie Delahoussaye United States £375,940
1989 Los Alamitos Derby Prized Eddie Delahoussaye United States £75,188
1988 Stephen Foster Stakes Honor Medal Luis Enrique Ortega United States £1,503,759£1.5m
1987 Del Mar Derby Deputy Governor Eddie Delahoussaye United States £187,970
1987 Hollywood Derby Political Ambition Jacinto Vásquez United States £300,752
1987 Lazaro Barrera Stakes W. D. Jacks Laffit Pincay Jr. United States £75,188
1984 Clement L. Hirsch Stakes Princess Rooney Pat Valenzuela United States £300,752
1981 Apple Blossom Handicap Bold 'n Determined Eddie Delahoussaye United States £939,850
1977 Apple Blossom Handicap Hail Hilarious Donald Pierce United States £939,850
1976 Malibu Stakes Forceten Donald Pierce United States £225,564
1975 Jim Dandy Stakes Forceten Donald Pierce United States £375,940
1975 Los Alamitos Derby Forceten Donald Pierce 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 134th of 187 on big-race wins

# Trainer Wins Races Span Biggest win
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
129 Michael J. Maker 41 29 2006 to 2025 £2,631,579£2.6m
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
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
140 Peter Easterby 39 20 1967 to 1991 £646,880
141 Vittorio Caruso 39 23 1991 to 2011 £447,692
142 Jens Hirschberger 39 25 2007 to 2018 £555,556
143 Tony Cruz 38 13 1997 to 2023 £3,800,000£3.8m
144 Joseph O'Brien 38 32 2017 to 2026 £5,291,005£5.3m

Frequently asked questions

How many big races has Neil D. Drysdale won?

40, across 25 different races between 1975 and 2020. That is 134th of the 187 trainers on this site.

What is the biggest race Neil D. Drysdale has won?

the Stephen Foster Stakes, worth £1,503,759 and run in the United States. Neil D. Drysdale won it in 1988.

Which race has Neil D. Drysdale won most often?

the Apple Blossom Handicap, 3 times at Oaklawn Park. 10 of these races have gone to Neil D. Drysdale more than once.

How much prize money has Neil D. Drysdale 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: 40 wins, the biggest of them worth £1,503,759.

When did Neil D. Drysdale win these races?

Between 1975 and 2020. The busiest spell was 1998-00, with 8 of them.

Where to next

The races Neil D. Drysdale has won, and the trainers around them

The races Neil D. Drysdale has won

The trainers either side

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