SALARYSPORT
★ 0
TRAINER · 74th BY BIG-RACE WINS

Todd Pletcher

63 wins in the world's richest races between 1998 and 2025, across 33 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 63
BIGGEST WIN £3.8m
RACES WON 33
FIRST AND LAST 1998 to 2025
COUNTRIES 3

When the wins came

63 wins from 1998 to 2025, in 3-year spells

Best spell: 2013-15, 12 wins

A list of winners sorted by date reads as one long run. Drawn, it has a shape: Todd Pletcher took 12 of these 63 in 2013-15 alone.

The races Todd Pletcher keeps winning

By number of wins

11 won more than once

Coaching Club American Oaks 8 Pegasus Stakes 6 Colonel Liam Stakes 3 Kentucky Derby 2 Metropolitan Handicap 2 Alcibiades Stakes 2 Test Stakes 2 Prince of Wales Stakes 2 Northern Dancer Stakes 2 Marine Stakes 2 Jersey Derby 2 Jockey Club Gold Cup 1

Every big race Todd Pletcher has won

63 winners, newest first

33 different races

Year Race Horse Jockey Country Worth
2025 Alcibiades Stakes Tommy Jo John R. Velazquez United States £488,722
2025 Jockey Club Gold Cup Antiquarian John R. Velazquez United States £751,880
2024 Pegasus Stakes Tuscan Sky Javier Castellano United States £112,782
2023 Alcibiades Stakes Candied Luis Saez United States £488,722
2023 Colonel Liam Stakes Dude N Colorado (GB) Irad Ortiz Jr. United States £150,376
2022 Coaching Club American Oaks Nest Irad Ortiz Jr. United States £375,940
2022 Dwyer Stakes Charge It John R. Velazquez United States £150,376
2020 Fourstardave Stakes Halladay Luis Saez United States £563,910
2019 Godolphin Mile Coal Front José Ortiz United Arab Emirates £751,880
2019 Pegasus Stakes King For A Day Joe Bravo United States £112,782
2019 Sir Barton Stakes King for a Day John R. Velazquez United States £75,188
2018 Colonel Liam Stakes Maraud John Velazquez United States £150,376
2017 Kentucky Derby Always Dreaming John Velazquez United States £3,759,399£3.8m
2016 Jimmy Winkfield Stakes Awesome Gent Manuel Franco United States £75,188
2016 Pegasus Stakes Donegal Moon Joe Bravo United States £112,782
2015 Acorn Stakes Curalina John Velazquez United States £375,940
2015 Coaching Club American Oaks Curalina John R. Velazquez United States £375,940
2015 Lamplighter Stakes Nonna's Boy Christopher DeCarlo United States £45,113
2014 American Derby Divine Oath Florent Geroux United States £75,188
2014 Coaching Club American Oaks Stopchargingmaria Javier Castellano United States £375,940
2014 Colonel Liam Stakes Gala Award John Velazquez United States £150,376
2014 Discovery Stakes Protonico Joe Bravo United States £112,782
2014 Kent Stakes Divine Oath Jose C. Caraballo United States £187,970
2014 Metropolitan Handicap Palace Malice John Velazquez United States £751,880
2014 Plate Trial Stakes We Miss Artie Javier Castellano Canada £80,520
2013 Coaching Club American Oaks Princess of Sylmar Javier Castellano United States £375,940
2013 Pegasus Stakes Verrazano John Velazquez United States £112,782
2011 Illinois Derby Joe Vann Florent Geroux United States £187,970
2011 Marine Stakes Queen'splatekitten Eurico Rosa Da Silva Canada £80,520
2010 Coaching Club American Oaks Devil May Care John R. Velazquez United States £375,940
2010 Jersey Derby Hudson Steele Jose Lezcano United States £75,188
2010 Kentucky Derby Super Saver Calvin Borel United States £3,759,399£3.8m
2010 Marine Stakes Exhi Robby Albarado Canada £80,520
2010 Metropolitan Handicap Quality Road John Velazquez United States £751,880
2010 Northern Dancer Stakes Colizeo Garrett Gomez United States £93,985
2010 Victoria Park Stakes Exhi Robby Albarado Canada £50,882
2008 Arlington Classic Meal Penalty José Vélez Jr. United States £75,188
2008 Pegasus Stakes Atoned Chris DeCarlo United States £112,782
2008 Prince of Wales Stakes Harlem Rocker Eibar Coa Canada £214,720
2007 Coaching Club American Oaks Octave John R. Velazquez United States £375,940
2007 Lexington Stakes (NYRA) Distorted Reality John Velazquez United States £75,188
2007 Round Table Stakes Pavarotti René Douglas United States £75,188
2006 Christophe Clement Turf Stakes Go Deputy Eibar Coa United States £563,910
2006 Northern Dancer Stakes High Cotton Garrett Gomez United States £93,985
2005 Commonwealth Turf Cup English Channel John Velazquez United States £150,376
2005 Pegasus Stakes Magna Graduate John Velazquez United States £112,782
2004 Coaching Club American Oaks Ashado John R. Velazquez United States £375,940
2004 Jersey Derby Icy Atlantic Chuck Lopez United States £75,188
2002 Pennsylvania Derby Harlan's Holiday Edgar Prado United States £751,880
2001 Coaching Club American Oaks Tweedside John R. Velazquez United States £375,940
2000 Breeders' Stakes Lodge Hill Mike E. Smith Canada £268,400
1999 Test Stakes Marley Vale John Velazquez United States £375,940
1998 King's Plate Archers Bay Kent Desormeaux Canada £536,800
1998 Prince of Wales Stakes Archers Bay Robert Landry Canada £214,720
1998 Test Stakes Jersey Girl Mike E. Smith United States £375,940

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 Todd Pletcher wins

3 countries

Country Wins Share Biggest race won there
United States 46 73% Kentucky Derby
Canada 8 13% King's Plate
United Arab Emirates 1 2% Godolphin Mile

The trainers either side

Ranked 74th of 187 on big-race wins

# Trainer Wins Races Span Biggest win
64 Dermot Weld 70 32 1973 to 2020 £3,759,399£3.8m
65 Alan King 70 44 1999 to 2026 £450,000
66 Alec Head 68 49 1952 to 1983 £4,273,504£4.3m
67 François Doumen 68 46 1986 to 2016 £4,511,278£4.5m
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
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
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

Frequently asked questions

How many big races has Todd Pletcher won?

63, across 33 different races between 1998 and 2025. That is 74th of the 187 trainers on this site.

What is the biggest race Todd Pletcher has won?

the Kentucky Derby, worth £3,759,399 and run in the United States. Todd Pletcher won it in 2017, 2010.

Which race has Todd Pletcher won most often?

the Coaching Club American Oaks, 8 times at Saratoga Race Course. 11 of these races have gone to Todd Pletcher more than once.

How much prize money has Todd Pletcher 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: 63 wins, the biggest of them worth £3,759,399.

When did Todd Pletcher win these races?

Between 1998 and 2025. The busiest spell was 2013-15, with 12 of them.

Where to next

The races Todd Pletcher has won, and the trainers around them

The races Todd Pletcher has won

The trainers either side

Elsewhere in racing