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TRAINER · 143rd BY BIG-RACE WINS

Tony Cruz

38 wins in the world's richest races between 1997 and 2024, across 13 different races. The biggest is the Hong Kong Cup, worth £3,800,000.

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 38
BIGGEST WIN £3.8m
RACES WON 13
FIRST AND LAST 1997 to 2024
COUNTRIES 1

When the wins came

38 wins from 1997 to 2024, in 3-year spells

Best spell: 2016-18, 9 wins

A list of winners sorted by date reads as one long run. Drawn, it has a shape: Tony Cruz took 9 of these 38 in 2016-18 alone.

The races Tony Cruz keeps winning

By number of wins

12 won more than once

Hong Kong Champions & Chater Cup 7 Hong Kong Gold Cup 7 Centenary Sprint Cup 5 Hong Kong Mile 4 Hong Kong Stewards' Cup 4 Hong Kong Cup 3 Queen Elizabeth II Cup 3 Hong Kong Sprint 3 Queen's Silver Jubilee Cup 3 Sha Tin Trophy 3 Lion Rock Trophy 3 Hong Kong Derby 2

Every big race Tony Cruz has won

38 winners, newest first

13 different races

Year Race Horse Jockey Country Worth
2024 Queen's Silver Jubilee Cup California Spangle Brenton Avdulla Hong Kong £1,140,000£1.1m
2023 Sha Tin Trophy California Spangle Hugh Bowman Hong Kong £403,750
2022 Hong Kong Mile California Spangle Zac Purton Hong Kong £3,040,000£3.0m
2022 Lion Rock Trophy Beauty Joy Zac Purton Hong Kong £308,750
2022 Sha Tin Trophy California Spangle Zac Purton Hong Kong £403,750
2020 Hong Kong Champions & Chater Cup Exultant Zac Purton Hong Kong £1,235,000£1.2m
2020 Hong Kong Gold Cup Time Warp João Moreira Hong Kong £1,140,000£1.1m
2020 Lion Rock Trophy Ka Ying Star Chad Schofield Hong Kong £308,750
2020 Queen Elizabeth II Cup Exultant Zac Purton Hong Kong £2,850,000£2.9m
2019 Hong Kong Champions & Chater Cup Exultant Zac Purton Hong Kong £1,235,000£1.2m
2019 Hong Kong Gold Cup Exultant Zac Purton Hong Kong £1,140,000£1.1m
2018 Hong Kong Champions & Chater Cup Pakistan Star Tommy Berry Hong Kong £1,235,000£1.2m
2018 Hong Kong Gold Cup Time Warp Zac Purton Hong Kong £1,140,000£1.1m
2018 Hong Kong Vase Exultant Zac Purton Hong Kong £2,280,000£2.3m
2018 Lion Rock Trophy The Golden Age João Moreira Hong Kong £308,750
2018 Queen Elizabeth II Cup Pakistan Star William Buick Hong Kong £2,850,000£2.9m
2017 Centenary Sprint Cup Peniaphobia Neil Callan Hong Kong £1,140,000£1.1m
2017 Hong Kong Cup Time Warp Zac Purton Hong Kong £3,800,000£3.8m
2016 Hong Kong Champions & Chater Cup Blazing Speed Neil Callan Hong Kong £1,235,000£1.2m
2016 Hong Kong Mile Beauty Only Zac Purton Hong Kong £3,040,000£3.0m
2015 Centenary Sprint Cup Peniaphobia Douglas Whyte Hong Kong £1,140,000£1.1m
2015 Hong Kong Champions & Chater Cup Helene Super Star Douglas Whyte Hong Kong £1,235,000£1.2m
2015 Hong Kong Sprint Peniaphobia João Moreira Hong Kong £2,470,000£2.5m
2015 Queen Elizabeth II Cup Blazing Speed Neil Callan Hong Kong £2,850,000£2.9m
2014 Hong Kong Champions & Chater Cup Blazing Speed Neil Callan Hong Kong £1,235,000£1.2m
2014 Hong Kong Stewards' Cup Blazing Speed Mirco Demuro Hong Kong £1,140,000£1.1m
2013 Hong Kong Champions & Chater Cup California Memory Matthew Chadwick Hong Kong £1,235,000£1.2m
2012 Hong Kong Cup California Memory Matthew Chadwick Hong Kong £3,800,000£3.8m
2011 Hong Kong Cup California Memory Matthew Chadwick Hong Kong £3,800,000£3.8m
2011 Hong Kong Gold Cup California Memory Matthew Chadwick Hong Kong £1,140,000£1.1m
2011 Hong Kong Stewards' Cup Beauty Flash Gérald Mossé Hong Kong £1,140,000£1.1m
2011 Queen's Silver Jubilee Cup Beauty Flash Gérald Mossé Hong Kong £1,140,000£1.1m
2011 Sha Tin Trophy California Memory Matthew Chadwick Hong Kong £403,750
2010 Hong Kong Mile Beauty Flash Gérald Mossé Hong Kong £3,040,000£3.0m
2009 Queen's Silver Jubilee Cup Egyptian Ra Felix Coetzee Hong Kong £1,140,000£1.1m
2008 Hong Kong Derby Helene Mascot Felix Coetzee Hong Kong £2,280,000£2.3m
2006 Hong Kong Stewards' Cup Russian Pearl Gérald Mossé Hong Kong £1,140,000£1.1m
2005 Centenary Sprint Cup Silent Witness Felix Coetzee Hong Kong £1,140,000£1.1m
2005 Hong Kong Gold Cup Perfect Partner Christophe Soumillon Hong Kong £1,140,000£1.1m
2005 Hong Kong Stewards' Cup Bullish Luck Christophe Soumillon Hong Kong £1,140,000£1.1m
2004 Centenary Sprint Cup Silent Witness Felix Coetzee Hong Kong £1,140,000£1.1m
2004 Hong Kong Derby Lucky Owners * Felix Coetzee Hong Kong £2,280,000£2.3m
2004 Hong Kong Gold Cup Bullish Luck Felix Coetzee Hong Kong £1,140,000£1.1m
2004 Hong Kong Sprint Silent Witness Felix Coetzee Hong Kong £2,470,000£2.5m
2003 Hong Kong Mile Lucky Owners Felix Coetzee Hong Kong £3,040,000£3.0m
2003 Hong Kong Sprint Silent Witness Felix Coetzee Hong Kong £2,470,000£2.5m
2001 Centenary Sprint Cup King Of Danes Felix Coetzee Hong Kong £1,140,000£1.1m
1997 Hong Kong Gold Cup Deauville Eric Saint-Martin Hong Kong £1,140,000£1.1m

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 143rd of 187 on big-race wins

# Trainer Wins Races Span Biggest win
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
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
144 Joseph O'Brien 38 32 2017 to 2026 £5,291,005£5.3m
145 Colin Tizzard 38 28 2008 to 2022 £646,880
146 Fred Darling 37 15 1907 to 1947 £1,500,000£1.5m
147 Sam Hildreth 37 12 1899 to 1929 £1,503,759£1.5m
148 J. Elliott Burch 37 20 1950 to 1984 £1,503,759£1.5m
149 Bernard Sécly 37 19 1976 to 2002 £726,496
150 Roger Charlton 37 33 1990 to 2019 £4,511,278£4.5m
151 Jean-Marie Béguigné 37 29 1984 to 2011 £1,282,051£1.3m
152 Richard Hannon Jr. 37 27 2014 to 2024 £650,000
153 MacKenzie Miller 36 22 1956 to 1994 £3,759,399£3.8m

Frequently asked questions

How many big races has Tony Cruz won?

38, across 13 different races between 1997 and 2024. That is 143rd of the 187 trainers on this site.

What is the biggest race Tony Cruz has won?

the Hong Kong Cup, worth £3,800,000 and run in Hong Kong. Tony Cruz won it in 2017, 2012, 2011.

Which race has Tony Cruz won most often?

the Hong Kong Champions & Chater Cup, 7 times at Sha Tin Racecourse. 12 of these races have gone to Tony Cruz more than once.

How much prize money has Tony Cruz 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: 38 wins, the biggest of them worth £3,800,000.

When did Tony Cruz win these races?

Between 1997 and 2024. The busiest spell was 2016-18, with 9 of them.

Where to next

The races Tony Cruz has won, and the trainers around them

The races Tony Cruz has won

The trainers either side

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