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TRAINER · 181st BY BIG-RACE WINS

W. Elliott Walden

30 wins in the world's richest races between 1995 and 2005, across 27 different races. The biggest is the Belmont 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 30
BIGGEST WIN £1.5m
RACES WON 27
FIRST AND LAST 1995 to 2005
COUNTRIES 2

When the wins came

30 wins from 1995 to 2005, in years

Best spell: 1999, 8 wins

A list of winners sorted by date reads as one long run. Drawn, it has a shape: W. Elliott Walden took 8 of these 30 in 1999 alone.

The races W. Elliott Walden keeps winning

By number of wins

3 won more than once

American Turf Stakes 2 Bryan Station Stakes 2 Arlington Classic 2 Stephen Foster Stakes 1 Belmont Stakes 1 Blue Grass Stakes 1 Arkansas Derby 1 Haskell Stakes 1 Churchill Downs Stakes 1 Rebel Stakes 1 Pat Day Mile Stakes 1 Spinster Stakes 1

Every big race W. Elliott Walden has won

30 winners, newest first

27 different races

Year Race Horse Jockey Country Worth
2005 Marine Stakes Unbridled Energy Todd Kabel Canada £80,520
2002 Arlington Classic Mr. Mellon René Douglas United States £75,188
2002 National Museum of Racing Hall of Fame Stakes Quest Star Pat Day United States £300,752
2002 Spinaway Stakes Awesome Humor Pat Day United States £225,564
2001 Bryan Station Stakes Gino's Spirits (GB) Pat Day United States £451,128
2001 Jefferson Cup Stakes Indygo Shiner Lonnie Meche United States £75,188
2001 Just a Game Stakes License Fee Pat Day United States £375,940
2001 Pat Day Mile Stakes Meetyouathebrig Robby Albarado United States £563,910
2000 Forerunner Stakes Gateman Pat Day United States £75,188
2000 Hollywood Derby Brahms Pat Day United States £300,752
2000 Kent Stakes Three Wonders Pat Day United States £187,970
2000 Spinster Stakes Plenty of Light Garrett Gomez United States £488,722
1999 Blue Grass Stakes Menifee Pat Day United States £939,850
1999 Haskell Stakes Menifee Pat Day United States £751,880
1999 Hutcheson Stakes Bet Me Best Jerry D. Bailey United States £56,391
1999 Jenny Wiley Stakes Pleasant Temper Jerry D. Bailey United States £375,940
1999 Jim Dandy Stakes Ecton Park Alex Solis United States £375,940
1999 Risen Star Stakes Ecton Park Shane Sellers United States £375,940
1999 Stephen Foster Stakes Victory Gallop Jerry D. Bailey United States £1,503,759£1.5m
1999 Super Derby Ecton Park Alex Solis United States £187,970
1998 Arkansas Derby Victory Gallop Alex Solis United States £939,850
1998 Belmont Stakes Victory Gallop Gary Stevens United States £1,503,759£1.5m
1998 Churchill Downs Stakes Distorted Humor Gary L. Stevens United States £751,880
1998 Rebel Stakes Victory Gallop Eibar Coa United States £751,880
1997 American Turf Stakes Royal Strand (IRE) Pat Day United States £751,880
1996 American Turf Stakes Broadway Beau Chris McCarron United States £751,880
1995 Arlington Classic Hawk Attack Pat Day United States £75,188
1995 Bryan Station Stakes Very Special Lite Aaron Gryder United States £451,128
1995 Round Table Stakes Kingdom City Craig Perret United States £75,188
1995 Secretariat Stakes Hawk Attack Pat Day 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 W. Elliott Walden wins

2 countries

Country Wins Share Biggest race won there
United States 29 97% Stephen Foster Stakes
Canada 1 3% Marine Stakes

The trainers either side

Ranked 181st of 187 on big-race wins

# Trainer Wins Races Span Biggest win
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
175 Steven M. Asmussen 32 17 2001 to 2024 £5,263,158£5.3m
176 Edward A. Neloy 32 22 1954 to 1970 £1,127,820£1.1m
177 Mark Frostad 32 14 1994 to 2012 £3,759,399£3.8m
178 Joseph Lawson 32 16 1929 to 1955 £1,500,000£1.5m
179 Luigi Camici 32 19 1986 to 2006 £4,273,504£4.3m
180 Gordon W. Richards 31 16 1969 to 1998 £400,000
182 Ralph Beckett 30 27 2007 to 2025 £4,273,504£4.3m
183 Brian Meehan 30 24 1997 to 2024 £4,511,278£4.5m
184 Josie Carroll 30 20 1995 to 2026 £751,880
185 Richard Fahey 30 25 1998 to 2024 £854,701
186 Jenny Pitman 30 19 1977 to 1998 £646,880
187 Andreas Löwe 30 21 1987 to 2014 £427,350
1 André Fabre 893 156 1980 to 2026 £5,263,158£5.3m
2 Aidan O'Brien 385 97 1996 to 2026 £4,511,278£4.5m
3 Bob Baffert 377 99 1992 to 2026 £9,022,556£9.0m
4 Saeed bin Suroor 318 122 1995 to 2026 £9,022,556£9.0m

Frequently asked questions

How many big races has W. Elliott Walden won?

30, across 27 different races between 1995 and 2005. That is 181st of the 187 trainers on this site.

What is the biggest race W. Elliott Walden has won?

the Belmont Stakes, worth £1,503,759 and run in the United States. W. Elliott Walden won it in 1998.

Which race has W. Elliott Walden won most often?

the American Turf Stakes, 2 times at Churchill Downs. 3 of these races have gone to W. Elliott Walden more than once.

How much prize money has W. Elliott Walden 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: 30 wins, the biggest of them worth £1,503,759.

When did W. Elliott Walden win these races?

Between 1995 and 2005. The busiest spell was 1999, with 8 of them.

Where to next

The races W. Elliott Walden has won, and the trainers around them

The races W. Elliott Walden has won

The trainers either side

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