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In 1952, Anthony DeSpirito won 390 races, breaking Walter Miller's forty-six-year-old record of 388. [1] On December 15, 1973, Sandy Hawley became the first jockey in history to win 500 races in a single year. [2] In 1989, Kent Desormeaux set the current record for wins in a single calendar year with 598. [3]
- Chris Mccarron
- Perry Ouzts
- Pat Day
- Bill Shoemaker
- Laffit A. Pincay Jr.
- Russell Baze
With 7,141 wins in 34,240 starts, Chris McCarron is in seventh place for North America-based jockeys with the most victories ever. In 1974, when McCarron was only 19 years old, the Boston-born lad brought his mounts to the winner’s circle, a record-breaking 547 times. Throughout his career, McCarron won nine Breeders’ Cup races, including five Clas...
Arkansas-born Perry Ouzts’ career began in 1973 when he gained his first victory at the Beulah Park racetrack in Ohio. Ouzts went on to win 11 titles at the course. He also won a record-breaking 18 meet titles at River Downs (now Belterra Park) in Cincinnati. Even though Ouzts is now in his sixties, he is still racing. Even people who enjoy betting...
The four-time recipient of the Eclipse Award and twelve-time Breeders’ Cup winner Pat Daysurprisingly began his sporting career as a wrestler. Thankfully, the world of racing benefitted from his skills instead. In addition to the previous accomplishments mentioned, Pat Day won the Kentucky Derby once, the Belmont Stakes three times, and the Preakne...
The great Bill Shoemaker was unquestionably one of the most renowned jockeys on the planet. For 29 years, Shoemaker held the world record for total professional jockey victories. He ended his career with 8,833 wins in 40,350 starts, third all-time among North American riders. The Shoe’s many accomplishments include winning 11 Triple Crown races and...
The second-most winningest jockey of all time based in North America is the magnificent Laffit A. Pincay Jr., with an amazing 9,530 wins to his name. Pincay Jr. began his riding career in his home of Panama. In 1966, he received sponsorship to ride under contract in the United States. He immediately rose to national prominence, winning major titles...
Retired jockey Russell Bazeholds the record for the most horse racing victories in North America by a mile with a staggering 12,842 wins in 53,578 starts. His second and third place-finishes are pretty impressive too. Over his career, Baze achieved 9,600 seconds and 7,855 thirds. The Canadian/American has plenty of other accomplishments to his name...
- Bill Shoemaker. (deceased) 370 points. 21 1st-place votes. For the TRC panel, there was no question about who was the best jockey in the last 50 years. Shoemaker received nearly half the 45 first-place votes, which was more than the combined 16 for Pincay and Cordero, who were second and third.
- Laffit Pincay Jr. (retired) 338 points. eight 1st-place votes. No other jockey could match Pincay’s brilliant career for the way he mixed a prolific number of wins and an amazing amount of Graded stakes wins.
- Angel Cordero Jr. (retired) 311 points. eight 1st-place votes. With Saratoga being the epicenter of New York racing, hearing that some 20 years after his retirement he’s still known as ‘The King of Saratoga’ says all you need to know about Angel Cordero Jr.
- Jerry Bailey. (retired) 202 points. one 1st-place vote. Jerry Bailey was not an overnight sensation. He was a top-notch rider from the start and won New York’s Handicap Triple Crown with Fit To Fight in 1984.
Jockey: Mounts: Wins: Earnings: 1908 Joe Notter: 872 249 $464,322 1910 Carroll H. Shilling: 506 172 $176,030 1911 Ted Koerner: 813 162 $88,308 1912 James Butwell: 684 144 $79,843 1913 Merritt C. Buxton: 887 146 $82,552 1914 Joe McCahey: 824 155 $121,845 1915 Mack Garner: 775 151 $96,628 1916 John McTaggart: 832 150 $155,055 1917 Frank Robinson ...
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Jan 25, 2023 · 10. Sir Gordon Richards. Sir Gordon Richards is considered to be the best jockey of all time. During his career, he won 4,870 races, winning the British Flat Racing Champion Jockey title a record 26 times. Richards was born on May 5, 1904, in Donnington Wood, England.
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