Leading Jockeys and Trainers in Breeders’ Cup History
Hall of Fame jockey Mike Smith remains the leading jockey in Breeders’ Cup history having won aboard 26 horses, ten more than second-leading rider and fellow Hall of Famer John Velazquez. Overall his mounts have earned an impressive total of more than $36.6 million. He’s ridden a total of 145 runners in Breeders’ Cup history starting with his first, Take Me Out in the Juvenile, in 1990.
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Top Breeders’ Cup Jockeys:
Jockey | Sts | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | Money Earned |
Mike E. Smith | 145 | 26 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 19 | 9 | $36,634,605 |
John R. Velazquez | 187 | 16 | 17 | 22 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 27,760,275 |
Lanfranco Dettori | 105 | 14 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 24,751,862 |
Pat Day | 117 | 12 | 17 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 23,033,360 |
Jerry D. Bailey | 102 | 15 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 22,006,440 |
Garrett K. Gomez | 83 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 20,365,600 |
Gary L. Stevens | 123 | 11 | 18 | 13 | 7 | 15 | 12 | 20,309,255 |
Joel Rosario | 111 | 11 | 11 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 20,202,535 |
Javier Castellano | 118 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 13 | 19,507,600 |
Chris J. McCarron | 101 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 17,669,600 |
Ryan L. Moore | 70 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 14,997,035 |
Irad Ortiz, Jr. | 53 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 13,580,345 |
Corey S. Nakatani | 90 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 13,268,980 |
Kent J. Desormeaux | 98 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 10,730,515 |
Julien R. Leparoux | 82 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 10,718,150 |
Ramon A. Dominguez | 49 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 9,616,850 |
Edgar S. Prado | 75 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 9,609,180 |
Victor Espinoza | 63 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8,901,200 |
Jose A. Santos | 65 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 8,008,800 |
Alex O. Solis | 74 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 7,933,960 |
Eddie J. Delahoussaye | 68 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 7,775,000 |
Martin Garcia | 29 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7,160,000 |
Florent Geroux | 19 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6,965,345 |
Laffit A. Pincay, Jr. | 61 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 6,811,000 |
Patrick A. Valenzuela | 59 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 6,649,930 |
Rafael Bejarano | 86 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 6,515,150 |
Flavien Prat | 38 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 6,335,345 |
Robby Albarado | 42 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 6,265,050 |
Angel Cordero, Jr. | 48 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 6,020,000 |
Jose L. Ortiz | 50 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 5,710,690 |
Olivier Peslier | 27 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5,341,000 |
Cornelio H. Velasquez | 30 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5,163,100 |
Michael J. Kinane | 31 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 4,948,520 |
Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert leads all trainers money earned (he’s saddled three Classic winners), but fellow Hall of Famer D. Wayne Lukas still owns the record for number of winners. Baffert’s first starter and winner was Thirty Slews, who won the Sprint in 1992. Lukas, who has sent out a record 167 Breeders’ Cup starters throughout his impressive career, including five in the very first Breeders’ Cup.
Top Breeders’ Cup Trainers:
Trainer | Sts | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | Money Earned |
Bob Baffert | 119 | 15 | 17 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 11 | $30,065,000 |
Aidan P. O’Brien | 147 | 12 | 17 | 12 | 10 | 15 | 13 | 23,895,590 |
D. Wayne Lukas | 167 | 20 | 22 | 17 | 9 | 14 | 14 | 22,690,520 |
Todd A. Pletcher | 141 | 11 | 13 | 15 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 21,118,030 |
Chad C. Brown | 91 | 15 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 19,300,690 |
William I. Mott | 101 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 19,076,900 |
Steven M. Asmussen | 54 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 13,932,180 |
Robert J. Frankel | 82 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 13,242,050 |
Richard E. Mandella | 45 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12,926,960 |
Sir Michael R. Stoute | 41 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 11,843,650 |
Andre Fabre | 51 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10,941,000 |
Shug McGaughey | 64 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 10,575,560 |
Saeed bin Suroor | 52 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 9,488,300 |
John H. M. Gosden | 36 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 9,081,870 |
Mark E. Casse | 52 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7,153,000 |
John A. Shirreffs | 27 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 7,096,400 |
H. Graham Motion | 41 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 7,040,595 |
John W. Sadler | 50 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6,648,750 |
Neil D. Drysdale | 35 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6,529,840 |
Kiaran P. McLaughlin | 41 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 6,216,545 |
Dale L. Romans | 35 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 6,100,000 |
Doug F. O’Neill | 56 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5,821,535 |
Richard E. Dutrow, Jr. | 18 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 5,650,000 |
Nicholas P. Zito | 37 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 5,458,320 |
Jay M. Robbins | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4,938,400 |
Peter Miller | 25 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4,619,000 |
David E. Hofmans | 17 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4,556,340 |
Christophe Clement | 38 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 4,463,945 |
Charles E. Whittingham | 24 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4,298,000 |
Carl A. Nafzger | 18 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4,263,100 |
Jerry Hollendorfer | 24 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4,160,000 |
Freddy Head | 8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4,098,200 |
Patrick B. Byrne | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3,778,000 |
Brian Meehan | 11 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3,750,000 |
Kathy P. Ritvo | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3,695,345 |
Jack C. Van Berg | 14 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3,600,000 |
Ronald L. McAnally | 31 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3,543,000 |
Wesley A. Ward | 40 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3,468,345 |
Kenneth G. McPeek | 31 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3,320,300 |
Breeders’ Cup Odds
PP | Horse | Jockey | Odds |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Tacitus |
Jose Ortiz
|
20-1 |
2 | Tiz the Law | Manuel Franco | 3-1 |
3 | By My Standards | Gabriel Saez | 10-1 |
4 | Tom’s d’Etat | Joel Rosario | 6-1 |
5 | Title Ready | Corey Lanerie | 30-1 |
6 | Higher Power | Flavien Prat | 20-1 |
7 | Global Campaign | Javier Castellano | 20-1 |
8 | Improbable | Irad Ortiz Jr | 5-2 |
9 | Authentic | John Velazquez | 6-1 |
10 | Maximum Security | Luis Saez | 7-2 |