A monumental record was set during the summer of 2025 in Thoroughbred horse racing This record is first reported by Thoroughbred racing historian Gary Dougherty. Follow him on X National Museum Racing Hall of Fame Jockey John Velazquez passed another Hall of Fame member Mike Smith for the most Grade 1 Stakes wins when he [...]
The most complete database of Graded Stakes races going back to 2023 anywhere in the industry has been built race-by-race. And currently can only be found at www.racingstatsinfo.com. Every Graded Stakes lists Date, Race, Track (Meet), Winner, Odds, Margin, Jockey, Trainer, Sire and Year all in one line. More years will be added going all [...]
Back in January, Thorpedo Anna was named 2024 Horse of the Year at the Eclipse Awards gala banquet in Florida. The 3-year-old filly is just the 10th female horse ever to be selected as the U.S. Horse of the Year and just the fourth 3-year-old filly to accomplish this feat. Eclipse Awards started in 1971. [...]
Flavien Prat capped an amazing 2024 year when winning the Grade 2 Mathis Mile S. aboard King of Gosford (GB) at Santa Anita on December 26. It was his record 56th Graded Stakes win of the year passing Jerry Bailey's record of 55 that was set many years ago in 2003. Bailey won 660 Graded [...]
Sofia Vives led in wins (87) and purses ($3.3 million) in 2024. Chelsey Keiser topped in W% (25%). Vives in just her second year of riding won races at Woodbine (66), Finger Lakes (2), Fort Erie (16 ) and Aqueduct (3). She started the year at Woodbine winning aboard her first three rides on April [...]
DEL MAR, CA - On the 40th anniversary of National Racing Hall of Fame Jockey Fernando Toro's memorable Breeders' Cup Mile win aboard Royal Heroine (IRE), jockey agent Ronald T. Anderson collected his 42nd when Joel Rosario crossed the finish line first in the Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile on Saturday, Nov. 9 at Del Mar. [...]
French jockey Flavien Prat enters the final eight weeks of 2024 with 73 total stakes victories, just six behind the all-time record of 79 set by Irad Ortiz, Jr. in 2022. Prat is just one of five jockeys to win 70+ stakes in one calendar year. Riders with most stakes wins in one year.
The following statistics pertain to the first 41 Breeders' Cups. Trainers competing in the 41st Breeders' Cup
As the unofficial historian of the Breeders' Cup, which will be contested for the 42nd time at Del Mar (October 31-November 1), I have gathered a tremendous amount of information and statistical data on the biggest racing weekend. Click on the following for the most robust database on the history of the Breeders' Cup. Breeders' [...]
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