United States Champion Jockey by wins

There is no formal championship award given to the jockey who won the most races in United States Thoroughbred racing. However, it is a prestigious accomplishment always on any jockey's résumé and widely reported on by the various media.

Milestones

• In 1952, Anthony DeSpirito won 390 races, breaking Walter Miller's forty-six-year-old record of 388.https://www.nytimes.com/1952/12/31/archives/despirito-breaks-record-of-1906-by-riding-389th-winner-in-year.html
• On December 15, 1973, Sandy Hawley became the first jockey in history to win 500 races in a single year.https://www.nytimes.com/1973/12/16/archives/4-winners-makes-503-for-hawley-hawley-rides-4-winners-to-reach-503.html
• In 1989, Kent Desormeaux set the current record for wins in a single calendar year with 598. http://www.racingmuseum.org/hall/jockey.asp?ID=397
• With ten championships, Russell Baze has won the title more than any other jockey.

• *Often recorded misspelled as "Ranch"

See also

• United States Champion Jockey by earnings

References

• January 8, 1934 TIME magazine article on the leading race-winning jockey of 1933
• December 31, 1933 New York Times article on the leading race-winning jockey of 1933