The list of leading Thoroughbred racehorses contains the names of undefeated racehorses and other horses that had an outstanding race record in specific categories. Note though that many champions do not appear on the list as an unexpected defeat may be caused by many factors such as injury, illness, going, racing tactics and differences in weight carried, the latter being particularly significant in North America and Australia where handicaps are common even at the highest level of racing. It is common to compare racehorses on multiple factors such as their overall race record, the quality of the horses they beat and the brilliance of their wins. Comparison of raw times is generally unreliable between horses of different eras or even over different racecourses due to a variety of factors such as the racing surface and the pace at which the race is run.

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ratings, introduced in 1948, and

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s, introduced in the United States in 1992, are relatively recent attempts to compensate for such variables. Thoroughbred Winning Brew holds the

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for the fastest speed from the starting gate for a Thoroughbred racehorse, at 70.76 km/h (43.97 mph) over two

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s, although

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s attain higher speeds over shorter distances than Thoroughbreds. Such speeds may also be achieved by elite racehorses during the stretch drive. The two main forms of Thoroughbred horseracing are

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and

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(jumping) races over obstacles. Jumpers tend to be older than their flat racing counterparts and can have much longer careers, making it possible to earn a large number of wins. For example, champion hurdler

Hurricane Fly Hurricane Fly (foaled 5 April 2004) is a retired Irish Thoroughbred racehorse best known for his performances in hurdle races when under the care of trainer Willie Mullins at Closutton in County Carlow in Ireland. He is a dual winner of the ...

won a then-record 22 Grade One races over his ten-year career. Most race horses and race winners are male horses (either intact males or geldings). While male and female horses do not exhibit sexual dimorphism as obviously as human athletes, male horses are considered more aggressive racers and generally have a significant competitive advantage. At the highest level of racing though, intact males have great economic value at stud, so they are often retired after only a few years of racing. In part because they may have longer racing careers, some of the most winning racehorses of all time are females, including

Kincsem Kincsem (; Hungarian for "My Precious" or "My Treasure"; March 17, 1874 – March 16, 1887) was a Hungarian Thoroughbred racehorse who has the longest undefeated record of any racehorse after winning all of her 54 races. The next closest in this ...

Black Caviar Black Caviar (foaled 18 August 2006) is a champion Australian Thoroughbred racehorse who was undefeated in 25 races, including 15 Group Ones, an Australian record. She was the 2010, 2011, 2012, and 2013 WTRR World Champion Sprinter. Black C ...

, Winx, and

Zenyatta Zenyatta (foaled April 1, 2004) is a champion American Thoroughbred racehorse who won the Breeders' Cup Classic and Breeders' Cup Distaff and 19 of her 20 starts. She was the 2010 American Horse of the Year, and Champion Older Female in 2008, ...

Undefeated horses

Below is a list of

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with an undefeated race record. The list is not comprehensive for otherwise unnotable horses with five or fewer starts.

Federico Tesio Federico Tesio (17 January 1869 – 1 May 1954) was an Italian breeder of Thoroughbreds for horse racing. He has been called "the only genius ever to operate in the breeding world" and "the greatest single figure in the history of Italian raci ...

bred several undefeated champions including

Nearco Nearco (January 24, 1935 – June 27, 1957) was an Italian-bred Thoroughbred racehorse described by ''Thoroughbred Heritage'' as "one of the greatest racehorses of the Twentieth Century" and "one of the most important sires of the century." He ...

, Ribot, Braque, and Cavaliere d'Arpino, whom he considered the best horse that he ever bred. Cherimoya (GB)

Undefeated horses without five known starts

Nordlicht (chestnut horse 1941–1968, by Oleander x Nereide, by Laland) was also undefeated after an unknown number of starts. His victories included the

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and Austrian Derby. Middleton and Amato had one start each with both of them winning The Derby and then retiring. Cherimoya did likewise when she won The Oaks in her only start.

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x Windmill Girl by Hornbeam) had two starts, winning both, the second of which was the 1973

Epsom Derby The Derby Stakes, also known as the Epsom Derby or the Derby, and as the Cazoo Derby for sponsorship reasons, is a Group 1 flat horse race in England open to three-year-old colts and fillies. It is run at Epsom Downs Racecourse in Surrey o ...

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won both his races, including the 1820 Epsom Derby. Suspender had three starts, in smaller races, for three wins. Don Juan by Loyalist, Ball's Florizel (1801), Mirza by the

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, and Lecturer (1869), were also unbeaten, but the number of their wins is unknown.Wentworth, Lady, "Thoroughbred Breeding Stock", George Allen & Unwin Ltd., London, 1960.

Most wins

There have been only 7 horses to win over 100 races, most of them coming from Puerto Rico in restricted racing. The all time record, recognized by the

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, goes to Chorisbar who won 197 times over the course of 324 career starts. Condado, a chestnut horse who raced in Puerto Rico from 1936-1943, won a grand total of 152 times Galgo Jr earned 137 wins in 159 starts from 1930 to 1936. Cofresi won 119 races, racing at around the same time as Condado. In the United States, Kingston (by

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) had 138 starts and won 89 of these, including 30 stakes-races. According to the American Horse Racing Hall of Fame, his 89 wins set the all-time record. Commencing a winning sequence as a four-year-old on 21 August 1888, Kingston had 35 race starts until 30 May 1891 during which he was defeated only twice. Bankrupt won 86 races from 348 starts, and he was also by Spendthrift.TbH: Spendthrift
Retrieved 22 August 2010. Tippety Witchet (1915, by Broomstick) started 266 times for 78 wins.

Pan Zareta Pan Zareta (born 1910) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse who won 76 races and was known as the "Queen of the Turf.". She raced in eight different states of America as well as Mexico and Canada. While she never won a significant race, and only ...

started 151 times with 76 wins and is considered to be the "winningest female Thoroughbred in American history". Catherina (1830, by Whisker) started in 176 races and won 79 of them, many over long distances, including the Manchester Cup, Tradesmen's Cup, and Heaton Park's King's Cup.TbH: Whisker
Retrieved 13 September 2010. Many of Catherina's races were heat races, and she therefore actually faced the starter 298 times and was the first past the finish line 136 times, including two disqualifications, one walkover, and two dead-heats. * 197 – Chorisbar * 160 – Yaucono * 152 – Condado * 137 – Galgo Jr * 132 – Lenoxbar * 119 – Cofresi * 100 – Tite * 89 – Kingston * 86 – Bankrupt * 79 – Catherina(136 heats),Bachiller (PR) * 78 – Tippety Witchet,Cocoliso (PR) * 76 –

* 73 –

Camarero Camarero (1951–1956) was a Thoroughbred racehorse that was raised and raced in Puerto Rico. He was the winner of 73 races, including the Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing in Puerto Rico. Camarero is notable for setting the current world recor ...

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Successive victories

The horses who were defeated but had ten or more consecutive race wins include * 56 – **

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Golden Sixty Golden Sixty ( zh, 金鎗六十, foaled 14 October 2015) is a champion Australian-bred Hong Kong-trained Thoroughbred racehorse who won the Four-Year-Old Classic Series in year 2020 and was named the 2020/2021 and 2021/2022 Hong Kong Horse of t ...

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Douvan Douvan (foaled 9 May 2010) is a French-bred, Irish-trained Thoroughbred racehorse who competes in National Hunt racing. He was originally trained in France before moving to Ireland in the summer of 2014. After finishing second on his debut he won h ...

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Man o' War Man o' War (March 29, 1917 – November 1, 1947) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse who is widely regarded as the greatest racehorse of all time. Several sports publications, including ''The Blood-Horse'', ''Sports Illustrated'', ESPN, and ...

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Oju Chosan Oju Chosan (Japanese : オジュウチョウサン, foaled April 3, 2011) is a retired champion Japanese thoroughbred racehorse who is best known for his multiple victories in Japan's major steeplechase races. He owns speed records in Nakayama Rac ...

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Faugheen Faugheen ( foaled 2 May 2008) is an Irish Thoroughbred racehorse best known for winning the 2015 Champion Hurdle and back-to-back Christmas Hurdles in 2014 and 2015. His best performance on a racecourse came in the 2016 Irish Champion Hurdle f ...

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Tom Fool Tom Fool (March 31, 1949 – August 20, 1976) was a champion American Thoroughbred racehorse who was the 1953 American Horse of the Year and was inducted into the Racing Hall of Fame. He sired the champion racehorses Buckpasser and Tim Tam. B ...

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War Admiral War Admiral (May 2, 1934 – October 30, 1959) was a champion American Thoroughbred racehorse who is the fourth winner of the American Triple Crown. He was also the 1937 Horse of the Year and well known as the rival of Seabiscuit in the 'Match ...

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Annie Power Annie Power (foaled 20 March 2008) is an Irish Thoroughbred racehorse. A National Hunt horse specialising in hurdle racing, she won fifteen of her seventeen races including the Johnstown Novice Hurdle, Irish Stallion Farms EBF Mares Novice H ...

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Beauty Generation Beauty Generation (; foaled 27 September 2012) is a New Zealand-bred Thoroughbred racehorse best known for his performances in Hong Kong. He began his career as a three-year-old in Australia where he won two races and ran second in the Rosehill G ...

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(NZ) ** King Speed (JPN) ** Leonardo (PAN) **

Lost in the Fog Lost in the Fog (February 4, 2002 – September 17, 2006) was an American thoroughbred race horse. He won his first 10 starts (including two Breeders' Cup stakes), 11 of his 14 lifetime starts across the country, and career earnings of $978,099. ...

(USA) ** Piko ** Quijano (GER) ** Ruffian (USA)‡ ** Sir Fever (URU) **

(USA) **

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(NZ)‡ **

Sprinter Sacre Sprinter Sacre (foaled 23 April 2006), is a French-bred, British-trained Selle Français racehorse. He currently has the third highest ever Timeform steeplechase rating of 192p, behind only Arkle on 212 and Flyingbolt on 210 as their highest in ...

(FR) ** My Own Business (VEN) ** Muad'dib ** Native Dancer (USA) **

Awesome Feather Awesome Feather (March 15, 20082 March 2023) was an American Champion Thoroughbred racehorse who won the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies. She was bred and raced by Fred and Jane Brei's Jacks Or Better Farm Inc. and trained by Stanley Gold. Her ...

(USA)‡ **

Mac Diarmida {{Infobox racehorse , horsename = Mac Diarmida , image = , caption = , sire = Minnesota Mac , grandsire = Rough'n Tumble , dam = Flying Tammie , damsire = Tim Tam , sex = Stallion , foaled = 1975 , country = United States , colour = ...

(USA) ** Shinny (USA) ** Solow (GB) **

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(USA) **

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(IRE) **

Sysonby Sysonby (1902–1906) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse. He won every start easily, except one, at distances from one mile to two and a quarter miles. His superiority as a two and three-year-old was unchallenged during his short career of ...

(USA) ** Totally Evil (USA) ** Runnin'toluvya (USA) **

Sarazen Sarazen (1921–1940) was an American Hall of Fame Champion Thoroughbred racehorse. Owned by Colonel Phil T. Chinn's Himyar Stud, Sarazen won his first three starts. Chinn then sold him for a huge profit to Virginia Fair Vanderbilt, who raced h ...

(USA) ** Mended (USA)‡ ** Exclusivo (PR) ‡ Filly or mare *The ninth race in Kelso's streak was earned via disqualification. Timoleon (1813) won 13 consecutive races and sired

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horse

(1833), who started in about 45 races, winning 40, including 15 in succession. Boston then sired Lexington, who had 7 starts for 6 wins and a place. Lexington in turn sired

(23 starts, 21 wins), plus the undefeated

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and Norfolk. Horses with long sequences of jumping victories include Sir Ken, who won 16 hurdle races in England; and Poethlyn, who won 11 steeplechases in succession, including two

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races.

Most wins in one season

* 46 ** Lenoxbar * 38 ** Condado (PR) – 1937 *37 **Chorisbar – 1941 *35 ** Condado (PR) – 1940 *32 **Yaucono (PR) – 1939 *30 **

(AUS) – 1846, also known as ''The Iron Gelding'', won 30 of his 31 starts , carrying no less than nine stone (126 lbs) over the usual distances of two or three miles ** Galgo Jr (PR) – 1931 **Condado (PR) – 1938 *29 **

(PR) – 1955 *28 **Chorisbar – 1940,1942 *27 ** Condado (PR) – 1939 * 25 ** Galgo Jr (PR) – 1935 * 23 **

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(GB) – 1856; as a three-year-old, winning from 1/2 mile to 3 miles ** Bachiller (PR) – 1945 ** Chorisbar – 1945, 1946 ** Yaucono (PR) – 1942 * 22 **

(USA) – 1880 **

(GB) – 1857 * 21 **

(GB) ** Picnic in the Park (AUS) from 23 starts including breaking down in final race ** Top Ace (AUS) **

(USA) – 1898 ** Galgo Jr (PR) – 1930 ** Lilian (GB) – 1874 ** Alice Hawthorn (GB) – 1844; won 20 races and one dead-heat ** Yaucono (PR) – 1938,1941,1943 * 20 **

(USA) – 1887 * 19 ** Bachiller (PR) – 1948 **

(USA) – 1948 ** Cocoliso (PR) – 1944 in 20 starts; **

(PR) – 1954 **

Roseben Roseben (1901–1918) was an American Thoroughbred Hall of Fame race horse who grew to such an enormous size (one inch less than 18 hands) that he was known as "The Big Train." Because of his great size, he was slow to mature but when he finally ...

(USA) – 1905 ** Rapid Redux (USA) – 2011Equibase: Rapid Redux
Retrieved 16 September 2011. **

(AUS) ** Vuelve Candy B. (PR) – 1993 ** Galgo Jr (PR) – 1932 * 18 ** Bo Judged (USA) – 1989 ** Hindoo (USA) – 1881 ** Clifford (USA) – 1893 **

(PR) – 1953 ** Galgo Jr (PR) – 1934 * 17 **

(HUN) – 1877 ** Capa Prieto (PR) – 1982 ** Yaucono (PR) – 1940 * 16 ** A Shin Accelern (JPN) – 2008 ** Bachiller (PR) – 1946 ** Chorisbar – 1947 ** Cocoliso (PR) – 1943 **

Provideo Provideo (4 January 1982 – 7 September 2000) was an Irish Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. In 1984 he set a 20th-century record for a British-trained two-year-old when he won sixteen of his twenty-four races. His most important wins were ...

(IRE) – 1984Provideo equalled a record
Retrieved 23 January 2011. ** Timeless Times ** Sweetmeat (GB) – 1845 **

(GB) – 1883 ** Princesa (PR) – 1973 ** Wiso G (PR) – 1968 ** Yaucono (PR) – 1944 * 15 **

Alsab Alsab (1939–1963) was an American National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame, Hall of Fame Thoroughbred horse racing, racehorse. Background Alsab was bred in Kentucky by Thomas Piatt. His sire was Good Goods, and his dam was Winds Chant. Buy ...

(USA) – 1941 ** Beverley Park (USA) – 2022 ** Condado (PR) – 1941 **

(NZ) **

Old Rosebud Old Rosebud (March 13, 1911 – May 23, 1922) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse whose pedigree traced to the influential sire Eclipse, and through Eclipse to the founding stallion, the Darley Arabian. In the list of the top 100 U.S. thoro ...

(USA) – 1917 ** Kingston (USA) – 1891 **

(HUN) – 1878 **

(USA) – 1913, 1915 **

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(USA) – 1957 ** Vuelve Candy B. (PR) – 1991 ** Taka O (JPN) – 1954 * 14 **

(FR) ** Beverly Park (USA) **

(NZ) **

Twilight Tear Twilight Tear (1941–1954) was an American Hall of Fame Thoroughbred racehorse. At age two, she won four of her six starts, finishing second and third in her other two starts. Her performances earned her the title of 2-year-old filly honors i ...

(USA) – 1944 ** Billy Kelly (USA) – 1918 **

(USA) – 1958 ** Kingston (USA) – 1889 ** Galgo Jr (PR) – 1933 ** Golden Hare – 2007 * 13 ** Bambera (VEN) – 2009 ** Cheers Fancy (JPN) – 1993 ** Chorisbar – 1939 ** Cocoliso (PR) – 1942 ** Fab's Cowboy (AUS) – 2016/17 **

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(USA) – 1888 **

(AUS) **

Grey Way Grey Way, the ''Washdyke Wonder'' was a champion New Zealand Thoroughbred racehorse. He was foaled in Washdyke in 1970 near Timaru by Grey William out of Waybrooke who won the 'Broodmare of the Year' title in the 1977-78 season. Another famous ...

(NZ) ** La Mistica (PR) – 2001 ** Nagwa (GB) – 1975 ** Spindrifter (FR) – 1980 ** Uncle Remus ** El Manut (PAN) – 1978 **

Whirlaway Whirlaway (April 2, 1938 – April 6, 1953) was a champion American Thoroughbred racehorse who is the fifth winner of the American Triple Crown. He also won the Travers Stakes after his Triple Crown sweep to become the first and only horse to ...

(USA) – 1941 ** Hurley Road – 1981 **

(USA) – 1966 **

Ben Brush Ben Brush (1893–1918) was a champion American Thoroughbred racehorse who won the 1896 Kentucky Derby. Walter Vosburgh, for whom the Vosburgh Stakes is named, said Bramble was "a breed as tough as pine nuts." On May 6, 1896, Bramble and Ros ...

(USA) – 1895 ** Kingston (USA) – 1887, 1892 ** Music Express – 1990 ** Tremont (USA) – 1886 **

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(USA) – 1894 ** Vuelve Candy B. (PR) – 1992, 1994 **

(USA) – 1912, 1914, 1917 * 12 ** Beldame (USA) – 1904 ** Bricola (USA) – 2000 ** Colin (USA) – 1907 ** Cherokee Pepper (PR) ** Chorisbar – 1938 ** Cocoliso (PR) – 1945, 1946 ** Difficult Doll (USA) – 2000 ** D' Wildcat Speed (USA) –2003 **

Emperor of Norfolk Emperor of Norfolk (1885–1907) was a champion American Champion and Hall of Fame Thoroughbred racehorse. His large size, strong hindquarters, and racing record earned him the name "California Wonder." Background In the 1870s, when Joseph Cairn ...

(USA) – 1887 ** Govenors Ego (USA) – 2000 **

(USA) – 1888 ** Kingston Town (AUS) **

(HUN) ** La Policlinica (PR) – 2002 **

(USA) – 1972 **

(NZ) **

(USA) – 1978 ** Mi Preferido (PR) – 2006 ** Zev (USA) – 1923 **

Coaltown Coaltown (1945–1965) was an American Hall of Fame Champion Thoroughbred racehorse of whom ''The New York Times'' said "was probably the most underrated Thoroughbred of the 20th Century." Coaltown was nicknamed "The Goose" by the stable empl ...

(USA) – 1949 **

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(USA) – 1967 ** Roamer (USA) – 1914 **

(USA) – 1989 **

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(USA) – 1881 ** Verset's Dancer (PR) – 1983 ** Verset's Jet (PR) – 1995 **

(USA) – 1942 **

(USA) – 1913 * 11 ** Almendra (PR) – 1972 ** Arriesgado (USA) – 2018 ** A Shin Accelern (JPN) – 2009 ** Call Me Mr. Vain (USA) – 2003 ** Dusty's Lil Book (USA) – 2002 **

(USA) – 1920 **

Armed Armed (May, 1941–1964) was an American Thoroughbred gelding race horse who was the American Horse of the Year in 1947 and Champion Older Male Horse in both 1946 and 1947. He was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in ...

(USA) – 1946, 1947 ** Duke of Magenta (USA) – 1878 ** Don Paco (PR) – 2011 ** Don Piero (PR) – 2001 ** Estrellero (PR) – 2001 ** Mediavilla R (PR) – 2002 **

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(AUS) – 1906/7 ** Proud Miss ** Shotgun Pro – 2000 ** Soba (GB) – 1982 ** Tejano Couture – 2002 ** Vindaloo (GB) – 1995 ** Red Craze (NZ) **

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(USA) – 1961 **

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(USA) – 1935 **

Seabiscuit Seabiscuit (May 23, 1933 – May 17, 1947) was a champion thoroughbred racehorse in the United States who became the top money-winning racehorse up to the 1940s. He beat the 1937 Triple Crown winner, War Admiral, by four lengths in a two-horse ...

(USA) – 1937 **

Bold Ruler Bold Ruler (April 6, 1954 – July 11, 1971) was an American Thoroughbred National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame, Hall of Fame racehorse who was the 1957 American Horse of the Year, Horse of the Year. This following a three-year-old campaign t ...

(USA) – 1957 **

Princess Doreen Princess Doreen (1921–1952) was a Thoroughbred racehorse best known for being the top American female money-winner. After showing promising form as a two-year-old she improved to be the best female racehorse of her generation for the next thre ...

(USA) – 1925 **

La Voyageuse La Voyageuse (foaled 1975 in Ontario) is a Canadian Thoroughbred racehorse who was a three-time Sovereign Award winner. She was bred and raced by prominent Quebec businessman and major racing stable owner Jean-Louis Levesque. Retired to broo ...

(CAN) – 1980 **

(ARG) – 1917 * 10 **

(USA) – 1945 **

(AUS) ** Blow the Whistle (USA) – 2018 ** Bo Judged (USA) – 1988 ** Busher (USA) – 1945 ** Cantchaco (USA) – 2017 **

(NZ) **

(USA) – 1995 ** Clifford (USA) – 1894 **

(USA) – 1942 ** Dojima Fighter (JPN) – 1998 ** Diplomatical (USA) – 2003 ** El Rebelde (PR) – 1966 ** Exclusive Valley (PR) – 2002 **

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(USA) – 1932 ** Esplendorosa (PR) – 2018 ** Exterminator (USA) – 1920, 1922 ** Gamblin Time (USA) – 2002 ** Hillsdale (USA) – 1959 ** Hot Rodin (USA) – 2018 **

(NZ) **

(HUN) – 1876 ** Kingston (USA) – 1888 ** Lady Aloha (USA) – 2002 **

Lady's Secret Lady's Secret (April 8, 1982 – March 4, 2003) was an American Eclipse Award winning Thoroughbred racemare that was listed in the Top 100 U.S. Racehorses of the 20th Century. Lady's Secret was bred by Robert H. Spreen at Lucas Farm in Oklah ...

(USA) – 1985, 1986 **

(USA) – 1919 ** Mended (USA) – 2017 ** Miracle Man (JAM) – 2006 ** Mi Preferido (PR) – 2007 **

(USA) – 1883 **

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(USA) – 1955 **

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(GB) ** Persie (USA) – 2018 ** Pikotazo (MEX) – 1980 ** Purple Ruckus – 2002 **

Rising Fast Rising Fast (1949 - 1978) was a champion New Zealand-bred Thoroughbred racehorse who is the only horse to complete the Spring Grand Slam, winning the Melbourne Cup, Caulfield Cup, and Cox Plate in 1954. He also won the 1955 Caulfield Cup and c ...

(NZ) **

(USA) – 1923 ** Sicótico (

) – 2008 **

(USA) – 1979 ** Storming On Merit (USA) – 2003 ** Trafalgar **

(USA) – 1953 **

Tosmah Tosmah (1961–1992) was a champion Thoroughbred race horse. She was the leading American filly of her generation at both two and three years of age. Background Tosmah was bred in Kentucky by Eugene Mori. Her sire was the great Tim Tam (horse ...

(USA) – 1964 ** Tuscalee (USA) – 1966 ** Wizard (JPN) – 1953

Most group / grade one (G1) wins

Hurricane fly, and his 2 handlers pre race

To identify the highest quality races, the pattern race system was introduced in Europe in 1971, followed by the graded stakes system in North America in 1974. Other countries followed suit, though the criteria and quality has not always been consistent between racing jurisdictions. The following list considers horses that won

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races that were open for International competition. Winners of local (restricted) group / grade one wins are not included. The horses with ten or more such G1 race wins are: * 25 – Winx (AUS)‡ * 22 –

(IRE) * 16 – John Henry (USA),

Kauto Star Kauto Star (19 March 2000 – 29 June 2015) was a French-bred National Hunt champion racehorse trained by Paul Nicholls in Somerset and owned by Clive Smith. He was known for his versatility and longevity, being the only horse ever to be top ...

(FR) * 15 –

(AUS)‡ * 14 –

Affirmed Affirmed (February 21, 1975 – January 12, 2001) was a champion American Thoroughbred racehorse who is the eleventh winner of the American Triple Crown. Affirmed was well known for his famous rivalry with Alydar, whom he met ten times, includi ...

(USA),

Forego Forego (April 30, 1970 – August 27, 1997) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse that won eight Eclipse Awards including Horse of the Year, Champion Handicap Horse and Champion Sprinter. Background Foaled at Claiborne Farm in Paris, Kentucky ...

(USA),

Goldikova Goldikova (15 March 2005 – 5 January 2021) was a champion French Thoroughbred racehorse who won the Breeders' Cup Mile three times and was the 2010 European Horse of the Year. She was based in France, although she also raced in the United St ...

(IRE)‡, Kingston Town (AUS),

Melody Belle Melody Belle (foaled 26 September 2014) is a champion New Zealand Thoroughbred racehorse who is the only horse to win the New Zealand Triple Crown. She is also a two-time New Zealand Horse of the Year and holds the New Zealand record for the mo ...

(NZ)‡,

Istabraq Istabraq (born 23 May 1992) is a retired Ireland, Irish Thoroughbred horse racing, racehorse who was most famous for his Hurdling (horse race), hurdling. He won the Champion Hurdle on three occasions. He was trained by Aidan O'Brien and owned b ...

(IRE) * 13 –

Bayakoa Bayakoa (October 10, 1984 – June 14, 1997) was a Thoroughbred Champion racehorse bred in Argentina. After racing successfully in that country, Bayakoa was sold to Janis and Frank Whitham and subsequently raced in the United States, mainly in C ...

(ARG)‡,

Moscow Flyer Moscow Flyer (10 May 1994 – 21 October 2016) was an Irish-bred and -trained National Hunt horse who ran over distances between 2 miles and 2½ miles (3.2–4 km). A top-class horse, he won the Queen Mother Champion Chase in 2003 and ...

(IRE),

(USA),

Sunline Sunline (29 September 1995 – 1 May 2009) was a champion New Zealand-bred Thoroughbred racehorse who was the world's highest earning race mare of her time. She won 32 of her 48 races with earnings of NZ$14,200,000. She was named the New Zealand ...

(NZ)‡,

Tie the Knot Tie The Knot (foaled 1994 - Died October 2012) was an Australian-bred Thoroughbred racehorse who won 13 Group One races. In 1999-2000, he was voted Australian Champion Stayer and in 2021 was inducted into the Australian Racing Hall of Fame. ...

(AUS),

(USA)‡ * 12 –

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‡ * 11 – Apple's Jade (FRA)‡, Beholder (USA)‡,

(USA), Enable‡ (GB),

(USA)‡,

Lonhro Lonhro (foaled 10 December 1998) was a champion Australian racehorse who is now standing at stud. Nicknamed "The Black Flash", he was from the first crop of the champion Octagonal out of the Group One-placed Shadea (by Straight Strike), who a ...

(AUS),

Manikato Manikato (1975–1984) was a champion Australian Thoroughbred racehorse of the late 1970s and early 1980s. He established new track records in three races and was inducted into the Australian Racing Hall of Fame. Manikato was the second Australi ...

(AUS), McDynamo (USA),

Rough Habit Rough Habit (2 December 1986 – 7 November 2014) was a New Zealand-bred Thoroughbred racehorse who won 11 Group One (G1) races on both sides of the Tasman, and won New Zealand's Horse of the Year Award in 1992 and 1995. Background Rough H ...

(NZ),

Serena's Song Serena's Song (foaled April 4, 1992) is an American Thoroughbred race horse. She won 17 graded stakes races, including 11 Grade I (some against males and older mares), in three seasons for $3,286,388 in earnings. Background Serena's Song is a s ...

‡ (USA),

Verry Elleegant Verry Elleegant (foaled 12 October 2015) is a New Zealand-bred Australian-trained Thoroughbred racehorse that has won 11 Group One races. She was crowned the 2020/2021 Australian Racehorse of the Year, and was the winner of the 2021 Melbourne ...

(NZ) ‡,

Wise Dan Wise Dan (foaled February 20, 2007) is a champion American Hall of Fame and Canadian Hall of Fame Thoroughbred racehorse. He is the first horse to win the same three Eclipse Awards in consecutive years, having been named American Horse of the ...

(USA),

(USA)‡ * 10 –

(IRE),

Beef or Salmon Beef or Salmon is a multiple Grade 1 winning National Hunt racehorse. He was trained in Ireland by Michael Hourigan and owned by B J Craig And Dan McLarnon. He was most famous for defeating three Cheltenham Gold Cup winners in Best Mate, Kickin ...

(IRE),

(FRA), Brave Inca (IRE),

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(USA)‡,

(IRE),

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(GB),

Miesque Miesque ( ; March 14, 1984 – January 20, 2011) was a champion Thoroughbred racemare. At age three, she was a dual Classic winner in France and Britain, then went on to win the Breeders' Cup Mile in America. Her four-year-old campaign was highl ...

(USA)‡,

Paseana Paseana (August 23, 1987 – June 21, 2006) was an Argentine-bred Thoroughbred racemare who competed very successfully in Argentina and in the United States, where she won 10 Grade 1 races. She received two Eclipse Awards and was also elected t ...

(ARG)‡,

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(NZ), Mufhasa (NZ),

Skip Away Skip Away (April 4, 1993 – May 14, 2010), was a champion American Thoroughbred racehorse who was the 1998 Horse of the Year, 1996 Champion Three-Year-Old, and 1997 and 1998 Champion Handicap Horse. He won 10 Grade One races for $9,616,360 in ...

(USA),

So You Think So You Think (foaled 10 November 2006) is a New Zealand-bred Thoroughbred racehorse, now majority owned by Coolmore Stud of Ireland. So You Think came to prominence through winning the 2009 and 2010 Cox Plates, Australia's premier weight for ag ...

(NZ), ‡ Mare In 1902

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became the only racehorse to win four

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outright. Previously, in 1868, Formosa won the same four races but dead-heated in the

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Successive group / grade one (G1) wins

This list shows horses who won a series of Grade/Group 1 races without a loss and without an intervening race at a lower level of competition. * 11 -

‡ * 10 – Winx‡ * 9 –

‡,

* 8 –

‡ * 7 –

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, Miss Terrible (ARG)‡, * 6 –

Alpinista Alpinista (foaled 16 February 2017) is a British Thoroughbred racehorse. She showed some promise as a juvenile in 2019 when she won a maiden race on her debut and finished fourth in the Prix d'Aumale. In the following year she won the Upavon ...

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, Invasor,

Sea the Stars Sea The Stars (foaled 6 April 2006) is a retired champion Irish Thoroughbred racehorse regarded as one of the greatest racehorses of all time. He won the 2000 Guineas, the Derby, the Eclipse Stakes – the first colt to accomplish this treble ...

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Sistercharlie Sistercharlie (foaled 13 March 2014) is a champion Irish-bred Thoroughbred racehorse who won the 2018 Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf and was the 2018 Eclipse Award for Outstanding Female Turf Horse, Champion Female Turf Horse. She also won the ...

‡ * 5 – Almond Eye (JPN)‡,

American Pharoah American Pharoah (foaled February 2, 2012) is a Thoroughbred racehorse who won the American Triple Crown and the Breeders' Cup Classic in 2015. He was the 12th Triple Crown winner in history, and in winning all four races, became the first ho ...

Dubai Millennium Dubai Millennium (2 March 1996 – 29 April 2001) was a British-bred Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. The colt was trained in the United Kingdom and Dubai during his racing career from 1998 and 2000. He is notable for winning a series of major ...

Easy Goer Easy Goer (March 21, 1986 – May 12, 1994) was an American Champion Hall of Fame Thoroughbred racehorse known for earning American Champion Two-Year-Old Colt honors in 1988 and defeating 1989 American Horse of the Year Sunday Silence in th ...

, Enable‡, Go For Wand‡,

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, McDynamo,

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‡,

Seattle Slew Seattle Slew (February 15, 1974 – May 7, 2002) was a champion American Thoroughbred horse racing, racehorse who became the tenth winner of the Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing (United States), American Triple Crown (1977). He is one of only ...

, Solow,

Stardom Bound Stardom Bound (foaled in Kentucky on April 9, 2006) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse who won the 2008 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies and the Eclipse Award for Champion 2-Year-Old Filly. Stardom Bound was sired by Tapit (winner of the 2004 W ...

‡,

, St Mark’s Basilica ‡ Mare

Successive Stakes wins

* 33 – Winx‡ * 23 –

‡ * 17 –

‡ *16 – El Manut (PAN) * 15 –

, Man o War * 13 –

, Colin, Tremont * 12 –

* 11 – Enable‡, Kingston Town,

, Va Bank * 10 –

‡,

‡ = Filly or mare

Once-defeated horses

Below is a list of

who were defeated once. The list is not comprehensive for otherwise unnotable horses with fewer than ten wins. Horses such as

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, Barbaro, Ruffian and Vanity (1812, either 10:9-0-0 or 12:11-0-0) sustained injury or broke down in their only defeat.

$10 million prizewinning horses

The following horses have earned over $10 million in prize money. Most of them raced (at least in part) in Japan, Hong Kong, Australia and/or Dubai due to large purse sizes. Where applicable, the conversion to US$ was made at the time the horse raced so does not reflect current exchange rates. Different methodologies for currency conversions may result in slightly different rankings. *

Orfevre Orfevre ( ja, オルフェーヴル, link=no, foaled May 14, 2008) is a retired Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse and active breeding stallion. In 2011 he won the Japanese Triple Crown and was voted Japanese Horse of the Year. In 2012 he added vic ...

(Japan) 1,576,213,000 yen (

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19,005,276) * Winx (AUS) A$26,421,176 (US$18,943,757) *

Gentildonna is a retired Japanese thoroughbred racehorse. In 2012 she won the Japanese Fillies Triple Crown and was voted Japanese Horse of the Year. She was also the first three-year-old filly to win the Japan Cup, in 2012, and the following year became th ...

(Japan) JPY 1,326,210,000 (US$18,468,392) *

Almond Eye Almond Eye (Japanese アーモンドアイ, foaled 10 March 2015) is a champion Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse who won the Japanese Fillies' Triple Crown in 2018, and holds a world record over 2,400 meters on turf. She is also a two-time winn ...

(JPN) 1,915,263,900 yen (US$$17,608,586) *

Arrogate Arrogate (April 11, 2013June 2, 2020) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse who won the 2016 Travers Stakes in a track record time in his first graded stakes race, stakes appearance. He then won the Breeders' Cup Classic and was named the Ameri ...

(USA) US$17,422,600 *

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(Japan) JPY 1,478,869,700 (US$17,018,548) *

Kitasan Black is a Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse and prospective sire. In a three-year track career he won twelve of his twenty races including seven Grade 1 events, won four JRA Awards and set the record for prize money won in Japan. He was a stayer who h ...

1,876,843,000 JPN yen, (US$16,572,523) *

Thunder Snow Thunder Snow (foaled 24 March 2014) is an Irish-bred Thoroughbred racehorse, the only two-time winner of the Dubai World Cup (2018, 2019). In 2016 he won a minor race on his track debut but was then beaten in his next four races although he ran ...

(Ireland) US$16,391,476 *

T M Opera O T M Opera O ( ja, テイエムオペラオー, link=no, March 13, 1996 – May 2018) was a champion Japanese thoroughbred racehorse, and was the world's all-time leading money earner at the time of his retirement in 2001. In 1999, he was the ...

(Japan) JPY 1,835,189,000 (US$16,200,337) *

(USA) US$15,988,500 *

Mishriff Mishriff (foaled 1 April 2017) is an Irish-bred, British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse. After showing some promise when winning one minor race as a two-year-old in 2019 he emerged as a top-class middle-distance performer in the following year ...

(IRE) £11,090,523 (US$15,252,796) *

Gold Ship Gold Ship ( ja, ゴールドシップ, link=no) is a Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse. In a racing career which began in July 2011, he ran twenty-eight times and won thirteen races. As a two-year-old in 2011, he won his two of his four races. In ...

(Japan) 1,397,767,000 yen (US$15,040,217) *

California Chrome California Chrome (foaled February 18, 2011) is a champion American Thoroughbred racehorse who won the 2014 Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes, and 2016 Dubai World Cup. He was the 2014 and 2016 American Horse of the Year. In 2016, he surpassed ...

(USA) US$14,752,650 * Enable (GB) £10,692,563 (US$14,020,645) *

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1,333,565,800 JPY (US$13,147,826) * Nature Strip (AUS) A$17,949,785 (US$13,037,866) *

Victoire Pisa Victoire Pisa ( ja, ヴィクトワールピサ, link=no) is a retired Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse and active sire. After winning three of his four starts as a juvenile, the colt won the Satsuki Shō at Nakayama Racecourse in April 2010. Afte ...

1,465,416,058.53 yen, US$12,891,734 * Deep Impact (Japan) 1,454,551,000 yen (US$12,825,285) *

Redzel Redzel (foaled 19 September 2012) is an Australian thoroughbred racehorse. He races in the Triple Crown Syndicate silks for a group of owners who bought into the gelding as a yearling. Redzel is known around the stables as Richie after the New Ze ...

(AUS) A$16,444,000 (US$12,385,620) *

Narita Brian Narita Brian ( ja, ナリタブライアン, Hepburn: ; May 3, 1991 – September 27, 1998) was a Japanese racehorse. Until T M Opera O surpassed him in 2000, Narita Brian was the world's top money earner. Background Narita Brian was a bay ho ...

(Japan) 1,026,916,000 yen (US$12,026,101) *

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(USA) US$11,891,900 *

Symboli Kris S Symboli Kris S (, foaled January 21, 1999 in the United States – December 8, 2020) is a retired Japanese Thoroughbred race horse. He was voted Japanese Horse of the Year in 2002 and 2003. He was retired at the end of 2003 and was syndicated ...

(USA) 984,724,000 JPY (US$11,531,995) * Smart Falcon (JPN) (US$11,470,635) *

Espoir City Espoir City (Japanese: エスポワールシチー, foaled April 22nd, 2005) is a Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse and the winner of the 2010 February Stakes. Career Espoir City debuted on March 9, 2008, at Hanshin, where he came in 3rd. He got ...

(JPN) (US$11,443,812) *

Vermilion Vermilion (sometimes vermillion) is a color, color family, and pigment most often made, since ancient history, antiquity until the 19th century, from the powdered mineral cinnabar (a form of mercury sulfide, which is toxic) and its correspondi ...

(Japan) 1,168,607,500 yen (US$11,139,125) *

Lys Gracieux Lys Gracieux ( ja, 'リスグラシュー, link=no, foaled 18 January 2014) is a champion Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse. As a two-year-old in 2016 she showed top-class form, winning two of her four starts (including the Artemis Stakes) and fi ...

(JPN) US$11,023,327 * Country Grammer (USA) (US$10,837,320) *

HK$84,760,000 (US$10,806,476) * Makybe Diva (GB) A$14,526,685 (US$10,767,186). Raced in Australia. * Hokko Tarumae (JPN) (US$10,703,689) *

Curlin Curlin (foaled March 25, 2004, in Kentucky) is an American Thoroughbred horse racing, racehorse who was the American Horse of the Year in both 2007 and 2008. He retired in 2008 as the highest North American money earner with over US$10.5 ...

(USA) US$10,501,800 *

(NZ) A$14,090,744 (US$10,495,156) *

Viva Pataca Viva Pataca () (foaled 7 May 2002) is a British-bred Thoroughbred racehorse, who achieved his greatest success when trained in Hong Kong. Background Bred by the Dukes of Devonshire and Roxburghe, he was out of the mare Comic and sired by En ...

(GB)

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$81,297,500 (US$10,438,864.83) *

Highland Reel Highland Reel (foaled 21 February 2012) is an Irish Thoroughbred racehorse. In a career running from June 2014 to December 2017 he raced in Ireland, Britain, France, the United States, Australia, Hong Kong and Dubai, and recorded seven victorie ...

(IRE) £7,513,355 (US$10,057,377.00) Most of the above horses belong to the

sireline, mostly through the branches established by

Sunday Silence Sunday Silence (March 25, 1986 – August 19, 2002) was an American-bred Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. In 1989, he won the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness Stakes but failed to complete the Triple Crown when he was defeated in the Belmont ...

and

Northern Dancer Northern Dancer (May 27, 1961 – November 16, 1990) was a Thoroughbred who, in 1964, became the first Canadian-bred horse to win the Kentucky Derby. He then became one of the most successful sires of the 20th century. He is considered a Canad ...

. However,

, Winx and

descend instead from the

sire line through Mr. Prospector. Both Nearco and Native Dancer were grandsons of

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North American records

In 1951,

became the first horse to win one million dollars. In 1979,

became the first horse to break the two million dollar barrier, finishing his career with earnings of $2.3 million.

broke this record in 1980, amassing career earnings of $2.8 million. Purses began to increase sharply soon afterwards thanks in large part to the Breeders' Cup. The next record holders were John Henry, who earned $6.6 million by the end of his career in 1984 and

Alysheba Alysheba (March 3, 1984 – March 27, 2009) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse that won two legs of the Triple Crown in 1987. A successful sire, he produced 11 stakes winners. A bay colt, Alysheba was sired by Alydar out of the mare Bel S ...

, with earnings of $6.7 million by the end of his career in 1988.

was the next to hold the North American earnings title, finishing his career in 1998 with earnings just shy of $10 million ($9,999,815). That remained the North American record until

in 2008, who earned $10.5 million.

broke this record in 2016 with career earnings of $14.8 million, and was in turn surpassed by

when he won the 2017 Dubai World Cup to take his career earnings over $17 million.

References

External links

Timeform

International Federation of Horseracing Authorities
{{DEFAULTSORT:Leading Thoroughbred Racehorses Horse racing-related lists Horse, Thoroughbred

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Undefeated horses

Undefeated horses without five known starts

Most wins

Successive victories

Most wins in one season

Most group / grade one (G1) wins

Successive group / grade one (G1) wins

Successive Stakes wins

Once-defeated horses

$10 million prizewinning horses

North American records

See also

References

External links