There is no formal championship award given to the

jockey A jockey is someone who rides horses in horse racing or steeplechase (horse racing), steeplechase racing, primarily as a profession. The word also applies to camel riders in camel racing. The word "jockey" originated from England and was used ...

who won the most races in United States

Thoroughbred racing Thoroughbred racing is a sport and industry involving the racing of Thoroughbred horses. It is governed by different national bodies. There are two forms of the sport – flat racing and jump racing, the latter known as National Hunt racing in ...

. However, it is a prestigious accomplishment always on any jockey's résumé and widely reported on by the various media.Churchill Downs Incorporated National Leaders - Annual Leading Jockeys – Races-Won

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* In 1952,

Anthony DeSpirito Anthony DeSpirito (December 24, 1935 – May 26, 1975) was a champion American Thoroughbred horse racing jockey who found instant fame when he won the national riding title in 1952 as an apprentice in his first full year of racing. Biography ...

won 390 races, breaking Walter Miller's forty-six-year-old record of 38

* On December 15, 1973,

Sandy Hawley Desmond Sandford "Sandy" Hawley, (born April 16, 1949) is a Canadian Hall of Fame jockey. Sandy Hawley was born in Oshawa, Ontario, decided to be a jockey when he was a 17-year-old boy, hotwalking, grooming horses at a Woodbine racetrack in Toro ...

became the first jockey in history to win 500 races in a single yea

* In 1989,

Kent Desormeaux Kent Jason Desormeaux (born February 27, 1970) is an American thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame jockey who holds the U.S. record for most races won in a single year with 598 wins in 1989. He has won the Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes t ...

set the current record for wins in a single calendar year with 598

* With ten championships,

Russell Baze Russell Avery Baze (born 7 August 1958 ) is a retired Canadian-American Thoroughbred horse race, horse racing jockey. He holds the record for the most race wins in North American horse racing history, and is a member of the National Museum of Ra ...

has won the title more than any other jockey. * *Often recorded misspelled as "Ranch"

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January 8, 1934 TIME magazine article on the leading race-winning jockey of 1933

American jockeys American Champion jockeys Horse racing in the United States Horse racing-related lists

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