Jockey
Group 1 · Global season 2026
Manuel Franco
6 Group 1 wins as a jockey
Top trainerBrad H Cox · 2 wins
Top horseLeading Change · €691,961
Most Group 1 wins atSaratoga · 4 wins
Biggest Group 1 winTravers Stakes · €691,961
First Group 1 win of the seasonPegasus World Cup Turf Invitational Stakes · 24.01.26
Latest Group 1 winChampagne Stakes · 03.10.26
Prize money€3,795,021
Average prize per win€405,950
Winning horses6
Countries1
Tracks3
Different trainers5
Group 1 prize money by year
2026so far€3.8M1.1 %6 wins · 17 placesBest year so far
2025€1.7M0.5 %2 wins · 9 places
2024€1.9M0.6 %3 wins · 5 places
2023€399k0.1 %0 wins · 6 places
2022€703k0.3 %1 win · 4 places
2021€378k0.2 %1 win · 7 places
2020€2.4M1.6 %5 wins · 6 placesBest year
Prize money earned in all Group 1 placings as a jockey, in euros at the exchange rate of each race day.Share of all Group 1 prize money paid worldwide in that year, comparable although purses keep rising.
Every Group 1 win as a jockey in 2026
| Champagne Stakes | USA | U. S. S. Valor | Belmont at Aqueduct | €276,784 | 03.10.26 | |
| Hopeful Stakes | USA | The Good Life | Saratoga | €166,071 | 06.09.26 | |
| Travers Stakes | USA | Leading Change | Saratoga | €691,961 | 29.08.26 | |
| Alabama Stakes | USA | My Gun's Loaded | Saratoga | €332,141 | 22.08.26 | |
| Christophe Clement Turf Stakes | USA | Survie | Saratoga | €415,177 | 15.08.26 | |
| Pegasus World Cup Turf Invitational Stakes | USA | Test Score | Gulfstream Park | €553,569 | 24.01.26 |
Behind the wins as a jockey in 2026
2026 Global seasonTrainers
Winning horses
Tracks
1Saratoga4 wins
2Gulfstream Park1 win
3Belmont at Aqueduct1 win