Leading trainers
Group 1 · Global season 2015
110 trainers won a Group 1 in 2015
275 RACES52 TRACKS10 COUNTRIESPURSE OF THOSE RACES: €208,869,203
Most winsChris Waller · 16 wins
Level at the topAidan O'Brien · 16 wins
Highest total prize moneyChris Waller · €8,714,204
More than one win54 of 110
A single win only56 of 110
The top three between them42 of 275 wins
Successful in more than one country15 of 110
Latest trainer to winNoboru Takagi · 29.12.2015
NameWinsCountriesPrize money
1Chris Waller16 wins€8,714,204▼
16 winsFull profile →
AscotRailway StakesGood Project · 3up€382,04521.11.15FlemingtonChampions SprintDelectation · 3up€366,59107.11.15FlemingtonCoolmore Stud StakesJaponisme · 3yo€184,05631.10.15Moonee ValleyW. S. Cox PlateWinx · 3up€1,125,63124.10.15CaulfieldCaulfield GuineasPress Statement · 3yo€370,24110.10.15RandwickSpring Champion StakesVanbrugh · 3yo€185,57710.10.15FlemingtonTurnbull StakesPreferment · 4up€184,05604.10.15RandwickEpsom HandicapWinx · 3up€369,32903.10.15RandwickKing Charles III StakesKermadec · 3up€185,57719.09.15CaulfieldMemsie StakesBoban · 3up€147,24529.08.15DoombenJ. J. AtkinsPress Statement · 2yo€237,90406.06.15DoombenQueensland OaksWinx · 3yo f€198,96330.05.15DoombenDoomben 10,000Boban · 3up€292,05623.05.15RandwickSydney CupGrand Marshal · 3up€675,83511.04.15RandwickDoncaster HandicapKermadec · 3up€1,153,46806.04.15FlemingtonNewmarket HandicapBrazen Beau · 3up€368,11214.03.15
2Aidan O'Brien16 wins€8,089,635▼
16 winsFull profile →
Sha TinHong Kong VaseHighland Reel · 3up€904,79413.12.15Saint-CloudCritérium InternationalJohannes Vermeer · 2yo€128,69101.11.15KeenelandBreeders' Cup TurfFound · 3up€1,229,18431.10.15KeenelandBreeders' Cup Juvenile TurfHit It A Bomb · 2yo c/g€409,72830.10.15NewmarketDewhurst StakesAir Force Blue · 2yo c/f€329,52410.10.15NewmarketFillies' MileMinding · 2yo f€351,76709.10.15ParisLongchampPrix Marcel BoussacBallydoyle · 2yo f€154,42904.10.15CurraghMoyglare Stud StakesMinding · 2yo f€174,00013.09.15CurraghVincent O'Brien National StakesAir Force Blue · 2yo c/f€174,00013.09.15CurraghIrish St. LegerOrder Of St George · 3up€203,00013.09.15CurraghPhoenix StakesAir Force Blue · 2yo€145,00009.08.15CurraghPretty Polly StakesDiamondsandrubies · 3up f/m€150,25028.06.15AscotSt James's Palace StakesGleneagles · 3yo c€267,12216.06.15EpsomEpsom OaksQualify · 3yo f€296,57205.06.15CurraghIrish 2000 GuineasGleneagles · 3yo c/f€174,00023.05.15Newmarket2000 Guineas StakesGleneagles · 3yo c/f€328,70002.05.15
3Todd Pletcher10 wins€5,484,431▼
10 winsFull profile →
KeenelandBreeders' Cup DistaffStopchargingmaria · 3up f/m€819,45630.10.15KeenelandBreeders' Cup Dirt MileLiam's Map · 3up€409,72830.10.15KeenelandSpinster StakesGot Lucky · 3up f/m€223,48804.10.15SaratogaSpinaway StakesRachel's Valentina · 2yo f€156,44205.09.15SaratogaCoaching Club American OaksCuralina · 3yo f€134,09326.07.15Belmont ParkAcorn StakesCuralina · 3yo f€297,98406.06.15Churchill DownsDerby City Distaff StakesDame Dorothy · 4up f/m€135,79102.05.15KeenelandMaker's Mark MileJack Milton · 4up€134,09310.04.15KeenelandBlue Grass StakesCarpe Diem · 3yo€446,97604.04.15Gulfstream ParkFlorida DerbyMateriality · 3yo€443,40028.03.15
4John Gosden8 wins€8,292,050▼
8 winsFull profile →
ParisLongchampPrix de l'Arc de TriompheGolden Horn · 3up€2,573,82004.10.15NewmarketMiddle Park StakesShalaa · 2yo c€118,62926.09.15LeopardstownIrish Champion StakesGolden Horn · 3up€638,00012.09.15DeauvillePrix MornyShalaa · 2yo€180,16723.08.15SandownEclipse StakesGolden Horn · 3up€296,57204.07.15CurraghIrish DerbyJack Hobbs · 3yo c/f€725,00027.06.15ChantillyPrix de DianeStar Of Seville · 3yo f€514,76414.06.15EpsomEpsom DerbyGolden Horn · 3yo c/f€945,07506.06.15
5Bob Baffert8 wins€7,794,705▼
8 winsFull profile →
KeenelandBreeders' Cup ClassicAmerican Pharoah · 3up€2,048,64131.10.15Monmouth ParkHaskell StakesAmerican Pharoah · 3yo€819,45602.08.15Belmont ParkBelmont StakesAmerican Pharoah · 3yo€595,96806.06.15PimlicoPreakness StakesAmerican Pharoah · 3yo€670,46416.05.15Churchill DownsKentucky DerbyAmerican Pharoah · 3yo€1,056,95002.05.15Oaklawn ParkArkansas DerbyAmerican Pharoah · 3yo€446,97612.04.15Santa Anita ParkSanta Anita DerbyDortmund · 3yo€446,97604.04.15MeydanDubai Golden ShaheenSecret Circle · NH & SH 3up€893,95228.03.15
6André Fabre8 wins€6,455,487▼
8 winsFull profile →
ParisLongchampPrix Jean-Luc LagardèreUltra · 2yo€180,16704.10.15ParisLongchampPrix de la ForêtMake Believe · 3up€154,42904.10.15NewmarketSun Chariot StakesEsoterique · 3up f/m€187,00503.10.15SaratogaChristophe Clement Turf StakesFlintshire · 3up€398,55429.08.15DeauvillePrix Jacques Le MaroisEsoterique · 3up€360,33516.08.15ChantillyPrix Jean PratTerritories · 3yo€205,90612.07.15ChantillyPrix du Jockey ClubNew Bay · 3yo€772,14631.05.15ParisLongchampPoule d'Essai des PoulainsMake Believe · 3yo c€283,12010.05.15
7Gai Waterhouse7 wins€3,763,433▼
7 winsFull profile →
RandwickFlight StakesSpeak Fondly · 3yo f€185,57703.10.15DoombenDoomben CupPornichet · open€253,11509.05.15RandwickQueen of the TurfAmanpour · 3up f/m€417,24411.04.15RosehillGolden Slipper StakesVancouver · 2yo€1,234,84821.03.15RosehillThe GalaxySweet Idea · 3up€150,28721.03.15FlemingtonAustralian GuineasWandjina · 3yo€185,57707.03.15RandwickCanterbury StakesCosmic Endeavour · 3up€185,57707.03.15
8Noriyuki Hori6 wins€5,874,874▼
6 winsFull profile →
Sha TinHong Kong MileMaurice · 3up€1,261,22813.12.15KyotoMile ChampionshipMaurice · 3up€646,66922.11.15TokyoYasuda KinenMaurice · 3up€645,62307.06.15TokyoTokyo YushunDuramente · 3yo c/f€1,447,64031.05.15NakayamaSatsuki ShoDuramente · 3yo c/f€791,65919.04.15RosehillGeorge Ryder StakesReal Impact · 3up€369,32921.03.15
9Chad C Brown6 wins€3,829,712▼
6 winsFull profile →
KeenelandBreeders' Cup Filly & Mare TurfStephanie's Kitten · 3up f/m€819,45631.10.15KeenelandBreeders' Cup Filly & Mare SprintWavell Avenue · 3up f/m€409,72831.10.15Belmont at AqueductJoe Hirsch Turf Classic StakesBig Blue Kitten · 3up€268,18626.09.15Belmont ParkBelmont OaksLady Eli · 3yo f€398,55404.07.15Belmont ParkManhattan StakesSlumber · 4up€398,55406.06.15KeenelandJenny Wiley StakesBall Dancing · 4up f/m€134,09311.04.15
10Doug O'Neill6 wins€1,622,772▼
6 winsFull profile →
KeenelandBreeders' Cup JuvenileNyquist · 2yo c/g€819,45631.10.15KeenelandAlcibiades StakesGomo · 2yo f€178,79002.10.15Santa Anita ParkAmerican Pharoah StakesNyquist · 2yo€134,09326.09.15Del MarDel Mar FuturityNyquist · 2yo€134,09308.09.15SaratogaHopeful StakesRalis · 2yo€156,44207.09.15Del MarDel Mar OaksSharla Rae · 3yo f€134,09316.08.15
11F Head5 wins€4,665,029▼
12John O'Shea5 wins€2,928,527▼
5 winsFull profile →
13Mark Casse5 wins€2,487,032▼
5 winsFull profile →
KeenelandBreeders' Cup MileTepin · 3up€819,45631.10.15KeenelandBreeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies TurfCatch A Glimpse · 2yo f€409,72830.10.15KeenelandFirst Lady StakesTepin · 3up f/m€178,79003.10.15Churchill DownsStephen Foster StakesNoble Bird · 4up€226,31914.06.15Belmont ParkJust a Game StakesTepin · 4up f/m€279,36006.06.15
14Peter G Moody5 wins€1,080,925▼
5 winsFull profile →
15Yasutoshi Ikee4 wins€4,941,409▼
16John Moore4 wins€4,386,508▼
17David A Hayes & Tom Dabernig4 wins€4,005,254▼
18Darren Weir4 wins€2,925,880▼
19Dale Romans4 wins€1,991,919▼
20Jerry Hollendorfer4 wins€1,574,101▼
21Charles Hills4 wins€1,531,198▼
22David Wachman4 wins€1,525,419▼
23Peter & Paul Snowden4 wins€1,330,526▼
24Jean-Claude Rouget4 wins€1,238,958▼
25Saeed bin Suroor3 wins€5,179,690▼
26Tony Cruz3 wins€4,004,346▼
27Murray Baker3 wins€2,366,411▼
28Ciaron Maher3 wins€1,612,999▼
29Christophe Clement3 wins€1,451,555▼
30J Larry Jones3 wins€1,303,829▼
31David O'Meara3 wins€996,034▼
32Grant Williams3 wins€906,894▼
33A De Royer-Dupre2 wins€3,565,956▼
34Hideaki Fujiwara2 wins€2,468,130▼
35Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes2 wins€2,380,253▼
36Dermot Weld2 wins€1,503,151▼
37Kiaran McLaughlin2 wins€1,453,790▼
38Katsuhiko Sumii2 wins€1,429,957▼
39Claude McGaughey III2 wins€1,423,619▼
40Steve Asmussen2 wins€1,113,914▼
41Luca Cumani2 wins€1,015,468▼
42Mick Price2 wins€968,955▼
43Richard Hannon2 wins€929,106▼
44Ralph Beckett2 wins€888,820▼
45Richard Mandella2 wins€870,486▼
46Maria Borell2 wins€819,456▼
47Jim Bolger2 wins€803,690▼
48Robert Smerdon2 wins€741,395▼
49Mme Christiane Head2 wins€711,252▼
50Hugo Palmer2 wins€707,537▼
51Peter Schiergen2 wins€599,087▼
52Robert Heathcote2 wins€592,934▼
53Robert Cowell2 wins€437,002▼
54Jean-Pierre Carvalho2 wins€222,518▼
55Tomokazu Takano1 wins€2,275,107▼
56Naosuke Sugai1 wins€1,604,296▼
57Tadashige Nakagawa1 wins€1,578,348▼
58Hisashi Shimizu1 wins€1,472,791▼
59Masanori Sakaguchi1 wins€1,370,900▼
60Ed Dunlop1 wins€1,149,374▼
61Takashi Kubota1 wins€821,071▼
62Tomoyuki Umeda1 wins€723,954▼
63David Elsworth1 wins€699,386▼
64Wesley Ward1 wins€680,816▼
65Sir Michael Stoute1 wins€680,548▼
66John W Sadler1 wins€658,316▼
67Yasuo Tomomichi1 wins€657,258▼
68Akira Murayama1 wins€656,772▼
69Noboru Takagi1 wins€650,842▼
70Roger Brueggemann1 wins€631,726▼
71John Sargent1 wins€628,984▼
72Brian A Lynch1 wins€618,565▼
73P O'Sullivan1 wins€615,264▼
74Jorge Navarro1 wins€573,619▼
75Edward Lynam1 wins€567,682▼
76Henry Candy1 wins€542,282▼
77Dallas Stewart1 wins€504,897▼
78Francis-Henri Graffard1 wins€504,625▼
79Alan E Goldberg1 wins€499,123▼
80A De Watrigant1 wins€478,921▼
81Enebish Ganbat1 wins€468,460▼
82Andreas Wöhler1 wins€434,375▼
83David Fawkes1 wins€430,289▼
84Peter Chapple-Hyam1 wins€423,460▼
85Yasuhito Tamura1 wins€413,058▼
86Anthony Dutrow1 wins€396,095▼
87Linda Rice1 wins€365,031▼
88Roger Charlton1 wins€349,796▼
89Donna Logan1 wins€319,436▼
90Peter Miller1 wins€301,783▼
91Richard Baltas1 wins€284,627▼
92Bart & James Cummings1 wins€284,146▼
93Robert Hickmott1 wins€271,977▼
94Michael Stidham1 wins€269,613▼
95Mark Kavanagh1 wins€255,549▼
96Lee & Shannon Hope1 wins€245,205▼
97Dominick L Schettino1 wins€223,488▼
98Mark Johnston1 wins€210,796▼
99Michael Dods1 wins€204,305▼
100Nigel Blackiston1 wins€201,397▼
101C Lerner1 wins€190,469▼
102Mme C Barande-Barbe1 wins€185,293▼
103Thomas F Proctor1 wins€177,487▼
104Peter Gelagotis1 wins€169,149▼
105Karl Burke1 wins€151,853▼
106Martin F Jones1 wins€147,502▼
107Ed Moger Jr1 wins€145,267▼
108Laura Wohlers1 wins€134,093▼
109Victor L Garcia1 wins€134,093▼
Prize money is what the horses of these connections earned in all placings of the Group 1 races with a published prize list, converted to euro at the rates of 25 September 2026. An amount stays empty where a winning prize is not on file.