Leading G1 Winners

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   As Romantic Warrior and Via Sistina have now won 10 G1 races
I thought I would review my leading G1 winners table.  I have 54 horses that have won at least 10
some of those counted retrospectively which is broadly those foaled before
1970.

Wikipedia publishes a list which includes jumps races which
I ignore. Wikipedia list omits the following horses from the G1 era: Exceller
(USA) 1973, Trinycarol (VEN) 1979 (mare) and My Own Business (VEN) 1997 (all
whose records are in equibase). 
Wikipedia has miscounted the G1 wins for 
Paseana (ARG) 1987 (mare) (Wikipedia has 10 should be 11) and Cigar
(USA) 1990 (Wikipedia has 11 should be 12).  

If I have missed any it is likely to be those that raced in
South America.  Of others still racing Rebel's
Romance (IRE) 2018 is on 9 x G1 wins.

25 were foaled since in 1990 of which 12 were entires or
geldings.  The pattern is probably
weighted slightly in favour of fillies and mares with some G1 races restricted
to them and good colts are often retired early.
Winx (AUS)
2011 (mare)  43 starts: 37 wins (25 x
G1), 3 seconds, 0 thirds.  Win % 86.0,
Place % 93.0. 
Ajax (AUS)
1934  46 starts: 36 wins (17 x G1), 7
seconds, 2 thirds. Win % 78.3, Place % 97.8.
Tulloch
(NZ) 1954  53 starts: 36 wins (16 x G1),
12 seconds, 4 thirds.  Win % 67.9, Place
% 98.1. 
John
Henry (USA) 1975  83 starts: 39 wins (16
x G1), 15 seconds, 9 thirds.  Win % 47.0,
Place % 75.9.
Black
Caviar (AUS) 2006 (mare)  25 starts: 25
wins (15 x G1), 0 seconds, 0 thirds.  Win
% 100.0, Place % 100.0. 

Forego
(USA) 1970  57 starts: 34 wins (14 x G1), 9 seconds, 7 thirds.  Win % 59.6, Place % 87.7. 
Affirmed
(USA) 1975  29 starts: 22 wins (14 x G1), 5 seconds, 1 thirds.  Win % 75.9, Place % 96.6.
Kingston
Town (AUS) 1976  41 starts: 30 wins (14 x
G1), 5 seconds, 2 thirds.  Win % 73.2,
Place % 90.2. 
My
Own Business (VEN) 1997  50 starts: 37 wins (14 x G1), 5 seconds, 1 thirds.  Win % 74.0, Place % 86.0.
Goldikova
(IRE) 2005 (mare)  27 starts:
17 wins (14 x G1), 6 seconds, 3 thirds. 
Win % 63.0, Place % 96.3. 
Melody
Belle (NZ) 2014 (mare)  41 starts: 19
wins (14 x G1), 1 seconds, 6 thirds.  Win
% 46.3, Place % 63.4

Kelso
(USA) 1957  63 starts: 39 wins (13 x G1) 12 seconds, 2 thirds.  Win % 61.9, Place % 84.1.
Shuvee
(USA) 1966 (mare)  44 starts: 16 wins (13 x G1), 10 seconds, 6 thirds.  Win % 36.4, Place % 72.7.
Spectacular
Bid (USA) 1976  30 starts: 26 wins (13 x G1), 2 seconds, 1 third.  Win % 86.7, Place % 96.7. 
Bayakoa
(ARG) 1984  39 starts: 21 wins (13 x G1),
9 seconds, 0 thirds.  Win % 53.8, Place %
76.9.
Tie the
Knot (AUS) 1994  62 starts: 21 wins (13 x
G1), 9 seconds, 8 thirds.  Win % 33.9,
Place % 61.3. 
Sunline
(NZ) 1995 (mare)  48 starts: 32 wins (13
x G1), 9 seconds, 3 thirds.  Win % 66.7,
Place % 91.7. 
Zenyatta
(USA) 2004 (mare)  20 starts: 19 wins (13 x G1), 1 second, 0 thirds.  Win % 95.0, Place % 100.0. 

Nashua
(USA) 1952  30 starts: 22 wins (12 x G1), 4 seconds, 1 third.  Win % 73.3, Place % 90.0. 
Buckpasser
(USA) 1963  31 starts: 25 wins (12 x G1),
4 seconds, 1 third. Win % 80.6, Place % 96.8.
Cigar (USA)
1990  33 starts: 19 wins, (12 x G1)  4 seconds, 5 thirds.  Win % 57.6, Place % 84.8.

Wakeful
(AUS) 1896 (mare)   44 starts: 25 wins (11 x G1), 12 seconds, 4
thirds. Win % 56.8, Place % 93.2.
Phar Lap
(NZ) 1926  51 starts: 37 wins (11 x G1),
3 seconds, 2 thirds. Win % 72.5, Place % 82.4.
Sky High
(AUS) 1957  55 starts: 29 wins (11 x G1),
10 seconds, 9 thirds.  Win % 52.7, Place
% 87.3. 
Wenona Girl
(AUS) 1957 (mare)  68 starts: 27 wins (11
x G1), 19 seconds, 7 thirds.  Win % 39.7,
Place % 77.9. 
Susan's
Girl (USA) 1969 (mare)  63 starts: 29 wins (11 x G1), 14 seconds, 11 thirds.  Win % 46.0, Place % 85.7. 
Exceller
(USA) 1973  33 starts: 15 wins (11 x G1),
6 seconds, 6 thirds.  Win % 45.5, Place %
78.8.
Manikato
(AUS) 1975  47 starts: 29 wins (11 x G1),
8 seconds, 5 thirds.  Win % 61.7, Place %
89.4. 
Lady's
Secret (USA) 1982 (mare)  45 starts: 25 wins (11 x G1), 9 seconds, 3 thirds.  Win % 55.6, Place % 82.2.
Rough Habit
(NZ) 1986  74 starts: 29 wins (11 x G1),
16 seconds, 7 thirds.  Win % 39.2, Place
% 70.3. 
Paseana
(ARG) 1987 (mare)  36 starts: 19 wins (11 x G1), 10 seconds, 2 thirds.  Win % 52.8, Place % 86.1.
Serena's
Song (USA) 1992 (mare)  38 starts: 18 wins (11 x G1), 11 seconds, 3 thirds.  Win % 47.4, Place % 84.2. 
Azeri
(USA) 1998 (mare)  24 starts: 17 wins (11 x G1), 4 seconds, 0 thirds.  Win % 70.8, Place % 87.5. 
Lonrho
(AUS) 1998  35 starts: 26 wins (11 x G1),
3 seconds, 2 thirds.  Win % 74.3, Place %
88.6. 
Wise
Dan (USA) 2007  31 starts: 23 wins (11 x G1), 2 seconds, 0 thirds.  Win % 74.2, Place % 80.6.
Beholder
(USA) 2010 (mare)  26 starts: 18 wins (11 x G1), 6 seconds, 0 thirds.  Win % 69.2, Place % 92.3. 
Enable (GB)
2014 (mare)   19 starts: 15 wins (11 x G1), 2 seconds, 1
third.  Win % 78.9, Place % 94.7.
Verry
Elleegant (NZ) 2015 (mare)  42 starts: 16
wins (11 x G1), 8 seconds, 4 thirds.  Win
% 38.1, Place % 66.7.

Amounis (AUS) 1922  79 starts: 33
wins (10 x G1), 11 seconds, 8 thirds. Win % 41.8, Place % 65.8.
Beau Vite (NZ) 1936  60 starts: 31
wins (10 x G1), 9 seconds, 5 thirds. Win % 51.7, Place % 55.0.
Citation (USA) 1945 
45 starts: 32 wins (10 x G1), 10 seconds, 2
thirds.  Win % 71.1, Place % 97.8.
Cougar II (CHI) 1966  50 starts:
20 wins (10 x G1), 7 seconds, 17 thirds. 
Win % 40.0, Place % 88.0. 
Dahlia (USA) 1970 (mare)  48 starts:
15 wins (10 x G1), 3 seconds, 7 thirds. Win % 31.3, Place % 52.1.   
Trinycarol (VEN) 1979 (mare)         29 starts: 18 wins (10 x G1), 3 second, 1 thirds.  Win % 62.1, Place % 75.9.
Miesque (USA) 1984 (mare)  16 starts: 12 wins (10 x G1), 3 seconds, 1 third.  Win % 75.0, Place % 100.0.
Octagonal (NZ) 1992  28 starts: 14
wins (10 x G1), 7 seconds, 1 thirds.  Win
% 50.0, Place % 78.6. 
Skip Away (USA) 1993  38 starts:
18 wins (10 x G1), 10 seconds, 6 thirds. 
Win % 47.4, Place % 89.5. 
Mufhasa (NZ) 2004  62 starts: 20 wins (10 x G1), 9 seconds, 6
thirds.  Win % 32.3, Place % 56.5.
So You Think (NZ) 2006  23 starts:
14 wins (10 x G1), 4 seconds, 1 third. 
Win % 60.9, Place % 82.6.
Frankel (GB) 2008  14 starts: 14
wins (10 x G1), 0 seconds, 0 thirds.  Win
% 100.0, Place % 100.0.
Golden Sixty (AUS) 2015  31 starts:
26 wins (10 x G1), 2 seconds, 1 thirds. Win % 83.9, Place % 93.5.
Imperatriz
(AUS) 2018 (mare)  27 starts: 19 wins (10
x G1), 3 seconds, 1 thirds.  Win % 70.4,
Place % 85.2.
Romantic
Warrior (IRE) 2018 *  25 starts: 18 wins (10 x G1), 5 seconds, 0 thirds. Win % 72.0, Place %
92.0.
Via Sistina
(IRE) 2018 (mare) *  25 starts: 14 wins
(10 x G1), 3 seconds, 4 thirds.  Win %
56.0, Place % 84.0.

*
still racing                                             

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Tom Rolfe Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Champion Joined: 07 Apr 2024 Status: Offline Points: 1881	Post Options Post Reply Quote Tom Rolfe Report Post Thanks(1) Quote Reply Topic: Leading G1 Winners Posted: 26 Aug 2025 at 12:31pm
	As Romantic Warrior and Via Sistina have now won 10 G1 races I thought I would review my leading G1 winners table. I have 54 horses that have won at least 10 some of those counted retrospectively which is broadly those foaled before 1970. Wikipedia publishes a list which includes jumps races which I ignore. Wikipedia list omits the following horses from the G1 era: Exceller (USA) 1973, Trinycarol (VEN) 1979 (mare) and My Own Business (VEN) 1997 (all whose records are in equibase). Wikipedia has miscounted the G1 wins for Paseana (ARG) 1987 (mare) (Wikipedia has 10 should be 11) and Cigar (USA) 1990 (Wikipedia has 11 should be 12). If I have missed any it is likely to be those that raced in South America. Of others still racing Rebel's Romance (IRE) 2018 is on 9 x G1 wins. 25 were foaled since in 1990 of which 12 were entires or geldings. The pattern is probably weighted slightly in favour of fillies and mares with some G1 races restricted to them and good colts are often retired early. Winx (AUS) 2011 (mare) 43 starts: 37 wins (25 x G1), 3 seconds, 0 thirds. Win % 86.0, Place % 93.0. Ajax (AUS) 1934 46 starts: 36 wins (17 x G1), 7 seconds, 2 thirds. Win % 78.3, Place % 97.8. Tulloch (NZ) 1954 53 starts: 36 wins (16 x G1), 12 seconds, 4 thirds. Win % 67.9, Place % 98.1. John Henry (USA) 1975 83 starts: 39 wins (16 x G1), 15 seconds, 9 thirds. Win % 47.0, Place % 75.9. Black Caviar (AUS) 2006 (mare) 25 starts: 25 wins (15 x G1), 0 seconds, 0 thirds. Win % 100.0, Place % 100.0. Forego (USA) 1970 57 starts: 34 wins (14 x G1), 9 seconds, 7 thirds. Win % 59.6, Place % 87.7. Affirmed (USA) 1975 29 starts: 22 wins (14 x G1), 5 seconds, 1 thirds. Win % 75.9, Place % 96.6. Kingston Town (AUS) 1976 41 starts: 30 wins (14 x G1), 5 seconds, 2 thirds. Win % 73.2, Place % 90.2. My Own Business (VEN) 1997 50 starts: 37 wins (14 x G1), 5 seconds, 1 thirds. Win % 74.0, Place % 86.0. Goldikova (IRE) 2005 (mare) 27 starts: 17 wins (14 x G1), 6 seconds, 3 thirds. Win % 63.0, Place % 96.3. Melody Belle (NZ) 2014 (mare) 41 starts: 19 wins (14 x G1), 1 seconds, 6 thirds. Win % 46.3, Place % 63.4 Kelso (USA) 1957 63 starts: 39 wins (13 x G1) 12 seconds, 2 thirds. Win % 61.9, Place % 84.1. Shuvee (USA) 1966 (mare) 44 starts: 16 wins (13 x G1), 10 seconds, 6 thirds. Win % 36.4, Place % 72.7. Spectacular Bid (USA) 1976 30 starts: 26 wins (13 x G1), 2 seconds, 1 third. Win % 86.7, Place % 96.7. Bayakoa (ARG) 1984 39 starts: 21 wins (13 x G1), 9 seconds, 0 thirds. Win % 53.8, Place % 76.9. Tie the Knot (AUS) 1994 62 starts: 21 wins (13 x G1), 9 seconds, 8 thirds. Win % 33.9, Place % 61.3. Sunline (NZ) 1995 (mare) 48 starts: 32 wins (13 x G1), 9 seconds, 3 thirds. Win % 66.7, Place % 91.7. Zenyatta (USA) 2004 (mare) 20 starts: 19 wins (13 x G1), 1 second, 0 thirds. Win % 95.0, Place % 100.0. Nashua (USA) 1952 30 starts: 22 wins (12 x G1), 4 seconds, 1 third. Win % 73.3, Place % 90.0. Buckpasser (USA) 1963 31 starts: 25 wins (12 x G1), 4 seconds, 1 third. Win % 80.6, Place % 96.8. Cigar (USA) 1990 33 starts: 19 wins, (12 x G1) 4 seconds, 5 thirds. Win % 57.6, Place % 84.8. Wakeful (AUS) 1896 (mare) 44 starts: 25 wins (11 x G1), 12 seconds, 4 thirds. Win % 56.8, Place % 93.2. Phar Lap (NZ) 1926 51 starts: 37 wins (11 x G1), 3 seconds, 2 thirds. Win % 72.5, Place % 82.4. Sky High (AUS) 1957 55 starts: 29 wins (11 x G1), 10 seconds, 9 thirds. Win % 52.7, Place % 87.3. Wenona Girl (AUS) 1957 (mare) 68 starts: 27 wins (11 x G1), 19 seconds, 7 thirds. Win % 39.7, Place % 77.9. Susan's Girl (USA) 1969 (mare) 63 starts: 29 wins (11 x G1), 14 seconds, 11 thirds. Win % 46.0, Place % 85.7. Exceller (USA) 1973 33 starts: 15 wins (11 x G1), 6 seconds, 6 thirds. Win % 45.5, Place % 78.8. Manikato (AUS) 1975 47 starts: 29 wins (11 x G1), 8 seconds, 5 thirds. Win % 61.7, Place % 89.4. Lady's Secret (USA) 1982 (mare) 45 starts: 25 wins (11 x G1), 9 seconds, 3 thirds. Win % 55.6, Place % 82.2. Rough Habit (NZ) 1986 74 starts: 29 wins (11 x G1), 16 seconds, 7 thirds. Win % 39.2, Place % 70.3. Paseana (ARG) 1987 (mare) 36 starts: 19 wins (11 x G1), 10 seconds, 2 thirds. Win % 52.8, Place % 86.1. Serena's Song (USA) 1992 (mare) 38 starts: 18 wins (11 x G1), 11 seconds, 3 thirds. Win % 47.4, Place % 84.2. Azeri (USA) 1998 (mare) 24 starts: 17 wins (11 x G1), 4 seconds, 0 thirds. Win % 70.8, Place % 87.5. Lonrho (AUS) 1998 35 starts: 26 wins (11 x G1), 3 seconds, 2 thirds. Win % 74.3, Place % 88.6. Wise Dan (USA) 2007 31 starts: 23 wins (11 x G1), 2 seconds, 0 thirds. Win % 74.2, Place % 80.6. Beholder (USA) 2010 (mare) 26 starts: 18 wins (11 x G1), 6 seconds, 0 thirds. Win % 69.2, Place % 92.3. Enable (GB) 2014 (mare) 19 starts: 15 wins (11 x G1), 2 seconds, 1 third. Win % 78.9, Place % 94.7. Verry Elleegant (NZ) 2015 (mare) 42 starts: 16 wins (11 x G1), 8 seconds, 4 thirds. Win % 38.1, Place % 66.7. Amounis (AUS) 1922 79 starts: 33 wins (10 x G1), 11 seconds, 8 thirds. Win % 41.8, Place % 65.8. Beau Vite (NZ) 1936 60 starts: 31 wins (10 x G1), 9 seconds, 5 thirds. Win % 51.7, Place % 55.0. Citation (USA) 1945 45 starts: 32 wins (10 x G1), 10 seconds, 2 thirds. Win % 71.1, Place % 97.8. Cougar II (CHI) 1966 50 starts: 20 wins (10 x G1), 7 seconds, 17 thirds. Win % 40.0, Place % 88.0. Dahlia (USA) 1970 (mare) 48 starts: 15 wins (10 x G1), 3 seconds, 7 thirds. Win % 31.3, Place % 52.1. Trinycarol (VEN) 1979 (mare) 29 starts: 18 wins (10 x G1), 3 second, 1 thirds. Win % 62.1, Place % 75.9. Miesque (USA) 1984 (mare) 16 starts: 12 wins (10 x G1), 3 seconds, 1 third. Win % 75.0, Place % 100.0. Octagonal (NZ) 1992 28 starts: 14 wins (10 x G1), 7 seconds, 1 thirds. Win % 50.0, Place % 78.6. Skip Away (USA) 1993 38 starts: 18 wins (10 x G1), 10 seconds, 6 thirds. Win % 47.4, Place % 89.5. Mufhasa (NZ) 2004 62 starts: 20 wins (10 x G1), 9 seconds, 6 thirds. Win % 32.3, Place % 56.5. So You Think (NZ) 2006 23 starts: 14 wins (10 x G1), 4 seconds, 1 third. Win % 60.9, Place % 82.6. Frankel (GB) 2008 14 starts: 14 wins (10 x G1), 0 seconds, 0 thirds. Win % 100.0, Place % 100.0. Golden Sixty (AUS) 2015 31 starts: 26 wins (10 x G1), 2 seconds, 1 thirds. Win % 83.9, Place % 93.5. Imperatriz (AUS) 2018 (mare) 27 starts: 19 wins (10 x G1), 3 seconds, 1 thirds. Win % 70.4, Place % 85.2. Romantic Warrior (IRE) 2018 * 25 starts: 18 wins (10 x G1), 5 seconds, 0 thirds. Win % 72.0, Place % 92.0. Via Sistina (IRE) 2018 (mare) * 25 starts: 14 wins (10 x G1), 3 seconds, 4 thirds. Win % 56.0, Place % 84.0. * still racing

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	Huge lot of work there Tom. Well done!

Tom Rolfe Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Champion Joined: 07 Apr 2024 Status: Offline Points: 1881	Post Options Post Reply Quote Tom Rolfe Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 28 Sep 2025 at 2:19pm
	Two more to add to the list of 10 or more G1 winners above - Mr Brightside (NZ) 2017* 46 starts: 20 wins (10 x G1), 13 seconds, 3 thirds. Win % 43,5, Place % 76.1. Rebel's Romance (IRE) 2018* 29 starts: 19 wins (10 x G1), 0 seconds, 2 thirds. Win % 69.0, Place % 75.9. Rebel's Romance won the 12f Joe Hirsch Turf Classic at Aqueduct overnight. I assume his next race will be the Breeders Cup Turf which he has won twice before.