Baze heads cosmopolitan cast of superstar jockeys

Recently retired rider still leads the world - for now

Iron Man: Takemi Sasaki, who retired after riding 7,153 winners in Japan, pictured speaking (left) at a press conference in Melbourne in 2002Credit: Getty Images/Chris McGrath

THE ALL-TIME TOP TEN BY WINNERS

1. Russell Baze (US) 12,844 winners
2. Jorge Ricardo (Brz/Arg) 12,670 winners
3. Laffit Pincay (Pan/US) 9,530 winners
4. Bill Shoemaker (US) 8,833 winners
5. Pat Day (US) 8,803 winners
6. Pablo Falero (Uru/Arg) 7,703 winners
7. David Gall (Can/US) 7,396 winners
8. Edgar Prado (Peru/US) 7,201 winners
9. Takemi Sasaki (Japan) 7,153 winners
10. Chris McCarron (US) 7,141 winners

1 When Russell Baze announced his shock retirement last month after a 42-year riding career, North American news outlets reported the all-time world record holder in career victories had finished on a total of 12,842. But they were wrong, because they relied on stats ignoring Baze's two victories in Brazil in September 2014. His world record should be 12,844.

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Nicholas Godfrey

Published on 6 August 2016inFeatures

Last updated 15:37, 6 August 2016

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