Top thoroughbred horses in 2025 (as of March 2025)

Pick Pony | March 28, 2025, 4:04 p.m.

Top Thoroughbred Horses March 2025
Top Trainers March 2025
Top Jockeys March 2025

As we wrap up the first quarter of 2025, it’s time to review the top performers in thoroughbred horse racing.

Top Thoroughbred Horses March 2025

White Abarrio maintains a solid lead in earnings so far, but Payne is in the lead with 4 wins in 4 starts. Close behind are Lady Claypoole, Sippin on Gin, T Kraft, Corrina Corrina, and Epona’s Hope.

#	Horse	Starts	Wins	Places	Shows	Earnings	Win%	WPS%
92	Payne	4	4	-	-	$129,800	100%	100%
84	Lady Claypoole (IRE)	3	3	-	-	$134,400	100%	100%
65	Sippin On Gin	3	3	-	-	$154,800	100%	100%
64	T Kraft	3	3	-	-	$157,850	100%	100%
49	Corrina Corrina	4	3	-	-	$168,000	75%	75%
32	Epona's Hope	3	3	-	-	$211,480	100%	100%
100	Big Vince	3	2	-	1	$122,024	67%	100%
99	Get Twisted	3	2	1	-	$122,218	67%	100%
98	Onyx Ten	3	2	-	-	$123,000	67%	67%
96	Chiron	3	2	-	-	$125,534	67%	67%
95	Soontobeking	3	2	-	1	$125,550	67%	100%
93	Bernietakescharge	2	2	-	-	$127,600	100%	100%
91	Gloriette	3	2	1	-	$130,600	67%	100%
81	Bernieandtherose	2	2	-	-	$137,500	100%	100%
79	Blue Fire	3	2	1	-	$140,000	67%	100%
74	Nuit Magique	2	2	-	-	$144,000	100%	100%
73	Burlsworth	2	2	-	-	$144,000	100%	100%
72	Perfect Force	2	2	-	-	$144,000	100%	100%
71	Touchdown Arkansas	2	2	-	-	$144,000	100%	100%
70	Lithe Spirit	2	2	-	-	$146,560	100%	100%
68	She's a Dreamer	3	2	-	1	$147,564	67%	100%
63	California Burrito	3	2	-	-	$158,107	67%	67%
62	Red Flag	3	2	-	-	$158,325	67%	67%
61	White Rocks	3	2	-	-	$159,708	67%	67%
58	In Just My Heels	3	2	-	-	$161,530	67%	67%
55	Nic's Style	2	2	-	-	$162,570	100%	100%
54	River Thames	3	2	1	-	$164,400	67%	100%
53	Quint's Brew	2	2	-	-	$165,000	100%	100%
51	G W's Girl	2	2	-	-	$166,500	100%	100%
50	Runnin N Gunnin	2	2	-	-	$167,580	100%	100%
48	Fondly	2	2	-	-	$169,200	100%	100%
47	Sand Devil	3	2	1	-	$170,550	67%	100%
44	Nitrogen	2	2	-	-	$178,350	100%	100%
43	John Hancock	3	2	-	-	$178,560	67%	67%
39	Miss Hebrides	3	2	1	-	$182,800	67%	100%
37	Flood Zone	2	2	-	-	$195,000	100%	100%
35	Mi Bago	2	2	-	-	$208,940	100%	100%
34	Saffron Moon	2	2	-	-	$210,000	100%	100%
33	Vixen	2	2	-	-	$211,110	100%	100%
30	Mercante	3	2	-	-	$226,196	67%	67%
29	Booth	3	2	-	-	$232,979	67%	67%
28	Recharge	3	2	-	1	$236,440	67%	100%
25	Cavalieri	2	2	-	-	$240,000	100%	100%
22	Take Charge Milady	3	2	-	-	$258,500	67%	67%
21	Kale's Angel	3	2	-	1	$261,015	67%	100%
18	Alexander Helios	2	2	-	-	$276,300	100%	100%
16	Hall of Fame	3	2	1	-	$286,000	67%	100%
9	Touchuponastar	2	2	-	-	$390,000	100%	100%
8	Good Cheer	2	2	-	-	$420,000	100%	100%
7	Final Gambit	3	2	1	-	$508,639	67%	100%
2	Coal Battle	2	2	-	-	$746,250	100%	100%
97	Drexel Hill	2	1	-	1	$125,000	50%	100%
94	Wendelssohn	3	1	2	-	$127,482	33%	100%
90	Sir Greylind	3	1	2	-	$131,025	33%	100%
89	Instant Replay	2	1	-	1	$131,800	50%	100%
88	Capture the Flag	2	1	1	-	$131,890	50%	100%
87	Mystic Lake	1	1	-	-	$132,000	100%	100%
86	Liguria	2	1	-	1	$132,000	50%	100%
85	Legal Empress	3	1	1	1	$134,000	33%	100%
82	Captain Cook	1	1	-	-	$137,500	100%	100%
80	The Queens M G	2	1	-	1	$138,100	50%	100%
78	Hit Show	2	1	-	1	$141,000	50%	100%
77	St. Benedicts Prep	5	1	3	1	$142,300	20%	100%
75	Richi (CHI)	3	1	1	1	$144,000	33%	100%
67	Disco Time	1	1	-	-	$150,000	100%	100%
66	Wild Bout Hilary	1	1	-	-	$150,000	100%	100%
60	Banks	3	1	-	-	$159,752	33%	33%
59	Caldera	3	1	1	-	$161,360	33%	67%
57	Dana's Beauty	2	1	-	1	$161,570	50%	100%
56	Banishing	2	1	1	-	$162,325	50%	100%
46	Five G	2	1	1	-	$171,140	50%	100%
45	Burnham Square	2	1	-	-	$171,700	50%	50%
42	Formidable Man	2	1	-	-	$180,000	50%	50%
41	Journalism	1	1	-	-	$180,000	100%	100%
40	Barnes	2	1	1	-	$180,000	50%	100%
38	Flying Mohawk	2	1	1	-	$184,200	50%	100%
36	Idratherbeblessed	3	1	1	-	$207,000	33%	67%
27	Bless the Broken	3	1	1	1	$236,560	33%	100%
26	Thorpedo Anna	1	1	-	-	$240,000	100%	100%
24	Sovereignty	1	1	-	-	$245,520	100%	100%
23	Owen Almighty	3	1	1	-	$252,250	33%	67%
20	Getaway Car	2	1	-	-	$262,800	50%	50%
19	Be Your Best (IRE)	1	1	-	-	$273,600	100%	100%
15	Quietside	2	1	1	-	$300,000	50%	100%
14	Magnitude	2	1	-	-	$302,500	50%	50%
13	Red Route One	3	1	-	-	$314,712	33%	33%
11	Skippylongstocking	2	1	-	1	$333,000	50%	100%
10	American Promise	3	1	-	-	$335,000	33%	33%
6	Spirit of St Louis	2	1	-	-	$510,000	50%	50%
5	Speed King	2	1	-	-	$571,250	50%	50%
4	Locked	2	1	1	-	$726,000	50%	100%
3	Tiztastic	3	1	-	1	$730,000	33%	67%
1	White Abarrio	1	1	-	-	$1,638,000	100%	100%
83	Mixto	1	-	-	-	$136,500	0%	0%
76	Omaha Omaha	3	-	1	2	$142,500	0%	100%
69	Free Like a Girl	3	-	2	-	$147,460	0%	67%
52	Integration	1	-	1	-	$166,000	0%	100%
31	Madaket Road	2	-	1	1	$224,000	0%	100%
17	Sandman	2	-	1	1	$280,000	0%	100%
12	Chunk of Gold	3	-	3	-	$324,400	0%	100%

Top Trainers March 2025

Who else but the legendary Steven M. Asmussen would you expect to find at the top of the trainers so far? Brad Cox and Todd Pletcher are not far behind, while Chad Brown has slipped a few notches. And don’t forget the up-and-coming Saffie A. Joseph Jr., who sits in the top five.

#	Trainer	Starts	Wins	Places	Shows	Earnings	Win%	WPS%
1	Steven M. Asmussen	577	87	80	66	$6,420,154	15%	40%
2	Brad H. Cox	252	69	64	29	$5,602,596	27%	64%
3	Saffie A. Joseph, Jr.	260	51	43	45	$5,062,590	20%	53%
4	Todd A. Pletcher	173	36	32	17	$3,315,032	21%	49%
5	Michael J. Maker	308	55	38	39	$3,047,298	18%	43%
6	Mark E. Casse	241	35	36	25	$2,790,901	15%	40%
7	Kenneth G. McPeek	184	28	27	25	$2,639,246	15%	43%
8	Chad C. Brown	169	33	32	37	$2,625,478	20%	60%
9	Linda Rice	207	48	34	29	$2,390,458	23%	54%
10	Bob Baffert	67	22	18	9	$2,292,260	33%	73%
11	Ron Moquett	122	25	12	8	$2,173,570	20%	37%
12	Jamie Ness	292	60	55	37	$1,986,667	21%	52%
13	Brendan P. Walsh	200	32	25	25	$1,856,701	16%	41%
14	William I. Mott	136	24	17	15	$1,774,949	18%	41%
15	Chris A. Hartman	129	21	24	19	$1,645,627	16%	50%
16	Joe Sharp	152	40	22	28	$1,604,682	26%	59%
17	W. Bret Calhoun	169	41	19	23	$1,560,448	24%	49%
18	D. Wayne Lukas	67	13	4	13	$1,533,314	19%	45%
19	Brittany T. Russell	106	34	18	10	$1,364,256	32%	58%
20	Thomas M. Amoss	142	20	26	23	$1,352,248	14%	49%
21	Jose Francisco D'Angelo	171	31	24	21	$1,339,935	18%	44%
22	Michael W. McCarthy	90	18	13	10	$1,335,205	20%	46%
23	Doug F. O'Neill	170	18	16	19	$1,302,796	11%	31%
24	Mark Glatt	95	25	22	12	$1,254,458	26%	62%
25	Anthony Farrior	235	62	54	32	$1,200,704	26%	63%

Top Jockeys March 2025

Irad Ortiz is having another great start to the year and holds the lead among jockeys over Tyler Gaffalione, Luis Saez, Jose Ortiz, and Flavien Prat.

#	Jockey	Starts	Wins	Places	Shows	Earnings	Win%	WPS%
1	Irad Ortiz, Jr.	356	79	78	49	$6,374,878	22%	58%
2	Tyler Gaffalione	350	61	47	55	$4,124,306	17%	47%
3	Luis Saez	377	59	66	60	$3,884,123	16%	49%
4	Jose L. Ortiz	257	68	41	39	$3,615,565	26%	58%
5	Flavien Prat	181	53	39	23	$3,596,348	29%	64%
6	Manuel Franco	283	64	65	53	$3,592,480	23%	64%
7	Rafael Bejarano	152	37	21	22	$3,148,121	24%	53%
8	Jose Lezcano	254	53	50	38	$2,864,355	21%	56%
9	Juan J. Hernandez	180	42	35	25	$2,760,989	23%	57%
10	Kendrick Carmouche	214	50	38	36	$2,699,162	23%	58%
11	John R. Velazquez	181	26	28	22	$2,639,403	14%	42%
12	Cristian A. Torres	230	29	33	32	$2,580,730	13%	41%
13	Edgard J. Zayas	319	47	39	53	$2,574,675	15%	44%
14	Luan Machado	277	51	32	37	$2,544,785	18%	43%
15	Junior Alvarado	229	38	38	22	$2,452,280	17%	43%
16	Dylan Davis	298	40	36	38	$2,297,798	13%	38%
17	Tyler W. Bacon	219	31	29	32	$2,193,833	14%	42%
18	Francisco Arrieta	175	26	25	19	$2,030,146	15%	40%
19	Ben Curtis	199	38	31	27	$2,024,405	19%	48%
20	Paco Lopez	251	57	37	34	$2,020,014	23%	51%
21	Mychel J. Sanchez	267	58	45	36	$2,010,059	22%	52%
22	Umberto Rispoli	140	31	23	21	$1,965,614	22%	54%
23	Ricardo Santana, Jr.	187	23	28	17	$1,887,396	12%	36%
24	Florent Geroux	141	23	26	14	$1,837,562	16%	45%
25	Ramon A. Vazquez	191	18	20	26	$1,832,418	9%	34%