Chad Brown stays on prime of the Equibase earnings leaderboard for trainers in North America this week after posting six wins from 14 begins – a 43% price – with $427,035 in earnings. Of these six wins, three of them have been in listed stakes races at Belmont on the Massive A. Brown gained the Chelsey Flower Stakes with Opulent Restraint and the Awad Stakes with Valuation Metric, and he completed first and second within the Athenia Stakes with Youngster of the Moon and Prerequisite. Brown has widened his lead over Steve Asmussen by $549,975 in earnings; nevertheless, Asmussen stays on prime of the trainers’ standings by variety of wins with 329.
After one other three-stakes successful week, Brown stays on prime of the leaderboard within the stakes and graded stakes classes by each earnings and variety of wins. Brad Cox stays in third within the general coach standings, however he continues to seek out the winner’s circle, including six wins from 11 begins final week (55%) and $604,528 in earnings. Cox, Brown, and Asmussen are the one three North America-based trainers which have surpassed $20 million in earnings. Cox sits at greater than $22 million, trailing $1,559,349 behind Asmussen in earnings.
One in every of Cox’s trainees, Chop Chop, climbed up 34 spots on the Equibase earnings leaderboard for North America-based racehorses and is now ranked 59th after her win within the Grade 3 Rood & Riddle Dowager Stakes at Keeneland. Chop Chop scored her second graded stakes victory of the 12 months for Cox on Sunday and has earnings of $683,583 in 2024.
After a powerful win within the Grade 2 Lexus Raven Run Stakes at Keeneland, Emery has cracked the highest 100 within the standings and sits in 80th place with $574,236 in earnings. The daughter of Extra Than Prepared, additionally skilled by Cox, has excelled in her 3-year-old marketing campaign, successful 4 races from 5 begins together with two graded stakes wins and a second-place end within the Grade 1 Check Stakes at Saratoga. Emery earned a career-best 101 Equibase Pace Determine within the Raven Run.
Flavien Prat had a sensational week of using at Keeneland and Belmont on the Massive A. He tallied 9 wins from 33 begins, successful at a 27% clip. That features three stakes wins and a complete earnings of $687,379. Prat stays second to Irad Ortiz Jr. when ranked by earnings and wins amongst North America-based jockeys. With a bit over every week till the Breeders’ Cup, Prat trails Ortiz Jr. by simply $591,020 in earnings whereas sustaining a strong lead within the graded stakes class ranked by earnings and variety of wins.
