• In 1952,
Anthony DeSpirito won 390 races, breaking
Walter Miller's forty-six-year-old record of 388.* On December 15, 1973,
Sandy Hawley became the first jockey in history to win 500 races in a single year.[https://www.nytimes.com/1973/12/16/archives/4-winners-makes-503-for-hawley-hawley-rides-4-winners-to-reach-503.html • In 1989,
Kent Desormeaux set the current record for wins in a single calendar year with 598. • With ten championships,
Russell Baze has won the title more than any other jockey. • *Often recorded misspelled as "Ranch" == See also ==