After a relatively quiet week in North American races, Memorial Day 2025 brought a surge in high stakes action that has produced several changes to the Equibase leaderboard, which collects revenue for horses, jockeys and trainers. From coast to coast, the major tracks held major races, bringing out the best talent and great performances.
Trainer Saffie Joseph Jr. enjoyed an outstanding Memorial Day at both Santa Anita Park and Lone Star Park. At Santa Anita in California, he teamed up with jockey Irad Ortiz Jr. to win two staged stakes in Grade 2 Hollywood Gold Cup Stakes with Skippyl Ong Stocking and Grade 1 Gamely stakes. Meanwhile, Joseph’s mystical lake 1,400 miles away in Gran Prairie, Texas, led from start to finish, winning the anniversary sprint stakes with Lone Star alongside the Irons’ Lewis Thirds. By the end of the day, Joseph had earned nearly $300,000 in revenue. The South Florida-based conditioner remains third in the 2025 trainer ranking, earning $7,909,551 after Bradcox and Steve Asmussen.
The Hollywood Gold Cup was Skippylongstocking’s ninth career stakes victory, and was already his second career this year. 6-year-old Adaggerator Horse had a perfect 100% in the money record in 2025, recording two wins and two thirds from four starts. SkippylongStocking went to 26 after winning Mondayth The North American-based racehorse ranks earn $568,625.
Flavien Prat remains the first in jockey’s ranking at $12,781,173 in 2025 revenue. However, Irad Ortiz Jr. continues to approach the lead, joining Prat as the only two jockeys in North America, surpassing his $12 million revenue. Ortiz Jr. rode with a 35% clip last week, having a 65% money mark, traveled eight times to the winner’s circle, earning over $600,000. Ortiz is planning stakes mounts rated this Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
The North American leader list is available on Equibase.com with lists of horses, jockeys, trainers and owners, and allows you to filter data by a variety of categories, including age, gender, surface, and race type.
