2025 was a memorable yr in Thoroughbred racing, delivering unforgettable moments from begin to end and ending with a North American single-season earnings document set by high proprietor Godolphin and high jockey Irad Ortiz Jr.
Irad Ortiz Jr. completed 2025 with earnings of $40,497,847 and 351 wins, together with 65 stakes wins, 36 graded stakes wins and 9 Group 1 wins. The 33-year-old Puerto Rican native surpassed the North American earnings document of $39,193,365, set in 2023.
The race for the highest-paid jockey was a detailed one, as Flavien Prat completed the season simply $1,669 behind Ortiz Jr. Pratt recorded 310 wins in 2025, main all jockeys in stakes success with 75 stakes wins, together with 46 graded stakes wins and 13 Group 1 wins. A exceptional season-long battle between two elite riders earned Ortiz Jr. the respect of Excellent Jockey, a finalist for the Pratt Eclipse Award.
Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum’s Godolphin additionally set a brand new North American proprietor earnings document, ending 2025 with $22,395,556. Again in Could, Godolphin turned the primary owner-breeder (excluding partnership members) to brush the Longines Kentucky Oaks and Woodford Reserve-sponsored Kentucky Derby since Calumet Farm achieved that feat in 1952, when Calumet Farm gained the Oaks and Sovereignty was simply as spectacular within the Derby. Godolphin additionally topped all North American breeders with 2025 income of $27,288,066. This main worldwide firm ended its fifth consecutive yr as high proprietor and breeder beginning in 2021. The earlier income document for possession is $20,234,455, set in 2024.
Following his Kentucky Derby victory, Sovereignty continued to excel, scoring massive wins within the Belmont Stakes Offered by NYRA Bets and the DraftKings Travers Stakes. He completed 2025 as North America’s highest-paid racehorse with $5,692,020 and, to the delight of horse racing followers, will proceed his racetrack profession in 2026. See different division leaders under.
On the coaching facet, Brad Cox dominated the North American rankings in earnings, ending the yr with $30,255,435, greater than $5 million greater than second place Steve Asmussen. Cox completed the yr with 277 wins, a 26% profitable share in 1,068 begins, and extra stakes wins with 59 than some other coach in North America.
A frontrunner’s record of horses, jockeys, trainers and homeowners in North America is obtainable at equibase.com, the place you’ll be able to filter and examine knowledge by varied classes comparable to age, gender, monitor and race kind.
2025 Equibase Sector Leaders by North American Income:
entire: Sovereignty, $5,692,020
2 yr previous boy: Ted Nophy, $1,657,963
2 yr previous filly: Tremendous Runner, $1,093,600
3 yr previous boy: Sovereignty, $5,692,020
3 yr previous filly: Shiso Spicy, $2,044,645
Older man: Eternally Younger, $3.64 million
Older girl: Ag Bullet, $1,639,400
Jockey: Irado Ortiz Jr., $40,497,847
coach: Brad Cox, $30,255,435
Proprietor: Godolphin, $22,395,556
Breeder: Godolphin, $27,288,066
