Todd Pletcher

Todd Pletcher
Pletcher in 2016
OccupationThoroughbred Horse Trainer
Born (1967-06-26) June 26, 1967 (age 57)
Dallas, Texas
Career wins5,737+ (ongoing)[1]
Major racing wins
Kentucky Oaks (2004, 2007, 2013, 2021)
Haskell Invitational (2006, 2007, 2013)
Stephen Foster Stakes (2024)
Champagne Stakes
(2004, 2006, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014)
Beldame Stakes
(2005, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2013, 2022)
Coaching Club American Oaks
(2001, 2004, 2007, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2022)
Metropolitan Handicap (2010, 2014)
Brooklyn Handicap (2005, 2007, 2015, 2022)
Alabama Stakes
(2013, 2014, 2021, 2022)
Blue Grass Stakes (2005, 2008, 2015, 2023)
Florida Derby
(2007, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2021, 2023, 2024)
Arkansas Derby
(2000, 2001, 2013, 2014, 2018)
Pegasus World Cup (2022)
Pegasus World Cup Turf (2021, 2022)
Whitney Handicap (2002, 2007, 2013, 2022)
Travers Stakes (2005, 2011, 2024)
Personal Ensign Stakes (2006, 2012, 2022)
Ashland Stakes (2021, 2022, 2024)
American Classics wins:
Kentucky Derby (2010, 2017)
Belmont Stakes (2007, 2013, 2017, 2022)
Canadian Triple Crown wins:
Queen's Plate (1998)
Prince of Wales Stakes (1998, 2008)
Breeders' Stakes (2000)
Breeders' Cup wins:
Breeders' Cup Distaff (2004, 2015)
Breeders' Cup Sprint (2004)
Breeders' Cup Turf (2007)
Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile (2015, 2021)
Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf (2010)
Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf (2010)
Breeders' Cup Juvenile (2010, 2012, 2022, 2023)
Breeders Cup Classic (2019)
Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint (2018)
Honors
  • Eclipse Award as Top Trainer in 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2013, 2014 and 2022.
  • Woody Stephens Award as Outstanding Trainer in 1998, 2002, 2005 and 2006 by the New York Turf Writers Association. He shared the award with Robert Frankel in 2002 and John Kimmel in 1998.
  • Fourstardave Award for Outstanding Achievement in Saratoga in 1998 and 2003 by the New York Turf Writers Association.
  • United States Racing Hall of Fame (2021)
Significant horses
Always Dreaming, Any Given Saturday, Ashado, Bluegrass Cat, Curalina, Devil May Care, English Channel, Fleet Indian, Flower Alley, Harlem Rocker, Lawyer Ron, Left Bank, Liam's Map, Life Is Good, Limehouse, Malathaat, Mo Donegal, Nest Palace Malice, Princess of Sylmar, Rachel's Valentina, Rags to Riches, Scat Daddy, Speightstown, Stopchargingmaria, Super Saver, Tapwrit, ..Uncle Mo, Vino Rosso, Wait a While

Todd Pletcher (born June 26, 1967 in Dallas, Texas) is an American thoroughbred horse trainer. He won the Eclipse Award eight times as Trainer of the Year, four of these in consecutive years. His horses Super Saver (2010) and Always Dreaming (2017) won the Kentucky Derby. He also won the Belmont Stakes with Rags to Riches (2007), Palace Malice (2013), Tapwrit (2017) and Mo Donegal (2022). He also trained Malathaat who won the 2021 Kentucky Oaks.

  1. ^ "Todd Pletcher profile". Equibase. Retrieved 7 May 2017.