Last weekend, graded stakes action at Oaklawn Park and Keeneland produced notable movement on the Equibase leaderboard, particularly within the older female division, and they helped Saffie Joseph Jr. move up into second place among all trainers ranked by North American earnings in 2026.

Claret Beret, a 5-year-old mare by Not This Time, delivered a dominant performance in the Apple Blossom Handicap, drawing clear by 4 ½ lengths over heavily favored 2025 Eclipse Award champion Nitrogen at Oaklawn Park. Sent off at odds of 8.80-1, Claret Beret earned a career-best 114 Equibase Speed Figure, tying for the highest figure recorded in North America last week. Claret Beret has now captured back-to-back graded stakes, winning her last two starts by a combined 9 ½ lengths for Saffie Joseph Jr. with regular rider Micah Husbands aboard. With $784,940 in 2026 earnings, Claret Beret moved into first in the older female division and sixth in the overall leaderboard. Claret Beret is racing’s newest millionaire now with $1,115,834 in career earnings.

In Our Time, another 5-year-old mare by Not This Time trained by Joseph, matched Claret Beret for the highest recorded Equibase figure in North America last week. She earned a career-best 114 for her 1 ¾-length victory in the Giant’s Causeway Stakes Presented by Keeneland Select on Sunday at Keeneland. After finishing ninth in the Pegasus World Cup Filly and Mare Turf Invitational Stakes Presented by Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance to start her 5-year-old campaign, In Our Time rebounded sharply with the return to a turf sprint, securing her first career graded stakes victory. The performance moved her to 11^th in the older female division and vaulted her up the overall Equibase leaderboard to 60^th.

While Brad Cox continues to dominate the trainer standings, now with $8,909,077 in 2026 earnings, the aforementioned big wins from Saffie Joseph Jr.’s horses helped him lead all trainers last week by earnings with $1,087,721. Joseph moved into sole position in second with $7,273,001 in earnings for the year and is ahead of Steve Asmussen in third by $144,578.

The top five jockeys on the leaderboard remained the same, with overall leader Flavien Prat maintaining his position after topping all jockeys last week by earnings. Despite winning at just 13% for the week, Prat won the Maker’s Mark Mile Stakes, Jenny Wiley Stakes (in a dead heat) and the Giant’s Causeway Stakes at Keeneland and added $1,057,855 to his 2026 total earnings and stays in first by nearly $300,000.

Irad Ortiz Jr. remains second behind Prat and became the second jockey this year to surpass $8 million in 2026 earnings. Ortiz Jr. had five wins last week (17%) with $478,232 in earnings and remains ahead of Tyler Gaffalione in third by more than $1.5 million in earnings.

North American leaders lists for horses, jockeys, trainers and owners are available on equibase.com and you can filter the data to view by a wide variety of categories including age, sex, surface and race type. You can check out the current point standings for the Kentucky Derby and Oaks on the equibase.com homepage leaderboard.