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JOCKEY · 134th BY BIG-RACE WINS

Alain Badel

46 wins in the world's richest races between 1977 and 2000, across 35 different races. The biggest is Prix Jacques Le Marois, worth £854,701.

Rolls of honour are kept race by race, so a rider's big-race record only exists once every one of them on this site has been read and turned sideways.

BIG-RACE WINS 46
BIGGEST WIN £855k
RACES WON 35
FIRST AND LAST 1977 to 2000
COUNTRIES 3

When the wins came

46 wins from 1977 to 2000, in 2-year spells

Best spell: 1984-85, 9 wins

A list of winners sorted by date reads as one long run. Drawn, it has a shape: Alain Badel took 9 of these 46 in 1984-85 alone.

The races Alain Badel keeps winning

By number of wins

8 won more than once

Prix Vermeille 3 Prix Saint-Alary 3 Prix Penelope 3 Prix Ganay 2 Critérium de Saint-Cloud 2 Prix de Malleret 2 Prix du Pin 2 Prix Exbury 2 Prix Jacques Le Marois 1 Poule d'Essai des Pouliches 1 Prix Guillaume d'Ornano 1 Prix du Cadran 1

Every big race Alain Badel has won

46 winners, newest first

35 different races

Year Race Horse Trainer Country Worth
2000 Prix Saint-Alary Reve d'Oscar Myriam Bollack-Badel France £213,675
1995 Prix du Cadran Always Earnest Myriam Bollack-Badel France £256,410
1995 Prix Gladiateur L'Ile Tudy Myriam Bollack-Badel France £68,376
1992 Premio Ambrosiano Funny Baby Myriam Bollack-Badel Italy £52,650
1992 Prix de Pomone Magic Night Philippe Demercastel France £111,111
1992 Prix Foy Magic Night Philippe Demercastel France £111,111
1991 Premio Omenoni Cardmania Myriam Bollack-Badel Italy £52,650
1991 Prix de Malleret Magic Night Philippe Demercastel France £111,111
1991 Prix du Pin Hello Pink Henri van de Poele France £68,376
1991 Prix Vermeille Magic Night Philippe Demercastel France £512,821
1990 Prix Penelope Air de Rien Myriam Bollack-Badel France £68,376
1990 Prix Saint-Alary Air de Rien Myriam Bollack-Badel France £213,675
1989 Prix de Malleret Young Mother Jean-Marie Béguigné France £111,111
1989 Prix Exbury Saint Andrews Jean-Marie Béguigné France £68,376
1989 Prix Ganay Saint Andrews Jean-Marie Béguigné France £256,410
1989 Prix Vermeille Young Mother Jean-Marie Béguigné France £512,821
1988 Prix Cléopâtre Indian Rose Jean-Marie Béguigné France £68,376
1988 Prix de Seine-et-Oise Bluebook Alain Falourd France £68,376
1988 Prix Ganay Saint Andrews Jean-Marie Béguigné France £256,410
1987 European Free Handicap Noble Minstrel Olivier Douieb Great Britain £35,000
1986 Prix André Baboin Yaka Alain Chelet France £44,444
1986 Prix Gontaut-Biron Over the Ocean Georges Mikhalidès France £68,376
1986 Prix Quincey Apeldoorn Philippe Barbe France £47,863
1985 Critérium de Maisons-Laffitte Lead on Time Olivier Douieb France £162,393
1985 Critérium de Saint-Cloud Fast Topaze Georges Mikhalidès France £213,675
1985 Prix Edmond Blanc Nikos J. C. Cunnington France £68,376
1985 Prix Fille de l'Air Ahohoney J. C. Cunnington France £68,376
1985 Prix Perth Over the Ocean Georges Mikhalidès France £68,376
1985 Prix Thomas Bryon Secret Form Pascal Bary France £68,376
1984 Prix Berteux Mont Basile Gérard Collet France £56,410
1984 Prix du Pin Nikos J. C. Cunnington France £68,376
1984 Prix Penelope Pampa Bella Jean-François Daubin France £68,376
1983 Poule d'Essai des Pouliches L'Attrayante Olivier Douieb France £427,350
1983 Prix d'Hédouville Marasali Olivier Douieb France £68,376
1983 Prix du Gros Chêne Gem Diamond C. da Meda France £111,111
1983 Prix Exbury Imyar André Fabre France £68,376
1983 Prix Maurice de Nieuil Load the Cannons Olivier Douieb France £111,111
1983 Prix Penelope Smuggly Olivier Douieb France £68,376
1983 Prix Saint-Alary Smuggly Olivier Douieb France £213,675
1980 Prix Guillaume d'Ornano Glenorum David Smaga France £341,880
1978 Critérium de Saint-Cloud Callio Jean Sens France £213,675
1978 Prix de Fontainebleau Kenmare François Mathet France £68,376
1978 Prix Jacques Le Marois Kenmare François Mathet France £854,701
1978 Prix La Force Dom Racine Olivier Douieb France £68,376
1977 Prix de Royallieu Trillion François Mathet France £256,410
1977 Prix Vermeille Kamicia Jean Laumain France £512,821

The figure on each row is what that race puts up today, which is the number that says how big a day it was. The prize itself goes to the owner and the jockey takes a percentage of it, set by the rules of the country the race is run in.

Where Alain Badel wins

3 countries

Country Wins Share Biggest race won there
France 43 93% Prix Jacques Le Marois
Italy 2 4% Premio Ambrosiano
Great Britain 1 2% European Free Handicap

The riders either side

Ranked 134th of 216 on big-race wins

# Jockey Wins Races Span Biggest win
124 Kent J. Desormeaux 49 34 1990 to 2019 £1,503,759£1.5m
125 Silvestre de Sousa 48 42 2011 to 2026 £9,022,556£9.0m
126 Manuel Ycaza 48 36 1958 to 1969 £1,503,759£1.5m
127 Julie Krone 48 40 1983 to 2003 £1,503,759£1.5m
128 Peter Remmert 48 25 1963 to 1988 £427,350
129 Donald Pierce 47 23 1959 to 1984 £939,850
130 Henri Samani 47 33 1971 to 1988 £854,701
131 Harry Skelton 47 36 2014 to 2026 £400,000
132 Todd Kabel 47 19 1990 to 2007 £536,800
133 Jean-Luc Samyn 46 35 1977 to 2007 £751,880
135 Torsten Mundry 46 34 1995 to 2008 £555,556
136 Tony Cruz 45 40 1983 to 1995 £3,800,000£3.8m
137 Lance O'Sullivan 45 17 1982 to 2003 £5,493,600£5.5m
138 Timmy Murphy 44 30 1997 to 2012 £375,000
139 Ted Atkinson 43 26 1944 to 1957 £1,503,759£1.5m
140 Fritz Drechsler 43 23 1960 to 1975 £341,880
141 William Mongil 43 39 1989 to 2009 £256,410
142 John L. Rotz 42 30 1956 to 1973 £1,503,759£1.5m
143 Michael Roberts 42 37 1986 to 2000 £5,493,600£5.5m
144 Grégory Benoist 42 32 2009 to 2022 £854,701

Frequently asked questions

How many big races has Alain Badel won?

46, across 35 different races between 1977 and 2000. That is 134th of the 216 jockeys on this site.

What is the biggest race Alain Badel has won?

Prix Jacques Le Marois, worth £854,701 and run in France. Alain Badel won it in 1978.

Which race has Alain Badel won most often?

Prix Vermeille, 3 times at Longchamp Racecourse. 8 of these races have gone to Alain Badel more than once.

How much prize money has Alain Badel won?

The prize goes to the owner, and the jockey takes a percentage of it set by the rules of the country the race is run in. What this page holds is the races themselves: 46 wins, the biggest of them worth £854,701.

When did Alain Badel win these races?

Between 1977 and 2000. The busiest spell was 1984-85, with 9 of them.

Where to next

The races Alain Badel has won, and the riders around them

The races Alain Badel has won

The riders either side

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