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JOCKEY · 184th BY BIG-RACE WINS

Geoff Lewis

35 wins in the world's richest races between 1960 and 1977, across 26 different races. The biggest is Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, worth £4,273,504.

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 35
BIGGEST WIN £4.3m
RACES WON 26
FIRST AND LAST 1960 to 1977
COUNTRIES 4

When the wins came

35 wins from 1960 to 1977, in 2-year spells

Best spell: 1970-71, 7 wins

A list of winners sorted by date reads as one long run. Drawn, it has a shape: Geoff Lewis took 7 of these 35 in 1970-71 alone.

The races Geoff Lewis keeps winning

By number of wins

7 won more than once

Greenham Stakes 3 Esher Cup 3 St James's Palace Stakes 2 Gordon Stakes 2 Dante Stakes 2 Craven Stakes 2 Blue Riband Trial Stakes 2 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe 1 Epsom Derby 1 Irish Derby 1 Deutsches Derby 1 2000 Guineas Stakes 1

Every big race Geoff Lewis has won

35 winners, newest first

26 different races

Year Race Horse Trainer Country Worth
1977 Gerling-Preis Windwurf Heinz Gummelt Germany £59,829
1977 Grosser Preis der Landeshauptstadt Düsseldorf Windwurf Heinz Gummelt Germany £47,009
1977 Grosser Preis von Baden Windwurf Heinz Gummelt Germany £341,880
1977 Grosser Preis von Berlin Windwurf Heinz Gummelt Germany £132,479
1976 Jersey Stakes Gwent Bruce Hobbs Great Britain £110,000
1975 Esher Cup Chil The Kite Bruce Hobbs Great Britain £45,000
1974 Dante Stakes Honoured Guest Noel Murless Great Britain £192,200
1973 Blue Riband Trial Stakes Gospill Hill Noel Murless Great Britain £50,000
1973 Dante Stakes Owen Dudley Noel Murless Great Britain £192,200
1973 Deutsches St. Leger Tannenberg Heinz Gummelt Germany £42,735
1973 Esher Cup Flambeau Bruce Hobbs Great Britain £45,000
1972 Craven Stakes Leicester Noel Murless Great Britain £85,000
1972 Deutsches Derby Tarim Georg Zuber Germany £555,556
1972 Prix Ganay Mill Reef Ian Balding France £256,410
1971 Epsom Derby Mill Reef Ian Balding Great Britain £1,500,000£1.5m
1971 Greenham Stakes Mill Reef Ian Balding Great Britain £55,000
1971 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe Mill Reef Ian Balding France £4,273,504£4.3m
1970 Esher Cup Mon Plaisir Harold Wallington Great Britain £45,000
1970 European Free Handicap Shiny Tenth Atty Corbett Great Britain £35,000
1970 Gordon Stakes Rock Roi Peter Walwyn Great Britain £200,000
1970 Lingfield Derby Trial Meadowville Michael Jarvis Great Britain £60,000
1969 2000 Guineas Stakes Right Tack John Sutcliffe Jr. Great Britain £525,000
1969 Irish 2,000 Guineas Right Tack John Sutcliffe Jr. Ireland £393,162
1969 Irish Derby Prince Regent Etienne Pollet Ireland £854,701
1969 St James's Palace Stakes Right Tack John Sutcliffe Great Britain £650,000
1967 King George V Stakes Sharavogue Ian Balding Great Britain £110,000
1965 Craven Stakes Corifi Staff Ingham Great Britain £85,000
1965 Greenham Stakes Silly Season Ian Balding Great Britain £55,000
1965 Hampton Court Stakes Goupi Staff Ingham Great Britain £150,000
1965 St James's Palace Stakes Silly Season Ian Balding Great Britain £650,000
1962 King Edward VII Stakes Gaul Peter Hastings-Bass Great Britain £250,500
1961 Sandown Classic Trial Just Great Staff Ingham Great Britain £85,000
1960 Blue Riband Trial Stakes Vienna Walter Nightingall Great Britain £50,000
1960 Gordon Stakes Kipling Peter Hastings-Bass Great Britain £200,000
1960 Greenham Stakes Filipepi Ron Smyth Great Britain £55,000

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 Geoff Lewis wins

4 countries

Country Wins Share Biggest race won there
Great Britain 25 71% Epsom Derby
Germany 6 17% Deutsches Derby
France 2 6% Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe
Ireland 2 6% Irish Derby

The riders either side

Ranked 184th of 216 on big-race wins

# Jockey Wins Races Span Biggest win
174 Mick Fitzgerald 38 29 1994 to 2008 £646,880
175 Robert Thornton 38 27 1997 to 2014 £450,000
176 Kevin Woodburn 38 26 1986 to 2001 £555,556
177 Brian Hernandez Jr. 37 31 2006 to 2026 £5,263,158£5.3m
178 Ron Turcotte 37 31 1962 to 1977 £3,759,399£3.8m
179 Eurico Rosa da Silva 37 19 2007 to 2019 £536,800
180 Kevin Manning 36 18 1988 to 2021 £3,800,000£3.8m
181 Tom Marquand 36 32 2018 to 2026 £751,880
182 Carl Llewellyn 36 25 1988 to 2006 £250,000
183 Garrett Gomez 35 29 1994 to 2012 £5,263,158£5.3m
185 Alex O. Solis 35 20 1985 to 2015 £1,127,820£1.1m
186 Norman Williamson 35 29 1990 to 2003 £646,880
187 Aurelien Lemaitre 35 31 2015 to 2026 £854,701
188 Noel Fehily 35 29 2004 to 2019 £450,000
189 Bauyrzhan Murzabayev 35 27 2017 to 2026 £555,556
190 Kerrin McEvoy 34 25 2000 to 2022 £10,582,011£10.6m
191 Don MacBeth 34 27 1971 to 1986 £5,493,600£5.5m
192 Andrea Atzeni 34 32 2012 to 2023 £4,511,278£4.5m
193 Christy Roche 34 18 1972 to 1998 £1,500,000£1.5m
194 Pat Taaffe 34 15 1953 to 1970 £1,000,000£1.0m

Frequently asked questions

How many big races has Geoff Lewis won?

35, across 26 different races between 1960 and 1977. That is 184th of the 216 jockeys on this site.

What is the biggest race Geoff Lewis has won?

Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, worth £4,273,504 and run in France. Geoff Lewis won it in 1971.

Which race has Geoff Lewis won most often?

the Greenham Stakes, 3 times at Newbury Racecourse. 7 of these races have gone to Geoff Lewis more than once.

How much prize money has Geoff Lewis 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: 35 wins, the biggest of them worth £4,273,504.

When did Geoff Lewis win these races?

Between 1960 and 1977. The busiest spell was 1970-71, with 7 of them.

Where to next

The races Geoff Lewis has won, and the riders around them

The races Geoff Lewis has won

The riders either side

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