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JOCKEY · 144th BY BIG-RACE WINS

Grégory Benoist

42 wins in the world's richest races between 2009 and 2022, across 31 different races. The biggest is Prix de Diane, 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 42
BIGGEST WIN £855k
RACES WON 31
FIRST AND LAST 2009 to 2022
COUNTRIES 1

When the wins came

42 wins from 2009 to 2022, in 2-year spells

Best spell: 2014-15, 11 wins

A list of winners sorted by date reads as one long run. Drawn, it has a shape: Grégory Benoist took 11 of these 42 in 2014-15 alone.

The races Grégory Benoist keeps winning

By number of wins

9 won more than once

Prix Chaudenay 3 Prix Niel 2 Prix Djebel 2 Prix Miesque 2 Prix Edmond Blanc 2 Prix de Fontainebleau 2 Prix La Flèche 2 Prix Isonomy 2 Prix Juigné 2 Prix de Diane 1 Prix Vermeille 1 Poule d'Essai des Pouliches 1

Every big race Grégory Benoist has won

42 winners, newest first

31 different races

Year Race Horse Trainer Country Worth
2022 Prix de Meautry Bouttemont Yann Barberot France £68,376
2022 Prix Niel Simca Mille Stephane Wattel France £111,111
2022 Prix Texanita Kingentleman Pia & Joakim Brandt France £68,376
2022 Prix Vermeille Sweet Lady Francis-Henri Graffard France £512,821
2021 Prix Djebel Fast Raaj Yann Barberot France £68,376
2017 Prix Aga Khan IV (Prix d'Ispahan) Mekhtaal Jean-Claude Rouget France £213,675
2017 Prix Djebel Al Wukair André Fabre France £68,376
2017 Prix Miesque Sweety Dream Pascal Bary France £68,376
2016 Prix Chaudenay Doha Dream André Fabre France £170,940
2016 Prix Edmond Blanc Maimara Mikel Delzangles France £68,376
2016 Prix Isonomy Al Wukair André Fabre France £47,009
2016 Prix Jean Prat Zelzal Jean-Claude Rouget France £341,880
2016 Prix Rothschild Qemah Jean-Claude Rouget France £256,410
2016 Prix Saint-Alary Jemayel Jean-Claude Rouget France £213,675
2015 Prix de Cabourg Tourny Pascal Bary France £47,863
2015 Prix de Lieurey Maimara Mikel Delzangles France £68,376
2015 Prix Edmond Blanc Kalsa Robert Collet France £68,376
2015 Prix Juigné Vision des Aigles Francis-Henri Graffard France £21,368
2015 Prix La Flèche Venecia Style Philippe Sogorb France £51,282
2014 Poule d'Essai des Pouliches Avenir Certain Jean-Claude Rouget France £427,350
2014 Prix Chaudenay Auvray Élie Lellouche France £170,940
2014 Prix de Diane Avenir Certain Jean-Claude Rouget France £854,701
2014 Prix de Fontainebleau Ectot Élie Lellouche France £68,376
2014 Prix Gérald de Geoffre Auvray Élie Lellouche France £68,376
2014 Prix Niel Ectot Élie Lellouche France £111,111
2013 Critérium International Ectot Élie Lellouche France £213,675
2013 Prix du Muguet Don Bosco David Smaga France £111,111
2013 Prix La Flèche Vorda Philippe Sogorb France £51,282
2013 Prix Robert Papin Vorda Philippe Sogorb France £111,111
2013 Prix Six Perfections Lacarolina Jean-Claude Rouget France £47,863
2012 Prix Chaudenay Canticum David Smaga France £170,940
2012 Prix de Condé Morandi Jean-Claude Rouget France £68,376
2012 Prix de Fontainebleau Dragon Pulse Mikel Delzangles France £68,376
2012 Prix de Royaumont Sediciosa Yann Barberot France £68,376
2012 Prix Minerve Forces of Darkness Fabrice Vermeulen France £68,376
2011 Prix de Barbeville Dunaden Mikel Delzangles France £68,376
2011 Prix du Palais-Royal Sahpresa Rod Collet France £68,376
2011 Prix Juigné Mr Chance David Smaga France £21,368
2010 Prix Isonomy Whip and Win Robert Collet France £47,009
2010 Prix Penelope Dariole Pascal Bary France £68,376
2009 Prix Miesque Lixirova David Smaga France £68,376

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.

The riders either side

Ranked 144th of 216 on big-race wins

# Jockey Wins Races Span Biggest win
134 Alain Badel 46 35 1977 to 2000 £854,701
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
145 Andrzej Tylicki 42 25 1981 to 1997 £555,556
146 Bill Hartack 41 26 1956 to 1972 £3,759,399£3.8m
147 Ramon Domínguez 41 27 1999 to 2012 £3,759,399£3.8m
148 Don Brumfield 41 29 1964 to 1988 £1,503,759£1.5m
149 Manny Franco 41 33 2014 to 2026 £1,503,759£1.5m
150 Alan Garcia 41 37 2005 to 2015 £1,879,699£1.9m
151 Darrel McHargue 41 33 1974 to 1986 £1,503,759£1.5m
152 Jeffrey Fell 41 33 1974 to 1986 £939,850
153 Sir Gordon Richards 41 16 1929 to 1954 £1,500,000£1.5m
154 Paddy Brennan 41 32 2005 to 2023 £646,880

Frequently asked questions

How many big races has Grégory Benoist won?

42, across 31 different races between 2009 and 2022. That is 144th of the 216 jockeys on this site.

What is the biggest race Grégory Benoist has won?

Prix de Diane, worth £854,701 and run in France. Grégory Benoist won it in 2014.

Which race has Grégory Benoist won most often?

Prix Chaudenay, 3 times at Longchamp Racecourse. 9 of these races have gone to Grégory Benoist more than once.

How much prize money has Grégory Benoist 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: 42 wins, the biggest of them worth £854,701.

When did Grégory Benoist win these races?

Between 2009 and 2022. The busiest spell was 2014-15, with 11 of them.

Where to next

The races Grégory Benoist has won, and the riders around them

The races Grégory Benoist has won

The riders either side

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