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JOCKEY · 96th BY BIG-RACE WINS

Joe Mercer

62 wins in the world's richest races between 1955 and 1984, across 30 different races. The biggest is the Hong Kong Derby, worth £2,280,000.

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 62
BIGGEST WIN £2.3m
RACES WON 30
FIRST AND LAST 1955 to 1984
COUNTRIES 6

When the wins came

62 wins from 1955 to 1984, in 3-year spells

Best spell: 1974-76, 11 wins

A list of winners sorted by date reads as one long run. Drawn, it has a shape: Joe Mercer took 11 of these 62 in 1974-76 alone.

The races Joe Mercer keeps winning

By number of wins

17 won more than once

Greenham Stakes 5 St Leger Stakes 4 King Edward VII Stakes 4 Cocked Hat Stakes 4 Lingfield Derby Trial 4 Great Voltigeur Stakes 3 Chester Vase 3 Dee Stakes 3 Sandown Classic Trial 3 St James's Palace Stakes 2 Dante Stakes 2 Hampton Court Stakes 2

Every big race Joe Mercer has won

62 winners, newest first

30 different races

Year Race Horse Trainer Country Worth
1984 Greenham Stakes Creag-An-Sgor Charlie Nelson Great Britain £55,000
1984 Premio Roma Yawa Geoff Lewis Italy £206,838
1983 Hessen-Pokal Hill's Pageant Peter Walwyn Germany £47,009
1983 Thoroughbred Stakes Page Blanche Paul Kelleway Great Britain £100,000
1982 Cocked Hat Stakes Peacetime Jeremy Tree Great Britain £60,000
1982 Hong Kong Derby Football Derek Cheng Tai-chee Hong Kong £2,280,000£2.3m
1981 March Stakes Capstan Dick Hern Great Britain £100,000
1981 St Leger Stakes Cut Above Dick Hern Great Britain £700,000
1980 Dante Stakes Hello Gorgeous Henry Cecil Great Britain £192,200
1980 King Edward VII Stakes Light Cavalry Henry Cecil Great Britain £250,500
1980 Lingfield Derby Trial Ginistrelli Henry Cecil Great Britain £60,000
1980 St Leger Stakes Light Cavalry Henry Cecil Great Britain £700,000
1979 Craven Stakes Lyphard's Wish Henry Cecil Great Britain £85,000
1979 Dante Stakes Lyphard's Wish Henry Cecil Great Britain £192,200
1979 Greenham Stakes Kris Henry Cecil Great Britain £55,000
1979 Heron Stakes Kris Henry Cecil Great Britain £45,000
1979 Lingfield Derby Trial Milford Dick Hern Great Britain £60,000
1979 Newmarket Stakes Masked Marvel Henry Cecil Great Britain £55,000
1979 St James's Palace Stakes Kris Henry Cecil Great Britain £650,000
1979 Thoroughbred Stakes Tahitian King Henry Cecil Great Britain £100,000
1978 March Stakes Le Moss Henry Cecil Great Britain £100,000
1977 Cocked Hat Stakes Royal Blend Henry Cecil Great Britain £60,000
1977 Dee Stakes Royal Plume Henry Cecil Great Britain £100,000
1976 2,000 Guineas Trial Stakes Relkino Dick Hern Great Britain £20,000
1976 Gordon Stakes Smuggler Dick Hern Great Britain £200,000
1976 Sandown Classic Trial Riboboy Dick Hern Great Britain £85,000
1975 Grosser Preis von Bayern Lord Udo Theo Grieper Germany £128,205
1975 King Edward VII Stakes Sea Anchor Dick Hern Great Britain £250,500
1975 King George V Stakes Zimbalon Dick Hern Great Britain £110,000
1974 Great Voltigeur Stakes Bustino Dick Hern Great Britain £250,000
1974 Lingfield Derby Trial Bustino Dick Hern Great Britain £60,000
1974 Prix de Diane Highclere Dick Hern France £854,701
1974 Sandown Classic Trial Bustino Dick Hern Great Britain £85,000
1974 St Leger Stakes Bustino Dick Hern Great Britain £700,000
1973 Cocked Hat Stakes Buoy Dick Hern Great Britain £60,000
1973 Great Voltigeur Stakes Buoy Dick Hern Great Britain £250,000
1973 Greenham Stakes Boldboy Dick Hern Great Britain £55,000
1973 Irish 2,000 Guineas Sharp Edge Dick Hern Ireland £393,162
1971 2000 Guineas Stakes Brigadier Gerard Dick Hern Great Britain £525,000
1971 Dee Stakes Colum Dick Hern Great Britain £100,000
1971 King Edward VII Stakes Sea Friend Paddy Prendergast Great Britain £250,500
1971 Lingfield Derby Trial Homeric Dick Hern Great Britain £60,000
1971 St James's Palace Stakes Brigadier Gerard Dick Hern Great Britain £650,000
1970 Cocked Hat Stakes Charlton Dick Hern Great Britain £60,000
1970 Prix Vermeille Highest Hopes Dick Hern France £512,821
1969 2,000 Guineas Trial Stakes Ribofilio Fulke Johnson Houghton Great Britain £20,000
1969 Grosser Preis von Bayern Akari Arthur-Paul Schlaefke Germany £128,205
1968 Chester Vase Remand Dick Hern Great Britain £140,000
1968 Craven Stakes Petingo Sam Armstrong Great Britain £85,000
1968 Greenham Stakes Heathen Dick Hern Great Britain £55,000
1965 King Edward VII Stakes Convamore Ron Smyth Great Britain £250,500
1965 Sandown Classic Trial Nearside Dick Hern Great Britain £85,000
1965 St Leger Stakes Provoke Dick Hern Great Britain £700,000
1964 Chester Vase Indiana Jack Watts Great Britain £140,000
1962 Dee Stakes Persian Wonder Jack Colling Great Britain £100,000
1962 Hampton Court Stakes Darling Boy Jack Colling Great Britain £150,000
1961 Chester Vase Sovrango Harry Wragg Great Britain £140,000
1961 Hampton Court Stakes Brocade Slipper Jack Colling Great Britain £150,000
1959 Irish Derby Fidalgo Harry Wragg Ireland £854,701
1956 Great Voltigeur Stakes Hornbeam Robert Colling Great Britain £250,000
1955 European Free Handicap Counsel Jack Colling Great Britain £35,000
1955 Greenham Stakes Counsel Jack Colling 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 Joe Mercer wins

6 countries

Country Wins Share Biggest race won there
Great Britain 53 85% St Leger Stakes
Germany 3 5% Grosser Preis von Bayern
France 2 3% Prix de Diane
Ireland 2 3% Irish Derby
Hong Kong 1 2% Hong Kong Derby
Italy 1 2% Premio Roma

The riders either side

Ranked 96th of 216 on big-race wins

# Jockey Wins Races Span Biggest win
86 Opie Bosson 70 24 1998 to 2026 £2,645,503£2.6m
87 Jamie Spencer 69 56 2001 to 2025 £4,511,278£4.5m
88 Jorge Chavez 67 47 1990 to 2010 £3,759,399£3.8m
89 Guy Guignard 67 52 1981 to 1997 £427,350
90 Shane Sellers 66 47 1990 to 2004 £3,759,399£3.8m
91 Davy Bonilla 65 54 1998 to 2012 £854,701
92 Peter Alafi 65 35 1961 to 1989 £555,556
93 Pat Valenzuela 64 45 1980 to 2011 £3,759,399£3.8m
94 Richard Migliore 64 46 1984 to 2009 £939,850
95 Sylvain Guillot 64 51 1992 to 2000 £854,701
97 Jose Lezcano 60 50 2006 to 2025 £2,631,579£2.6m
98 Edgar S. Prado 60 39 1998 to 2016 £1,503,759£1.5m
99 Richard Quinn 60 49 1983 to 2005 £700,000
100 Gary W. Moore 59 49 1975 to 1990 £4,273,504£4.3m
101 Tyler Gaffalione 58 48 2017 to 2026 £2,631,579£2.6m
102 Paul Townend 58 31 2011 to 2026 £1,000,000£1.0m
103 Harry Cobden 58 34 2016 to 2026 £250,000
104 Nico de Boinville 57 34 2014 to 2026 £646,880
105 Jacinto Vásquez 56 40 1967 to 1992 £3,759,399£3.8m
106 Julien Leparoux 56 45 2006 to 2025 £1,503,759£1.5m

Frequently asked questions

How many big races has Joe Mercer won?

62, across 30 different races between 1955 and 1984. That is 96th of the 216 jockeys on this site.

What is the biggest race Joe Mercer has won?

the Hong Kong Derby, worth £2,280,000 and run in Hong Kong. Joe Mercer won it in 1982.

Which race has Joe Mercer won most often?

the Greenham Stakes, 5 times at Newbury Racecourse. 17 of these races have gone to Joe Mercer more than once.

How much prize money has Joe Mercer 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: 62 wins, the biggest of them worth £2,280,000.

When did Joe Mercer win these races?

Between 1955 and 1984. The busiest spell was 1974-76, with 11 of them.

Where to next

The races Joe Mercer has won, and the riders around them

The races Joe Mercer has won

The riders either side

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