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JOCKEY · 58th BY BIG-RACE WINS

Maurice Philipperon

91 wins in the world's richest races between 1968 and 1990, across 62 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 91
BIGGEST WIN £2.3m
RACES WON 62
FIRST AND LAST 1968 to 1990
COUNTRIES 3

When the wins came

91 wins from 1968 to 1990, in 2-year spells

Best spell: 1978-79, 20 wins

A list of winners sorted by date reads as one long run. Drawn, it has a shape: Maurice Philipperon took 20 of these 91 in 1978-79 alone.

The races Maurice Philipperon keeps winning

By number of wins

21 won more than once

Prix Morny 4 Prix de Fontainebleau 4 Poule d'Essai des Poulains 3 Prix du Moulin de Longchamp 3 Prix Maurice de Gheest 3 Prix Ganay 3 Prix Jacques Le Marois 2 Poule d'Essai des Pouliches 2 Prix Jean-Luc Lagardère 2 Prix de la Forêt 2 Prix de Royallieu 2 Prix Aga Khan IV (Prix d'Ispahan) 2

Every big race Maurice Philipperon has won

91 winners, newest first

62 different races

Year Race Horse Trainer Country Worth
1990 Hong Kong Derby Reliable Source Peter Ng Bik Kuen Hong Kong £2,280,000£2.3m
1989 Poule d'Essai des Poulains Kendor Raymond Touflan France £512,821
1989 Prix de Fontainebleau Kendor Raymond Touflan France £68,376
1988 Prix Gontaut-Biron Ruffle Edouard Bartholomew France £68,376
1988 Prix Jean-Luc Lagardère Kendor Raymond Touflan France £341,880
1987 Prix André Baboin Grand Fleuve John Cunnington Jr. France £44,444
1987 Prix Cléopâtre Birthday Fever John Cunnington Jr. France £68,376
1987 Prix de Cabourg First Waltz Edouard Bartholomew France £47,863
1987 Prix Morny First Waltz Edouard Bartholomew France £299,145
1986 Prix de Seine-et-Oise Parioli John Cunnington, Jr. France £68,376
1986 Prix du Muguet Apeldoorn Philippe Barbe France £111,111
1986 Prix du Petit Couvert Parioli John Cunnington Jr. France £68,376
1986 Prix Jean de Chaudenay Premier Role John Cunnington Jr. France £81,197
1985 Prix de Saint-Georges Parioli John Cunnington, Jr. France £47,863
1985 Prix de Seine-et-Oise Parioli John Cunnington, Jr. France £68,376
1985 Prix du Gros Chêne Parioli John Cunnington, Jr. France £111,111
1985 Prix du Palais-Royal Spectacular Joke John Cunnington Jr. France £68,376
1985 Prix Eclipse Beaujolaise Dominique Sépulchre France £68,376
1985 Prix Maurice de Gheest Spectacular Joke John Cunnington, Jr. France £324,786
1985 Prix Yacowlef River Dancer John Cunnington Jr. France £47,009
1984 Prix de Sandringham Blue Bell Pearl John Cunnington, Jr. France £111,111
1984 Prix du Petit Couvert Parioli John Cunnington Jr. France £68,376
1984 Prix Fille de l'Air Ahohoney J. C. Cunnington France £68,376
1984 Prix Isonomy Premier Role John Cunnington Jr. France £47,009
1983 Prix Bertrand du Breuil Pampabird John Cunnington Jr. France £68,376
1983 Prix Daniel Wildenstein Pampabird John Cunnington Jr. France £170,940
1983 Prix de Fontainebleau Castle Guard John Fellows France £68,376
1983 Prix de Psyché Green Reef John Cunnington Jr. France £47,863
1983 Prix du Moulin de Longchamp Luth Enchantee John Cunnington Jr. France £384,615
1983 Prix Jacques Le Marois Luth Enchantee John Cunnington Jr. France £854,701
1983 Prix Messidor Pampabird John Cunnington Jr. France £68,376
1983 Prix Omnium II Castle Guard John Fellows France £47,009
1983 Prix Rothschild Luth Enchantee John Cunnington Jr. France £256,410
1983 Prix Vanteaux Escaline John Fellows France £68,376
1982 Critérium de Saint-Cloud Escaline John Fellows France £213,675
1982 Grand Prix de Deauville Real Shadai John Cunnington Jr. France £170,940
1982 Prix Berteux Petit Montmorency John Fellows France £56,410
1982 Prix d'Arenberg Go Jogging John Cunnington, Jr. France £68,376
1982 Prix de la Porte Maillot Exclusive Order John Cunnington Jr. France £47,863
1982 Prix Maurice de Gheest Exclusive Order John Cunnington, Jr. France £324,786
1981 Prix Chaudenay Tipperary Fixer John Fellows France £170,940
1981 Prix de Guiche Silky Baby John Cunnington Jr. France £68,376
1981 Prix du Pin Princely Ruler John Cunnington, Jr. France £68,376
1981 Prix Gérald de Geoffre Tipperary Fixer John Fellows France £68,376
1981 Prix Kergorlay Tipperary Fixer John Fellows France £111,111
1980 La Coupe de Maisons-Laffitte Discretion John Cunnington Jr. France £68,376
1980 Poule d'Essai des Pouliches Aryenne John Fellows France £427,350
1980 Prix de la Grotte Aryenne John Fellows France £68,376
1980 Prix de Malleret Luth de Saron John Cunnington Jr. France £111,111
1980 Prix du Cadran Shafaraz Pierre Biancone France £256,410
1980 Prix du Conseil de Paris En Calcat John Cunnington Jr. France £111,111
1980 Prix Lupin Belgio John Cunnington Jr. France £170,940
1980 Prix Morny Ancien Régime John Fellows France £299,145
1980 Prix Vanteaux Luth de Saron John Cunnington Jr. France £68,376
1979 Grand Prix de Chantilly Noir et Or John Cunnington Jr. France £111,111
1979 Grand Prix de Deauville First Prayer Robert Collet France £170,940
1979 Poule d'Essai des Poulains Irish River John Cunnington Jr. France £512,821
1979 Preis des Winterfavoriten Aspros Theo Grieper Germany £132,479
1979 Prix Aga Khan IV (Prix d'Ispahan) Irish River John Cunnington Jr. France £213,675
1979 Prix d'Hédouville Noir et Or John Cunnington Jr. France £68,376
1979 Prix de Fontainebleau Irish River John Cunnington Jr. France £68,376
1979 Prix de Sandringham Cenerentola John Cunnington, Jr. France £111,111
1979 Prix des Réservoirs Light of Realm John Cunnington Jr. France £68,376
1979 Prix du Moulin de Longchamp Irish River John Cunnington Jr. France £384,615
1979 Prix Jacques Le Marois Irish River John Cunnington Jr. France £854,701
1978 Prix Daphnis Rusticaro Richard Carver Jr. France £68,376
1978 Prix de Barbeville Shafaraz Pierre Biancone France £68,376
1978 Prix des Chênes Discretion John Cunnington Jr. France £47,863
1978 Prix du Bois Irish River John Cunnington Jr. France £68,376
1978 Prix du Conseil de Paris Noir et Or John Cunnington Jr. France £111,111
1978 Prix Jean de Chaudenay Guadanini Richard Carver Jr. France £81,197
1978 Prix Jean-Luc Lagardère Irish River John Cunnington Jr. France £341,880
1978 Prix Maurice de Gheest King of Macedon John Cunnington France £324,786
1978 Prix Morny Irish River John Cunnington Jr. France £299,145
1977 Prix du Moulin de Longchamp Pharly John Cunnington Jr. France £384,615
1977 Prix Ganay Arctic Tern John Fellows France £256,410
1977 Prix Lupin Pharly John Cunnington Jr. France £170,940
1976 Prix de Fontainebleau Arctic Tern John Fellows France £68,376
1976 Prix de l'Opéra Dona Barod John Cunnington Jr. France £427,350
1976 Prix de la Forêt Pharly John Cunnington Jr. France £299,145
1976 Prix de Royallieu Paint the Town John Fellows France £256,410
1976 Prix des Chênes Silk Slipper John Cunnington France £47,863
1975 Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud Un Kopeck John Cunnington Jr. France £341,880
1975 Prix de Royallieu Gramy E. Chevalier du Fau France £256,410
1974 Poule d'Essai des Poulains Moulines Richard Carver Jr. France £512,821
1971 Prix Ganay Caro Albert Klimscha France £256,410
1970 Poule d'Essai des Pouliches Pampered Miss John Cunnington Jr. France £427,350
1970 Prix de la Forêt Stratege Richard Carver Jr. France £299,145
1970 Prix Ganay Grandier John Cunnington Jr. France £256,410
1969 Prix Aga Khan IV (Prix d'Ispahan) Grandier John Cunnington Jr. France £213,675
1968 Prix Morny Princeline John Cunnington Jr. France £299,145

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 Maurice Philipperon wins

3 countries

Country Wins Share Biggest race won there
France 89 98% Prix Jacques Le Marois
Hong Kong 1 1% Hong Kong Derby
Germany 1 1% Preis des Winterfavoriten

The riders either side

Ranked 58th of 216 on big-race wins

# Jockey Wins Races Span Biggest win
48 Eduardo Pedroza 101 55 2002 to 2026 £555,556
49 Kieren Fallon 97 65 1997 to 2015 £4,511,278£4.5m
50 José A. Santos 95 54 1986 to 2006 £5,263,158£5.3m
51 Jorge Velásquez 95 53 1968 to 1999 £5,263,158£5.3m
52 Robby Albarado 93 53 1998 to 2021 £9,022,556£9.0m
53 Walter Swinburn 93 68 1981 to 1998 £4,273,504£4.3m
54 Terence Hellier 92 45 1990 to 2012 £555,556
55 Jose L. Ortiz 91 59 2013 to 2026 £9,022,556£9.0m
56 Luis Saez 91 63 2013 to 2026 £9,022,556£9.0m
57 Kent Desormeaux 91 55 1992 to 2023 £3,759,399£3.8m
59 Ioritz Mendizabal 91 68 2003 to 2025 £1,282,051£1.3m
60 Alfred Gibert 88 59 1971 to 1990 £854,701
61 Andreas Suborics 88 56 1995 to 2015 £2,850,000£2.9m
62 Edgar Prado 87 56 1993 to 2020 £3,759,399£3.8m
63 Florent Geroux 86 60 2011 to 2026 £9,022,556£9.0m
64 Johnny Murtagh 86 56 1991 to 2013 £4,273,504£4.3m
65 Eddie Maple 86 48 1970 to 1997 £1,503,759£1.5m
66 Olivier Doleuze 86 57 1992 to 2018 £3,040,000£3.0m
67 Richard Johnson 86 51 1996 to 2019 £646,880
68 Georg Bocskai 85 33 1977 to 2000 £555,556

Frequently asked questions

How many big races has Maurice Philipperon won?

91, across 62 different races between 1968 and 1990. That is 58th of the 216 jockeys on this site.

What is the biggest race Maurice Philipperon has won?

the Hong Kong Derby, worth £2,280,000 and run in Hong Kong. Maurice Philipperon won it in 1990.

Which race has Maurice Philipperon won most often?

Prix Morny, 4 times at Deauville Racecourse. 21 of these races have gone to Maurice Philipperon more than once.

How much prize money has Maurice Philipperon 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: 91 wins, the biggest of them worth £2,280,000.

When did Maurice Philipperon win these races?

Between 1968 and 1990. The busiest spell was 1978-79, with 20 of them.

Where to next

The races Maurice Philipperon has won, and the riders around them

The races Maurice Philipperon has won

The riders either side

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