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JOCKEY · 113th BY BIG-RACE WINS

Michael Hills

53 wins in the world's richest races between 1988 and 2011, across 35 different races. The biggest is the Hong Kong Cup, worth £3,800,000.

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 53
BIGGEST WIN £3.8m
RACES WON 35
FIRST AND LAST 1988 to 2011
COUNTRIES 7

When the wins came

53 wins from 1988 to 2011, in 2-year spells

Best spell: 1994-95, 10 wins

A list of winners sorted by date reads as one long run. Drawn, it has a shape: Michael Hills took 10 of these 53 in 1994-95 alone.

The races Michael Hills keeps winning

By number of wins

10 won more than once

Chester Vase 4 Dee Stakes 4 King Edward VII Stakes 3 Sandown Classic Trial 3 Blue Riband Trial Stakes 3 Esher Cup 3 Thoroughbred Stakes 2 Cocked Hat Stakes 2 Feilden Stakes 2 European Free Handicap 2 Hong Kong Cup 1 Dubai Golden Shaheen 1

Every big race Michael Hills has won

53 winners, newest first

35 different races

Year Race Horse Trainer Country Worth
2011 Blue Riband Trial Stakes Slumber Barry Hills Great Britain £50,000
2010 European Free Handicap Red Jazz Barry Hills Great Britain £35,000
2010 Sir Henry Cecil Stakes Critical Moment Barry Hills Great Britain £25,500
2010 Thoroughbred Stakes Critical Moment Barry Hills Great Britain £100,000
2009 Feilden Stakes Redwood Barry Hills Great Britain £55,000
2009 Sandown Classic Trial Above Average Barry Hills Great Britain £85,000
2007 Esher Cup Desert Dew Barry Hills Great Britain £45,000
2007 European Free Handicap Prime Defender Barry Hills Great Britain £35,000
2007 Sandy Lane Stakes Prime Defender Barry Hills Great Britain £125,000
2006 Craven Stakes Killybegs Barry Hills Great Britain £85,000
2006 Greenham Stakes Red Clubs Barry Hills Great Britain £55,000
2003 Dubai Golden Shaheen State City Paddy Rudkin United Arab Emirates £1,503,759£1.5m
2003 Noel Murless Stakes Hilbre Island Brian Meehan Great Britain £100,000
2002 Prix Robert Papin Never a Doubt Barry Hills France £111,111
2001 Blue Riband Trial Stakes Storming Home Barry Hills Great Britain £50,000
2001 Chester Vase Mr Combustible Barry Hills Great Britain £140,000
2001 King Edward VII Stakes Storming Home Barry Hills Great Britain £250,500
2001 Sandown Classic Trial Chancellor Barry Hills Great Britain £85,000
1999 Badener Meile Docksider John Hills Germany £59,829
1999 Chester Vase Peshtigo Barry Hills Great Britain £140,000
1999 Esher Cup Tiger Talk Barry Hills Great Britain £45,000
1999 Feilden Stakes Golden Snake Barry Hills Great Britain £55,000
1999 Meilen-Trophy Docksider John Hills Germany £59,829
1999 Premio Elena e Sergio Cumani Alabaq John Dunlop Italy £65,812
1999 Prix Jean Prat Golden Snake Barry Hills France £341,880
1998 Blue Riband Trial Stakes The Glow-Worm Barry Hills Great Britain £50,000
1998 Chester Vase Gulland Geoff Wragg Great Britain £140,000
1997 Esher Cup Amyas Barry Hills Great Britain £45,000
1997 Grosser Preis der Landeshauptstadt Düsseldorf Crimson Tide John Hills Germany £47,009
1997 Prix Aga Khan IV (Prix d'Ispahan) Sasuru Geoff Wragg France £213,675
1996 Dee Stakes Prize Giving Geoff Wragg Great Britain £100,000
1996 Epsom Derby Shaamit William Haggas Great Britain £1,500,000£1.5m
1996 Hong Kong Cup First Island Geoff Wragg Hong Kong £3,800,000£3.8m
1996 Prix Guillaume d'Ornano Sasuru Geoff Wragg France £341,880
1995 Cocked Hat Stakes Pentire Geoff Wragg Great Britain £60,000
1995 Dee Stakes Pentire Geoff Wragg Great Britain £100,000
1995 Great Voltigeur Stakes Pentire Geoff Wragg Great Britain £250,000
1995 King Edward VII Stakes Pentire Geoff Wragg Great Britain £250,500
1995 Premio Vittorio di Capua Nicolotte Geoff Wragg Italy £235,043
1995 Sandown Classic Trial Pentire Geoff Wragg Great Britain £85,000
1994 Chester Vase Broadway Flyer John Hills Great Britain £140,000
1994 Gordon Stakes Broadway Flyer John Hills Great Britain £200,000
1994 Prix Morny Hoh Magic Michael Bell France £299,145
1994 Queen's Vase Silver Wedge Geoff Lewis Great Britain £262,500
1993 Dee Stakes Beneficial Geoff Wragg Great Britain £100,000
1993 King Edward VII Stakes Beneficial Geoff Wragg Great Britain £250,500
1993 Premio Regina Elena Ancestral Dancer Michael Bell Italy £91,255
1993 Zukunfts-Rennen Owington Geoff Wragg Germany £47,009
1992 Cocked Hat Stakes Jeune Geoff Wragg Great Britain £60,000
1990 Gallinule Stakes Missionary Ridge Barry Hills Ireland £42,735
1989 Dee Stakes Free Sweater Barry Hills Great Britain £100,000
1988 Prix de l'Abbaye de Longchamp Handsome Sailor Barry Hills France £299,145
1988 Thoroughbred Stakes Literati Barry Hills Great Britain £100,000

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 Michael Hills wins

7 countries

Country Wins Share Biggest race won there
Great Britain 37 70% Epsom Derby
France 6 11% Prix Jean Prat
Germany 4 8% Badener Meile
Italy 3 6% Premio Vittorio di Capua
Hong Kong 1 2% Hong Kong Cup
United Arab Emirates 1 2% Dubai Golden Shaheen
Ireland 1 2% Gallinule Stakes

The riders either side

Ranked 113th of 216 on big-race wins

# Jockey Wins Races Span Biggest win
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
107 Oisin Murphy 56 47 2015 to 2026 £5,493,600£5.5m
108 Johnny Longden 55 29 1936 to 1964 £3,759,399£3.8m
109 Joe Bravo 55 42 1994 to 2022 £1,503,759£1.5m
110 John Velazquez 54 35 1995 to 2024 £9,022,556£9.0m
111 Umberto Rispoli 54 45 2008 to 2025 £2,850,000£2.9m
112 David R. Flores 53 42 1991 to 2013 £1,879,699£1.9m
114 Thierry Gillet 53 44 1993 to 2008 £4,273,504£4.3m
115 Yutaka Take 52 31 1994 to 2024 £5,493,600£5.5m
116 Andreas Helfenbein 52 31 1992 to 2022 £427,350
117 Zac Purton 51 18 2010 to 2026 £10,582,011£10.6m
118 Martin Garcia 51 37 2010 to 2025 £5,263,158£5.3m
119 Chris Antley 51 44 1984 to 1999 £3,759,399£3.8m
120 Patrick Husbands 51 20 1999 to 2024 £751,880
121 Randy Romero 50 40 1980 to 1996 £1,503,759£1.5m
122 Peter Scudamore 50 30 1981 to 1993 £450,000
123 Junior Alvarado 49 38 2012 to 2026 £3,950,000£4.0m

Frequently asked questions

How many big races has Michael Hills won?

53, across 35 different races between 1988 and 2011. That is 113th of the 216 jockeys on this site.

What is the biggest race Michael Hills has won?

the Hong Kong Cup, worth £3,800,000 and run in Hong Kong. Michael Hills won it in 1996.

Which race has Michael Hills won most often?

Chester Vase, 4 times at Chester Racecourse. 10 of these races have gone to Michael Hills more than once.

How much prize money has Michael Hills 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: 53 wins, the biggest of them worth £3,800,000.

When did Michael Hills win these races?

Between 1988 and 2011. The busiest spell was 1994-95, with 10 of them.

Where to next

The races Michael Hills has won, and the riders around them

The races Michael Hills has won

The riders either side

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