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JOCKEY · 143rd BY BIG-RACE WINS

Michael Roberts

42 wins in the world's richest races between 1986 and 2000, across 36 different races. The biggest is the Japan Cup, worth £5,493,600.

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 £5.5m
RACES WON 36
FIRST AND LAST 1986 to 2000
COUNTRIES 7

When the wins came

42 wins from 1986 to 2000, in 2-year spells

Best spell: 1990-91, 14 wins

A list of winners sorted by date reads as one long run. Drawn, it has a shape: Michael Roberts took 14 of these 42 in 1990-91 alone.

The races Michael Roberts keeps winning

By number of wins

7 won more than once

Premio Vittorio di Capua 3 Premio Lydia Tesio 2 Hampton Court Stakes 2 Premio Presidente della Repubblica 2 Hessen-Pokal 2 Hamburger Stuten-Preis 2 European Free Handicap 2 Japan Cup 1 2000 Guineas Stakes 1 Derby Italiano 1 Durban July Handicap 1 Irish 2,000 Guineas 1

Every big race Michael Roberts has won

42 winners, newest first

36 different races

Year Race Horse Trainer Country Worth
2000 Sandy Lane Stakes Lincoln Dancer Michael Jarvis Great Britain £125,000
1999 Easter Stakes Dehoush Alec Stewart Great Britain £40,000
1999 Premio Primi Passi Palanca Heinz Jentzsch Italy £65,812
1997 Durban July Handicap Super Quality David Ferraris South Africa £427,000
1996 Badener Sprint-Cup Branston Abby Mark Johnston Germany £42,735
1996 Gallinule Stakes Needle Gun Clive Brittain Ireland £42,735
1996 Hessen-Pokal Dankeston Michael Bell Germany £47,009
1995 Gran Premio di Milano Lando Heinz Jentzsch Italy £206,838
1995 Japan Cup Lando Heinz Jentzsch Japan £5,493,600£5.5m
1995 Silberne Peitsche Branston Abby Mark Johnston Germany £47,009
1994 Frühjahrs-Meile Ventiquattrofogli John Dunlop Germany £47,009
1994 Gran Premio del Jockey Club Lando Heinz Jentzsch Italy £235,043
1994 Hampton Court Stakes Rudagi Clive Brittain Great Britain £150,000
1994 Premio Carlo Vittadini Alflora Clive Brittain Italy £103,419
1994 Premio Tudini Fred Bongusto Roberto Brogi Italy £75,214
1993 Irish 2,000 Guineas Barathea Luca Cumani Ireland £393,162
1993 March Stakes Shaiba Michael Stoute Great Britain £100,000
1993 Prix Dollar Knifebox John Gosden France £170,940
1992 Esher Cup Irek Lord Huntingdon Great Britain £45,000
1992 Premio Presidente della Repubblica Sikeston Clive Brittain Italy £140,000
1992 Prix du Conseil de Paris Garden of Heaven Clive Brittain France £111,111
1991 2000 Guineas Stakes Mystiko Clive Brittain Great Britain £525,000
1991 European Free Handicap Mystiko Clive Brittain Great Britain £35,000
1991 Hamburger Stuten-Preis Palanga Peter Rau Germany £47,009
1991 Hampton Court Stakes Luchiroverte Clive Brittain Great Britain £150,000
1991 Hessen-Pokal Sir Felix Mario Hofer Germany £47,009
1991 Premio Presidente della Repubblica Sikeston Clive Brittain Italy £140,000
1991 Premio Roma Sikeston Clive Brittain Italy £206,838
1991 Premio Vittorio di Capua Sikeston Clive Brittain Italy £235,043
1991 Sandown Classic Trial Hailsham Clive Brittain Great Britain £85,000
1991 Union-Rennen Leone Uwe Ostmann Germany £59,829
1990 Premio Dormello Brockette John Dunlop Italy £103,419
1990 Premio Ribot Sikeston Clive Brittain Italy £34,509
1990 Premio Vittorio di Capua Sikeston Clive Brittain Italy £235,043
1990 Prix Kergorlay Al Maheb Alec Stewart France £111,111
1989 Derby Italiano Prorutori Michael Jarvis Italy £447,692
1989 Hamburger Stuten-Preis Diana Dance Peter Lautner Germany £47,009
1989 Premio Lydia Tesio Miss Secreto John Dunlop Italy £235,043
1989 Premio Vittorio di Capua Just a Flutter Heinz Jentzsch Italy £235,043
1988 European Free Handicap Lapierre Clive Brittain Great Britain £35,000
1988 Grand Prix de Deauville Ibn Bey Paul Cole France £170,940
1987 Prix Daniel Wildenstein Waajib Alec Stewart France £170,940
1986 Premio Lydia Tesio Dubian Alec Stewart Italy £235,043
1986 Queen's Vase Stavordale Harry Thomson Jones Great Britain £262,500

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 Roberts wins

7 countries

Country Wins Share Biggest race won there
Italy 16 38% Derby Italiano
Great Britain 11 26% 2000 Guineas Stakes
Germany 8 19% Union-Rennen
France 5 12% Prix Dollar
Ireland 2 5% Irish 2,000 Guineas
Japan 1 2% Japan Cup
South Africa 1 2% Durban July Handicap

The riders either side

Ranked 143rd of 216 on big-race wins

# Jockey Wins Races Span Biggest win
133 Jean-Luc Samyn 46 35 1977 to 2007 £751,880
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
144 Grégory Benoist 42 32 2009 to 2022 £854,701
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

Frequently asked questions

How many big races has Michael Roberts won?

42, across 36 different races between 1986 and 2000. That is 143rd of the 216 jockeys on this site.

What is the biggest race Michael Roberts has won?

the Japan Cup, worth £5,493,600 and run in Japan. Michael Roberts won it in 1995.

Which race has Michael Roberts won most often?

Premio Vittorio di Capua, 3 times at San Siro Racecourse. 7 of these races have gone to Michael Roberts more than once.

How much prize money has Michael Roberts 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 £5,493,600.

When did Michael Roberts win these races?

Between 1986 and 2000. The busiest spell was 1990-91, with 14 of them.

Where to next

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

The races Michael Roberts has won

The riders either side

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