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JOCKEY · 174th BY BIG-RACE WINS

Mick Fitzgerald

38 wins in the world's richest races between 1994 and 2008, across 29 different races. The biggest is the Cheltenham Gold Cup, worth £646,880.

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 38
BIGGEST WIN £647k
RACES WON 29
FIRST AND LAST 1994 to 2008
COUNTRIES 1

When the wins came

38 wins from 1994 to 2008, in 2-year spells

Best spell: 2000-01, 11 wins

A list of winners sorted by date reads as one long run. Drawn, it has a shape: Mick Fitzgerald took 11 of these 38 in 2000-01 alone.

The races Mick Fitzgerald keeps winning

By number of wins

7 won more than once

Charlie Hall Chase 3 Cathcart Challenge Cup 3 Festival Trophy Handicap Chase 2 Christmas Hurdle 2 December Gold Cup 2 Prestbury Juvenile Hurdle 2 Kennel Gate Novices' Hurdle 2 Cheltenham Gold Cup 1 Queen Mother Champion Chase 1 Ryanair Chase 1 Stayers' Hurdle 1 Coral Gold Cup 1

Every big race Mick Fitzgerald has won

38 winners, newest first

29 different races

Year Race Horse Trainer Country Worth
2008 Yorkshire Rose Mares' Hurdle Chomba Womba Nicky Henderson Great Britain £35,000
2007 Sefton Novices' Hurdle Chief Dan George James Moffatt Great Britain £100,000
2006 Ryanair Chase Fondmort Nicky Henderson Great Britain £375,000
2006 Sun Racing Plate Handicap Chase Non So Nicky Henderson Great Britain £120,000
2005 Broadway Novices' Chase Trabolgan Nicky Henderson Great Britain £200,000
2005 Coral Gold Cup Trabolgan Nicky Henderson Great Britain £250,000
2005 Tingle Creek Chase Kauto Star Paul Nicholls Great Britain £175,000
2003 BetMGM Cup Xenophon Tony Martin Great Britain £110,000
2003 December Gold Cup Iris Royal Nicky Henderson Great Britain £125,000
2003 Kennel Gate Novices' Hurdle Perle De Puce Nicky Henderson Great Britain £25,000
2003 Paddy Power Gold Cup Fondmort Nicky Henderson Great Britain £160,000
2002 Charlie Hall Chase Marlborough Nicky Henderson Great Britain £100,000
2002 December Gold Cup Fondmort Nicky Henderson Great Britain £125,000
2001 Christmas Hurdle Landing Light Nicky Henderson Great Britain £130,000
2001 Henry VIII Novices' Chase Fondmort Nicky Henderson Great Britain £100,000
2001 Prestbury Juvenile Hurdle Greenhope Nicky Henderson Great Britain £80,000
2000 Aintree Bowl See More Business Paul Nicholls Great Britain £250,000
2000 Arkle Challenge Trophy Tiutchev Nicky Henderson Great Britain £200,000
2000 Cathcart Challenge Cup Stormyfairweather Nicky Henderson Great Britain £80,000
2000 Charlie Hall Chase See More Business Paul Nicholls Great Britain £100,000
2000 Christmas Hurdle Geos Nicky Henderson Great Britain £130,000
2000 Festival Trophy Handicap Chase Marlborough Nicky Henderson Great Britain £150,000
2000 International Hurdle Geos Nicky Henderson Great Britain £112,000
2000 Stayers' Hurdle Bacchanal Nicky Henderson Great Britain £325,000
1999 Cathcart Challenge Cup Stormyfairweather Nicky Henderson Great Britain £80,000
1999 Charlie Hall Chase See More Business Paul Nicholls Great Britain £100,000
1999 Cheltenham Gold Cup See More Business Paul Nicholls Great Britain £646,880
1999 King George VI Chase See More Business Paul Nicholls Great Britain £250,000
1999 Queen Mother Champion Chase Call Equiname Paul Nicholls Great Britain £400,000
1999 Sharp Novices' Hurdle Silence Reigns Paul Nicholls Great Britain £80,000
1999 Triumph Hurdle Katarino Nicky Henderson Great Britain £150,000
1998 Kennel Gate Novices' Hurdle Hidebound Nicky Henderson Great Britain £25,000
1998 Prestbury Juvenile Hurdle Katarino Nicky Henderson Great Britain £80,000
1997 Aintree Hurdle Bimsey Reg Akehurst Great Britain £250,000
1996 Hyde Novices' Hurdle Hunting Lore Nicky Henderson Great Britain £80,000
1995 Festival Trophy Handicap Chase Rough Quest Terry Casey Great Britain £150,000
1994 1965 Chase Raymylette Nicky Henderson Great Britain £80,000
1994 Cathcart Challenge Cup Raymylette Nicky Henderson Great Britain £80,000

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.

The riders either side

Ranked 174th of 216 on big-race wins

# Jockey Wins Races Span Biggest win
164 Bobby Ussery 39 25 1957 to 1974 £3,759,399£3.8m
165 Cornelio Velásquez 39 33 1992 to 2014 £1,503,759£1.5m
166 Rene Piechulek 39 27 2015 to 2026 £4,273,504£4.3m
167 Harry Carr 39 17 1948 to 1963 £1,500,000£1.5m
168 Robin Platts 39 15 1970 to 1997 £536,800
169 Julien R. Leparoux 38 24 2006 to 2020 £1,315,789£1.3m
170 Rajiv Maragh 38 34 2008 to 2019 £939,850
171 Ruben Hernandez 38 33 1976 to 1997 £1,503,759£1.5m
172 Robbie Davis 38 32 1984 to 2000 £751,880
173 Doug Smith 38 18 1941 to 1966 £650,000
175 Robert Thornton 38 27 1997 to 2014 £450,000
176 Kevin Woodburn 38 26 1986 to 2001 £555,556
177 Brian Hernandez Jr. 37 31 2006 to 2026 £5,263,158£5.3m
178 Ron Turcotte 37 31 1962 to 1977 £3,759,399£3.8m
179 Eurico Rosa da Silva 37 19 2007 to 2019 £536,800
180 Kevin Manning 36 18 1988 to 2021 £3,800,000£3.8m
181 Tom Marquand 36 32 2018 to 2026 £751,880
182 Carl Llewellyn 36 25 1988 to 2006 £250,000
183 Garrett Gomez 35 29 1994 to 2012 £5,263,158£5.3m
184 Geoff Lewis 35 26 1960 to 1977 £4,273,504£4.3m

Frequently asked questions

How many big races has Mick Fitzgerald won?

38, across 29 different races between 1994 and 2008. That is 174th of the 216 jockeys on this site.

What is the biggest race Mick Fitzgerald has won?

the Cheltenham Gold Cup, worth £646,880 and run in Great Britain. Mick Fitzgerald won it in 1999.

Which race has Mick Fitzgerald won most often?

the Charlie Hall Chase, 3 times at Wetherby Racecourse. 7 of these races have gone to Mick Fitzgerald more than once.

How much prize money has Mick Fitzgerald 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: 38 wins, the biggest of them worth £646,880.

When did Mick Fitzgerald win these races?

Between 1994 and 2008. The busiest spell was 2000-01, with 11 of them.

Where to next

The races Mick Fitzgerald has won, and the riders around them

The races Mick Fitzgerald has won

The riders either side

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