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JOCKEY · 186th BY BIG-RACE WINS

Norman Williamson

35 wins in the world's richest races between 1990 and 2003, 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 35
BIGGEST WIN £647k
RACES WON 29
FIRST AND LAST 1990 to 2003
COUNTRIES 1

When the wins came

35 wins from 1990 to 2003, in 2-year spells

Best spell: 1998-99, 13 wins

A list of winners sorted by date reads as one long run. Drawn, it has a shape: Norman Williamson took 13 of these 35 in 1998-99 alone.

The races Norman Williamson keeps winning

By number of wins

6 won more than once

Melling Chase 2 Midlands Grand National 2 Paddy Power Gold Cup 2 Baring Bingham Novices' Hurdle 2 Sun Racing Plate Handicap Chase 2 Hyde Novices' Hurdle 2 Cheltenham Gold Cup 1 Champion Hurdle 1 Coral Gold Cup 1 King George VI Chase 1 Tingle Creek Chase 1 Welsh Grand National 1

Every big race Norman Williamson has won

35 winners, newest first

29 different races

Year Race Horse Trainer Country Worth
2003 Supreme Novices' Hurdle Back in Front Edward O'Grady Great Britain £150,000
2002 Midlands Grand National The Bunny Boiler Noel Meade Great Britain £160,000
2002 Scottish Champion Hurdle Milligan Venetia Williams Great Britain £40,000
2001 Swinton Handicap Hurdle Milligan Venetia Williams Great Britain £80,000
2000 Baring Bingham Novices' Hurdle Monsignor Mark Pitman Great Britain £150,000
2000 December Gold Cup Go Roger Go Edward O'Grady Great Britain £125,000
2000 Hyde Novices' Hurdle Sheer Genius Mark Pitman Great Britain £80,000
2000 Johnny Henderson Grand Annual Chase Samakaan Venetia Williams Great Britain £150,000
2000 Melling Chase Direct Route Howard Johnson Great Britain £250,000
2000 Persian War Novices' Hurdle Monsignor Mark Pitman Great Britain £75,000
1999 Festival Trophy Handicap Chase Betty's Boy Kim Bailey Great Britain £150,000
1999 Henry VIII Novices' Chase Decoupage Charles Egerton Great Britain £100,000
1999 Kennel Gate Novices' Hurdle Monsignor Mark Pitman Great Britain £25,000
1999 Melling Chase Direct Route Howard Johnson Great Britain £250,000
1999 Paddy Power Gold Cup The Outback Way Venetia Williams Great Britain £160,000
1999 Pertemps Final Generosa John Hassett Great Britain £100,000
1999 Prestbury Juvenile Hurdle High Stakes Christy Roche Great Britain £80,000
1998 Coral Gold Cup Teeton Mill Venetia Williams Great Britain £250,000
1998 Hyde Novices' Hurdle Arctic Camper Venetia Williams Great Britain £80,000
1998 King George VI Chase Teeton Mill Venetia Williams Great Britain £250,000
1998 Oddschecker Handicap Chase Tennessee Twist Jenny Pitman Great Britain £75,000
1998 Sun Racing Plate Handicap Chase Super Coin Richard Lee Great Britain £120,000
1998 Tingle Creek Chase Direct Route Howard Johnson Great Britain £175,000
1997 Long Walk Hurdle Paddy's Return Ferdy Murphy Great Britain £125,000
1997 Red Rum Handicap Chase Down the Fell Howard Johnson Great Britain £100,000
1997 Triumph Hurdle Commanche Court Ted Walsh Great Britain £150,000
1995 Baring Bingham Novices' Hurdle Putty Road David Nicholson Great Britain £150,000
1995 Bridle Road Handicap Hurdle What A Question Mouse Morris Great Britain £75,000
1995 Champion Hurdle Alderbrook Kim Bailey Great Britain £450,000
1995 Cheltenham Gold Cup Master Oats Kim Bailey Great Britain £646,880
1995 Maghull Novices' Chase Morceli Howard Johnson Great Britain £120,000
1995 Midlands Grand National Lucky Lane Philip Hobbs Great Britain £160,000
1995 Sun Racing Plate Handicap Chase Kadi David Nicholson Great Britain £120,000
1994 Welsh Grand National Master Oats Kim Bailey Great Britain £170,000
1990 Paddy Power Gold Cup Multum in Parvo John Edwards Great Britain £160,000

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 186th of 216 on big-race wins

# Jockey Wins Races Span Biggest win
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
185 Alex O. Solis 35 20 1985 to 2015 £1,127,820£1.1m
187 Aurelien Lemaitre 35 31 2015 to 2026 £854,701
188 Noel Fehily 35 29 2004 to 2019 £450,000
189 Bauyrzhan Murzabayev 35 27 2017 to 2026 £555,556
190 Kerrin McEvoy 34 25 2000 to 2022 £10,582,011£10.6m
191 Don MacBeth 34 27 1971 to 1986 £5,493,600£5.5m
192 Andrea Atzeni 34 32 2012 to 2023 £4,511,278£4.5m
193 Christy Roche 34 18 1972 to 1998 £1,500,000£1.5m
194 Pat Taaffe 34 15 1953 to 1970 £1,000,000£1.0m
195 Noel Harris 34 17 1972 to 2014 £581,400
196 Ismael Valenzuela 33 22 1956 to 1974 £3,759,399£3.8m

Frequently asked questions

How many big races has Norman Williamson won?

35, across 29 different races between 1990 and 2003. That is 186th of the 216 jockeys on this site.

What is the biggest race Norman Williamson has won?

the Cheltenham Gold Cup, worth £646,880 and run in Great Britain. Norman Williamson won it in 1995.

Which race has Norman Williamson won most often?

the Melling Chase, 2 times at Aintree Racecourse. 6 of these races have gone to Norman Williamson more than once.

How much prize money has Norman Williamson 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: 35 wins, the biggest of them worth £646,880.

When did Norman Williamson win these races?

Between 1990 and 2003. The busiest spell was 1998-99, with 13 of them.

Where to next

The races Norman Williamson has won, and the riders around them

The races Norman Williamson has won

The riders either side

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