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JOCKEY · 154th BY BIG-RACE WINS

Paddy Brennan

41 wins in the world's richest races between 2005 and 2023, across 32 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 41
BIGGEST WIN £647k
RACES WON 32
FIRST AND LAST 2005 to 2023
COUNTRIES 1

When the wins came

41 wins from 2005 to 2023, in 2-year spells

Best spell: 2016-17, 9 wins

A list of winners sorted by date reads as one long run. Drawn, it has a shape: Paddy Brennan took 9 of these 41 in 2016-17 alone.

The races Paddy Brennan keeps winning

By number of wins

8 won more than once

Betfair Chase 3 Aintree Bowl 2 International Hurdle 2 Charlie Hall Chase 2 Prestbury Juvenile Hurdle 2 Hyde Novices' Hurdle 2 Persian War Novices' Hurdle 2 Cheltenham Guardians Safeguarding Team Mares' Open National Hunt Flat Race 2 Cheltenham Gold Cup 1 Ryanair Chase 1 Stayers' Hurdle 1 Melling Chase 1

Every big race Paddy Brennan has won

41 winners, newest first

32 different races

Year Race Horse Trainer Country Worth
2023 Nickel Coin Mares' Standard Open NH Flat Race Dysart Enos Fergal O'Brien Great Britain £50,000
2022 Anniversary 4-Y-O Juvenile Hurdle Knight Salute Milton Harris Great Britain £110,000
2022 Persian War Novices' Hurdle Accidental Rebel Fergal O'Brien Great Britain £75,000
2022 Prestbury Juvenile Hurdle Scriptwriter Milton Harris Great Britain £80,000
2021 Cheltenham Guardians Safeguarding Team Mares' Open National Hunt Flat Race Bonttay Fergal O'Brien Great Britain £25,000
2021 Prestbury Juvenile Hurdle Knight Salute Milton Harris Great Britain £80,000
2018 Hyde Novices' Hurdle Coolanly Fergal O'Brien Great Britain £80,000
2018 Silver Trophy Handicap Hurdle Garo De Juilley Sophie Leech Great Britain £75,000
2017 Challow Novices' Hurdle Poetic Rhythm Fergal O'Brien Great Britain £100,000
2017 Jane Seymour Mares' Novices' Hurdle Colin's Sister Fergal O'Brien Great Britain £22,500
2017 Midlands Grand National Chase The Spud Fergal O'Brien Great Britain £160,000
2017 Oddschecker Handicap Chase Perfect Candidate Fergal O'Brien Great Britain £75,000
2017 Persian War Novices' Hurdle Poetic Rhythm Fergal O'Brien Great Britain £75,000
2016 Aintree Bowl Cue Card Colin Tizzard Great Britain £250,000
2016 Betfair Chase Cue Card Colin Tizzard Great Britain £200,000
2016 Melling Chase God's Own Tom George Great Britain £250,000
2016 Yorkshire Rose Mares' Hurdle Smart Talk Brian Ellison Great Britain £35,000
2015 Betfair Chase Cue Card Colin Tizzard Great Britain £200,000
2015 Charlie Hall Chase Cue Card Colin Tizzard Great Britain £100,000
2015 King George VI Chase Cue Card Colin Tizzard Great Britain £250,000
2014 Red Rum Handicap Chase Parsnip Pete Tom George Great Britain £100,000
2013 Cheltenham Guardians Safeguarding Team Mares' Open National Hunt Flat Race The Govaness Fergal O'Brien Great Britain £25,000
2011 Aintree Bowl Nacarat Tom George Great Britain £250,000
2010 Aintree Hurdle Khyber Kim Nigel Twiston-Davies Great Britain £250,000
2010 Betfair Chase Imperial Commander Nigel Twiston-Davies Great Britain £200,000
2010 Cheltenham Gold Cup Imperial Commander Nigel Twiston-Davies Great Britain £646,880
2010 Johnny Henderson Grand Annual Chase Pigeon Island Nigel Twiston-Davies Great Britain £150,000
2009 International Hurdle Khyber Kim Nigel Twiston-Davies Great Britain £112,000
2009 Manifesto Novices' Chase Tartak Tom George Great Britain £120,000
2009 Ryanair Chase Imperial Commander Nigel Twiston-Davies Great Britain £375,000
2009 Scottish Grand National Hello Bud Nigel Twiston-Davies Great Britain £150,000
2008 Old Roan Chase Knowhere Nigel Twiston-Davies Great Britain £80,000
2008 Paddy Power Gold Cup Imperial Commander Nigel Twiston-Davies Great Britain £160,000
2008 Pertemps Final Ballyfitz Nigel Twiston-Davies Great Britain £100,000
2008 Sefton Novices' Hurdle Pettifour Nigel Twiston-Davies Great Britain £100,000
2007 Charlie Hall Chase Ollie Magern Nigel Twiston-Davies Great Britain £100,000
2007 Hyde Novices' Hurdle Razor Royale Nigel Twiston-Davies Great Britain £80,000
2007 International Hurdle Osana David Pipe Great Britain £112,000
2007 Stayers' Hurdle Inglis Drever Howard Johnson Great Britain £325,000
2006 Fred Winter Juvenile Handicap Hurdle Shamayoun Charles Egerton Great Britain £80,000
2005 Maghull Novices' Chase Ashley Brook Kevin Bishop Great Britain £120,000

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 154th of 216 on big-race wins

# Jockey Wins Races Span Biggest win
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
155 Eric Guerin 40 26 1946 to 1971 £3,759,399£3.8m
156 Ricardo Santana Jr. 40 31 2013 to 2026 £1,503,759£1.5m
157 Jim Crowley 40 36 2009 to 2024 £854,701
158 Darryll Holland 40 36 1992 to 2011 £650,000
159 Sam Twiston-Davies 40 32 2010 to 2026 £400,000
160 Daryl Jacob 40 25 2009 to 2023 £299,145
161 Lutz Mäder 40 27 1977 to 1994 £555,556
162 Andreas Boschert 40 29 1988 to 2007 £447,692
163 Jean Cruguet 39 31 1969 to 1990 £3,759,399£3.8m
164 Bobby Ussery 39 25 1957 to 1974 £3,759,399£3.8m

Frequently asked questions

How many big races has Paddy Brennan won?

41, across 32 different races between 2005 and 2023. That is 154th of the 216 jockeys on this site.

What is the biggest race Paddy Brennan has won?

the Cheltenham Gold Cup, worth £646,880 and run in Great Britain. Paddy Brennan won it in 2010.

Which race has Paddy Brennan won most often?

the Betfair Chase, 3 times at Haydock Park. 8 of these races have gone to Paddy Brennan more than once.

How much prize money has Paddy Brennan 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: 41 wins, the biggest of them worth £646,880.

When did Paddy Brennan win these races?

Between 2005 and 2023. The busiest spell was 2016-17, with 9 of them.

Where to next

The races Paddy Brennan has won, and the riders around them

The races Paddy Brennan has won

The riders either side

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