JOCKEY · 102nd BY BIG-RACE WINS
Paul Townend
58 wins in the world's richest races between 2011 and 2026, across 31 different races. The biggest is the Grand National, worth £1,000,000.
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 58
BIGGEST WIN £1.0m
RACES WON 31
FIRST AND LAST 2011 to 2026
COUNTRIES 2
When the wins came
58 wins from 2011 to 2026, in 2-year spells
1 10
0 12
4 14
5 16
5 18
8 20
10 22
20 24
5 26
A list of winners sorted by date reads as one long run. Drawn, it has a shape: Paul Townend took 20 of these 58 in 2024-25 alone.
The races Paul Townend keeps winning
By number of wins
Every big race Paul Townend has won
58 winners, newest first
| Year | Race | Horse | Trainer | Country | Worth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Baring Bingham Novices' Hurdle | King Rasko Grey | Willie Mullins | Great Britain | £150,000 |
| 2026 | Champion Hurdle | Lossiemouth † | Willie Mullins (IRE) | Great Britain | £450,000 |
| 2026 | Cheltenham Gold Cup | Gaelic Warrior | Willie Mullins (IRE) | Great Britain | £646,880 |
| 2026 | Grand National | I Am Maximus | Willie Mullins | Great Britain | £1,000,000£1.0m |
| 2026 | Queen Mother Champion Chase | Il Etait Temps | Willie Mullins | Great Britain | £400,000 |
| 2025 | Aintree Hurdle | Lossiemouth | Willie Mullins | Great Britain | £250,000 |
| 2025 | Anniversary 4-Y-O Juvenile Hurdle | Murcia | Willie Mullins | Great Britain | £110,000 |
| 2025 | County Handicap Hurdle | Kargese | Willie Mullins | Great Britain | £100,000 |
| 2025 | David Nicholson Mares' Hurdle | Lossiemouth | Willie Mullins | Great Britain | £124,200 |
| 2025 | Manifesto Novices' Chase | Impaire Et Passe | Willie Mullins | Great Britain | £120,000 |
| 2025 | Spa Novices' Hurdle | Jasmin De Vaux | Willie Mullins | Great Britain | £150,000 |
| 2025 | Supreme Novices' Hurdle | Kopek Des Bordes | Willie Mullins | Great Britain | £150,000 |
| 2025 | Tingle Creek Chase | Il Etait Temps | Willie Mullins | Great Britain | £175,000 |
| 2024 | Aintree Hurdle | Impaire Et Passe | Willie Mullins | Great Britain | £250,000 |
| 2024 | Arkle Challenge Trophy | Gaelic Warrior | Willie Mullins | Great Britain | £200,000 |
| 2024 | Baring Bingham Novices' Hurdle | Ballyburn | Willie Mullins | Great Britain | £150,000 |
| 2024 | Champion Hurdle | State Man | Willie Mullins (IRE) | Great Britain | £450,000 |
| 2024 | Cheltenham Gold Cup | Galopin Des Champs | Willie Mullins (IRE) | Great Britain | £646,880 |
| 2024 | County Handicap Hurdle | Absurde | Willie Mullins | Great Britain | £100,000 |
| 2024 | David Nicholson Mares' Hurdle | Lossiemouth | Willie Mullins | Great Britain | £124,200 |
| 2024 | Grand National | I Am Maximus | Willie Mullins | Great Britain | £1,000,000£1.0m |
| 2024 | International Hurdle | Lossiemouth | Willie Mullins | Great Britain | £112,000 |
| 2024 | King George VI Chase | Banbridge | Joseph O'Brien | Great Britain | £250,000 |
| 2024 | Manifesto Novices' Chase | Il Etait Temps | Willie Mullins | Great Britain | £120,000 |
| 2024 | Sefton Novices' Hurdle | Dancing City | Willie Mullins | Great Britain | £100,000 |
| 2023 | Arkle Challenge Trophy | El Fabiolo | Willie Mullins | Great Britain | £200,000 |
| 2023 | Baring Bingham Novices' Hurdle | Impaire Et Passe | Willie Mullins | Great Britain | £150,000 |
| 2023 | Cheltenham Gold Cup | Galopin Des Champs | Willie Mullins (IRE) | Great Britain | £646,880 |
| 2023 | Queen Mother Champion Chase | Energumene | Willie Mullins | Great Britain | £400,000 |
| 2023 | Triumph Hurdle | Lossiemouth | Willie Mullins | Great Britain | £150,000 |
| 2022 | Baring Bingham Novices' Hurdle | Sir Gerhard | Willie Mullins | Great Britain | £150,000 |
| 2022 | County Handicap Hurdle | State Man | Willie Mullins | Great Britain | £100,000 |
| 2022 | Queen Mother Champion Chase | Energumene | Willie Mullins | Great Britain | £400,000 |
| 2022 | Ryanair Chase | Allaho | Willie Mullins | Great Britain | £375,000 |
| 2022 | Triumph Hurdle | Vauban | Willie Mullins | Great Britain | £150,000 |
| 2021 | Broadway Novices' Chase | Monkfish | Willie Mullins | Great Britain | £200,000 |
| 2021 | Liberthine Mares' Chase | Colreevy | Willie Mullins | Great Britain | £120,000 |
| 2021 | Supreme Novices' Hurdle | Appreciate It | Willie Mullins | Great Britain | £150,000 |
| 2020 | Champion Bumper | Ferny Hollow | Willie Mullins | Great Britain | £80,000 |
| 2020 | Cheltenham Gold Cup | Al Boum Photo | Willie Mullins (IRE) | Great Britain | £646,880 |
| 2020 | Ryanair Chase | Min | Willie Mullins | Great Britain | £375,000 |
| 2020 | Spa Novices' Hurdle | Monkfish | Willie Mullins | Great Britain | £150,000 |
| 2020 | Triumph Hurdle | Burning Victory | Willie Mullins | Great Britain | £150,000 |
| 2019 | Arkle Challenge Trophy | Duc des Genievres | Willie Mullins | Great Britain | £200,000 |
| 2019 | Cheltenham Gold Cup | Al Boum Photo | Willie Mullins (IRE) | Great Britain | £646,880 |
| 2019 | Grande Course de Haies d'Auteuil | Benie des Dieux | Willie Mullins | France | £299,145 |
| 2018 | Dawn Run Mares' Novices' Hurdle | Laurina | Willie Mullins | Great Britain | £105,000 |
| 2018 | Stayers' Hurdle | Penhill | Willie Mullins | Great Britain | £325,000 |
| 2017 | Coral Gold Cup | Total Recall | Willie Mullins | Great Britain | £250,000 |
| 2017 | County Handicap Hurdle | Arctic Fire | Willie Mullins | Great Britain | £100,000 |
| 2017 | Spa Novices' Hurdle | Penhill | Willie Mullins | Great Britain | £150,000 |
| 2017 | Yorkshire Rose Mares' Hurdle | Vroum Vroum Mag | Willie Mullins | Great Britain | £35,000 |
| 2016 | Maghull Novices' Chase | Douvan | Willie Mullins | Great Britain | £120,000 |
| 2015 | Centenary Novices' Handicap Chase | Irish Cavalier | Rebecca Curtis | Great Britain | £40,000 |
| 2015 | County Handicap Hurdle | Wicklow Brave | Willie Mullins | Great Britain | £100,000 |
| 2015 | David Nicholson Mares' Hurdle | Glens Melody | Willie Mullins | Great Britain | £124,200 |
| 2014 | Melling Chase | Boston Bob | Willie Mullins | Great Britain | £250,000 |
| 2011 | Fred Winter Juvenile Handicap Hurdle | What A Charm | Arthur Moore | 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.
Where Paul Townend wins
2 countries
| Country | Wins | Share | Biggest race won there |
|---|---|---|---|
| Great Britain | 57 | 98% | Grand National |
| France | 1 | 2% | Grande Course de Haies d'Auteuil |
The riders either side
Ranked 102nd of 216 on big-race wins
| # | Jockey | Wins | Races | Span | Biggest win |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 92 | Peter Alafi | 65 | 35 | 1961 to 1989 | £555,556 |
| 93 | Pat Valenzuela | 64 | 45 | 1980 to 2011 | £3,759,399£3.8m |
| 94 | Richard Migliore | 64 | 46 | 1984 to 2009 | £939,850 |
| 95 | Sylvain Guillot | 64 | 51 | 1992 to 2000 | £854,701 |
| 96 | Joe Mercer | 62 | 30 | 1955 to 1984 | £2,280,000£2.3m |
| 97 | Jose Lezcano | 60 | 50 | 2006 to 2025 | £2,631,579£2.6m |
| 98 | Edgar S. Prado | 60 | 39 | 1998 to 2016 | £1,503,759£1.5m |
| 99 | Richard Quinn | 60 | 49 | 1983 to 2005 | £700,000 |
| 100 | Gary W. Moore | 59 | 49 | 1975 to 1990 | £4,273,504£4.3m |
| 101 | Tyler Gaffalione | 58 | 48 | 2017 to 2026 | £2,631,579£2.6m |
| 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 |
Frequently asked questions
How many big races has Paul Townend won?
58, across 31 different races between 2011 and 2026. That is 102nd of the 216 jockeys on this site.
What is the biggest race Paul Townend has won?
the Grand National, worth £1,000,000 and run in Great Britain. Paul Townend won it in 2026, 2024.
Which race has Paul Townend won most often?
the Cheltenham Gold Cup, 5 times at Cheltenham Racecourse. 14 of these races have gone to Paul Townend more than once.
How much prize money has Paul Townend 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: 58 wins, the biggest of them worth £1,000,000.
When did Paul Townend win these races?
Between 2011 and 2026. The busiest spell was 2024-25, with 20 of them.
Where to next
The races Paul Townend has won, and the riders around them
The races Paul Townend has won
- Grand National
- Cheltenham Gold Cup
- Champion Hurdle
- Queen Mother Champion Chase
- Ryanair Chase
- Stayers' Hurdle
- Grande Course de Haies d'Auteuil
- Aintree Hurdle
- King George VI Chase
- Coral Gold Cup
- Melling Chase
- Arkle Challenge Trophy
- Broadway Novices' Chase
- Tingle Creek Chase
- Baring Bingham Novices' Hurdle
- Spa Novices' Hurdle
- Supreme Novices' Hurdle
- Triumph Hurdle
- David Nicholson Mares' Hurdle
- Manifesto Novices' Chase
- Maghull Novices' Chase
- International Hurdle
- Anniversary 4-Y-O Juvenile Hurdle
- Dawn Run Mares' Novices' Hurdle
- County Handicap Hurdle
- Sefton Novices' Hurdle
- Champion Bumper
- Fred Winter Juvenile Handicap Hurdle
- Centenary Novices' Handicap Chase
- Yorkshire Rose Mares' Hurdle