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JOCKEY · 80th BY BIG-RACE WINS

Philippe Paquet

74 wins in the world's richest races between 1974 and 1984, across 58 different races. The biggest is the Hong Kong Derby, worth £2,280,000.

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 74
BIGGEST WIN £2.3m
RACES WON 58
FIRST AND LAST 1974 to 1984
COUNTRIES 5

When the wins came

74 wins from 1974 to 1984, in years

Best spell: 1980, 20 wins

A list of winners sorted by date reads as one long run. Drawn, it has a shape: Philippe Paquet took 20 of these 74 in 1980 alone.

The races Philippe Paquet keeps winning

By number of wins

15 won more than once

Critérium de Maisons-Laffitte 4 Prix Greffulhe 3 Prix La Rochette 3 Hong Kong Derby 2 Prix Vermeille 2 Prix du Moulin de Longchamp 2 Prix Jean-Luc Lagardère 2 Prix Maurice de Gheest 2 Prix de Royallieu 2 Prix Dollar 2 Prix Foy 2 Prix Cléopâtre 2

Every big race Philippe Paquet has won

74 winners, newest first

58 different races

Year Race Horse Trainer Country Worth
1984 Hong Kong Derby Baby Tiger Derek Cheng Tai-chee Hong Kong £2,280,000£2.3m
1981 Critérium de Maisons-Laffitte Zino François Boutin France £162,393
1981 Joe Hirsch Turf Classic Stakes ƒ April Run (IRE) François Boutin United States £375,940
1981 Prix Cléopâtre April Run François Boutin France £68,376
1981 Prix d'Aumale Play It Safe François Boutin France £47,863
1981 Prix de Cabourg River Lady François Boutin France £47,863
1981 Prix de Fontainebleau Cresta Rider François Boutin France £68,376
1981 Prix de Lieurey Tysfjsa François Boutin France £68,376
1981 Prix de Pomone April Run François Boutin France £111,111
1981 Prix de Royallieu Don't Sulk François Boutin France £256,410
1981 Prix de Royaumont Snow Day François Boutin France £68,376
1981 Prix Fille de l'Air Snow Day François Boutin France £68,376
1981 Prix Jean Prat Cresta Rider François Boutin France £341,880
1981 Prix La Rochette Persepolis François Boutin France £68,376
1981 Prix Vanteaux Bernica François Boutin France £68,376
1981 Prix Vermeille April Run François Boutin France £512,821
1980 Critérium de Maisons-Laffitte Cresta Rider François Boutin France £162,393
1980 Grand Prix de Chantilly Scorpio François Boutin France £111,111
1980 La Coupe Prove It Baby François Boutin France £68,376
1980 Premio Roma Mariella François Boutin Italy £206,838
1980 Prix d'Hédouville Scorpio François Boutin France £68,376
1980 Prix de Lieurey Trephine François Boutin France £68,376
1980 Prix de Reux River River François Boutin France £68,376
1980 Prix de Royallieu Mariella François Boutin France £256,410
1980 Prix Djebel Nureyev François Boutin France £68,376
1980 Prix Dollar Northern Baby François Boutin France £170,940
1980 Prix du Calvados Bernica François Boutin France £111,111
1980 Prix Eugène Adam Corvaro François Boutin France £111,111
1980 Prix Foy Le Marmot François Boutin France £111,111
1980 Prix Ganay Le Marmot François Boutin France £256,410
1980 Prix Greffulhe Providential François Boutin France £111,111
1980 Prix Herod Gilgit François Boutin France £47,009
1980 Prix Imprudence Firyal François Boutin France £68,376
1980 Prix La Rochette Vorias François Boutin France £68,376
1980 Prix Maurice de Gheest Boitron François Boutin France £324,786
1980 Prix Yacowlef Miswaki François Boutin France £47,009
1979 Critérium de Maisons-Laffitte Viteric François Boutin France £162,393
1979 Prix Belle de Nuit Majority François Boutin France £68,376
1979 Prix Berteux Prove It Baby François Boutin France £56,410
1979 Prix Cléopâtre Mabeaute François Boutin France £68,376
1979 Prix de la Porte Maillot El Muleta François Boutin France £47,863
1979 Prix du Conseil de Paris Salpinx François Boutin France £111,111
1979 Prix Eclipse Suvero François Boutin France £68,376
1979 Prix Foy Pevero François Boutin France £111,111
1979 Prix Gérald de Geoffre Prove It Baby François Boutin France £68,376
1979 Prix Greffulhe Le Marmot François Boutin France £111,111
1979 Prix Guillaume d'Ornano Northern Baby François Boutin France £341,880
1979 Prix Hocquart Le Marmot François Boutin France £111,111
1979 Prix La Rochette Un Reitre François Boutin France £68,376
1979 Prix Maurice de Gheest Boitron François Boutin France £324,786
1979 Prix Niel Le Marmot François Boutin France £111,111
1979 Prix Omnium II Sharpman François Boutin France £47,009
1979 Prix Thomas Bryon Nureyev François Boutin France £68,376
1978 Critérium de Maisons-Laffitte Crowned Music François Boutin France £162,393
1978 Prix Gérald de Geoffre Nizon François Boutin France £68,376
1978 Prix La Flèche Voukefalos François Boutin France £51,282
1978 Prix Messidor Cosmopolitan François Boutin France £68,376
1977 Grand Prix de Paris Funny Hobby Jacques de Chevigny France £512,821
1977 Prix des Chênes Jaazeiro François Boutin France £47,863
1977 Prix Dollar Trepan François Boutin France £170,940
1977 Prix Greffulhe Rex Magna François Boutin France £111,111
1977 Prix Jean-Luc Lagardère Super Concorde François Boutin France £341,880
1977 Prix La Flèche Stromboli François Boutin France £51,282
1977 Prix Marcel Boussac Tarona François Boutin France £341,880
1977 Prix Morny Super Concorde François Boutin France £299,145
1977 Prix Robert Papin Vific François Boutin France £111,111
1977 Prix Royal-Oak Rex Magna François Boutin France £299,145
1976 Hong Kong Derby Corvette ‡ P. Supple Hong Kong £2,280,000£2.3m
1976 Irish Derby Malacate François Boutin Ireland £854,701
1976 Prix de Barbeville Sagaro François Boutin France £68,376
1976 Prix du Cadran Sagaro François Boutin France £256,410
1976 Prix Vermeille Lagunette François Boutin France £512,821
1975 Prix Aga Khan IV (Prix d'Ispahan) Ramirez François Boutin France £213,675
1975 Prix du Moulin de Longchamp Delmora François Boutin France £384,615
1975 Prix Jean-Luc Lagardère Manado François Boutin France £341,880
1974 Prix du Jockey Club Caracolero François Boutin France £1,282,051£1.3m
1974 Prix du Moulin de Longchamp Mount Hagen Angel Penna France £384,615

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 Philippe Paquet wins

5 countries

Country Wins Share Biggest race won there
France 72 97% Prix du Jockey Club
Hong Kong 2 3% Hong Kong Derby
Ireland 1 1% Irish Derby
United States 1 1% Joe Hirsch Turf Classic Stakes
Italy 1 1% Premio Roma

The riders either side

Ranked 80th of 216 on big-race wins

# Jockey Wins Races Span Biggest win
70 Craig Perret 83 61 1974 to 2002 £3,759,399£3.8m
71 John Reid 83 68 1978 to 2001 £4,273,504£4.3m
72 Dario Vargiu 83 33 2001 to 2025 £555,556
73 Braulio Baeza 79 38 1960 to 1976 £3,759,399£3.8m
74 Mirco Demuro 79 45 1998 to 2018 £9,022,556£9.0m
75 James Doyle 79 63 2012 to 2026 £4,511,278£4.5m
76 Greville Starkey 78 49 1963 to 1989 £4,273,504£4.3m
77 Rafael Bejarano 77 58 2004 to 2025 £1,503,759£1.5m
78 Sandy Hawley 75 37 1970 to 1997 £939,850
79 Richard Hills 74 59 1985 to 2011 £9,022,556£9.0m
81 Richard Hughes 74 53 1993 to 2015 £854,701
82 Éric Legrix 72 56 1984 to 2005 £3,759,399£3.8m
83 Alex Solis 71 42 1983 to 2012 £5,263,158£5.3m
84 Richard Dunwoody 71 35 1985 to 1999 £646,880
85 Fabio Branca 71 31 2006 to 2026 £447,692
86 Opie Bosson 70 24 1998 to 2026 £2,645,503£2.6m
87 Jamie Spencer 69 56 2001 to 2025 £4,511,278£4.5m
88 Jorge Chavez 67 47 1990 to 2010 £3,759,399£3.8m
89 Guy Guignard 67 52 1981 to 1997 £427,350
90 Shane Sellers 66 47 1990 to 2004 £3,759,399£3.8m

Frequently asked questions

How many big races has Philippe Paquet won?

74, across 58 different races between 1974 and 1984. That is 80th of the 216 jockeys on this site.

What is the biggest race Philippe Paquet has won?

the Hong Kong Derby, worth £2,280,000 and run in Hong Kong. Philippe Paquet won it in 1984, 1976.

Which race has Philippe Paquet won most often?

Critérium de Maisons-Laffitte, 4 times at Chantilly. 15 of these races have gone to Philippe Paquet more than once.

How much prize money has Philippe Paquet 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: 74 wins, the biggest of them worth £2,280,000.

When did Philippe Paquet win these races?

Between 1974 and 1984. The busiest spell was 1980, with 20 of them.

Where to next

The races Philippe Paquet has won, and the riders around them

The races Philippe Paquet has won

The riders either side

Elsewhere in racing