SALARYSPORT
★ 0
JOCKEY · 215th BY BIG-RACE WINS

Ray Cochrane

30 wins in the world's richest races between 1984 and 1999, across 24 different races. The biggest is the Caulfield Cup, worth £2,645,503.

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 30
BIGGEST WIN £2.6m
RACES WON 24
FIRST AND LAST 1984 to 1999
COUNTRIES 7

When the wins came

30 wins from 1984 to 1999, in 2-year spells

Best spell: 1988-89, 8 wins

A list of winners sorted by date reads as one long run. Drawn, it has a shape: Ray Cochrane took 8 of these 30 in 1988-89 alone.

The races Ray Cochrane keeps winning

By number of wins

4 won more than once

Heron Stakes 3 Esher Cup 3 St James's Palace Stakes 2 Sandown Classic Trial 2 Caulfield Cup 1 Epsom Derby 1 Irish Derby 1 Poule d'Essai des Pouliches 1 Joe Hirsch Turf Classic Stakes 1 Prix de l'Abbaye de Longchamp 1 Queen's Vase 1 Dante Stakes 1

Every big race Ray Cochrane has won

30 winners, newest first

24 different races

Year Race Horse Trainer Country Worth
1999 Poule d'Essai des Pouliches Valentine Waltz John Gosden France £427,350
1999 Prix du Palais-Royal Russian Revival John Gosden France £68,376
1998 Caulfield Cup Taufan's Melody Lady Herries Australia £2,645,503£2.6m
1998 Prix de l'Abbaye de Longchamp My Best Valentine Vic Soane France £299,145
1998 Prix Gontaut-Biron Running Stag Philip Mitchell France £68,376
1997 Heron Stakes Among Men Michael Stoute Great Britain £45,000
1997 Premio Presidente della Repubblica Artan Martin Rölke Italy £140,000
1996 Esher Cup Sorbie Tower Gay Kelleway Great Britain £45,000
1996 Euro-Cup Artan Martin Rölke Germany £42,735
1995 March Stakes Jellaby Askhir Reg Akehurst Great Britain £100,000
1993 Craven Stakes Emperor Jones John Gosden Great Britain £85,000
1993 Prix Foy Only Royale Luca Cumani France £111,111
1993 Sandown Classic Trial True Hero John Gosden Great Britain £85,000
1992 Heron Stakes Torrey Canyon Roger Charlton Great Britain £45,000
1992 Queen's Vase Landowner John Gosden Great Britain £262,500
1991 Cocked Hat Stakes Man from Eldorado Guy Harwood Great Britain £60,000
1991 Glasgow Stakes Cruachan Guy Harwood Great Britain £55,000
1990 Joe Hirsch Turf Classic Stakes Cacoethes Guy Harwood United States £375,940
1989 Dante Stakes Torjoun Luca Cumani Great Britain £192,200
1988 Epsom Derby Kahyasi Luca Cumani Great Britain £1,500,000£1.5m
1988 Esher Cup Raykour Luca Cumani Great Britain £45,000
1988 Feilden Stakes Kefaah Luca Cumani Great Britain £55,000
1988 Heron Stakes Raykour Luca Cumani Great Britain £45,000
1988 Irish Derby Kahyasi Luca Cumani Ireland £854,701
1988 Lingfield Derby Trial Kahyasi Luca Cumani Great Britain £60,000
1988 Sandown Classic Trial Galitzin Clive Brittain Great Britain £85,000
1987 St James's Palace Stakes Half a Year Luca Cumani Great Britain £650,000
1987 Thoroughbred Stakes Imperial Frontier Luca Cumani Great Britain £100,000
1986 Esher Cup Swift Trooper Roger Williams Great Britain £45,000
1984 St James's Palace Stakes Chief Singer Ron Sheather Great Britain £650,000

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 Ray Cochrane wins

7 countries

Country Wins Share Biggest race won there
Great Britain 20 67% Epsom Derby
France 5 17% Poule d'Essai des Pouliches
Australia 1 3% Caulfield Cup
Ireland 1 3% Irish Derby
United States 1 3% Joe Hirsch Turf Classic Stakes
Italy 1 3% Premio Presidente della Repubblica
Germany 1 3% Euro-Cup

The riders either side

Ranked 215th of 216 on big-race wins

# Jockey Wins Races Span Biggest win
205 Earl Sande 31 15 1921 to 1930 £3,759,399£3.8m
206 Conn McCreary 31 21 1941 to 1958 £3,759,399£3.8m
207 Eibar Coa 31 22 1997 to 2010 £1,503,759£1.5m
208 Ted Durcan 31 28 2000 to 2013 £4,511,278£4.5m
209 Pat Smullen 31 18 1998 to 2016 £1,500,000£1.5m
210 Avelino Gomez 31 12 1956 to 1976 £536,800
211 Tom Scudamore 31 21 2001 to 2021 £375,000
212 Johnny Sellers 30 29 1958 to 1972 £3,759,399£3.8m
213 Eddie Belmonte 30 22 1966 to 1974 £1,503,759£1.5m
214 Seamie Heffernan 30 16 1999 to 2026 £3,759,399£3.8m
216 Paul Carberry 30 23 1993 to 2015 £1,000,000£1.0m
1 Christophe Soumillon 460 155 2000 to 2026 £9,022,556£9.0m
2 Frankie Dettori 434 187 1989 to 2025 £9,022,556£9.0m
3 Olivier Peslier 416 152 1992 to 2022 £5,493,600£5.5m
4 Cash Asmussen 304 134 1980 to 2000 £5,493,600£5.5m
5 Freddy Head 290 113 1966 to 1997 £4,273,504£4.3m
6 Mike E. Smith 268 116 1986 to 2026 £9,022,556£9.0m
7 John R. Velazquez 268 114 1991 to 2026 £5,263,158£5.3m
8 Gérald Mossé 247 126 1985 to 2023 £5,291,005£5.3m
9 Thierry Jarnet 239 106 1988 to 2016 £4,273,504£4.3m

Frequently asked questions

How many big races has Ray Cochrane won?

30, across 24 different races between 1984 and 1999. That is 215th of the 216 jockeys on this site.

What is the biggest race Ray Cochrane has won?

the Caulfield Cup, worth £2,645,503 and run in Australia. Ray Cochrane won it in 1998.

Which race has Ray Cochrane won most often?

the Heron Stakes, 3 times at Sandown Park. 4 of these races have gone to Ray Cochrane more than once.

How much prize money has Ray Cochrane 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: 30 wins, the biggest of them worth £2,645,503.

When did Ray Cochrane win these races?

Between 1984 and 1999. The busiest spell was 1988-89, with 8 of them.

Where to next

The races Ray Cochrane has won, and the riders around them

The races Ray Cochrane has won

The riders either side

Elsewhere in racing