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JOCKEY · 175th BY BIG-RACE WINS

Robert Thornton

38 wins in the world's richest races between 1997 and 2014, across 27 different races. The biggest is the Champion Hurdle, worth £450,000.

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 38
BIGGEST WIN £450k
RACES WON 27
FIRST AND LAST 1997 to 2014
COUNTRIES 1

When the wins came

38 wins from 1997 to 2014, in 2-year spells

Best spell: 2008-09, 12 wins

A list of winners sorted by date reads as one long run. Drawn, it has a shape: Robert Thornton took 12 of these 38 in 2008-09 alone.

The races Robert Thornton keeps winning

By number of wins

9 won more than once

Festival Trophy Handicap Chase 3 Anniversary 4-Y-O Juvenile Hurdle 3 Melling Chase 2 Arkle Challenge Trophy 2 Spa Novices' Hurdle 2 Triumph Hurdle 2 Sefton Novices' Hurdle 2 Prestbury Juvenile Hurdle 2 Nickel Coin Mares' Standard Open NH Flat Race 2 Champion Hurdle 1 Queen Mother Champion Chase 1 Stayers' Hurdle 1

Every big race Robert Thornton has won

38 winners, newest first

27 different races

Year Race Horse Trainer Country Worth
2014 Nickel Coin Mares' Standard Open NH Flat Race Avispa Alan King Great Britain £50,000
2012 Anniversary 4-Y-O Juvenile Hurdle Grumeti Alan King Great Britain £110,000
2012 Scottish Champion Hurdle Raya Star Alan King Great Britain £40,000
2012 Sefton Novices' Hurdle Lovcen Alan King Great Britain £100,000
2011 Festival Trophy Handicap Chase Bensalem Alan King Great Britain £150,000
2009 Anniversary 4-Y-O Juvenile Hurdle Walkon Alan King Great Britain £110,000
2009 Melling Chase Voy Por Ustedes Alan King Great Britain £250,000
2009 Red Rum Handicap Chase Oh Crick Alan King Great Britain £100,000
2009 Wetherby Mares' Hurdle Santia Alan King Great Britain £30,000
2008 Champion Hurdle Katchit Alan King Great Britain £450,000
2008 Future Champion Novices' Chase Starzaan Hughie Morrison Great Britain £24,000
2008 Henry VIII Novices' Chase Araldur Alan King Great Britain £100,000
2008 Kennel Gate Novices' Hurdle Medermit Alan King Great Britain £25,000
2008 Liverpool Hurdle Blazing Bailey Alan King Great Britain £250,000
2008 Melling Chase Voy Por Ustedes Alan King Great Britain £250,000
2008 Spa Novices' Hurdle Nenuphar Collonges Alan King Great Britain £150,000
2008 Supreme Novices' Hurdle Captain Cee Bee Eddie Harty Great Britain £150,000
2007 Anniversary 4-Y-O Juvenile Hurdle Katchit Alan King Great Britain £110,000
2007 Arkle Challenge Trophy My Way de Solzen Alan King Great Britain £200,000
2007 Johnny Henderson Grand Annual Chase Andreas Paul Nicholls Great Britain £150,000
2007 Prestbury Juvenile Hurdle Franchoek Alan King Great Britain £80,000
2007 Queen Mother Champion Chase Voy Por Ustedes Alan King Great Britain £400,000
2007 Triumph Hurdle Katchit Alan King Great Britain £150,000
2006 Arkle Challenge Trophy Voy Por Ustedes Alan King Great Britain £200,000
2006 Prestbury Juvenile Hurdle Katchit Alan King Great Britain £80,000
2006 Stayers' Hurdle My Way de Solzen Alan King Great Britain £325,000
2005 Festival Trophy Handicap Chase Kelami François Doumen Great Britain £150,000
2005 Long Walk Hurdle My Way de Solzen Alan King Great Britain £125,000
2005 Nickel Coin Mares' Standard Open NH Flat Race Senorita Rumbalita Alan King Great Britain £50,000
2005 Spa Novices' Hurdle Moulin Riche François Doumen Great Britain £150,000
2005 Triumph Hurdle Penzance Alan King Great Britain £150,000
2004 1965 Chase Massac Alan King Great Britain £80,000
2004 Festival Trophy Handicap Chase Fork Lightning Alan King Great Britain £150,000
2003 International Hurdle Rigmarole Paul Nicholls Great Britain £112,000
2002 Sefton Novices' Hurdle Stromness Alan King Great Britain £100,000
2001 Rising Stars Novices' Chase Gola Cher Alan King Great Britain £75,000
1997 Fulke Walwyn Kim Muir Challenge Cup King Lucifer David Nicholson Great Britain £75,000
1997 Pertemps Final Pharanear David Nicholson Great Britain £100,000

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 175th of 216 on big-race wins

# Jockey Wins Races Span Biggest win
165 Cornelio Velásquez 39 33 1992 to 2014 £1,503,759£1.5m
166 Rene Piechulek 39 27 2015 to 2026 £4,273,504£4.3m
167 Harry Carr 39 17 1948 to 1963 £1,500,000£1.5m
168 Robin Platts 39 15 1970 to 1997 £536,800
169 Julien R. Leparoux 38 24 2006 to 2020 £1,315,789£1.3m
170 Rajiv Maragh 38 34 2008 to 2019 £939,850
171 Ruben Hernandez 38 33 1976 to 1997 £1,503,759£1.5m
172 Robbie Davis 38 32 1984 to 2000 £751,880
173 Doug Smith 38 18 1941 to 1966 £650,000
174 Mick Fitzgerald 38 29 1994 to 2008 £646,880
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

Frequently asked questions

How many big races has Robert Thornton won?

38, across 27 different races between 1997 and 2014. That is 175th of the 216 jockeys on this site.

What is the biggest race Robert Thornton has won?

the Champion Hurdle, worth £450,000 and run in Great Britain. Robert Thornton won it in 2008.

Which race has Robert Thornton won most often?

the Festival Trophy Handicap Chase, 3 times at Cheltenham Racecourse. 9 of these races have gone to Robert Thornton more than once.

How much prize money has Robert Thornton 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: 38 wins, the biggest of them worth £450,000.

When did Robert Thornton win these races?

Between 1997 and 2014. The busiest spell was 2008-09, with 12 of them.

Where to next

The races Robert Thornton has won, and the riders around them

The races Robert Thornton has won

The riders either side

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