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JOCKEY · 159th BY BIG-RACE WINS

Sam Twiston-Davies

40 wins in the world's richest races between 2010 and 2026, across 32 different races. The biggest is the Queen Mother Champion Chase, worth £400,000.

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 40
BIGGEST WIN £400k
RACES WON 32
FIRST AND LAST 2010 to 2026
COUNTRIES 2

When the wins came

40 wins from 2010 to 2026, in 2-year spells

Best spell: 2014-15, 10 wins

A list of winners sorted by date reads as one long run. Drawn, it has a shape: Sam Twiston-Davies took 10 of these 40 in 2014-15 alone.

The races Sam Twiston-Davies keeps winning

By number of wins

6 won more than once

International Hurdle 4 Paddy Power Gold Cup 2 Scottish Grand National 2 Becher Chase 2 December Gold Cup 2 Rising Stars Novices' Chase 2 Queen Mother Champion Chase 1 Grande Course de Haies d'Auteuil 1 King George VI Chase 1 Melling Chase 1 Aintree Hurdle 1 Broadway Novices' Chase 1

Every big race Sam Twiston-Davies has won

40 winners, newest first

32 different races

Year Race Horse Trainer Country Worth
2026 Midlands Grand National Isaac Des Obeaux Paul Nicholls Great Britain £160,000
2024 Hyde Novices' Hurdle Potters Charm Nigel Twiston-Davies Great Britain £80,000
2024 Prestbury Juvenile Hurdle East India Dock James Owen Great Britain £80,000
2023 Broadway Novices' Chase The Real Whacker Patrick Neville Great Britain £200,000
2021 International Hurdle Guard Your Dreams Nigel Twiston-Davies Great Britain £112,000
2021 Scottish Champion Hurdle Milkwood Neil Mulholland Great Britain £40,000
2021 Sharp Novices' Hurdle I Like To Move It Nigel Twiston-Davies Great Britain £80,000
2019 Charlie Hall Chase Ballyoptic Nigel Twiston-Davies Great Britain £100,000
2019 King George VI Chase Clan des Obeaux Paul Nicholls Great Britain £250,000
2019 Swinton Handicap Hurdle Le Patriote Richard Newland Great Britain £80,000
2018 1965 Chase Politologue Paul Nicholls Great Britain £80,000
2018 Melling Chase Politologue Paul Nicholls Great Britain £250,000
2017 Rising Stars Novices' Chase Modus Paul Nicholls Great Britain £75,000
2017 Scottish Grand National Vicente Paul Nicholls Great Britain £150,000
2016 Champion Bumper Ballyandy Nigel Twiston-Davies Great Britain £80,000
2016 December Gold Cup Frodon Paul Nicholls Great Britain £125,000
2016 Fred Winter Juvenile Handicap Hurdle Diego du Charmil Paul Nicholls Great Britain £80,000
2016 Future Champion Novices' Chase Le Mercurey Paul Nicholls Great Britain £24,000
2016 Grande Course de Haies d'Auteuil Ptit Zig Paul Nicholls France £299,145
2016 Johnny Henderson Grand Annual Chase Solar Impulse Paul Nicholls Great Britain £150,000
2016 Kennel Gate Novices' Hurdle Capitaine Paul Nicholls Great Britain £25,000
2016 Scottish Grand National Vicente Paul Nicholls Great Britain £150,000
2015 Anniversary 4-Y-O Juvenile Hurdle All Yours Paul Nicholls Great Britain £110,000
2015 BetMGM Cup Aux Ptits Soins Paul Nicholls Great Britain £110,000
2015 International Hurdle Old Guard Paul Nicholls Great Britain £112,000
2015 Queen Mother Champion Chase Dodging Bullets Paul Nicholls Great Britain £400,000
2014 Aintree Hurdle The New One Nigel Twiston-Davies Great Britain £250,000
2014 International Hurdle The New One Nigel Twiston-Davies Great Britain £112,000
2014 Oddschecker Handicap Chase Sam Winner Paul Nicholls Great Britain £75,000
2014 Paddy Power Gold Cup Caid Du Berlais Paul Nicholls Great Britain £160,000
2014 Rising Stars Novices' Chase Southfield Theatre Paul Nicholls Great Britain £75,000
2014 Tingle Creek Chase Dodging Bullets Paul Nicholls Great Britain £175,000
2013 Baring Bingham Novices' Hurdle The New One Nigel Twiston-Davies Great Britain £150,000
2013 December Gold Cup Double Ross Nigel Twiston-Davies Great Britain £125,000
2013 International Hurdle The New One Nigel Twiston-Davies Great Britain £112,000
2013 Many Clouds Chase Unioniste Paul Nicholls Great Britain £50,000
2012 Becher Chase Hello Bud Nigel Twiston-Davies Great Britain £150,000
2010 Becher Chase Hello Bud Nigel Twiston-Davies Great Britain £150,000
2010 Paddy Power Gold Cup Little Josh Nigel Twiston-Davies Great Britain £160,000
2010 St James's Place Festival Hunter Chase Baby Run Nigel Twiston-Davies Great Britain £50,000

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 Sam Twiston-Davies wins

2 countries

Country Wins Share Biggest race won there
Great Britain 39 98% Queen Mother Champion Chase
France 1 3% Grande Course de Haies d'Auteuil

The riders either side

Ranked 159th of 216 on big-race wins

# Jockey Wins Races Span Biggest win
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
154 Paddy Brennan 41 32 2005 to 2023 £646,880
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
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
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

Frequently asked questions

How many big races has Sam Twiston-Davies won?

40, across 32 different races between 2010 and 2026. That is 159th of the 216 jockeys on this site.

What is the biggest race Sam Twiston-Davies has won?

the Queen Mother Champion Chase, worth £400,000 and run in Great Britain. Sam Twiston-Davies won it in 2015.

Which race has Sam Twiston-Davies won most often?

the International Hurdle, 4 times at Cheltenham Racecourse. 6 of these races have gone to Sam Twiston-Davies more than once.

How much prize money has Sam Twiston-Davies 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: 40 wins, the biggest of them worth £400,000.

When did Sam Twiston-Davies win these races?

Between 2010 and 2026. The busiest spell was 2014-15, with 10 of them.

Where to next

The races Sam Twiston-Davies has won, and the riders around them

The races Sam Twiston-Davies has won

The riders either side

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