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JOCKEY · 138th BY BIG-RACE WINS

Timmy Murphy

44 wins in the world's richest races between 1997 and 2012, across 30 different races. The biggest is the Ryanair Chase, worth £375,000.

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 44
BIGGEST WIN £375k
RACES WON 30
FIRST AND LAST 1997 to 2012
COUNTRIES 1

When the wins came

44 wins from 1997 to 2012, in 2-year spells

Best spell: 2004-05, 19 wins

A list of winners sorted by date reads as one long run. Drawn, it has a shape: Timmy Murphy took 19 of these 44 in 2004-05 alone.

The races Timmy Murphy keeps winning

By number of wins

12 won more than once

Aintree Hurdle 3 Paddy Power Gold Cup 3 Aintree Bowl 2 Coral Gold Cup 2 Celebration Chase 2 Scottish Grand National 2 Sun Racing Plate Handicap Chase 2 Charlie Hall Chase 2 County Handicap Hurdle 2 Henry VIII Novices' Chase 2 Sharp Novices' Hurdle 2 Molyneux Hurdle 2

Every big race Timmy Murphy has won

44 winners, newest first

30 different races

Year Race Horse Trainer Country Worth
2012 Scottish Grand National Merigo Andrew Parker Great Britain £150,000
2011 Bet365 Gold Cup Poker de Sivola Ferdy Murphy Great Britain £175,000
2011 Charlie Hall Chase Weird Al Donald McCain, Jr. Great Britain £100,000
2011 Paddy Power Gold Cup Great Endeavour David Pipe Great Britain £160,000
2010 Scottish Champion Hurdle Overturn Donald McCain Great Britain £40,000
2010 Scottish Grand National Merigo Andrew Parker Great Britain £150,000
2009 Centenary Novices' Handicap Chase Chapoturgeon Paul Nicholls Great Britain £40,000
2008 Aintree Bowl Our Vic David Pipe Great Britain £250,000
2008 Aintree Hurdle Al Eile John Queally Great Britain £250,000
2008 Challow Novices' Hurdle Diamond Harry Nick Williams Great Britain £100,000
2008 Hyde Novices' Hurdle Diamond Harry Nick Williams Great Britain £80,000
2008 Ryanair Chase Our Vic David Pipe Great Britain £375,000
2008 Warfield Mares' Hurdle Labelthou Emma Lavelle Great Britain £50,000
2007 Aintree Hurdle Al Eile John Queally Great Britain £250,000
2007 Celebration Chase Dempsey Carl Llewellyn Great Britain £175,000
2007 Sodexo Live! Gold Cup Harris Bay Henrietta Knight Great Britain £100,000
2006 Aintree Bowl Celestial Gold Martin Pipe Great Britain £250,000
2006 Charlie Hall Chase Our Vic David Pipe Great Britain £100,000
2005 Aintree Hurdle Al Eile John Queally Great Britain £250,000
2005 Arkle Challenge Trophy Contraband Martin Pipe Great Britain £200,000
2005 Celebration Chase Well Chief Martin Pipe Great Britain £175,000
2005 County Handicap Hurdle Fontanesi Martin Pipe Great Britain £100,000
2005 Future Champion Novices' Chase Locksmith Martin Pipe Great Britain £24,000
2005 Henry VIII Novices' Chase Racing Demon Henrietta Knight Great Britain £100,000
2005 Old Roan Chase Impek Henrietta Knight Great Britain £80,000
2005 Paddy Power Gold Cup Our Vic Martin Pipe Great Britain £160,000
2005 Rising Stars Novices' Chase Celtic Son Martin Pipe Great Britain £75,000
2004 Anniversary 4-Y-O Juvenile Hurdle Al Eile John Queally Great Britain £110,000
2004 Coral Gold Cup Celestial Gold Martin Pipe Great Britain £250,000
2004 Henry VIII Novices' Chase Contraband Martin Pipe Great Britain £100,000
2004 Kennel Gate Novices' Hurdle Marcel Martin Pipe Great Britain £25,000
2004 Oddschecker Handicap Chase Stormez Martin Pipe Great Britain £75,000
2004 Paddy Power Gold Cup Celestial Gold Martin Pipe Great Britain £160,000
2004 Pertemps Final Creon Jonjo O'Neill Great Britain £100,000
2004 Sharp Novices' Hurdle Marcel Martin Pipe Great Britain £80,000
2004 Sun Racing Plate Handicap Chase Tikram Gary L. Moore Great Britain £120,000
2004 Swinton Handicap Hurdle Macs Joy Jessica Harrington Great Britain £80,000
2002 Maghull Novices' Chase Armaturk Paul Nicholls Great Britain £120,000
2002 Molyneux Hurdle Santenay Paul Nicholls Great Britain £70,000
2001 Molyneux Hurdle Azertyuiop Paul Nicholls Great Britain £70,000
2001 Sharp Novices' Hurdle Fireball Macnamara Mark Pitman Great Britain £80,000
1999 Coral Gold Cup Ever Blessed Mark Pitman Great Britain £250,000
1999 County Handicap Hurdle Sir Talbot Jim Old Great Britain £100,000
1997 Sun Racing Plate Handicap Chase Terao Martin Pipe Great Britain £120,000

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 138th of 216 on big-race wins

# Jockey Wins Races Span Biggest win
128 Peter Remmert 48 25 1963 to 1988 £427,350
129 Donald Pierce 47 23 1959 to 1984 £939,850
130 Henri Samani 47 33 1971 to 1988 £854,701
131 Harry Skelton 47 36 2014 to 2026 £400,000
132 Todd Kabel 47 19 1990 to 2007 £536,800
133 Jean-Luc Samyn 46 35 1977 to 2007 £751,880
134 Alain Badel 46 35 1977 to 2000 £854,701
135 Torsten Mundry 46 34 1995 to 2008 £555,556
136 Tony Cruz 45 40 1983 to 1995 £3,800,000£3.8m
137 Lance O'Sullivan 45 17 1982 to 2003 £5,493,600£5.5m
139 Ted Atkinson 43 26 1944 to 1957 £1,503,759£1.5m
140 Fritz Drechsler 43 23 1960 to 1975 £341,880
141 William Mongil 43 39 1989 to 2009 £256,410
142 John L. Rotz 42 30 1956 to 1973 £1,503,759£1.5m
143 Michael Roberts 42 37 1986 to 2000 £5,493,600£5.5m
144 Grégory Benoist 42 32 2009 to 2022 £854,701
145 Andrzej Tylicki 42 25 1981 to 1997 £555,556
146 Bill Hartack 41 26 1956 to 1972 £3,759,399£3.8m
147 Ramon Domínguez 41 27 1999 to 2012 £3,759,399£3.8m
148 Don Brumfield 41 29 1964 to 1988 £1,503,759£1.5m

Frequently asked questions

How many big races has Timmy Murphy won?

44, across 30 different races between 1997 and 2012. That is 138th of the 216 jockeys on this site.

What is the biggest race Timmy Murphy has won?

the Ryanair Chase, worth £375,000 and run in Great Britain. Timmy Murphy won it in 2008.

Which race has Timmy Murphy won most often?

the Aintree Hurdle, 3 times at Aintree Racecourse. 12 of these races have gone to Timmy Murphy more than once.

How much prize money has Timmy Murphy 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: 44 wins, the biggest of them worth £375,000.

When did Timmy Murphy win these races?

Between 1997 and 2012. The busiest spell was 2004-05, with 19 of them.

Where to next

The races Timmy Murphy has won, and the riders around them

The races Timmy Murphy has won

The riders either side

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