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JOCKEY · 17th BY BIG-RACE WINS

Yves Saint-Martin

201 wins in the world's richest races between 1963 and 1987, across 97 different races. The biggest is Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, worth £4,273,504.

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 201
BIGGEST WIN £4.3m
RACES WON 97
FIRST AND LAST 1963 to 1987
COUNTRIES 5

When the wins came

201 wins from 1963 to 1987, in 2-year spells

Best spell: 1984-85, 42 wins

A list of winners sorted by date reads as one long run. Drawn, it has a shape: Yves Saint-Martin took 42 of these 201 in 1984-85 alone.

The races Yves Saint-Martin keeps winning

By number of wins

62 won more than once

Prix du Jockey Club 9 Prix Vermeille 6 Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud 5 Prix de Barbeville 5 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe 4 Prix de Diane 4 Grand Prix de Paris 4 Prix Ganay 4 Poule d'Essai des Pouliches 3 Prix de l'Opéra 3 Prix Marcel Boussac 3 Prix de Royallieu 3

Every big race Yves Saint-Martin has won

201 winners, newest first

97 different races

Year Race Horse Trainer Country Worth
1987 La Coupe de Maisons-Laffitte Tabayaan Alain de Royer-Dupré France £68,376
1987 Prix Berteux Tabayaan Alain de Royer-Dupré France £56,410
1987 Prix d'Hédouville Malakim Alain de Royer-Dupré France £68,376
1987 Prix du Jockey Club Natroun Alain de Royer-Dupré France £1,282,051£1.3m
1987 Prix du Pin Allius Alain de Royer-Dupré France £68,376
1987 Prix Fille de l'Air Khariyda Alain de Royer-Dupré France £68,376
1987 Prix Hocquart Sadjiyd Alain de Royer-Dupré France £111,111
1987 Prix Minerve Daralinsha Alain de Royer-Dupré France £68,376
1987 Prix Noailles Sadjiyd Alain de Royer-Dupré France £68,376
1986 Breeders' Cup Mile Last Tycoon (IRE) Robert Collet United States £1,503,759£1.5m
1986 Grand Prix de Deauville Baby Turk Alain de Royer-Dupré France £170,940
1986 La Coupe Triptych Patrick Biancone France £68,376
1986 Prix d'Hédouville Baby Turk Alain de Royer-Dupré France £68,376
1986 Prix de Lieurey Sentimentalite Criquette Head France £68,376
1986 Prix de Psyché Darara Alain de Royer-Dupré France £47,863
1986 Prix de Royallieu Sharaniya Alain de Royer-Dupré France £256,410
1986 Prix de Saint-Georges Last Tycoon Robert Collet France £47,863
1986 Prix du Gros Chêne Last Tycoon Robert Collet France £111,111
1986 Prix Foy Mersey Patrick Biancone France £111,111
1986 Prix Gérald de Geoffre Anazid Alain de Royer-Dupré France £68,376
1986 Prix Gladiateur Silver Green Alain de Royer-Dupré France £68,376
1986 Prix Jean-Luc Lagardère Danishkada Alain de Royer-Dupré France £341,880
1986 Prix La Rochette Grand Chelem Robert Collet France £68,376
1986 Prix Minerve Sharaniya Alain de Royer-Dupré France £68,376
1986 Prix Robert Papin Balbonella François Rohaut France £111,111
1986 Prix Vermeille Darara Alain de Royer-Dupré France £512,821
1985 Grand Prix de Paris Sumayr Alain de Royer-Dupré France £512,821
1985 Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud Strawberry Road Patrick Biancone France £341,880
1985 Hollywood Derby Slew The Dragon John O. Hertler United States £300,752
1985 Poule d'Essai des Poulains No Pass No Sale Robert Collet France £512,821
1985 Preis von Europa Sumayr Alain de Royer-Dupré Germany £106,838
1985 Prix d'Arenberg Last Tycoon Robert Collet France £68,376
1985 Prix d'Harcourt Strawberry Road Patrick Biancone France £111,111
1985 Prix de Barbeville Silver Green Alain de Royer-Dupré France £68,376
1985 Prix de Cabourg Manific Robert Collet France £47,863
1985 Prix de la Grotte Captive Island Robert Collet France £68,376
1985 Prix de Lieurey Just in Front Robert Collet France £68,376
1985 Prix de Malleret Kozana Alain de Royer-Dupré France £111,111
1985 Prix de Psyché La Koumia Robert Collet France £47,863
1985 Prix des Chênes Splendid Moment Robert Collet France £47,863
1985 Prix Dollar Yashgan Alain de Royer-Dupré France £170,940
1985 Prix du Calvados Rayonnante Robert Collet France £111,111
1985 Prix du Jockey Club Mouktar Alain de Royer-Dupré France £1,282,051£1.3m
1985 Prix Foy Sagace Patrick Biancone France £111,111
1985 Prix Ganay Sagace Patrick Biancone France £256,410
1985 Prix Greffulhe Mouktar Alain de Royer-Dupré France £111,111
1985 Prix Hocquart Mouktar Alain de Royer-Dupré France £111,111
1985 Prix La Flèche Kandakiev Mitri Saliba France £51,282
1985 Prix Niel Mouktar Alain de Royer-Dupré France £111,111
1985 Prix Omnium II Shayzari Alain de Royer-Dupré France £47,009
1984 Breeders' Cup Turf Lashkari (GB) Alain de Royer-Dupré United States £3,759,399£3.8m
1984 Critérium de Saint-Cloud Mouktar Alain de Royer-Dupré France £213,675
1984 Poule d'Essai des Pouliches Masarika Alain de Royer-Dupré France £427,350
1984 Prix de Guiche Yashgan Alain de Royer-Dupré France £68,376
1984 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe Sagace Patrick Biancone France £4,273,504£4.3m
1984 Prix de Ris-Orangis Naishakar Alain de Royer-Dupré France £47,863
1984 Prix de Royallieu Euliya Alain de Royer-Dupré France £256,410
1984 Prix des Chênes Captive Island Robert Collet France £47,863
1984 Prix du Conseil de Paris Lashkari Alain de Royer-Dupré France £111,111
1984 Prix du Jockey Club Darshaan Alain de Royer-Dupré France £1,282,051£1.3m
1984 Prix Foy Sagace Patrick Biancone France £111,111
1984 Prix Gladiateur Mister Jack Pierre Biancone France £68,376
1984 Prix Greffulhe Darshaan Alain de Royer-Dupré France £111,111
1984 Prix Herod Captive Island Robert Collet France £47,009
1984 Prix Hocquart Darshaan Alain de Royer-Dupré France £111,111
1984 Prix Perth Green Paradise Roger Wojtowiez France £68,376
1984 Prix Saint-Alary Grise Mine André Fabre France £213,675
1984 Prix Vanteaux Grise Mine André Fabre France £68,376
1983 Critérium de Saint-Cloud Darshaan Alain de Royer-Dupré France £213,675
1983 Grand Prix de Vichy Terreno François Boutin France £47,863
1983 Prix Aga Khan IV (Prix d'Ispahan) Crystal Glitters Mitri Saliba France £213,675
1983 Prix Berteux Brogan Ian Balding France £56,410
1983 Prix d'Harcourt Welsh Term Robert Collet France £111,111
1983 Prix Daphnis Glenstal Vincent O'Brien France £68,376
1983 Prix de Barbeville Denel Bernard Secly France £68,376
1983 Prix de la Nonette Sharaya Alain de Royer-Dupré France £111,111
1983 Prix Dollar Welsh Term Robert Collet France £170,940
1983 Prix du Bois Masarika Alain de Royer-Dupré France £68,376
1983 Prix du Conseil de Paris Sagace Patrick Biancone France £111,111
1983 Prix du Petit Couvert Bold Apparel Robert Collet France £68,376
1983 Prix Fille de l'Air Darine Robert Collet France £68,376
1983 Prix Greffulhe Dom Pasquini Robert Collet France £111,111
1983 Prix Herod Berkeley Court Robert Collet France £47,009
1983 Prix Jean de Chaudenay Welsh Term Robert Collet France £81,197
1983 Prix Jean Prat Ginger Brink Robert Collet France £341,880
1983 Prix La Rochette Cariellor André Fabre France £68,376
1983 Prix Minerve Rajpoura Alain de Royer-Dupré France £68,376
1983 Prix Niel Sagace Patrick Biancone France £111,111
1983 Prix Robert Papin Masarika Alain de Royer-Dupré France £111,111
1983 Prix Vermeille Sharaya Alain de Royer-Dupré France £512,821
1982 Grand Prix de Vichy Karkour Joseph Audon France £47,863
1982 Poule d'Essai des Poulains Melyno François Mathet France £512,821
1982 Prix de Condé Nile Hawk Maurice Zilber France £68,376
1982 Prix de Fontainebleau Melyno François Mathet France £68,376
1982 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe Akiyda François Mathet France £4,273,504£4.3m
1982 Prix Jean Prat Melyno François Mathet France £341,880
1982 Prix Matchem Bright Dick Joseph Audon France £47,009
1982 Prix Royal-Oak Denel Bernard Sécly France £299,145
1981 Grand Prix de Deauville Perrault Pierre Pelat France £170,940
1981 Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud Akarad François Mathet France £341,880
1981 La Coupe Perrault Pierre Pelat France £68,376
1981 Prix Belle de Nuit Nawazish François Mathet France £68,376
1981 Prix Chloé Kilmona Gérald Sauque France £68,376
1981 Prix de l'Opéra Kilmona Gérald Sauque France £427,350
1981 Prix de Malleret Leandra Pierre Pelat France £111,111
1981 Prix de Reux Dom Menotti Olivier Douieb France £68,376
1981 Prix du Petit Couvert Park Romeo Herbert Cohn France £68,376
1981 Prix du Prince d'Orange Vayrann François Mathet France £68,376
1981 Prix Exbury Armistice Day C. de Watrigant France £68,376
1981 Prix Guillaume d'Ornano Al Nasr André Fabre France £341,880
1981 Prix Matchem Mourtazam François Mathet France £47,009
1981 Prix Maurice de Nieuil Perrault Pierre Pelat France £111,111
1981 Prix Messidor Ya Zaman Mitri Saliba France £68,376
1981 Prix Niel Akarad François Mathet France £111,111
1981 Prix Thomas Bryon Melyno François Mathet France £68,376
1980 Prix d'Aumale Ukraine Girl Robert Collet France £47,863
1980 Prix Daphnis Huguenot Vincent O'Brien France £68,376
1980 Prix de Condé The Wonder Jacques de Chevigny France £68,376
1980 Prix de Guiche Shakapour François Mathet France £68,376
1980 Prix de Ris-Orangis Nadjar Aage Paus France £47,863
1980 Prix de Saint-Georges Adraan François Mathet France £47,863
1980 Prix du Gros Chêne Adraan François Mathet France £111,111
1980 Prix Gontaut-Biron Armistice Day C. de Watrigant France £68,376
1980 Prix Isonomy Daumont Joseph Audon France £47,009
1980 Prix Kergorlay Marson Robert Collet France £111,111
1980 Prix Messidor Tassmoun François Mathet France £68,376
1980 Prix Paul de Moussac Ruscelli Freddie Palmer France £68,376
1979 Prix d'Arenberg Adraan François Mathet France £68,376
1979 Prix de Barbeville El Badr Mitri Saliba France £68,376
1979 Prix de Guiche Top Ville François Mathet France £68,376
1979 Prix du Bois Adraan François Mathet France £68,376
1979 Prix du Jockey Club Top Ville François Mathet France £1,282,051£1.3m
1979 Prix du Pin Kaldoun François Mathet France £68,376
1979 Prix du Prince d'Orange Rusticaro Richard Carver Jr. France £68,376
1979 Prix Gontaut-Biron Rusticaro Richard Carver Jr. France £68,376
1979 Prix Lupin Top Ville François Mathet France £170,940
1979 Prix Marcel Boussac Aryenne John Fellows France £341,880
1978 Prix de Royallieu Amazer Maurice Zilber France £256,410
1978 Prix du Cadran Buckskin Peter Walwyn France £256,410
1978 Prix du Jockey Club Acamas Guy Bonnaventure France £1,282,051£1.3m
1978 Prix Lupin Acamas Guy Bonnaventure France £170,940
1977 Poule d'Essai des Pouliches Madelia Angel Penna France £427,350
1977 Prix de Barbeville Buckskin Angel Penna France £68,376
1977 Prix de Diane Madelia Angel Penna Sr. France £854,701
1977 Prix de l'Opéra Waya Angel Penna France £427,350
1977 Prix de Royaumont Waya Angel Penna Sr. France £68,376
1977 Prix du Cadran Buckskin Angel Penna France £256,410
1977 Prix du Calvados Lady Jane Grey M Clement France £111,111
1977 Prix Jacques Le Marois Flying Water Angel Penna France £854,701
1977 Prix Maurice de Gheest Flying Water François Boutin France £324,786
1977 Prix Saint-Alary Madelia Angel Penna, Sr. France £213,675
1976 Grand Prix de Paris Exceller François Mathet France £512,821
1976 Prix de Diane Pawneese Angel Penna Sr. France £854,701
1976 Prix du Moulin de Longchamp Gravelines Angel Penna France £384,615
1976 Prix Jean de Chaudenay Maitland Angel Penna France £81,197
1976 St Leger Stakes Crow Angel Penna Great Britain £700,000
1975 Prix de Fontainebleau Monsanto Angel Penna France £68,376
1975 Prix de l'Abbaye de Longchamp Lianga Angel Penna France £299,145
1975 Prix de l'Opéra Sea Sands Miguel Clément France £427,350
1975 Prix Dollar Allez France Angel Penna France £170,940
1975 Prix du Calvados Theia Raymond Touflan France £111,111
1975 Prix Ganay Allez France Angel Penna France £256,410
1975 Prix Jacques Le Marois Lianga Angel Penna France £854,701
1975 Prix Jean de Chaudenay Ashmore Angel Penna France £81,197
1975 Prix Marcel Boussac Theia Raymond Touflan France £341,880
1974 2000 Guineas Stakes Nonoalco François Boutin Great Britain £525,000
1974 Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud Dahlia Maurice Zilber France £341,880
1974 Irish Derby English Prince Peter Walwyn Ireland £854,701
1974 Prix Aga Khan IV (Prix d'Ispahan) Allez France Angel Penna Sr. France £213,675
1974 Prix de Barbeville Recupere Gilles Delloye France £68,376
1974 Prix de Fontainebleau Mount Hagen Angel Penna France £68,376
1974 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe Allez France Angel Penna France £4,273,504£4.3m
1974 Prix du Cadran Recupere Gilles Delloye France £256,410
1974 Prix Ganay Allez France Angel Penna France £256,410
1974 Prix Morny Broadway Dancer Angel Penna Sr. France £299,145
1974 Prix Vermeille Paulista Angel Penna France £512,821
1973 Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud Rheingold Barry Hills France £341,880
1973 Poule d'Essai des Pouliches Allez France Albert Klimscha France £427,350
1973 Prix Aga Khan IV (Prix d'Ispahan) La Troublerie Gérard Philippeau France £213,675
1973 Prix de Diane Allez France Albert Klimscha France £854,701
1973 Prix de la Forêt African Sky Albert Klimscha France £299,145
1973 Prix Ganay Rheingold Barry Hills France £256,410
1973 Prix Vermeille Allez France Albert Klimscha France £512,821
1972 Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud Rheingold Barry Hills France £341,880
1972 Prix de Diane Rescousse Geoffroy Watson France £854,701
1972 Prix Marcel Boussac Allez France Albert Klimscha France £341,880
1971 Prix de la Forêt Faraway Son Maurice Zilber France £299,145
1970 Preis des Winterfavoriten Widschi Theo Grieper Germany £132,479
1970 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe Sassafras François Mathet France £4,273,504£4.3m
1970 Prix du Jockey Club Sassafras François Mathet France £1,282,051£1.3m
1970 Prix Royal-Oak Sassafras François Mathet France £299,145
1969 Prix Morny Amber Rama François Mathet France £299,145
1969 Prix Vermeille Saraca François Mathet France £512,821
1968 Prix du Jockey Club Tapalque François Mathet France £1,282,051£1.3m
1967 Prix Vermeille Casaque Grise François Mathet France £512,821
1966 Grand Prix de Paris Danseur François Mathet France £512,821
1966 Prix du Jockey Club Nelcius Miguel Clément France £1,282,051£1.3m
1965 Grand Prix de Paris Reliance François Mathet France £512,821
1965 Prix du Jockey Club Reliance François Mathet France £1,282,051£1.3m
1963 Epsom Derby Relko François Mathet Great Britain £1,500,000£1.5m

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 Yves Saint-Martin wins

5 countries

Country Wins Share Biggest race won there
France 191 95% Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe
United States 3 1% Breeders' Cup Turf
Great Britain 3 1% Epsom Derby
Germany 2 1% Preis des Winterfavoriten
Ireland 1 0% Irish Derby

The riders either side

Ranked 17th of 216 on big-race wins

# Jockey Wins Races Span Biggest win
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
10 Mickael Barzalona 237 124 2010 to 2026 £9,022,556£9.0m
11 Ryan Moore 228 106 2004 to 2026 £5,493,600£5.5m
12 Pat Eddery 225 105 1971 to 2003 £5,493,600£5.5m
13 Pat Day 221 105 1976 to 2004 £5,263,158£5.3m
14 Lester Piggott 211 91 1951 to 1994 £4,273,504£4.3m
15 William Buick 206 109 2008 to 2026 £9,022,556£9.0m
16 Maxime Guyon 203 100 2009 to 2026 £4,511,278£4.5m
18 Javier Castellano 193 101 2001 to 2026 £5,263,158£5.3m
19 Bill Shoemaker 193 59 1950 to 1988 £5,263,158£5.3m
20 Andrasch Starke 192 63 1992 to 2025 £4,273,504£4.3m
21 Gary Stevens 188 95 1985 to 2017 £9,022,556£9.0m
22 Jerry Bailey 188 74 1980 to 2005 £9,022,556£9.0m
23 Joel Rosario 180 99 2008 to 2026 £9,022,556£9.0m
24 Chris McCarron 178 80 1977 to 2002 £5,493,600£5.5m
25 Dominique Boeuf 178 100 1986 to 2010 £2,280,000£2.3m
26 Stéphane Pasquier 168 98 2001 to 2026 £4,273,504£4.3m
27 Irad Ortiz Jr. 162 87 2012 to 2026 £5,263,158£5.3m

Frequently asked questions

How many big races has Yves Saint-Martin won?

201, across 97 different races between 1963 and 1987. That is 17th of the 216 jockeys on this site.

What is the biggest race Yves Saint-Martin has won?

Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, worth £4,273,504 and run in France. Yves Saint-Martin won it in 1984, 1982, 1974, 1970.

Which race has Yves Saint-Martin won most often?

Prix du Jockey Club, 9 times at Chantilly Racecourse. 62 of these races have gone to Yves Saint-Martin more than once.

How much prize money has Yves Saint-Martin 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: 201 wins, the biggest of them worth £4,273,504.

When did Yves Saint-Martin win these races?

Between 1963 and 1987. The busiest spell was 1984-85, with 42 of them.

Where to next

The races Yves Saint-Martin has won, and the riders around them

The races Yves Saint-Martin has won

The riders either side

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