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OWNER · 101st BY BIG-RACE WINS

Aga Khan III

19 wins in the world's richest races between 1924 and 1952, across 5 different races. The biggest is the Epsom Derby, worth £1,500,000.

The owner is the one name on a winner's row the prize actually belongs to. Everybody else in the yard takes a percentage of it, set by the country the race is run in.

BIG-RACE WINS 19
BIGGEST WIN £1.5m
RACES WON 5
FIRST AND LAST 1924 to 1952
COUNTRIES 2

When the wins came

19 wins from 1924 to 1952, by decade

Best decade: the 1930s, 7 wins

A list of winners sorted by date reads as one long run. Drawn, it has a shape: 7 of these 19 came in the 1930s alone.

The races Aga Khan III keeps winning

By number of wins

5 won more than once

St Leger Stakes 6 Epsom Derby 4 St James's Palace Stakes 4 2000 Guineas Stakes 3 Irish Derby 2

Every big race Aga Khan III has won

19 winners, newest first

5 different races

Year Race Horse Jockey Trainer Country Worth
1952 Epsom Derby Tulyar Charles Smirke Marcus Marsh Great Britain £1,500,000£1.5m
1952 St Leger Stakes Tulyar Charlie Smirke Marcus Marsh Great Britain £700,000
1950 2000 Guineas Stakes Palestine Charlie Smirke Marcus Marsh Great Britain £525,000
1950 St James's Palace Stakes Palestine Charlie Smirke Marcus Marsh Great Britain £650,000
1949 Irish Derby Hindostan Rae Johnstone Frank Butters Ireland £854,701
1948 Irish Derby Nathoo Rae Johnstone Frank Butters Ireland £854,701
1946 St James's Palace Stakes Khaled Gordon Richards Frank Butters Great Britain £650,000
1944 St Leger Stakes Tehran Gordon Richards Frank Butters Great Britain £700,000
1940 St Leger Stakes Turkhan Gordon Richards Frank Butters Great Britain £700,000
1936 Epsom Derby Mahmoud Charles Smirke Frank Butters Great Britain £1,500,000£1.5m
1935 2000 Guineas Stakes Bahram † Freddie Fox Frank Butters Great Britain £525,000
1935 Epsom Derby Bahram Freddie Fox Frank Butters Great Britain £1,500,000£1.5m
1935 St James's Palace Stakes Bahram Freddie Fox Frank Butters Great Britain £650,000
1935 St Leger Stakes Bahram Charlie Smirke Frank Butters Great Britain £700,000
1932 St Leger Stakes Firdaussi Freddie Fox Frank Butters Great Britain £700,000
1930 Epsom Derby Blenheim Harry Wragg Dick Dawson Great Britain £1,500,000£1.5m
1925 St James's Palace Stakes Zambo Brownie Carslake Dick Dawson Great Britain £650,000
1924 2000 Guineas Stakes Diophon George Hulme Dick Dawson Great Britain £525,000
1924 St Leger Stakes Salmon-Trout Brownie Carslake Dick Dawson Great Britain £700,000

The figure on each row is what that race puts up today, which is the number that says how big a day it was.

What the owner takes out of a purse

The published split in the countries Aga Khan III wins in

17 of 19 wins covered

Every racing authority that publishes a rule publishes it as a split of the race fund rather than of a winner's cheque, so these are figures about the races below and not about one person's bank account.

Country Wins there Code Owner's share Purse of those races Owners' share of it
Great Britain 17 Flat 80% / 78.25% £14,375,000£14.4m £11,500,000£11.5m

British racing splits every pound of prize money five ways, and the two codes do not split it the same way. The owner's share is the largest single line in every country that publishes one, and it is the line that moves when a country changes its rules: British jump racing gives its riders 1.75 points more of every purse than the Flat does, and those points come out of the owner's share rather than anybody else's.

Where Aga Khan III wins

2 countries

Country Wins Share Biggest race won there
Great Britain 17 89% Epsom Derby
Ireland 2 11% Irish Derby

The owners either side

Ranked 101st of 288 on big-race wins

# Owner Wins Races Span Biggest win
81 Golden Eagle Farm 23 14 1982 to 2001 £751,880
82 Scuderia Effevi 23 10 2007 to 2019 £447,692
83 Harry Payne Whitney 22 12 1906 to 1930 £3,759,399£3.8m
84 Charles E. Fipke 22 18 2003 to 2022 £1,503,759£1.5m
85 William Haggin Perry 22 20 1956 to 1991 £1,503,759£1.5m
86 Glen Hill Farm 22 16 1972 to 2015 £1,503,759£1.5m
87 Aga Khan Studs SCEA 21 20 2025 to 2026 £5,493,600£5.5m
88 Elmendorf Farm 21 16 1960 to 1982 £751,880
89 Prince A. A. Faisal 21 18 1986 to 2026 £854,701
90 Haras d'Etreham 21 16 1981 to 2024 £341,880
91 Glen Riddle Farm 20 9 1919 to 1941 £1,503,759£1.5m
92 Cornelius V. Whitney 20 10 1933 to 1977 £1,503,759£1.5m
93 Stonestreet Stables 20 18 2007 to 2026 £1,503,759£1.5m
94 Gestüt Ammerland 20 18 1997 to 2017 £2,280,000£2.3m
95 Darley Stable 20 19 2003 to 2012 £1,503,759£1.5m
96 Cheveley Park Stud 20 17 1990 to 2023 £1,503,759£1.5m
97 Gestüt Zoppenbroich 20 9 1965 to 1985 £555,556
98 Georg von Ullmann 20 15 1993 to 2009 £854,701
99 Jean-Louis Levesque 20 12 1965 to 1983 £488,722
100 Marcel Boussac 19 9 1936 to 1978 £4,273,504£4.3m
102 Magnier / Tabor 19 15 1998 to 2008 £4,273,504£4.3m
103 Lael Stables 19 16 2006 to 2025 £3,759,399£3.8m
104 Joseph E. Widener 19 9 1918 to 1940 £1,503,759£1.5m
105 John A. Franks 19 16 1984 to 2003 £1,503,759£1.5m
106 William S. Farish III 19 18 1970 to 2019 £1,503,759£1.5m
107 Hobeau Farm 19 17 1969 to 2007 £751,880
108 Henryk de Kwiatkowski 19 14 1981 to 1995 £1,503,759£1.5m
109 Jaber Abdullah 19 16 1994 to 2026 £650,000
110 Sir Michael Sobell 19 18 1972 to 1989 £700,000
111 Thierry van Zuylen 19 18 1963 to 2004 £341,880
112 Bob & Beverly Lewis 18 15 1994 to 2005 £9,022,556£9.0m
113 Rancocas Stable 18 10 1885 to 1929 £3,759,399£3.8m
114 Paul Mellon 18 13 1965 to 1985 £4,273,504£4.3m
115 W. Cal Partee 18 13 1974 to 1997 £939,850
116 J. P. McManus 18 4 1998 to 2026 £1,000,000£1.0m
117 Bohemia Stable 18 10 1960 to 2002 £751,880
118 Team Valor 18 18 1993 to 2013 £2,850,000£2.9m
119 Mohammed bin Khalifa Al Maktoum 18 13 2007 to 2018 £2,850,000£2.9m
120 Gary & Mary West 18 16 1993 to 2024 £1,503,759£1.5m
121 Phipps Stable 18 16 2005 to 2019 £751,880

Frequently asked questions

How many big races has Aga Khan III won?

19, across 5 different races between 1924 and 1952. That is 101st of the 288 owners on this site.

What is the biggest race Aga Khan III has won?

the Epsom Derby, worth £1,500,000 and run in Great Britain. Aga Khan III won it in 1930, 1935, 1936, 1952.

Which race has Aga Khan III won most often?

the St Leger Stakes, 6 times at Doncaster Racecourse. 5 of these races have gone to Aga Khan III more than once.

How much of the prize does an owner keep?

Great Britain gives the owner 80% on the Flat and 78.25% on the Jumps of the fund. The rest is split between the trainer, the riders and the sport itself, and the owner is the only party paid the prize rather than a percentage of it.

When did Aga Khan III win these races?

Between 1924 and 1952. The busiest decade was the 1930s, with 7 of them.

Who rides for Aga Khan III?

8 different riders have won one of these races in the colours, across 19 wins. The horses number 15.

Where to next

The races Aga Khan III has won, and the owners around them

The races Aga Khan III has won

The owners either side

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