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OWNER · 142nd BY BIG-RACE WINS

Alec Head

17 wins in the world's richest races between 1977 and 2009, across 14 different races. The biggest is Prix Jean Prat, worth £341,880.

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 17
BIGGEST WIN £342k
RACES WON 14
FIRST AND LAST 1977 to 2009
COUNTRIES 1

When the wins came

17 wins from 1977 to 2009, by decade

Best decade: the 2000s, 11 wins

A list of winners sorted by date reads as one long run. Drawn, it has a shape: 11 of these 17 came in the 2000s alone.

The races Alec Head keeps winning

By number of wins

2 won more than once

Prix Belle de Nuit 3 Prix de Guiche 2 Prix Jean Prat 1 Critérium de Saint-Cloud 1 Prix Greffulhe 1 Prix du Muguet 1 Prix de Seine-et-Oise 1 Prix du Palais-Royal 1 Prix Noailles 1 Prix Perth 1 Prix Edmond Blanc 1 Prix Quincey 1

Every big race Alec Head has won

17 winners, newest first

14 different races

Year Race Horse Jockey Trainer Country Worth
2009 Prix de Seine-et-Oise Dunkerque Dominique Boeuf Criquette Head-Maarek France £68,376
2009 Prix du Palais-Royal Dunkerque Dominique Boeuf Criquette Head-Maarek France £68,376
2008 Prix Noailles Full of Gold Thierry Gillet Criquette Head-Maarek France £68,376
2007 Critérium de Saint-Cloud Full of Gold Thierry Gillet Criquette Head-Maarek France £213,675
2006 Prix Perth Passager Dominique Boeuf Criquette Head-Maarek France £68,376
2004 Prix Greffulhe Millemix Christophe Lemaire Criquette Head-Maarek France £111,111
2003 Prix de Guiche Marshall Thierry Thulliez Carlos Laffon-Parias France £68,376
2003 Prix Isonomy Millemix Ronan Thomas Criquette Head-Maarek France £47,009
2002 Prix de Guiche Rouvres Olivier Doleuze Criquette Head-Maarek France £68,376
2002 Prix Jean Prat Rouvres Olivier Doleuze Criquette Head-Maarek France £341,880
2001 Prix Juigné Cybergenic Olivier Doleuze Criquette Head-Maarek France £21,368
1998 Prix du Muguet Marathon Olivier Doleuze Criquette Head France £111,111
1998 Prix Edmond Blanc Marathon Olivier Doleuze Criquette Head France £68,376
1997 Prix Quincey Marathon Olivier Doleuze Criquette Head France £47,863
1980 Prix Belle de Nuit Eternity Freddy Head Criquette Head France £68,376
1978 Prix Belle de Nuit Souveraine Freddy Head Criquette Head France £68,376
1977 Prix Belle de Nuit Sevres Freddy Head Christian Datessen France £68,376

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 Alec Head wins in

17 of 17 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
France 17 One code 75% £1,577,778£1.6m £1,183,333£1.2m

French racing splits a purse four ways and publishes the place ladder as well, which almost no other country does. 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.

The owners either side

Ranked 142nd of 288 on big-race wins

# Owner Wins Races Span Biggest win
122 Gary Barber 18 15 2010 to 2024 £1,503,759£1.5m
123 Paraneck Stable 18 14 1995 to 2008 £1,503,759£1.5m
124 Earle I. Mack 18 18 1980 to 2015 £751,880
125 Gus Schickedanz 18 14 1995 to 2008 £751,880
126 Ecurie I. M. Fares 18 17 1986 to 2016 £256,410
127 Michael E. Pegram 17 15 1998 to 2020 £9,022,556£9.0m
128 Magnier / Tabor / Smith 17 11 2006 to 2025 £1,500,000£1.5m
129 James R. Keene 17 7 1879 to 1910 £1,503,759£1.5m
130 Gary A. Tanaka 17 16 1995 to 2007 £3,040,000£3.0m
131 Enrique Sarasola 17 13 1992 to 2000 £4,273,504£4.3m
132 Fox Hill Farms 17 15 2000 to 2019 £1,503,759£1.5m
133 Robert V. LaPenta 17 16 2003 to 2025 £1,503,759£1.5m
134 Shadwell Stable 17 14 1997 to 2023 £1,503,759£1.5m
135 Bwamazon Farm 17 10 1955 to 1983 £751,880
136 Jean-Louis Bouchard 17 13 1986 to 2021 £1,282,051£1.3m
137 Rex C. Ellsworth 17 12 1947 to 1966 £1,503,759£1.5m
138 Tabor / Magnier 17 12 1997 to 2005 £854,701
139 Sigmund Sommer 17 15 1967 to 1978 £751,880
140 Serge Fradkoff 17 15 1978 to 1998 £854,701
141 Stafford Farms 17 7 1962 to 1980 £536,800
143 George L. Lorillard 16 6 1878 to 1884 £1,503,759£1.5m
144 Bertram R. Firestone 16 16 1975 to 1992 £5,493,600£5.5m
145 Lord Weinstock 16 16 1990 to 2001 £5,493,600£5.5m
146 Maine Chance Farm 16 13 1945 to 1963 £3,759,399£3.8m
147 Leonidas Marinopoulos 16 16 1999 to 2015 £4,511,278£4.5m
148 Bruce McNall 16 16 1981 to 1991 £5,493,600£5.5m
149 Tracy Farmer 16 15 2000 to 2025 £1,503,759£1.5m
150 Sue Magnier 16 12 1997 to 2012 £751,880
151 Edward P. Evans 16 16 1986 to 2010 £751,880
152 E. P. Taylor 16 8 1946 to 1957 £536,800
153 Howard B. Keck 16 10 1959 to 1994 £563,910
154 Jerry & Ann Moss 15 10 1984 to 2016 £5,263,158£5.3m
155 Frances A. Genter 15 14 1959 to 1991 £5,263,158£5.3m
156 Tabor / Smith / Magnier 15 9 2008 to 2025 £4,273,504£4.3m
157 Buckland Farm 15 15 1974 to 1992 £3,759,399£3.8m
158 Tartan Stable 15 14 1967 to 1987 £1,503,759£1.5m
159 Ryehill Farm 15 13 1979 to 1997 £1,127,820£1.1m
160 Harry C. Hatch 15 6 1931 to 1945 £563,910
161 Peachtree Stable 15 14 2001 to 2022 £1,127,820£1.1m
162 Alan Clore 15 14 1974 to 1990 £393,162

Frequently asked questions

How many big races has Alec Head won?

17, across 14 different races between 1977 and 2009. That is 142nd of the 288 owners on this site.

What is the biggest race Alec Head has won?

Prix Jean Prat, worth £341,880 and run in France. Alec Head won it in 2002.

Which race has Alec Head won most often?

Prix Belle de Nuit, 3 times at Saint-Cloud Racecourse. 2 of these races have gone to Alec Head more than once.

How much of the prize does an owner keep?

France gives the owner 75% 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 Alec Head win these races?

Between 1977 and 2009. The busiest decade was the 2000s, with 11 of them.

Who rides for Alec Head?

7 different riders have won one of these races in the colours, across 17 wins. The horses number 11.

Where to next

The races Alec Head has won, and the owners around them

The races Alec Head has won

The owners either side

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