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OWNER · 148th BY BIG-RACE WINS

Bruce McNall

16 wins in the world's richest races between 1981 and 1991, across 16 different races. The biggest is the Japan Cup, worth £5,493,600.

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 16
BIGGEST WIN £5.5m
RACES WON 16
FIRST AND LAST 1981 to 1991
COUNTRIES 3

The races Bruce McNall keeps winning

By number of wins

0 won more than once

Japan Cup 1 Grand Prix de Paris 1 Gamely Stakes 1 Prix Ganay 1 Prix Lupin 1 Prix Niel 1 Prix Maurice de Nieuil 1 Prix d'Harcourt 1 Prix du Prince d'Orange 1 Prix de Condé 1 Prix du Lys 1 Prix Messidor 1

Every big race Bruce McNall has won

16 winners, newest first

16 different races

Year Race Horse Jockey Trainer Country Worth
1991 Japan Cup Golden Pheasant Gary Stevens Charles Whittingham Japan £5,493,600£5.5m
1990 Grand Prix de Paris Saumarez Steve Cauthen Nicolas Clément France £512,821
1990 Prix du Prince d'Orange Saumarez Gérald Mossé Nicolas Clément France £68,376
1989 Gamely Stakes Fitzwilliam Place Corey Black Charlie Whittingham United States £300,752
1989 Prix Niel Golden Pheasant Tony Cruz Jonathan Pease France £111,111
1988 Prix de Condé Dancehall Cash Asmussen André Fabre France £68,376
1988 Prix du Lys Frankly Perfect Pat Eddery Jonathan Pease France £68,376
1987 Prix Messidor Fitzwilliam Place Dominique Boeuf André Fabre France £68,376
1984 La Coupe de Maisons-Laffitte Estrapade Alain Lequeux Maurice Zilber France £68,376
1984 Prix Cléopâtre Eastland Éric Legrix Patrick Biancone France £68,376
1984 Prix Daphnis Palace Music Éric Legrix Patrick Biancone France £68,376
1984 Prix Lupin Dahar Alain Lequeux Maurice Zilber France £170,940
1983 Prix Maurice de Nieuil Load the Cannons Alain Badel Olivier Douieb France £111,111
1982 Prix de Guiche Sharp Singer Alain Lequeux Olivier Douieb France £68,376
1981 Prix d'Harcourt Argument Alain Lequeux Maurice Zilber France £111,111
1981 Prix Ganay Argument Alain Lequeux Maurice Zilber France £256,410

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 Bruce McNall wins in

14 of 16 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 14 One code 75% £1,820,513£1.8m £1,365,385£1.4m

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.

Where Bruce McNall wins

3 countries

Country Wins Share Biggest race won there
France 14 88% Grand Prix de Paris
Japan 1 6% Japan Cup
United States 1 6% Gamely Stakes

The owners either side

Ranked 148th of 288 on big-race wins

# Owner Wins Races Span Biggest win
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
142 Alec Head 17 14 1977 to 2009 £341,880
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
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
163 Robin Scully 15 10 1980 to 1990 £324,786
164 Gary Tanaka 15 12 1994 to 2009 £512,821
165 Gerard Augustin-Normand 15 13 2012 to 2025 £512,821
166 Fannie Hertz 14 12 1928 to 1954 £3,759,399£3.8m
167 Wathnan Racing 14 14 2024 to 2026 £9,022,556£9.0m
168 Repole Stable 14 12 2010 to 2024 £1,503,759£1.5m

Frequently asked questions

How many big races has Bruce McNall won?

16, across 16 different races between 1981 and 1991. That is 148th of the 288 owners on this site.

What is the biggest race Bruce McNall has won?

the Japan Cup, worth £5,493,600 and run in Japan. Bruce McNall won it in 1991.

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 Bruce McNall win these races?

Between 1981 and 1991. The busiest decade was the 1980s, with 13 of them.

Who rides for Bruce McNall?

11 different riders have won one of these races in the colours, across 16 wins. The horses number 12.

Where to next

The races Bruce McNall has won, and the owners around them

The races Bruce McNall has won

The owners either side

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