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OWNER · 209th BY BIG-RACE WINS

Etti Plesch

12 wins in the world's richest races between 1961 and 1992, across 11 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 12
BIGGEST WIN £1.5m
RACES WON 11
FIRST AND LAST 1961 to 1992
COUNTRIES 2

When the wins came

12 wins from 1961 to 1992, by decade

Best decade: the 1980s, 8 wins

A list of winners sorted by date reads as one long run. Drawn, it has a shape: 8 of these 12 came in the 1980s alone.

The races Etti Plesch keeps winning

By number of wins

1 won more than once

Epsom Derby 2 Prix Dollar 1 La Coupe 1 Prix du Palais-Royal 1 Prix du Petit Couvert 1 Prix Paul de Moussac 1 Prix du Pin 1 Prix de la Porte Maillot 1 Prix des Chênes 1 Prix Matchem 1 Prix Yacowlef 1

Every big race Etti Plesch has won

12 winners, newest first

11 different races

Year Race Horse Jockey Trainer Country Worth
1992 La Coupe Wiorno Thierry Jarnet André Fabre France £68,376
1990 Prix de la Porte Maillot Funambule Freddy Head Criquette Head France £47,863
1990 Prix du Palais-Royal Funambule Freddy Head Criquette Head France £68,376
1989 Prix des Chênes Funambule Guy Guignard Criquette Head France £47,863
1988 Prix Dollar Squill Guy Guignard Criquette Head France £170,940
1988 Prix du Petit Couvert Canango Guy Guignard Michael Stoute France £68,376
1988 Prix Matchem Squill Guy Guignard Criquette Head France £47,009
1988 Prix Paul de Moussac Squill Gary W. Moore Criquette Head France £68,376
1987 Prix du Pin Allius Yves Saint-Martin Alain de Royer-Dupré France £68,376
1980 Epsom Derby Henbit Willie Carson Dick Hern Great Britain £1,500,000£1.5m
1980 Prix Yacowlef Miswaki Philippe Paquet François Boutin France £47,009
1961 Epsom Derby Psidium Roger Poincelet Harry Wragg 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.

What the owner takes out of a purse

The published split in the countries Etti Plesch wins in

12 of 12 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 10 One code 75% £702,564 £526,923
Great Britain 2 Flat 80% / 78.25% £3,000,000£3.0m £2,400,000£2.4m

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 Etti Plesch wins

2 countries

Country Wins Share Biggest race won there
France 10 83% Prix Dollar
Great Britain 2 17% Epsom Derby

The owners either side

Ranked 209th of 288 on big-race wins

# Owner Wins Races Span Biggest win
189 Cragwood Stables 13 11 1967 to 1977 £751,880
190 Harry Giddings Sr 13 3 1911 to 1920 £536,800
191 Gestüt Ravensberg 13 5 1959 to 2011 £555,556
192 Jean-Claude Dupouy 13 9 2009 to 2015 £256,410
193 Lagardère Family 13 12 2003 to 2004 £512,821
194 Ecurie Chalhoub 13 10 1995 to 2005 £256,410
195 Guy Pariente 13 11 2011 to 2022 £162,393
196 Peter Lau Pak Fai 12 7 2022 to 2026 £3,800,000£3.8m
197 Morton Fink 12 7 2001 to 2014 £1,503,759£1.5m
198 J. Paul Reddam 12 10 2002 to 2012 £3,759,399£3.8m
199 Dorothy Paget 12 3 1932 to 1952 £1,500,000£1.5m
200 Amerman Racing 12 9 2003 to 2026 £1,503,759£1.5m
201 Hal Price Headley 12 10 1930 to 1960 £1,127,820£1.1m
202 Antonio Balzarini 12 11 1985 to 1995 £4,273,504£4.3m
203 Mme Patrick Papot 12 4 2010 to 2026 £726,496
204 Kirsten Rausing 12 10 2004 to 2022 £4,273,504£4.3m
205 Virginia Kraft Payson 12 10 1984 to 2008 £854,701
206 Buckram Oak Farm 12 11 1980 to 2006 £1,503,759£1.5m
207 Martin S. Schwartz 12 10 2006 to 2017 £1,503,759£1.5m
208 Caro / Augustin-Normand 12 9 2014 to 2019 £1,282,051£1.3m
210 Gestüt Wittekindshof 12 6 1996 to 2016 £555,556
211 Barry K. Schwartz 12 11 1980 to 2018 £751,880
212 William Hendrie 12 4 1890 to 1903 £536,800
213 Hickory Tree Stable 12 11 1970 to 1987 £563,910
214 Richard C. Strauss 12 7 1986 to 2011 £1,503,759£1.5m
215 Ecurie Skymarc Farm 12 11 1989 to 2008 £854,701
216 Pin Oak Stable 12 11 1991 to 2011 £563,910
217 Jeff Smith 12 10 1984 to 2014 £650,000
218 Fahd Salman 12 11 1986 to 1999 £512,821
219 SARL Darpat France 12 11 2009 to 2019 £427,350
220 Peter Goulandris 12 12 1970 to 1986 £427,350
221 Ecurie J. L. Bouchard 12 11 1999 to 2014 £111,111
222 Rashid Bin Mohammed 12 8 1999 to 2007 £201,700
223 Lady O'Reilly 12 11 1991 to 2010 £111,111
224 Shadwell Racing 11 10 1986 to 2022 £5,291,005£5.3m
225 17th Earl of Derby 11 3 1910 to 1944 £1,500,000£1.5m
226 Suzy Volterra 11 10 1955 to 1989 £4,273,504£4.3m
227 Lazy F Ranch 11 8 1967 to 1998 £939,850
228 El Peco Ranch 11 11 1955 to 1978 £3,759,399£3.8m
229 G. Watts Humphrey Jr 11 10 1982 to 2019 £1,315,789£1.3m

Frequently asked questions

How many big races has Etti Plesch won?

12, across 11 different races between 1961 and 1992. That is 209th of the 288 owners on this site.

What is the biggest race Etti Plesch has won?

the Epsom Derby, worth £1,500,000 and run in Great Britain. Etti Plesch won it in 1961, 1980.

Which race has Etti Plesch won most often?

the Epsom Derby, 2 times at Epsom Downs. 1 of these races have gone to Etti Plesch more than once.

How much of the prize does an owner keep?

France gives the owner 75% of the fund, and 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 Etti Plesch win these races?

Between 1961 and 1992. The busiest decade was the 1980s, with 8 of them.

Who rides for Etti Plesch?

8 different riders have won one of these races in the colours, across 12 wins. The horses number 8.

Where to next

The races Etti Plesch has won, and the owners around them

The races Etti Plesch has won

The owners either side

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