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OWNER · 61st BY BIG-RACE WINS

Gerry Oldham

29 wins in the world's richest races between 1969 and 2011, across 26 different races. The biggest is Prix de Diane, worth £854,701.

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 29
BIGGEST WIN £855k
RACES WON 26
FIRST AND LAST 1969 to 2011
COUNTRIES 3

When the wins came

29 wins from 1969 to 2011, by decade

Best decade: the 1980s, 14 wins

A list of winners sorted by date reads as one long run. Drawn, it has a shape: 14 of these 29 came in the 1980s alone.

The races Gerry Oldham keeps winning

By number of wins

3 won more than once

Prix Eclipse 2 Prix Imprudence 2 La Coupe 2 Prix de Diane 1 St Leger Stakes 1 2000 Guineas Stakes 1 Grand Prix de Paris 1 Prix du Moulin de Longchamp 1 Prix Marcel Boussac 1 Prix Ganay 1 Prix de Royallieu 1 Prix du Cadran 1

Every big race Gerry Oldham has won

29 winners, newest first

26 different races

Year Race Horse Jockey Trainer Country Worth
2011 Prix Miesque Topeka Christophe Soumillon Robert Collet France £68,376
2008 Prix de Flore Albisola Johan Victoire Robert Collet France £68,376
1999 Prix Eclipse Perugina Thierry Gillet Criquette Head France £68,376
1998 Prix Imprudence Cortona Olivier Doleuze Criquette Head France £68,376
1996 Prix Imprudence Mahalia Freddy Head Criquette Head France £68,376
1991 Prix Gontaut-Biron Muroto Gérald Mossé François Boutin France £68,376
1986 Prix de Diane Lacovia Freddy Head François Boutin France £854,701
1986 Prix Saint-Alary Lacovia Freddy Head François Boutin France £213,675
1985 La Coupe Romildo Cash Asmussen François Boutin France £68,376
1984 Prix Ganay Romildo Cash Asmussen François Boutin France £256,410
1983 Grand Prix de Vichy Terreno Yves Saint-Martin François Boutin France £47,863
1982 2000 Guineas Stakes Zino Freddy Head François Boutin Great Britain £525,000
1982 La Coupe Terreno Cash Asmussen François Boutin France £68,376
1982 Prix Djebel Zino Freddy Head François Boutin France £68,376
1981 Critérium de Maisons-Laffitte Zino Philippe Paquet François Boutin France £162,393
1980 Grand Prix de Chantilly Scorpio Philippe Paquet François Boutin France £111,111
1980 Premio Roma Mariella Philippe Paquet François Boutin Italy £206,838
1980 Prix d'Hédouville Scorpio Philippe Paquet François Boutin France £68,376
1980 Prix de Royallieu Mariella Philippe Paquet François Boutin France £256,410
1980 Prix Eugène Adam Corvaro Philippe Paquet François Boutin France £111,111
1979 Prix Eclipse Suvero Philippe Paquet François Boutin France £68,376
1979 Prix Foy Pevero Philippe Paquet François Boutin France £111,111
1977 Prix Marcel Boussac Tarona Philippe Paquet François Boutin France £341,880
1976 Prix de Barbeville Sagaro Philippe Paquet François Boutin France £68,376
1976 Prix du Cadran Sagaro Philippe Paquet François Boutin France £256,410
1975 Prix du Moulin de Longchamp Delmora Philippe Paquet François Boutin France £384,615
1974 Grand Prix de Paris Sagaro Lester Piggott François Boutin France £512,821
1970 Prix Lupin Stintino Gérard Thiboeuf François Boutin France £170,940
1969 St Leger Stakes Intermezzo Ron Hutchinson Harry Wragg 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 Gerry Oldham wins in

28 of 29 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 26 One code 75% £4,611,966£4.6m £3,458,974£3.5m
Great Britain 2 Flat 80% / 78.25% £1,225,000£1.2m £980,000

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 Gerry Oldham wins

3 countries

Country Wins Share Biggest race won there
France 26 90% Prix de Diane
Great Britain 2 7% St Leger Stakes
Italy 1 3% Premio Roma

The owners either side

Ranked 61st of 288 on big-race wins

# Owner Wins Races Span Biggest win
41 Dogwood Stable 38 35 1971 to 2014 £1,503,759£1.5m
42 WinStar Farm 36 31 2001 to 2026 £3,759,399£3.8m
43 Eugene V. Klein 36 27 1983 to 1989 £1,503,759£1.5m
44 Kinghaven Farms 36 18 1979 to 2000 £563,910
45 Overbrook Farm 35 31 1989 to 2007 £5,263,158£5.3m
46 Joseph E. Seagram 35 4 1889 to 1917 £536,800
47 Winchell Thoroughbreds 34 26 2005 to 2026 £9,022,556£9.0m
48 Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum 34 16 2000 to 2024 £9,022,556£9.0m
49 Jean-Claude Seroul 34 29 1997 to 2023 £324,786
50 Darby Dan Farm 33 26 1961 to 1992 £5,263,158£5.3m
51 Rokeby Stable 33 20 1951 to 1993 £939,850
52 C. V. Whitney 33 21 1932 to 1983 £751,880
53 Loblolly Stable 32 22 1977 to 1995 £1,503,759£1.5m
54 Smith / Magnier / Tabor 31 16 2008 to 2026 £2,280,000£2.3m
55 Nelson Bunker Hunt 31 26 1970 to 1988 £1,500,000£1.5m
56 The Thoroughbred Corp. 30 26 1994 to 2003 £3,759,399£3.8m
57 Edouard de Rothschild 30 23 1934 to 2025 £4,273,504£4.3m
58 Guy de Rothschild 30 25 1963 to 2005 £4,273,504£4.3m
59 Augustin Stable 29 24 1974 to 2018 £3,759,399£3.8m
60 Gestüt Röttgen 29 12 1971 to 2025 £555,556
62 Live Oak Plantation 28 22 1978 to 2019 £1,503,759£1.5m
63 Ecurie Aland 28 23 1981 to 1995 £854,701
64 Richard Strauss 28 20 1985 to 2011 £854,701
65 Edward R. Bradley 27 16 1917 to 1946 £3,759,399£3.8m
66 Ogden Mills Phipps 27 23 1975 to 2005 £1,503,759£1.5m
67 Teruya Yoshida 27 19 1994 to 2025 £5,493,600£5.5m
68 Meadow Stable 26 23 1958 to 1979 £3,759,399£3.8m
69 Cain Hoy Stable 26 16 1950 to 1969 £3,759,399£3.8m
70 Countess Batthyany 26 22 1970 to 1989 £4,273,504£4.3m
71 Ahmed Al Maktoum 26 21 1983 to 2026 £1,503,759£1.5m
72 Spendthrift Farm 25 23 1985 to 2026 £5,263,158£5.3m
73 Alfred G. Vanderbilt II 25 19 1934 to 1991 £1,503,759£1.5m
74 Gestüt Ittlingen 25 17 1989 to 2023 £555,556
75 Reddam Racing 24 21 2003 to 2026 £3,759,399£3.8m
76 Centennial Farms 24 22 1985 to 2026 £1,503,759£1.5m
77 Edmund A. Gann 23 23 1988 to 2009 £5,493,600£5.5m
78 August Belmont Jr 23 13 1895 to 1924 £1,503,759£1.5m
79 Ethel D. Jacobs 23 20 1936 to 1986 £1,503,759£1.5m
80 Kenneth and Sarah Ramsey 23 17 2003 to 2019 £1,503,759£1.5m
81 Golden Eagle Farm 23 14 1982 to 2001 £751,880

Frequently asked questions

How many big races has Gerry Oldham won?

29, across 26 different races between 1969 and 2011. That is 61st of the 288 owners on this site.

What is the biggest race Gerry Oldham has won?

Prix de Diane, worth £854,701 and run in France. Gerry Oldham won it in 1986.

Which race has Gerry Oldham won most often?

Prix Eclipse, 2 times at Chantilly Racecourse. 3 of these races have gone to Gerry Oldham 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 Gerry Oldham win these races?

Between 1969 and 2011. The busiest decade was the 1980s, with 14 of them.

Who rides for Gerry Oldham?

12 different riders have won one of these races in the colours, across 29 wins. The horses number 20.

Where to next

The races Gerry Oldham has won, and the owners around them

The races Gerry Oldham has won

The owners either side

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