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OWNER · 25th BY BIG-RACE WINS

Ghislaine Head

48 wins in the world's richest races between 1971 and 2011, across 40 different races. The biggest is Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, worth £4,273,504.

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 48
BIGGEST WIN £4.3m
RACES WON 40
FIRST AND LAST 1971 to 2011
COUNTRIES 2

When the wins came

48 wins from 1971 to 2011, by decade

Best decade: the 1980s, 18 wins

A list of winners sorted by date reads as one long run. Drawn, it has a shape: 18 of these 48 came in the 1980s alone.

The races Ghislaine Head keeps winning

By number of wins

7 won more than once

Poule d'Essai des Pouliches 3 Prix Vermeille 2 Prix Maurice de Gheest 2 Prix Saint-Alary 2 Prix Robert Papin 2 Prix Vanteaux 2 Prix Matchem 2 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe 1 Prix du Jockey Club 1 Prix de Diane 1 Jaipur Stakes 1 Prix Jean Prat 1

Every big race Ghislaine Head has won

48 winners, newest first

40 different races

Year Race Horse Jockey Trainer Country Worth
2011 Jaipur Stakes Right One (FR) Javier Castellano Christophe Clement United States £375,940
2009 Prix Vanteaux Denomination Dominique Boeuf Criquette Head-Maarek France £68,376
2006 Prix Sigy Silva Davy Bonilla Carlos Laffon-Parias France £68,376
2005 Prix Eclipse Damoiselle Davy Bonilla Freddy Head France £68,376
2004 Prix Yacowlef Speciale Christophe Lemaire Criquette Head-Maarek France £47,009
2003 Prix d'Arenberg Villadolide Thierry Gillet Criquette Head-Maarek France £68,376
2003 Prix Miesque Dalna Olivier Peslier Criquette Head-Maarek France £68,376
2002 Prix de la Forêt Dedication Olivier Doleuze Criquette Head-Maarek France £299,145
1996 Prix de Saint-Georges Anabaa Freddy Head Criquette Head France £47,863
1996 Prix du Gros Chêne Anabaa Freddy Head Criquette Head France £111,111
1996 Prix Maurice de Gheest Anabaa Freddy Head Criquette Head France £324,786
1992 Prix Dollar Sillery Freddy Head Criquette Head France £170,940
1991 Prix Jean Prat Sillery Dominique Boeuf Criquette Head France £341,880
1991 Prix Matchem Sillery Guy Guignard Criquette Head France £47,009
1990 Prix La Rochette Beau Sultan Freddy Head Criquette Head France £68,376
1989 Prix du Pin Malaspina Guy Guignard Criquette Head France £68,376
1988 Prix de la Porte Maillot Blue Note Gary W. Moore Criquette Head France £47,863
1988 Prix Maurice de Gheest Blue Note Gary W. Moore Criquette Head France £324,786
1987 Prix Perth Malaspina Gary W. Moore Criquette Head France £68,376
1987 Prix Robert Papin Balawaki Gary W. Moore Criquette Head France £111,111
1986 Prix du Jockey Club Bering Gary Williams Moore Criquette Head France £1,282,051£1.3m
1986 Prix Hocquart Bering Gary W. Moore Criquette Head France £111,111
1986 Prix Niel Bering Gary W. Moore Criquette Head France £111,111
1986 Prix Noailles Bering Gary W. Moore Criquette Head France £68,376
1985 Poule d'Essai des Pouliches Silvermine Freddy Head Criquette Head France £427,350
1985 Prix Cléopâtre Devalois Freddy Head Criquette Head France £68,376
1982 Prix Jean-Luc Lagardère Saint Cyrien Freddy Head Criquette Head France £341,880
1982 Prix La Flèche Ma Biche Freddy Head Criquette Head France £51,282
1982 Prix Robert Papin Ma Biche Freddy Head Criquette Head France £111,111
1981 Prix Daphnis Dunphy Freddy Head Criquette Head France £68,376
1980 Prix d'Harcourt Three Troikas Freddy Head Criquette Head France £111,111
1980 Prix de Flore Benicia Freddy Head Criquette Head France £68,376
1980 Prix des Chênes Dunphy Freddy Head Criquette Head France £47,863
1979 Poule d'Essai des Pouliches Three Troikas Freddy Head Criquette Head France £427,350
1979 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe Three Troikas Freddy Head Criquette Head France £4,273,504£4.3m
1979 Prix de Royallieu Sealy Freddy Head Criquette Head France £256,410
1979 Prix du Lys Fabulous Dancer Freddy Head Criquette Head France £68,376
1979 Prix La Force Fabulous Dancer Freddy Head Criquette Head France £68,376
1979 Prix Matchem Fabulous Dancer Freddy Head Criquette Head France £47,009
1979 Prix Saint-Alary Three Troikas Freddy Head Criquette Head France £213,675
1979 Prix Vanteaux Three Troikas Freddy Head John Cunnington Jr. France £68,376
1979 Prix Vermeille Three Troikas Freddy Head Criquette Head France £512,821
1978 Prix de l'Abbaye de Longchamp Sigy Freddy Head Criquette Head France £299,145
1976 Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud Riverqueen Freddy Head Christian Datessen France £341,880
1976 Poule d'Essai des Pouliches Riverqueen Freddy Head Christian Datessen France £427,350
1971 Prix de Diane Pistol Packer Freddy Head Alec Head France £854,701
1971 Prix Saint-Alary Pistol Packer Freddie Head Alec Head France £213,675
1971 Prix Vermeille Pistol Packer Freddy Head Alec Head France £512,821

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 Ghislaine Head wins in

47 of 48 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 47 One code 75% £13,874,359£13.9m £10,405,769£10.4m

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 Ghislaine Head wins

2 countries

Country Wins Share Biggest race won there
France 47 98% Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe
United States 1 2% Jaipur Stakes

The owners either side

Ranked 25th of 288 on big-race wins

# Owner Wins Races Span Biggest win
5 Sheikh Mohammed 237 118 1983 to 2010 £9,022,556£9.0m
6 Wertheimer et Frère 201 112 1996 to 2026 £4,511,278£4.5m
7 Niarchos Family 190 85 1979 to 2019 £4,273,504£4.3m
8 Calumet Farm 137 58 1937 to 2026 £3,759,399£3.8m
9 Hamdan Al Maktoum 120 73 1983 to 2020 £9,022,556£9.0m
10 Jacques Wertheimer 103 68 1975 to 1995 £4,273,504£4.3m
11 Ogden Phipps 78 47 1936 to 2000 £1,503,759£1.5m
12 Robert Sangster 75 47 1976 to 1997 £4,273,504£4.3m
13 Greentree Stable 73 32 1923 to 1992 £3,759,399£3.8m
14 Maktoum Al Maktoum 71 54 1982 to 2005 £4,511,278£4.5m
15 Allen E. Paulson 70 56 1985 to 2004 £9,022,556£9.0m
16 Jean-Luc Lagardère 68 43 1979 to 2002 £4,273,504£4.3m
17 Sam-Son Farm 67 28 1974 to 2013 £3,759,399£3.8m
18 Mahmoud Fustok 67 46 1979 to 1988 £512,821
19 Frank Stronach 59 40 1983 to 2025 £5,263,158£5.3m
20 Belair Stud 53 23 1924 to 1955 £3,759,399£3.8m
21 Harbor View Farm 53 43 1960 to 1996 £3,759,399£3.8m
22 Claiborne Farm 52 37 1955 to 2013 £3,759,399£3.8m
23 Klaravich Stables 51 37 1997 to 2026 £3,759,399£3.8m
24 Paul de Moussac 50 43 1974 to 1994 £854,701
26 Peter M. Brant 47 34 1977 to 2025 £1,503,759£1.5m
27 Gestüt Schlenderhan 47 18 1969 to 2022 £555,556
28 Fred W. Hooper 46 30 1945 to 1998 £1,503,759£1.5m
29 Gestüt Fährhof 46 16 1968 to 2026 £854,701
30 Michael Tabor 45 41 1995 to 2026 £4,273,504£4.3m
31 Marquesa de Moratalla 45 33 1979 to 2012 £1,282,051£1.3m
32 Brookmeade Stable 42 29 1927 to 1989 £3,759,399£3.8m
33 Windfields Farm 42 22 1959 to 1994 £3,759,399£3.8m
34 Al Shaqab Racing 42 38 2014 to 2026 £4,273,504£4.3m
35 Wheatley Stable 41 21 1928 to 1969 £1,503,759£1.5m
36 George D. Widener Jr 41 23 1918 to 1970 £1,503,759£1.5m
37 Zayat Stables 40 35 2006 to 2016 £5,263,158£5.3m
38 King Ranch 39 25 1937 to 1988 £3,759,399£3.8m
39 George Strawbridge 39 30 1989 to 2026 £700,000
40 John C. Oxley 38 35 1995 to 2026 £1,503,759£1.5m
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

Frequently asked questions

How many big races has Ghislaine Head won?

48, across 40 different races between 1971 and 2011. That is 25th of the 288 owners on this site.

What is the biggest race Ghislaine Head has won?

Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, worth £4,273,504 and run in France. Ghislaine Head won it in 1979.

Which race has Ghislaine Head won most often?

Poule d'Essai des Pouliches, 3 times at Longchamp Racecourse. 7 of these races have gone to Ghislaine 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 Ghislaine Head win these races?

Between 1971 and 2011. The busiest decade was the 1980s, with 18 of them.

Who rides for Ghislaine Head?

12 different riders have won one of these races in the colours, across 48 wins. The horses number 27.

Where to next

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

The races Ghislaine Head has won

The owners either side

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