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OWNER · 217th BY BIG-RACE WINS

Jeff Smith

12 wins in the world's richest races between 1984 and 2014, across 10 different races. The biggest is the St James's Palace Stakes, worth £650,000.

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 £650k
RACES WON 10
FIRST AND LAST 1984 to 2014
COUNTRIES 3

When the wins came

12 wins from 1984 to 2014, by decade

Best decade: the 1990s, 5 wins

A list of winners sorted by date reads as one long run. Drawn, it has a shape: 5 of these 12 came in the 1990s alone.

The races Jeff Smith keeps winning

By number of wins

2 won more than once

Prix de l'Abbaye de Longchamp 2 Prix Kergorlay 2 St James's Palace Stakes 1 Grand Prix de Deauville 1 Prix du Conseil de Paris 1 Prix Eugène Adam 1 Prix Exbury 1 Prix Gontaut-Biron 1 Prix Gérald de Geoffre 1 Gran Premio d'Italia 1

Every big race Jeff Smith has won

12 winners, newest first

10 different races

Year Race Horse Jockey Trainer Country Worth
2014 Grand Prix de Deauville Cocktail Queen Alexis Badel Myriam Bollack-Badel France £170,940
2014 Prix Exbury Norse King Alexis Badel Myriam Bollack-Badel France £68,376
2014 Prix Gontaut-Biron Cocktail Queen Alexis Badel Myriam Bollack-Badel France £68,376
2013 Prix du Conseil de Paris Norse King Alexis Badel Myriam Bollack-Badel France £111,111
2004 Prix Kergorlay Gold Medallist Richard Hughes David Elsworth France £111,111
2000 Prix Kergorlay Persian Punch Richard Hughes David Elsworth France £111,111
1995 Prix Gérald de Geoffre Grey Shot Frankie Dettori Ian Balding France £68,376
1994 Prix de l'Abbaye de Longchamp Lochsong Frankie Dettori Ian Balding France £299,145
1993 Prix de l'Abbaye de Longchamp Lochsong Frankie Dettori Ian Balding France £299,145
1990 Gran Premio d'Italia Dashing Blade Brian Rouse Ian Balding Italy £37,607
1990 Prix Eugène Adam Dashing Blade John Matthias Ian Balding France £111,111
1984 St James's Palace Stakes Chief Singer Ray Cochrane Ron Sheather Great Britain £650,000

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 Jeff Smith wins in

11 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% £1,418,803£1.4m £1,064,103£1.1m
Great Britain 1 Flat 80% / 78.25% £650,000 £520,000

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 Jeff Smith wins

3 countries

Country Wins Share Biggest race won there
France 10 83% Prix de l'Abbaye de Longchamp
Great Britain 1 8% St James's Palace Stakes
Italy 1 8% Gran Premio d'Italia

The owners either side

Ranked 217th of 288 on big-race wins

# Owner Wins Races Span Biggest win
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
209 Etti Plesch 12 11 1961 to 1992 £1,500,000£1.5m
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
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
230 The Thoroughbred Corporation 11 8 1997 to 2002 £751,880
231 e Five Racing Thoroughbreds 11 9 2016 to 2025 £939,850
232 Pam & Martin Wygod 11 10 1995 to 2015 £1,503,759£1.5m
233 Christopher Chenery 11 11 1950 to 1958 £1,503,759£1.5m
234 Michael Lund Petersen 11 9 2016 to 2024 £939,850
235 Karl Watson, Michael E. Pegram & Paul Weitman 11 9 2011 to 2024 £1,503,759£1.5m
236 Cynthia Phipps 11 11 1975 to 1996 £563,910
237 Sean Mulryan 11 8 2004 to 2007 £726,496

Frequently asked questions

How many big races has Jeff Smith won?

12, across 10 different races between 1984 and 2014. That is 217th of the 288 owners on this site.

What is the biggest race Jeff Smith has won?

the St James's Palace Stakes, worth £650,000 and run in Great Britain. Jeff Smith won it in 1984.

Which race has Jeff Smith won most often?

Prix de l'Abbaye de Longchamp, 2 times at Longchamp Racecourse. 2 of these races have gone to Jeff Smith 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 Jeff Smith win these races?

Between 1984 and 2014. The busiest decade was the 1990s, with 5 of them.

Who rides for Jeff Smith?

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

Where to next

The races Jeff Smith has won, and the owners around them

The races Jeff Smith has won

The owners either side

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