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OWNER · 55th BY BIG-RACE WINS

Nelson Bunker Hunt

31 wins in the world's richest races between 1970 and 1988, across 26 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 31
BIGGEST WIN £1.5m
RACES WON 26
FIRST AND LAST 1970 to 1988
COUNTRIES 5

The races Nelson Bunker Hunt keeps winning

By number of wins

5 won more than once

Grand Prix de Paris 2 Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud 2 Prix Royal-Oak 2 Prix Saint-Alary 2 Prix de Royaumont 2 Epsom Derby 1 Prix du Jockey Club 1 Jockey Club Gold Cup 1 Poule d'Essai des Pouliches 1 Irish 2,000 Guineas 1 Prix Jean-Luc Lagardère 1 Prix Marcel Boussac 1

Every big race Nelson Bunker Hunt has won

31 winners, newest first

26 different races

Year Race Horse Jockey Trainer Country Worth
1988 Robert B. Lewis Stakes Lively One Bill Shoemaker Charles Whittingham United States £150,376
1987 Prix Eugène Adam Motley Cash Asmussen Jonathan Pease France £111,111
1986 Grand Prix de Paris Swink Walter Swinburn Jonathan Pease France £512,821
1986 Prix de Royaumont Reloy Cash Asmussen Jonathan Pease France £68,376
1986 Prix Vanteaux Barger Gérald Mossé Patrick Biancone France £68,376
1985 La Coupe de Maisons-Laffitte Palace Music Éric Legrix Patrick Biancone France £68,376
1985 Matriarch Stakes Fact Finder Sandy Hawley Charles E. Whittingham United States £225,564
1985 Prix Chaudenay Rivlia Alain Lequeux Maurice Zilber France £170,940
1982 Gran Premio del Jockey Club Friendswood Michel Jerome Luigi Turner Italy £235,043
1982 Premio Lydia Tesio Friendswood Ovidio Pessi Luigi Turner Italy £235,043
1982 Prix Cléopâtre Paradise Jean-Claude Desaint Guy Bonnaventure France £68,376
1982 Prix de Royaumont Vidor Cash Asmussen Maurice Zilber France £68,376
1980 American Pharoah Stakes High Counsel Larry Gilligan Charles Whittingham United States £225,564
1978 Jockey Club Gold Cup Exceller Bill Shoemaker Charles Whittingham United States £751,880
1978 Prix de Royallieu Amazer Yves Saint-Martin Maurice Zilber France £256,410
1977 Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud Exceller Freddy Head François Mathet France £341,880
1977 Prix Jean de Chaudenay Diagramatic Gérard Dubroeucq François Mathet France £81,197
1976 Epsom Derby Empery Lester Piggott Maurice Zilber Great Britain £1,500,000£1.5m
1976 Grand Prix de Paris Exceller Yves Saint-Martin François Mathet France £512,821
1976 Prix du Jockey Club Youth Freddy Head Maurice Zilber France £1,282,051£1.3m
1976 Prix Greffulhe Youth Gerard Dubroeucq Maurice Zilber France £111,111
1976 Prix Lupin Youth Freddy Head Maurice Zilber France £170,940
1976 Prix Royal-Oak Exceller Gérard Dubroeucq François Mathet France £299,145
1975 Prix Saint-Alary Nobiliary Lester Piggott Maurice Zilber France £213,675
1974 Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud Dahlia Yves Saint-Martin Maurice Zilber France £341,880
1974 Prix Royal-Oak Busiris Freddy Head Maurice Zilber France £299,145
1973 Prix Jean-Luc Lagardère Mississipian Bill Pyers Maurice Zilber France £341,880
1973 Prix Marcel Boussac Hippodamia Bill Pyers Maurice Zilber France £341,880
1973 Prix Saint-Alary Dahlia Bill Pyers Maurice Zilber France £213,675
1970 Irish 2,000 Guineas Decies Lester Piggott Bernard van Cutsem Ireland £393,162
1970 Poule d'Essai des Pouliches Pampered Miss Maurice Philipperon John Cunnington Jr. France £427,350

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 Nelson Bunker Hunt wins in

24 of 31 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 23 One code 75% £6,371,795£6.4m £4,778,846£4.8m
Great Britain 1 Flat 80% / 78.25% £1,500,000£1.5m £1,200,000£1.2m

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 Nelson Bunker Hunt wins

5 countries

Country Wins Share Biggest race won there
France 23 74% Prix du Jockey Club
United States 4 13% Jockey Club Gold Cup
Italy 2 6% Gran Premio del Jockey Club
Great Britain 1 3% Epsom Derby
Ireland 1 3% Irish 2,000 Guineas

The owners either side

Ranked 55th of 288 on big-race wins

# Owner Wins Races Span Biggest win
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
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
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
61 Gerry Oldham 29 26 1969 to 2011 £854,701
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

Frequently asked questions

How many big races has Nelson Bunker Hunt won?

31, across 26 different races between 1970 and 1988. That is 55th of the 288 owners on this site.

What is the biggest race Nelson Bunker Hunt has won?

the Epsom Derby, worth £1,500,000 and run in Great Britain. Nelson Bunker Hunt won it in 1976.

Which race has Nelson Bunker Hunt won most often?

Grand Prix de Paris, 2 times at Longchamp Racecourse. 5 of these races have gone to Nelson Bunker Hunt 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 Nelson Bunker Hunt win these races?

Between 1970 and 1988. The busiest decade was the 1970s, with 18 of them.

Who rides for Nelson Bunker Hunt?

18 different riders have won one of these races in the colours, across 31 wins. The horses number 24.

Where to next

The races Nelson Bunker Hunt has won, and the owners around them

The races Nelson Bunker Hunt has won

The owners either side

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