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OWNER · 114th BY BIG-RACE WINS

Paul Mellon

18 wins in the world's richest races between 1965 and 1985, across 13 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 18
BIGGEST WIN £4.3m
RACES WON 13
FIRST AND LAST 1965 to 1985
COUNTRIES 4

When the wins came

18 wins from 1965 to 1985, by decade

Best decade: the 1980s, 12 wins

A list of winners sorted by date reads as one long run. Drawn, it has a shape: 12 of these 18 came in the 1980s alone.

The races Paul Mellon keeps winning

By number of wins

4 won more than once

Grosser Preis von Baden 3 Queen Mother Champion Chase 2 Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud 2 Preis von Europa 2 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe 1 Epsom Derby 1 St James's Palace Stakes 1 Grand Prix de Paris 1 Derby Italiano 1 Prix Ganay 1 Gran Premio del Jockey Club 1 Gran Criterium 1

Every big race Paul Mellon has won

18 winners, newest first

13 different races

Year Race Horse Jockey Trainer Country Worth
1985 Grosser Preis von Baden Gold and Ivory Steve Cauthen Ian Balding Germany £341,880
1984 Gran Premio del Jockey Club Gold and Ivory Steve Cauthen Ian Balding Italy £235,043
1984 Preis von Europa Gold and Ivory Steve Cauthen Ian Balding Germany £106,838
1983 Grand Prix de Chantilly Diamond Shoal Cash Asmussen Ian Balding France £111,111
1983 Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud Diamond Shoal Steve Cauthen Ian Balding France £341,880
1983 Grosser Preis von Baden Diamond Shoal Steve Cauthen Ian Balding Germany £341,880
1982 Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud Glint of Gold Pat Eddery Ian Balding France £341,880
1982 Grosser Preis von Baden Glint of Gold Pat Eddery Ian Balding Germany £341,880
1981 Derby Italiano Glint of Gold John Matthias Ian Balding Italy £447,692
1981 Grand Prix de Paris Glint of Gold John Matthias Ian Balding France £512,821
1981 Preis von Europa Glint of Gold John Matthias Ian Balding Germany £106,838
1980 Gran Criterium Glint of Gold John Matthias Ian Balding Italy £235,043
1972 Prix Ganay Mill Reef Geoff Lewis Ian Balding France £256,410
1971 Epsom Derby Mill Reef Geoff Lewis Ian Balding Great Britain £1,500,000£1.5m
1971 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe Mill Reef Geoff Lewis Ian Balding France £4,273,504£4.3m
1968 Queen Mother Champion Chase Drinny's Double Frank Nash Bob Turnell Great Britain £400,000
1967 Queen Mother Champion Chase Drinny's Double Frank Nash Bob Turnell Great Britain £400,000
1965 St James's Palace Stakes Silly Season Geoff Lewis Ian Balding 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 Paul Mellon wins in

10 of 18 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 6 One code 75% £5,837,607£5.8m £4,378,205£4.4m
Great Britain 4 Flat and Jumps 80% / 78.25% £2,950,000£3.0m £2,346,000£2.3m

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 Paul Mellon wins

4 countries

Country Wins Share Biggest race won there
France 6 33% Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe
Germany 5 28% Grosser Preis von Baden
Great Britain 4 22% Epsom Derby
Italy 3 17% Derby Italiano

The owners either side

Ranked 114th of 288 on big-race wins

# Owner Wins Races Span Biggest win
94 Gestüt Ammerland 20 18 1997 to 2017 £2,280,000£2.3m
95 Darley Stable 20 19 2003 to 2012 £1,503,759£1.5m
96 Cheveley Park Stud 20 17 1990 to 2023 £1,503,759£1.5m
97 Gestüt Zoppenbroich 20 9 1965 to 1985 £555,556
98 Georg von Ullmann 20 15 1993 to 2009 £854,701
99 Jean-Louis Levesque 20 12 1965 to 1983 £488,722
100 Marcel Boussac 19 9 1936 to 1978 £4,273,504£4.3m
101 Aga Khan III 19 5 1924 to 1952 £1,500,000£1.5m
102 Magnier / Tabor 19 15 1998 to 2008 £4,273,504£4.3m
103 Lael Stables 19 16 2006 to 2025 £3,759,399£3.8m
104 Joseph E. Widener 19 9 1918 to 1940 £1,503,759£1.5m
105 John A. Franks 19 16 1984 to 2003 £1,503,759£1.5m
106 William S. Farish III 19 18 1970 to 2019 £1,503,759£1.5m
107 Hobeau Farm 19 17 1969 to 2007 £751,880
108 Henryk de Kwiatkowski 19 14 1981 to 1995 £1,503,759£1.5m
109 Jaber Abdullah 19 16 1994 to 2026 £650,000
110 Sir Michael Sobell 19 18 1972 to 1989 £700,000
111 Thierry van Zuylen 19 18 1963 to 2004 £341,880
112 Bob & Beverly Lewis 18 15 1994 to 2005 £9,022,556£9.0m
113 Rancocas Stable 18 10 1885 to 1929 £3,759,399£3.8m
115 W. Cal Partee 18 13 1974 to 1997 £939,850
116 J. P. McManus 18 4 1998 to 2026 £1,000,000£1.0m
117 Bohemia Stable 18 10 1960 to 2002 £751,880
118 Team Valor 18 18 1993 to 2013 £2,850,000£2.9m
119 Mohammed bin Khalifa Al Maktoum 18 13 2007 to 2018 £2,850,000£2.9m
120 Gary & Mary West 18 16 1993 to 2024 £1,503,759£1.5m
121 Phipps Stable 18 16 2005 to 2019 £751,880
122 Gary Barber 18 15 2010 to 2024 £1,503,759£1.5m
123 Paraneck Stable 18 14 1995 to 2008 £1,503,759£1.5m
124 Earle I. Mack 18 18 1980 to 2015 £751,880
125 Gus Schickedanz 18 14 1995 to 2008 £751,880
126 Ecurie I. M. Fares 18 17 1986 to 2016 £256,410
127 Michael E. Pegram 17 15 1998 to 2020 £9,022,556£9.0m
128 Magnier / Tabor / Smith 17 11 2006 to 2025 £1,500,000£1.5m
129 James R. Keene 17 7 1879 to 1910 £1,503,759£1.5m
130 Gary A. Tanaka 17 16 1995 to 2007 £3,040,000£3.0m
131 Enrique Sarasola 17 13 1992 to 2000 £4,273,504£4.3m
132 Fox Hill Farms 17 15 2000 to 2019 £1,503,759£1.5m
133 Robert V. LaPenta 17 16 2003 to 2025 £1,503,759£1.5m
134 Shadwell Stable 17 14 1997 to 2023 £1,503,759£1.5m

Frequently asked questions

How many big races has Paul Mellon won?

18, across 13 different races between 1965 and 1985. That is 114th of the 288 owners on this site.

What is the biggest race Paul Mellon has won?

Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, worth £4,273,504 and run in France. Paul Mellon won it in 1971.

Which race has Paul Mellon won most often?

Grosser Preis von Baden, 3 times at Iffezheim Racecourse. 4 of these races have gone to Paul Mellon 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 Paul Mellon win these races?

Between 1965 and 1985. The busiest decade was the 1980s, with 12 of them.

Who rides for Paul Mellon?

6 different riders have won one of these races in the colours, across 18 wins. The horses number 6.

Where to next

The races Paul Mellon has won, and the owners around them

The races Paul Mellon has won

The owners either side

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