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TRAINER · 103rd BY BIG-RACE WINS

David Elsworth

49 wins in the world's richest races between 1980 and 2018, across 37 different races. The biggest is the Cheltenham Gold Cup, worth £646,880.

Rolls of honour are kept race by race, so a trainer's big-race record only exists once every one of them on this site has been read and turned sideways.

BIG-RACE WINS 49
BIGGEST WIN £647k
RACES WON 37
FIRST AND LAST 1980 to 2018
COUNTRIES 3

When the wins came

49 wins from 1980 to 2018, in 3-year spells

Best spell: 1989-91, 11 wins

A list of winners sorted by date reads as one long run. Drawn, it has a shape: David Elsworth took 11 of these 49 in 1989-91 alone.

The races David Elsworth keeps winning

By number of wins

10 won more than once

King George VI Chase 4 Queen Mother Champion Chase 2 Bahrain Trophy 2 Triumph Hurdle 2 Christmas Hurdle 2 Fighting Fifth Hurdle 2 Prix Kergorlay 2 Jersey Stakes 2 County Handicap Hurdle 2 Prix du Petit Couvert 2 Cheltenham Gold Cup 1 Prix Maurice de Gheest 1

Every big race David Elsworth has won

49 winners, newest first

37 different races

Year Race Horse Jockey Country Worth
2018 Esher Cup Merlin Magic Silvestre de Sousa Great Britain £45,000
2010 Prix de Meautry Swiss Diva Ioritz Mendizabal France £68,376
2010 Prix du Petit Couvert Swiss Diva Ioritz Mendizabal France £68,376
2008 Dubai City of Gold Gower Song Richard Hills United Arab Emirates £187,970
2007 Newmarket Stakes Salford Mill Kerrin McEvoy Great Britain £55,000
2006 Hampton Court Stakes Snoqualmie Boy John Egan Great Britain £150,000
2005 Gordon Stakes The Geezer Richard Quinn Great Britain £200,000
2005 Noel Murless Stakes Art Eyes John Egan Great Britain £100,000
2004 Greenham Stakes Salford City Johnny Murtagh Great Britain £55,000
2004 Prix Kergorlay Gold Medallist Richard Hughes France £111,111
2003 Bahrain Trophy Gold Medallist Kevin Darley Great Britain £196,740
2000 Feilden Stakes Pawn Broker Michael Kinane Great Britain £55,000
2000 Prix Kergorlay Persian Punch Richard Hughes France £111,111
1999 Dante Stakes Salford Express Richard Quinn Great Britain £192,200
1996 Bahrain Trophy Persian Punch Richard Quinn Great Britain £196,740
1995 Molyneux Hurdle Atours Paul Holley Great Britain £70,000
1994 Christmas Hurdle Absalom's Lady Paul Holley Great Britain £130,000
1993 Christmas Hurdle Muse Mark Richards Great Britain £130,000
1993 Festival Trophy Handicap Chase Givus a Buck Paul Holley Great Britain £150,000
1993 Prix Gladiateur Oh So Risky John Williams France £68,376
1991 Triumph Hurdle Oh So Risky Paul Holley Great Britain £150,000
1990 King George VI Chase Desert Orchid Richard Dunwoody Great Britain £250,000
1990 Long Walk Hurdle Floyd Graham Bradley Great Britain £125,000
1990 Prix Maurice de Gheest Dead Certain Cash Asmussen France £324,786
1990 Queen Mother Champion Chase Barnbrook Again Hywel Davies Great Britain £400,000
1989 Cheltenham Gold Cup Desert Orchid Simon Sherwood Great Britain £646,880
1989 Coral Gold Cup Ghofar Hywel Davies Great Britain £250,000
1989 King George VI Chase Desert Orchid Richard Dunwoody Great Britain £250,000
1989 Prestbury Juvenile Hurdle Major Inquiry Graham Bradley Great Britain £80,000
1989 Prix du Petit Couvert Lugana Beach Steve Cauthen France £68,376
1989 Queen Mother Champion Chase Barnbrook Again Simon Sherwood Great Britain £400,000
1988 Aintree Bowl Desert Orchid Simon Sherwood Great Britain £250,000
1988 Bet365 Gold Cup Desert Orchid Simon Sherwood Great Britain £175,000
1988 Fighting Fifth Hurdle Floyd Simon Sherwood Great Britain £115,000
1988 Jersey Stakes Indian Ridge Cash Asmussen Great Britain £110,000
1988 King George VI Chase Desert Orchid Simon Sherwood Great Britain £250,000
1988 Persian War Novices' Hurdle Sir Blake Colin Brown Great Britain £75,000
1988 Tingle Creek Chase Desert Orchid Simon Sherwood Great Britain £175,000
1987 Fighting Fifth Hurdle Floyd Colin Brown Great Britain £115,000
1986 International Hurdle Floyd Colin Brown Great Britain £112,000
1986 King George VI Chase Desert Orchid Simon Sherwood Great Britain £250,000
1985 County Handicap Hurdle Floyd Colin Brown Great Britain £100,000
1985 December Gold Cup Combs Ditch Colin Brown Great Britain £125,000
1985 Henry VIII Novices' Chase Desert Orchid Colin Brown Great Britain £100,000
1984 Jersey Stakes Miss Silca Key Brian Rouse Great Britain £110,000
1983 County Handicap Hurdle Robin Wonder Jeff Davies Great Britain £100,000
1981 Broadway Novices' Chase Lesley Ann Colin Brown Great Britain £200,000
1981 Challow Novices' Hurdle Right Regent Colin Brown Great Britain £100,000
1980 Triumph Hurdle Heighlin Steve Jobar Great Britain £150,000

The figure on each row is what that race puts up today, which is the number that says how big a day it was. The prize itself goes to the owner and the trainer takes a percentage of it, set by the rules of the country the race is run in.

Where David Elsworth wins

3 countries

Country Wins Share Biggest race won there
Great Britain 41 84% Cheltenham Gold Cup
France 7 14% Prix Maurice de Gheest
United Arab Emirates 1 2% Dubai City of Gold

The trainers either side

Ranked 103rd of 187 on big-race wins

# Trainer Wins Races Span Biggest win
93 Alduino Botti 53 23 1982 to 2022 £447,692
94 Dan Skelton 53 36 2014 to 2026 £375,000
95 Nick Zito 52 28 1990 to 2011 £3,759,399£3.8m
96 Fred Winter 52 25 1970 to 1988 £646,880
97 John Moore 51 15 1993 to 2020 £3,800,000£3.8m
98 John Cunnington Jr. 51 42 1962 to 1991 £854,701
99 Henk Grewe 51 34 2018 to 2026 £555,556
100 Peter Chapple-Hyam 50 38 1992 to 2012 £1,500,000£1.5m
101 Bruno Grizzetti 50 23 1990 to 2014 £447,692
102 Laz Barrera 49 34 1971 to 1990 £3,759,399£3.8m
104 James Rowe Sr. 48 13 1881 to 1928 £3,759,399£3.8m
105 Angel Penna 48 35 1968 to 1990 £4,273,504£4.3m
106 Olivier Douieb 48 38 1977 to 1987 £4,273,504£4.3m
107 Hans Blume 48 33 1991 to 2009 £447,692
108 Andrew Balding 47 34 2003 to 2026 £4,511,278£4.5m
109 Dale L. Romans 46 28 2004 to 2018 £9,022,556£9.0m
110 Richard E. Mandella 46 24 1982 to 2025 £1,503,759£1.5m
111 Steve Asmussen 45 31 1996 to 2026 £9,022,556£9.0m
112 Mikel Delzangles 45 38 2003 to 2026 £5,291,005£5.3m
113 Bob Turnell 45 23 1956 to 1982 £646,880

Frequently asked questions

How many big races has David Elsworth won?

49, across 37 different races between 1980 and 2018. That is 103rd of the 187 trainers on this site.

What is the biggest race David Elsworth has won?

the Cheltenham Gold Cup, worth £646,880 and run in Great Britain. David Elsworth won it in 1989.

Which race has David Elsworth won most often?

the King George VI Chase, 4 times at Kempton Park. 10 of these races have gone to David Elsworth more than once.

How much prize money has David Elsworth won?

The prize goes to the owner, and the trainer takes a percentage of it set by the rules of the country the race is run in. What this page holds is the races themselves: 49 wins, the biggest of them worth £646,880.

When did David Elsworth win these races?

Between 1980 and 2018. The busiest spell was 1989-91, with 11 of them.

Where to next

The races David Elsworth has won, and the trainers around them

The races David Elsworth has won

The trainers either side

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