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TRAINER · 82nd BY BIG-RACE WINS

David Nicholson

59 wins in the world's richest races between 1977 and 1999, across 33 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 59
BIGGEST WIN £647k
RACES WON 33
FIRST AND LAST 1977 to 1999
COUNTRIES 1

When the wins came

59 wins from 1977 to 1999, in 2-year spells

Best spell: 1992-93, 13 wins

A list of winners sorted by date reads as one long run. Drawn, it has a shape: David Nicholson took 13 of these 59 in 1992-93 alone.

The races David Nicholson keeps winning

By number of wins

17 won more than once

Tingle Creek Chase 5 Henry VIII Novices' Chase 5 Sefton Novices' Hurdle 3 Fulke Walwyn Kim Muir Challenge Cup 3 Silver Trophy Handicap Hurdle 3 Queen Mother Champion Chase 2 Aintree Bowl 2 Melling Chase 2 Paddy Power Gold Cup 2 Scottish Grand National 2 Baring Bingham Novices' Hurdle 2 Triumph Hurdle 2

Every big race David Nicholson has won

59 winners, newest first

33 different races

Year Race Horse Jockey Country Worth
1999 Stayers' Hurdle Anzum Richard Johnson Great Britain £325,000
1998 Aintree Bowl Escartefigue Richard Johnson Great Britain £250,000
1998 Bet365 Gold Cup Call It a Day Adrian Maguire Great Britain £175,000
1998 International Hurdle Relkeel Adrian Maguire Great Britain £112,000
1998 Scottish Grand National Baronet Adrian Maguire Great Britain £150,000
1997 Aintree Bowl Barton Bank David Walsh Great Britain £250,000
1997 Bridle Road Handicap Hurdle Escartefigue Richard Dunwoody Great Britain £75,000
1997 Fulke Walwyn Kim Muir Challenge Cup King Lucifer Robert Thornton Great Britain £75,000
1997 International Hurdle Relkeel Richard Johnson Great Britain £112,000
1997 Oddschecker Handicap Chase Banjo Adrian Maguire Great Britain £75,000
1997 Pertemps Final Pharanear Robert Thornton Great Britain £100,000
1997 Sefton Novices' Hurdle Forest Ivory Richard Johnson Great Britain £100,000
1997 Sharp Novices' Hurdle Circus Star Adrian Maguire Great Britain £80,000
1996 Anniversary 4-Y-O Juvenile Hurdle Zabadi Tony McCoy Great Britain £110,000
1996 Henry VIII Novices' Chase Mulligan Adrian Maguire Great Britain £100,000
1996 Melling Chase Viking Flagship Tony McCoy Great Britain £250,000
1996 Scottish Grand National Moorcroft Boy Mark Dwyer Great Britain £150,000
1996 Silver Trophy Handicap Hurdle Castle Sweep Richard Johnson Great Britain £75,000
1995 Baring Bingham Novices' Hurdle Putty Road Norman Williamson Great Britain £150,000
1995 Charlie Hall Chase Barton Bank Adrian Maguire Great Britain £100,000
1995 Henry VIII Novices' Chase Certainly Strong Richard Dunwoody Great Britain £100,000
1995 Melling Chase Viking Flagship Adrian Maguire Great Britain £250,000
1995 Prestbury Juvenile Hurdle Chicodari Adrian Maguire Great Britain £80,000
1995 Queen Mother Champion Chase Viking Flagship Charlie Swan Great Britain £400,000
1995 Rising Stars Novices' Chase Hill of Tullow Adrian Maguire Great Britain £75,000
1995 Sun Racing Plate Handicap Chase Kadi Norman Williamson Great Britain £120,000
1994 Long Walk Hurdle Hebridean Adrian Maguire Great Britain £125,000
1994 Queen Mother Champion Chase Viking Flagship Adrian Maguire Great Britain £400,000
1994 Sefton Novices' Hurdle Corner Boy Adrian Maguire Great Britain £100,000
1994 Tingle Creek Chase Viking Flagship Adrian Maguire Great Britain £175,000
1994 Triumph Hurdle Mysilv Adrian Maguire Great Britain £150,000
1993 Charlie Hall Chase Barton Bank Adrian Maguire Great Britain £100,000
1993 Fulke Walwyn Kim Muir Challenge Cup Strong Beau Tom Jenks Great Britain £75,000
1993 Henry VIII Novices' Chase Baydon Star Adrian Maguire Great Britain £100,000
1993 King George VI Chase Barton Bank Adrian Maguire Great Britain £250,000
1993 Silver Trophy Handicap Hurdle Triple Witching Adrian Maguire Great Britain £75,000
1992 Baring Bingham Novices' Hurdle Thetford Forest Richard Dunwoody Great Britain £150,000
1992 Christmas Hurdle Mighty Mogul Richard Dunwoody Great Britain £130,000
1992 December Gold Cup Another Coral Richard Dunwoody Great Britain £125,000
1992 Fulke Walwyn Kim Muir Challenge Cup Tug of Gold Marcus Armytage Great Britain £75,000
1992 Henry VIII Novices' Chase Wonder Man Richard Dunwoody Great Britain £100,000
1992 Sefton Novices' Hurdle Barton Bank Carl Llewellyn Great Britain £100,000
1992 Silver Trophy Handicap Hurdle Mighty Mogul Richard Dunwoody Great Britain £75,000
1992 Tingle Creek Chase Waterloo Boy Richard Dunwoody Great Britain £175,000
1991 Paddy Power Gold Cup Another Coral Richard Dunwoody Great Britain £160,000
1991 Sharp Novices' Hurdle Thetford Forest Richard Dunwoody Great Britain £80,000
1991 Tingle Creek Chase Waterloo Boy Richard Dunwoody Great Britain £175,000
1990 Festival Trophy Handicap Chase Bigsun Richard Dunwoody Great Britain £150,000
1989 Arkle Challenge Trophy Waterloo Boy Richard Dunwoody Great Britain £200,000
1989 Tingle Creek Chase Long Engagement Brendan Powell Great Britain £175,000
1988 Cheltenham Gold Cup Charter Party Richard Dunwoody Great Britain £646,880
1987 Johnny Henderson Grand Annual Chase French Union Richard Dunwoody Great Britain £150,000
1987 Tingle Creek Chase Long Engagement Brendan Powell Great Britain £175,000
1986 Festival Trophy Handicap Chase Charter Party Peter Scudamore Great Britain £150,000
1986 Paddy Power Gold Cup Very Promising Richard Dunwoody Great Britain £160,000
1986 Triumph Hurdle Solar Cloud Peter Scudamore Great Britain £150,000
1985 1965 Chase Very Promising Peter Scudamore Great Britain £80,000
1981 Anniversary 4-Y-O Juvenile Hurdle Broadsword Peter Scudamore Great Britain £110,000
1977 Henry VIII Novices' Chase Prebihas Roy Mangan Great Britain £100,000

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.

The trainers either side

Ranked 82nd of 187 on big-race wins

# Trainer Wins Races Span Biggest win
72 Jerry Hollendorfer 64 39 1989 to 2019 £1,503,759£1.5m
73 Theo Grieper 64 33 1970 to 1995 £4,273,504£4.3m
74 Todd Pletcher 63 38 1998 to 2025 £3,759,399£3.8m
75 John W. Sadler 61 36 1986 to 2025 £5,263,158£5.3m
76 Cecil Boyd-Rochfort 61 18 1928 to 1968 £1,500,000£1.5m
77 Markus Klug 61 36 2013 to 2024 £555,556
78 Max Hirsch 60 25 1915 to 1968 £3,759,399£3.8m
79 Clive Brittain 60 44 1974 to 2008 £5,493,600£5.5m
80 H. Allen Jerkens 60 33 1962 to 2007 £751,880
81 Guy Harwood 60 40 1971 to 1993 £4,273,504£4.3m
83 LeRoy Jolley 58 41 1962 to 1991 £3,759,399£3.8m
84 Kiaran McLaughlin 56 41 1994 to 2019 £9,022,556£9.0m
85 Fred Rimell 56 26 1948 to 1981 £646,880
86 Waldemar Hickst 56 35 2006 to 2026 £427,350
87 Ian Balding 55 45 1965 to 2001 £4,273,504£4.3m
88 Hein Bollow 55 29 1968 to 1988 £555,556
89 John Gaver Sr. 54 25 1936 to 1974 £3,759,399£3.8m
90 Jim Bolger 54 24 1978 to 2021 £3,800,000£3.8m
91 Gordon Elliott 54 28 2007 to 2026 £1,000,000£1.0m
92 Noel Murless 53 20 1949 to 1974 £1,500,000£1.5m

Frequently asked questions

How many big races has David Nicholson won?

59, across 33 different races between 1977 and 1999. That is 82nd of the 187 trainers on this site.

What is the biggest race David Nicholson has won?

the Cheltenham Gold Cup, worth £646,880 and run in Great Britain. David Nicholson won it in 1988.

Which race has David Nicholson won most often?

the Tingle Creek Chase, 5 times at Sandown Park Racecourse. 17 of these races have gone to David Nicholson more than once.

How much prize money has David Nicholson 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: 59 wins, the biggest of them worth £646,880.

When did David Nicholson win these races?

Between 1977 and 1999. The busiest spell was 1992-93, with 13 of them.

Where to next

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

The races David Nicholson has won

The trainers either side

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