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TRAINER · 54th BY BIG-RACE WINS

David Smaga

79 wins in the world's richest races between 1979 and 2021, across 52 different races. The biggest is Prix Guillaume d'Ornano, worth £333,333.

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 79
BIGGEST WIN £333k
RACES WON 52
FIRST AND LAST 1979 to 2021
COUNTRIES 3

When the wins came

79 wins from 1979 to 2021, in 3-year spells

Best spell: 1980-82, 13 wins

A list of winners sorted by date reads as one long run. Drawn, it has a shape: David Smaga took 13 of these 79 in 1980-82 alone.

The races David Smaga keeps winning

By number of wins

18 won more than once

Prix Rothschild 5 Prix Isonomy 4 Prix Daniel Wildenstein 3 Prix Miesque 3 Prix d'Hédouville 3 Prix La Force 3 Prix Marcel Boussac 2 Prix Ganay 2 Prix d'Harcourt 2 Prix Thomas Bryon 2 Prix Gontaut-Biron 2 Prix Perth 2

Every big race David Smaga has won

79 winners, newest first

52 different races

Year Race Horse Jockey Country Worth
2021 Prix Saint-Alary Incarville Christophe Soumillon France £208,333
2016 Prix Thomas Bryon Mate Story Christophe Soumillon France £66,667
2014 Prix Fille de l'Air Gaga A Alexis Badel France £66,667
2013 Prix du Muguet Don Bosco Grégory Benoist France £108,333
2012 Prix Chaudenay Canticum Grégory Benoist France £166,667
2012 Prix Gontaut-Biron Don Bosco Gregory Benoist France £66,667
2012 Prix Perth Don Bosco Flavien Prat France £66,667
2011 Prix Juigné Mr Chance Grégory Benoist France £20,833
2009 Prix Miesque Lixirova Grégory Benoist France £66,667
2008 Prix de Sandringham Modern Look Stéphane Pasquier France £108,333
2008 Prix Miesque Stefer Dominique Boeuf France £66,667
2007 Prix Miesque Modern Look Stéphane Pasquier France £66,667
2007 Prix Sigy Prior Warning Dominique Boeuf France £66,667
2006 Prix d'Aumale Poltava Dominique Boeuf France £46,667
2006 Prix de Psyché Chaibia Dominique Boeuf France £46,667
2005 Prix Daniel Wildenstein Special Kaldoun Dominique Boeuf France £166,667
2005 Prix Quincey Special Kaldoun Dominique Boeuf France £46,667
2004 Prix Gontaut-Biron Special Kaldoun Dominique Boeuf France £66,667
2004 Prix Lupin Voix du Nord Dominique Boeuf France £166,667
2004 Prix Noailles Voix du Nord Christophe Soumillon France £66,667
2003 Critérium de Saint-Cloud Voix du Nord Dominique Boeuf France £208,333
2003 Prix Daniel Wildenstein Special Kaldoun Dominique Boeuf France £166,667
2003 Prix de la Nonette State of Art Dominique Boeuf France £108,333
2003 Prix Messidor Special Kaldoun Dominique Boeuf France £66,667
2002 Prix Perth Special Kaldoun Dominique Boeuf France £66,667
2001 Prix Eclipse Perrexa Dominique Boeuf France £66,667
1999 Prix de Royaumont Side Saddle Dominique Boeuf France £66,667
1998 Prix Rothschild Miss Berbere Dominique Boeuf France £250,000
1996 Prix d'Hédouville Percutant Cash Asmussen France £66,667
1996 Prix Thomas Bryon Varxi Dominique Boeuf France £66,667
1995 Grand Prix de Vichy Marildo Guy Guignard France £46,667
1995 La Coupe Marildo Guy Guignard France £66,667
1995 Prix Kergorlay Peckinpah's Soul Freddy Head France £108,333
1994 Preis der Deutschen Einheit Marildo Guy Guignard Germany £66,667
1994 Prix du Calvados Fairy Path Freddy Head France £108,333
1994 Prix Ganay Marildo Guy Guignard France £250,000
1994 Prix Isonomy Peckinpah's Soul Pascal Marion France £45,833
1994 Prix La Force Percutant Guy Guignard France £66,667
1993 Grand Prix de Vichy Marildo Guy Guignard France £46,667
1993 Prix André Baboin Marildo Guy Guignard France £43,333
1993 Prix d'Harcourt Marildo Guy Guignard France £108,333
1992 Prix Herod Fastness Cash Asmussen France £45,833
1992 Prix La Force Break Bread Cash Asmussen France £66,667
1991 Prix Exbury Leariva Alain Lequeux France £66,667
1991 Prix Rothschild Leariva Alain Lequeux France £250,000
1990 Prix Gladiateur River Test Freddy Head France £66,667
1989 Prix Rothschild Navratilovna Freddy Head France £250,000
1988 Prix d'Aumale Mary Linoa Alain Lequeux France £46,667
1988 Prix de Saint-Georges Glifahda Freddy Head France £46,667
1988 Prix du Gros Chêne Glifahda Freddy Head France £108,333
1988 Prix Marcel Boussac Mary Linoa Alain Lequeux France £333,333
1987 Prix de Flore Only a Rumour Gérard Dubroeucq France £66,667
1987 Prix de Seine-et-Oise Glifahda Alain Lequeux France £66,667
1986 Critérium de Maisons-Laffitte Grecian Urn Alain Lequeux France £158,333
1986 Prix Isonomy Avaleur Alain Lequeux France £45,833
1986 Prix Rothschild Elle Seule Alain Lequeux France £250,000
1985 Prix d'Hédouville Darly Freddy Head France £66,667
1985 Prix Exbury Darly Freddy Head France £66,667
1984 Prix Marcel Boussac Triptych Alain Lequeux France £333,333
1983 Prix de la Porte Maillot African Joy Freddy Head France £46,667
1983 Prix de Lieurey Tearing Lester Piggott France £66,667
1983 Prix de Royaumont Marie de Litz Henri Samani France £66,667
1983 Prix Ganay Lancastrian Alain Lequeux France £250,000
1983 Prix Isonomy Arneda Freddy Head France £45,833
1983 Prix La Force White Spade Lester Piggott France £66,667
1982 Premio Roma Campero Alain Lequeux Italy £201,667
1982 Prix André Baboin Darly Alain Lequeux France £43,333
1982 Prix d'Harcourt Lancastrian Alain Lequeux France £108,333
1982 Prix Juigné Comtal Freddy Head France £20,833
1982 Prix Rothschild Thorough Freddy Head France £250,000
1981 Grand Prix de Chantilly Lancastrian Alain Lequeux France £108,333
1981 La Coupe de Maisons-Laffitte Glenorum Alain Lequeux France £66,667
1981 Prix Corrida Daeltown Alain Lequeux France £108,333
1981 Prix d'Hédouville Lancastrian Alain Lequeux France £66,667
1981 Prix Daniel Wildenstein Daeltown Alain Lequeux France £166,667
1980 Grand Prix de Deauville Glenorum Lester Piggott France £166,667
1980 Prix du Lys Lancastrian Alain Lequeux France £66,667
1980 Prix Guillaume d'Ornano Glenorum Alain Badel France £333,333
1979 Prix Isonomy Jazz Band Alain Lequeux France £45,833

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 Smaga wins

3 countries

Country Wins Share Biggest race won there
France 77 97% Prix Marcel Boussac
Italy 1 1% Premio Roma
Germany 1 1% Preis der Deutschen Einheit

The trainers either side

Ranked 54th of 187 on big-race wins

# Trainer Wins Races Span Biggest win
44 Bruno Schütz 88 36 1971 to 1997 £541,667
45 Andreas Schütz 87 47 1998 to 2023 £3,040,000£3.0m
46 Henri-Alex Pantall 87 60 1989 to 2026 £833,333
47 Christophe Clement 85 49 1992 to 2024 £1,481,481£1.5m
48 Charles Whittingham 84 30 1956 to 1996 £5,493,600£5.5m
49 Jim Fitzsimmons 83 25 1922 to 1966 £3,703,704£3.7m
50 Sven von Mitzlaff 81 29 1958 to 1986 £541,667
51 Uwe Ostmann 81 40 1979 to 2011 £541,667
52 Barry Hills 80 43 1970 to 2011 £4,166,667£4.2m
53 John Hammond 79 57 1987 to 2011 £4,166,667£4.2m
55 Ron McAnally 77 38 1961 to 2014 £3,703,704£3.7m
56 Luca Cumani 76 54 1980 to 2018 £5,493,600£5.5m
57 Patrick Biancone 76 57 1980 to 2020 £4,166,667£4.2m
58 Mike de Kock 75 26 1999 to 2022 £4,444,444£4.4m
59 Paul Cole 74 60 1983 to 2019 £1,500,000£1.5m
60 William Haggas 72 56 1988 to 2026 £1,500,000£1.5m
61 Mario Hofer 72 48 1990 to 2018 £541,667
62 Fulke Walwyn 71 28 1946 to 1986 £708,333
63 François Mathet 70 36 1950 to 1982 £4,166,667£4.2m
64 Dermot Weld 70 32 1973 to 2020 £3,703,704£3.7m

Frequently asked questions

How many big races has David Smaga won?

79, across 52 different races between 1979 and 2021. That is 54th of the 187 trainers on this site.

What is the biggest race David Smaga has won?

Prix Guillaume d'Ornano, worth £333,333 and run in France. David Smaga won it in 1980.

Which race has David Smaga won most often?

Prix Rothschild, 5 times at Deauville Racecourse. 18 of these races have gone to David Smaga more than once.

How much prize money has David Smaga 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: 79 wins, the biggest of them worth £333,333.

When did David Smaga win these races?

Between 1979 and 2021. The busiest spell was 1980-82, with 13 of them.

Where to next

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

The races David Smaga has won

The trainers either side

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