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TRAINER · 64th BY BIG-RACE WINS

Dermot Weld

70 wins in the world's richest races between 1973 and 2020, across 32 different races. The biggest is the Breeders' Cup Turf, worth £3,759,399.

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 70
BIGGEST WIN £3.8m
RACES WON 32
FIRST AND LAST 1973 to 2020
COUNTRIES 7

When the wins came

70 wins from 1973 to 2020, in 3-year spells

Best spell: 2013-15, 10 wins

A list of winners sorted by date reads as one long run. Drawn, it has a shape: Dermot Weld took 10 of these 70 in 2013-15 alone.

The races Dermot Weld keeps winning

By number of wins

12 won more than once

Leopardstown Derby Trial 9 Tetrarch Stakes 9 Ballysax Stakes 7 Leopardstown 2,000 Guineas Trial Stakes 7 Irish Derby 3 Ulster Derby 3 Prix de l'Abbaye de Longchamp 2 Jersey Stakes 2 Premio Parioli 2 Gallinule Stakes 2 King George V Cup 2 Patton Stakes 2

Every big race Dermot Weld has won

70 winners, newest first

32 different races

Year Race Horse Jockey Country Worth
2020 Breeders' Cup Turf Tarnawa† (IRE) Colin Keane United States £3,759,399£3.8m
2020 Prix de l'Opéra Tarnawa Christophe Soumillon France £427,350
2020 Prix Vermeille Tarnawa Christophe Soumillon France £512,821
2019 King George V Cup Rakan Chris Hayes Ireland £38,462
2019 Tetrarch Stakes Shelir Chris Hayes Ireland £42,735
2018 Leopardstown Derby Trial Hazapour Declan McDonogh Ireland £68,376
2018 Tetrarch Stakes Imaging Declan McDonogh Ireland £42,735
2016 Ballysax Stakes Harzand Pat Smullen Ireland £42,735
2016 Epsom Derby Harzand Pat Smullen Great Britain £1,500,000£1.5m
2016 Irish Derby Harzand Pat Smullen Ireland £854,701
2015 Baring Bingham Novices' Hurdle Windsor Park Davy Russell Great Britain £150,000
2015 King George V Cup Radanpour Pat Smullen Ireland £38,462
2015 Leopardstown 2,000 Guineas Trial Stakes Zawraq Pat Smullen Ireland £36,325
2015 Tetrarch Stakes Tombelaine Pat Smullen Ireland £42,735
2014 Ballysax Stakes Fascinating Rock Pat Smullen Ireland £42,735
2014 Champion Bumper Silver Concorde Robbie McNamara Great Britain £80,000
2014 Jersey Stakes Mustajeeb Pat Smullen Great Britain £110,000
2014 Leopardstown 2,000 Guineas Trial Stakes Go For Goal Pat Smullen Ireland £36,325
2014 Leopardstown Derby Trial Fascinating Rock Pat Smullen Ireland £68,376
2014 Tetrarch Stakes Alkasser Leigh Roche Ireland £42,735
2012 Gallinule Stakes Speaking of Which Pat Smullen Ireland £42,735
2008 Leopardstown 2,000 Guineas Trial Stakes Famous Name Pat Smullen Ireland £36,325
2008 Leopardstown Derby Trial Casual Conquest Pat Smullen Ireland £68,376
2005 Ballysax Stakes Bobs Pride Pat Smullen Ireland £42,735
2004 Irish Derby Grey Swallow Pat Smullen Ireland £854,701
2004 Leopardstown 2,000 Guineas Trial Stakes Grey Swallow Pat Smullen Ireland £36,325
2003 2000 Guineas Stakes Refuse to Bend Pat Smullen Great Britain £525,000
2003 Leopardstown 2,000 Guineas Trial Stakes Refuse to Bend Pat Smullen Ireland £36,325
2002 Sharp Novices' Hurdle Mutakarrim Paul Carberry Great Britain £80,000
2001 Patton Stakes Lethal Agenda Pat Smullen Ireland £34,188
2001 Prix Royal-Oak Vinnie Roe Pat Smullen France £299,145
2000 Ballysax Stakes Grand Finale Pat Smullen Ireland £42,735
2000 Pennsylvania Derby Pine Dance Mike McCarthy United States £751,880
2000 Ulster Derby Media Puzzle Pat Smullen Ireland £64,103
1999 Leopardstown Derby Trial Port Bayou Pat Shanahan Ireland £68,376
1999 Tetrarch Stakes Major Force Pat Smullen Ireland £42,735
1998 Leopardstown 2,000 Guineas Trial Stakes Two-Twenty-Two Michael Kinane Ireland £36,325
1998 Patton Stakes Two-Twenty-Two Michael Kinane Ireland £34,188
1998 Tetrarch Stakes Two-Twenty-Two Pat Smullen Ireland £42,735
1997 Ballysax Stakes Casey Tibbs Michael Kinane Ireland £42,735
1996 Irish Derby Zagreb Pat Shanahan Ireland £854,701
1996 Queen's Vase Gordi Michael Kinane Great Britain £262,500
1995 Ballysax Stakes Humbel Michael Kinane Ireland £42,735
1995 Leopardstown Derby Trial Humbel Michael Kinane Ireland £68,376
1995 Ulster Derby Munif Michael Kinane Ireland £64,103
1994 Leopardstown Derby Trial Artema Michael Kinane Ireland £68,376
1993 Bayerisches Zuchtrennen Market Booster Michael Kinane Germany £132,479
1992 Derby Italiano In a Tiff Michael Kinane Italy £447,692
1992 Gallinule Stakes Brief Truce Michael Kinane Ireland £42,735
1992 St James's Palace Stakes Brief Truce Michael Kinane Great Britain £650,000
1991 Hong Kong Mile Additional Risk Michael Kinane Hong Kong £3,040,000£3.0m
1990 Ballysax Stakes Cheering News Michael Kinane Ireland £42,735
1990 Leopardstown 2,000 Guineas Trial Stakes Lotus Pool Michael Kinane Ireland £36,325
1990 Triumph Hurdle Rare Holiday Brendan Sheridan Great Britain £150,000
1989 Leopardstown Derby Trial Phantom Breeze Michael Kinane Ireland £68,376
1989 Ulster Derby Lone Runner Raymond Carroll Ireland £64,103
1988 Premio Parioli Gay Burslem Michael Kinane Italy £91,255
1987 Tetrarch Stakes Big Shuffle Michael Kinane Ireland £42,735
1986 Anniversary 4-Y-O Juvenile Hurdle Dark Raven Tommy Carmody Great Britain £110,000
1986 Irish 2,000 Guineas Flash of Steel Michael Kinane Ireland £393,162
1986 Tetrarch Stakes Flash of Steel Michael Kinane Ireland £42,735
1985 Leopardstown Derby Trial Theatrical Michael Kinane Ireland £68,376
1985 Premio Parioli Again Tomorrow Michael Kinane Italy £91,255
1985 Prix de l'Abbaye de Longchamp Committed Michael Kinane France £299,145
1984 Prix de l'Abbaye de Longchamp Committed Steve Cauthen France £299,145
1981 Tetrarch Stakes Dance Bid Wally Swinburn Ireland £42,735
1980 Leopardstown Derby Trial Ramian Wally Swinburn Ireland £68,376
1975 Goldene Peitsche Steel Heart Johnny Roe Germany £59,829
1974 Jersey Stakes Red Alert Johnny Roe Great Britain £110,000
1973 King Edward VII Stakes Klairvimy Buster Parnell Great Britain £250,500

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 Dermot Weld wins

7 countries

Country Wins Share Biggest race won there
Ireland 45 64% Irish Derby
Great Britain 12 17% Epsom Derby
France 5 7% Prix Vermeille
Italy 3 4% Derby Italiano
United States 2 3% Breeders' Cup Turf
Germany 2 3% Bayerisches Zuchtrennen
Hong Kong 1 1% Hong Kong Mile

The trainers either side

Ranked 64th of 187 on big-race wins

# Trainer Wins Races Span Biggest win
54 David Smaga 79 52 1979 to 2021 £341,880
55 Ron McAnally 77 38 1961 to 2014 £3,759,399£3.8m
56 Luca Cumani 76 54 1980 to 2018 £5,493,600£5.5m
57 Patrick Biancone 76 57 1980 to 2020 £4,273,504£4.3m
58 Mike de Kock 75 26 1999 to 2022 £4,511,278£4.5m
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 £555,556
62 Fulke Walwyn 71 28 1946 to 1986 £726,496
63 François Mathet 70 36 1950 to 1982 £4,273,504£4.3m
65 Alan King 70 44 1999 to 2026 £450,000
66 Alec Head 68 49 1952 to 1983 £4,273,504£4.3m
67 François Doumen 68 46 1986 to 2016 £4,511,278£4.5m
68 Jonathan Pease 67 53 1985 to 2014 £4,273,504£4.3m
69 Roger Attfield 67 23 1975 to 2020 £1,503,759£1.5m
70 Jonjo O'Neill 66 38 1991 to 2026 £646,880
71 H. Graham Motion 64 44 1997 to 2026 £3,759,399£3.8m
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

Frequently asked questions

How many big races has Dermot Weld won?

70, across 32 different races between 1973 and 2020. That is 64th of the 187 trainers on this site.

What is the biggest race Dermot Weld has won?

the Breeders' Cup Turf, worth £3,759,399 and run in the United States. Dermot Weld won it in 2020.

Which race has Dermot Weld won most often?

the Leopardstown Derby Trial, 9 times at Leopardstown. 12 of these races have gone to Dermot Weld more than once.

How much prize money has Dermot Weld 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: 70 wins, the biggest of them worth £3,759,399.

When did Dermot Weld win these races?

Between 1973 and 2020. The busiest spell was 2013-15, with 10 of them.

Where to next

The races Dermot Weld has won, and the trainers around them

The races Dermot Weld has won

The trainers either side

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