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TRAINER · 42nd BY BIG-RACE WINS

Dick Hern

89 wins in the world's richest races between 1958 and 1997, across 43 different races. The biggest is the Epsom Derby, worth £1,500,000.

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 89
BIGGEST WIN £1.5m
RACES WON 43
FIRST AND LAST 1958 to 1997
COUNTRIES 4

When the wins came

89 wins from 1958 to 1997, in 3-year spells

Best spell: 1980-82, 16 wins

A list of winners sorted by date reads as one long run. Drawn, it has a shape: Dick Hern took 16 of these 89 in 1980-82 alone.

The races Dick Hern keeps winning

By number of wins

20 won more than once

St Leger Stakes 6 Cocked Hat Stakes 6 Gordon Stakes 5 Chester Vase 5 March Stakes 5 Sandown Classic Trial 5 King Edward VII Stakes 4 Great Voltigeur Stakes 4 Epsom Derby 3 Lingfield Derby Trial 3 St James's Palace Stakes 2 2000 Guineas Stakes 2

Every big race Dick Hern has won

89 winners, newest first

43 different races

Year Race Horse Jockey Country Worth
1997 Hampton Court Stakes Falak Richard Hills Great Britain £150,000
1996 Prix Daniel Wildenstein Alhaarth Richard Hills France £170,940
1994 Thoroughbred Stakes Wijdan Willie Carson Great Britain £100,000
1991 March Stakes Jahafil Willie Carson Great Britain £100,000
1990 Easter Stakes Elmaamul Willie Carson Great Britain £40,000
1990 Prix de l'Abbaye de Longchamp Dayjur Willie Carson France £299,145
1989 2000 Guineas Stakes Nashwan Willie Carson Great Britain £525,000
1989 Epsom Derby Nashwan Willie Carson Great Britain £1,500,000£1.5m
1989 Newmarket Stakes Prince of Dance Willie Carson Great Britain £55,000
1989 Prix du Calvados Arousal Willie Carson France £111,111
1989 Prix Gontaut-Biron Emmson Willie Carson France £68,376
1988 Chester Vase Unfuwain Willie Carson Great Britain £140,000
1988 Cocked Hat Stakes Minster Son Willie Carson Great Britain £60,000
1988 Gordon Stakes Minster Son Willie Carson Great Britain £200,000
1988 Newmarket Stakes Minster Son Willie Carson Great Britain £55,000
1988 Prix Maurice de Nieuil Merce Cunningham Willie Carson France £111,111
1987 Chester Vase Dry Dock Willie Carson Great Britain £140,000
1986 Premio Ribot Lucky Ring Willie Carson Italy £34,509
1986 Prix Chaudenay Family Friend Willie Carson France £170,940
1985 Prix de Flore Gay Hellene Alfred Gibert France £68,376
1984 Chester Vase Kaytu Willie Carson Great Britain £140,000
1984 King Edward VII Stakes Head for Heights Willie Carson Great Britain £250,500
1984 Prix du Calvados Helen Street Willie Carson France £111,111
1984 Prix Gontaut-Biron Bedtime Brian Taylor France £68,376
1983 Cocked Hat Stakes Morcon Willie Carson Great Britain £60,000
1983 Jersey Stakes Tecorno Willie Carson Great Britain £110,000
1983 March Stakes Band Willie Carson Great Britain £100,000
1983 St Leger Stakes Sun Princess Willie Carson Great Britain £700,000
1982 King Edward VII Stakes Open Day Willie Carson Great Britain £250,500
1982 Prix Jean de Chaudenay Little Wolf Willie Carson France £81,197
1982 Prix Kergorlay Valentinian Willie Carson France £111,111
1981 Gordon Stakes Bustomi Willie Carson Great Britain £200,000
1981 King Edward VII Stakes Bustomi Willie Carson Great Britain £250,500
1981 March Stakes Capstan Joe Mercer Great Britain £100,000
1981 St Leger Stakes Cut Above Joe Mercer Great Britain £700,000
1980 Chester Vase Henbit Willie Carson Great Britain £140,000
1980 Cocked Hat Stakes Prince Bee Willie Carson Great Britain £60,000
1980 Epsom Derby Henbit Willie Carson Great Britain £1,500,000£1.5m
1980 Gordon Stakes Prince Bee Willie Carson Great Britain £200,000
1980 Great Voltigeur Stakes Prince Bee Lester Piggott Great Britain £250,000
1980 March Stakes Water Mill Willie Carson Great Britain £100,000
1980 Prix de la Porte Maillot Luck of the Draw Willie Carson France £47,863
1980 Prix Niel Prince Bee Willie Carson France £111,111
1980 Sandown Classic Trial Henbit Willie Carson Great Britain £85,000
1979 Cocked Hat Stakes Troy Willie Carson Great Britain £60,000
1979 Epsom Derby Troy Willie Carson Great Britain £1,500,000£1.5m
1979 Gordon Stakes More Light Willie Carson Great Britain £200,000
1979 Irish Derby Troy Willie Carson Ireland £854,701
1979 Lingfield Derby Trial Milford Joe Mercer Great Britain £60,000
1979 Prix Royal-Oak Niniski Willie Carson France £299,145
1979 Queen's Vase Buttress Willie Carson Great Britain £262,500
1979 Sandown Classic Trial Troy Willie Carson Great Britain £85,000
1978 Craven Stakes Admirals' Launch Willie Carson Great Britain £85,000
1978 Esher Cup Rhyme Royal Willie Carson Great Britain £45,000
1978 Prix Daniel Wildenstein Homing Willie Carson France £170,940
1978 Prix de l'Opéra Cistus Willie Carson France £427,350
1977 Glasgow Stakes Gregarious Willie Carson Great Britain £55,000
1977 St Leger Stakes Dunfermline Willie Carson Great Britain £700,000
1976 2,000 Guineas Trial Stakes Relkino Joe Mercer Great Britain £20,000
1976 Gordon Stakes Smuggler Joe Mercer Great Britain £200,000
1976 Sandown Classic Trial Riboboy Joe Mercer Great Britain £85,000
1975 King Edward VII Stakes Sea Anchor Joe Mercer Great Britain £250,500
1975 King George V Stakes Zimbalon Joe Mercer Great Britain £110,000
1974 Great Voltigeur Stakes Bustino Joe Mercer Great Britain £250,000
1974 Lingfield Derby Trial Bustino Joe Mercer Great Britain £60,000
1974 Prix de Diane Highclere Joe Mercer France £854,701
1974 Sandown Classic Trial Bustino Joe Mercer Great Britain £85,000
1974 St Leger Stakes Bustino Joe Mercer Great Britain £700,000
1973 Cocked Hat Stakes Buoy Joe Mercer Great Britain £60,000
1973 Great Voltigeur Stakes Buoy Joe Mercer Great Britain £250,000
1973 Greenham Stakes Boldboy Joe Mercer Great Britain £55,000
1973 Irish 2,000 Guineas Sharp Edge Joe Mercer Ireland £393,162
1973 King George V Stakes Zab Taffy Thomas Great Britain £110,000
1972 St James's Palace Stakes Sun Prince Jimmy Lindley Great Britain £650,000
1971 2000 Guineas Stakes Brigadier Gerard Joe Mercer Great Britain £525,000
1971 Dee Stakes Colum Joe Mercer Great Britain £100,000
1971 Lingfield Derby Trial Homeric Joe Mercer Great Britain £60,000
1971 St James's Palace Stakes Brigadier Gerard Joe Mercer Great Britain £650,000
1970 Cocked Hat Stakes Charlton Joe Mercer Great Britain £60,000
1970 March Stakes Hazy Idea Lester Piggott Great Britain £100,000
1970 Prix Vermeille Highest Hopes Joe Mercer France £512,821
1968 Chester Vase Remand Joe Mercer Great Britain £140,000
1968 Greenham Stakes Heathen Joe Mercer Great Britain £55,000
1967 Queen's Vase The Accuser Frankie Durr Great Britain £262,500
1965 Sandown Classic Trial Nearside Joe Mercer Great Britain £85,000
1965 St Leger Stakes Provoke Joe Mercer Great Britain £700,000
1962 Great Voltigeur Stakes Hethersett Frankie Durr Great Britain £250,000
1962 St Leger Stakes Hethersett Harry Carr Great Britain £700,000
1958 Dee Stakes Pandour Stan Clayton 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.

Where Dick Hern wins

4 countries

Country Wins Share Biggest race won there
Great Britain 68 76% Epsom Derby
France 18 20% Prix de Diane
Ireland 2 2% Irish Derby
Italy 1 1% Premio Ribot

The trainers either side

Ranked 42nd of 187 on big-race wins

# Trainer Wins Races Span Biggest win
32 Carlos Laffon-Parias 107 68 1995 to 2024 £4,273,504£4.3m
33 Woody Stephens 106 55 1949 to 1989 £3,759,399£3.8m
34 Vincent O'Brien 105 38 1948 to 1993 £4,273,504£4.3m
35 Francis-Henri Graffard 104 75 2012 to 2026 £5,493,600£5.5m
36 Steven M. Asmussen 102 48 2000 to 2026 £9,022,556£9.0m
37 Mark E. Casse 102 60 1981 to 2026 £1,503,759£1.5m
38 Stefano Botti 100 28 2009 to 2026 £447,692
39 Mark Johnston 96 55 1994 to 2022 £4,511,278£4.5m
40 Nigel Twiston-Davies 90 44 1987 to 2024 £646,880
41 Richard Hannon Sr. 90 49 1973 to 2013 £650,000
43 Bruno Schütz 88 36 1971 to 1997 £555,556
44 Philip Hobbs 88 47 1986 to 2026 £450,000
45 Andreas Schütz 87 47 1998 to 2023 £3,040,000£3.0m
46 Henri-Alex Pantall 87 60 1989 to 2026 £854,701
47 Christophe Clement 85 49 1992 to 2024 £1,503,759£1.5m
48 Charles Whittingham 84 30 1956 to 1996 £5,493,600£5.5m
49 Jim Fitzsimmons 83 25 1922 to 1966 £3,759,399£3.8m
50 Sven von Mitzlaff 81 29 1958 to 1986 £555,556
51 Uwe Ostmann 81 40 1979 to 2011 £555,556
52 Barry Hills 80 43 1970 to 2011 £4,273,504£4.3m

Frequently asked questions

How many big races has Dick Hern won?

89, across 43 different races between 1958 and 1997. That is 42nd of the 187 trainers on this site.

What is the biggest race Dick Hern has won?

the Epsom Derby, worth £1,500,000 and run in Great Britain. Dick Hern won it in 1989, 1980, 1979.

Which race has Dick Hern won most often?

the St Leger Stakes, 6 times at Doncaster Racecourse. 20 of these races have gone to Dick Hern more than once.

How much prize money has Dick Hern 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: 89 wins, the biggest of them worth £1,500,000.

When did Dick Hern win these races?

Between 1958 and 1997. The busiest spell was 1980-82, with 16 of them.

Where to next

The races Dick Hern has won, and the trainers around them

The races Dick Hern has won

The trainers either side

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