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TRAINER · 63rd BY BIG-RACE WINS

François Mathet

70 wins in the world's richest races between 1950 and 1982, across 36 different races. The biggest is Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, worth £4,166,667.

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 £4.2m
RACES WON 36
FIRST AND LAST 1950 to 1982
COUNTRIES 2

When the wins came

70 wins from 1950 to 1982, in 3-year spells

Best spell: 1977-79, 22 wins

A list of winners sorted by date reads as one long run. Drawn, it has a shape: François Mathet took 22 of these 70 in 1977-79 alone.

The races François Mathet keeps winning

By number of wins

19 won more than once

Prix du Jockey Club 6 Grand Prix de Paris 6 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe 4 Poule d'Essai des Poulains 4 Prix Royal-Oak 3 Prix Jean de Chaudenay 3 Prix de Fontainebleau 3 Epsom Derby 2 Prix Jacques Le Marois 2 Prix Vermeille 2 Prix Jean Prat 2 Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud 2

Every big race François Mathet has won

70 winners, newest first

36 different races

Year Race Horse Jockey Country Worth
1982 Grand Prix de Paris Le Nain Jaune Henri Samani France £500,000
1982 Poule d'Essai des Poulains Melyno Yves Saint-Martin France £500,000
1982 Prix de Fontainebleau Melyno Yves Saint-Martin France £66,667
1982 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe Akiyda Yves Saint-Martin France £4,166,667£4.2m
1982 Prix de Sandringham Parannda Henri Samani France £108,333
1982 Prix Greffulhe Bois de Grace Henri Samani France £108,333
1982 Prix Jean Prat Melyno Yves Saint-Martin France £333,333
1981 Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud Akarad Yves Saint-Martin France £333,333
1981 Prix Belle de Nuit Nawazish Yves Saint-Martin France £66,667
1981 Prix du Prince d'Orange Vayrann Yves Saint-Martin France £66,667
1981 Prix Jean de Chaudenay Vayrann Henri Samani France £79,167
1981 Prix Matchem Mourtazam Yves Saint-Martin France £45,833
1981 Prix Niel Akarad Yves Saint-Martin France £108,333
1981 Prix Thomas Bryon Melyno Yves Saint-Martin France £66,667
1980 Prix de Guiche Shakapour Yves Saint-Martin France £66,667
1980 Prix de Saint-Georges Adraan Yves Saint-Martin France £46,667
1980 Prix de Sandringham India Song Freddy Head France £108,333
1980 Prix du Gros Chêne Adraan Yves Saint-Martin France £108,333
1980 Prix Messidor Tassmoun Yves Saint-Martin France £66,667
1979 Grand Prix de Paris Soleil Noir Henri Samani France £500,000
1979 Prix d'Arenberg Adraan Yves Saint-Martin France £66,667
1979 Prix de Guiche Top Ville Yves Saint-Martin France £66,667
1979 Prix du Bois Adraan Yves Saint-Martin France £66,667
1979 Prix du Jockey Club Top Ville Yves Saint-Martin France £1,250,000£1.3m
1979 Prix du Pin Kaldoun Yves Saint-Martin France £66,667
1979 Prix Lupin Top Ville Yves Saint-Martin France £166,667
1978 Poule d'Essai des Poulains Nishapour Henri Samani France £500,000
1978 Prix de Fontainebleau Kenmare Alain Badel France £66,667
1978 Prix du Pin Kaldoun Jacques Heloury France £66,667
1978 Prix Eclipse Ramanouche Jacques Heloury France £66,667
1978 Prix Greffulhe Naasiri Henri Samani France £108,333
1978 Prix Jacques Le Marois Kenmare Alain Badel France £833,333
1978 Prix Paul de Moussac Mannshour Henri Samani France £66,667
1977 Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud Exceller Freddy Head France £333,333
1977 Poule d'Essai des Poulains Blushing Groom Henri Samani France £500,000
1977 Prix Aga Khan IV (Prix d'Ispahan) Lightning Gérard Dubroeucq France £208,333
1977 Prix de Fontainebleau Blushing Groom Henri Samani France £66,667
1977 Prix de Royallieu Trillion Alain Badel France £250,000
1977 Prix du Jockey Club Crystal Palace Gérard Dubroeucq France £1,250,000£1.3m
1977 Prix Jean de Chaudenay Diagramatic Gérard Dubroeucq France £79,167
1977 Prix Jean Prat Lightning Gérard Dubroeucq France £333,333
1976 Grand Prix de Paris Exceller Yves Saint-Martin France £500,000
1976 Prix Belle de Nuit Kermiya Henri Samani France £66,667
1976 Prix Jean-Luc Lagardère Blushing Groom Henri Samani France £333,333
1976 Prix Morny Blushing Groom Henri Samani France £291,667
1976 Prix Robert Papin Blushing Groom Henri Samani France £108,333
1976 Prix Royal-Oak Exceller Gérard Dubroeucq France £291,667
1975 Prix Royal-Oak Henri le Balafre Henri Samani France £291,667
1974 Prix de l'Abbaye de Longchamp Moubariz Henri Samani France £291,667
1973 Poule d'Essai des Poulains Kalamoun Henri Samani France £500,000
1973 Prix Jacques Le Marois Kalamoun Henri Samani France £833,333
1973 Prix Jean de Chaudenay Direct Flight Henri Samani France £79,167
1973 Prix Lupin Kalamoun Henri Samani France £166,667
1971 Grand Prix de Paris Rheffic Bill Pyers France £500,000
1971 Prix du Jockey Club Rheffic Bill Pyers France £1,250,000£1.3m
1970 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe Sassafras Yves Saint-Martin France £4,166,667£4.2m
1970 Prix du Jockey Club Sassafras Yves Saint-Martin France £1,250,000£1.3m
1970 Prix Royal-Oak Sassafras Yves Saint-Martin France £291,667
1969 Prix Morny Amber Rama Yves Saint-Martin France £291,667
1969 Prix Vermeille Saraca Yves Saint-Martin France £500,000
1968 Prix du Jockey Club Tapalque Yves Saint-Martin France £1,250,000£1.3m
1967 Prix Vermeille Casaque Grise Yves Saint-Martin France £500,000
1966 Grand Prix de Paris Danseur Yves Saint-Martin France £500,000
1965 Grand Prix de Paris Reliance Yves Saint-Martin France £500,000
1965 Prix du Jockey Club Reliance Yves Saint-Martin France £1,250,000£1.3m
1963 Epsom Derby Relko Yves Saint-Martin Great Britain £1,500,000£1.5m
1955 Epsom Derby Phil Drake Freddie Palmer Great Britain £1,500,000£1.5m
1953 Triumph Hurdle Clair Soleil Fred Winter Great Britain £150,000
1951 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe Tantieme Jacques Doyasbère France £4,166,667£4.2m
1950 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe Tantieme Jacques Doyasbère France £4,166,667£4.2m

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 François Mathet wins

2 countries

Country Wins Share Biggest race won there
France 67 96% Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe
Great Britain 3 4% Epsom Derby

The trainers either side

Ranked 63rd of 187 on big-race wins

# Trainer Wins Races Span Biggest win
53 John Hammond 79 57 1987 to 2011 £4,166,667£4.2m
54 David Smaga 79 52 1979 to 2021 £333,333
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
64 Dermot Weld 70 32 1973 to 2020 £3,703,704£3.7m
65 Alan King 70 44 1999 to 2026 £450,000
66 Alec Head 68 49 1952 to 1983 £4,166,667£4.2m
67 François Doumen 68 46 1986 to 2016 £4,444,444£4.4m
68 Jonathan Pease 67 53 1985 to 2014 £4,166,667£4.2m
69 Roger Attfield 67 23 1975 to 2020 £1,481,481£1.5m
70 Jonjo O'Neill 66 38 1991 to 2026 £646,880
71 H. Graham Motion 64 44 1997 to 2026 £3,703,704£3.7m
72 Jerry Hollendorfer 64 39 1989 to 2019 £1,481,481£1.5m
73 Theo Grieper 64 33 1970 to 1995 £4,166,667£4.2m

Frequently asked questions

How many big races has François Mathet won?

70, across 36 different races between 1950 and 1982. That is 63rd of the 187 trainers on this site.

What is the biggest race François Mathet has won?

Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, worth £4,166,667 and run in France. François Mathet won it in 1982, 1970, 1951, 1950.

Which race has François Mathet won most often?

Prix du Jockey Club, 6 times at Chantilly Racecourse. 19 of these races have gone to François Mathet more than once.

How much prize money has François Mathet 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 £4,166,667.

When did François Mathet win these races?

Between 1950 and 1982. The busiest spell was 1977-79, with 22 of them.

Where to next

The races François Mathet has won, and the trainers around them

The races François Mathet has won

The trainers either side

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