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TRAINER · 163rd BY BIG-RACE WINS

Frank Butters

34 wins in the world's richest races between 1928 and 1949, across 16 different races. The biggest is Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, worth £4,273,504.

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 34
BIGGEST WIN £4.3m
RACES WON 16
FIRST AND LAST 1928 to 1949
COUNTRIES 3

When the wins came

34 wins from 1928 to 1949, in 2-year spells

Best spell: 1934-35, 7 wins

A list of winners sorted by date reads as one long run. Drawn, it has a shape: Frank Butters took 7 of these 34 in 1934-35 alone.

The races Frank Butters keeps winning

By number of wins

11 won more than once

St Leger Stakes 5 King Edward VII Stakes 4 Greenham Stakes 3 Newmarket Stakes 3 Epsom Derby 2 Irish Derby 2 St James's Palace Stakes 2 Gordon Stakes 2 Chester Vase 2 Dee Stakes 2 Craven Stakes 2 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe 1

Every big race Frank Butters has won

34 winners, newest first

16 different races

Year Race Horse Jockey Country Worth
1949 Craven Stakes Moondust Doug Smith Great Britain £85,000
1949 Irish Derby Hindostan Rae Johnstone Ireland £854,701
1948 Gordon Stakes Nathoo Gordon Richards Great Britain £200,000
1948 Irish Derby Nathoo Rae Johnstone Ireland £854,701
1948 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe Migoli Charlie Smirke France £4,273,504£4.3m
1947 Craven Stakes Migoli Doug Smith Great Britain £85,000
1947 King Edward VII Stakes Migoli Gordon Richards Great Britain £250,500
1946 European Free Handicap Cama Gordon Richards Great Britain £35,000
1946 King Edward VII Stakes Field Day Gordon Richards Great Britain £250,500
1946 St James's Palace Stakes Khaled Gordon Richards Great Britain £650,000
1944 St Leger Stakes Tehran Gordon Richards Great Britain £700,000
1940 St Leger Stakes Turkhan Gordon Richards Great Britain £700,000
1938 Greenham Stakes Mirza Harry Wragg Great Britain £55,000
1938 King Edward VII Stakes Foroughi Harry Wragg Great Britain £250,500
1937 Lingfield Derby Trial Mid-day Sun Michael Beary Great Britain £60,000
1936 Chester Vase Taj Akbar Gordon Richards Great Britain £140,000
1936 Dee Stakes Noble King Richard Perryman Great Britain £100,000
1936 Epsom Derby Mahmoud Charles Smirke Great Britain £1,500,000£1.5m
1936 Greenham Stakes Noble King Richard Perryman Great Britain £55,000
1935 2000 Guineas Stakes Bahram † Freddie Fox Great Britain £525,000
1935 Epsom Derby Bahram Freddie Fox Great Britain £1,500,000£1.5m
1935 Greenham Stakes Theft Gordon Richards Great Britain £55,000
1935 Jersey Stakes Theft Sir Gordon Richards Great Britain £110,000
1935 St James's Palace Stakes Bahram Freddie Fox Great Britain £650,000
1935 St Leger Stakes Bahram Charlie Smirke Great Britain £700,000
1934 Dee Stakes Alishah Gordon Richards Great Britain £100,000
1933 Newmarket Stakes Young Lover Richard Perryman Great Britain £55,000
1932 Chester Vase Bulandshah Freddie Fox Great Britain £140,000
1932 Gordon Stakes Firdaussi Michael Beary Great Britain £200,000
1932 King Edward VII Stakes Dastur Michael Beary Great Britain £250,500
1932 St Leger Stakes Firdaussi Freddie Fox Great Britain £700,000
1929 Newmarket Stakes Hunter's Moon Tommy Weston Great Britain £55,000
1928 Newmarket Stakes Fairway Tommy Weston Great Britain £55,000
1928 St Leger Stakes Fairway Tommy Weston Great Britain £700,000

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 Frank Butters wins

3 countries

Country Wins Share Biggest race won there
Great Britain 31 91% Epsom Derby
Ireland 2 6% Irish Derby
France 1 3% Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe

The trainers either side

Ranked 163rd of 187 on big-race wins

# Trainer Wins Races Span Biggest win
153 MacKenzie Miller 36 22 1956 to 1994 £3,759,399£3.8m
154 James E. Day 36 21 1984 to 2001 £1,503,759£1.5m
155 John M. Veitch 35 29 1977 to 1992 £5,263,158£5.3m
156 Murray Baker 35 16 1990 to 2022 £2,645,503£2.6m
157 Alec Taylor Jr. 35 11 1905 to 1927 £700,000
158 Tom Dreaper 35 13 1946 to 1971 £646,880
159 John Fellows 35 26 1971 to 1995 £854,701
160 Ryan Price 35 24 1948 to 1982 £450,000
161 Ivan Allan 34 9 1973 to 2003 £3,040,000£3.0m
162 Neil J. Howard 34 27 1989 to 2017 £1,503,759£1.5m
164 Michael W. McCarthy 34 28 2007 to 2026 £2,255,639£2.3m
165 Peter Walwyn 34 24 1969 to 1995 £1,500,000£1.5m
166 Josh Gifford 34 22 1973 to 2002 £400,000
167 Christophe Ferland 34 26 2011 to 2026 £512,821
168 Doug O'Neill 33 27 2005 to 2025 £3,759,399£3.8m
169 Bert Mulholland 33 22 1936 to 1967 £1,503,759£1.5m
170 Paddy Prendergast 33 15 1950 to 1980 £854,701
171 Doug Watson 33 15 2005 to 2025 £751,880
172 Venetia Williams 33 24 1998 to 2026 £250,000
173 Philippe Demercastel 33 26 1988 to 2013 £512,821

Frequently asked questions

How many big races has Frank Butters won?

34, across 16 different races between 1928 and 1949. That is 163rd of the 187 trainers on this site.

What is the biggest race Frank Butters has won?

Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, worth £4,273,504 and run in France. Frank Butters won it in 1948.

Which race has Frank Butters won most often?

the St Leger Stakes, 5 times at Doncaster Racecourse. 11 of these races have gone to Frank Butters more than once.

How much prize money has Frank Butters 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: 34 wins, the biggest of them worth £4,273,504.

When did Frank Butters win these races?

Between 1928 and 1949. The busiest spell was 1934-35, with 7 of them.

Where to next

The races Frank Butters has won, and the trainers around them

The races Frank Butters has won

The trainers either side

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