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TRAINER · 85th BY BIG-RACE WINS

Fred Rimell

56 wins in the world's richest races between 1948 and 1981, across 26 different races. The biggest is the Cheltenham Gold Cup, worth £646,880.

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 56
BIGGEST WIN £647k
RACES WON 26
FIRST AND LAST 1948 to 1981
COUNTRIES 1

When the wins came

56 wins from 1948 to 1981, in 3-year spells

Best spell: 1968-70, 11 wins

A list of winners sorted by date reads as one long run. Drawn, it has a shape: Fred Rimell took 11 of these 56 in 1968-70 alone.

The races Fred Rimell keeps winning

By number of wins

17 won more than once

Welsh Grand National 4 Paddy Power Gold Cup 4 Festival Trophy Handicap Chase 4 Fighting Fifth Hurdle 4 Fulke Walwyn Kim Muir Challenge Cup 4 Triumph Hurdle 3 Supreme Novices' Hurdle 3 Maghull Novices' Chase 3 Cheltenham Gold Cup 2 Champion Hurdle 2 Arkle Challenge Trophy 2 Christmas Hurdle 2

Every big race Fred Rimell has won

56 winners, newest first

26 different races

Year Race Horse Jockey Country Worth
1981 Baring Bingham Novices' Hurdle Gaye Chance Sam Morshead Great Britain £150,000
1981 Red Rum Handicap Chase Western Rose Sam Morshead Great Britain £100,000
1981 Swinton Handicap Hurdle Gaye Chance Sam Morshead Great Britain £80,000
1980 Maghull Novices' Chase Western Rose Sam Morshead Great Britain £120,000
1980 Queen Mother Champion Chase Another Dolly Sam Morshead Great Britain £400,000
1979 Challow Novices' Hurdle Celtic Isle Eddie Woods Great Britain £100,000
1979 County Handicap Hurdle Monte Ceco Colin Tinkler Great Britain £100,000
1979 Prestbury Juvenile Hurdle Palace Dan Colin Tinkler Great Britain £80,000
1978 Maghull Novices' Chase Another Dolly John Burke Great Britain £120,000
1978 Swinton Handicap Hurdle Royal Gaye Colin Tinkler Great Britain £80,000
1978 Triumph Hurdle Connaught Ranger John Burke Great Britain £150,000
1977 Bet365 Gold Cup Andy Pandy John Burke Great Britain £175,000
1977 Fulke Walwyn Kim Muir Challenge Cup Double Negative Peter Brookshaw Great Britain £75,000
1976 Aintree Hurdle Comedy of Errors Ken White Great Britain £250,000
1976 Cathcart Challenge Cup Mickley Seabright Mr Peter Brookshaw Great Britain £80,000
1976 Cheltenham Gold Cup Royal Frolic John Burke Great Britain £646,880
1976 Welsh Grand National Rag Trade John Burke Great Britain £170,000
1975 Champion Hurdle Comedy of Errors Ken White Great Britain £450,000
1975 Scottish Champion Hurdle Comedy of Errors Ken White Great Britain £40,000
1974 Fighting Fifth Hurdle Comedy of Errors Ken White Great Britain £115,000
1974 International Hurdle Comedy of Errors Ken White Great Britain £112,000
1974 Prestbury Juvenile Hurdle Destiny Hill John Burke Great Britain £80,000
1973 Champion Hurdle Comedy of Errors Bill Smith Great Britain £450,000
1973 Fighting Fifth Hurdle Comedy of Errors Bill Smith Great Britain £115,000
1973 International Hurdle Comedy of Errors Bill Smith Great Britain £112,000
1972 Fighting Fifth Hurdle Comedy of Errors Bill Smith Great Britain £115,000
1972 Scottish Champion Hurdle Coral Diver Ken White Great Britain £40,000
1972 Triumph Hurdle Zarib Bill Smith Great Britain £150,000
1971 Anniversary 4-Y-O Juvenile Hurdle True Luck Terry Biddlecombe Great Britain £110,000
1971 Christmas Hurdle Coral Diver Terry Biddlecombe Great Britain £130,000
1971 Paddy Power Gold Cup Gay Trip Terry Biddlecombe Great Britain £160,000
1970 Challow Novices' Hurdle True Luck Ken White Great Britain £100,000
1970 Fighting Fifth Hurdle Inishmaan Terry Biddlecombe Great Britain £115,000
1970 Paddy Power Gold Cup Chatham Ken White Great Britain £160,000
1970 Welsh Grand National French Excuse Terry Biddlecombe Great Britain £170,000
1969 Arkle Challenge Trophy Chatham Terry Biddlecombe Great Britain £200,000
1969 Christmas Hurdle Coral Diver Terry Biddlecombe Great Britain £130,000
1969 Paddy Power Gold Cup Gay Trip Terry Biddlecombe Great Britain £160,000
1969 Supreme Novices' Hurdle Normandy Terry Biddlecombe Great Britain £150,000
1969 Triumph Hurdle Coral Diver Terry Biddlecombe Great Britain £150,000
1968 Paddy Power Gold Cup Jupiter Boy Eddie Harty Great Britain £160,000
1968 Welsh Grand National Glenn Eddie Harty Great Britain £170,000
1967 Cheltenham Gold Cup Woodland Venture Terry Biddlecombe Great Britain £646,880
1967 Maghull Novices' Chase Glenn Terry Biddlecombe Great Britain £120,000
1967 Scottish Grand National The Fossa Andrew Turnell Great Britain £150,000
1963 Supreme Novices' Hurdle Honour Bound Terry Biddlecombe Great Britain £150,000
1961 Fulke Walwyn Kim Muir Challenge Cup Nicolaus Silver Bill Tellwright Great Britain £75,000
1957 Supreme Novices' Hurdle Tokoroa Dave Dick Great Britain £150,000
1957 Welsh Grand National Creeola II Michael Scudamore Great Britain £170,000
1955 Fulke Walwyn Kim Muir Challenge Cup Gay Monarch II Rupert Watson Great Britain £75,000
1954 Festival Trophy Handicap Chase Holly Bank Peter Brookshaw Great Britain £150,000
1951 Festival Trophy Handicap Chase Land Fort Johnny Bullock Great Britain £150,000
1951 Fulke Walwyn Kim Muir Challenge Cup Mighty Fine Peter Chisman Great Britain £75,000
1950 Arkle Challenge Trophy High Level Johnny Bullock Great Britain £200,000
1949 Festival Trophy Handicap Chase Frere Jacques II Ted Vinall Great Britain £150,000
1948 Festival Trophy Handicap Chase Cavaliero Ted Vinall Great Britain £150,000

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.

The trainers either side

Ranked 85th of 187 on big-race wins

# Trainer Wins Races Span Biggest win
75 John W. Sadler 61 36 1986 to 2025 £5,263,158£5.3m
76 Cecil Boyd-Rochfort 61 18 1928 to 1968 £1,500,000£1.5m
77 Markus Klug 61 36 2013 to 2024 £555,556
78 Max Hirsch 60 25 1915 to 1968 £3,759,399£3.8m
79 Clive Brittain 60 44 1974 to 2008 £5,493,600£5.5m
80 H. Allen Jerkens 60 33 1962 to 2007 £751,880
81 Guy Harwood 60 40 1971 to 1993 £4,273,504£4.3m
82 David Nicholson 59 33 1977 to 1999 £646,880
83 LeRoy Jolley 58 41 1962 to 1991 £3,759,399£3.8m
84 Kiaran McLaughlin 56 41 1994 to 2019 £9,022,556£9.0m
86 Waldemar Hickst 56 35 2006 to 2026 £427,350
87 Ian Balding 55 45 1965 to 2001 £4,273,504£4.3m
88 Hein Bollow 55 29 1968 to 1988 £555,556
89 John Gaver Sr. 54 25 1936 to 1974 £3,759,399£3.8m
90 Jim Bolger 54 24 1978 to 2021 £3,800,000£3.8m
91 Gordon Elliott 54 28 2007 to 2026 £1,000,000£1.0m
92 Noel Murless 53 20 1949 to 1974 £1,500,000£1.5m
93 Alduino Botti 53 23 1982 to 2022 £447,692
94 Dan Skelton 53 36 2014 to 2026 £375,000
95 Nick Zito 52 28 1990 to 2011 £3,759,399£3.8m

Frequently asked questions

How many big races has Fred Rimell won?

56, across 26 different races between 1948 and 1981. That is 85th of the 187 trainers on this site.

What is the biggest race Fred Rimell has won?

the Cheltenham Gold Cup, worth £646,880 and run in Great Britain. Fred Rimell won it in 1976, 1967.

Which race has Fred Rimell won most often?

the Welsh Grand National, 4 times at Chepstow Racecourse. 17 of these races have gone to Fred Rimell more than once.

How much prize money has Fred Rimell 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: 56 wins, the biggest of them worth £646,880.

When did Fred Rimell win these races?

Between 1948 and 1981. The busiest spell was 1968-70, with 11 of them.

Where to next

The races Fred Rimell has won, and the trainers around them

The races Fred Rimell has won

The trainers either side

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