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TRAINER · 96th BY BIG-RACE WINS

Fred Winter

52 wins in the world's richest races between 1970 and 1988, across 25 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 52
BIGGEST WIN £647k
RACES WON 25
FIRST AND LAST 1970 to 1988
COUNTRIES 1

When the wins came

52 wins from 1970 to 1988, in 2-year spells

Best spell: 1972-73, 11 wins

A list of winners sorted by date reads as one long run. Drawn, it has a shape: Fred Winter took 11 of these 52 in 1972-73 alone.

The races Fred Winter keeps winning

By number of wins

14 won more than once

Cathcart Challenge Cup 6 Champion Hurdle 4 Tingle Creek Chase 4 Broadway Novices' Chase 3 Paddy Power Gold Cup 3 December Gold Cup 3 Long Walk Hurdle 3 St James's Place Festival Hunter Chase 3 King George VI Chase 2 Arkle Challenge Trophy 2 Johnny Henderson Grand Annual Chase 2 Christmas Hurdle 2

Every big race Fred Winter has won

52 winners, newest first

25 different races

Year Race Horse Jockey Country Worth
1988 Champion Hurdle Celtic Shot Peter Scudamore Great Britain £450,000
1987 Cathcart Challenge Cup Half Free Peter Scudamore Great Britain £80,000
1987 St James's Place Festival Hunter Chase Observe Charlie Brooks Great Britain £50,000
1986 Bet365 Gold Cup Plundering Simon Sherwood Great Britain £175,000
1986 Cathcart Challenge Cup Half Free Simon Sherwood Great Britain £80,000
1986 Fulke Walwyn Kim Muir Challenge Cup Glyde Court John Queally Great Britain £75,000
1985 Fulke Walwyn Kim Muir Challenge Cup Glyde Court Simon Sherwood Great Britain £75,000
1985 Paddy Power Gold Cup Half Free Richard Linley Great Britain £160,000
1985 Scottish Champion Hurdle Sailor's Dance Jimmy Duggan Great Britain £40,000
1984 Paddy Power Gold Cup Half Free Richard Linley Great Britain £160,000
1984 St James's Place Festival Hunter Chase Venture to Cognac Oliver Sherwood Great Britain £50,000
1984 Sun Racing Plate Handicap Chase Half Free Richard Linley Great Britain £120,000
1983 Cathcart Challenge Cup Observe John Francome Great Britain £80,000
1983 Coral Gold Cup Brown Chamberlin John Francome Great Britain £250,000
1983 December Gold Cup Fifty Dollars More Richard Linley Great Britain £125,000
1982 Broadway Novices' Chase Brown Chamberlin John Francome Great Britain £200,000
1982 December Gold Cup Observe John Francome Great Britain £125,000
1982 Paddy Power Gold Cup Fifty Dollars More Richard Linley Great Britain £160,000
1982 Tingle Creek Chase News King John Francome Great Britain £175,000
1981 Johnny Henderson Grand Annual Chase Friendly Alliance John Francome Great Britain £150,000
1981 Stayers' Hurdle Derring Rose John Francome Great Britain £325,000
1981 Tingle Creek Chase News King John Francome Great Britain £175,000
1980 Johnny Henderson Grand Annual Chase Stopped Ben de Haan Great Britain £150,000
1980 Long Walk Hurdle Derring Rose John Francome Great Britain £125,000
1980 St James's Place Festival Hunter Chase Rolls Rambler Oliver Sherwood Great Britain £50,000
1980 Tingle Creek Chase Stopped Ben de Haan Great Britain £175,000
1979 Baring Bingham Novices' Hurdle Venture to Cognac Oliver Sherwood Great Britain £150,000
1979 Cathcart Challenge Cup Roller Coaster John Francome Great Britain £80,000
1978 Cheltenham Gold Cup Midnight Court John Francome Great Britain £646,880
1977 Pertemps Final Outpoint Pat O'Brien Great Britain £100,000
1975 Broadway Novices' Chase Pengrail John Francome Great Britain £200,000
1975 Christmas Hurdle Lanzarote John Francome Great Britain £130,000
1975 Liverpool Hurdle Lanzarote Richard Pitman Great Britain £250,000
1975 Long Walk Hurdle Lanzarote John Francome Great Britain £125,000
1974 Cathcart Challenge Cup Soothsayer Richard Pitman Great Britain £80,000
1974 Champion Hurdle Lanzarote Richard Pitman Great Britain £450,000
1973 Broadway Novices' Chase Killiney Richard Pitman Great Britain £200,000
1973 Christmas Hurdle Lanzarote Richard Pitman Great Britain £130,000
1973 December Gold Cup Pendil Richard Pitman Great Britain £125,000
1973 King George VI Chase Pendil Richard Pitman Great Britain £250,000
1973 Long Walk Hurdle Soloning Richard Pitman Great Britain £125,000
1972 Arkle Challenge Trophy Pendil Richard Pitman Great Britain £200,000
1972 Cathcart Challenge Cup Soloning Richard Pitman Great Britain £80,000
1972 Champion Hurdle Bula Paul Kelleway Great Britain £450,000
1972 International Hurdle Bula Paul Kelleway Great Britain £112,000
1972 King George VI Chase Pendil Richard Pitman Great Britain £250,000
1972 Tingle Creek Chase Pendil Richard Pitman Great Britain £175,000
1971 Champion Hurdle Bula Paul Kelleway Great Britain £450,000
1971 Queen Mother Champion Chase Crisp Paul Kelleway Great Britain £400,000
1970 Arkle Challenge Trophy Soloning Paul Kelleway Great Britain £200,000
1970 International Hurdle Pendil Paul Kelleway Great Britain £112,000
1970 Supreme Novices' Hurdle Bula Paul Kelleway 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 96th of 187 on big-race wins

# Trainer Wins Races Span Biggest win
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
97 John Moore 51 15 1993 to 2020 £3,800,000£3.8m
98 John Cunnington Jr. 51 42 1962 to 1991 £854,701
99 Henk Grewe 51 34 2018 to 2026 £555,556
100 Peter Chapple-Hyam 50 38 1992 to 2012 £1,500,000£1.5m
101 Bruno Grizzetti 50 23 1990 to 2014 £447,692
102 Laz Barrera 49 34 1971 to 1990 £3,759,399£3.8m
103 David Elsworth 49 37 1980 to 2018 £646,880
104 James Rowe Sr. 48 13 1881 to 1928 £3,759,399£3.8m
105 Angel Penna 48 35 1968 to 1990 £4,273,504£4.3m
106 Olivier Douieb 48 38 1977 to 1987 £4,273,504£4.3m

Frequently asked questions

How many big races has Fred Winter won?

52, across 25 different races between 1970 and 1988. That is 96th of the 187 trainers on this site.

What is the biggest race Fred Winter has won?

the Cheltenham Gold Cup, worth £646,880 and run in Great Britain. Fred Winter won it in 1978.

Which race has Fred Winter won most often?

the Cathcart Challenge Cup, 6 times at Cheltenham Racecourse. 14 of these races have gone to Fred Winter more than once.

How much prize money has Fred Winter 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: 52 wins, the biggest of them worth £646,880.

When did Fred Winter win these races?

Between 1970 and 1988. The busiest spell was 1972-73, with 11 of them.

Where to next

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

The races Fred Winter has won

The trainers either side

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