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TRAINER · 127th BY BIG-RACE WINS

Harry Thomson Jones

42 wins in the world's richest races between 1962 and 1990, across 34 different races. The biggest is the St Leger Stakes, worth £700,000.

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 42
BIGGEST WIN £700k
RACES WON 34
FIRST AND LAST 1962 to 1990
COUNTRIES 4

When the wins came

42 wins from 1962 to 1990, in 3-year spells

Best spell: 1971-73, 9 wins

A list of winners sorted by date reads as one long run. Drawn, it has a shape: Harry Thomson Jones took 9 of these 42 in 1971-73 alone.

The races Harry Thomson Jones keeps winning

By number of wins

7 won more than once

Zukunfts-Rennen 3 St Leger Stakes 2 Queen's Vase 2 Broadway Novices' Chase 2 Supreme Novices' Hurdle 2 Sandy Lane Stakes 2 Long Walk Hurdle 2 Grand Prix de Paris 1 Stayers' Hurdle 1 Great Voltigeur Stakes 1 King George VI Chase 1 Gordon Stakes 1

Every big race Harry Thomson Jones has won

42 winners, newest first

34 different races

Year Race Horse Jockey Country Worth
1990 Goldene Peitsche Flower Girl Richard Hills Germany £59,829
1990 Oleander-Rennen Ashal Richard Hills Germany £59,829
1990 Sandy Lane Stakes Flower Girl Basil Marcus Great Britain £125,000
1988 Blue Riband Trial Stakes Shuja Richard Hills Great Britain £50,000
1988 Flieger Trophy Luzum Trevor Rogers Germany £47,009
1986 Frühjahrs-Meile Tarib Richard Hills Germany £47,009
1986 Premio Carlo e Francesco Aloisi Tarib Richard Hills Italy £52,650
1986 Queen's Vase Stavordale Michael Roberts Great Britain £262,500
1985 Badener Meile Sulaafah Tony Murray Germany £59,829
1985 Queen's Vase Wassl Merbayeh Richard Hills Great Britain £262,500
1985 Zukunfts-Rennen Alshinfarah Tony Murray Germany £47,009
1984 Cocked Hat Stakes Ilium Tony Murray Great Britain £60,000
1984 Grand Prix de Paris At Talaq Tony Murray France £512,821
1984 Oettingen-Rennen Hoyer Tony Murray Germany £55,556
1984 Zukunfts-Rennen Sulaafah Tony Murray Germany £47,009
1983 Prix de Ris-Orangis Princes Gate Trevor Rogers France £47,863
1982 St Leger Stakes Touching Wood Paul Cook Great Britain £700,000
1982 Zukunfts-Rennen Shicklah Trevor Rogers Germany £47,009
1981 Prix Perth Princes Gate Greville Starkey France £68,376
1979 Bayerisches Zuchtrennen Imperial Fling Steve Cauthen Germany £132,479
1979 Long Walk Hurdle John Cherry Steve Smith Eccles Great Britain £125,000
1979 Sandy Lane Stakes Devon Ditty Greville Starkey Great Britain £125,000
1978 Broadway Novices' Chase Sweet Joe Steve Smith Eccles Great Britain £200,000
1977 Challow Novices' Hurdle Pollerton Steve Smith Eccles Great Britain £100,000
1977 Long Walk Hurdle John Cherry Steve Smith Eccles Great Britain £125,000
1974 Anniversary 4-Y-O Juvenile Hurdle Perama David Mould Great Britain £110,000
1974 December Gold Cup Garnishee David Mould Great Britain £125,000
1974 Sun Racing Plate Handicap Chase Garnishee David Mould Great Britain £120,000
1973 Princess Royal National Hunt Challenge Cup Novices' Handicap Chase Foreman Bill Shand Kydd Great Britain £100,000
1972 Broadway Novices' Chase Clever Scot David Mould Great Britain £200,000
1972 Festival Trophy Handicap Chase Jomon David Mould Great Britain £150,000
1972 Stayers' Hurdle Parlour Moor Macer Gifford Great Britain £325,000
1971 Baring Bingham Novices' Hurdle Midsprite Macer Gifford Great Britain £150,000
1971 Future Champion Novices' Chase Chorus Stan Mellor Great Britain £24,000
1971 Gordon Stakes Athens Wood Greville Starkey Great Britain £200,000
1971 Great Voltigeur Stakes Athens Wood Lester Piggott Great Britain £250,000
1971 St Leger Stakes Athens Wood Lester Piggott Great Britain £700,000
1967 Supreme Novices' Hurdle Chorus Johnny Haine Great Britain £150,000
1965 Supreme Novices' Hurdle Red Tears Stan Mellor Great Britain £150,000
1964 King George VI Chase Frenchman's Cove Stan Mellor Great Britain £250,000
1963 Hampton Court Stakes London Gazette Greville Starkey Great Britain £150,000
1962 Bet365 Gold Cup Frenchman's Cove Stan Mellor Great Britain £175,000

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 Harry Thomson Jones wins

4 countries

Country Wins Share Biggest race won there
Great Britain 28 67% St Leger Stakes
Germany 10 24% Bayerisches Zuchtrennen
France 3 7% Grand Prix de Paris
Italy 1 2% Premio Carlo e Francesco Aloisi

The trainers either side

Ranked 127th of 187 on big-race wins

# Trainer Wins Races Span Biggest win
117 Jack Jarvis 44 17 1922 to 1968 £1,500,000£1.5m
118 Maurice Zilber 44 31 1970 to 2001 £1,500,000£1.5m
119 Nicolas Clément 44 37 1990 to 2022 £4,273,504£4.3m
120 François Rohaut 44 33 1986 to 2021 £854,701
121 John Shirreffs 43 29 1994 to 2025 £5,263,158£5.3m
122 Scotty Schulhofer 43 33 1966 to 2000 £1,503,759£1.5m
123 John Oxx 43 26 1988 to 2012 £4,273,504£4.3m
124 Karl Burke 43 34 1996 to 2026 £854,701
125 Ben Jones 42 17 1938 to 1952 £3,759,399£3.8m
126 Henry de Bromhead 42 28 2009 to 2026 £1,000,000£1.0m
128 Mitri Saliba 42 33 1979 to 1987 £512,821
129 Michael J. Maker 41 29 2006 to 2025 £2,631,579£2.6m
130 Mark Walker & Sam Bergerson 41 21 2000 to 2026 £581,400
131 David Pipe 41 25 2006 to 2026 £375,000
132 Jean-Pierre Carvalho 41 29 2010 to 2022 £427,350
133 Richard E. Dutrow Jr. 40 32 2002 to 2026 £5,263,158£5.3m
134 Neil D. Drysdale 40 27 1975 to 2020 £1,503,759£1.5m
135 Stephen Autridge & Jamie Richards 40 15 2015 to 2022 £551,125
136 Peter Rau 40 31 1991 to 2008 £555,556
137 Kenneth G. McPeek 39 32 1996 to 2026 £3,759,399£3.8m

Frequently asked questions

How many big races has Harry Thomson Jones won?

42, across 34 different races between 1962 and 1990. That is 127th of the 187 trainers on this site.

What is the biggest race Harry Thomson Jones has won?

the St Leger Stakes, worth £700,000 and run in Great Britain. Harry Thomson Jones won it in 1982, 1971.

Which race has Harry Thomson Jones won most often?

Zukunfts-Rennen, 3 times at Iffezheim Racecourse. 7 of these races have gone to Harry Thomson Jones more than once.

How much prize money has Harry Thomson Jones 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: 42 wins, the biggest of them worth £700,000.

When did Harry Thomson Jones win these races?

Between 1962 and 1990. The busiest spell was 1971-73, with 9 of them.

Where to next

The races Harry Thomson Jones has won, and the trainers around them

The races Harry Thomson Jones has won

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