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TRAINER · 186th BY BIG-RACE WINS

Jenny Pitman

30 wins in the world's richest races between 1977 and 1998, across 19 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 30
BIGGEST WIN £647k
RACES WON 19
FIRST AND LAST 1977 to 1998
COUNTRIES 1

When the wins came

30 wins from 1977 to 1998, in 2-year spells

Best spell: 1984-85, 5 wins

A list of winners sorted by date reads as one long run. Drawn, it has a shape: Jenny Pitman took 5 of these 30 in 1984-85 alone.

The races Jenny Pitman keeps winning

By number of wins

8 won more than once

Welsh Grand National 3 Long Walk Hurdle 3 Oddschecker Handicap Chase 3 Cheltenham Gold Cup 2 Broadway Novices' Chase 2 Midlands Grand National 2 Persian War Novices' Hurdle 2 Silver Trophy Handicap Hurdle 2 Stayers' Hurdle 1 Aintree Bowl 1 Coral Gold Cup 1 King George VI Chase 1

Every big race Jenny Pitman has won

30 winners, newest first

19 different races

Year Race Horse Jockey Country Worth
1998 Long Walk Hurdle Princeful Richard Dunwoody Great Britain £125,000
1998 Oddschecker Handicap Chase Tennessee Twist Norman Williamson Great Britain £75,000
1998 Stayers' Hurdle Princeful Rodney Farrant Great Britain £325,000
1996 Broadway Novices' Chase Nahthen Lad Warren Marston Great Britain £200,000
1996 Persian War Novices' Hurdle Jet Rules Warren Marston Great Britain £75,000
1996 Supreme Novices' Hurdle Indefence Warren Marston Great Britain £150,000
1995 Oddschecker Handicap Chase Willsford Warren Marston Great Britain £75,000
1995 Scottish Grand National Willsford Rodney Farrant Great Britain £150,000
1995 Silver Trophy Handicap Hurdle Jibber The Kibber Rodney Farrant Great Britain £75,000
1993 Oddschecker Handicap Chase Royal Athlete Graham Bradley Great Britain £75,000
1992 Future Champion Novices' Chase The Illywhacker Mark Pitman Great Britain £24,000
1992 Persian War Novices' Hurdle Mighty Mogul Mark Pitman Great Britain £75,000
1991 Cheltenham Gold Cup Garrison Savannah Mark Pitman Great Britain £646,880
1991 Silver Trophy Handicap Hurdle Danny Harrold Mark Pitman Great Britain £75,000
1990 Aintree Bowl Toby Tobias Mark Pitman Great Britain £250,000
1990 Broadway Novices' Chase Garrison Savannah Ben de Haan Great Britain £200,000
1990 Midlands Grand National Willsford Mark Pitman Great Britain £160,000
1989 County Handicap Hurdle Willsford Michael Bowlby Great Britain £100,000
1989 Long Walk Hurdle Royal Athlete Dean Gallagher Great Britain £125,000
1987 Festival Trophy Handicap Chase Gainsay Ben de Haan Great Britain £150,000
1986 Welsh Grand National Stearsby Graham Bradley Great Britain £170,000
1985 Long Walk Hurdle Misty Dale Phil Tuck Great Britain £125,000
1984 Charlie Hall Chase Burrough Hill Lad Phil Tuck Great Britain £100,000
1984 Cheltenham Gold Cup Burrough Hill Lad Phil Tuck Great Britain £646,880
1984 Coral Gold Cup Burrough Hill Lad John Francome Great Britain £250,000
1984 King George VI Chase Burrough Hill Lad John Francome Great Britain £250,000
1983 Welsh Grand National Burrough Hill Lad John Francome Great Britain £170,000
1982 Welsh Grand National Corbiere Ben de Haan Great Britain £170,000
1980 December Gold Cup Bueche Giorod Bryan Smart Great Britain £125,000
1977 Midlands Grand National Watafella Bryan Smart Great Britain £160,000

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 186th of 187 on big-race wins

# Trainer Wins Races Span Biggest win
176 Edward A. Neloy 32 22 1954 to 1970 £1,127,820£1.1m
177 Mark Frostad 32 14 1994 to 2012 £3,759,399£3.8m
178 Joseph Lawson 32 16 1929 to 1955 £1,500,000£1.5m
179 Luigi Camici 32 19 1986 to 2006 £4,273,504£4.3m
180 Gordon W. Richards 31 16 1969 to 1998 £400,000
181 W. Elliott Walden 30 27 1995 to 2005 £1,503,759£1.5m
182 Ralph Beckett 30 27 2007 to 2025 £4,273,504£4.3m
183 Brian Meehan 30 24 1997 to 2024 £4,511,278£4.5m
184 Josie Carroll 30 20 1995 to 2026 £751,880
185 Richard Fahey 30 25 1998 to 2024 £854,701
187 Andreas Löwe 30 21 1987 to 2014 £427,350
1 André Fabre 893 156 1980 to 2026 £5,263,158£5.3m
2 Aidan O'Brien 385 97 1996 to 2026 £4,511,278£4.5m
3 Bob Baffert 377 99 1992 to 2026 £9,022,556£9.0m
4 Saeed bin Suroor 318 122 1995 to 2026 £9,022,556£9.0m
5 Alain de Royer-Dupré 307 114 1982 to 2021 £5,291,005£5.3m
6 Criquette Head 300 100 1978 to 2016 £4,273,504£4.3m
7 Todd A. Pletcher 289 107 1998 to 2026 £5,263,158£5.3m
8 François Boutin 272 105 1970 to 1994 £1,503,759£1.5m
9 D. Wayne Lukas 265 113 1978 to 2025 £5,263,158£5.3m

Frequently asked questions

How many big races has Jenny Pitman won?

30, across 19 different races between 1977 and 1998. That is 186th of the 187 trainers on this site.

What is the biggest race Jenny Pitman has won?

the Cheltenham Gold Cup, worth £646,880 and run in Great Britain. Jenny Pitman won it in 1991, 1984.

Which race has Jenny Pitman won most often?

the Welsh Grand National, 3 times at Chepstow Racecourse. 8 of these races have gone to Jenny Pitman more than once.

How much prize money has Jenny Pitman 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: 30 wins, the biggest of them worth £646,880.

When did Jenny Pitman win these races?

Between 1977 and 1998. The busiest spell was 1984-85, with 5 of them.

Where to next

The races Jenny Pitman has won, and the trainers around them

The races Jenny Pitman has won

The trainers either side

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