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TRAINER · 90th BY BIG-RACE WINS

Jim Bolger

54 wins in the world's richest races between 1978 and 2021, across 24 different races. The biggest is the Hong Kong Cup, worth £3,800,000.

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 54
BIGGEST WIN £3.8m
RACES WON 24
FIRST AND LAST 1978 to 2021
COUNTRIES 5

When the wins came

54 wins from 1978 to 2021, in 3-year spells

Best spell: 1992-94, 8 wins

A list of winners sorted by date reads as one long run. Drawn, it has a shape: Jim Bolger took 8 of these 54 in 1992-94 alone.

The races Jim Bolger keeps winning

By number of wins

9 won more than once

Tetrarch Stakes 7 Ballysax Stakes 7 Ulster Derby 6 Leopardstown 2,000 Guineas Trial Stakes 6 Leopardstown Derby Trial 4 Irish Derby 2 St James's Palace Stakes 2 2000 Guineas Stakes 2 Gallinule Stakes 2 Hong Kong Cup 1 Epsom Derby 1 Prix de l'Opéra 1

Every big race Jim Bolger has won

54 winners, newest first

24 different races

Year Race Horse Jockey Country Worth
2021 2000 Guineas Stakes Poetic Flare Kevin Manning Great Britain £525,000
2021 Irish 2,000 Guineas Mac Swiney Rory Cleary Ireland £393,162
2021 Leopardstown 2,000 Guineas Trial Stakes Poetic Flare Kevin Manning Ireland £36,325
2021 St James's Palace Stakes Poetic Flare Kevin Manning Great Britain £650,000
2021 Tetrarch Stakes Lunar Space Kevin Manning Ireland £42,735
2020 Leopardstown 2,000 Guineas Trial Stakes Ten Year Ticket Kevin Manning Ireland £36,325
2018 Ulster Derby Change Of Velocity Kevin Manning Ireland £64,103
2017 Ulster Derby Clongowes Ronan Whelan Ireland £64,103
2016 Leopardstown Derby Trial Moonlight Magic Kevin Manning Ireland £68,376
2016 Ulster Derby Stellar Mass Kevin Manning Ireland £64,103
2014 Ulster Derby Wexford Town Kevin Manning Ireland £64,103
2013 2000 Guineas Stakes Dawn Approach Kevin Manning Great Britain £525,000
2013 Irish Derby Trading Leather Kevin Manning Ireland £854,701
2013 St James's Palace Stakes Dawn Approach Kevin Manning Great Britain £650,000
2012 Ballysax Stakes Light Heavy Kevin Manning Ireland £42,735
2012 Critérium International Loch Garman Kevin Manning France £213,675
2012 Leopardstown Derby Trial Light Heavy Kevin Manning Ireland £68,376
2011 Ballysax Stakes Banimpire Kevin Manning Ireland £42,735
2010 Ballysax Stakes Puncher Clynch Kevin Manning Ireland £42,735
2010 Tetrarch Stakes Free Judgement Kevin Manning Ireland £42,735
2009 Greenham Stakes Vocalised Kevin Manning Great Britain £55,000
2009 King George V Cup Shreyas Kevin Manning Ireland £38,462
2009 Patton Stakes Vocalised Kevin Manning Ireland £34,188
2009 Tetrarch Stakes Vocalised Kevin Manning Ireland £42,735
2008 Epsom Derby New Approach Kevin Manning Great Britain £1,500,000£1.5m
2007 Leopardstown 2,000 Guineas Trial Stakes Creachadoir Kevin Manning Ireland £36,325
2007 Tetrarch Stakes Creachadoir Kevin Manning Ireland £42,735
2006 Ballysax Stakes Rhythm'n Roots Kevin Manning Ireland £42,735
2006 Prix Marcel Boussac Finsceal Beo Kevin Manning France £341,880
2005 Craven Stakes Democratic Deficit Kevin Manning Great Britain £85,000
2004 Hong Kong Cup Alexander Goldrun Kevin Manning Hong Kong £3,800,000£3.8m
2004 Prix de l'Opéra Alexander Goldrun Kevin Manning France £427,350
1997 Leopardstown 2,000 Guineas Trial Stakes Lil's Boy Kevin Manning Ireland £36,325
1996 Leopardstown 2,000 Guineas Trial Stakes Deed of Love Kevin Manning Ireland £36,325
1995 Tetrarch Stakes Desert Style Kevin Manning Ireland £42,735
1993 Ballysax Stakes Shandon Lake Kevin Manning Ireland £42,735
1993 Leopardstown Derby Trial Perfect Imposter Christy Roche Ireland £68,376
1993 Ulster Derby Kirov Premiere Christy Roche Ireland £64,103
1992 Irish Derby St Jovite Christy Roche Ireland £854,701
1992 Leopardstown Derby Trial St Jovite Christy Roche Ireland £68,376
1992 Oaks d'Italia Ivyanna Christy Roche Italy £243,590
1992 Premio Regina Elena Treasure Hope Willie Supple Italy £91,255
1992 Tetrarch Stakes Irish Memory Christy Roche Ireland £42,735
1991 Ballysax Stakes Jet Ski Lady Christy Roche Ireland £42,735
1991 Leopardstown 2,000 Guineas Trial Stakes Bufalino Willie Supple Ireland £36,325
1991 Tetrarch Stakes Star of Gdansk Christy Roche Ireland £42,735
1990 Ulster Derby Nordic Region Willie Supple Ireland £64,103
1989 Ballysax Stakes Upward Trend Christy Roche Ireland £42,735
1988 Gallinule Stakes Project Manager Kevin Manning Ireland £42,735
1988 International Hurdle Condor Pan Charlie Swan Great Britain £112,000
1987 Prix de l'Abbaye de Longchamp Polonia Christy Roche France £299,145
1981 Gallinule Stakes Erins Isle Declan Gillespie Ireland £42,735
1978 Anniversary 4-Y-O Juvenile Hurdle Beparoejojo Dessie Hughes Great Britain £110,000

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 Jim Bolger wins

5 countries

Country Wins Share Biggest race won there
Ireland 37 69% Irish Derby
Great Britain 9 17% Epsom Derby
France 4 7% Prix de l'Opéra
Italy 2 4% Oaks d'Italia
Hong Kong 1 2% Hong Kong Cup

The trainers either side

Ranked 90th of 187 on big-race wins

# Trainer Wins Races Span Biggest win
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
85 Fred Rimell 56 26 1948 to 1981 £646,880
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
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
96 Fred Winter 52 25 1970 to 1988 £646,880
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

Frequently asked questions

How many big races has Jim Bolger won?

54, across 24 different races between 1978 and 2021. That is 90th of the 187 trainers on this site.

What is the biggest race Jim Bolger has won?

the Hong Kong Cup, worth £3,800,000 and run in Hong Kong. Jim Bolger won it in 2004.

Which race has Jim Bolger won most often?

the Tetrarch Stakes, 7 times at Curragh Racecourse. 9 of these races have gone to Jim Bolger more than once.

How much prize money has Jim Bolger 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: 54 wins, the biggest of them worth £3,800,000.

When did Jim Bolger win these races?

Between 1978 and 2021. The busiest spell was 1992-94, with 8 of them.

Where to next

The races Jim Bolger has won, and the trainers around them

The races Jim Bolger has won

The trainers either side

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