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TRAINER · 159th BY BIG-RACE WINS

John Fellows

35 wins in the world's richest races between 1971 and 1995, across 26 different races. The biggest is Prix de Diane, worth £854,701.

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 35
BIGGEST WIN £855k
RACES WON 26
FIRST AND LAST 1971 to 1995
COUNTRIES 2

When the wins came

35 wins from 1971 to 1995, in 2-year spells

Best spell: 1982-83, 7 wins

A list of winners sorted by date reads as one long run. Drawn, it has a shape: John Fellows took 7 of these 35 in 1982-83 alone.

The races John Fellows keeps winning

By number of wins

6 won more than once

Prix de Meautry 4 Prix Morny 3 Poule d'Essai des Pouliches 2 Prix de Royallieu 2 Prix de Fontainebleau 2 Prix Yacowlef 2 Prix de Diane 1 Prix Vicomtesse Vigier 1 Prix Marcel Boussac 1 Prix Maurice de Gheest 1 Prix Royal-Oak 1 Prix Ganay 1

Every big race John Fellows has won

35 winners, newest first

26 different races

Year Race Horse Jockey Country Worth
1995 Prix Yacowlef Sangria Guy Guignard France £47,009
1993 Prix de Reux Husband Cash Asmussen France £68,376
1990 Prix Eclipse Crack Regiment Tony Cruz France £68,376
1989 Prix de Meautry Cricket Ball Gérald Mossé France £68,376
1989 Prix de Ris-Orangis Cricket Ball Gérald Mossé France £47,863
1989 Prix Maurice de Gheest Cricket Ball Gérald Mossé France £324,786
1988 Prix de Barbeville Royal Gait Alfred Gibert France £68,376
1988 Prix de Meautry Cricket Ball Gérald Mossé France £68,376
1988 Prix de Royallieu Summer Trip Alfred Gibert France £256,410
1988 Prix Vicomtesse Vigier Royal Gait Alfred Gibert France £341,880
1987 Prix de Meautry Cricket Ball Guy Guignard France £68,376
1987 Prix Royal-Oak Royal Gait Alfred Gibert France £299,145
1986 Prix de Meautry Cricket Ball Gary W. Moore France £68,376
1986 Prix Yacowlef La Grande Epoque Gary W. Moore France £47,009
1985 Prix Morny Regal State Darren Beadman France £299,145
1984 Prix Morny Seven Springs Gary W. Moore France £299,145
1984 Prix Robert Papin Seven Springs Gary W. Moore France £111,111
1983 Preis von Europa Esprit du Nord Lester Piggott Germany £106,838
1983 Prix de Diane Escaline Gary W. Moore France £854,701
1983 Prix de Fontainebleau Castle Guard Maurice Philipperon France £68,376
1983 Prix Omnium II Castle Guard Maurice Philipperon France £47,009
1983 Prix Vanteaux Escaline Maurice Philipperon France £68,376
1982 Critérium de Saint-Cloud Escaline Maurice Philipperon France £213,675
1982 Prix Berteux Petit Montmorency Maurice Philipperon France £56,410
1981 Prix Chaudenay Tipperary Fixer Maurice Philipperon France £170,940
1981 Prix Gérald de Geoffre Tipperary Fixer Maurice Philipperon France £68,376
1981 Prix Kergorlay Tipperary Fixer Maurice Philipperon France £111,111
1980 Poule d'Essai des Pouliches Aryenne Maurice Philipperon France £427,350
1980 Prix de la Grotte Aryenne Maurice Philipperon France £68,376
1980 Prix Morny Ancien Régime Maurice Philipperon France £299,145
1979 Prix Marcel Boussac Aryenne Yves Saint-Martin France £341,880
1977 Prix Ganay Arctic Tern Maurice Philipperon France £256,410
1976 Prix de Fontainebleau Arctic Tern Maurice Philipperon France £68,376
1976 Prix de Royallieu Paint the Town Maurice Philipperon France £256,410
1971 Poule d'Essai des Pouliches Bold Fascinator Bill Williamson France £427,350

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 John Fellows wins

2 countries

Country Wins Share Biggest race won there
France 34 97% Prix de Diane
Germany 1 3% Preis von Europa

The trainers either side

Ranked 159th of 187 on big-race wins

# Trainer Wins Races Span Biggest win
149 Bernard Sécly 37 19 1976 to 2002 £726,496
150 Roger Charlton 37 33 1990 to 2019 £4,511,278£4.5m
151 Jean-Marie Béguigné 37 29 1984 to 2011 £1,282,051£1.3m
152 Richard Hannon Jr. 37 27 2014 to 2024 £650,000
153 MacKenzie Miller 36 22 1956 to 1994 £3,759,399£3.8m
154 James E. Day 36 21 1984 to 2001 £1,503,759£1.5m
155 John M. Veitch 35 29 1977 to 1992 £5,263,158£5.3m
156 Murray Baker 35 16 1990 to 2022 £2,645,503£2.6m
157 Alec Taylor Jr. 35 11 1905 to 1927 £700,000
158 Tom Dreaper 35 13 1946 to 1971 £646,880
160 Ryan Price 35 24 1948 to 1982 £450,000
161 Ivan Allan 34 9 1973 to 2003 £3,040,000£3.0m
162 Neil J. Howard 34 27 1989 to 2017 £1,503,759£1.5m
163 Frank Butters 34 16 1928 to 1949 £4,273,504£4.3m
164 Michael W. McCarthy 34 28 2007 to 2026 £2,255,639£2.3m
165 Peter Walwyn 34 24 1969 to 1995 £1,500,000£1.5m
166 Josh Gifford 34 22 1973 to 2002 £400,000
167 Christophe Ferland 34 26 2011 to 2026 £512,821
168 Doug O'Neill 33 27 2005 to 2025 £3,759,399£3.8m
169 Bert Mulholland 33 22 1936 to 1967 £1,503,759£1.5m

Frequently asked questions

How many big races has John Fellows won?

35, across 26 different races between 1971 and 1995. That is 159th of the 187 trainers on this site.

What is the biggest race John Fellows has won?

Prix de Diane, worth £854,701 and run in France. John Fellows won it in 1983.

Which race has John Fellows won most often?

Prix de Meautry, 4 times at Deauville Racecourse. 6 of these races have gone to John Fellows more than once.

How much prize money has John Fellows 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: 35 wins, the biggest of them worth £854,701.

When did John Fellows win these races?

Between 1971 and 1995. The busiest spell was 1982-83, with 7 of them.

Where to next

The races John Fellows has won, and the trainers around them

The races John Fellows has won

The trainers either side

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