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TRAINER · 123rd BY BIG-RACE WINS

John Oxx

43 wins in the world's richest races between 1988 and 2012, across 26 different races. The biggest is Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, worth £4,273,504.

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 43
BIGGEST WIN £4.3m
RACES WON 26
FIRST AND LAST 1988 to 2012
COUNTRIES 7

When the wins came

43 wins from 1988 to 2012, in 2-year spells

Best spell: 1994-95, 10 wins

A list of winners sorted by date reads as one long run. Drawn, it has a shape: John Oxx took 10 of these 43 in 1994-95 alone.

The races John Oxx keeps winning

By number of wins

11 won more than once

Ballysax Stakes 4 Leopardstown 2,000 Guineas Trial Stakes 4 Ulster Derby 3 Gallinule Stakes 3 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe 2 Epsom Derby 2 Irish Derby 2 Prix de Royallieu 2 Leopardstown Derby Trial 2 Euro-Cup 2 Patton Stakes 2 Breeders' Cup Mile 1

Every big race John Oxx has won

43 winners, newest first

26 different races

Year Race Horse Jockey Country Worth
2012 Tetrarch Stakes Takar Johnny Murtagh Ireland £42,735
2010 Patton Stakes Keredari Fran Berry Ireland £34,188
2009 2000 Guineas Stakes Sea the Stars Michael Kinane Great Britain £525,000
2009 Epsom Derby Sea the Stars Michael Kinane Great Britain £1,500,000£1.5m
2009 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe Sea the Stars Michael Kinane France £4,273,504£4.3m
2009 Prix du Cadran Alandi Michael Kinane France £256,410
2005 Leopardstown 2,000 Guineas Trial Stakes Alayan Michael Kinane Ireland £36,325
2004 Al Fahidi Fort D'Anjou Mick Kinane United Arab Emirates £50,425
2004 St James's Palace Stakes Azamour Michael Kinane Great Britain £650,000
2003 Irish Derby Alamshar Johnny Murtagh Ireland £854,701
2003 Leopardstown Derby Trial Alamshar Johnny Murtagh Ireland £68,376
2002 Patton Stakes Barring Order Johnny Murtagh Ireland £34,188
2001 Gallinule Stakes Exaltation Johnny Murtagh Ireland £42,735
2000 Epsom Derby Sinndar Johnny Murtagh Great Britain £1,500,000£1.5m
2000 Irish Derby Sinndar Johnny Murtagh Ireland £854,701
2000 Leopardstown Derby Trial Sinndar Johnny Murtagh Ireland £68,376
2000 Prix de l'Abbaye de Longchamp Namid Johnny Murtagh France £299,145
2000 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe Sinndar Johnny Murtagh France £4,273,504£4.3m
2000 Prix de Royallieu Mouramara Gérald Mossé France £256,410
2000 Prix Niel Sinndar Johnny Murtagh France £111,111
1997 Prix Royal-Oak Ebadiyla Gérald Mossé France £299,145
1996 Ballysax Stakes Key Change Dermot Hogan Ireland £42,735
1996 Bayerisches Zuchtrennen Timarida Johnny Murtagh Germany £132,479
1995 Breeders' Cup Mile Ridgewood Pearl† (GB) Johnny Murtagh United States £1,503,759£1.5m
1995 Euro-Cup Hushang Johnny Murtagh Germany £42,735
1995 Gallinule Stakes Shemaran Johnny Murtagh Ireland £42,735
1995 Leopardstown 2,000 Guineas Trial Stakes Adjareli Johnny Murtagh Ireland £36,325
1995 Prix de l'Opéra Timarida Johnny Murtagh France £427,350
1995 Prix de Royallieu Russian Snows Michael Kinane France £256,410
1995 Prix du Moulin de Longchamp Ridgewood Pearl Johnny Murtagh France £384,615
1994 Ballysax Stakes Cajarian Johnny Murtagh Ireland £42,735
1994 Leopardstown 2,000 Guineas Trial Stakes Manntari Johnny Murtagh Ireland £36,325
1994 Ulster Derby Karikata D. G. O'Shea Ireland £64,103
1993 Gallinule Stakes Massyar Michael Kinane Ireland £42,735
1993 Leopardstown 2,000 Guineas Trial Stakes Massyar Richard Hughes Ireland £36,325
1993 Prix Gérald de Geoffre Shaiybara Gérald Mossé France £68,376
1992 Ballysax Stakes Ebaziya Johnny Murtagh Ireland £42,735
1992 Euro-Cup George Augustus John Reid Germany £42,735
1992 Ulster Derby Tijara Johnny Murtagh Ireland £64,103
1991 Preis der Deutschen Einheit George Augustus Johnny Murtagh Germany £68,376
1991 Premio Elena e Sergio Cumani Blue Daisy Johnny Murtagh Italy £65,812
1988 Ballysax Stakes Saxon Cottage Ron Quinton Ireland £42,735
1988 Ulster Derby Highland Bud Ron Quinton Ireland £64,103

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 Oxx wins

7 countries

Country Wins Share Biggest race won there
Ireland 21 49% Irish Derby
France 11 26% Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe
Great Britain 4 9% Epsom Derby
Germany 4 9% Bayerisches Zuchtrennen
United States 1 2% Breeders' Cup Mile
Italy 1 2% Premio Elena e Sergio Cumani
United Arab Emirates 1 2% Al Fahidi Fort

The trainers either side

Ranked 123rd of 187 on big-race wins

# Trainer Wins Races Span Biggest win
113 Bob Turnell 45 23 1956 to 1982 £646,880
114 Mick Channon 45 34 1995 to 2020 £650,000
115 Jimmy Jones 44 26 1947 to 1964 £3,759,399£3.8m
116 Michael Jarvis 44 36 1970 to 2010 £4,273,504£4.3m
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
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
127 Harry Thomson Jones 42 34 1962 to 1990 £700,000
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

Frequently asked questions

How many big races has John Oxx won?

43, across 26 different races between 1988 and 2012. That is 123rd of the 187 trainers on this site.

What is the biggest race John Oxx has won?

Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, worth £4,273,504 and run in France. John Oxx won it in 2009, 2000.

Which race has John Oxx won most often?

the Ballysax Stakes, 4 times at Leopardstown. 11 of these races have gone to John Oxx more than once.

How much prize money has John Oxx 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: 43 wins, the biggest of them worth £4,273,504.

When did John Oxx win these races?

Between 1988 and 2012. The busiest spell was 1994-95, with 10 of them.

Where to next

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

The races John Oxx has won

The trainers either side

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