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TRAINER · 166th BY BIG-RACE WINS

Josh Gifford

34 wins in the world's richest races between 1973 and 2002, across 22 different races. The biggest is the Queen Mother Champion Chase, worth £400,000.

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 34
BIGGEST WIN £400k
RACES WON 22
FIRST AND LAST 1973 to 2002
COUNTRIES 1

When the wins came

34 wins from 1973 to 2002, in 3-year spells

Best spell: 1986-88, 9 wins

A list of winners sorted by date reads as one long run. Drawn, it has a shape: Josh Gifford took 9 of these 34 in 1986-88 alone.

The races Josh Gifford keeps winning

By number of wins

10 won more than once

Henry VIII Novices' Chase 3 Persian War Novices' Hurdle 3 Melling Chase 2 Broadway Novices' Chase 2 Paddy Power Gold Cup 2 Sun Racing Plate Handicap Chase 2 Challow Novices' Hurdle 2 Sharp Novices' Hurdle 2 1965 Chase 2 Fulke Walwyn Kim Muir Challenge Cup 2 Queen Mother Champion Chase 1 Liverpool Hurdle 1

Every big race Josh Gifford has won

34 winners, newest first

22 different races

Year Race Horse Jockey Country Worth
2002 Kennel Gate Novices' Hurdle Kopeck Leighton Aspell Great Britain £25,000
1997 Persian War Novices' Hurdle Boardroom Shuffle Philip Hide Great Britain £75,000
1995 Broadway Novices' Chase Brief Gale Philip Hide Great Britain £200,000
1995 Sharp Novices' Hurdle Mandys Mantino Philip Hide Great Britain £80,000
1994 Fulke Walwyn Kim Muir Challenge Cup Fighting Words Tim McCarthy Great Britain £75,000
1994 Melling Chase Katabatic Simon McNeill Great Britain £250,000
1994 Paddy Power Gold Cup Bradbury Star Philip Hide Great Britain £160,000
1993 Melling Chase Deep Sensation Declan Murphy Great Britain £250,000
1993 Paddy Power Gold Cup Bradbury Star Declan Murphy Great Britain £160,000
1993 Queen Mother Champion Chase Deep Sensation Declan Murphy Great Britain £400,000
1992 1965 Chase Deep Sensation Declan Murphy Great Britain £80,000
1991 Sun Racing Plate Handicap Chase Foyle Fisherman Eamon Murphy Great Britain £120,000
1990 Arkle Challenge Trophy Comandante Peter Hobbs Great Britain £200,000
1990 Silver Trophy Handicap Hurdle Bradbury Star Richard Rowe Great Britain £75,000
1989 Broadway Novices' Chase Envopak Token Peter Hobbs Great Britain £200,000
1989 Sun Racing Plate Handicap Chase Paddyboro Richard Rowe Great Britain £120,000
1988 1965 Chase Saffron Lord Richard Rowe Great Britain £80,000
1988 Challow Novices' Hurdle Green Willow Peter Hobbs Great Britain £100,000
1988 Fulke Walwyn Kim Muir Challenge Cup Golden Minstrel Tom Grantham Great Britain £75,000
1988 Johnny Henderson Grand Annual Chase Vodkatini Richard Rowe Great Britain £150,000
1988 Long Walk Hurdle French Goblin Peter Hobbs Great Britain £125,000
1988 Pertemps Final Pragada Richard Rowe Great Britain £100,000
1988 Sharp Novices' Hurdle Green Willow Peter Hobbs Great Britain £80,000
1987 Henry VIII Novices' Chase Ballyhane Richard Rowe Great Britain £100,000
1986 Henry VIII Novices' Chase Midnight Count Richard Rowe Great Britain £100,000
1984 Henry VIII Novices' Chase Our Fun Richard Rowe Great Britain £100,000
1984 Liverpool Hurdle Alastor O Mavros Hywel Davies Great Britain £250,000
1983 Challow Novices' Hurdle Catch Phrase Peter Double Great Britain £100,000
1982 Bet365 Gold Cup Shady Deal Richard Rowe Great Britain £175,000
1982 Persian War Novices' Hurdle Arabian Music Richard Rowe Great Britain £75,000
1980 Persian War Novices' Hurdle Broadleas Richard Rowe Great Britain £75,000
1978 Christmas Hurdle Kybo Bob Champion Great Britain £130,000
1978 Coral Gold Cup Approaching Bob Champion Great Britain £250,000
1973 Anniversary 4-Y-O Juvenile Hurdle Reclaim Doug Barrott 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.

The trainers either side

Ranked 166th of 187 on big-race wins

# Trainer Wins Races Span Biggest win
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
159 John Fellows 35 26 1971 to 1995 £854,701
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
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
170 Paddy Prendergast 33 15 1950 to 1980 £854,701
171 Doug Watson 33 15 2005 to 2025 £751,880
172 Venetia Williams 33 24 1998 to 2026 £250,000
173 Philippe Demercastel 33 26 1988 to 2013 £512,821
174 Harro Remmert 33 21 1980 to 2002 £555,556
175 Steven M. Asmussen 32 17 2001 to 2024 £5,263,158£5.3m
176 Edward A. Neloy 32 22 1954 to 1970 £1,127,820£1.1m

Frequently asked questions

How many big races has Josh Gifford won?

34, across 22 different races between 1973 and 2002. That is 166th of the 187 trainers on this site.

What is the biggest race Josh Gifford has won?

the Queen Mother Champion Chase, worth £400,000 and run in Great Britain. Josh Gifford won it in 1993.

Which race has Josh Gifford won most often?

the Henry VIII Novices' Chase, 3 times at Sandown Park Racecourse. 10 of these races have gone to Josh Gifford more than once.

How much prize money has Josh Gifford 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: 34 wins, the biggest of them worth £400,000.

When did Josh Gifford win these races?

Between 1973 and 2002. The busiest spell was 1986-88, with 9 of them.

Where to next

The races Josh Gifford has won, and the trainers around them

The races Josh Gifford has won

The trainers either side

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