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TRAINER · 56th BY BIG-RACE WINS

Luca Cumani

76 wins in the world's richest races between 1980 and 2018, across 54 different races. The biggest is the Japan Cup, worth £5,493,600.

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 76
BIGGEST WIN £5.5m
RACES WON 54
FIRST AND LAST 1980 to 2018
COUNTRIES 9

When the wins came

76 wins from 1980 to 2018, in 3-year spells

Best spell: 1998-00, 12 wins

A list of winners sorted by date reads as one long run. Drawn, it has a shape: Luca Cumani took 12 of these 76 in 1998-00 alone.

The races Luca Cumani keeps winning

By number of wins

16 won more than once

March Stakes 5 Premio Lydia Tesio 3 Heron Stakes 3 Gran Premio d'Italia 3 Epsom Derby 2 St James's Palace Stakes 2 Great Voltigeur Stakes 2 Oaks d'Italia 2 Premio Roma 2 Gordon Stakes 2 Hampton Court Stakes 2 Prix Foy 2

Every big race Luca Cumani has won

76 winners, newest first

54 different races

Year Race Horse Jockey Country Worth
2018 Premio Lydia Tesio God Given Jason Watson Italy £235,043
2017 Prix Minerve God Given Jamie Spencer France £68,376
2016 Prix de Flore Loving Things Christophe Soumillon France £68,376
2015 Grosser Preis von Berlin Second Step Jamie Spencer Germany £132,479
2015 Prix Foy Andrea Atzeni France £111,111
2014 Glasgow Stakes Andrea Atzeni Great Britain £55,000
2014 Great Voltigeur Stakes Andrea Atzeni Great Britain £250,000
2012 March Stakes Quest for Peace Richard Hughes Great Britain £100,000
2011 Al Rashidiya Presvis Ryan Moore United Arab Emirates £40,340
2011 Dubai Turf Presvis Ryan Moore United Arab Emirates £4,511,278£4.5m
2011 Premio Elena e Sergio Cumani Khor Sheed Mirco Demuro Italy £65,812
2010 Hampton Court Stakes Afsare Kieren Fallon Great Britain £150,000
2010 Jebel Hatta Presvis Ryan Moore United Arab Emirates £225,564
2010 March Stakes Drunken Sailor Kieren Fallon Great Britain £100,000
2010 Oaks d'Italia Contredanse Kieren Fallon Italy £243,590
2009 Queen Elizabeth II Cup Presvis Ryan Moore Hong Kong £2,850,000£2.9m
2008 Blue Riband Trial Stakes Curtain Call Jamie Spencer Great Britain £50,000
2008 Noel Murless Stakes Savarain Frankie Dettori Great Britain £100,000
2007 Noel Murless Stakes Lion Sands Ryan Moore Great Britain £100,000
2005 Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud Alkaased Frankie Dettori France £341,880
2005 Japan Cup Alkaased Frankie Dettori Japan £5,493,600£5.5m
2005 Prix du Moulin de Longchamp Starcraft Christophe Lemaire France £384,615
2003 Hong Kong Cup Falbrav Frankie Dettori Hong Kong £3,800,000£3.8m
2003 Prix Aga Khan IV (Prix d'Ispahan) Falbrav Kieren Fallon France £213,675
2000 Gran Premio di Milano Endless Hall Fernando Jovine Italy £206,838
1999 Blue Riband Trial Stakes Daliapour Gérald Mossé Great Britain £50,000
1999 Fairway Stakes Manndar Gérald Mossé Great Britain £40,000
1999 Hampton Court Stakes Zarfoot Frankie Dettori Great Britain £150,000
1999 Heron Stakes Kalanisi Gérald Mossé Great Britain £45,000
1999 Premio Carlo Vittadini Stanott Mirco Demuro Italy £103,419
1999 Premio Lydia Tesio Zomaradah Fernando Jovine Italy £235,043
1998 Epsom Derby High-Rise Olivier Peslier Great Britain £1,500,000£1.5m
1998 Gran Premio d'Italia Clapham Common Fernando Jovine Italy £37,607
1998 Lingfield Derby Trial High-Rise Frankie Dettori Great Britain £60,000
1998 Oaks d'Italia Zomaradah Walter Swinburn Italy £243,590
1998 Premio Ambrosiano Mandilak Fernando Jovine Italy £52,650
1997 Cocked Hat Stakes Grapeshot John Reid Great Britain £60,000
1997 Gran Premio d'Italia Jaunty Jack Fernando Jovine Italy £37,607
1997 Premio Federico Tesio Papering Fernando Jovine Italy £112,821
1997 Premio Lydia Tesio Papering Fernando Jovine Italy £235,043
1994 Breeders' Cup Mile Barathea (IRE) Frankie Dettori United States £1,503,759£1.5m
1994 King George V Stakes Midnight Legend Jason Weaver Great Britain £110,000
1994 March Stakes Midnight Legend Frankie Dettori Great Britain £100,000
1993 Irish 2,000 Guineas Barathea Michael Roberts Ireland £393,162
1993 Prix Foy Only Royale Ray Cochrane France £111,111
1992 Gordon Stakes Bonny Scot Frankie Dettori Great Britain £200,000
1992 Gran Premio d'Italia Masad Frankie Dettori Italy £37,607
1992 Great Voltigeur Stakes Bonny Scot Frankie Dettori Great Britain £250,000
1992 Premio Carlo d'Alessio Secret Haunt Frankie Dettori Italy £52,650
1992 Premio Chiusura Inner City Frankie Dettori Italy £60,171
1990 Heron Stakes Lord Florey Frankie Dettori Great Britain £45,000
1990 Premio Roma Legal Case Frankie Dettori Italy £206,838
1989 Dante Stakes Torjoun Ray Cochrane Great Britain £192,200
1989 Premio Ribot Tibullo Gianfranco Dettori Italy £34,509
1988 Epsom Derby Kahyasi Ray Cochrane Great Britain £1,500,000£1.5m
1988 Esher Cup Raykour Ray Cochrane Great Britain £45,000
1988 Feilden Stakes Kefaah Ray Cochrane Great Britain £55,000
1988 Heron Stakes Raykour Ray Cochrane Great Britain £45,000
1988 Irish Derby Kahyasi Ray Cochrane Ireland £854,701
1988 Lingfield Derby Trial Kahyasi Ray Cochrane Great Britain £60,000
1988 Premio Omenoni Barn Five South Gianfranco Dettori Italy £52,650
1987 St James's Palace Stakes Half a Year Ray Cochrane Great Britain £650,000
1987 Thoroughbred Stakes Imperial Frontier Ray Cochrane Great Britain £100,000
1986 Feilden Stakes Flying Trio Pat Eddery Great Britain £55,000
1986 March Stakes Celestial Storm Walter Swinburn Great Britain £100,000
1985 Greenham Stakes Bairn Lester Piggott Great Britain £55,000
1985 Premio Roma Old Country Lester Piggott Italy £206,838
1985 St James's Palace Stakes Bairn Lester Piggott Great Britain £650,000
1984 Dee Stakes Trial by Error Darrel McHargue Great Britain £100,000
1984 Gordon Stakes Commanche Run Lester Piggott Great Britain £200,000
1984 March Stakes Commanche Run Darrel McHargue Great Britain £100,000
1984 St Leger Stakes Commanche Run Lester Piggott Great Britain £700,000
1983 Arlington Million Tolomeo Pat Eddery United States £751,880
1983 Prix Royal-Oak Old Country Pat Eddery France £299,145
1982 Derby Italiano Old Country Pat Eddery Italy £447,692
1980 Newmarket Stakes Royal Fountain Paul Cook Great Britain £55,000

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 Luca Cumani wins

9 countries

Country Wins Share Biggest race won there
Great Britain 37 49% Epsom Derby
Italy 20 26% Derby Italiano
France 8 11% Prix du Moulin de Longchamp
United Arab Emirates 3 4% Dubai Turf
Hong Kong 2 3% Hong Kong Cup
United States 2 3% Breeders' Cup Mile
Ireland 2 3% Irish Derby
Japan 1 1% Japan Cup
Germany 1 1% Grosser Preis von Berlin

The trainers either side

Ranked 56th of 187 on big-race wins

# Trainer Wins Races Span Biggest win
46 Henri-Alex Pantall 87 60 1989 to 2026 £854,701
47 Christophe Clement 85 49 1992 to 2024 £1,503,759£1.5m
48 Charles Whittingham 84 30 1956 to 1996 £5,493,600£5.5m
49 Jim Fitzsimmons 83 25 1922 to 1966 £3,759,399£3.8m
50 Sven von Mitzlaff 81 29 1958 to 1986 £555,556
51 Uwe Ostmann 81 40 1979 to 2011 £555,556
52 Barry Hills 80 43 1970 to 2011 £4,273,504£4.3m
53 John Hammond 79 57 1987 to 2011 £4,273,504£4.3m
54 David Smaga 79 52 1979 to 2021 £341,880
55 Ron McAnally 77 38 1961 to 2014 £3,759,399£3.8m
57 Patrick Biancone 76 57 1980 to 2020 £4,273,504£4.3m
58 Mike de Kock 75 26 1999 to 2022 £4,511,278£4.5m
59 Paul Cole 74 60 1983 to 2019 £1,500,000£1.5m
60 William Haggas 72 56 1988 to 2026 £1,500,000£1.5m
61 Mario Hofer 72 48 1990 to 2018 £555,556
62 Fulke Walwyn 71 28 1946 to 1986 £726,496
63 François Mathet 70 36 1950 to 1982 £4,273,504£4.3m
64 Dermot Weld 70 32 1973 to 2020 £3,759,399£3.8m
65 Alan King 70 44 1999 to 2026 £450,000
66 Alec Head 68 49 1952 to 1983 £4,273,504£4.3m

Frequently asked questions

How many big races has Luca Cumani won?

76, across 54 different races between 1980 and 2018. That is 56th of the 187 trainers on this site.

What is the biggest race Luca Cumani has won?

the Japan Cup, worth £5,493,600 and run in Japan. Luca Cumani won it in 2005.

Which race has Luca Cumani won most often?

the March Stakes, 5 times at Goodwood Racecourse. 16 of these races have gone to Luca Cumani more than once.

How much prize money has Luca Cumani 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: 76 wins, the biggest of them worth £5,493,600.

When did Luca Cumani win these races?

Between 1980 and 2018. The busiest spell was 1998-00, with 12 of them.

Where to next

The races Luca Cumani has won, and the trainers around them

The races Luca Cumani has won

The trainers either side

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