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TRAINER · 118th BY BIG-RACE WINS

Maurice Zilber

44 wins in the world's richest races between 1970 and 2001, across 31 different races. The biggest is the Epsom Derby, worth £1,500,000.

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 44
BIGGEST WIN £1.5m
RACES WON 31
FIRST AND LAST 1970 to 2001
COUNTRIES 3

When the wins came

44 wins from 1970 to 2001, in 3-year spells

Best spell: 1977-79, 11 wins

A list of winners sorted by date reads as one long run. Drawn, it has a shape: Maurice Zilber took 11 of these 44 in 1977-79 alone.

The races Maurice Zilber keeps winning

By number of wins

11 won more than once

Prix Jean-Luc Lagardère 3 Prix de la Grotte 3 Prix Marcel Boussac 2 Prix de la Forêt 2 Prix Ganay 2 Prix Saint-Alary 2 Prix Lupin 2 Prix Dollar 2 Prix Chloé 2 Prix de Royaumont 2 Prix de Psyché 2 Epsom Derby 1

Every big race Maurice Zilber has won

44 winners, newest first

31 different races

Year Race Horse Jockey Country Worth
2001 Prix Chloé Prove Thierry Thulliez France £66,667
1995 Prix Minerve Danefair Guy Guignard France £66,667
1990 Prix Rothschild Lady Winner Éric Legrix France £250,000
1988 Prix de la Grotte Silver Lane Cash Asmussen France £66,667
1988 Prix des Réservoirs Good Example Alain Lequeux France £66,667
1985 Prix Chaudenay Rivlia Alain Lequeux France £166,667
1985 Prix Jean-Luc Lagardère Femme Elite Alain Lequeux France £333,333
1984 La Coupe de Maisons-Laffitte Estrapade Alain Lequeux France £66,667
1984 Prix de la Grotte Treizieme Lester Piggott France £66,667
1984 Prix de Psyché Treizieme Alain Lequeux France £46,667
1984 Prix Lupin Dahar Alain Lequeux France £166,667
1983 Prix Jean-Luc Lagardère Treizieme Gérard Dubroeucq France £333,333
1982 Prix de Condé Nile Hawk Yves Saint-Martin France £66,667
1982 Prix de Flore Buchanette Gérard Dubroeucq France £66,667
1982 Prix de Royaumont Vidor Cash Asmussen France £66,667
1981 Prix d'Harcourt Argument Alain Lequeux France £108,333
1981 Prix de la Grotte Tropicaro Alain Lequeux France £66,667
1981 Prix de Psyché Sangue Alain Lequeux France £46,667
1981 Prix Ganay Argument Alain Lequeux France £250,000
1980 Prix Marcel Boussac Tropicaro Alain Lequeux France £333,333
1979 Prix Chloé Producer Alain Lequeux France £66,667
1979 Prix de l'Opéra Producer Lester Piggott France £416,667
1979 Prix de la Forêt Producer Alain Lequeux France £291,667
1979 Prix de Royaumont Producer Alain Lequeux France £66,667
1979 Prix Dollar Trillion Lester Piggott France £166,667
1979 Prix Robert Papin Choucri Alain Lequeux France £108,333
1979 Prix Vicomtesse Vigier Campero Freddy Head France £333,333
1978 Grand Prix de Paris Galiani Alain Lequeux France £500,000
1978 Prix de Royallieu Amazer Yves Saint-Martin France £250,000
1978 Prix Dollar Trillion Lester Piggott France £166,667
1978 Prix Ganay Trillion Lester Piggott France £250,000
1976 Epsom Derby Empery Lester Piggott Great Britain £1,500,000£1.5m
1976 Prix du Jockey Club Youth Freddy Head France £1,250,000£1.3m
1976 Prix Greffulhe Youth Gerard Dubroeucq France £108,333
1976 Prix Lupin Youth Freddy Head France £166,667
1975 Prix Saint-Alary Nobiliary Lester Piggott France £208,333
1974 Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud Dahlia Yves Saint-Martin France £333,333
1974 Oettingen-Rennen Ace of Aces Lester Piggott Germany £54,167
1974 Prix Royal-Oak Busiris Freddy Head France £291,667
1973 Prix Jean-Luc Lagardère Mississipian Bill Pyers France £333,333
1973 Prix Marcel Boussac Hippodamia Bill Pyers France £333,333
1973 Prix Saint-Alary Dahlia Bill Pyers France £208,333
1971 Prix de la Forêt Faraway Son Yves Saint-Martin France £291,667
1970 Prix du Cadran Le Chouan Bill Pyers France £250,000

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 Maurice Zilber wins

3 countries

Country Wins Share Biggest race won there
France 42 95% Prix du Jockey Club
Great Britain 1 2% Epsom Derby
Germany 1 2% Oettingen-Rennen

The trainers either side

Ranked 118th of 187 on big-race wins

# Trainer Wins Races Span Biggest win
108 Andrew Balding 47 34 2003 to 2026 £4,444,444£4.4m
109 Dale L. Romans 46 28 2004 to 2018 £8,888,889£8.9m
110 Richard E. Mandella 46 24 1982 to 2025 £1,481,481£1.5m
111 Steve Asmussen 45 31 1996 to 2026 £8,888,889£8.9m
112 Mikel Delzangles 45 38 2003 to 2026 £5,208,333£5.2m
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 £3,703,704£3.7m
116 Jack Jarvis 44 17 1922 to 1968 £1,500,000£1.5m
117 Michael Jarvis 44 36 1970 to 2010 £4,166,667£4.2m
119 Nicolas Clément 44 37 1990 to 2022 £4,166,667£4.2m
120 François Rohaut 44 33 1986 to 2021 £833,333
121 John Shirreffs 43 29 1994 to 2025 £5,185,185£5.2m
122 Scotty Schulhofer 43 33 1966 to 2000 £1,481,481£1.5m
123 John Oxx 43 26 1988 to 2012 £4,166,667£4.2m
124 Karl Burke 43 34 1996 to 2026 £833,333
125 Ben Jones 42 17 1938 to 1952 £3,703,704£3.7m
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 £500,000

Frequently asked questions

How many big races has Maurice Zilber won?

44, across 31 different races between 1970 and 2001. That is 118th of the 187 trainers on this site.

What is the biggest race Maurice Zilber has won?

the Epsom Derby, worth £1,500,000 and run in Great Britain. Maurice Zilber won it in 1976.

Which race has Maurice Zilber won most often?

Prix Jean-Luc Lagardère, 3 times at Longchamp Racecourse. 11 of these races have gone to Maurice Zilber more than once.

How much prize money has Maurice Zilber 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: 44 wins, the biggest of them worth £1,500,000.

When did Maurice Zilber win these races?

Between 1970 and 2001. The busiest spell was 1977-79, with 11 of them.

Where to next

The races Maurice Zilber has won, and the trainers around them

The races Maurice Zilber has won

The trainers either side

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