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TRAINER · 40th BY BIG-RACE WINS

Nigel Twiston-Davies

90 wins in the world's richest races between 1987 and 2024, across 44 different races. The biggest is the Cheltenham Gold Cup, worth £646,880.

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 90
BIGGEST WIN £647k
RACES WON 44
FIRST AND LAST 1987 to 2024
COUNTRIES 1

When the wins came

90 wins from 1987 to 2024, in 3-year spells

Best spell: 1992-94, 14 wins

A list of winners sorted by date reads as one long run. Drawn, it has a shape: Nigel Twiston-Davies took 14 of these 90 in 1992-94 alone.

The races Nigel Twiston-Davies keeps winning

By number of wins

22 won more than once

Becher Chase 6 Charlie Hall Chase 6 International Hurdle 5 Betfair Chase 4 Paddy Power Gold Cup 4 Silver Trophy Handicap Hurdle 4 Persian War Novices' Hurdle 4 Aintree Hurdle 3 Baring Bingham Novices' Hurdle 3 Scottish Grand National 3 Sefton Novices' Hurdle 3 Houghton Mares' Chase 3

Every big race Nigel Twiston-Davies has won

90 winners, newest first

44 different races

Year Race Horse Jockey Country Worth
2024 Hyde Novices' Hurdle Potters Charm Sam Twiston-Davies Great Britain £80,000
2024 Midlands Grand National Beauport Jordan Nailor Great Britain £160,000
2024 Silver Trophy Handicap Hurdle Josh The Boss Jamie Neild Great Britain £75,000
2023 Houghton Mares' Chase Zambella Daryl Jacob Great Britain £40,000
2022 Houghton Mares' Chase Zambella Daryl Jacob Great Britain £40,000
2021 Houghton Mares' Chase Zambella Daryl Jacob Great Britain £40,000
2021 International Hurdle Guard Your Dreams Sam Twiston-Davies Great Britain £112,000
2021 Sharp Novices' Hurdle I Like To Move It Sam Twiston-Davies Great Britain £80,000
2020 Betfair Chase Bristol De Mai Daryl Jacob Great Britain £200,000
2019 Charlie Hall Chase Ballyoptic Sam Twiston-Davies Great Britain £100,000
2018 Betfair Chase Bristol De Mai Daryl Jacob Great Britain £200,000
2017 Becher Chase Blaklion Gavin Sheehan Great Britain £150,000
2017 Betfair Chase Bristol De Mai Daryl Jacob Great Britain £200,000
2017 Charlie Hall Chase Bristol De Mai Daryl Jacob Great Britain £100,000
2017 Manifesto Novices' Chase Flying Angel Noel Fehily Great Britain £120,000
2017 Paddy Power Gold Cup Splash Of Ginge Tom Bellamy Great Britain £160,000
2016 Broadway Novices' Chase Blaklion Ryan Hatch Great Britain £200,000
2016 Champion Bumper Ballyandy Sam Twiston-Davies Great Britain £80,000
2016 International Hurdle The New One Richard Johnson Great Britain £112,000
2016 Sefton Novices' Hurdle Ballyoptic Ryan Hatch Great Britain £100,000
2016 Silver Trophy Handicap Hurdle Ballyoptic Ryan Hatch Great Britain £75,000
2014 Aintree Hurdle The New One Sam Twiston-Davies Great Britain £250,000
2014 International Hurdle The New One Sam Twiston-Davies Great Britain £112,000
2014 Persian War Novices' Hurdle Blaklion Jamie Moore Great Britain £75,000
2013 Baring Bingham Novices' Hurdle The New One Sam Twiston-Davies Great Britain £150,000
2013 December Gold Cup Double Ross Sam Twiston-Davies Great Britain £125,000
2013 Fulke Walwyn Kim Muir Challenge Cup Same Difference Ryan Hatch Great Britain £75,000
2013 International Hurdle The New One Sam Twiston-Davies Great Britain £112,000
2012 Becher Chase Hello Bud Sam Twiston-Davies Great Britain £150,000
2010 Aintree Hurdle Khyber Kim Paddy Brennan Great Britain £250,000
2010 Becher Chase Hello Bud Sam Twiston-Davies Great Britain £150,000
2010 Betfair Chase Imperial Commander Paddy Brennan Great Britain £200,000
2010 Cheltenham Gold Cup Imperial Commander Paddy Brennan Great Britain £646,880
2010 Johnny Henderson Grand Annual Chase Pigeon Island Paddy Brennan Great Britain £150,000
2010 Paddy Power Gold Cup Little Josh Sam Twiston-Davies Great Britain £160,000
2010 St James's Place Festival Hunter Chase Baby Run Sam Twiston-Davies Great Britain £50,000
2009 International Hurdle Khyber Kim Paddy Brennan Great Britain £112,000
2009 Princess Royal National Hunt Challenge Cup Novices' Handicap Chase Tricky Trickster Sam Waley-Cohen Great Britain £100,000
2009 Ryanair Chase Imperial Commander Paddy Brennan Great Britain £375,000
2009 Scottish Grand National Hello Bud Paddy Brennan Great Britain £150,000
2008 Old Roan Chase Knowhere Paddy Brennan Great Britain £80,000
2008 Paddy Power Gold Cup Imperial Commander Paddy Brennan Great Britain £160,000
2008 Pertemps Final Ballyfitz Paddy Brennan Great Britain £100,000
2008 Sefton Novices' Hurdle Pettifour Paddy Brennan Great Britain £100,000
2007 Charlie Hall Chase Ollie Magern Paddy Brennan Great Britain £100,000
2007 Hyde Novices' Hurdle Razor Royale Paddy Brennan Great Britain £80,000
2007 Midlands Grand National Baron Windrush Jason Maguire Great Britain £160,000
2005 Charlie Hall Chase Ollie Magern Carl Llewellyn Great Britain £100,000
2005 Persian War Novices' Hurdle Rimsky Carl Llewellyn Great Britain £75,000
2004 Baring Bingham Novices' Hurdle Fundamentalist Carl Llewellyn Great Britain £150,000
2004 Persian War Novices' Hurdle Knowhere Carl Llewellyn Great Britain £75,000
2004 Silver Trophy Handicap Hurdle Mistanoora Carl Llewellyn Great Britain £75,000
2003 Oddschecker Handicap Chase Shardam Carl Llewellyn Great Britain £75,000
2003 Persian War Novices' Hurdle Champagne Harry Carl Llewellyn Great Britain £75,000
2003 Welsh Grand National Bindaree Carl Llewellyn Great Britain £170,000
2000 Aintree Hurdle Mister Morose Carl Llewellyn Great Britain £250,000
2000 Bet365 Gold Cup Beau Carl Llewellyn Great Britain £175,000
2000 Coral Gold Cup King's Road Jamie Goldstein Great Britain £250,000
2000 Molyneux Hurdle Mister Morose Carl Llewellyn Great Britain £70,000
2000 Pertemps Final Rubhahunish Carl Llewellyn Great Britain £100,000
2000 Rising Stars Novices' Chase Bindaree Carl Llewellyn Great Britain £75,000
2000 Scottish Champion Hurdle Mister Morose Tony McCoy Great Britain £40,000
1999 Challow Novices' Hurdle Bindaree Carl Llewellyn Great Britain £100,000
1999 Sefton Novices' Hurdle King's Road Carl Llewellyn Great Britain £100,000
1998 Becher Chase Earth Summit Tom Jenks Great Britain £150,000
1998 Bridle Road Handicap Hurdle The Proms Carl Llewellyn Great Britain £75,000
1998 Challow Novices' Hurdle King's Road Carl Llewellyn Great Britain £100,000
1998 Silver Trophy Handicap Hurdle Mister Morose Carl Llewellyn Great Britain £75,000
1998 Triumph Hurdle Upgrade Carl Llewellyn Great Britain £150,000
1997 Christmas Hurdle Kerawi Carl Llewellyn Great Britain £130,000
1997 Welsh Grand National Earth Summit Tom Jenks Great Britain £170,000
1996 Long Walk Hurdle Ocean Hawk Carl Llewellyn Great Britain £125,000
1996 Red Rum Handicap Chase Arctic Kinsman Carl Llewellyn Great Britain £100,000
1995 Becher Chase Young Hustler Chris Maude Great Britain £150,000
1994 Charlie Hall Chase Young Hustler Carl Llewellyn Great Britain £100,000
1994 Rising Stars Novices' Chase Sweet Duke Carl Llewellyn Great Britain £75,000
1994 Scottish Champion Hurdle Corrouge David Bridgwater Great Britain £40,000
1994 Scottish Grand National Earth Summit David Bridgwater Great Britain £150,000
1994 Supreme Novices' Hurdle Arctic Kinsman Carl Llewellyn Great Britain £150,000
1993 Baring Bingham Novices' Hurdle Gaelstrom Carl Llewellyn Great Britain £150,000
1993 Becher Chase Indian Tonic Chris Maude Great Britain £150,000
1993 Broadway Novices' Chase Young Hustler Peter Scudamore Great Britain £200,000
1993 Liverpool Hurdle Sweet Duke Carl Llewellyn Great Britain £250,000
1993 Long Walk Hurdle Sweet Duke Carl Llewellyn Great Britain £125,000
1992 Charlie Hall Chase Tipping Tim Carl Llewellyn Great Britain £100,000
1992 Festival Trophy Handicap Chase Tipping Tim Carl Llewellyn Great Britain £150,000
1992 Paddy Power Gold Cup Tipping Tim Carl Llewellyn Great Britain £160,000
1992 Scottish Grand National Captain Dibble Peter Scudamore Great Britain £150,000
1991 Prestbury Juvenile Hurdle Montebel Eamon Murphy Great Britain £80,000
1987 Liverpool Hurdle Mrs Muck Peter Scudamore Great Britain £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.

The trainers either side

Ranked 40th of 187 on big-race wins

# Trainer Wins Races Span Biggest win
30 Brad H. Cox 122 79 2017 to 2026 £9,022,556£9.0m
31 Freddy Head 114 71 1999 to 2021 £4,511,278£4.5m
32 Carlos Laffon-Parias 107 68 1995 to 2024 £4,273,504£4.3m
33 Woody Stephens 106 55 1949 to 1989 £3,759,399£3.8m
34 Vincent O'Brien 105 38 1948 to 1993 £4,273,504£4.3m
35 Francis-Henri Graffard 104 75 2012 to 2026 £5,493,600£5.5m
36 Steven M. Asmussen 102 48 2000 to 2026 £9,022,556£9.0m
37 Mark E. Casse 102 60 1981 to 2026 £1,503,759£1.5m
38 Stefano Botti 100 28 2009 to 2026 £447,692
39 Mark Johnston 96 55 1994 to 2022 £4,511,278£4.5m
41 Richard Hannon Sr. 90 49 1973 to 2013 £650,000
42 Dick Hern 89 43 1958 to 1997 £1,500,000£1.5m
43 Bruno Schütz 88 36 1971 to 1997 £555,556
44 Philip Hobbs 88 47 1986 to 2026 £450,000
45 Andreas Schütz 87 47 1998 to 2023 £3,040,000£3.0m
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

Frequently asked questions

How many big races has Nigel Twiston-Davies won?

90, across 44 different races between 1987 and 2024. That is 40th of the 187 trainers on this site.

What is the biggest race Nigel Twiston-Davies has won?

the Cheltenham Gold Cup, worth £646,880 and run in Great Britain. Nigel Twiston-Davies won it in 2010.

Which race has Nigel Twiston-Davies won most often?

the Becher Chase, 6 times at Aintree Racecourse. 22 of these races have gone to Nigel Twiston-Davies more than once.

How much prize money has Nigel Twiston-Davies 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: 90 wins, the biggest of them worth £646,880.

When did Nigel Twiston-Davies win these races?

Between 1987 and 2024. The busiest spell was 1992-94, with 14 of them.

Where to next

The races Nigel Twiston-Davies has won, and the trainers around them

The races Nigel Twiston-Davies has won

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