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TRAINER · 92nd BY BIG-RACE WINS

Noel Murless

53 wins in the world's richest races between 1949 and 1974, across 20 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 53
BIGGEST WIN £1.5m
RACES WON 20
FIRST AND LAST 1949 to 1974
COUNTRIES 2

When the wins came

53 wins from 1949 to 1974, in 3-year spells

Best spell: 1959-61, 13 wins

A list of winners sorted by date reads as one long run. Drawn, it has a shape: Noel Murless took 13 of these 53 in 1959-61 alone.

The races Noel Murless keeps winning

By number of wins

16 won more than once

King Edward VII Stakes 6 Craven Stakes 5 Dante Stakes 4 Epsom Derby 3 St Leger Stakes 3 Great Voltigeur Stakes 3 Gordon Stakes 3 Jersey Stakes 3 Sandown Classic Trial 3 Newmarket Stakes 3 European Free Handicap 3 St James's Palace Stakes 2

Every big race Noel Murless has won

53 winners, newest first

20 different races

Year Race Horse Jockey Country Worth
1974 Dante Stakes Honoured Guest Geoff Lewis Great Britain £192,200
1973 Blue Riband Trial Stakes Gospill Hill Geoff Lewis Great Britain £50,000
1973 Dante Stakes Owen Dudley Geoff Lewis Great Britain £192,200
1972 Craven Stakes Leicester Geoff Lewis Great Britain £85,000
1970 Chester Vase Politico Sandy Barclay Great Britain £140,000
1970 Sandown Classic Trial Cry Baby Sandy Barclay Great Britain £85,000
1970 St James's Palace Stakes Saintly Song Sandy Barclay Great Britain £650,000
1969 Blue Riband Trial Stakes Caliban Sandy Barclay Great Britain £50,000
1969 Craven Stakes Paddy's Progress Sandy Barclay Great Britain £85,000
1969 European Free Handicap Welsh Pageant Sandy Barclay Great Britain £35,000
1968 Great Voltigeur Stakes Connaught Sandy Barclay Great Britain £250,000
1968 King Edward VII Stakes Connaught Sandy Barclay Great Britain £250,500
1967 2000 Guineas Stakes Royal Palace George Moore Great Britain £525,000
1967 Epsom Derby Royal Palace George Moore Great Britain £1,500,000£1.5m
1967 Gordon Stakes Sun Rock George Moore Great Britain £200,000
1967 Jersey Stakes St Chad George Moore Great Britain £110,000
1967 Sandown Classic Trial Sun Rock Lester Piggott Great Britain £85,000
1966 Queen's Vase Bally Russe Scobie Breasley Great Britain £262,500
1965 Prix Vermeille Aunt Edith Lester Piggott France £512,821
1964 Dante Stakes Sweet Moss Lester Piggott Great Britain £192,200
1964 Dee Stakes Sweet Moss Lester Piggott Great Britain £100,000
1964 Gordon Stakes Sweet Moss Lester Piggott Great Britain £200,000
1964 Queen's Vase I Titan M Giovannelli Great Britain £262,500
1963 Jersey Stakes The Creditor Lester Piggott Great Britain £110,000
1962 Sandown Classic Trial Ferneley Lester Piggott Great Britain £85,000
1961 Craven Stakes Aurelius Lester Piggott Great Britain £85,000
1961 Jersey Stakes Favorita Lester Piggott Great Britain £110,000
1961 King Edward VII Stakes Aurelius Lester Piggott Great Britain £250,500
1961 St Leger Stakes Aurelius Lester Piggott Great Britain £700,000
1960 Dante Stakes St Paddy Lester Piggott Great Britain £192,200
1960 Epsom Derby St. Paddy Lester Piggott Great Britain £1,500,000£1.5m
1960 Great Voltigeur Stakes St Paddy Lester Piggott Great Britain £250,000
1960 King George V Stakes Sunny Way Lester Piggott Great Britain £110,000
1960 St Leger Stakes St. Paddy Lester Piggott Great Britain £700,000
1959 Craven Stakes Pindari Lester Piggott Great Britain £85,000
1959 European Free Handicap Petite Etoile George Moore Great Britain £35,000
1959 Great Voltigeur Stakes Pindari Lester Piggott Great Britain £250,000
1959 King Edward VII Stakes Pindari Lester Piggott Great Britain £250,500
1958 Hampton Court Stakes Primera Lester Piggott Great Britain £150,000
1957 2000 Guineas Stakes Crepello Lester Piggott Great Britain £525,000
1957 Craven Stakes Shearwater Lester Piggott Great Britain £85,000
1957 Epsom Derby Crepello Lester Piggott Great Britain £1,500,000£1.5m
1957 King Edward VII Stakes Arctic Explorer Lester Piggott Great Britain £250,500
1957 Newmarket Stakes Sun Charger Lester Piggott Great Britain £55,000
1956 King Edward VII Stakes Court Command Lester Piggott Great Britain £250,500
1955 King George V Stakes Jardiniere Doug Smith Great Britain £110,000
1954 European Free Handicap Sun Festival Sir Gordon Richards Great Britain £35,000
1954 King Edward VII Stakes Rashleigh Sir Gordon Richards Great Britain £250,500
1954 Newmarket Stakes Elopement Gordon Richards Great Britain £55,000
1949 Gordon Stakes Royal Forest Gordon Richards Great Britain £200,000
1949 Newmarket Stakes Faux Tirage Gordon Richards Great Britain £55,000
1949 St James's Palace Stakes Faux Tirage Gordon Richards Great Britain £650,000
1949 St Leger Stakes Ridge Wood Michael Beary Great Britain £700,000

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 Noel Murless wins

2 countries

Country Wins Share Biggest race won there
Great Britain 52 98% Epsom Derby
France 1 2% Prix Vermeille

The trainers either side

Ranked 92nd of 187 on big-race wins

# Trainer Wins Races Span Biggest win
82 David Nicholson 59 33 1977 to 1999 £646,880
83 LeRoy Jolley 58 41 1962 to 1991 £3,759,399£3.8m
84 Kiaran McLaughlin 56 41 1994 to 2019 £9,022,556£9.0m
85 Fred Rimell 56 26 1948 to 1981 £646,880
86 Waldemar Hickst 56 35 2006 to 2026 £427,350
87 Ian Balding 55 45 1965 to 2001 £4,273,504£4.3m
88 Hein Bollow 55 29 1968 to 1988 £555,556
89 John Gaver Sr. 54 25 1936 to 1974 £3,759,399£3.8m
90 Jim Bolger 54 24 1978 to 2021 £3,800,000£3.8m
91 Gordon Elliott 54 28 2007 to 2026 £1,000,000£1.0m
93 Alduino Botti 53 23 1982 to 2022 £447,692
94 Dan Skelton 53 36 2014 to 2026 £375,000
95 Nick Zito 52 28 1990 to 2011 £3,759,399£3.8m
96 Fred Winter 52 25 1970 to 1988 £646,880
97 John Moore 51 15 1993 to 2020 £3,800,000£3.8m
98 John Cunnington Jr. 51 42 1962 to 1991 £854,701
99 Henk Grewe 51 34 2018 to 2026 £555,556
100 Peter Chapple-Hyam 50 38 1992 to 2012 £1,500,000£1.5m
101 Bruno Grizzetti 50 23 1990 to 2014 £447,692
102 Laz Barrera 49 34 1971 to 1990 £3,759,399£3.8m

Frequently asked questions

How many big races has Noel Murless won?

53, across 20 different races between 1949 and 1974. That is 92nd of the 187 trainers on this site.

What is the biggest race Noel Murless has won?

the Epsom Derby, worth £1,500,000 and run in Great Britain. Noel Murless won it in 1967, 1960, 1957.

Which race has Noel Murless won most often?

the King Edward VII Stakes, 6 times at Ascot Racecourse. 16 of these races have gone to Noel Murless more than once.

How much prize money has Noel Murless 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: 53 wins, the biggest of them worth £1,500,000.

When did Noel Murless win these races?

Between 1949 and 1974. The busiest spell was 1959-61, with 13 of them.

Where to next

The races Noel Murless has won, and the trainers around them

The races Noel Murless has won

The trainers either side

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