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TRAINER · 170th BY BIG-RACE WINS

Paddy Prendergast

33 wins in the world's richest races between 1950 and 1980, across 15 different races. The biggest is the Irish Derby, worth £854,701.

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 33
BIGGEST WIN £855k
RACES WON 15
FIRST AND LAST 1950 to 1980
COUNTRIES 2

When the wins came

33 wins from 1950 to 1980, in 3-year spells

Best spell: 1962-64, 6 wins

A list of winners sorted by date reads as one long run. Drawn, it has a shape: Paddy Prendergast took 6 of these 33 in 1962-64 alone.

The races Paddy Prendergast keeps winning

By number of wins

8 won more than once

Great Voltigeur Stakes 5 Chester Vase 5 Irish Derby 4 Irish 2,000 Guineas 3 Leopardstown Derby Trial 3 Queen's Vase 2 Gordon Stakes 2 Jersey Stakes 2 St Leger Stakes 1 2000 Guineas Stakes 1 King Edward VII Stakes 1 Dee Stakes 1

Every big race Paddy Prendergast has won

33 winners, newest first

15 different races

Year Race Horse Jockey Country Worth
1980 Irish 2,000 Guineas Nikoli Christy Roche Ireland £393,162
1979 Gallinule Stakes Ardross Stan Moore Ireland £42,735
1979 Leopardstown Derby Trial Noelino Christy Roche Ireland £68,376
1978 Chester Vase Icelandic Christy Roche Great Britain £140,000
1977 Gordon Stakes Pollerton Christy Roche Great Britain £200,000
1976 Great Voltigeur Stakes Hawkberry Christy Roche Great Britain £250,000
1973 Leopardstown Derby Trial Ballymore Christy Roche Ireland £68,376
1972 Irish 2,000 Guineas Ballymore Christy Roche Ireland £393,162
1971 Jersey Stakes Ashleigh Bill Williamson Great Britain £110,000
1971 King Edward VII Stakes Sea Friend Joe Mercer Great Britain £250,500
1971 Leopardstown Derby Trial Sea Friend Buster Parnell Ireland £68,376
1970 2,000 Guineas Trial Stakes Pithiviers J. J. Miller Great Britain £20,000
1968 Blue Riband Trial Stakes Society Bill Williamson Great Britain £50,000
1968 Jersey Stakes World Cup Bill Williamson Great Britain £110,000
1968 Queen's Vase Zorba II Ron Hutchinson Great Britain £262,500
1967 Chester Vase Great Host Des Lake Great Britain £140,000
1967 Great Voltigeur Stakes Great Host Bill Williamson Great Britain £250,000
1966 Gordon Stakes Khalekan Des Lake Great Britain £200,000
1965 Great Voltigeur Stakes Ragazzo Lester Piggott Great Britain £250,000
1965 Irish Derby Meadow Court Lester Piggott Ireland £854,701
1963 Chester Vase Christmas Island Lester Piggott Great Britain £140,000
1963 Great Voltigeur Stakes Ragusa Garnet Bougoure Great Britain £250,000
1963 Irish 2,000 Guineas Linacre Paeder Matthews Ireland £393,162
1963 Irish Derby Ragusa Garnie Bougoure Ireland £854,701
1963 St Leger Stakes Ragusa Garnie Bougoure Great Britain £700,000
1962 Queen's Vase Pavot Joe Sime Great Britain £262,500
1960 2000 Guineas Stakes Martial Ron Hutchinson Great Britain £525,000
1960 Dee Stakes Alcaeus Ron Hutchinson Great Britain £100,000
1957 Chester Vase King Babar Peter Robinson Great Britain £140,000
1955 Chester Vase Daemon Jock Wilson Great Britain £140,000
1954 Great Voltigeur Stakes Blue Sail Bill Rickaby Great Britain £250,000
1952 Irish Derby Thirteen Of Diamonds Jimmy Mullane Ireland £854,701
1950 Irish Derby Dark Warrior Jack Thompson Ireland £854,701

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 Paddy Prendergast wins

2 countries

Country Wins Share Biggest race won there
Great Britain 22 67% St Leger Stakes
Ireland 11 33% Irish Derby

The trainers either side

Ranked 170th of 187 on big-race wins

# Trainer Wins Races Span Biggest win
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
166 Josh Gifford 34 22 1973 to 2002 £400,000
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
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
177 Mark Frostad 32 14 1994 to 2012 £3,759,399£3.8m
178 Joseph Lawson 32 16 1929 to 1955 £1,500,000£1.5m
179 Luigi Camici 32 19 1986 to 2006 £4,273,504£4.3m
180 Gordon W. Richards 31 16 1969 to 1998 £400,000

Frequently asked questions

How many big races has Paddy Prendergast won?

33, across 15 different races between 1950 and 1980. That is 170th of the 187 trainers on this site.

What is the biggest race Paddy Prendergast has won?

the Irish Derby, worth £854,701 and run in Ireland. Paddy Prendergast won it in 1965, 1963, 1952, 1950.

Which race has Paddy Prendergast won most often?

the Great Voltigeur Stakes, 5 times at York Racecourse. 8 of these races have gone to Paddy Prendergast more than once.

How much prize money has Paddy Prendergast 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: 33 wins, the biggest of them worth £854,701.

When did Paddy Prendergast win these races?

Between 1950 and 1980. The busiest spell was 1962-64, with 6 of them.

Where to next

The races Paddy Prendergast has won, and the trainers around them

The races Paddy Prendergast has won

The trainers either side

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