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TRAINER · 140th BY BIG-RACE WINS

Peter Easterby

39 wins in the world's richest races between 1967 and 1991, across 20 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 39
BIGGEST WIN £647k
RACES WON 20
FIRST AND LAST 1967 to 1991
COUNTRIES 1

When the wins came

39 wins from 1967 to 1991, in 2-year spells

Best spell: 1978-79, 9 wins

A list of winners sorted by date reads as one long run. Drawn, it has a shape: Peter Easterby took 9 of these 39 in 1978-79 alone.

The races Peter Easterby keeps winning

By number of wins

10 won more than once

Champion Hurdle 5 Future Champion Novices' Chase 4 Arkle Challenge Trophy 3 Maghull Novices' Chase 3 Fighting Fifth Hurdle 3 Scottish Champion Hurdle 3 Cheltenham Gold Cup 2 December Gold Cup 2 Anniversary 4-Y-O Juvenile Hurdle 2 1965 Chase 2 Stayers' Hurdle 1 Liverpool Hurdle 1

Every big race Peter Easterby has won

39 winners, newest first

20 different races

Year Race Horse Jockey Country Worth
1991 Maghull Novices' Chase Young Benz Lorcan Wyer Great Britain £120,000
1990 Red Rum Handicap Chase Nohalmdun Lorcan Wyer Great Britain £100,000
1987 Charlie Hall Chase Cybrandian Chris Grant Great Britain £100,000
1986 Christmas Hurdle Nohalmdun Peter Scudamore Great Britain £130,000
1986 County Handicap Hurdle Jobroke Jonjo O'Neill Great Britain £100,000
1984 1965 Chase Cybrandian Alan Brown Great Britain £80,000
1983 Anniversary 4-Y-O Juvenile Hurdle Benfen Alan Brown Great Britain £110,000
1983 Arkle Challenge Trophy Ryeman Alan Brown Great Britain £200,000
1983 Future Champion Novices' Chase Mountain Hays Alan Brown Great Britain £24,000
1983 Maghull Novices' Chase Ryeman Alan Brown Great Britain £120,000
1982 1965 Chase Pay Related Jonjo O'Neill Great Britain £80,000
1981 Arkle Challenge Trophy Clayside Alan Brown Great Britain £200,000
1981 Champion Hurdle Sea Pigeon John Francome Great Britain £450,000
1981 Cheltenham Gold Cup Little Owl Mr Jim Wilson Great Britain £646,880
1980 Anniversary 4-Y-O Juvenile Hurdle Starfen Jonjo O'Neill Great Britain £110,000
1980 Cathcart Challenge Cup King Weasel Jonjo O'Neill Great Britain £80,000
1980 Champion Hurdle Sea Pigeon Jonjo O'Neill Great Britain £450,000
1980 Fighting Fifth Hurdle Sea Pigeon Alan Brown Great Britain £115,000
1980 Swinton Handicap Hurdle No Bombs Jonjo O'Neill Great Britain £80,000
1979 Cheltenham Gold Cup Alverton Jonjo O'Neill Great Britain £646,880
1979 December Gold Cup Father Delaney Alan Brown Great Britain £125,000
1979 Future Champion Novices' Chase Night Nurse Jonjo O'Neill Great Britain £24,000
1979 Liverpool Hurdle Prominent King Jonjo O'Neill Great Britain £250,000
1979 Maghull Novices' Chase Night Nurse Jonjo O'Neill Great Britain £120,000
1978 Arkle Challenge Trophy Alverton Graham Thorner Great Britain £200,000
1978 Fighting Fifth Hurdle Sea Pigeon Ian Watkinson Great Britain £115,000
1978 Future Champion Novices' Chase King Weasel Jonjo O'Neill Great Britain £24,000
1978 Scottish Champion Hurdle Sea Pigeon Jonjo O'Neill Great Britain £40,000
1977 Aintree Hurdle Night Nurse (DH) Paddy Broderick Great Britain £250,000
1977 Champion Hurdle Night Nurse Paddy Broderick Great Britain £450,000
1977 Scottish Champion Hurdle Sea Pigeon Jonjo O'Neill Great Britain £40,000
1977 Stayers' Hurdle Town Ship Tommy Carberry Great Britain £325,000
1976 Champion Hurdle Night Nurse Paddy Broderick Great Britain £450,000
1976 Scottish Champion Hurdle Night Nurse Paddy Broderick Great Britain £40,000
1975 December Gold Cup Easby Abbey Ron Barry Great Britain £125,000
1975 Fighting Fifth Hurdle Night Nurse Paddy Broderick Great Britain £115,000
1975 Future Champion Novices' Chase Easby Abbey Ron Barry Great Britain £24,000
1975 Tingle Creek Chase Easby Abbey Ron Barry Great Britain £175,000
1967 Champion Hurdle Saucy Kit Roy Edwards Great Britain £450,000

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 140th of 187 on big-race wins

# Trainer Wins Races Span Biggest win
130 Mark Walker & Sam Bergerson 41 21 2000 to 2026 £581,400
131 David Pipe 41 25 2006 to 2026 £375,000
132 Jean-Pierre Carvalho 41 29 2010 to 2022 £427,350
133 Richard E. Dutrow Jr. 40 32 2002 to 2026 £5,263,158£5.3m
134 Neil D. Drysdale 40 27 1975 to 2020 £1,503,759£1.5m
135 Stephen Autridge & Jamie Richards 40 15 2015 to 2022 £551,125
136 Peter Rau 40 31 1991 to 2008 £555,556
137 Kenneth G. McPeek 39 32 1996 to 2026 £3,759,399£3.8m
138 Chad Brown 39 21 2011 to 2026 £1,503,759£1.5m
139 Jessica Harrington 39 28 1996 to 2026 £854,701
141 Vittorio Caruso 39 23 1991 to 2011 £447,692
142 Jens Hirschberger 39 25 2007 to 2018 £555,556
143 Tony Cruz 38 13 1997 to 2023 £3,800,000£3.8m
144 Joseph O'Brien 38 32 2017 to 2026 £5,291,005£5.3m
145 Colin Tizzard 38 28 2008 to 2022 £646,880
146 Fred Darling 37 15 1907 to 1947 £1,500,000£1.5m
147 Sam Hildreth 37 12 1899 to 1929 £1,503,759£1.5m
148 J. Elliott Burch 37 20 1950 to 1984 £1,503,759£1.5m
149 Bernard Sécly 37 19 1976 to 2002 £726,496
150 Roger Charlton 37 33 1990 to 2019 £4,511,278£4.5m

Frequently asked questions

How many big races has Peter Easterby won?

39, across 20 different races between 1967 and 1991. That is 140th of the 187 trainers on this site.

What is the biggest race Peter Easterby has won?

the Cheltenham Gold Cup, worth £646,880 and run in Great Britain. Peter Easterby won it in 1981, 1979.

Which race has Peter Easterby won most often?

the Champion Hurdle, 5 times at Cheltenham Racecourse. 10 of these races have gone to Peter Easterby more than once.

How much prize money has Peter Easterby 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: 39 wins, the biggest of them worth £646,880.

When did Peter Easterby win these races?

Between 1967 and 1991. The busiest spell was 1978-79, with 9 of them.

Where to next

The races Peter Easterby has won, and the trainers around them

The races Peter Easterby has won

The trainers either side

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