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TRAINER · 165th BY BIG-RACE WINS

Peter Walwyn

34 wins in the world's richest races between 1969 and 1995, across 24 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 34
BIGGEST WIN £1.5m
RACES WON 24
FIRST AND LAST 1969 to 1995
COUNTRIES 4

When the wins came

34 wins from 1969 to 1995, in 3-year spells

Best spell: 1974-76, 19 wins

A list of winners sorted by date reads as one long run. Drawn, it has a shape: Peter Walwyn took 19 of these 34 in 1974-76 alone.

The races Peter Walwyn keeps winning

By number of wins

10 won more than once

Irish Derby 2 Queen's Vase 2 Prix du Cadran 2 King Edward VII Stakes 2 Craven Stakes 2 Sandown Classic Trial 2 Lingfield Derby Trial 2 Cocked Hat Stakes 2 Glasgow Stakes 2 Hessen-Pokal 2 Epsom Derby 1 Irish 2,000 Guineas 1

Every big race Peter Walwyn has won

34 winners, newest first

24 different races

Year Race Horse Jockey Country Worth
1995 Feilden Stakes Munwar Willie Carson Great Britain £55,000
1995 Lingfield Derby Trial Munwar Willie Carson Great Britain £60,000
1983 Hessen-Pokal Hill's Pageant Joe Mercer Germany £47,009
1979 Glasgow Stakes New Berry Pat Eddery Great Britain £55,000
1978 Jersey Stakes Camden Town Pat Eddery Great Britain £110,000
1978 Prix du Cadran Buckskin Yves Saint-Martin France £256,410
1977 King Edward VII Stakes Classic Example Pat Eddery Great Britain £250,500
1977 March Stakes Sporting Yankee Pat Eddery Great Britain £100,000
1977 Queen's Vase Millionaire Pat Eddery Great Britain £262,500
1976 Blue Riband Trial Stakes Oats Pat Eddery Great Britain £50,000
1976 Esher Cup Free State Pat Eddery Great Britain £45,000
1976 Glasgow Stakes Illustrious Prince Pat Eddery Great Britain £55,000
1976 Hessen-Pokal Red Regent Pat Eddery Germany £47,009
1975 Cocked Hat Stakes No Alimony Pat Eddery Great Britain £60,000
1975 Craven Stakes No Alimony Pat Eddery Great Britain £85,000
1975 Epsom Derby Grundy Pat Eddery Great Britain £1,500,000£1.5m
1975 Great Voltigeur Stakes Patch Pat Eddery Great Britain £250,000
1975 Irish 2,000 Guineas Grundy Pat Eddery Ireland £393,162
1975 Irish Derby Grundy Pat Eddery Ireland £854,701
1975 Lingfield Derby Trial Patch Pat Eddery Great Britain £60,000
1975 Sandown Classic Trial Consol Pat Eddery Great Britain £85,000
1974 2,000 Guineas Trial Stakes Habat Pat Eddery Great Britain £20,000
1974 Cocked Hat Stakes English Prince Pat Eddery Great Britain £60,000
1974 Craven Stakes Numa Pat Eddery Great Britain £85,000
1974 European Free Handicap Charlie Bubbles Pat Eddery Great Britain £35,000
1974 Irish Derby English Prince Yves Saint-Martin Ireland £854,701
1974 King Edward VII Stakes English Prince Pat Eddery Great Britain £250,500
1974 Queen's Vase Royal Aura Pat Eddery Great Britain £262,500
1972 Prix du Cadran Rock Roi Duncan Keith France £256,410
1971 Chester Vase Linden Tree Duncan Keith Great Britain £140,000
1971 King George V Stakes Royal Dancer Willie Carson Great Britain £110,000
1970 Gordon Stakes Rock Roi Geoff Lewis Great Britain £200,000
1970 Prix Jean de Chaudenay Shoemaker Duncan Keith France £81,197
1969 Sandown Classic Trial Shoemaker Duncan Keith Great Britain £85,000

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 Peter Walwyn wins

4 countries

Country Wins Share Biggest race won there
Great Britain 26 76% Epsom Derby
Ireland 3 9% Irish Derby
France 3 9% Prix du Cadran
Germany 2 6% Hessen-Pokal

The trainers either side

Ranked 165th of 187 on big-race wins

# Trainer Wins Races Span Biggest win
155 John M. Veitch 35 29 1977 to 1992 £5,263,158£5.3m
156 Murray Baker 35 16 1990 to 2022 £2,645,503£2.6m
157 Alec Taylor Jr. 35 11 1905 to 1927 £700,000
158 Tom Dreaper 35 13 1946 to 1971 £646,880
159 John Fellows 35 26 1971 to 1995 £854,701
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
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
170 Paddy Prendergast 33 15 1950 to 1980 £854,701
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

Frequently asked questions

How many big races has Peter Walwyn won?

34, across 24 different races between 1969 and 1995. That is 165th of the 187 trainers on this site.

What is the biggest race Peter Walwyn has won?

the Epsom Derby, worth £1,500,000 and run in Great Britain. Peter Walwyn won it in 1975.

Which race has Peter Walwyn won most often?

the Irish Derby, 2 times at Curragh Racecourse. 10 of these races have gone to Peter Walwyn more than once.

How much prize money has Peter Walwyn 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: 34 wins, the biggest of them worth £1,500,000.

When did Peter Walwyn win these races?

Between 1969 and 1995. The busiest spell was 1974-76, with 19 of them.

Where to next

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

The races Peter Walwyn has won

The trainers either side

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