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TRAINER · 44th BY BIG-RACE WINS

Philip Hobbs

88 wins in the world's richest races between 1986 and 2021, across 46 different races. The biggest is the Champion Hurdle, worth £450,000.

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 88
BIGGEST WIN £450k
RACES WON 46
FIRST AND LAST 1986 to 2021
COUNTRIES 1

When the wins came

88 wins from 1986 to 2021, in 3-year spells

Best spell: 2010-12, 16 wins

A list of winners sorted by date reads as one long run. Drawn, it has a shape: Philip Hobbs took 16 of these 88 in 2010-12 alone.

The races Philip Hobbs keeps winning

By number of wins

25 won more than once

Persian War Novices' Hurdle 6 Hyde Novices' Hurdle 4 Silver Trophy Handicap Hurdle 4 Triumph Hurdle 3 International Hurdle 3 Anniversary 4-Y-O Juvenile Hurdle 3 Challow Novices' Hurdle 3 Prestbury Juvenile Hurdle 3 Oddschecker Handicap Chase 3 Rising Stars Novices' Chase 3 Scottish Champion Hurdle 3 Liverpool Hurdle 2

Every big race Philip Hobbs has won

88 winners, newest first

46 different races

Year Race Horse Jockey Country Worth
2021 Liverpool Hurdle Thyme Hill Tom O'Brien Great Britain £250,000
2021 Persian War Novices' Hurdle Camprond Aidan Coleman Great Britain £75,000
2021 Silver Trophy Handicap Hurdle Orbys Legend Tom O'Brien Great Britain £75,000
2019 Challow Novices' Hurdle Thyme Hill Richard Johnson Great Britain £100,000
2019 Golden Miller Novices' Chase Defi du Seuil Barry Geraghty Great Britain £125,000
2019 Hyde Novices' Hurdle Thyme Hill Richard Johnson Great Britain £80,000
2019 Persian War Novices' Hurdle Thyme Hill Richard Johnson Great Britain £75,000
2019 Tingle Creek Chase Defi Du Seuil Barry Geraghty Great Britain £175,000
2018 Oddschecker Handicap Chase Rock the Kasbah Richard Johnson Great Britain £75,000
2017 Anniversary 4-Y-O Juvenile Hurdle Defi du Seuil Barry Geraghty Great Britain £110,000
2017 Triumph Hurdle Defi du Seuil Richard Johnson Great Britain £150,000
2016 1965 Chase Royal Regatta Tom O'Brien Great Britain £80,000
2016 Prestbury Juvenile Hurdle Defi Du Seuil Barry Geraghty Great Britain £80,000
2015 Cheltenham Guardians Safeguarding Team Mares' Open National Hunt Flat Race Copper Kay Richard Johnson Great Britain £25,000
2015 December Gold Cup Village Vic Richard Johnson Great Britain £125,000
2015 Oddschecker Handicap Chase Sausalito Sunrise Richard Johnson Great Britain £75,000
2015 Scottish Champion Hurdle Cheltenian Richard Johnson Great Britain £40,000
2015 Swinton Handicap Hurdle War Sound Ciaran Gethings Great Britain £80,000
2014 Charlie Hall Chase Menorah Richard Johnson Great Britain £100,000
2014 Glenfarclas Cross Country Chase Balthazar King Richard Johnson Great Britain £75,000
2014 Old Roan Chase Wishfull Thinking Richard Johnson Great Britain £80,000
2014 Pertemps Final Fingal Bay Richard Johnson Great Britain £100,000
2014 Prestbury Juvenile Hurdle Golden Doyen Richard Johnson Great Britain £80,000
2013 Becher Chase Chance du Roy Tom O'Brien Great Britain £150,000
2012 1965 Chase Captain Chris Richard Johnson Great Britain £80,000
2012 Glenfarclas Cross Country Chase Balthazar King Richard Johnson Great Britain £75,000
2012 Manifesto Novices' Chase Menorah Richard Johnson Great Britain £120,000
2012 Silver Trophy Handicap Hurdle Lamb Or Cod James Best Great Britain £75,000
2011 Arkle Challenge Trophy Captain Chris Richard Johnson Great Britain £200,000
2011 Challow Novices' Hurdle Fingal Bay Richard Johnson Great Britain £100,000
2011 Champion Bumper Cheltenian Richard Johnson Great Britain £80,000
2011 Hyde Novices' Hurdle Fingal Bay Richard Johnson Great Britain £80,000
2011 Manifesto Novices' Chase Wishfull Thinking Richard Johnson Great Britain £120,000
2011 Persian War Novices' Hurdle Fingal Bay Richard Johnson Great Britain £75,000
2011 Silver Trophy Handicap Hurdle Arthurian Legend Richard Johnson Great Britain £75,000
2010 Centenary Novices' Handicap Chase Copper Bleu Richard Johnson Great Britain £40,000
2010 International Hurdle Menorah Richard Johnson Great Britain £112,000
2010 Molyneux Hurdle Nearby Chris Davies Great Britain £70,000
2010 Rising Stars Novices' Chase Wishfull Thinking Richard Johnson Great Britain £75,000
2010 Supreme Novices' Hurdle Menorah Richard Johnson Great Britain £150,000
2009 Welsh Grand National Dream Alliance Tom O'Brien Great Britain £170,000
2008 Bet365 Gold Cup Monkerhostin Richard Johnson Great Britain £175,000
2007 Baring Bingham Novices' Hurdle Massini's Maguire Richard Johnson Great Britain £150,000
2006 Anniversary 4-Y-O Juvenile Hurdle Detroit City Richard Johnson Great Britain £110,000
2006 Bet365 Gold Cup Lacdoudal Richard Johnson Great Britain £175,000
2006 Henry VIII Novices' Chase Fair Along Richard Johnson Great Britain £100,000
2006 Hyde Novices' Hurdle Massini's Maguire Richard Johnson Great Britain £80,000
2006 International Hurdle Detroit City Richard Johnson Great Britain £112,000
2006 Scottish Champion Hurdle Noble Request Richard Johnson Great Britain £40,000
2006 Triumph Hurdle Detroit City Richard Johnson Great Britain £150,000
2005 Prestbury Juvenile Hurdle Fair Along Richard Johnson Great Britain £80,000
2005 Sharp Novices' Hurdle Boychuk Richard Johnson Great Britain £80,000
2005 Silver Trophy Handicap Hurdle Lacdoudal Richard Johnson Great Britain £75,000
2004 BetMGM Cup Monkerhostin Richard Johnson Great Britain £110,000
2004 December Gold Cup Monkerhostin Richard Johnson Great Britain £125,000
2004 Old Roan Chase Farmer Jack Paul Flynn Great Britain £80,000
2004 Triumph Hurdle Made in Japan Richard Johnson Great Britain £150,000
2003 Broadway Novices' Chase One Knight Richard Johnson Great Britain £200,000
2003 Champion Hurdle Rooster Booster Richard Johnson Great Britain £450,000
2003 Rising Stars Novices' Chase Brother Joe Richard Johnson Great Britain £75,000
2003 Scottish Champion Hurdle In Contrast Richard Johnson Great Britain £40,000
2002 County Handicap Hurdle Rooster Booster Richard Johnson Great Britain £100,000
2002 International Hurdle Rooster Booster Richard Johnson Great Britain £112,000
2002 Persian War Novices' Hurdle Supreme Prince Paul Flynn Great Britain £75,000
2002 Queen Mother Champion Chase Flagship Uberalles Richard Johnson Great Britain £400,000
2002 Rising Stars Novices' Chase One Knight Paul Flynn Great Britain £75,000
2001 Coral Gold Cup What's Up Boys Paul Flynn Great Britain £250,000
2001 Persian War Novices' Hurdle One Knight Paul Flynn Great Britain £75,000
2001 Tingle Creek Chase Flagship Uberalles Robert Widger Great Britain £175,000
2000 Anniversary 4-Y-O Juvenile Hurdle Lord Brex Richard Johnson Great Britain £110,000
2000 BetMGM Cup What's Up Boys Paul Flynn Great Britain £110,000
2000 Sharp Novices' Hurdle Reiziger Richard Johnson Great Britain £80,000
1999 Bridle Road Handicap Hurdle Papo Kharisma Adrian Maguire Great Britain £75,000
1999 Future Champion Novices' Chase Bouchasson Robert Widger Great Britain £24,000
1997 Becher Chase Samlee Rodney Farrant Great Britain £150,000
1997 Hyde Novices' Hurdle Tidal Force Richard Dunwoody Great Britain £80,000
1996 Johnny Henderson Grand Annual Chase Kibreet Tony McCoy Great Britain £150,000
1996 Liverpool Hurdle Pleasure Shared Warren Marston Great Britain £250,000
1996 Sefton Novices' Hurdle Pleasure Shared Paul Carberry Great Britain £100,000
1995 Midlands Grand National Lucky Lane Norman Williamson Great Britain £160,000
1994 Oddschecker Handicap Chase Gold Cap Richard Dunwoody Great Britain £75,000
1994 Swinton Handicap Hurdle Dreams End Michael Hourigan, Jr. Great Britain £80,000
1990 County Handicap Hurdle Moody Man Peter Hobbs Great Britain £100,000
1989 Midlands Grand National Gallic Prince Peter Hobbs Great Britain £160,000
1989 Paddy Power Gold Cup Joint Sovereignty Graham McCourt Great Britain £160,000
1987 Persian War Novices' Hurdle Bonanza Boy Peter Hobbs Great Britain £75,000
1986 Challow Novices' Hurdle Bonanza Boy Peter Hobbs Great Britain £100,000

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 44th of 187 on big-race wins

# Trainer Wins Races Span Biggest win
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
40 Nigel Twiston-Davies 90 44 1987 to 2024 £646,880
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
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
51 Uwe Ostmann 81 40 1979 to 2011 £555,556
52 Barry Hills 80 43 1970 to 2011 £4,273,504£4.3m
53 John Hammond 79 57 1987 to 2011 £4,273,504£4.3m
54 David Smaga 79 52 1979 to 2021 £341,880

Frequently asked questions

How many big races has Philip Hobbs won?

88, across 46 different races between 1986 and 2021. That is 44th of the 187 trainers on this site.

What is the biggest race Philip Hobbs has won?

the Champion Hurdle, worth £450,000 and run in Great Britain. Philip Hobbs won it in 2003.

Which race has Philip Hobbs won most often?

the Persian War Novices' Hurdle, 6 times at Chepstow Racecourse. 25 of these races have gone to Philip Hobbs more than once.

How much prize money has Philip Hobbs 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: 88 wins, the biggest of them worth £450,000.

When did Philip Hobbs win these races?

Between 1986 and 2021. The busiest spell was 2010-12, with 16 of them.

Where to next

The races Philip Hobbs has won, and the trainers around them

The races Philip Hobbs has won

The trainers either side

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