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TRAINER · 173rd BY BIG-RACE WINS

Philippe Demercastel

33 wins in the world's richest races between 1988 and 2013, across 26 different races. The biggest is Grand Prix de Paris, worth £512,821.

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 £513k
RACES WON 26
FIRST AND LAST 1988 to 2013
COUNTRIES 2

When the wins came

33 wins from 1988 to 2013, in 3-year spells

Best spell: 2001-03, 7 wins

A list of winners sorted by date reads as one long run. Drawn, it has a shape: Philippe Demercastel took 7 of these 33 in 2001-03 alone.

The races Philippe Demercastel keeps winning

By number of wins

5 won more than once

Prix de Guiche 3 Prix Thomas Bryon 3 Prix d'Harcourt 2 Prix Foy 2 Prix des Chênes 2 Grand Prix de Paris 1 Prix Vermeille 1 Grande Course de Haies d'Auteuil 1 Al Maktoum Challenge (thoroughbreds) 1 Prix Dollar 1 Prix Lupin 1 Prix Greffulhe 1

Every big race Philippe Demercastel has won

33 winners, newest first

26 different races

Year Race Horse Jockey Country Worth
2013 Prix de Royaumont Eleuthera Eddy Hardouin France £68,376
2009 Prix d'Harcourt Trincot Stéphane Pasquier France £111,111
2009 Prix de Guiche Calvados Blues Gérald Mossé France £68,376
2008 Prix de Guiche Trincot Christophe Soumillon France £68,376
2008 Prix des Chênes Calvados Blues Ioritz Mendizabal France £47,863
2008 Prix Dollar Trincot Ioritz Mendizabal France £170,940
2008 Prix Exbury Spirit One Christophe Soumillon France £68,376
2006 Prix des Chênes Spirit One Dominique Boeuf France £47,863
2006 Prix des Réservoirs Chinandega Stéphane Pasquier France £68,376
2006 Prix Omnium II Porto Santo Stéphane Pasquier France £47,009
2005 Prix Greffulhe Vatori Stéphane Pasquier France £111,111
2004 Prix Thomas Bryon Vatori Stéphane Pasquier France £68,376
2003 Prix d'Harcourt Ana Marie Christophe Soumillon France £111,111
2003 Prix du Calvados Green Swallow Thierry Gillet France £111,111
2002 Prix Vanteaux Ana Marie Davy Bonilla France £68,376
2001 Al Maktoum Challenge (thoroughbreds) Hightori Olivier Peslier United Arab Emirates £201,700
2001 Grand Prix de Paris Chichicastenango Alain Junk France £512,821
2001 Prix Foy Hightori Gérald Mossé France £111,111
2001 Prix Lupin Chichicastenango Alain Junk France £170,940
2000 Prix du Prince d'Orange Hightori Gérald Mossé France £68,376
2000 Prix Thomas Bryon Chichicastenango Alain Junk France £68,376
1999 Prix Thomas Bryon Hightori Gérald Mossé France £68,376
1997 Prix Chloé Golden Arches Thierry Gillet France £68,376
1996 Prix Messidor Grey Risk Sylvain Guillot France £68,376
1996 Prix Quincey Rising Colours Alain Junk France £47,863
1993 Prix de Guiche Ranger William Mongil France £68,376
1992 Prix de Pomone Magic Night Alain Badel France £111,111
1992 Prix Foy Magic Night Alain Badel France £111,111
1991 Grande Course de Haies d'Auteuil Rose or No Vincent Sartori France £299,145
1991 Prix de Malleret Magic Night Alain Badel France £111,111
1991 Prix Vermeille Magic Night Alain Badel France £512,821
1990 Prix d'Aumale Magic Night Dominique Boeuf France £47,863
1988 Prix Edmond Blanc Rose or No Gérard Dubroeucq France £68,376

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 Philippe Demercastel wins

2 countries

Country Wins Share Biggest race won there
France 32 97% Grand Prix de Paris
United Arab Emirates 1 3% Al Maktoum Challenge (thoroughbreds)

The trainers either side

Ranked 173rd of 187 on big-race wins

# Trainer Wins Races Span Biggest win
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
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
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
181 W. Elliott Walden 30 27 1995 to 2005 £1,503,759£1.5m
182 Ralph Beckett 30 27 2007 to 2025 £4,273,504£4.3m
183 Brian Meehan 30 24 1997 to 2024 £4,511,278£4.5m

Frequently asked questions

How many big races has Philippe Demercastel won?

33, across 26 different races between 1988 and 2013. That is 173rd of the 187 trainers on this site.

What is the biggest race Philippe Demercastel has won?

Grand Prix de Paris, worth £512,821 and run in France. Philippe Demercastel won it in 2001.

Which race has Philippe Demercastel won most often?

Prix de Guiche, 3 times at Chantilly Racecourse. 5 of these races have gone to Philippe Demercastel more than once.

How much prize money has Philippe Demercastel 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 £512,821.

When did Philippe Demercastel win these races?

Between 1988 and 2013. The busiest spell was 2001-03, with 7 of them.

Where to next

The races Philippe Demercastel has won, and the trainers around them

The races Philippe Demercastel has won

The trainers either side

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