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TRAINER · 41st BY BIG-RACE WINS

Richard Hannon Sr.

90 wins in the world's richest races between 1973 and 2013, across 48 different races. The biggest is the St James's Palace Stakes, worth £650,000.

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 90
BIGGEST WIN £650k
RACES WON 48
FIRST AND LAST 1973 to 2013
COUNTRIES 5

When the wins came

90 wins from 1973 to 2013, in 3-year spells

Best spell: 1992-94, 20 wins

A list of winners sorted by date reads as one long run. Drawn, it has a shape: Richard Hannon Sr. took 20 of these 90 in 1992-94 alone.

The races Richard Hannon Sr. keeps winning

By number of wins

14 won more than once

Easter Stakes 7 Craven Stakes 6 Greenham Stakes 6 Esher Cup 5 European Free Handicap 5 Pavilion Stakes 4 Heron Stakes 4 2000 Guineas Stakes 3 Irish 2,000 Guineas 3 Jersey Stakes 3 Thoroughbred Stakes 3 Prix Jean Prat 2

Every big race Richard Hannon Sr. has won

90 winners, newest first

48 different races

Year Race Horse Jockey Country Worth
2013 Craven Stakes Toronado Richard Hughes Great Britain £85,000
2013 Greenham Stakes Olympic Glory Richard Hughes Great Britain £55,000
2013 Heron Stakes Montiridge Richard Hughes Great Britain £45,000
2013 Pavilion Stakes Ninjago Richard Hughes Great Britain £80,000
2013 Prix Jean Prat Havana Gold Mickael Barzalona France £341,880
2013 Sandy Lane Stakes Professor Pat Dobbs Great Britain £125,000
2013 Sir Henry Cecil Stakes Montiridge Richard Hughes Great Britain £25,500
2013 Thoroughbred Stakes Montiridge Richard Hughes Great Britain £100,000
2012 Craven Stakes Trumpet Major Ryan Moore Great Britain £85,000
2012 Gran Criterium Law Enforcement Stéphane Pasquier Italy £235,043
2012 Pavilion Stakes Gusto Richard Hughes Great Britain £80,000
2012 Prix Jean-Luc Lagardère Olympic Glory Richard Hughes France £341,880
2012 Prix Sigy Gusto Olivier Peslier France £68,376
2011 European Free Handicap Pausanias Richard Hughes Great Britain £35,000
2011 Jersey Stakes Strong Suit Richard Hughes Great Britain £110,000
2011 Premio Vittorio di Capua Dick Turpin Christophe Soumillon Italy £235,043
2010 Greenham Stakes Dick Turpin Ryan Moore Great Britain £55,000
2010 Irish 2,000 Guineas Canford Cliffs Richard Hughes Ireland £393,162
2010 Prix Jean Prat Dick Turpin Richard Hughes France £341,880
2010 St James's Palace Stakes Canford Cliffs Richard Hughes Great Britain £650,000
2009 Easter Stakes Pure Poetry Richard Hughes Great Britain £40,000
2009 Grand Prix de Chantilly Scintillo Richard Hughes France £111,111
2009 Prix d'Aumale Middle Club Ioritz Mendizabal France £47,863
2008 Esher Cup Commander Cave Richard Hughes Great Britain £45,000
2008 Greenham Stakes Paco Boy Richard Hughes Great Britain £55,000
2008 Heron Stakes Redolent Ryan Moore Great Britain £45,000
2008 Prix de la Forêt Paco Boy Christophe Soumillon France £299,145
2008 Prix La Rochette Soul City Richard Hughes France £68,376
2007 Gran Criterium Scintillo Ryan Moore Italy £235,043
2007 Greenham Stakes Major Cadeaux Richard Hughes Great Britain £55,000
2006 Easter Stakes Asset Richard Hughes Great Britain £40,000
2006 Pavilion Stakes Assertive Richard Hughes Great Britain £80,000
2006 Prix de Ris-Orangis Presto Shinko Thierry Thulliez France £47,863
2005 Esher Cup Prince Samos Ryan Moore Great Britain £45,000
2005 European Free Handicap Kamakiri Ryan Moore Great Britain £35,000
2005 Thoroughbred Stakes Forward Move Ryan Moore Great Britain £100,000
2003 Craven Stakes Hurricane Alan Jimmy Fortune Great Britain £85,000
2003 Gallinule Stakes Nysaean Jimmy Fortune Ireland £42,735
2002 Greenham Stakes Redback Darryll Holland Great Britain £55,000
2002 Heron Stakes Hero's Journey Darryll Holland Great Britain £45,000
2001 Craven Stakes King's Ironbridge Richard Hughes Great Britain £85,000
2001 Fairway Stakes Potemkin Dane O'Neill Great Britain £40,000
2000 Craven Stakes Umistim Richard Hughes Great Britain £85,000
2000 European Free Handicap Cape Town Richard Hughes Great Britain £35,000
2000 Prix Maurice de Gheest Bold Edge Dane O'Neill France £324,786
1999 Jersey Stakes Lots of Magic Dane O'Neill Great Britain £110,000
1999 Pavilion Stakes Sampower Star Dane O'Neill Great Britain £80,000
1998 Prix de Meautry Andreyev Darryll Holland France £68,376
1997 Easter Stakes Pelham Dane O'Neill Great Britain £40,000
1996 Critérium de Maisons-Laffitte Deadly Dudley Olivier Peslier France £162,393
1996 Easter Stakes Regiment Richard Quinn Great Britain £40,000
1996 European Free Handicap Cayman Kai Pat Eddery Great Britain £35,000
1995 Easter Stakes Two O'Clock Jump Pat Eddery Great Britain £40,000
1995 Jersey Stakes Sergeyev Richard Hughes Great Britain £110,000
1995 Prix Quincey Two O'Clock Jump Gérald Mossé France £47,863
1995 Prix Robert Papin Lucky Lionel John Reid France £111,111
1995 St. Leger Italiano Assessor Richard Hughes Italy £55,470
1994 Esher Cup Stash The Cash Frankie Dettori Great Britain £45,000
1994 European Free Handicap Bluegrass Prince Frankie Dettori Great Britain £35,000
1994 Gallinule Stakes Right Win Lester Piggott Ireland £42,735
1994 Heron Stakes Bluegrass Prince Brent Thomson Great Britain £45,000
1994 Newmarket Stakes Alriffa John Reid Great Britain £55,000
1993 Cocked Hat Stakes Geisway Lester Piggott Great Britain £60,000
1993 Easter Stakes Right Win John Reid Great Britain £40,000
1993 Esher Cup Eastern Memories D Gibbs Great Britain £45,000
1993 Gordon Stakes Right Win John Reid Great Britain £200,000
1993 Prix du Cadran Assessor John Reid France £256,410
1993 Prix Eugène Adam Revelation Tony Cruz France £111,111
1992 Dee Stakes My Memoirs John Reid Great Britain £100,000
1992 Easter Stakes Lucky Lindy John Reid Great Britain £40,000
1992 King Edward VII Stakes Beyton Michael Kinane Great Britain £250,500
1992 Lingfield Derby Trial Assessor Walter Swinburn Great Britain £60,000
1992 Premio Carlo e Francesco Aloisi Swing Low Richard Quinn Italy £52,650
1992 Prix de l'Abbaye de Longchamp Mr Brooks Lester Piggott France £299,145
1992 Prix de Seine-et-Oise Central City Corey Black France £68,376
1992 Prix Royal-Oak Assessor Richard Quinn France £299,145
1992 Thoroughbred Stakes River Falls John Reid Great Britain £100,000
1991 Challow Novices' Hurdle Lift and Load Graham McCourt Great Britain £100,000
1991 Christmas Hurdle Gran Alba Graham McCourt Great Britain £130,000
1991 Esher Cup Rapid Coracle Brian Rouse Great Britain £45,000
1990 2000 Guineas Stakes Tirol Michael Kinane Great Britain £525,000
1990 Craven Stakes Tirol Pat Eddery Great Britain £85,000
1990 Greenham Stakes Rock City Pat Eddery Great Britain £55,000
1990 Irish 2,000 Guineas Tirol Pat Eddery Ireland £393,162
1990 King George V Stakes Lift And Load Brian Rouse Great Britain £110,000
1989 Badener Sprint-Cup Savahra Sound Bruce Raymond Germany £42,735
1987 2000 Guineas Stakes Don't Forget Me Willie Carson Great Britain £525,000
1987 Irish 2,000 Guineas Don't Forget Me Willie Carson Ireland £393,162
1973 2000 Guineas Stakes Mon Fils Frankie Durr Great Britain £525,000

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 Richard Hannon Sr. wins

5 countries

Country Wins Share Biggest race won there
Great Britain 59 66% St James's Palace Stakes
France 19 21% Prix Jean Prat
Ireland 5 6% Irish 2,000 Guineas
Italy 5 6% Gran Criterium
Germany 1 1% Badener Sprint-Cup

The trainers either side

Ranked 41st of 187 on big-race wins

# Trainer Wins Races Span Biggest win
31 Freddy Head 114 71 1999 to 2021 £4,511,278£4.5m
32 Carlos Laffon-Parias 107 68 1995 to 2024 £4,273,504£4.3m
33 Woody Stephens 106 55 1949 to 1989 £3,759,399£3.8m
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
42 Dick Hern 89 43 1958 to 1997 £1,500,000£1.5m
43 Bruno Schütz 88 36 1971 to 1997 £555,556
44 Philip Hobbs 88 47 1986 to 2026 £450,000
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

Frequently asked questions

How many big races has Richard Hannon Sr. won?

90, across 48 different races between 1973 and 2013. That is 41st of the 187 trainers on this site.

What is the biggest race Richard Hannon Sr. has won?

the St James's Palace Stakes, worth £650,000 and run in Great Britain. Richard Hannon Sr. won it in 2010.

Which race has Richard Hannon Sr. won most often?

the Easter Stakes, 7 times at Kempton Park. 14 of these races have gone to Richard Hannon Sr. more than once.

How much prize money has Richard Hannon Sr. 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: 90 wins, the biggest of them worth £650,000.

When did Richard Hannon Sr. win these races?

Between 1973 and 2013. The busiest spell was 1992-94, with 20 of them.

Where to next

The races Richard Hannon Sr. has won, and the trainers around them

The races Richard Hannon Sr. has won

The trainers either side

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