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TRAINER · 50th BY BIG-RACE WINS

Sven von Mitzlaff

81 wins in the world's richest races between 1958 and 1986, across 29 different races. The biggest is the Deutsches Derby, worth £555,556.

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 81
BIGGEST WIN £556k
RACES WON 29
FIRST AND LAST 1958 to 1986
COUNTRIES 2

When the wins came

81 wins from 1958 to 1986, in 3-year spells

Best spell: 1980-82, 17 wins

A list of winners sorted by date reads as one long run. Drawn, it has a shape: Sven von Mitzlaff took 17 of these 81 in 1980-82 alone.

The races Sven von Mitzlaff keeps winning

By number of wins

18 won more than once

Grosser Preis von Bayern 10 Deutsches Derby 7 Preis der Diana 5 Mehl-Mülhens-Rennen 5 Hansa-Preis 5 Deutsches St. Leger 5 Grosser Preis von Baden 4 Gerling-Preis 4 Grosser Preis der Landeshauptstadt Düsseldorf 4 Grosser Preis von Berlin 3 Union-Rennen 3 Grosser Preis der Wirtschaft 3

Every big race Sven von Mitzlaff has won

81 winners, newest first

29 different races

Year Race Horse Jockey Country Worth
1986 Oleander-Rennen Ganymed Peter Alafi Germany £59,829
1986 Union-Rennen Orfano Peter Alafi Germany £59,829
1985 Deutsches St. Leger Kamiros Peter Alafi Germany £42,735
1985 Gerling-Preis Ordos Peter Alafi Germany £59,829
1985 Grosser Preis von Berlin Ordos Peter Alafi Germany £132,479
1984 Deutsches St. Leger Las Vegas Peter Alafi Germany £42,735
1984 Grosser Preis der Wirtschaft Gilmore Peter Remmert Germany £47,009
1984 Grosser Preis von Bayern Las Vegas Pat Gilson Germany £128,205
1984 Hansa-Preis Ordos Peter Alafi Germany £59,829
1983 Deutsches Derby Ordos Peter Alafi Germany £555,556
1983 Deutsches St. Leger Ordos Peter Alafi Germany £42,735
1983 Dr. Busch-Memorial Gilmore Peter Schade Germany £47,009
1983 Frühjahrs-Meile Mister Rocks Peter Alafi Germany £47,009
1983 Gerling-Preis Orofino Peter Alafi Germany £59,829
1983 Grosser Preis der Landeshauptstadt Düsseldorf Mister Rocks Peter Alafi Germany £47,009
1983 Hansa-Preis Orofino Peter Alafi Germany £59,829
1983 Preis der Diana Novelle Peter Alafi Germany £427,350
1983 Preis der Sparkassen-Finanzgruppe Belesprit Peter Schade Germany £47,009
1982 Gerling-Preis Orofino Peter Alafi Germany £59,829
1982 Grosse Europa-Meile Mister Rocks Peter Alafi Germany £59,829
1982 Grosser Preis der Landeshauptstadt Düsseldorf Orofino Peter Alafi Germany £47,009
1982 Grosser Preis von Bayern Orofino Peter Alafi Germany £128,205
1982 Grosser Preis von Berlin Orofino Peter Alafi Germany £132,479
1982 Hansa-Preis Orofino Peter Alafi Germany £59,829
1982 Oleander-Rennen Seigneur Peter Schade Germany £59,829
1982 Preis der Diana Ultima Ratio Peter Alafi Germany £427,350
1982 Preis der Winterkönigin Tannenalm Peter Alafi Germany £89,744
1982 Silberne Peitsche Mister Rocks Peter Alafi Germany £47,009
1981 Deutsches Derby Orofino Peter Alafi Germany £555,556
1981 Gran Premio del Jockey Club Königsstuhl Peter Alafi Italy £235,043
1981 Grosser Preis der Landeshauptstadt Düsseldorf Königsstuhl Peter Alafi Germany £47,009
1981 Hansa-Preis Königsstuhl Peter Alafi Germany £59,829
1981 Herzog von Ratibor-Rennen Tiroler Peter Alafi Germany £47,009
1981 Mehl-Mülhens-Rennen Orofino Peter Alafi Germany £130,769
1981 Union-Rennen Orofino Peter Alafi Germany £59,829
1979 Deutsches Derby Königsstuhl Peter Alafi Germany £555,556
1979 Deutsches St. Leger Königsstuhl Peter Alafi Germany £42,735
1979 Frühjahrs Dreijährigen-Preis Königsstuhl Franz Puchta Germany £47,009
1979 Grosser Preis von Bayern Königsstuhl Peter Alafi Germany £128,205
1979 Hamburger Stuten-Preis Tannenprinzessin Peter Alafi Germany £47,009
1979 Mehl-Mülhens-Rennen Königsstuhl Peter Alafi Germany £130,769
1979 Preis der Sparkassen-Finanzgruppe Lorimer Peter Alafi Germany £47,009
1978 Grosser Preis der Wirtschaft La Tour Peter Alafi Germany £47,009
1978 Preis der Diana Trient Paul Cook Germany £427,350
1977 Deutsches St. Leger La Tour Peter Alafi Germany £42,735
1977 Preis der Diana Friedrichsruh Peter Alafi Germany £427,350
1976 Grosser Preis von Bayern Kandia Erwin Schindler Germany £128,205
1975 Grosser Preis von Berlin Athenagoras Harro Remmert Germany £132,479
1975 Mehl-Mülhens-Rennen Kronenkranich Harro Remmert Germany £130,769
1974 Grosser Preis von Bayern Athenagoras Harro Remmert Germany £128,205
1974 Hansa-Preis Caracol Fritz Drechsler Germany £59,829
1974 Herzog von Ratibor-Rennen Kronenkranich Harro Remmert Germany £47,009
1974 Preis der Diana Loisach Harro Remmert Germany £427,350
1974 Zukunfts-Rennen Kronenkranich Harro Remmert Germany £47,009
1973 Bavarian Classic Athenagoras Harro Remmert Germany £59,829
1973 Deutsches Derby Athenagoras Harro Remmert Germany £555,556
1973 Gerling-Preis Caracol Harro Remmert Germany £59,829
1973 Grosser Preis von Baden Athenagoras Harro Remmert Germany £341,880
1973 Grosser Preis von Bayern Athenagoras Harro Remmert Germany £128,205
1972 Fürstenberg-Rennen Caracol Oskar Langner Germany £47,009
1972 Grosser Preis von Baden Caracol Oskar Langner Germany £341,880
1972 Mehl-Mülhens-Rennen Caracol Oskar Langner Germany £130,769
1971 Grosser Preis von Baden Cortez Oskar Langner Germany £341,880
1970 Grosser Preis der Landeshauptstadt Düsseldorf Norfolk Peter Remmert Germany £47,009
1970 Hessen-Pokal Elviro Peter Alafi Germany £47,009
1970 Preis von Europa Cortez Oskar Langner Germany £106,838
1970 Union-Rennen Oktavio Peter Alafi Germany £59,829
1969 Bavarian Classic Traminer Oskar Langner Germany £59,829
1969 Fürstenberg-Rennen Lilie Harro Remmert Germany £47,009
1969 Grosser Preis der Wirtschaft Cortez Oskar Langner Germany £47,009
1968 Deutsches Derby Elviro Peter Alafi Germany £555,556
1968 German 1,000 Guineas Ordinanz Peter Alafi Germany £106,838
1968 Grosser Preis von Baden Luciano Oskar Langner Germany £341,880
1968 Grosser Preis von Bayern Luciano Oskar Langner Germany £128,205
1968 Mehl-Mülhens-Rennen Literat Oskar Langner Germany £130,769
1967 Deutsches Derby Luciano Lester Piggott Germany £555,556
1967 Grosser Preis von Bayern Luciano Oskar Langner Germany £128,205
1967 Hessen-Pokal On Dit Harro Remmert Germany £47,009
1966 Deutsches Derby Ilix Oskar Langner Germany £555,556
1965 Grosser Preis von Bayern Kronzeuge Oskar Langner Germany £128,205
1958 Grosser Preis von Bayern Andalusier Oskar Langner Germany £128,205

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 Sven von Mitzlaff wins

2 countries

Country Wins Share Biggest race won there
Germany 80 99% Deutsches Derby
Italy 1 1% Gran Premio del Jockey Club

The trainers either side

Ranked 50th of 187 on big-race wins

# Trainer Wins Races Span Biggest win
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
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
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
55 Ron McAnally 77 38 1961 to 2014 £3,759,399£3.8m
56 Luca Cumani 76 54 1980 to 2018 £5,493,600£5.5m
57 Patrick Biancone 76 57 1980 to 2020 £4,273,504£4.3m
58 Mike de Kock 75 26 1999 to 2022 £4,511,278£4.5m
59 Paul Cole 74 60 1983 to 2019 £1,500,000£1.5m
60 William Haggas 72 56 1988 to 2026 £1,500,000£1.5m

Frequently asked questions

How many big races has Sven von Mitzlaff won?

81, across 29 different races between 1958 and 1986. That is 50th of the 187 trainers on this site.

What is the biggest race Sven von Mitzlaff has won?

the Deutsches Derby, worth £555,556 and run in Germany. Sven von Mitzlaff won it in 1983, 1981, 1979, 1973, 1968, 1967, 1966.

Which race has Sven von Mitzlaff won most often?

Grosser Preis von Bayern, 10 times at Munich Racecourse. 18 of these races have gone to Sven von Mitzlaff more than once.

How much prize money has Sven von Mitzlaff 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: 81 wins, the biggest of them worth £555,556.

When did Sven von Mitzlaff win these races?

Between 1958 and 1986. The busiest spell was 1980-82, with 17 of them.

Where to next

The races Sven von Mitzlaff has won, and the trainers around them

The races Sven von Mitzlaff has won

The trainers either side

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