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TRAINER · 172nd BY BIG-RACE WINS

Venetia Williams

33 wins in the world's richest races between 1998 and 2026, across 24 different races. The biggest is the Coral Gold Cup, worth £250,000.

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 33
BIGGEST WIN £250k
RACES WON 24
FIRST AND LAST 1998 to 2026
COUNTRIES 1

When the wins came

33 wins from 1998 to 2026, in 3-year spells

Best spell: 1998-00, 8 wins

A list of winners sorted by date reads as one long run. Drawn, it has a shape: Venetia Williams took 8 of these 33 in 1998-00 alone.

The races Venetia Williams keeps winning

By number of wins

8 won more than once

Sun Racing Plate Handicap Chase 3 Coral Gold Cup 2 Betfair Chase 2 Welsh Grand National 2 Johnny Henderson Grand Annual Chase 2 December Gold Cup 2 Sodexo Live! Gold Cup 2 Hyde Novices' Hurdle 2 King George VI Chase 1 Broadway Novices' Chase 1 Paddy Power Gold Cup 1 Becher Chase 1

Every big race Venetia Williams has won

33 winners, newest first

24 different races

Year Race Horse Jockey Country Worth
2026 Johnny Henderson Grand Annual Chase Martator Charlie Deutsch Great Britain £150,000
2025 Charlie Hall Chase Djelo Charlie Deutsch Great Britain £100,000
2024 Betfair Chase Royale Pagaille Charlie Deutsch Great Britain £200,000
2024 December Gold Cup Gemirande Charlie Deutsch Great Britain £125,000
2023 Becher Chase Chambard Lucy Turner Great Britain £150,000
2023 Betfair Chase Royale Pagaille Charlie Deutsch Great Britain £200,000
2023 Sodexo Live! Gold Cup Victtorino Charlie Deutsch Great Britain £100,000
2022 Broadway Novices' Chase L'Homme Presse Charlie Deutsch Great Britain £200,000
2022 Fulke Walwyn Kim Muir Challenge Cup Chambard Lucy Turner Great Britain £75,000
2021 Centenary Novices' Handicap Chase Farinet Charlie Deutsch Great Britain £40,000
2021 Coral Gold Cup Cloudy Glen Charlie Deutsch Great Britain £250,000
2014 December Gold Cup Niceonefrankie Aidan Coleman Great Britain £125,000
2014 Welsh Grand National Emperor's Choice Aidan Coleman Great Britain £170,000
2013 Sodexo Live! Gold Cup Houblon Des Obeaux Aidan Coleman Great Britain £100,000
2013 Sun Racing Plate Handicap Chase Carrickboy Liam Treadwell Great Britain £120,000
2012 Rising Stars Novices' Chase Houblon des Obeaux Aidan Coleman Great Britain £75,000
2009 Pertemps Final Kayf Aramis Aidan Coleman Great Britain £100,000
2009 Sun Racing Plate Handicap Chase Something Wells Will Biddick Great Britain £120,000
2008 Red Rum Handicap Chase Stan Aidan Coleman Great Britain £100,000
2007 Sun Racing Plate Handicap Chase Idole First Alan O'Keeffe Great Britain £120,000
2005 BetMGM Cup Idole First Alan O'Keeffe Great Britain £110,000
2004 Bridle Road Handicap Hurdle His Nibs Joe Tizzard Great Britain £75,000
2002 Hyde Novices' Hurdle Taming Tony McCoy Great Britain £80,000
2002 Scottish Champion Hurdle Milligan Norman Williamson Great Britain £40,000
2001 Swinton Handicap Hurdle Milligan Norman Williamson Great Britain £80,000
2000 Henry VIII Novices' Chase Crocadee Paul Flynn Great Britain £100,000
2000 Johnny Henderson Grand Annual Chase Samakaan Norman Williamson Great Britain £150,000
2000 Welsh Grand National Jocks Cross Brian Crowley Great Britain £170,000
1999 1965 Chase Nordance Prince Richard Johnson Great Britain £80,000
1999 Paddy Power Gold Cup The Outback Way Norman Williamson Great Britain £160,000
1998 Coral Gold Cup Teeton Mill Norman Williamson Great Britain £250,000
1998 Hyde Novices' Hurdle Arctic Camper Norman Williamson Great Britain £80,000
1998 King George VI Chase Teeton Mill Norman Williamson Great Britain £250,000

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 172nd of 187 on big-race wins

# Trainer Wins Races Span Biggest win
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
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
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
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

Frequently asked questions

How many big races has Venetia Williams won?

33, across 24 different races between 1998 and 2026. That is 172nd of the 187 trainers on this site.

What is the biggest race Venetia Williams has won?

the Coral Gold Cup, worth £250,000 and run in Great Britain. Venetia Williams won it in 2021, 1998.

Which race has Venetia Williams won most often?

the Sun Racing Plate Handicap Chase, 3 times at Cheltenham Racecourse. 8 of these races have gone to Venetia Williams more than once.

How much prize money has Venetia Williams 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 £250,000.

When did Venetia Williams win these races?

Between 1998 and 2026. The busiest spell was 1998-00, with 8 of them.

Where to next

The races Venetia Williams has won, and the trainers around them

The races Venetia Williams has won

The trainers either side

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