Bendigo Cup prize money
The Bendigo Cup is worth AU$500,000 for the 2025 running . That makes it the 253rd richest of the 997 races on this site and the 44th richest in Australia.
Every figure here is the money the race announces, in the currency it announces it in. The currency control at the top swaps the whole page.
What the Bendigo Cup is
Group 3 · 2,400 metres · Turf · Bendigo Racecourse, Bendigo, Australia
- Racecourse
- Bendigo Racecourse, Bendigo, Australia
- Country
- Australia
- Grade
- Group 3
- Distance
- 2,400 metres
- Surface
- Turf
- Race type
- Thoroughbred
- Open to
- Open
- Direction
- Left-handed
- First run
- 1868
We hold the total fund for the Bendigo Cup and no separate winner's cheque. What the winner takes is a rule the racecourse sets rather than a national one, and it varies race by race.
Every Bendigo Cup winner
103 runnings, 1918 to 2025, newest first
| Year | Winner | Jockey | Trainer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Sayedaty Sadaty | ||
| 2024 | Dea King | ||
| 2023 | Interpretation | ||
| 2022 | High Emocean | ||
| 2021 | Wentwood | ||
| 2020 | Princess Jenni | ||
| 2019 | Top of the Range | ||
| 2018 | Red Alto | ||
| 2017 | Qewy | ||
| 2016 | Francis Of Assisi | ||
| 2015 | The Offer | ||
| 2014 | Bring Something | ||
| 2013 | Sertorius | ||
| 2012 | Puissance De Lune | ||
| 2011 | Tanby | ||
| 2010 | Dream Pedlar | ||
| 2009 | Zupacool | ||
| 2008 | Banana Man | ||
| 2007 | Captious | ||
| 2006 | Gallic | ||
| 2005 | True Courser | ||
| 2004 | Gallic | ||
| 2003 | Western Waters | ||
| 2002 | Forlorna | ||
| 2001 | Saboteur | ||
| 2000 | Yammer | ||
| 1999 | Majestic Avenue | ||
| 1998 | race not held | ||
| 1997 | Napier Street | ||
| 1996 | Cockade | ||
| 1995 | Double Take | ||
| 1994 | Ice Doctor | ||
| 1993 | Frontier Boy | ||
| 1992 | Rasputins Revenge | ||
| 1991 | Stick Around | ||
| 1990 | Jolly Good Thought | ||
| 1989 | Chigarow | ||
| 1988 | Betoota | ||
| 1987 | Flying Eskimo | ||
| 1986 | Impertinent Charge | ||
| 1985 | Gold Deck | ||
| 1984 | Toyed | ||
| 1983 | Al Dwain | ||
| 1982 | Spring Moss | ||
| 1981 | Magistrate | ||
| 1980 | Summer Fleur | ||
| 1979 | Rothschild | ||
| 1978 | Puramaka | ||
| 1977 | Massuk | ||
| 1976 | Bouverie | ||
| 1975 | Shiftmar | ||
| 1974 | Tudor Peak | ||
| 1973 | Sendock | ||
| 1972 | Haarle | ||
| 1971 | Raad | ||
| 1970 | Honda | ||
| 1969 | Whats Brewing | ||
| 1968 | Bobalex | ||
| 1967 | Peace Mission | ||
| 1966 | Celero | ||
| 1965 | Snowstream Lass | ||
| 1964 | Spotted | ||
| 1963 | Algalon | ||
| 1962 | Oswald | ||
| 1961 | Torrid | ||
| 1960 | Savage | ||
| 1959 | Royal Symbol | ||
| 1958 | Declaree | ||
| 1957 | Baroda Beam | ||
| 1956 | Harry Lime | ||
| 1955 | Sunish | ||
| 1954 | Just Caroline | ||
| 1953 | Most Regal | ||
| 1952 | Most Regal | ||
| 1951 | Matterhorn | ||
| 1950 | Prince O'Fairies | ||
| 1949 | Flemish | ||
| 1948 | Doctrine | ||
| 1947 | Manakau | ||
| 1946 | Skyway | ||
| 1940 | 1945 | ||
| 1939 | Bell Buoy | ||
| 1938 | Maluno | ||
| 1937 | Evening Mist | ||
| 1936 | Counter Patrol | ||
| 1935 | Gay Star | ||
| 1934 | Nellie's Tip | ||
| 1933 | Metallurgy | ||
| 1932 | Roc | ||
| 1931 | Lampra | ||
| 1930 | Temptation | ||
| 1929 | Master Lunette | ||
| 1928 | Madam | ||
| 1927 | Epilogue | ||
| 1926 | Longworthy | ||
| 1925 | Valwyne | ||
| 1924 | King Pan | ||
| 1923 | Creeper | ||
| 1922 | Yacamunda | ||
| 1921 | Gringalet | ||
| 1920 | Romani | ||
| 1919 | Bullengarook | ||
| 1918 | Hoprig |
0 of the 103 runnings name the rider, 0 name the trainer and 0 name the owner, who is the one of the three the prize money actually belongs to.
Who wins the Bendigo Cup more than once
The fact the table above holds and cannot show
| Horse | Wins | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Gallic | 2 | 2004, 2006 |
| Most Regal | 2 | 1952, 1953 |
Races worth about the same
Either side of the Bendigo Cup in the world money order
| # | Race | Country | Prize money | As published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 241 | West Virginia DerbyMountaineer Park | United States | AU$568,421 | $400,000 |
| 243 | Grande Course de Haies d'AuteuilAuteuil Racecourse | France | AU$565,385 | €350,000 |
| 244 | Prix de l'Abbaye de LongchampLongchamp Racecourse | France | AU$565,385 | €350,000 |
| 245 | Prix de la ForêtLongchamp Racecourse | France | AU$565,385 | €350,000 |
| 246 | Prix MornyDeauville Racecourse | France | AU$565,385 | €350,000 |
| 247 | Prix Royal-OakLongchamp Racecourse | France | AU$565,385 | €350,000 |
| 249 | Breeders' StakesWoodbine Racetrack | Canada | AU$507,276 | CA$500,000 |
| 250 | A D Hollindale StakesGold Coast Racecourse | Australia | AU$500,000 | AU$500,000 |
| 251 | AJC St LegerRandwick Racecourse, | Australia | AU$500,000 | AU$500,000 |
| 252 | Alister Clark StakesCaulfield or Moonee Valley Racecourse, Melbourne | Australia | AU$500,000 | AU$500,000 |
| 254 | Breeders ClassicRosehill Racecourse | Australia | AU$500,000 | AU$500,000 |
| 255 | Carbine Club StakesFlemington Racecourse | Australia | AU$500,000 | AU$500,000 |
| 256 | Challenge StakesRandwick Racecourse, | Australia | AU$500,000 | AU$500,000 |
| 257 | Geelong CupGeelong Racecourse, Geelong, Australia | Australia | AU$500,000 | AU$500,000 |
| 258 | Gloaming StakesRosehill Racecourse | Australia | AU$500,000 | AU$500,000 |
| 259 | John F. Feehan StakesMoonee Valley Racecourse, Melbourne | Australia | AU$500,000 | AU$500,000 |
| 260 | Karrakatta PlateAscot Racecourse, Perth, Western Australia | Australia | AU$500,000 | AU$500,000 |
| 261 | Peter Young StakesCaulfield Racecourse | Australia | AU$500,000 | AU$500,000 |
| 262 | The Bart CummingsFlemington Racecourse, Melbourne, Australia | Australia | AU$500,000 | AU$500,000 |
| 263 | The Damien OliverFlemington Racecourse | Australia | AU$500,000 | AU$500,000 |
The 20 races closest to the Bendigo Cup in what they pay, above and below it. Follow the ranking all the way up on the richest races in the world.
The rest of the money in Australia
291 races, 44th of them is this one
| Race | Racecourse | Grade | Prize money |
|---|---|---|---|
| Queensland Oaks | Eagle Farm Racecourse | Group 1 | AU$700,000 |
| A D Hollindale Stakes | Gold Coast Racecourse | Group 2 | AU$500,000 |
| AJC St Leger | Randwick Racecourse, | Group 3 | AU$500,000 |
| Alister Clark Stakes | Caulfield or Moonee Valley Racecourse, Melbourne | Group 2 | AU$500,000 |
| Breeders Classic | Rosehill Racecourse | Group 2 | AU$500,000 |
| Carbine Club Stakes | Flemington Racecourse | Group 3 | AU$500,000 |
| Challenge Stakes | Randwick Racecourse, | Group 2 | AU$500,000 |
| Geelong Cup | Geelong Racecourse, Geelong, Australia | Group 3 | AU$500,000 |
Every race in Australia we hold a purse for is on the Australia prize money list.
Frequently asked questions
What is the total Bendigo Cup prize money?
AU$500,000, for the 2025 running.
Where does the Bendigo Cup rank among the richest races in the world?
253rd of 997. 252 races pay more, the nearest of them West Virginia Derby. In Australia it is 44th of 291.
Which horse has won the Bendigo Cup most often?
Gallic, 2 times, in 2004, 2006.
When was the Bendigo Cup first run?
1868. This page holds 103 runnings, from 1918 to 2025.
How far is the Bendigo Cup?
2,400 metres, on turf, at Bendigo Racecourse, Bendigo, Australia.
Where to next
The rest of the racing money