Breeders' Cup Turf prize money
The Breeders' Cup Turf is worth $5,000,000 for the 2024 running . That makes it the 12th richest of the 997 races on this site and the 2nd richest in the United States.
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 Breeders' Cup Turf is
Grade I · miles · Turf · North America
- Racecourse
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Grade
- Grade I
- Distance
- miles
- Surface
- Turf
- Race type
- Thoroughbred
- Open to
- 3-year-olds and up
- Direction
- Left-handed
- First run
- 1984
We hold the total fund for the Breeders' Cup Turf 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.
Run in 2:25.45 in 2025, the Breeders' Cup Turf pays $34,376 for every second of the race, which is 16th of the 611 races in horse racing prize money per second and 3rd in the United States.
Every Breeders' Cup Turf winner
42 runnings, 1984 to 2025, newest first
| Year | Winner | Jockey | Trainer | Owner | Prize money |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Ethical Diamond (IRE)5 · 2:25.45 | Dylan Browne McMonagle | Willie Mullins | H O S Syndicate | $5,000,000$5.0m |
| 2024 | Rebel's Romance (IRE)6 · 2:26.07 | William Buick | Charlie Appleby | Godolphin | $5,000,000$5.0m |
| 2023 | Auguste Rodin (IRE)3 · 2:24.30 | Ryan Moore | Aidan O'Brien | Tabor / Smith / Magnier / Westerberg | $4,000,000$4.0m |
| 2022 | Rebel's Romance (IRE)4 · 2:26.35 | James Doyle | Charlie Appleby | Godolphin | $4,000,000$4.0m |
| 2021 | Yibir (GB)3 · 2:25.90 | William Buick | Charlie Appleby | Godolphin | $4,000,000$4.0m |
| 2020 | Tarnawa† (IRE)4 · 2:28.02 | Colin Keane | Dermot Weld | Aga Khan IV | $4,000,000$4.0m |
| 2019 | Bricks and Mortar5 · 2:24.73 | Irad Ortiz Jr. | Chad C. Brown | Klaravich Stables & William Lawrence | $4,000,000$4.0m |
| 2018 | Enable† (GB)4 · 2:32.65 | Frankie Dettori | John Gosden | Khalid ibn Abdullah | $4,000,000$4.0m |
| 2017 | Talismanic (GB)4 · 2:26.19 | Mickael Barzalona | André Fabre | Godolphin Stable Lessee | $4,000,000$4.0m |
| 2016 | Highland Reel (IRE)4 · 2:23.00 | Seamie Heffernan | Aidan O'Brien | Michael Tabor, Sue Magnier, Derrick Smith | $4,000,000$4.0m |
| 2015 | Found† (IRE)3 · 2:32.06 | Ryan Moore | Aidan O'Brien | Michael Tabor, Sue Magnier, Derrick Smith | $3,000,000$3.0m |
| 2014 | Main Sequence5 · 2:24.91 | John R. Velazquez | Graham Motion | Flaxman Holdings | $3,000,000$3.0m |
| 2013 | Magician (IRE)3 · 2:23.23 | Ryan Moore | Aidan O'Brien | Derrick Smith | $3,000,000$3.0m |
| 2012 | Little Mike5 · 2:22.83 | Ramon Domínguez | Dale Romans | Priscilla Vaccarezza | $3,000,000$3.0m |
| 2011 | St Nicholas Abbey (IRE)4 · 2:28:85 | Joseph O'Brien | Aidan O'Brien | Michael Tabor, Sue Magnier, Derrick Smith | $3,000,000$3.0m |
| 2010 | Dangerous Midge4 · 2:29.40 | Frankie Dettori | Brian J. Meehan | Iraj Parvizi | $3,000,000$3.0m |
| 2009 | Conduit (IRE)4 · 2:23.75 | Ryan Moore | Sir Michael Stoute | Ballymacoll Farm | $3,000,000$3.0m |
| 2008 | Conduit (IRE)3 · 2:23.42 | Ryan Moore | Sir Michael Stoute | Ballymacoll Farm | $3,000,000$3.0m |
| 2007 | English Channel5 · 2:36.96 | John R. Velazquez | Todd A. Pletcher | James T. Scatuorchio | $3,000,000$3.0m |
| 2006 | Red Rocks (IRE)3 · 2:27.32 | Frankie Dettori | Brian J. Meehan | J. Paul Reddam | $3,000,000$3.0m |
| 2005 | Shirocco (GER)4 · 2:29.20 | Christophe Soumillon | André Fabre | Baron Georg von Ullmann | $2,000,000$2.0m |
| 2004 | Better Talk Now5 · 2:29.70 | Ramon Domínguez | H. Graham Motion | Bushwood Stables | $2,000,000$2.0m |
| 2003 | High Chaparral (DH) (IRE)4 · 2:24.24 | Michael Kinane | Aidan O'Brien | Michael Tabor, Sue Magnier | $2,000,000$2.0m |
| 2002 | High Chaparral (IRE)3 · 2:30.14 | Michael Kinane | Aidan O'Brien | Michael Tabor/Sue Magnier | $2,000,000$2.0m |
| 2001 | Fantastic Light5 · 2:24.20 | Frankie Dettori | Saeed bin Suroor | Godolphin Racing | $2,000,000$2.0m |
| 2000 | Kalanisi (IRE)4 · 2:26.96 | Johnny Murtagh | Sir Michael Stoute | HH Aga Khan IV | $2,000,000$2.0m |
| 1999 | Daylami (IRE)5 · 2:24.73 | Frankie Dettori | Saeed bin Suroor | HH Aga Khan IV/Godolphin | $2,000,000$2.0m |
| 1998 | Buck's Boy5 · 2:28.74 | Shane Sellers | P. Noel Hickey | Quarter B Farm (George Bunn) | $2,000,000$2.0m |
| 1997 | Chief Bearhart (CAN)4 · 2:23.92 | José A. Santos | Mark Frostad | Sam-Son Farm | $2,000,000$2.0m |
| 1996 | Pilsudski (IRE)4 · 2:30.20 | Walter Swinburn | Michael Stoute | Lord Weinstock | $2,000,000$2.0m |
| 1995 | Northern Spur (IRE)4 · 2:42.07 | Chris McCarron | Ron McAnally | Charles J. Cella | $2,000,000$2.0m |
| 1994 | Tikkanen3 · 2:26.50 | Mike E. Smith | Jonathan Pease | Augustin Stable | $2,000,000$2.0m |
| 1993 | Kotashaan (FR)5 · 2:25.16 | Kent Desormeaux | Richard Mandella | La Presle Farm | $2,000,000$2.0m |
| 1992 | Fraise4 · 2:24.08 | Pat Valenzuela | William I. Mott | Madeleine Paulson | $2,000,000$2.0m |
| 1991 | Miss Alleged†4 · 2:30.95 | Éric Legrix | Pascal Bary | Fares Farm | $2,000,000$2.0m |
| 1990 | In the Wings (GB)4 · 2:29.60 | Gary Stevens | André Fabre | Sheikh Mohammed | $2,000,000$2.0m |
| 1989 | Prized3 · 2:28.00 | Ed Delahoussaye | Neil Drysdale | Clover Racing/Meadowbrook | $2,000,000$2.0m |
| 1988 | Great Communicator5 · 2:35.20 | Ray Sibille | Thad Ackel | Class Act Farm (George Ackel) | $2,000,000$2.0m |
| 1987 | Theatrical (IRE)5 · 2:24.40 | Pat Day | William I. Mott | Allen E. Paulson | $2,000,000$2.0m |
| 1986 | Manila3 · 2:25.40 | José A. Santos | LeRoy Jolley | Bradley M. Shannon | $2,000,000$2.0m |
| 1985 | Pebbles† (GB)4 · 2:27.00 | Pat Eddery | Clive Brittain | Sheikh Mohammed | $2,000,000$2.0m |
| 1984 | Lashkari (GB)3 · 2:25.20 | Yves Saint-Martin | Alain de Royer-Dupré | HH Aga Khan IV | $2,000,000$2.0m |
42 of the 42 runnings name the rider, 42 name the trainer and 42 name the owner, who is the one of the three the prize money actually belongs to. 42 carry the total prize money for that year, converted here the same way the purse above is.
What the Breeders' Cup Turf has paid, season by season
Total prize money, 1984 to 2025
The total prize money went from $2,000,000 in 1984 to $5,000,000 in 2025, 2.5 times more. Every year is converted at today's rate, so the line is the money the race puts up rather than the money the exchange rate did.
Who wins the Breeders' Cup Turf more than once
The fact the table above holds and cannot show
Most wins by a trainer
| Horse | Wins | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Rebel's Romance | 2 | 2022, 2024 |
| Conduit | 2 | 2008, 2009 |
Races worth about the same
Either side of the Breeders' Cup Turf in the world money order
| # | Race | Country | Prize money | As published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 997 | Whirl StakesEmpire City Race Track, Yonkers, New York, | United States | $4,000 | $4,000 |
| 1 | The EverestRandwick Racecourse, | Australia | $14,074,074$14.1m | AU$20,000,000 |
| 2 | Dubai World CupMeydan Racecourse | United Arab Emirates | $12,000,000$12.0m | $12,000,000 |
| 3 | Japan CupTokyo Racecourse | Japan | $7,306,488$7.3m | ¥1,090,000,000 |
| 5 | Melbourne CupFlemington Racecourse | Australia | $7,037,037$7.0m | AU$10,000,000 |
| 6 | Breeders' Cup ClassicNorth America | United States | $7,000,000$7.0m | $7,000,000 |
| 7 | Dubai Sheema ClassicMeydan Racecourse | United Arab Emirates | $6,000,000$6.0m | $6,000,000 |
| 8 | Dubai TurfMeydan Racecourse | United Arab Emirates | $6,000,000$6.0m | $6,000,000 |
| 9 | Prix de l'Arc de TriompheLongchamp Racecourse | France | $5,683,761$5.7m | €5,000,000 |
| 11 | Hong Kong CupSha Tin Racecourse | Hong Kong | $5,054,000$5.1m | HK$40,000,000 |
| 13 | Kentucky DerbyChurchill Downs | United States | $5,000,000$5.0m | $5,000,000 |
| 15 | Hong Kong MileSha Tin Racecourse | Hong Kong | $4,043,200$4.0m | HK$32,000,000 |
| 16 | Queen Elizabeth II CupSha Tin Racecourse | Hong Kong | $3,790,500$3.8m | HK$30,000,000 |
| 17 | Caulfield CupCaulfield Racecourse, Melbourne, Australia | Australia | $3,518,519$3.5m | AU$5,000,000 |
| 18 | Golden Slipper StakesRosehill Gardens Racecourse | Australia | $3,518,519$3.5m | AU$5,000,000 |
| 20 | Nashville DerbyKentucky Downs | United States | $3,500,000$3.5m | $3,500,000 |
| 21 | Hong Kong SprintSha Tin Racecourse | Hong Kong | $3,285,100$3.3m | HK$26,000,000 |
| 22 | Hong Kong DerbySha Tin Racecourse | Hong Kong | $3,032,400$3.0m | HK$24,000,000 |
| 23 | Hong Kong VaseSha Tin Racecourse | Hong Kong | $3,032,400$3.0m | HK$24,000,000 |
| 24 | Pegasus World Cup Invitational StakesGulfstream Park | United States | $3,000,000$3.0m | $3,000,000 |
The 20 races closest to the Breeders' Cup Turf 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 the United States
196 races, 2nd of them is this one
| Race | Racecourse | Grade | Prize money |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lamplighter Stakes | Monmouth Park Racetrack | Non-graded stakes | $60,000 |
| Select Stakes | Monmouth Park Racetrack | Ungraded stakes | $60,000 |
| Whirl Stakes | Empire City Race Track, Yonkers, New York, | $4,000 | |
| Breeders' Cup Classic | North America | Grade I | $7,000,000$7.0m |
| Kentucky Derby | Churchill Downs | Grade I | $5,000,000$5.0m |
| Nashville Derby | Kentucky Downs | Grade II | $3,500,000$3.5m |
| Pegasus World Cup Invitational Stakes | Gulfstream Park | Grade I | $3,000,000$3.0m |
| Belmont Stakes | Belmont Park | Grade I | $2,000,000$2.0m |
Every race in the United States we hold a purse for is on the United States prize money list.
Frequently asked questions
What is the total Breeders' Cup Turf prize money?
$5,000,000, for the 2024 running.
Where does the Breeders' Cup Turf rank among the richest races in the world?
12th of 997. 11 races pay more, the nearest of them Whirl Stakes. In the United States it is 2nd of 196.
Which horse has won the Breeders' Cup Turf most often?
Rebel's Romance, 2 times, in 2022, 2024.
Which jockey has won the Breeders' Cup Turf most often?
Ryan Moore, with 5 wins between 2008 and 2023.
When was the Breeders' Cup Turf first run?
1984. This page holds 42 runnings, from 1984 to 2025.
How far is the Breeders' Cup Turf?
miles, on turf, at North America.
Where to next
The rest of the racing money