Caulfield Stakes prize money
The Caulfield Stakes is worth AU$1,000,000 for the 2025 running . That makes it the 131st richest of the 997 races on this site and the 22nd 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 Caulfield Stakes is
Group 1 · 2,000 metres · Turf · Caulfield Racecourse
- Racecourse
- Caulfield Racecourse
- Country
- Australia
- Grade
- Group 1
- Distance
- 2,000 metres
- Surface
- Turf
- Race type
- Thoroughbred - Flat racing
- Open to
- Three year olds and older that are not maidens
- Direction
- Left-handed
- First run
- 1886
We hold the total fund for the Caulfield Stakes 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 Caulfield Stakes winner
140 runnings, 1886 to 2025, newest first
| Year | Winner | Jockey | Trainer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Globe | ||
| 2024 | Deny Knowledge | ||
| 2023 | Alligator Blood | ||
| 2022 | Anamoe | ||
| 2021 | Probabeel | ||
| 2020 | Arcadia Queen | ||
| 2019 | Cape Of Good Hope | ||
| 2018 | Benbatl | ||
| 2017 | Gailo Chop | ||
| 2016 | Winx | ||
| 2015 | Criterion | ||
| 2014 | Fawkner | ||
| 2013 | Atlantic Jewel | ||
| 2012 | Ocean Park | ||
| 2011 | Descarado | ||
| 2010 | So You Think | ||
| 2009 | Whobegotyou | ||
| 2008 | Douro Valley | ||
| 2007 | Maldivian | ||
| 2006 | Casual Pass | ||
| 2005 | El Segundo | ||
| 2004 | Mummify | ||
| 2003 | Lonhro | ||
| 2002 | Lonhro | ||
| 2001 | Northerly | ||
| 2000 | Sky Heights | ||
| 1999 | Northern Drake | ||
| 1998 | Might And Power | ||
| 1997 | Filante | ||
| 1996 | Juggler | ||
| 1995 | Danewin | ||
| 1994 | Rough Habit | ||
| 1993 | Naturalism | ||
| 1992 | Castletown | ||
| 1991 | Shaftesbury Avenue | ||
| 1990 | Sydeston | ||
| 1989 | Almaarad | ||
| 1988 | Sky Chase | ||
| 1987 | Drought | ||
| 1986 | Bonecrusher | ||
| 1985 | Tristarc | ||
| 1984 | Alibhai | ||
| 1983 | Mr. McGinty | ||
| 1982 | Kingston Town | ||
| 1981 | Kingston Town | ||
| 1980 | Hyperno | ||
| 1979 | Mighty Kingdom | ||
| 1978 | Lloyd Boy | ||
| 1977 | Family Of Man | ||
| 1976 | How Now | ||
| 1975 | Guest Star | ||
| 1974 | Igloo | ||
| 1973 | Glengowan | ||
| 1972 | Gunsynd | ||
| 1971 | Gay Icarus | ||
| 1970 | Gay Poss | ||
| 1969 | Hamua | ||
| 1968 | Future | ||
| 1967 | Winfreux | ||
| 1966 | Winfreux | ||
| 1965 | Winfreux | ||
| 1964 | Contempler | ||
| 1963 | Sometime | ||
| 1962 | Sky High | ||
| 1961 | Sky High | ||
| 1960 | Lord | ||
| 1959 | Lord | ||
| 1958 | Lord | ||
| 1957 | Ray Ribbon | ||
| 1956 | Redcraze | ||
| 1955 | Prince Cortauld | ||
| 1954 | Rising Fast | ||
| 1953 | Flying Halo | ||
| 1952 | Peshawar | ||
| 1951 | Grey Boots | ||
| 1950 | Comic Court | ||
| 1949 | Iron Duke | ||
| 1948 | De La Salle | ||
| 1947 | Columnist | ||
| 1946 | Bernborough | ||
| 1945 | Lawrence | ||
| 1944 | Lawrence | ||
| 1943 | Amana | ||
| 1942 | Tranquil Star | ||
| 1941 | Lucrative | ||
| 1940 | High Caste | ||
| 1939 | High Caste | ||
| 1938 | Ajax | ||
| 1937 | Charles Fox | ||
| 1936 | Young Idea | ||
| 1935 | Feldspar | ||
| 1934 | Hall Mark | ||
| 1933 | Chatham | ||
| 1932 | Middle Watch | ||
| 1931 | Cimbrian | ||
| 1930 | Amounis | ||
| 1929 | High Syce | ||
| 1928 | Gothic | ||
| 1927 | Royal Charter | ||
| 1926 | Manfred | ||
| 1925 | Heroic | ||
| 1924 | The Hawk | ||
| 1923 | Maid Of The Mist | ||
| 1922 | Eurythmic | ||
| 1921 | Eurythmic | ||
| 1920 | Eurythmic | ||
| 1919 | Night Watch | ||
| 1918 | Magpie | ||
| 1917 | Lanius | ||
| 1916 | Lavendo | ||
| 1915 | Traquette | ||
| 1914 | Anna Carlovna | ||
| 1913 | Mountain Princess | ||
| 1912 | Royal Scotch | ||
| 1911 | Malt King | ||
| 1910 | Artillerie | ||
| 1909 | Artillerie | ||
| 1908 | Pink 'Un | ||
| 1907 | Ebullition | ||
| 1906 | Solution | ||
| 1905 | Torah | ||
| 1904 | Gladsome | ||
| 1903 | Abundance | ||
| 1902 | Wakeful | ||
| 1901 | Wakeful | ||
| 1900 | Severity | ||
| 1899 | Australian Star | ||
| 1898 | The Chief | ||
| 1897 | Coil | ||
| 1896 | Hopscotch | ||
| 1895 | Atlas | ||
| 1894 | The Harvester | ||
| 1893 | Brockleigh | ||
| 1892 | Camoola | ||
| 1891 | Marvel | ||
| 1890 | The Admiral | ||
| 1889 | Dreadnought | ||
| 1888 | Mentor | ||
| 1887 | Cranbrook | ||
| 1886 | Isonomy |
0 of the 140 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 Caulfield Stakes more than once
The fact the table above holds and cannot show
| Horse | Wins | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Winfreux | 3 | 1965, 1966, 1967 |
| Lord | 3 | 1958, 1959, 1960 |
| Eurythmic | 3 | 1920, 1921, 1922 |
| Lonhro | 2 | 2002, 2003 |
| Kingston Town | 2 | 1981, 1982 |
| Sky High | 2 | 1961, 1962 |
| Lawrence | 2 | 1944, 1945 |
| High Caste | 2 | 1939, 1940 |
| Artillerie | 2 | 1909, 1910 |
| Wakeful | 2 | 1901, 1902 |
Races worth about the same
Either side of the Caulfield Stakes in the world money order
| # | Race | Country | Prize money | As published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 121 | Fourstardave StakesSaratoga Race Course | United States | AU$1,065,789 | $750,000 |
| 122 | New York StakesBelmont Park | United States | AU$1,065,789 | $750,000 |
| 123 | Pat Day Mile StakesChurchill Downs | United States | AU$1,065,789 | $750,000 |
| 124 | Saratoga Derby StakesSaratoga Race Course | United States | AU$1,065,789 | $750,000 |
| 125 | Wood Memorial StakesAqueduct Racetrack | United States | AU$1,065,789 | $750,000 |
| 126 | Deutsches DerbyHorner Rennbahn | Germany | AU$1,050,000 | €650,000 |
| 127 | New Zealand DerbyEllerslie Racecourse | New Zealand | AU$1,041,626 | NZ$1,250,000 |
| 128 | King's PlateWoodbine Racetrack | Canada | AU$1,014,552 | CA$1,000,000 |
| 129 | Arrowfield 3YO SprintRandwick Racecourse, | Australia | AU$1,000,000 | AU$1,000,000 |
| 130 | Australian GuineasFlemington Racecourse | Australia | AU$1,000,000 | AU$1,000,000 |
| 132 | Concorde StakesRandwick Racecourse, Sydney, Australia | Australia | AU$1,000,000 | AU$1,000,000 |
| 133 | Percy Sykes StakesRandwick Racecourse | Australia | AU$1,000,000 | AU$1,000,000 |
| 134 | Perth CupAscot Racecourse | Australia | AU$1,000,000 | AU$1,000,000 |
| 135 | Premiere StakesRandwick Racecourse, | Australia | AU$1,000,000 | AU$1,000,000 |
| 136 | Queensland DerbyEagle Farm Racecourse | Australia | AU$1,000,000 | AU$1,000,000 |
| 137 | Randwick GuineasRandwick Racecourse, | Australia | AU$1,000,000 | AU$1,000,000 |
| 138 | Sires' Produce StakesEagle Farm Racecourse | Australia | AU$1,000,000 | AU$1,000,000 |
| 139 | South Australian DerbyMorphettville Racecourse, Adelaide, Australia | Australia | AU$1,000,000 | AU$1,000,000 |
| 140 | Stan Fox StakesRandwick Racecourse, Sydney, Australia | Australia | AU$1,000,000 | AU$1,000,000 |
| 141 | The ShortsRandwick Racecourse, | Australia | AU$1,000,000 | AU$1,000,000 |
The 20 races closest to the Caulfield Stakes 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, 22nd of them is this one
| Race | Racecourse | Grade | Prize money |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Gold Rush | Ascot Racecourse | Group 3 | AU$1,500,000 |
| Eagle Farm Cup | Doomben Racecourse | Group 2 | AU$1,200,000 |
| Arrowfield 3YO Sprint | Randwick Racecourse, | Group 2 | AU$1,000,000 |
| Australian Guineas | Flemington Racecourse | Group 1 | AU$1,000,000 |
| Concorde Stakes | Randwick Racecourse, Sydney, Australia | Group 2 | AU$1,000,000 |
| Percy Sykes Stakes | Randwick Racecourse | Group 2 | AU$1,000,000 |
| Perth Cup | Ascot Racecourse | Group 2 | AU$1,000,000 |
| Premiere Stakes | Randwick Racecourse, | Group 2 | AU$1,000,000 |
Every race in Australia we hold a purse for is on the Australia prize money list.
Frequently asked questions
What is the total Caulfield Stakes prize money?
AU$1,000,000, for the 2025 running.
Where does the Caulfield Stakes rank among the richest races in the world?
131st of 997. 130 races pay more, the nearest of them Fourstardave Stakes. In Australia it is 22nd of 291.
Which horse has won the Caulfield Stakes most often?
Winfreux, 3 times, in 1965, 1966, 1967.
When was the Caulfield Stakes first run?
1886. This page holds 140 runnings, from 1886 to 2025.
How far is the Caulfield Stakes?
2,000 metres, on turf, at Caulfield Racecourse.
Where to next
The rest of the racing money