CLEMENT L. HIRSCH STAKES · UNITED STATES
Clement L. Hirsch Stakes prize money
The Clement L. Hirsch Stakes is worth $400,000 for the 2022 running . That makes it the 227th richest of the 997 races on this site and the 90th 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.
TOTAL PRIZE MONEY $400,000
WORLD RANK 227th
RUNNINGS HELD 56
FIRST RUN 1937
What the Clement L. Hirsch Stakes is
Grade I · miles · Dirt · Del Mar Racetrack
- Racecourse
- Del Mar Racetrack
- Country
- United States
- Grade
- Grade I
- Distance
- miles
- Surface
- Dirt
- Race type
- Thoroughbred, flat racing
- Open to
- Fillies and mares, three-years-old and older
- Direction
- left-handed
- First run
- 1937
We hold the total fund for the Clement L. Hirsch 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.
Run in 1:44.10 in 2026, the Clement L. Hirsch Stakes pays $3,842 for every second of the race, which is 188th of the 611 races in horse racing prize money per second and 100th in the United States.
Every Clement L. Hirsch Stakes winner
56 runnings, 1937 to 2026, newest first
| Year | Winner | Jockey | Trainer | Owner | Prize money |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Eunomia4 · 1:44.10 | Micah J. Husbands | Saffie A. Joseph, Jr. | St. Elias Stables LLC and WSS Racing, LLC | $402,000 |
| 2025 | Seismic Beauty4 · 1:42.33 | Juan J. Hernandez | Bob Baffert | MyRacehorse & Peter Leidel | $400,500 |
| 2024 | Adare Manor5 · 1:43.29 | Juan J. Hernandez | Bob Baffert | Michael Lund Petersen | $401,500 |
| 2023 | Adare Manor4 · 1:43.33 | Juan J. Hernandez | Bob Baffert | Michael Lund Petersen | $400,000 |
| 2022 | Blue Stripe (ARG)5 · 1:42.97 | Hector I. Berrios | Marcelo Polanco | Pozo de Luna | $400,000 |
| 2021 | Shedaresthedevil4 · 1:45.38 | Florent Geroux | Brad Cox | Flurry Racing Stables, Qatar Racing and Big Aut Farms | $300,000 |
| 2020 | Fighting Mad4 · 1:43.46 | Abel Cedillo | Bob Baffert | Gary L. & Mary E. West | $250,500 |
| 2019 | Ollie's Candy4 · 1:44.66 | Kent J. Desormeaux | John W. Sadler | Paul & Karen Eggert | $300,351 |
| 2018 | Unique Bella4 · 1:44:40 | Mike E. Smith | Jerry Hollendorfer | Don Alberto Stable | $300,000 |
| 2017 | Stellar Wind5 · 1:43.92 | Victor Espinoza | John W. Sadler | Hronis Racing | $300,000 |
| 2016 | Stellar Wind4 · 1:41.24 | Victor Espinoza | John W. Sadler | Hronis Racing | $300,000 |
| 2015 | Beholder5 · 1:43.81 | Gary L. Stevens | Richard E. Mandella | Spendthrift Farm | $300,750 |
| 2014 | Iotapa4 · 1:43.04 | Joseph Talamo | John W. Sadler | Hronis Racing | $300,250 |
| 2013 | Lady of Fifty4 · 1:42.96 | Corey Nakatani | Jerry Hollendorfer | Jerry Hollendorfer & George Todaro | $301,000 |
| 2012 | Include Me Out3 · 1:41.96 | Joseph Talamo | Ronald W. Ellis | Jay Em Ess Stable | $300,000 |
| 2011 | Ultra Blend5 · 1:42.28 | Tyler Baze | Art Sherman | Nels J. Erickson | $300,000 |
| 2010 | Zenyatta6 · 1:45.03 | Mike E. Smith | John Shirreffs | Jerry & Ann Moss | $300,000 |
| 2009 | Zenyatta5 · 1:43.24 | Mike E. Smith | John Shirreffs | Jerry & Ann Moss | $300,000 |
| 2008 | Zenyatta4 · 1:41.48 | Mike E. Smith | John Shirreffs | Jerry & Ann Moss | $300,000 |
| 2007 | Nashoba's Key4 · 1:48.29 | Joseph Talamo | Carla Gaines | Warren B. Williamson | $300,000 |
| 2006 | Healthy Addiction5 · 1:42.92 | Victor Espinoza | John W. Sadler | Pamela C. Ziebarth | $294,000 |
| 2005 | Tucked Away5 · 1:42.82 | Alex O. Solis | Patrick Gallagher | Nico Nierenberg | $300,000 |
| 2004 | Miss Loren (ARG)6 · 1:42.93 | Jon Court | Luis E. Seglin | Llers Corporation | $300,000 |
| 2003 | Azeri5 · 1:42.12 | Mike E. Smith | Laura de Seroux | A. E. Paulson Trust | $300,000 |
| 2002 | Azeri4 · 1:42.66 | Mike E. Smith | Laura de Seroux | A. E. Paulson Trust | $300,000 |
| 2001 | Tranquility Lake6 · 1:41.78 | Eddie Delahoussaye | Julio C. Canani | Pam & Martin Wygod | $294,000 |
| 2000 | Riboletta (BRZ)5 · 1:42.06 | Chris McCarron | Eduardo Inda | Aaron U. & Marie Jones | $300,000 |
| 1999 | A Lady From Dixie4 · 1:43.40 | Chris Antley | D. Wayne Lukas | Robert D. & Marilyn Randal | $300,000 |
| 1998 | Sharp Cat4 · 1:42.00 | Corey Nakatani | Wallace Dollase | The Thoroughbred Corp. | $294,000 |
| 1997 | Radu Cool5 · 1:42.60 | Chris McCarron | John Shirreffs | 505 Farms | $300,000 |
| 1996 | Different (ARG)4 · 1:42.40 | Chris McCarron | Ron McAnally | Sidney Craig | $303,200 |
| 1995 | Borodislew5 · 1:41.80 | Chris McCarron | Eduardo Inda | 505 Farms | $313,100 |
| 1994 | § Paseana (ARG)7 · 1:40.40 | Chris McCarron | Ron McAnally | Sidney Craig | $202,100 |
| 1993 | Magical Maiden4 · 1:42.60 | Gary L. Stevens | Warren Stute | Clement L. Hirsch | $213,600 |
| 1992 | Exchange4 · 1:42.00 | Laffit Pincay Jr. | William Spawr | Sidney Craig | $213,100 |
| 1991 | Vieille Vigne (FR)4 · 1:42.60 | Martin A. Pedroza | Jude T. Feld | Fry & Gasen | $210,300 |
| 1990 | Bayakoa (ARG)6 · 1:40.60 | Laffit Pincay Jr. | Ron McAnally | Frank & Janis Whitham | $156,000 |
| 1989 | Goodbye Halo4 · 1:41.80 | Corey Black | Charles E. Whittingham | Alex Campbell Jr. & Arthur B. Hancock III | $133,400 |
| 1988 | Clabber Girl5 · 1:41.60 | Chris McCarron | D. Wayne Lukas | John A. Nerud | $131,600 |
| 1987 | Infinidad (CHI)5 · 1:41.40 | Corey Black | Charles E. Whittingham | Arthur B. Hancock III | $106,650 |
| 1986 | Fran's Valentine4 · 1:41.40 | Bill Shoemaker | Joseph Manzi | Green Thumb Farm | $100,000 |
| 1985 | Dontstop Themusic5 · 1:41.80 | Darrel G. McHargue | Randy Winick | Albert R. & Dana N. Broccoli | $79,775 |
| 1984 | Princess Rooney4 · 1:40.40 | Pat Valenzuela | Neil D. Drysdale | Paula J. Tucker | $105,350 |
| 1983 | § Sangue (IRE)5 · 1:42.20 | Bill Shoemaker | Henry M. Moreno | R. Charlene Parks | $80,350 |
| 1982 | Matching4 · 1:40.00 | Ray Sibille | Steven L. Morguelan | Glencrest Farm & Steven L. Morguelan | $79,600 |
| 1981 | Save Wild Life4 · 1:41.60 | Chris McCarron | Howard M. Tesher | H. Joseph Allen | $81,400 |
| 1980 | Wayside Station5 · 1:28.80 | Pat Valenzuela | Edwin J. Gregson | Harris Farms | $32,875 |
| 1979 | He's Dewan4 · 1:29.00 | Darrel G. McHargue | Jerry M. Fanning | Dan J. Agnew | $39,600 |
| 1978 | Nantequos5 · 1:29.40 | Darrel G. McHargue | Ron McAnally | Mr. & Mrs. Albert Katz | $33,750 |
| 1977 | Notably Different5 · 1:29.20 | Chuck Baltazar | Jay M. Robbins | Arthur, Parsons & Robbins | $22,375 |
| 1976 | Uniformity4 · 1:28.20 | Rudy Campas | Willard L. Proctor | Glen Hill Farm | $28,150 |
| 1975 | Bahia Key5 · 1:34.00 | Wayne Harris | Robert K. Mitchell | Robert K. Mitchell & Gil Wiener | $21,750 |
| 1974 | Bahia Key4 · 1:34.20 | Álvaro Pineda | Robert K. Mitchell | Robert K. Mitchell & Gil Wiener | $22,650 |
| 1973 | Grotonian4 · 1:50.60 | Bill Shoemaker | Charlie Whittingham | Marjorie L. Everett | $21,600 |
| 1967 | Daystar II (ARG)5 · 1:35.20 | Bill Hartack | Farrell W. Jones | Mr. & Mrs. Hastings Harcourt | $16,550 |
| 1937 | High Strike2 · 1:06.00 | Tim Sena | Albert M. Johnson | Bing Crosby | $1,145 |
56 of the 56 runnings name the rider, 56 name the trainer and 56 name the owner, who is the one of the three the prize money actually belongs to. 56 carry the total prize money for that year, converted here the same way the purse above is.
What the Clement L. Hirsch Stakes has paid, season by season
Total prize money, 1937 to 2026
$1,145 37
$17k 67
$22k 73
$23k 74
$22k 75
$28k 76
$22k 77
$34k 78
$40k 79
$33k 80
$81k 81
$80k 82
$80k 83
$105k 84
$80k 85
$100k 86
$107k 87
$132k 88
$133k 89
$156k 90
$210k 91
$213k 92
$214k 93
$202k 94
$313k 95
$303k 96
$300k 97
$294k 98
$300k 99
$300k 00
$294k 01
$300k 02
$300k 03
$300k 04
$300k 05
$294k 06
$300k 07
$300k 08
$300k 09
$300k 10
$300k 11
$300k 12
$301k 13
$300k 14
$301k 15
$300k 16
$300k 17
$300k 18
$300k 19
$251k 20
$300k 21
$400k 22
$400k 23
$402k 24
$401k 25
$402k 26
The total prize money went from $1,145 in 1937 to $402,000 in 2026, 351.1 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 Clement L. Hirsch Stakes more than once
The fact the table above holds and cannot show
Zenyatta has won it 3 times, which is more than any other horse.
5 horses have won it more than once across 56 runnings.
Most wins by a trainer
| Horse | Wins | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Zenyatta | 3 | 2008, 2009, 2010 |
| Adare Manor | 2 | 2023, 2024 |
| Stellar Wind | 2 | 2016, 2017 |
| Azeri | 2 | 2002, 2003 |
| Bahia Key | 2 | 1974, 1975 |
Races worth about the same
Either side of the Clement L. Hirsch Stakes in the world money order
| # | Race | Country | Prize money | As published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 217 | Prix Jean-Luc LagardèreLongchamp Racecourse | France | $454,701 | €400,000 |
| 218 | Prix Marcel BoussacLongchamp Racecourse | France | $454,701 | €400,000 |
| 219 | Prix Vicomtesse VigierLongchamp Racecourse | France | $454,701 | €400,000 |
| 220 | Stayers' HurdleCheltenham Racecourse | Great Britain | $432,250 | £325,000 |
| 221 | Prix Maurice de GheestDeauville Racecourse | France | $431,966 | €380,000 |
| 222 | Celebration CupSha Tin Racecourse | Hong Kong | $410,638 | HK$3,250,000 |
| 223 | Lion Rock TrophySha Tin Racecourse | Hong Kong | $410,638 | HK$3,250,000 |
| 224 | New Zealand 2000 GuineasRiccarton Park | New Zealand | $410,478 | NZ$700,000 |
| 225 | Railway StakesEllerslie Racecourse | New Zealand | $410,478 | NZ$700,000 |
| 226 | Bing Crosby StakesDel Mar Racetrack | United States | $400,000 | $400,000 |
| 228 | Fountain of Youth StakesGulfstream Park | United States | $400,000 | $400,000 |
| 229 | Frizette StakesBelmont Park | United States | $400,000 | $400,000 |
| 230 | Gallant Bob StakesParx Casino and Racing | United States | $400,000 | $400,000 |
| 231 | Gamely StakesSanta Anita Park | United States | $400,000 | $400,000 |
| 232 | Hollywood DerbyDel Mar racetrack | United States | $400,000 | $400,000 |
| 233 | Lafayette StakesKeeneland Race Course | United States | $400,000 | $400,000 |
| 234 | Lexington Stakes (Keeneland)Keeneland Race Course | United States | $400,000 | $400,000 |
| 235 | Matt Winn StakesChurchill Downs | United States | $400,000 | $400,000 |
| 236 | National Museum of Racing Hall of Fame StakesSaratoga Race Course | United States | $400,000 | $400,000 |
| 237 | Oklahoma DerbyRemington Park | United States | $400,000 | $400,000 |
The 20 races closest to the Clement L. Hirsch 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 the United States
196 races, 90th of them is this one
| Race | Racecourse | Grade | Prize money |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunland Park Derby | Sunland Park Racetrack | Listed | $500,000 |
| Test Stakes | Saratoga Race Course | Grade I | $500,000 |
| Woody Stephens Stakes | Belmont Park | Grade I | $500,000 |
| Bing Crosby Stakes | Del Mar Racetrack | Grade I | $400,000 |
| Fountain of Youth Stakes | Gulfstream Park | Grade II | $400,000 |
| Frizette Stakes | Belmont Park | Grade I | $400,000 |
| Gallant Bob Stakes | Parx Casino and Racing | Grade II | $400,000 |
| Gamely Stakes | Santa Anita Park | Grade 1 | $400,000 |
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 Clement L. Hirsch Stakes prize money?
$400,000, for the 2022 running.
Where does the Clement L. Hirsch Stakes rank among the richest races in the world?
227th of 997. 226 races pay more, the nearest of them Prix Jean-Luc Lagardère. In the United States it is 90th of 196.
Which horse has won the Clement L. Hirsch Stakes most often?
Zenyatta, 3 times, in 2008, 2009, 2010.
Which jockey has won the Clement L. Hirsch Stakes most often?
Chris McCarron, with 7 wins between 1981 and 2000.
When was the Clement L. Hirsch Stakes first run?
1937. This page holds 56 runnings, from 1937 to 2026.
How far is the Clement L. Hirsch Stakes?
miles, on dirt, at Del Mar Racetrack.
Where to next
The rest of the racing money