Coongy Cup prize money
The Coongy Cup is worth AU$200,000 for the 2024 running . That makes it the 618th richest of the 997 races on this site and the 218th 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 Coongy Cup is
Group 3 · 2,000 metres · Turf · Caulfield Racecourse, Melbourne, Australia
- Racecourse
- Caulfield Racecourse, Melbourne, Australia
- Country
- Australia
- Grade
- Group 3
- Distance
- 2,000 metres
- Surface
- Turf
- Race type
- Thoroughbred, Flat racing
- Open to
- Maidens ineligible
- Direction
- Left-handed
- First run
- 1898
We hold the total fund for the Coongy 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 Coongy Cup winner
116 runnings, 1898 to 2025, newest first
| Year | Winner | Jockey | Trainer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Wootton Verni | ||
| 2024 | Kingswood | ||
| 2023 | Muramasa | ||
| 2022 | Gunstock | ||
| 2021 | Duais | ||
| 2020 | Nonconformist | ||
| 2019 | Wolfe | ||
| 2018 | Best Of Days | ||
| 2017 | Kiwia | ||
| 2016 | Vanbrugh | ||
| 2015 | Stratum Star | ||
| 2014 | Contributor | ||
| 2013 | Spurtonic | ||
| 2012 | Lighinthenite | ||
| 2011 | Foreteller | ||
| 2010 | Ginga Dude | ||
| 2009 | Baughurst | ||
| 2008 | Baughurst | ||
| 2007 | Fire In The Night | ||
| 2006 | Maybe Better | ||
| 2005 | Activation | ||
| 2004 | Reclaim | ||
| 2003 | Frightening | ||
| 2002 | Mr.Lofty | ||
| 2001 | Citra's Prince | ||
| 2000 | Typhoon | ||
| 1999 | Oliver Twist | ||
| 1998 | It's All In Fun | ||
| 1997 | Our Sumo | ||
| 1996 | Circles Of Gold | ||
| 1995 | Macdrury | ||
| 1994 | Excited Angel | ||
| 1993 | Silk Ali | ||
| 1992 | Fraar | ||
| 1991 | Mantlepiece | ||
| 1990 | Kessem | ||
| 1989 | Eye Of The Sky | ||
| 1988 | Ideal Centreman | ||
| 1987 | King Of Brooklyn | ||
| 1986 | Periscope | ||
| 1985 | Under Oath | ||
| 1984 | Lancelotto | ||
| 1983 | La Cocotte | ||
| 1982 | Rose Of Kingston | ||
| 1981 | Our Paddy Boy | ||
| 1980 | Yashmak | ||
| 1979 | Sonstone | ||
| 1978 | La Mer | ||
| 1977 | Major Till | ||
| 1976 | Northbridge Lad | ||
| 1975 | Shiftmar | ||
| 1974 | Bellota | ||
| 1973 | Top Role | ||
| 1972 | Jan's Beau | ||
| 1971 | Igloo | ||
| 1970 | Lancelot | ||
| 1969 | Tails | ||
| 1968 | Pealatial | ||
| 1967 | Midlander | ||
| 1966 | Fulmen | ||
| 1965 | Dalento | ||
| 1964 | Bon Filou | ||
| 1963 | Battle Standard | ||
| 1962 | Blue Shaun | ||
| 1961 | Grand Print | ||
| 1960 | Westdale | ||
| 1959 | Contador | ||
| 1958 | Red Pine | ||
| 1957 | Ralkon | ||
| 1956 | Thaumus | ||
| 1955 | Ribera | ||
| 1954 | Sunish | ||
| 1953 | Winemaker | ||
| 1952 | Durham | ||
| 1951 | True Course | ||
| 1950 | Vantage | ||
| 1949 | Hoyle | ||
| 1948 | Britisher | ||
| 1947 | Red Fury | ||
| 1941 | Son Of Aurous | ||
| 1940 | Lanarus | ||
| 1939 | Historian | ||
| 1938 | Kingdom | ||
| 1930 | Shadow King | ||
| 1929 | Prince Viol | ||
| 1928 | Textile | ||
| 1927 | Bunkie | ||
| 1926 | Naos | ||
| 1925 | Valwyne | ||
| 1924 | Graculus | ||
| 1923 | Stare | ||
| 1922 | Paratoo | ||
| 1921 | Stare | ||
| 1920 | Ulster | ||
| 1919 | Kunegetis | ||
| 1918 | Camp Out | ||
| 1917 | King's Bounty | ||
| 1916 | Torbane | ||
| 1915 | Cock O' The North | ||
| 1914 | Sylvanmore | ||
| 1913 | Effervescence | ||
| 1912 | Artesian | ||
| 1911 | Didus | ||
| 1910 | Eye Glass | ||
| 1909 | Dhobi | ||
| 1908 | Welcome Trist | ||
| 1907 | Apologue | ||
| 1906 | Demas | ||
| 1905 | Scot Free | ||
| 1904 | Sylvan King | ||
| 1903 | Elderslie | ||
| 1902 | Vanity Fair | ||
| 1901 | Juggler | ||
| 1900 | Clean Sweep | ||
| 1899 | Dewey | ||
| 1898 | Hymettus |
0 of the 116 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 Coongy Cup more than once
The fact the table above holds and cannot show
| Horse | Wins | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Baughurst | 2 | 2008, 2009 |
| Stare | 2 | 1921, 1923 |
Races worth about the same
Either side of the Coongy Cup in the world money order
| # | Race | Country | Prize money | As published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 608 | Aurie's Star HandicapFlemington Racecourse | Australia | AU$200,000 | AU$200,000 |
| 609 | Belmont SprintBelmont Park Racecourse, Perth, Western Australia | Australia | AU$200,000 | AU$200,000 |
| 610 | Bill Ritchie HandicapRandwick Racecourse, | Australia | AU$200,000 | AU$200,000 |
| 611 | Black Opal StakesCanberra Racecourse, Canberra, Australia | Australia | AU$200,000 | AU$200,000 |
| 612 | Bletchingly StakesCaulfield Racecourse | Australia | AU$200,000 | AU$200,000 |
| 613 | C S Hayes StakesFlemington Racecourse | Australia | AU$200,000 | AU$200,000 |
| 614 | Chairman's HandicapDoomben Racecourse, Brisbane, Australia | Australia | AU$200,000 | AU$200,000 |
| 615 | Chairman's StakesCaulfield Racecourse, Melbourne, Australia | Australia | AU$200,000 | AU$200,000 |
| 616 | Champagne Stakes (MVRC)Moonee Valley Racecourse, Melbourne, Australia | Australia | AU$200,000 | AU$200,000 |
| 617 | Colonel Reeves StakesAscot Racecourse, Perth, Western Australia | Australia | AU$200,000 | AU$200,000 |
| 619 | Courtza StakesCaulfield Racecourse, Melbourne, Australia | Australia | AU$200,000 | AU$200,000 |
| 620 | Easter CupCaulfield Racecourse | Australia | AU$200,000 | AU$200,000 |
| 621 | Eclipse StakesSandown Racecourse, Melbourne, Australia | Australia | AU$200,000 | AU$200,000 |
| 622 | Ethereal StakesCaulfield Racecourse, Melbourne, Australia | Australia | AU$200,000 | AU$200,000 |
| 623 | Eurythmic StakesAscot Racecourse, Perth, Western Australia | Australia | AU$200,000 | AU$200,000 |
| 624 | Frances Tressady StakesFlemington Racecourse, Melbourne, Australia | Australia | AU$200,000 | AU$200,000 |
| 625 | Geoffrey Bellmaine StakesCaulfield Racecourse | Australia | AU$200,000 | AU$200,000 |
| 626 | George Moore StakesEagle Farm Racecourse | Australia | AU$200,000 | AU$200,000 |
| 627 | Gimcrack StakesAscot Racecourse, Perth, Western Australia | Australia | AU$200,000 | AU$200,000 |
| 628 | Glenlogan Park StakesEagle Farm Racecourse | Australia | AU$200,000 | AU$200,000 |
The 20 races closest to the Coongy 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, 218th of them is this one
| Race | Racecourse | Grade | Prize money |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chairman's Handicap | Doomben Racecourse, Brisbane, Australia | Group 3 | AU$200,000 |
| Chairman's Stakes | Caulfield Racecourse, Melbourne, Australia | Group 3 | AU$200,000 |
| Champagne Stakes (MVRC) | Moonee Valley Racecourse, Melbourne, Australia | Group 3 | AU$200,000 |
| Colonel Reeves Stakes | Ascot Racecourse, Perth, Western Australia | Group 3 | AU$200,000 |
| Courtza Stakes | Caulfield Racecourse, Melbourne, Australia | Group 3 | AU$200,000 |
| Easter Cup | Caulfield Racecourse | Group 3 | AU$200,000 |
| Eclipse Stakes | Sandown Racecourse, Melbourne, Australia | Group 3 | AU$200,000 |
| Ethereal Stakes | Caulfield Racecourse, Melbourne, Australia | Group 3 | AU$200,000 |
Every race in Australia we hold a purse for is on the Australia prize money list.
Frequently asked questions
What is the total Coongy Cup prize money?
AU$200,000, for the 2024 running.
Where does the Coongy Cup rank among the richest races in the world?
618th of 997. 617 races pay more, the nearest of them Aurie's Star Handicap. In Australia it is 218th of 291.
Which horse has won the Coongy Cup most often?
Baughurst, 2 times, in 2008, 2009.
When was the Coongy Cup first run?
1898. This page holds 116 runnings, from 1898 to 2025.
How far is the Coongy Cup?
2,000 metres, on turf, at Caulfield Racecourse, Melbourne, Australia.
Where to next
The rest of the racing money