CRAVEN PLATE · AUSTRALIA
Craven Plate prize money
The Craven Plate is worth AU$750,000 . That makes it the 173rd richest of the 997 races on this site and the 34th 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.
TOTAL PRIZE MONEY AU$750,000
WORLD RANK 173rd
RUNNINGS HELD 154
FIRST RUN 1867
What the Craven Plate is
Group 3 · 2,000 metres · Turf · Randwick Racecourse,
- Racecourse
- Randwick Racecourse,
- Country
- Australia
- Grade
- Group 3
- Distance
- 2,000 metres
- Surface
- Turf
- Race type
- Thoroughbred - flat
- Open to
- Three years old and older
- Direction
- Right-handed
- First run
- 1867
We hold the total fund for the Craven Plate 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 Craven Plate winner
154 runnings, 1867 to 2025, newest first
| Year | Winner | Jockey | Trainer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Lindermann | ||
| 2024 | Lindermann | ||
| 2023 | Zeyrek | ||
| 2022 | Cascadian | ||
| 2021 | Think It Over | ||
| 2020 | Think It Over | ||
| 2019 | Happy Clapper | ||
| 2018 | Moss 'n' Dale | ||
| 2017 | Classic Uniform | ||
| 2016 | It's Somewhat | ||
| 2015 | Complacent | ||
| 2014 | Moriarty | ||
| 2013 | Honorius | ||
| 2012 | Mourayan | ||
| 2011 | My Kingdom Of Fife | ||
| 2010 | C'est La Guerre | ||
| 2009 | Miss Marielle | ||
| 2008 | Lorne Dancer | ||
| 2007 | race not held | ||
| 2006 | Cateclipse | ||
| 2005 | Mummify | ||
| 2004 | Fiery Venture | ||
| 2003 | Shower Of Roses | ||
| 2002 | Manner Hill | ||
| 2001 | The Man | ||
| 2000 | Yippyio | ||
| 1999 | Tie The Knot | ||
| 1998 | Sharscay | ||
| 1997 | Yippyio | ||
| 1996 | Adventurous | ||
| 1995 | Stony Bay | ||
| 1994 | Fraternity | ||
| 1993 | Mahaya | ||
| 1992 | Telesto | ||
| 1991 | Lord Revenir | ||
| 1990 | Dual Treasures | ||
| 1989 | Sarah Fay | ||
| 1988 | Balciano | ||
| 1987 | Ostensible | ||
| 1986 | Sotip | ||
| 1985 | Hayai | ||
| 1984 | Hayai | ||
| 1978 | Ming Dynasty | ||
| 1977 | Denise's Joy | ||
| 1976 | Battle Heights | ||
| 1975 | Dalrello | ||
| 1974 | Leica Lover | ||
| 1973 | Analie | ||
| 1972 | Passetreul | ||
| 1971 | Regal Rhythm | ||
| 1970 | Planet Kingdom | ||
| 1969 | Roman Consul | ||
| 1968 | Prince Grant | ||
| 1967 | Winfreux | ||
| 1966 | Prince Grant | ||
| 1965 | Strauss | ||
| 1964 | Summer Regent | ||
| 1963 | Summer Fair | ||
| 1962 | Summer Fair | ||
| 1961 | Nilarco | ||
| 1960 | Tulloch | ||
| 1959 | Travel Boy | ||
| 1958 | Prince Darius | ||
| 1957 | Prince Darius | ||
| 1956 | Caranna | ||
| 1955 | Prince Cortauld | ||
| 1954 | Prince Cortauld | ||
| 1953 | Tarien | ||
| 1952 | Hydrogen | ||
| 1951 | Hydrogen | ||
| 1950 | Playboy | ||
| 1949 | Carbon Copy | ||
| 1948 | Karachi | ||
| 1947 | Russia | ||
| 1946 | race not held | ||
| 1945 | Flight | ||
| 1944 | Tea Rose | ||
| 1943 | Flight | ||
| 1942 | Yaralla | ||
| 1941 | Beau Vite | ||
| 1940 | Beau Vite | ||
| 1939 | High Caste | ||
| 1938 | Young Idea | ||
| 1937 | Talking | ||
| 1936 | Gay Blonde | ||
| 1935 | Peter Pan | ||
| 1934 | Chatham | ||
| 1933 | Chatham | ||
| 1932 | Chatham | ||
| 1931 | Phar Lap | ||
| 1930 | Phar Lap | ||
| 1929 | Phar Lap | ||
| 1928 | Amounis | ||
| 1927 | Limerick | ||
| 1926 | Windbag | ||
| 1925 | Windbag | ||
| 1924 | Gloaming | ||
| 1923 | Rivoli | ||
| 1922 | Gloaming | ||
| 1921 | Beauford | ||
| 1920 | Greenstead | ||
| 1919 | Gloaming | ||
| 1918 | Cetigne | ||
| 1917 | Biplane | ||
| 1916 | Carlita | ||
| 1915 | St. Carwyne | ||
| 1914 | Woorak | ||
| 1913 | Duke Foote | ||
| 1912 | Duke Foote | ||
| 1911 | Lady Medallist | ||
| 1910 | Parsee | ||
| 1909 | Maltine | ||
| 1908 | Mooltan | ||
| 1907 | Mountain King | ||
| 1906 | Solution | ||
| 1905 | Gladsome | ||
| 1904 | Emir | ||
| 1903 | Ibex | ||
| 1902 | Wakeful | ||
| 1901 | Hautvilliers | ||
| 1900 | Paul Pry | ||
| 1899 | Le Var | ||
| 1898 | The Grafter | ||
| 1897 | Delaware | ||
| 1896 | Newhaven | ||
| 1895 | Delaware | ||
| 1894 | Patron | ||
| 1893 | Loyalty | ||
| 1892 | Bungebah | ||
| 1891 | Marvel | ||
| 1890 | Carbine | ||
| 1889 | Abercorn | ||
| 1888 | Abercorn | ||
| 1887 | Trident | ||
| 1886 | Trident | ||
| 1885 | Nordenfeldt | ||
| 1884 | Sir Modred | ||
| 1883 | Legrand | ||
| 1882 | Sting | ||
| 1881 | Wellington | ||
| 1880 | Sweetmeat | ||
| 1879 | Baronet | ||
| 1878 | Chester | ||
| 1877 | Robinson Crusoe | ||
| 1876 | Malta | ||
| 1875 | Kingsborough | ||
| 1874 | Maid Of Avenel | ||
| 1873 | Hamlet | ||
| 1872 | Dagworth | ||
| 1871 | Tim Whiffler | ||
| 1870 | Tim Whiffler | ||
| 1869 | Glencoe | ||
| 1868 | The Barb | ||
| 1867 | Yattendon |
0 of the 154 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 Craven Plate more than once
The fact the table above holds and cannot show
Chatham has won it 3 times, which is more than any other horse.
10 horses have won it more than once across 154 runnings.
| Horse | Wins | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Chatham | 3 | 1932, 1933, 1934 |
| Phar Lap | 3 | 1929, 1930, 1931 |
| Gloaming | 3 | 1919, 1922, 1924 |
| Lindermann | 2 | 2024, 2025 |
| Think It Over | 2 | 2020, 2021 |
| Yippyio | 2 | 1997, 2000 |
| Hayai | 2 | 1984, 1985 |
| Prince Grant | 2 | 1966, 1968 |
| Summer Fair | 2 | 1962, 1963 |
| Prince Darius | 2 | 1957, 1958 |
Races worth about the same
Either side of the Craven Plate in the world money order
| # | Race | Country | Prize money | As published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 162 | Prix La Haye JousselinAuteuil Racecourse | France | AU$840,000 | €520,000 |
| 163 | Karaka MillionEllerslie Racecourse | New Zealand | AU$833,301 | NZ$1,000,000 |
| 164 | New Zealand OaksEllerslie, Auckland | New Zealand | AU$833,301 | NZ$1,000,000 |
| 165 | New Zealand Trotting CupAddington Raceway | New Zealand | AU$833,301 | NZ$1,000,000 |
| 167 | Poule d'Essai des PoulichesLongchamp Racecourse | France | AU$807,692 | €500,000 |
| 168 | Preis der DianaDüsseldorf Racecourse | Germany | AU$807,692 | €500,000 |
| 169 | Prix de l'OpéraLongchamp Racecourse | France | AU$807,692 | €500,000 |
| 170 | Durban July HandicapGreyville Racecourse | South Africa | AU$807,030 | R10,000,000 |
| 171 | Sha Tin TrophySha Tin Racecourse | Hong Kong | AU$763,088 | HK$4,250,000 |
| 172 | Queen Mother Champion ChaseCheltenham Racecourse | Great Britain | AU$756,000 | £400,000 |
| 174 | Moonee Valley Gold CupMoonee Valley Racecourse, Melbourne, Australia | Australia | AU$750,000 | AU$750,000 |
| 175 | Oakleigh PlateCaulfield Racecourse | Australia | AU$750,000 | AU$750,000 |
| 176 | Rosehill GuineasRosehill Gardens Racecourse | Australia | AU$750,000 | AU$750,000 |
| 177 | Villiers StakesRandwick Racecourse | Australia | AU$750,000 | AU$750,000 |
| 178 | Zipping ClassicCaulfield Racecourse, Melbourne, Australia | Australia | AU$750,000 | AU$750,000 |
| 181 | Irish 2,000 GuineasCurragh Racecourse | Ireland | AU$743,077 | €460,000 |
| 182 | Prix du Moulin de LongchampLongchamp Racecourse | France | AU$726,923 | €450,000 |
| 183 | Acorn StakesBelmont Park | United States | AU$710,526 | $500,000 |
| 184 | Ashland StakesKeeneland Race Course | United States | AU$710,526 | $500,000 |
| 185 | Ballerina HandicapSaratoga Race Course | United States | AU$710,526 | $500,000 |
The 20 races closest to the Craven Plate 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, 34th of them is this one
| Race | Racecourse | Grade | Prize money |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Australian Derby | Morphettville Racecourse, Adelaide, Australia | Group 1 | AU$1,000,000 |
| Stan Fox Stakes | Randwick Racecourse, Sydney, Australia | Group 2 | AU$1,000,000 |
| The Shorts | Randwick Racecourse, | Group 2 | AU$1,000,000 |
| Winx Stakes | Randwick Racecourse | Group 1 | AU$1,000,000 |
| Moonee Valley Gold Cup | Moonee Valley Racecourse, Melbourne, Australia | Group 2 | AU$750,000 |
| Oakleigh Plate | Caulfield Racecourse | Group 1 | AU$750,000 |
| Rosehill Guineas | Rosehill Gardens Racecourse | Group 1 | AU$750,000 |
| Villiers Stakes | Randwick Racecourse | Group 2 | AU$750,000 |
Every race in Australia we hold a purse for is on the Australia prize money list.
Frequently asked questions
What is the total Craven Plate prize money?
AU$750,000.
Where does the Craven Plate rank among the richest races in the world?
173rd of 997. 172 races pay more, the nearest of them Prix La Haye Jousselin. In Australia it is 34th of 291.
Which horse has won the Craven Plate most often?
Chatham, 3 times, in 1932, 1933, 1934.
When was the Craven Plate first run?
1867. This page holds 154 runnings, from 1867 to 2025.
How far is the Craven Plate?
2,000 metres, on turf, at Randwick Racecourse,.
Where to next
The rest of the racing money