CRAVEN STAKES · GREAT BRITAIN
Craven Stakes prize money
The Craven Stakes is worth £85,000 for the 2025 running , £48,204 of it to the winner . That makes it the 709th richest of the 997 races on this site and the 73rd richest in Great Britain.
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 £85,000
TO THE WINNER £48,204
WORLD RANK 709th
RUNNINGS HELD 120
FIRST RUN 1771
What the Craven Stakes is
Group 3 · 1 mile (1,609 metres) · Turf · Rowley Mile
- Racecourse
- Rowley Mile
- Country
- Great Britain
- Grade
- Group 3
- Distance
- 1 mile (1,609 metres)
- Surface
- Turf
- Race type
- Flat / Thoroughbred
- Open to
- Three-year-old colts and geldings
- Direction
- Straight
- First run
- 1771
The winner takes 57% of the fund. The remaining £36,796 is shared between the horses behind, on a scale the racecourse sets race by race rather than a fixed one.
Run in 1:37.21 in 2026, the Craven Stakes pays £874 for every second of the race, which is 373rd of the 611 races in horse racing prize money per second and 24th in Great Britain.
Where the Craven Stakes prize money goes
the British Horseracing Authority sets the shares, and the Craven Stakes is flat racing
| Who takes it | Share of the fund | Out of this purse |
|---|---|---|
| Owner | 80% | £68,000 |
| Trainer | 7.85% | £6,673 |
| Jockey | 5.77% | £4,904 |
| Stable staff | 4.75% | £4,038 |
| Industry causes | 1.63% | £1,386 |
Every share here is a percentage of the £85,000 fund rather than of the winner's cheque, and the rider's figure covers the whole field rather than the winning rider alone. The same rule pays every race in the country, and where a purse goes in Great Britain works it out across all of them.
Every Craven Stakes winner
120 runnings, 1900 to 2026, newest first
| Year | Winner | Jockey | Trainer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Oxagon1:37.21 | Oisin Murphy | John & Thady Gosden |
| 2025 | Field Of Gold1:39.26 | Kieran Shoemark | John & Thady Gosden |
| 2024 | Haatem1:35.09 | Sean Levey | Richard Hannon Jr. |
| 2023 | Indestructible1:39.78 | Kevin Stott | Karl Burke |
| 2022 | Native Trail1:35.91 | William Buick | Charlie Appleby |
| 2021 | Master of The Seas1:38.79 | William Buick | Charlie Appleby |
| 2019 | Skardu1:37.89 | James Doyle | William Haggas |
| 2018 | Masar1:38.15 | William Buick | Charlie Appleby |
| 2017 | Eminent1:35.15 | Jim Crowley | Martyn Meade |
| 2016 | Stormy Antarctic1:44.01 | George Baker | Ed Walker |
| 2015 | Kool Kompany1:38.86 | Richard Hughes | Richard Hannon Jr. |
| 2014 | Toormore1:35.42 | Ryan Moore | Richard Hannon Jr. |
| 2013 | Toronado1:35.19 | Richard Hughes | Richard Hannon Sr. |
| 2012 | Trumpet Major1:37.44 | Ryan Moore | Richard Hannon Sr. |
| 2011 | Native Khan1:37.56 | Kieren Fallon | Ed Dunlop |
| 2010 | Elusive Pimpernel1:37.16 | Ryan Moore | John Dunlop |
| 2009 | Delegator1:36.56 | Jamie Spencer | Brian Meehan |
| 2008 | Twice Over1:38.54 | Ted Durcan | Henry Cecil |
| 2007 | Adagio1:35.55 | Kerrin McEvoy | Michael Stoute |
| 2006 | Killybegs1:38.79 | Michael Hills | Barry Hills |
| 2005 | Democratic Deficit1:39.43 | Kevin Manning | Jim Bolger |
| 2004 | Haafhd1:38.33 | Richard Hills | Barry Hills |
| 2003 | Hurricane Alan1:39.93 | Jimmy Fortune | Richard Hannon Sr. |
| 2002 | King of Happiness1:37.39 | Kieren Fallon | Michael Stoute |
| 2001 | King's Ironbridge1:42.25 | Richard Hughes | Richard Hannon Sr. |
| 2000 | Umistim1:41.11 | Richard Hughes | Richard Hannon Sr. |
| 1999 | Compton Admiral1:38.72 | Frankie Dettori | Gerard Butler |
| 1998 | Xaar1:42.31 | Olivier Peslier | André Fabre |
| 1997 | Desert Story1:38.08 | Michael Kinane | Michael Stoute |
| 1996 | Beauchamp King1:37.82 | John Reid | John Dunlop |
| 1995 | Painter's Row1:37.08 | John Reid | Peter Chapple-Hyam |
| 1994 | King's Theatre1:43.42 | Michael Kinane | Henry Cecil |
| 1993 | Emperor Jones1:37.80 | Ray Cochrane | John Gosden |
| 1992 | Alnasr Alwasheek1:37.39 | Steve Cauthen | Michael Stoute |
| 1991 | Marju1:36.12 | Willie Carson | John Dunlop |
| 1990 | Tirol1:38.38 | Pat Eddery | Richard Hannon Sr. |
| 1989 | Shaadi1:43.76 | Walter Swinburn | Michael Stoute |
| 1988 | Doyoun1:38.48 | Walter Swinburn | Michael Stoute |
| 1987 | Ajdal1:39.49 | Walter Swinburn | Michael Stoute |
| 1986 | Dancing Brave1:49.96 | Greville Starkey | Guy Harwood |
| 1985 | Shadeed1:38.84 | Walter Swinburn | Michael Stoute |
| 1984 | Lear Fan1:38.12 | Greville Starkey | Guy Harwood |
| 1983 | Muscatite1:47.23 | Brian Taylor | Jeremy Hindley |
| 1982 | Silver Hawk1:39.61 | Tony Murray | Michael Albina |
| 1981 | Kind of Hush1:42.51 | Steve Cauthen | Barry Hills |
| 1980 | Tyrnavos1:41.87 | Edward Hide | Bruce Hobbs |
| 1979 | Lyphard's Wish1:41.24 | Joe Mercer | Henry Cecil |
| 1978 | Admirals' Launch1:43.81 | Willie Carson | Dick Hern |
| 1977 | Limone1:40.47 | Greville Starkey | Guy Harwood |
| 1976 | Malinowski1:36.88 | Lester Piggott | Vincent O'Brien |
| 1975 | No Alimony1:52.47 | Pat Eddery | Peter Walwyn |
| 1974 | Numa1:40.24 | Pat Eddery | Peter Walwyn |
| 1973 | My Drifter1:38.12 | Eric Eldin | John Sutcliffe jr. |
| 1972 | Leicester1:47.09 | Geoff Lewis | Noel Murless |
| 1971 | Levanter1:42.11 | Tony Murray | Ryan Price |
| 1970 | Tamil1:45.10 | Willie Carson | Bernard van Cutsem |
| 1969 | Paddy's Progress1:48.11 | Sandy Barclay | Noel Murless |
| 1968 | Petingo1:42.70 | Joe Mercer | Sam Armstrong |
| 1967 | Sloop1:40.78 | Greville Starkey | John Oxley |
| 1966 | Salvo1:43.38 | Frankie Durr | Harry Wragg |
| 1965 | Corifi1:42.28 | Geoff Lewis | Staff Ingham |
| 1964 | Young Christopher1:38.64 | Ron Sheather | Freddie Maxwell |
| 1963 | Crocket1:44.39 | Doug Smith | Geoffrey Brooke |
| 1962 | High Noon1:44.06 | Edward Hide | Bill Elsey |
| 1961 | Aurelius1:43.29 | Lester Piggott | Noel Murless |
| 1960 | Tudorich1:42.92 | Scobie Breasley | Sir Gordon Richards |
| 1959 | Pindari1:46.15 | Lester Piggott | Noel Murless |
| 1958 | Bald Eagle1:43.08 | Harry Carr | Cecil Boyd-Rochfort |
| 1957 | Shearwater1:42.60 | Lester Piggott | Noel Murless |
| 1956 | Pirate King1:41.09 | Willie Snaith | Humphrey Cottrill |
| 1955 | True Cavalier1:44.17 | Snowy Fawden | Harvey Leader |
| 1954 | Ambler II1:42.09 | Harry Carr | Cecil Boyd-Rochfort |
| 1953 | Oleandrin1:38.71 | Gordon Richards | Harvey Leader |
| 1952 | Kara Tepe1:40.60 | Manny Mercer | George Colling |
| 1951 | Claudius1:46.80 | Doug Page | Dick Warden |
| 1950 | Rising Flame1:42.60 | Geoff Littlewood | Charles Elsey |
| 1949 | Moondust1:39.40 | Doug Smith | Frank Butters |
| 1948 | My Babu1:40.80 | Charlie Smirke | Sam Armstrong |
| 1947 | Migoli1:46.00 | Doug Smith | Frank Butters |
| 1946 | Gulf Stream1:39.40 | Harry Wragg | Walter Earl |
| 1941 | Morogoro1:42.80 | Harry Wragg | Fred Darling |
| 1940 | Prince Tetra1:48.20 | Arthur Wragg | Fred Templeman |
| 1939 | Signal Light1:40.60 | Rufus Beasley | Cecil Boyd-Rochfort |
| 1938 | Challenge1:42.00 | Eph Smith | Jack Jarvis |
| 1937 | Snowfall1:44.20 | Richard Perryman | Colledge Leader |
| 1936 | Monument1:38.80 | Rufus Beasley | Cecil Boyd-Rochfort |
| 1935 | Buckleigh1:39.00 | Gordon Richards | Tommy Hogg |
| 1934 | Colombo1:39.00 | Rae Johnstone | Tommy Hogg |
| 1933 | Lochiel1:41.00 | Gordon Richards | Fred Darling |
| 1932 | Loaningdale1:46.00 | Joe Childs | Cecil Boyd-Rochfort |
| 1931 | Philae1:39.40 | Tommy Weston | Dundas |
| 1930 | Writ1:40.20 | Bobby Dick | Joseph Lawson |
| 1929 | Cragadour1:38.00 | Richard Perryman | Joseph Lawson |
| 1928 | Royal Minstrel1:37.00 | Joe Childs | Cecil Boyd-Rochfort |
| 1927 | Tattoo1:43.20 | Richard Perryman | John Watson |
| 1926 | Harpagon1:40.00 | Charlie Elliott | Jack Jarvis |
| 1925 | Picaroon1:39.20 | Frank Bullock | Alec Taylor Jr. |
| 1924 | St Germans1:39.20 | Frank Bullock | Alec Taylor Jr. |
| 1923 | Light Hand1:41.40 | Frank Bullock | Alec Taylor Jr. |
| 1922 | Collaborator1:42.20 | Charlie Elliott | Jack Jarvis |
| 1920 | Daylight Patrol | Snowy Whalley | John Watson |
| 1919 | Buchan | Jack Brennan | Alec Taylor Jr. |
| 1918 | Benevente | Jack Evans | Bobby Dewhurst |
| 1917 | Dansellon1:40.80 | Ralph Watson | Atty Persse |
| 1916 | Roi d'Ecosse Sir Dighton | Steve Donoghue Herbert Jomes | Atty Persse Richard Marsh |
| 1915 | Rossendale | James Clark | Hazleton |
| 1914 | Kennymore | Frank O'Neill | Alec Taylor Jr. |
| 1913 | Sanquhar | Danny Maher | Percy Peck |
| 1912 | Jingling Geordie | Frank Wootton | Sam Darling |
| 1911 | Irish King | Danny Maher | Samuel Pickering |
| 1910 | Neil Gow | Danny Maher | Percy Peck |
| 1909 | Howick | William Halsey | Sandy Braime |
| 1907 | Slieve Gallion | Billy Higgs | Sam Darling |
| 1906 | His Eminence | Mornington Cannon | Charles Beatty |
| 1905 | St Oswald | William Halsey | John Porter |
| 1904 | Airlie | Harry Aylin | George Lambton |
| 1903 | Countermark | ||
| 1902 | Port Blair | Mornington Cannon | |
| 1901 | Rigo | Otto Madden | |
| 1900 | Headpiece | Sam Loates |
119 of the 120 runnings name the rider, 116 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 Stakes more than once
The fact the table above holds and cannot show
No horse has won the Craven Stakes twice in the 120 runnings on this page.
Most wins by a trainer
Races worth about the same
Either side of the Craven Stakes in the world money order
| # | Race | Country | Prize money | As published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 699 | Premio ParioliCapannelle Racecourse | Italy | £91,255 | €106,768 |
| 700 | Premio Regina ElenaCapannelle Racecourse | Italy | £91,255 | €106,768 |
| 701 | SA Fillies ClassicMorphettville Racecourse, South Australia | Australia | £89,947 | AU$170,000 |
| 702 | Preis der WinterköniginIffezheim Racecourse | Germany | £89,744 | €105,000 |
| 703 | Awapuni Gold CupAwapuni Racecourse | New Zealand | £88,180 | NZ$200,000 |
| 704 | Grand National SteeplechaseRiccarton Park Racecourse, Christchurch, New Zealand | New Zealand | £88,180 | NZ$200,000 |
| 705 | Great New Zealand SteeplechaseTe Aroha | New Zealand | £88,180 | NZ$200,000 |
| 706 | New Zealand Free For AllAddington Raceway | New Zealand | £88,180 | NZ$200,000 |
| 707 | New Zealand Sires Stakes 3yo FinalAddington, New Zealand | New Zealand | £88,180 | NZ$200,000 |
| 708 | Rowe CupAlexandra Park | New Zealand | £88,180 | NZ$200,000 |
| 710 | Sandown Classic TrialSandown Park | Great Britain | £85,000 | £85,000 |
| 712 | Prix Jean de ChaudenaySaint-Cloud Racecourse | France | £81,197 | €95,000 |
| 713 | British Columbia DerbyHastings Racecourse | Canada | £80,520 | CA$150,000 |
| 714 | Marine StakesWoodbine Racetrack | Canada | £80,520 | CA$150,000 |
| 715 | Ontario DerbyWoodbine Racetrack | Canada | £80,520 | CA$150,000 |
| 716 | Plate Trial StakesWoodbine Racetrack | Canada | £80,520 | CA$150,000 |
| 717 | Queenston StakesWoodbine Racetrack | Canada | £80,520 | CA$150,000 |
| 718 | Toronto Cup StakesWoodbine Racetrack | Canada | £80,520 | CA$150,000 |
| 719 | Valedictory StakesWoodbine Racetrack | Canada | £80,520 | CA$150,000 |
| 720 | 1965 ChaseAscot Racecourse | Great Britain | £80,000 | £80,000 |
The 20 races closest to the Craven 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 Great Britain
122 races, 73rd of them is this one
| Race | Racecourse | Grade | Prize money |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Rum Handicap Chase | Aintree Racecourse | Grade 3 | £100,000 |
| Sefton Novices' Hurdle | Aintree Racecourse | Grade 1 | £100,000 |
| Sodexo Live! Gold Cup | Ascot Racecourse, | Premier Handicap | £100,000 |
| Thoroughbred Stakes | Goodwood Racecourse | Group 3 | £100,000 |
| Sandown Classic Trial | Sandown Park | Group 3 | £85,000 |
| 1965 Chase | Ascot Racecourse | Grade 2 | £80,000 |
| Cathcart Challenge Cup | Cheltenham Racecourse | Grade 2 | £80,000 |
| Champion Bumper | Cheltenham Racecourse | Grade 1 | £80,000 |
Every race in Great Britain we hold a purse for is on the Great Britain prize money list.
Frequently asked questions
How much does the Craven Stakes winner get?
£48,204. That is 57% of the £85,000 the Craven Stakes is worth, and the rest is shared down the field.
What is the total Craven Stakes prize money?
£85,000, for the 2025 running.
Where does the Craven Stakes rank among the richest races in the world?
709th of 997. 708 races pay more, the nearest of them Premio Parioli. In Great Britain it is 73rd of 122.
Which jockey has won the Craven Stakes most often?
Richard Hughes, with 4 wins between 2000 and 2015.
When was the Craven Stakes first run?
1771. This page holds 120 runnings, from 1900 to 2026.
How far is the Craven Stakes?
1 mile (1,609 metres), on turf, at Rowley Mile.
Where to next
The rest of the racing money