Easter Cup prize money
The Easter Cup is worth AU$200,000 for the 2026 running . That makes it the 620th richest of the 997 races on this site and the 220th 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 Easter Cup is
Group 3 · 2,000 metres · Turf · Caulfield Racecourse
- Racecourse
- Caulfield Racecourse
- Country
- Australia
- Grade
- Group 3
- Distance
- 2,000 metres
- Surface
- Turf
- Race type
- Thoroughbred
- Open to
- Maidens ineligible
- First run
- 1909
We hold the total fund for the Easter 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 Easter Cup winner
118 runnings, 1909 to 2026, newest first
| Year | Winner | Jockey | Trainer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Ambassadorial | ||
| 2025 | Torranzino | ||
| 2024 | Captain Envious | ||
| 2023 | White Marlin | ||
| 2022 | Milford | ||
| 2021 | Hang Man | ||
| 2020 | Inverloch | ||
| 2019 | Plein Ciel | ||
| 2018 | Shoreham | ||
| 2017 | Observational | ||
| 2016 | Leebaz | ||
| 2015 | Sertorius | ||
| 2014 | Our Voodoo Prince | ||
| 2013 | Jet Away | ||
| 2012 | Folding Gear | ||
| 2011 | Paddy O'Reilly | ||
| 2010 | Fanjura | ||
| 2009 | Miss Maren | ||
| 2008 | Like It Is | ||
| 2007 | Maldivian | ||
| 2006 | Casual Pass | ||
| 2005 | Show Barry | ||
| 2004 | Tall Timbers | ||
| 2003 | Bush Padre | ||
| 2002 | Thong Classic | ||
| 2001 | Adolescence | ||
| 2000 | Litmus | ||
| 1999 | Il Don | ||
| 1998 | Vonanne | ||
| 1997 | True Identity | ||
| 1996 | Sober Suit | ||
| 1995 | Regal Half | ||
| 1994 | Idea | ||
| 1993 | Coolong Road | ||
| 1992 | Mantlepiece | ||
| 1991 | Ideal Centreman | ||
| 1990 | Lord Palmeston | ||
| 1989 | Go Timmy | ||
| 1988 | King Of Brooklyn | ||
| 1987 | Dandy Andy | ||
| 1986 | Jewel Planet | ||
| 1985 | Nearco Fair | ||
| 1984 | Pass The Baton | ||
| 1983 | Triumphal March | ||
| 1982 | Paraparap | ||
| 1981 | Amarla | ||
| 1980 | Palace Gossip | ||
| 1979 | Warri Symbol | ||
| 1978 | North Sea | ||
| 1977 | Princess Veronica | ||
| 1976 | Favoured Bay | ||
| 1975 | Bush Win | ||
| 1974 | Warm Feeling | ||
| 1973 | Adrian | ||
| 1972 | Kazanlik | ||
| 1971 | Lancelot | ||
| 1970 | Cedar King | ||
| 1969 | Future | ||
| 1968 | Yootha | ||
| 1967 | Pharaon | ||
| 1966 | Future | ||
| 1965 | Captain Blue | ||
| 1964 | Scenic's Gift | ||
| 1963 | Havelock | ||
| 1962 | Serene Princess | ||
| 1961 | Savage | ||
| 1960 | Declaree | ||
| 1959 | Webster | ||
| 1958 | Tuki | ||
| 1957 | Radiant Blue | ||
| 1956 | Oxley | ||
| 1955 | Hellion | ||
| 1954 | Te Totara | ||
| 1953 | Arabist | ||
| 1952 | Catchfree | ||
| 1951 | Prince O' Fairies6 | ||
| 1950 | Plovarius | ||
| 1949 | Clement | ||
| 1948 | Promise You | ||
| 1947 | Field Balloon | ||
| 1946 | Maniototo | ||
| 1945 | Cellini | ||
| 1944 | Sir Locket | ||
| 1943 | Claudette | ||
| 1942 | Ballycummins | ||
| 1941 | Throttle | ||
| 1940 | Mac Rob | ||
| 1939 | Son Of Aurous | ||
| 1938 | Irving | ||
| 1937 | Demotic | ||
| 1936 | Red Ray | ||
| 1935 | Hot Shot | ||
| 1934 | Flail | ||
| 1933 | Flail | ||
| 1932 | Prince Dayton | ||
| 1931 | Ormolu | ||
| 1930 | Mondiaga | ||
| 1929 | Burnaby | ||
| 1928 | Sun Morn | ||
| 1927 | Buffline | ||
| 1926 | Little Millie | ||
| 1925 | Gay Serenader | ||
| 1924 | Statton | ||
| 1923 | Pendilson | ||
| 1922 | Luteplayer | ||
| 1921 | Accrington | ||
| 1920 | Mnesarchus | ||
| 1919 | Court Jester | ||
| 1918 | Ashview | ||
| 1917 | Defence | ||
| 1916 | Atora | ||
| 1915 | Meerut | ||
| 1914 | La George | ||
| 1913 | Riffian | ||
| 1912 | Avenger | ||
| 1911 | Riffian | ||
| 1910 | Imprint | ||
| 1909 | Otira |
0 of the 118 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 Easter Cup more than once
The fact the table above holds and cannot show
| Horse | Wins | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Future | 2 | 1966, 1969 |
| Flail | 2 | 1933, 1934 |
| Riffian | 2 | 1911, 1913 |
Races worth about the same
Either side of the Easter Cup in the world money order
| # | Race | Country | Prize money | As published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 618 | Coongy CupCaulfield Racecourse, Melbourne, Australia | Australia | AU$200,000 | AU$200,000 |
| 619 | Courtza StakesCaulfield Racecourse, Melbourne, Australia | 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 |
| 629 | Gold Coast GuineasGold Coast Racecourse | Australia | AU$200,000 | AU$200,000 |
| 630 | Gunsynd ClassicEagle Farm Racecourse, Brisbane, Australia | Australia | AU$200,000 | AU$200,000 |
The 20 races closest to the Easter 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, 220th of them is this one
| Race | Racecourse | Grade | Prize money |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Coongy Cup | Caulfield Racecourse, Melbourne, Australia | Group 3 | AU$200,000 |
| Courtza Stakes | Caulfield Racecourse, Melbourne, Australia | 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 |
| Eurythmic Stakes | Ascot Racecourse, Perth, Western Australia | Group 3 | AU$200,000 |
| Frances Tressady Stakes | Flemington 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 Easter Cup prize money?
AU$200,000, for the 2026 running.
Where does the Easter Cup rank among the richest races in the world?
620th of 997. 619 races pay more, the nearest of them Bill Ritchie Handicap. In Australia it is 220th of 291.
Which horse has won the Easter Cup most often?
Future, 2 times, in 1966, 1969.
When was the Easter Cup first run?
1909. This page holds 118 runnings, from 1909 to 2026.
How far is the Easter Cup?
2,000 metres, on turf, at Caulfield Racecourse.
Where to next
The rest of the racing money