ESHER CUP · GREAT BRITAIN
Esher Cup prize money
The Esher Cup is worth £45,000 for the 2025 running , £23,193 of it to the winner . That makes it the 941st richest of the 997 races on this site and the 106th 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 £45,000
TO THE WINNER £23,193
WORLD RANK 941st
RUNNINGS HELD 107
What the Esher Cup is
Handicap · 1m (1,609m) · Turf · Sandown Park
- Racecourse
- Sandown Park
- Country
- Great Britain
- Grade
- Handicap
- Distance
- 1m (1,609m)
- Surface
- Turf
- Race type
- Flat / Thoroughbred
- Open to
- Three-year-olds
- Direction
- Right-handed
The winner takes 52% of the fund. The remaining £21,807 is shared between the horses behind, on a scale the racecourse sets race by race rather than a fixed one.
Run in 1:43.58 in 2026, the Esher Cup pays £434 for every second of the race, which is 534th of the 611 races in horse racing prize money per second and 34th in Great Britain.
Where the Esher Cup prize money goes
the British Horseracing Authority sets the shares, and the Esher Cup is flat racing
| Who takes it | Share of the fund | Out of this purse |
|---|---|---|
| Owner | 80% | £36,000 |
| Trainer | 7.85% | £3,533 |
| Jockey | 5.77% | £2,596 |
| Stable staff | 4.75% | £2,138 |
| Industry causes | 1.63% | £734 |
Every share here is a percentage of the £45,000 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 Esher Cup winner
107 runnings, 1906 to 2026, newest first
| Year | Winner | Jockey | Trainer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Laureate Crown1:43.58 | Oisin Murphy | Hugo Palmer |
| 2025 | Fifth Column1:45.35 | William Buick | John & Thady Gosden |
| 2024 | Hand Of God1:45.48 | Ryan Moore | Harry Charlton |
| 2022 | Wanees1:46.25 | Jim Crowley | Charles Hills |
| 2021 | Naamoos1:46.52 | Ben Curtis | Mark Johnston |
| 2019 | Masaru1:43.94 | Ryan Moore | Richard Hannon Jr. |
| 2018 | Merlin Magic1:45.16 | Silvestre de Sousa | David Elsworth |
| 2017 | Atty Persse1:45.39 | James Doyle | Roger Charlton |
| 2016 | Czabo1:45.19 | Silvestre de Sousa | Mick Channon |
| 2015 | Mutarakez1:43.99 | Frankie Dettori | Brian Meehan |
| 2014 | What About Carlo1:48.42 | Jimmy Fortune | Eve Johnson Houghton |
| 2013 | Haafaguinea1:45.32 | Adam Kirby | Clive Cox |
| 2012 | Grey Mirage1:54.30 | Silvestre De Sousa | Marco Botti |
| 2011 | Tazahum1:43.56 | Richard Hills | Michael Stoute |
| 2010 | Fallen Idol1:44.60 | William Buick | John Gosden |
| 2009 | Racketeer1:42.92 | Nicky Mackay | John Gosden |
| 2008 | Commander Cave1:45.02 | Richard Hughes | Richard Hannon Sr. |
| 2007 | Desert Dew1:42.74 | Michael Hills | Barry Hills |
| 2006 | King's Head Yarqus1:43.33 | Philip Robinson Martin Dwyer | Michael Jarvis Clive Brittain |
| 2005 | Prince Samos1:43.22 | Ryan Moore | Richard Hannon Sr. |
| 2004 | Barathea Dreams1:46.04 | Jimmy Quinn | Stan Moore |
| 2003 | Grand Passion1:42.41 | Darryll Holland | Geoff Wragg |
| 2002 | Common World1:45.56 | Eddie Ahern | Gerard Butler |
| 2000 | Pipssalio1:53.08 | Franny Norton | Jamie Poulton |
| 1999 | Tiger Talk1:50.68 | Michael Hills | Barry Hills |
| 1998 | Florazi1:51.38 | Pat Eddery | John Dunlop |
| 1997 | Amyas1:46.00 | Michael Hills | Barry Hills |
| 1996 | Sorbie Tower1:42.33 | Ray Cochrane | Gay Kelleway |
| 1995 | Holtye1:41.42 | Pat Eddery | Henry Cecil |
| 1994 | Stash The Cash1:50.58 | Frankie Dettori | Richard Hannon Sr. |
| 1993 | Eastern Memories1:46.66 | D Gibbs | Richard Hannon Sr. |
| 1992 | Irek1:45.27 | Michael Roberts | Lord Huntingdon |
| 1991 | Rapid Coracle1:42.46 | Brian Rouse | Richard Hannon Sr. |
| 1990 | Field Glass1:40.61 | Walter Swinburn | Michael Stoute |
| 1989 | Top-Boot1:51.74 | Pat Eddery | John Dunlop |
| 1988 | Raykour1:45.32 | Ray Cochrane | Luca Cumani |
| 1987 | Bronzewing1:41.84 | Willie Carson | John Dunlop |
| 1986 | Swift Trooper1:50.69 | Ray Cochrane | Roger Williams |
| 1985 | Prince Lyph1:42.74 | Walter Swinburn | Michael Stoute |
| 1984 | Bastille1:41.55 | Richard Fox | John Dunlop |
| 1983 | So True1:53.38 | Philip Waldron | Toby Balding |
| 1982 | Spanish Pool1:40.05 | Brian Taylor | Jeremy Hindley |
| 1981 | Beeleigh1:45.37 | Tony McGlone | Neville Callaghan |
| 1980 | Atlantic Boy1:41.76 | Pat Eddery | Michael Stoute |
| 1979 | Marquee Universal1:51.99 | Steve Cauthen | Barry Hills |
| 1978 | Rhyme Royal1:49.83 | Willie Carson | Dick Hern |
| 1977 | Bona-Mia1:43.01 | Paul Cook | Tommy Gosling |
| 1976 | Free State1:41.76 | Pat Eddery | Peter Walwyn |
| 1975 | Chil The Kite1:46.29 | Geoff Lewis | Bruce Hobbs |
| 1974 | Wanlockhead1:43.61 | Jimmy Lindley | Robert Armstrong |
| 1973 | Flambeau1:42.08 | Geoff Lewis | Bruce Hobbs |
| 1972 | Dawn Review1:43.60 | Robert Edmondson | Sir Mark Prescott |
| 1971 | Astrocan1:49.60 | Pat Eddery | Harvey Leader |
| 1970 | Mon Plaisir1:48.50 | Geoff Lewis | Harold Wallington |
| 1969 | Eldo1:49.00 | John Gorton | Doug Smith |
| 1968 | Private Side1:43.40 | Des Cullen | Humphrey Cottrill |
| 1967 | Follywise1:43.60 | Brian Jago | Ron Smyth |
| 1966 | Polar Boy1:53.80 | Denis Letherby | Willie Stephenson |
| 1965 | Toffee Nose1:43.20 | Duncan Keith | Walter Nightingall |
| 1964 | Pan's Surprise1:54.80 | Jimmy Lindley | Arthur Budgett |
| 1963 | Gallant Phoenix1:47.20 | Scobie Breasley | John Benstead |
| 1962 | Bucks King1:44.40 | Willie Snaith | Bill Holden |
| 1961 | Storymount1:49.00 | Wally Swinburn | Peter Nelson |
| 1960 | Fulshaw Cross1:42.40 | Scobie Breasley | Harold Wallington |
| 1959 | Rockamour1:51.60 | Bobby Elliott | George Todd |
| 1958 | Lynch Law1:50.20 | Manny Mercer | Jack Jarvis |
| 1957 | Petersfield1:41.80 | Scobie Breasley | Staff Ingham |
| 1956 | Almoner1:45.40 | Doug Smith | Geoffrey Brooke |
| 1955 | Tudor Jinks1:43.40 | Jock Wilson | Matt Feakes |
| 1954 | Waymouth Bay1:43.80 | Ray Reader | Noel Cannon |
| 1953 | Red Wine1:42.60 | Frank Barlow | Henri Jelliss |
| 1952 | Nightman1:46.20 | Manny Mercer | Harry Wragg |
| 1951 | Master Rocky1:45.20 | Billy Cook | Walter Nightingall |
| 1950 | Kelling1:42.00 | Ray Reader | Alec Waugh |
| 1949 | Spy Legend1:43.60 | Eph Smith | Rufus Beasley |
| 1948 | Asman-Tara1:43.40 | Eph Smith | Sam Armstrong |
| 1947 | Patron Saint1:51.40 | Tommy Sidebotham | Richard Perryman |
| 1939 | Winning Lot1:45.40 | Michael Beary | Harry Cottrill |
| 1938 | Zoltan1:44.60 | Michael Beary | Jack Jarvis |
| 1937 | Flag Of Truce1:51.60 | Sir Gordon Richards | Joseph Lawson |
| 1936 | Silver Crest1:50.80 | Eph Smith | Jack Jarvis |
| 1935 | Ankaret1:48.60 | George Nicholl | Fred Butters |
| 1934 | Hidalgo1:51.20 | Cliff Richards | Martin Hartigan |
| 1933 | Blue Boy1:45.00 | Sir Gordon Richards | Martin Hartigan |
| 1932 | Leighon1:55.00 | Bobby Jones | Joseph Lawson |
| 1931 | Light O' Love1:50.80 | Harry Wragg | Jack Jarvis |
| 1930 | Nick Of Time1:45.00 | Freddie Fox | Frank Hartigan |
| 1929 | Ghost Train1:45.60 | Cecil Ray | Peter Thrale |
| 1928 | Sea Crag1:45.80 | Joseph Dines | Sam Darling |
| 1927 | Valois1:47.80 | Charlie Elliott | Jack Jarvis |
| 1926 | Granada1:51.60 | Henri Jelliss | Basil Jarvis |
| 1925 | Peeping Tom1:49.00 | Henry Leach | Samuel Pickering |
| 1924 | Cockpit1:52.60 | Steve Donoghue | Samuel Pickering |
| 1923 | Boscombe1:54.40 | Bobby Jones | Gordon Sadler |
| 1922 | Silver Urn1:49.80 | Bobby Jones | Atty Persse |
| 1920 | Roman Bachelor | George Smith | Peter Gilpin |
| 1919 | Stand To | Joe Childs | Capt. Robert Dewhurst |
| 1915 | Vizier1:48.80 | John Dick | Richard Dawson |
| 1914 | Screamer1:50.80 | Herbert Robbins | Frank Hartigan |
| 1913 | Evening Pleasure1:55.00 | Ernest Huxley | Frank Hartigan |
| 1912 | Le Touquet | Albert Whalley | Alf Sadler Jr. |
| 1911 | Marechal Strozzi | Albert Bowley | George Butchers |
| 1910 | Celluloid | Charles Ringstead | Samuel Pickering |
| 1909 | Sealed Orders | Frank Wootton | John Brewer |
| 1908 | Littledale | Lucien Lyne | Thomas Leader |
| 1907 | Doryanthes | George McCall | John Watson |
| 1906 | Kolo | Cecil Escott | Alf Sadler Jr. |
107 of the 107 runnings name the rider, 107 name the trainer and 0 name the owner, who is the one of the three the prize money actually belongs to.
Who wins the Esher Cup more than once
The fact the table above holds and cannot show
No horse has won the Esher Cup twice in the 107 runnings on this page.
Most wins by a trainer
Races worth about the same
Either side of the Esher Cup in the world money order
| # | Race | Country | Prize money | As published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 931 | Prix HerodChantilly Racecourse | France | £47,009 | €55,000 |
| 932 | Prix IsonomyDeauville-La Touques Racecourse, Deauville, France | France | £47,009 | €55,000 |
| 933 | Prix MatchemSaint-Cloud | France | £47,009 | €55,000 |
| 934 | Prix Omnium IISaint-Cloud Racecourse | France | £47,009 | €55,000 |
| 935 | Prix YacowlefChantilly Racecourse | France | £47,009 | €55,000 |
| 936 | Schwarzgold-RennenKöln-Weidenpesch | Germany | £47,009 | €55,000 |
| 937 | Silberne PeitscheMunich Racecourse | Germany | £47,009 | €55,000 |
| 938 | Zukunfts-RennenIffezheim Racecourse | Germany | £47,009 | €55,000 |
| 939 | Lamplighter StakesMonmouth Park Racetrack | United States | £45,113 | $60,000 |
| 940 | Select StakesMonmouth Park Racetrack | United States | £45,113 | $60,000 |
| 942 | Heron StakesSandown Park | Great Britain | £45,000 | £45,000 |
| 943 | Prix André BaboinVarious, France | France | £44,444 | €52,000 |
| 944 | Grand National HurdlesRiccarton Park Racecourse, Christchurch, New Zealand | New Zealand | £44,090 | NZ$100,000 |
| 945 | New Zealand Messenger ChampionshipAlexandra Park | New Zealand | £44,090 | NZ$100,000 |
| 946 | Badener Sprint-CupIffezheim Racecourse | Germany | £42,735 | €50,000 |
| 947 | Ballysax StakesLeopardstown | Ireland | £42,735 | €50,000 |
| 948 | Deutsches St. LegerDortmund Racecourse | Germany | £42,735 | €50,000 |
| 949 | Euro-CupFrankfurt Racecourse | Germany | £42,735 | €50,000 |
| 950 | Gallinule StakesCurragh Racecourse | Ireland | £42,735 | €50,000 |
| 952 | Herbst StutenpreisHanover Racecourse | Germany | £42,735 | €50,000 |
The 20 races closest to the Esher 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 Great Britain
122 races, 106th of them is this one
| Race | Racecourse | Grade | Prize money |
|---|---|---|---|
| Many Clouds Chase | Aintree Racecourse | Grade 2 | £50,000 |
| Nickel Coin Mares' Standard Open NH Flat Race | Aintree Racecourse | Grade 2 | £50,000 |
| St James's Place Festival Hunter Chase | Cheltenham Racecourse | Ungraded | £50,000 |
| Warfield Mares' Hurdle | Ascot Racecourse | Grade 2 | £50,000 |
| Heron Stakes | Sandown Park | Listed | £45,000 |
| Centenary Novices' Handicap Chase | Sandown Park Racecourse | Premier Handicap | £40,000 |
| Easter Stakes | Kempton Park, | Conditions | £40,000 |
| Fairway Stakes | Rowley Mile | Listed | £40,000 |
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 Esher Cup winner get?
£23,193. That is 52% of the £45,000 the Esher Cup is worth, and the rest is shared down the field.
What is the total Esher Cup prize money?
£45,000, for the 2025 running.
Where does the Esher Cup rank among the richest races in the world?
941st of 997. 940 races pay more, the nearest of them Prix Herod. In Great Britain it is 106th of 122.
Which jockey has won the Esher Cup most often?
Pat Eddery, with 6 wins between 1971 and 1998.
When was the Esher Cup first run?
This page holds 107 runnings, from 1906 to 2026.
How far is the Esher Cup?
1m (1,609m), on turf, at Sandown Park.
Where to next
The rest of the racing money