Festival Stakes prize money
The Festival Stakes is worth AU$250,000 for the 2025 running . That makes it the 498th richest of the 997 races on this site and the 160th 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 Festival Stakes is
Group 3 · 1,500 metres · Turf · Rosehill Racecourse, Sydney, Australia
- Racecourse
- Rosehill Racecourse, Sydney, Australia
- Country
- Australia
- Grade
- Group 3
- Distance
- 1,500 metres
- Surface
- Turf
- Race type
- Thoroughbred
- Open to
- Three years old and older
- Direction
- Right-handed
- First run
- 1948
We hold the total fund for the Festival Stakes 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 Festival Stakes winner
77 runnings, 1948 to 2025, newest first
| Year | Winner | Jockey | Trainer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Yorkshire | ||
| 2024 | Private Eye | ||
| 2023 | Phearson | ||
| 2022 | Dajraan | ||
| 2021 | Ellsberg | ||
| 2020 | Outrageous | ||
| 2019 | Ranier | ||
| 2018 | My Nordic Hero | ||
| 2017 | Testashadow | ||
| 2016 | Sweet Redemption | ||
| 2015 | Mighty Lucky | ||
| 2014 | I'm Imposing | ||
| 2013 | White Sage | ||
| 2012 | Malavio | ||
| 2011 | Monton | ||
| 2010 | Dysphonia | ||
| 2009 | Rabbuka | ||
| 2007 | Race not run | ||
| 2006 | Utzon | ||
| 2005 | Spirit Of Tara | ||
| 2004 | Ike's Dream | ||
| 2003 | This Manshood | ||
| 2002 | This Manshood | ||
| 2001 | Nanny Maroon | ||
| 2000 | Adam | ||
| 1999 | Highest Calibre | ||
| 1998 | Monet's Cove | ||
| 1997 | Masked Party | ||
| 1996 | Sherwood | ||
| 1995 | Garrin | ||
| 1994 | Headstrong | ||
| 1993 | Welsh Miner | ||
| 1992 | Top Comedian | ||
| 1991 | Fort Isle | ||
| 1990 | Ice Cream Sundae | ||
| 1989 | Dance Band | ||
| 1988 | Tetue Topaze | ||
| 1987 | Allamanda Boy | ||
| 1986 | Plum Shore | ||
| 1985 | At Sea | ||
| 1984 | Manuan | ||
| 1983 | Nosey Parker | ||
| 1982 | Artist Man | ||
| 1981 | Grey Receiver | ||
| 1980 | Robrick Star | ||
| 1979 | Mondiso | ||
| 1978 | Tattenham Lad | ||
| 1977 | Dream Pratten | ||
| 1976 | Just Ideal | ||
| 1975 | Purple Patch | ||
| 1974 | Magic Beam | ||
| 1973 | Barrier Star | ||
| 1972 | Rocky Gold | ||
| 1971 | Race not run | ||
| 1970 | King Bogan | ||
| 1969 | Regal Rhythm | ||
| 1968 | Todvale | ||
| 1967 | Victory Roll | ||
| 1966 | Aureo | ||
| 1965 | Castanea | ||
| 1964 | Liege Lord | ||
| 1963 | Miss Hiliers | ||
| 1962 | Our Cobbler | ||
| 1961 | Ginnagulla | ||
| 1960 | Race not run | ||
| 1959 | Boorala | ||
| 1958 | Amneris | ||
| 1957 | Indian Empire | ||
| 1956 | Compound | ||
| 1955 | Belbeiys | ||
| 1954 | Blond Val | ||
| 1953 | Bronze Peak | ||
| 1952 | Forest Beau | ||
| 1951 | Coniston | ||
| 1950 | Hesdin | ||
| 1949 | Blue Ensign | ||
| 1948 | Cragside |
0 of the 77 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 Festival Stakes more than once
The fact the table above holds and cannot show
| Horse | Wins | Years |
|---|---|---|
| This Manshood | 2 | 2002, 2003 |
Races worth about the same
Either side of the Festival Stakes in the world money order
| # | Race | Country | Prize money | As published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 488 | Breeders' PlateRandwick Racecourse, | Australia | AU$250,000 | AU$250,000 |
| 489 | Cameron HandicapBroadmeadow Racecourse, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia | Australia | AU$250,000 | AU$250,000 |
| 490 | Canonbury StakesRosehill Racecourse | Australia | AU$250,000 | AU$250,000 |
| 491 | Carbine Club StakesRandwick Racecourse | Australia | AU$250,000 | AU$250,000 |
| 492 | Colin Stephen Quality HandicapRosehill Racecourse, | Australia | AU$250,000 | AU$250,000 |
| 493 | Dark Jewel ClassicScone Racecourse, Scone, New South Wales, Australia | Australia | AU$250,000 | AU$250,000 |
| 494 | Doncaster PreludeRosehill Gardens Racecourse | Australia | AU$250,000 | AU$250,000 |
| 495 | Epona StakesRosehill Gardens Racecourse | Australia | AU$250,000 | AU$250,000 |
| 496 | Eskimo Prince StakesRandwick, Rosehill, Warwick Farm Racecourse, Canterbury Park Racecourse | Australia | AU$250,000 | AU$250,000 |
| 497 | Euclase StakesMorphettville Racecourse, South Australia | Australia | AU$250,000 | AU$250,000 |
| 499 | Frank Packer PlateRandwick Racecourse | Australia | AU$250,000 | AU$250,000 |
| 500 | Gimcrack StakesRandwick Racecourse, | Australia | AU$250,000 | AU$250,000 |
| 501 | Hall Mark StakesRandwick Racecourse | Australia | AU$250,000 | AU$250,000 |
| 502 | Hawkesbury Gold CupHawkesbury Racecourse, Clarendon, New South Wales, Australia | Australia | AU$250,000 | AU$250,000 |
| 503 | Hawkesbury GuineasHawkesbury Racecourse, Clarendon, New South Wales, Australia | Australia | AU$250,000 | AU$250,000 |
| 504 | Hobart CupElwick Racecourse | Australia | AU$250,000 | AU$250,000 |
| 505 | James H B Carr StakesRandwick Racecourse | Australia | AU$250,000 | AU$250,000 |
| 506 | Japan Racing Association PlateRandwick Racecourse | Australia | AU$250,000 | AU$250,000 |
| 507 | Kembla Grange ClassicKembla Grange Racecourse | Australia | AU$250,000 | AU$250,000 |
| 508 | Kindergarten StakesRandwick Racecourse, | Australia | AU$250,000 | AU$250,000 |
The 20 races closest to the Festival 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 Australia
291 races, 160th of them is this one
| Race | Racecourse | Grade | Prize money |
|---|---|---|---|
| Doncaster Prelude | Rosehill Gardens Racecourse | Group 3 | AU$250,000 |
| Epona Stakes | Rosehill Gardens Racecourse | Group 3 | AU$250,000 |
| Eskimo Prince Stakes | Randwick, Rosehill, Warwick Farm Racecourse, Canterbury Park Racecourse | Group 3 | AU$250,000 |
| Euclase Stakes | Morphettville Racecourse, South Australia | Group 2 | AU$250,000 |
| Frank Packer Plate | Randwick Racecourse | Group 3 | AU$250,000 |
| Gimcrack Stakes | Randwick Racecourse, | Group 3 | AU$250,000 |
| Hall Mark Stakes | Randwick Racecourse | Group 3 | AU$250,000 |
| Hawkesbury Gold Cup | Hawkesbury Racecourse, Clarendon, New South Wales, Australia | Group 3 | AU$250,000 |
Every race in Australia we hold a purse for is on the Australia prize money list.
Frequently asked questions
What is the total Festival Stakes prize money?
AU$250,000, for the 2025 running.
Where does the Festival Stakes rank among the richest races in the world?
498th of 997. 497 races pay more, the nearest of them Breeders' Plate. In Australia it is 160th of 291.
Which horse has won the Festival Stakes most often?
This Manshood, 2 times, in 2002, 2003.
When was the Festival Stakes first run?
1948. This page holds 77 runnings, from 1948 to 2025.
How far is the Festival Stakes?
1,500 metres, on turf, at Rosehill Racecourse, Sydney, Australia.
Where to next
The rest of the racing money