Herbert Power Stakes prize money
The Herbert Power Stakes is worth AU$400,000 for the 2025 running . That makes it the 320th richest of the 997 races on this site and the 59th 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 Herbert Power Stakes is
Group 2 · 2,400 metres · Turf · Caulfield Racecourse
- Racecourse
- Caulfield Racecourse
- Country
- Australia
- Grade
- Group 2
- Distance
- 2,400 metres
- Surface
- Turf
- Race type
- Thoroughbred
- Open to
- Three years old and older that are not maidens
- Direction
- Left-handed
- First run
- 1898
We hold the total fund for the Herbert Power 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 Herbert Power Stakes winner
128 runnings, 1898 to 2025, newest first
| Year | Winner | Jockey | Trainer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Brayden Star | ||
| 2024 | Herman Hesse | ||
| 2023 | Military Mission | ||
| 2022 | Saracen Knight | ||
| 2021 | Delphi | ||
| 2020 | Chapada | ||
| 2019 | The Chosen One | ||
| 2018 | Yucatan | ||
| 2017 | Lord Fandango | ||
| 2016 | Assign | ||
| 2015 | Amralah | ||
| 2014 | Big Memory | ||
| 2013 | Sea Moon | ||
| 2012 | Shahwardi | ||
| 2011 | Tanby | ||
| 2010 | Linton | ||
| 2009 | Alcopop | ||
| 2008 | Dolphin Jo | ||
| 2007 | Master O'Reilly | ||
| 2006 | Growl | ||
| 2005 | Leica Falcon | ||
| 2004 | Rizon | ||
| 2003 | Yakama | ||
| 2002 | The Secondmortgage | ||
| 2001 | Freemason | ||
| 2000 | Majestic Avenue | ||
| 1999 | Rogan Josh | ||
| 1998 | Magneto | ||
| 1997 | Bonsai Pipeline | ||
| 1996 | The Bandette | ||
| 1995 | Unsolved | ||
| 1994 | Solo Show | ||
| 1993 | Great Vintage | ||
| 1992 | Aquidity | ||
| 1991 | Princess Pushy | ||
| 1990 | Just A Dancer | ||
| 1989 | Nayrizi | ||
| 1988 | Congressman | ||
| 1987 | Cossack Warrior | ||
| 1986 | Pharostan | ||
| 1985 | Fil De Roi | ||
| 1984 | Colonial Flag | ||
| 1983 | Nostradamus | ||
| 1982 | Carringbush | ||
| 1981 | Flashing Light | ||
| 1980 | Mr.Independent | ||
| 1979 | Pigalle | ||
| 1978 | Arwon | ||
| 1977 | Impeller | ||
| 1976 | Van der Hum | ||
| 1975 | Suleiman | ||
| 1974 | Big Angel | ||
| 1973 | Gala Supreme | ||
| 1972 | Scotch And Dry | ||
| 1971 | Spectre | ||
| 1970 | Beer Street | ||
| 1969 | Alsop | ||
| 1968 | Impetus | ||
| 1967 | Padtheway | ||
| 1966 | Gala Crest | ||
| 1965 | Captain Blue | ||
| 1964 | Sybeau | ||
| 1963 | Straight Irish | ||
| 1962 | Silver Pelt | ||
| 1961 | Nilarco | ||
| 1960 | Optic Prince | ||
| 1959 | Mac | ||
| 1958 | King Nero | ||
| 1957 | Pandie Sun | ||
| 1956 | Fighting Force | ||
| 1955 | Rising Fast | ||
| 1954 | Wodalla | ||
| 1953 | My Hero | ||
| 1952 | Durham | ||
| 1951 | Durham | ||
| 1950 | Dashing Beau | ||
| 1949 | Dashing Beau | ||
| 1948 | Howe | ||
| 1947 | Riot | ||
| 1946 | Sir Actor | ||
| 1945 | Logical | ||
| 1944 | Claudette | ||
| 1943 | Mac Rob | ||
| 1942 | Portfolio | ||
| 1941 | Historian | ||
| 1940 | Rex Felt | ||
| 1939 | Respirator | ||
| 1938 | Marauder | ||
| 1937 | International | ||
| 1936 | Desert Chief | ||
| 1935 | Red Ray | ||
| 1934 | Broad Arrow | ||
| 1933 | Segati | ||
| 1932 | Scalpel | ||
| 1931 | Shadow King | ||
| 1930 | Second Wind | ||
| 1929 | Taisho | ||
| 1928 | Strephon | ||
| 1927 | Royal Charter | ||
| 1926 | The Banker | ||
| 1925 | Royal Charter | ||
| 1924 | Easingwold | ||
| 1923 | Easingwold | ||
| 1922 | Purser | ||
| 1921 | Eurythmic | ||
| 1920 | Tangalooma | ||
| 1919 | Eusebius | ||
| 1918 | Outlook | ||
| 1917 | Pah King | ||
| 1916 | Cyklon | ||
| 1915 | Burrabadeen | ||
| 1914 | Anna Carlovna | ||
| 1913 | Anna Carlovna | ||
| 1912 | Lady Medallist | ||
| 1911 | Comedy King | ||
| 1910 | Master Soult | ||
| 1909 | Alawa | ||
| 1908 | Alawa | ||
| 1907 | Poseidon | ||
| 1906 | Poseidon | ||
| 1905 | Marvel Loch | ||
| 1904 | Nuncio | ||
| 1903 | Wakeful | ||
| 1902 | Wakeful | ||
| 1901 | Bonnie Chiel | ||
| 1900 | Kinglike | ||
| 1899 | Australian Star | ||
| 1898 | Cocos |
0 of the 128 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 Herbert Power Stakes more than once
The fact the table above holds and cannot show
| Horse | Wins | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Durham | 2 | 1951, 1952 |
| Dashing Beau | 2 | 1949, 1950 |
| Royal Charter | 2 | 1925, 1927 |
| Easingwold | 2 | 1923, 1924 |
| Anna Carlovna | 2 | 1913, 1914 |
| Alawa | 2 | 1908, 1909 |
| Poseidon | 2 | 1906, 1907 |
| Wakeful | 2 | 1902, 1903 |
Races worth about the same
Either side of the Herbert Power Stakes in the world money order
| # | Race | Country | Prize money | As published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 310 | Prince of Wales StakesFort Erie Race Track | Canada | AU$405,821 | CA$400,000 |
| 311 | Critérium de Saint-CloudSaint-Cloud Racecourse | France | AU$403,846 | €250,000 |
| 312 | Critérium InternationalSaint-Cloud Racecourse | France | AU$403,846 | €250,000 |
| 313 | Prix Aga Khan IV (Prix d'Ispahan)Longchamp Racecourse | France | AU$403,846 | €250,000 |
| 314 | Prix Jean et Louis RomanetDeauville Racecourse | France | AU$403,846 | €250,000 |
| 315 | Prix Saint-AlaryLongchamp Racecourse | France | AU$403,846 | €250,000 |
| 316 | Cape Metropolitan StakesKenilworth Racecourse | South Africa | AU$403,515 | R5,000,000 |
| 317 | Brisbane CupEagle Farm Racecourse | Australia | AU$400,000 | AU$400,000 |
| 318 | Crystal MileMoonee Valley Racecourse, Melbourne | Australia | AU$400,000 | AU$400,000 |
| 319 | Golden PendantRosehill Racecourse, Sydney, Australia | Australia | AU$400,000 | AU$400,000 |
| 321 | Hobartville StakesRosehill Gardens Racecourse | Australia | AU$400,000 | AU$400,000 |
| 322 | Moonee Valley VaseMoonee Valley Racecourse, Melbourne | Australia | AU$400,000 | AU$400,000 |
| 323 | WATC DerbyAscot Racecourse, Perth, Western Australia | Australia | AU$400,000 | AU$400,000 |
| 324 | Gran Premio di MilanoSan Siro Racecourse | Italy | AU$390,923 | €242,000 |
| 325 | Premio RomaCapannelle Racecourse | Italy | AU$390,923 | €242,000 |
| 326 | Holy Bull StakesGulfstream Park | United States | AU$390,789 | $275,000 |
| 327 | Al Maktoum Challenge (thoroughbreds)Meydan Racecourse | United Arab Emirates | AU$381,213 | AED 1,000,000 |
| 328 | Dubai Kahayla ClassicMeydan | United Arab Emirates | AU$381,213 | AED 1,000,000 |
| 329 | Derby Grand PrixMizusawa Racecourse | Japan | AU$381,024 | ¥40,000,000 |
| 330 | Nippon TV HaiFunabashi Racecourse | Japan | AU$381,024 | ¥40,000,000 |
The 20 races closest to the Herbert Power 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, 59th of them is this one
| Race | Racecourse | Grade | Prize money |
|---|---|---|---|
| WA Guineas | Ascot Racecourse | Group 2 | AU$500,000 |
| Brisbane Cup | Eagle Farm Racecourse | Group 2 | AU$400,000 |
| Crystal Mile | Moonee Valley Racecourse, Melbourne | Group 2 | AU$400,000 |
| Golden Pendant | Rosehill Racecourse, Sydney, Australia | Group 2 | AU$400,000 |
| Hobartville Stakes | Rosehill Gardens Racecourse | Group 2 | AU$400,000 |
| Moonee Valley Vase | Moonee Valley Racecourse, Melbourne | Group 2 | AU$400,000 |
| WATC Derby | Ascot Racecourse, Perth, Western Australia | Group 2 | AU$400,000 |
| Adelaide Cup | Morphettville Racecourse, South Australia | Group II | AU$350,000 |
Every race in Australia we hold a purse for is on the Australia prize money list.
Frequently asked questions
What is the total Herbert Power Stakes prize money?
AU$400,000, for the 2025 running.
Where does the Herbert Power Stakes rank among the richest races in the world?
320th of 997. 319 races pay more, the nearest of them Prince of Wales Stakes. In Australia it is 59th of 291.
Which horse has won the Herbert Power Stakes most often?
Durham, 2 times, in 1951, 1952.
When was the Herbert Power Stakes first run?
1898. This page holds 128 runnings, from 1898 to 2025.
How far is the Herbert Power Stakes?
2,400 metres, on turf, at Caulfield Racecourse.
Where to next
The rest of the racing money