HOBART CUP · AUSTRALIA
Hobart Cup prize money
The Hobart Cup is worth AU$250,000 for the 2025 running . That makes it the 504th richest of the 997 races on this site and the 166th 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.
TOTAL PRIZE MONEY AU$250,000
WORLD RANK 504th
RUNNINGS HELD 152
FIRST RUN 1875
What the Hobart Cup is
Group III · 2400 metres · Turf · Elwick Racecourse
- Racecourse
- Elwick Racecourse
- Country
- Australia
- Grade
- Group III
- Distance
- 2400 metres
- Surface
- Turf
- Race type
- Thoroughbred - Flat racing
- Direction
- Left-handed
- First run
- 1875
We hold the total fund for the Hobart 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 Hobart Cup winner
152 runnings, 1875 to 2026, newest first
| Year | Winner | Jockey | Trainer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Blonde Star | ||
| 2025 | Strawberry Rock | ||
| 2024 | Aurora's Symphony | ||
| 2023 | Military Mission | ||
| 2022 | Ho Ho Khan | ||
| 2021 | Double You Tee | ||
| 2020 | Toorak Affair | ||
| 2019 | Eastender | ||
| 2018 | Pretty Punk | ||
| 2017 | Count Da Vinci | ||
| 2016 | Up Cups | ||
| 2015 | Geegees Blackflash | ||
| 2014 | Epingle | ||
| 2013 | Hurdy Gurdy Man | ||
| 2012 | Geegees Blackflash | ||
| 2011 | Bid Spotter | ||
| 2010 | Growl | ||
| 2009 | Gotta Keep Cool | ||
| 2008 | Offenbach | ||
| 2007 | Blutigeroo | ||
| 2006 | True Courser | ||
| 2005 | Our Dashing Dane | ||
| 2004 | Zacielo | ||
| 2003 | Jeune's Mark | ||
| 2002 | St. Andrews | ||
| 2001 | Brorama Star | ||
| 2000 | Lord Baracus | ||
| 1999 | Future Shock | ||
| 1998 | L'Espion | ||
| 1997 | Palos Verdes | ||
| 1996 | Jam City | ||
| 1995 | Courtly Way | ||
| 1994 | Southern States | ||
| 1993 | Frontier Boy | ||
| 1992 | Russian Rogue | ||
| 1991 | Have A Heart | ||
| 1990 | Firetap | ||
| 1989 | Nakagima | ||
| 1988 | Brisque | ||
| 1987 | Cylai | ||
| 1986 | Dark Intruder | ||
| 1985 | Macbyrne | ||
| 1984 | Viscount Geoffrey | ||
| 1983 | Palomine | ||
| 1982 | Powerful Prince | ||
| 1981 | Andrias | ||
| 1980 | Strident King | ||
| 1979 | Kubla Khan | ||
| 1978 | Clean Heels | ||
| 1977 | Brallos | ||
| 1976 | Brallos | ||
| 1975 | Lord Pascoe | ||
| 1974 | Knee High | ||
| 1973 | Sir Trutone | ||
| 1972 | Piping Lane | ||
| 1971 | Trial And Error | ||
| 1970 | Dark Purple | ||
| 1969 | Delarus | ||
| 1968 | Bounteous | ||
| 1967 | Haughty Boy | ||
| 1966 | Sailing Prince | ||
| 1965 | Macdalla | ||
| 1964 | Macdalla | ||
| 1963 | Volterra | ||
| 1962 | Great Singer | ||
| 1961 | Welton | ||
| 1960 | Orden | ||
| 1959 | King's Thane | ||
| 1958 | Legismars | ||
| 1957 | Buzzie | ||
| 1956 | Seriki | ||
| 1955 | Seriki | ||
| 1954 | Sea Wolf | ||
| 1953 | Sir Legis | ||
| 1952 | Royal Release | ||
| 1951 | Tarcombe | ||
| 1950 | English | ||
| 1949 | The Artist | ||
| 1948 | Evade | ||
| 1947 | Wingfire | ||
| 1946 | Paramente | ||
| 1945 | Gaelane | ||
| 1944 | Thurso Bay | ||
| 1943 | Lord Saltash | ||
| 1942 | Maco Roni | ||
| 1941 | Mercator | ||
| 1940 | El Nene | ||
| 1939 | Maco Roni | ||
| 1938 | Stylish Lady | ||
| 1937 | Royalty | ||
| 1936 | Coolart | ||
| 1935 | Sunbronze | ||
| 1934 | Song Of Solomon | ||
| 1933 | Air Favourite | ||
| 1932 | Billy Barton | ||
| 1931 | Royal Simon | ||
| 1930 | Tarapunga | ||
| 1929 | Prince Viol | ||
| 1928 | Roonsleigh | ||
| 1927 | Roonsleigh | ||
| 1926 | Royal Simon | ||
| 1925 | Pukka | ||
| 1924 | Llanthony | ||
| 1923 | Binbi | ||
| 1922 | Ouverte | ||
| 1921 | Talisman | ||
| 1920 | Nadir Shah | ||
| 1919 | Prince Moeraki | ||
| 1918 | Ladino | ||
| 1917 | Sea Pink | ||
| 1916 | Polska | ||
| 1915 | Defence | ||
| 1914 | Delphic | ||
| 1913 | Belove | ||
| 1912 | Flavel | ||
| 1911 | Bolan | ||
| 1910 | Eighteen Carat | ||
| 1909 | Jack Smith | ||
| 1908 | Admirer | ||
| 1907 | Viola | ||
| 1906 | Postulate | ||
| 1905 | Newmarket | ||
| 1904 | Proceeder | ||
| 1903 | Chesterfield | ||
| 1902 | Progredior | ||
| 1901 | Timbrel | ||
| 1900 | Eiridsdale | ||
| 1899 | Flintlock | ||
| 1898 | Rosella | ||
| 1897 | Benedict | ||
| 1896 | Lena | ||
| 1895 | Music | ||
| 1894 | Amadeus | ||
| 1893 | Pauline | ||
| 1892 | Hopetoun | ||
| 1891 | Lapstone | ||
| 1890 | Macquarie | ||
| 1889 | Chaldean | ||
| 1888 | Ballarat | ||
| 1887 | Maori Chief | ||
| 1886 | Duration | ||
| 1885 | Ringwood | ||
| 1884 | King Of The Vale | ||
| 1883 | The Assyrian | ||
| 1882 | The Marchioness | ||
| 1881 | Monarque | ||
| 1880 | Avernus | ||
| 1879 | Lord Harry | ||
| 1878 | Swiveller | ||
| 1877 | Spark | ||
| 1876 | Strop | ||
| 1875 | Ella |
0 of the 152 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 Hobart Cup more than once
The fact the table above holds and cannot show
Geegees Blackflash has won it 2 times, which is more than any other horse.
7 horses have won it more than once across 152 runnings.
| Horse | Wins | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Geegees Blackflash | 2 | 2012, 2015 |
| Brallos | 2 | 1976, 1977 |
| Macdalla | 2 | 1964, 1965 |
| Seriki | 2 | 1955, 1956 |
| Maco Roni | 2 | 1939, 1942 |
| Royal Simon | 2 | 1926, 1931 |
| Roonsleigh | 2 | 1927, 1928 |
Races worth about the same
Either side of the Hobart Cup in the world money order
| # | Race | Country | Prize money | As published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 498 | Festival StakesRosehill Racecourse, Sydney, 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 |
| 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 |
| 509 | Launceston CupLaunceston Racecourse | Australia | AU$250,000 | AU$250,000 |
| 510 | Liverpool City CupRandwick Racecourse, | Australia | AU$250,000 | AU$250,000 |
| 511 | Magic Night StakesRosehill Racecourse | Australia | AU$250,000 | AU$250,000 |
| 512 | Maurice McCarten StakesRosehill Gardens Racecourse | Australia | AU$250,000 | AU$250,000 |
| 513 | Ming Dynasty Quality HandicapRosehill Gardens Racecourse, Sydney, Australia | Australia | AU$250,000 | AU$250,000 |
| 514 | N E Manion CupRosehill Racecourse | Australia | AU$250,000 | AU$250,000 |
The 20 races closest to the Hobart 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, 166th of them is this one
| Race | Racecourse | Grade | Prize money |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Hawkesbury Guineas | Hawkesbury Racecourse, Clarendon, New South Wales, Australia | Group 3 | AU$250,000 |
| James H B Carr Stakes | Randwick Racecourse | Group 3 | AU$250,000 |
| Japan Racing Association Plate | Randwick Racecourse | Group 3 | AU$250,000 |
| Kembla Grange Classic | Kembla Grange Racecourse | Group 3 | AU$250,000 |
| Kindergarten Stakes | Randwick Racecourse, | 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 Hobart Cup prize money?
AU$250,000, for the 2025 running.
Where does the Hobart Cup rank among the richest races in the world?
504th of 997. 503 races pay more, the nearest of them Doncaster Prelude. In Australia it is 166th of 291.
Which horse has won the Hobart Cup most often?
Geegees Blackflash, 2 times, in 2012, 2015.
When was the Hobart Cup first run?
1875. This page holds 152 runnings, from 1875 to 2026.
How far is the Hobart Cup?
2400 metres, on turf, at Elwick Racecourse.
Where to next
The rest of the racing money