IRISH DERBY · IRELAND
Irish Derby prize money
The Irish Derby is worth €1,000,000 for the 2022 running , €580,000 of it to the winner . That makes it the 70th richest of the 997 races on this site and the 1st richest in Ireland.
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 €1,000,000
TO THE WINNER €580,000
WORLD RANK 70th
RUNNINGS HELD 81
FIRST RUN 1866
What the Irish Derby is
Group 1 · 1m 4f (2,414 metres) · Turf · Curragh Racecourse
- Racecourse
- Curragh Racecourse
- Country
- Ireland
- Grade
- Group 1
- Distance
- 1m 4f (2,414 metres)
- Surface
- Turf
- Race type
- Flat / Thoroughbred
- Open to
- Three-year-olds excluding geldings
- Direction
- Right-handed
- First run
- 1866
The winner takes 58% of the fund. The remaining €420,000 is shared between the horses behind, on a scale the racecourse sets race by race rather than a fixed one.
Run in 2:28.33 in 2026, the Irish Derby pays €6,742 for every second of the race, which is 96th of the 611 races in horse racing prize money per second and 1st in Ireland.
Every Irish Derby winner
81 runnings, 1946 to 2026, newest first
| Year | Winner | Jockey | Trainer | Owner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Benvenuto Cellini2:28.33 | Ryan Moore | Aidan O'Brien | Brant / Magnier /Tabor / Smith / Westerberg |
| 2025 | Lambourn2:29.18 | Ryan Moore | Aidan O'Brien | Magnier /Tabor / Smith |
| 2024 | Los Angeles2:28.15 | Ryan Moore | Aidan O'Brien | Westerberg/Tabor / Smith / Magnier |
| 2023 | Auguste Rodin2:33.24 | Ryan Moore | Aidan O'Brien | Tabor / Smith / Magnier / Westerberg |
| 2022 | Westover2:34.80 | Colin Keane | Ralph Beckett | Juddmonte |
| 2021 | Hurricane Lane2:33.85 | William Buick | Charlie Appleby | Godolphin |
| 2020 | Santiago2:38.17 | Seamie Heffernan | Aidan O'Brien | Tabor / Smith / Magnier |
| 2019 | Sovereign2:31.50 | Padraig Beggy | Aidan O'Brien | Magnier / Tabor / Smith |
| 2018 | Latrobe2:32.62 | Donnacha O'Brien | Joseph O'Brien | Lloyd Williams |
| 2017 | Capri2:35.45 | Seamie Heffernan | Aidan O'Brien | Smith / Magnier / Tabor |
| 2016 | Harzand2:38:05 | Pat Smullen | Dermot Weld | Aga Khan IV |
| 2015 | Jack Hobbs2:34:93 | William Buick | John Gosden | Godolphin & Partners |
| 2014 | Australia2:33.19 | Joseph O'Brien | Aidan O'Brien | Smith / Magnier / Tabor |
| 2013 | Trading Leather2:27.17 | Kevin Manning | Jim Bolger | Mrs J S Bolger |
| 2012 | Camelot2:43.96 | Joseph O'Brien | Aidan O'Brien | Derrick Smith |
| 2011 | Treasure Beach2:33.26 | Colm O'Donoghue | Aidan O'Brien | Smith / Magnier / Tabor |
| 2010 | Cape Blanco2:28.68 | Johnny Murtagh | Aidan O'Brien | Smith / Magnier / Tabor |
| 2009 | Fame and Glory2:30.87 | Johnny Murtagh | Aidan O'Brien | Smith / Magnier / Tabor |
| 2008 | Frozen Fire2:31.96 | Seamie Heffernan | Aidan O'Brien | Tabor / Smith / Magnier |
| 2007 | Soldier of Fortune2:36.02 | Seamie Heffernan | Aidan O'Brien | Magnier / Tabor / Smith |
| 2006 | Dylan Thomas2:29.70 | Kieren Fallon | Aidan O'Brien | Magnier / Tabor |
| 2005 | Hurricane Run2:29.40 | Kieren Fallon | André Fabre | Gestut Ammerland |
| 2004 | Grey Swallow2:28.70 | Pat Smullen | Dermot Weld | Rochelle Quinn |
| 2003 | Alamshar2:28.20 | Johnny Murtagh | John Oxx | Aga Khan IV |
| 2002 | High Chaparral2:32.20 | Michael Kinane | Aidan O'Brien | Tabor / Magnier |
| 2001 | Galileo2:27.10 | Michael Kinane | Aidan O'Brien | Magnier / Tabor |
| 2000 | Sinndar2:33.90 | Johnny Murtagh | John Oxx | HH Aga Khan IV |
| 1999 | Montjeu2:30.10 | Cash Asmussen | John Hammond | Michael Tabor |
| 1998 | Dream Well2:44.30 | Cash Asmussen | Pascal Bary | Niarchos Family |
| 1997 | Desert King2:32.50 | Christy Roche | Aidan O'Brien | Michael Tabor |
| 1996 | Zagreb2:30.60 | Pat Shanahan | Dermot Weld | Allen Paulson |
| 1995 | Winged Love2:30.10 | Olivier Peslier | André Fabre | Sheikh Mohammed |
| 1994 | Balanchine2:32.70 | Frankie Dettori | Hilal Ibrahim | Godolphin |
| 1993 | Commander in Chief2:31.20 | Pat Eddery | Henry Cecil | Khalid Abdullah |
| 1992 | St Jovite2:25.60 | Christy Roche | Jim Bolger | Virginia Kraft Payson |
| 1991 | Generous2:33.30 | Alan Munro | Paul Cole | Prince Fahd bin Salman |
| 1990 | Salsabil2:33.00 | Willie Carson | John Dunlop | Hamdan Al Maktoum |
| 1989 | Old Vic2:29.90 | Steve Cauthen | Henry Cecil | Sheikh Mohammed |
| 1988 | Kahyasi2:32.50 | Ray Cochrane | Luca Cumani | HH Aga Khan IV |
| 1987 | Sir Harry Lewis2:40.20 | John Reid | Barry Hills | Howard Kaskel |
| 1986 | Shahrastani2:32.10 | Walter Swinburn | Michael Stoute | HH Aga Khan IV |
| 1985 | Law Society2:29.90 | Pat Eddery | Vincent O'Brien | Stavros Niarchos |
| 1984 | El Gran Senor2:31.50 | Pat Eddery | Vincent O'Brien | Robert Sangster |
| 1983 | Shareef Dancer2:29.40 | Walter Swinburn | Michael Stoute | Maktoum Al Maktoum |
| 1982 | Assert2:33.20 | Christy Roche | David O'Brien | Robert Sangster |
| 1981 | Shergar2:32.70 | Lester Piggott | Michael Stoute | HH Aga Khan IV |
| 1980 | Tyrnavos2:43.80 | Tony Murray | Bruce Hobbs | George Cambanis |
| 1979 | Troy2:30.60 | Willie Carson | Dick Hern | Sobell / Weinstock |
| 1978 | Shirley Heights2:32.30 | Greville Starkey | John Dunlop | 2nd Earl of Halifax |
| 1977 | The Minstrel2:32.00 | Lester Piggott | Vincent O'Brien | Robert Sangster |
| 1976 | Malacate2:31.20 | Philippe Paquet | François Boutin | María Félix Berger |
| 1975 | Grundy2:31.10 | Pat Eddery | Peter Walwyn | Carlo Vittadini |
| 1974 | English Prince2:33.40 | Yves Saint-Martin | Peter Walwyn | Vera Hue-Williams |
| 1973 | Weavers' Hall2:39.00 | George McGrath | Seamus McGrath | Seamus McGrath |
| 1972 | Steel Pulse2:39.80 | Bill Williamson | Scobie Breasley | Ravi Tikkoo |
| 1971 | Irish Ball2:33.80 | Alfred Gibert | Philippe Lallié | Emile Littler |
| 1970 | Nijinsky2:36.80 | Liam Ward | Vincent O'Brien | Charles Engelhard |
| 1969 | Prince Regent2:36.10 | Geoff Lewis | Etienne Pollet | Countess de la Valdène |
| 1968 | Ribero2:33.90 | Lester Piggott | Fulke Johnson Houghton | Charles Engelhard |
| 1967 | Ribocco2:32.40 | Lester Piggott | Fulke Johnson Houghton | Charles Engelhard |
| 1966 | Sodium2:31.50 | Frankie Durr | George Todd | Radha Sigtia |
| 1965 | Meadow Court2:46.80 | Lester Piggott | Paddy Prendergast | Bell / McMahon / Crosby |
| 1964 | Santa Claus2:35.60 | Willie Burke | Mick Rogers | John Ismay |
| 1963 | Ragusa2:45.60 | Garnie Bougoure | Paddy Prendergast | Jim Mullion |
| 1962 | Tambourine2:28.80 | Roger Poincelet | Etienne Pollet | Mrs Howell Jackson |
| 1961 | Your Highness2:33.5 | Bert Holmes | Humphrey Cottrill | Mrs Gladys Stanhope Joel |
| 1960 | Chamour2:37.5 | Garnie Bougoure | Vincent O'Brien | F Walter Burmann |
| 1959 | Fidalgo2:33.5 | Joe Mercer | Harry Wragg | Gerald A Oldham |
| 1958 | Sindon | Liam Ward | Michael Dawson | Anne B Biddle |
| 1957 | Ballymoss | T. P. Burns | Vincent O'Brien | John McShain |
| 1956 | Talgo | Manny Mercer | Harry Wragg | Gerald A Oldham |
| 1955 | Panaslipper | Jimmy Eddery | Seamus McGrath | Joseph McGrath |
| 1954 | Zarathustra | Paddy Powell Jnr | Michael Hurley | Mr Terrence J S Gray |
| 1953 | Chamier | Bill Rickaby | Vincent O'Brien | Mrs F L Vickerson |
| 1952 | Thirteen Of Diamonds | Jimmy Mullane | Paddy Prendergast | A L Hawkins |
| 1951 | Fraise du Bois II | Charlie Smirke | Harry Wragg | HH Begum Aga Khan |
| 1950 | Dark Warrior | Jack Thompson | Paddy Prendergast | Mr Francis More O'Ferrall |
| 1949 | Hindostan | Rae Johnstone | Frank Butters | Aga Khan III |
| 1948 | Nathoo | Rae Johnstone | Frank Butters | Aga Khan III |
| 1947 | Sayajirao | Edgar Britt | Sam Armstrong | HH Maharaja of Baroda |
| 1946 | Bright News | Morny Wing | Darby Rogers | James McVey junior |
81 of the 81 runnings name the rider, 81 name the trainer and 81 name the owner, who is the one of the three the prize money actually belongs to.
Who wins the Irish Derby more than once
The fact the table above holds and cannot show
No horse has won the Irish Derby twice in the 81 runnings on this page.
Most wins by a trainer
Races worth about the same
Either side of the Irish Derby in the world money order
| # | Race | Country | Prize money | As published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 59 | Sydney StakesRandwick Racecourse, Sydney, Australia | Australia | €1,238,095€1.2m | AU$2,000,000 |
| 60 | Victoria DerbyFlemington Racecourse | Australia | €1,238,095€1.2m | AU$2,000,000 |
| 62 | Grand NationalAintree Racecourse | Great Britain | €1,170,000€1.2m | £1,000,000 |
| 63 | Apple Blossom HandicapOaklawn Park | United States | €1,099,624 | $1,250,000 |
| 64 | Arkansas DerbyOaklawn Park Race Track, | United States | €1,099,624 | $1,250,000 |
| 65 | Blue Grass StakesKeeneland Race Course, Lexington, Kentucky, USA | United States | €1,099,624 | $1,250,000 |
| 66 | Coolmore Turf Mile StakesKeeneland Race Course | United States | €1,099,624 | $1,250,000 |
| 67 | Japan Breeding Farms' Cup ClassicChanges yearly | Japan | €1,002,456 | ¥170,000,000 |
| 68 | Tokyo DerbyOhi Racecourse | Japan | €1,002,456 | ¥170,000,000 |
| 69 | Arabian World CupLongchamp Racecourse | France | €1,000,000 | €1,000,000 |
| 71 | Prix de DianeChantilly Racecourse | France | €1,000,000 | €1,000,000 |
| 72 | Prix Jacques Le MaroisDeauville Racecourse | France | €1,000,000 | €1,000,000 |
| 73 | All Aged StakesRandwick Racecourse | Australia | €928,571 | AU$1,500,000 |
| 74 | The Gold RushAscot Racecourse | Australia | €928,571 | AU$1,500,000 |
| 75 | Al Quoz SprintMeydan Racecourse | United Arab Emirates | €879,699 | $1,000,000 |
| 76 | American Turf StakesChurchill Downs | United States | €879,699 | $1,000,000 |
| 77 | Arlington MillionColonial Downs | United States | €879,699 | $1,000,000 |
| 78 | Breeders' Cup Dirt MileUnited States | United States | €879,699 | $1,000,000 |
| 79 | Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare SprintUnited States | United States | €879,699 | $1,000,000 |
| 80 | Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies TurfUnited States | United States | €879,699 | $1,000,000 |
The 20 races closest to the Irish Derby 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 Ireland
10 races, 1st of them is this one
| Race | Racecourse | Grade | Prize money |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tetrarch Stakes | Curragh Racecourse | Listed | €50,000 |
| King George V Cup | Leopardstown | Listed | €45,000 |
| Leopardstown 2,000 Guineas Trial Stakes | Leopardstown | Group 3 | €42,500 |
| Patton Stakes | Dundalk Stadium | €40,000 | |
| Irish 2,000 Guineas | Curragh Racecourse | Group 1 | €460,000 |
| Leopardstown Derby Trial | Leopardstown | Group 3 | €80,000 |
| Ulster Derby | Down Royal, County Down | Handicap | €75,000 |
| Ballysax Stakes | Leopardstown | Group 3 | €50,000 |
Every race in Ireland we hold a purse for is on the Ireland prize money list.
Frequently asked questions
How much does the Irish Derby winner get?
€580,000. That is 58% of the €1,000,000 the Irish Derby is worth, and the rest is shared down the field.
What is the total Irish Derby prize money?
€1,000,000, for the 2022 running.
Where does the Irish Derby rank among the richest races in the world?
70th of 997. 69 races pay more, the nearest of them Sydney Stakes. In Ireland it is 1st of 10.
Which jockey has won the Irish Derby most often?
Lester Piggott, with 5 wins between 1965 and 1981.
When was the Irish Derby first run?
1866. This page holds 81 runnings, from 1946 to 2026.
How far is the Irish Derby?
1m 4f (2,414 metres), on turf, at Curragh Racecourse.
Where to next
The rest of the racing money