Moonee Valley Gold Cup prize money
The Moonee Valley Gold Cup is worth AU$750,000 for the 2025 running . That makes it the 174th richest of the 997 races on this site and the 35th 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 Moonee Valley Gold Cup is
Group 2 · 2,500 metres · Turf · Moonee Valley Racecourse, Melbourne, Australia
- Racecourse
- Moonee Valley Racecourse, Melbourne, Australia
- Country
- Australia
- Grade
- Group 2
- Distance
- 2,500 metres
- Surface
- Turf
- Race type
- Thoroughbred
- Open to
- Four years old and over
- Direction
- Left-handed
- First run
- 1883
We hold the total fund for the Moonee Valley Gold 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 Moonee Valley Gold Cup winner
143 runnings, 1883 to 2025, newest first
| Year | Winner | Jockey | Trainer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Onesmoothoperator | ||
| 2024 | Okita Soushi | ||
| 2023 | Cleveland | ||
| 2022 | Francesco Guardi | ||
| 2021 | Lunar Flare | ||
| 2020 | Miami Bound | ||
| 2019 | Hunting Horn | ||
| 2018 | Ventura Storm | ||
| 2017 | Who Shot Thebarman | ||
| 2016 | Grand Marshal | ||
| 2015 | The United States | ||
| 2014 | Prince Of Penzance | ||
| 2013 | Precedence | ||
| 2012 | Vatuvei | ||
| 2011 | Americain | ||
| 2010 | Precedence | ||
| 2009 | The Sportsman | ||
| 2008 | Gallopin | ||
| 2007 | Gallic | ||
| 2006 | Zipping | ||
| 2005 | Umbula | ||
| 2004 | Another Warrior | ||
| 2003 | Frightening | ||
| 2002 | Thong Classic | ||
| 2001 | Rain Gauge | ||
| 2000 | Yippyio | ||
| 1999 | Streak | ||
| 1998 | Price Standaan | ||
| 1997 | Court Of Honour | ||
| 1996 | Istidaad | ||
| 1995 | Storm | ||
| 1994 | Top Rating | ||
| 1993 | Glastonbury | ||
| 1992 | Donegal Mist | ||
| 1991 | Al Maheb | ||
| 1990 | Kingston Rule | ||
| 1989 | Sydeston | ||
| 1988 | Ideal Centreman | ||
| 1987 | King Matthias | ||
| 1986 | Reckless Tradition | ||
| 1985 | Butternut | ||
| 1984 | Holsam | ||
| 1983 | Toujours Mio | ||
| 1982 | Triumphal March | ||
| 1981 | Saxon Slew | ||
| 1980 | Tai Salute | ||
| 1979 | Sir Sahib | ||
| 1978 | Clear Day | ||
| 1977 | Ngawyni | ||
| 1976 | Poker Night | ||
| 1975 | Holiday Waggon | ||
| 1974 | Lord Metric | ||
| 1973 | Grand Scale | ||
| 1972 | Double Irish | ||
| 1971 | Skint Dip | ||
| 1970 | Mr. President | ||
| 1969 | What's Brewing | ||
| 1968 | Impetus | ||
| 1967 | Prince Camillo | ||
| 1966 | Tea Biscuit | ||
| 1965 | Red William | ||
| 1964 | Algalon | ||
| 1963 | My Contact | ||
| 1962 | River Seine | ||
| 1961 | Baroda Gleam | ||
| 1960 | Mac | ||
| 1959 | Sanvo | ||
| 1958 | Humber Hawk | ||
| 1957 | Lord Gavin | ||
| 1956 | Pandie Sun | ||
| 1955 | Al Crusa | ||
| 1954 | Hellion | ||
| 1953 | Wodalla | ||
| 1952 | King Amana | ||
| 1951 | Erriton | ||
| 1950 | Benvolo | ||
| 1949 | Hoyle | ||
| 1948 | Howe | ||
| 1947 | Don Pedro | ||
| 1946 | Valcurl | ||
| 1945 | Valcurl | ||
| 1944 | Queen Midas | ||
| 1943 | Haros | ||
| 1942 | Dark Felt | ||
| 1941 | Yours Truly | ||
| 1940 | Gilltown | ||
| 1939 | Gilltown | ||
| 1938 | Ortelle's Star | ||
| 1937 | Frill Prince | ||
| 1936 | Dark Chief | ||
| 1935 | Art | ||
| 1934 | Nightly | ||
| 1933 | Peter Jackson | ||
| 1932 | Yarramba | ||
| 1931 | Homedale | ||
| 1930 | Shadow King | ||
| 1929 | Prince Viol | ||
| 1928 | Nawallah | ||
| 1927 | Silvius | ||
| 1926 | Royal Charter | ||
| 1925 | Tookarby | ||
| 1924 | Stand By | ||
| 1923 | Princess Mernda | ||
| 1922 | Purser | ||
| 1921 | Wirriway | ||
| 1920 | White Plast | ||
| 1919 | Telecles | ||
| 1918 | Rael Locin | ||
| 1917 | Kunegetis | ||
| 1916 | Andelosia | ||
| 1915 | Gladwyn | ||
| 1914 | Gladwyn | ||
| 1913 | Greek Fire | ||
| 1912 | Almissa | ||
| 1911 | Hartfell | ||
| 1910 | Kerlie | ||
| 1909 | Flavinius | ||
| 1908 | Woorooma | ||
| 1907 | May King | ||
| 1906 | Charles Stuart | ||
| 1905 | Blue Spec | ||
| 1904 | Patronus | ||
| 1903 | T.M.S. | ||
| 1902 | The Persian | ||
| 1901 | Combat | ||
| 1900 | Clean Sweep | ||
| 1899 | Sweetheart | ||
| 1898 | Locksmith | ||
| 1897 | Mirella | ||
| 1896 | Veronica | ||
| 1895 | Our Jack | ||
| 1894 | Preston | ||
| 1893 | Premier | ||
| 1892 | Little Bob | ||
| 1891 | Little Bob | ||
| 1890 | Wiora | ||
| 1889 | Don Giovan | ||
| 1888 | Newmaster | ||
| 1887 | Quintin Matsys | ||
| 1886 | Isonomy | ||
| 1885 | Merrimu | ||
| 1884 | Meteor | ||
| 1883 | Castaway |
0 of the 143 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 Moonee Valley Gold Cup more than once
The fact the table above holds and cannot show
| Horse | Wins | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Precedence | 2 | 2010, 2013 |
| Valcurl | 2 | 1945, 1946 |
| Gilltown | 2 | 1939, 1940 |
| Gladwyn | 2 | 1914, 1915 |
| Little Bob | 2 | 1891, 1892 |
Races worth about the same
Either side of the Moonee Valley Gold Cup in the world money order
| # | Race | Country | Prize money | As published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 163 | Karaka MillionEllerslie Racecourse | New Zealand | AU$833,301 | NZ$1,000,000 |
| 164 | New Zealand OaksEllerslie, Auckland | New Zealand | AU$833,301 | NZ$1,000,000 |
| 165 | New Zealand Trotting CupAddington Raceway | New Zealand | AU$833,301 | NZ$1,000,000 |
| 167 | Poule d'Essai des PoulichesLongchamp Racecourse | France | AU$807,692 | €500,000 |
| 168 | Preis der DianaDüsseldorf Racecourse | Germany | AU$807,692 | €500,000 |
| 169 | Prix de l'OpéraLongchamp Racecourse | France | AU$807,692 | €500,000 |
| 170 | Durban July HandicapGreyville Racecourse | South Africa | AU$807,030 | R10,000,000 |
| 171 | Sha Tin TrophySha Tin Racecourse | Hong Kong | AU$763,088 | HK$4,250,000 |
| 172 | Queen Mother Champion ChaseCheltenham Racecourse | Great Britain | AU$756,000 | £400,000 |
| 173 | Craven PlateRandwick Racecourse, | Australia | AU$750,000 | AU$750,000 |
| 175 | Oakleigh PlateCaulfield Racecourse | Australia | AU$750,000 | AU$750,000 |
| 176 | Rosehill GuineasRosehill Gardens Racecourse | Australia | AU$750,000 | AU$750,000 |
| 177 | Villiers StakesRandwick Racecourse | Australia | AU$750,000 | AU$750,000 |
| 178 | Zipping ClassicCaulfield Racecourse, Melbourne, Australia | Australia | AU$750,000 | AU$750,000 |
| 181 | Irish 2,000 GuineasCurragh Racecourse | Ireland | AU$743,077 | €460,000 |
| 182 | Prix du Moulin de LongchampLongchamp Racecourse | France | AU$726,923 | €450,000 |
| 183 | Acorn StakesBelmont Park | United States | AU$710,526 | $500,000 |
| 184 | Ashland StakesKeeneland Race Course | United States | AU$710,526 | $500,000 |
| 185 | Ballerina HandicapSaratoga Race Course | United States | AU$710,526 | $500,000 |
| 186 | Beholder Mile StakesSanta Anita Park | United States | AU$710,526 | $500,000 |
The 20 races closest to the Moonee Valley Gold 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, 35th of them is this one
| Race | Racecourse | Grade | Prize money |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stan Fox Stakes | Randwick Racecourse, Sydney, Australia | Group 2 | AU$1,000,000 |
| The Shorts | Randwick Racecourse, | Group 2 | AU$1,000,000 |
| Winx Stakes | Randwick Racecourse | Group 1 | AU$1,000,000 |
| Craven Plate | Randwick Racecourse, | Group 3 | AU$750,000 |
| Oakleigh Plate | Caulfield Racecourse | Group 1 | AU$750,000 |
| Rosehill Guineas | Rosehill Gardens Racecourse | Group 1 | AU$750,000 |
| Villiers Stakes | Randwick Racecourse | Group 2 | AU$750,000 |
| Zipping Classic | Caulfield Racecourse, Melbourne, Australia | Group 2 | AU$750,000 |
Every race in Australia we hold a purse for is on the Australia prize money list.
Frequently asked questions
What is the total Moonee Valley Gold Cup prize money?
AU$750,000, for the 2025 running.
Where does the Moonee Valley Gold Cup rank among the richest races in the world?
174th of 997. 173 races pay more, the nearest of them Karaka Million. In Australia it is 35th of 291.
Which horse has won the Moonee Valley Gold Cup most often?
Precedence, 2 times, in 2010, 2013.
When was the Moonee Valley Gold Cup first run?
1883. This page holds 143 runnings, from 1883 to 2025.
How far is the Moonee Valley Gold Cup?
2,500 metres, on turf, at Moonee Valley Racecourse, Melbourne, Australia.
Where to next
The rest of the racing money