Newmarket Handicap prize money
The Newmarket Handicap is worth AU$2,000,000 for the 2026 running . That makes it the 57th richest of the 997 races on this site and the 13th 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 Newmarket Handicap is
Group 1 · 1,200 metres · Turf · Flemington Racecourse
- Racecourse
- Flemington Racecourse
- Country
- Australia
- Grade
- Group 1
- Distance
- 1,200 metres
- Surface
- Turf
- Race type
- Thoroughbred
- Open to
- Maidens ineligible
- Direction
- Straight
- First run
- 1874
We hold the total fund for the Newmarket Handicap 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 Newmarket Handicap winner
153 runnings, 1874 to 2026, newest first
| Year | Winner | Jockey | Trainer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Caballus | ||
| 2025 | Joliestar | ||
| 2024 | Cylinder | ||
| 2023 | In Secret | ||
| 2022 | Roch 'n' Horse | ||
| 2021 | Zoutori | ||
| 2020 | Bivouac | ||
| 2019 | Sunlight | ||
| 2018 | Redkirk Warrior | ||
| 2017 | Redkirk Warrior | ||
| 2016 | The Quarterback | ||
| 2015 | Brazen Beau | ||
| 2014 | Lankan Rupee | ||
| 2013 | Shamexpress | ||
| 2012 | Hay List | ||
| 2011 | Black Caviar | ||
| 2010 | Wanted | ||
| 2009 | Scenic Blast | ||
| 2008 | Weekend Hussler | ||
| 2007 | Miss Andretti | ||
| 2006 | Takeover Target | ||
| 2005 | Alinghi | ||
| 2004 | Exceed And Excel | ||
| 2003 | Belle Du Jour | ||
| 2002 | Rubitano | ||
| 2001 | Toledo | ||
| 2000 | Miss Pennymoney | ||
| 1999 | Isca | ||
| 1998 | General Nediym | ||
| 1997 | Ruffles | ||
| 1996 | Brawny Spirit | ||
| 1995 | All Our Mob | ||
| 1994 | Mookta | ||
| 1993 | Primacy | ||
| 1992 | Schillaci | ||
| 1991 | Shaftesbury Avenue | ||
| 1990 | Gold Trump | ||
| 1989 | Grandiose | ||
| 1988 | Special | ||
| 1987 | Placid Ark | ||
| 1986 | Lockley's Tradition | ||
| 1985 | Red Tempo | ||
| 1984 | Heron Bridge | ||
| 1983 | Razor Sharp | ||
| 1982 | Razor Sharp | ||
| 1981 | Elounda Bay | ||
| 1980 | Dor Kon | ||
| 1979 | Better Beyond | ||
| 1978 | Maybe Mahal | ||
| 1977 | Desirable | ||
| 1976 | Toy Show | ||
| 1975 | Cap D'antibes | ||
| 1974 | Coolalinga | ||
| 1973 | Century | ||
| 1972 | Crown | ||
| 1971 | Baguette | ||
| 1970 | Black Onyx | ||
| 1969 | Begonia Belle | ||
| 1968 | Manihi | ||
| 1967 | Nebo Road | ||
| 1966 | Bowl King | ||
| 1965 | Ripa | ||
| 1964 | Rashlore | ||
| 1963 | Our Cobber | ||
| 1962 | Victorious | ||
| 1961 | Correct | ||
| 1960 | Correct | ||
| 1959 | Gold Stakes | ||
| 1958 | My Hour | ||
| 1957 | King's Fair | ||
| 1956 | Kingster | ||
| 1955 | Swynphilos | ||
| 1954 | Birdwood | ||
| 1953 | Cultured | ||
| 1952 | Cromwell | ||
| 1951 | Carnage | ||
| 1950 | High Jip | ||
| 1949 | Reperio | ||
| 1948 | Royal Gem | ||
| 1947 | Gay Queen | ||
| 1946 | Bernborough | ||
| 1945 | Three Wheeler | ||
| 1944 | Orteli | ||
| 1943 | Denko | ||
| 1942 | Kelos | ||
| 1941 | All Veil | ||
| 1940 | Mildura | ||
| 1939 | El Golea | ||
| 1938 | Ajax | ||
| 1937 | Aurie's Star | ||
| 1936 | Regular Bachelor | ||
| 1935 | Count Ito | ||
| 1934 | Foursome | ||
| 1933 | Waltzing Lily | ||
| 1932 | Lady Linden | ||
| 1931 | Parkwood | ||
| 1930 | Greenline | ||
| 1929 | St. Ardent | ||
| 1928 | Gothic | ||
| 1927 | Gothic | ||
| 1926 | Heroic | ||
| 1925 | Valiard | ||
| 1924 | Quintus | ||
| 1923 | Sunburst | ||
| 1922 | Rostrum | ||
| 1921 | Blue Cross | ||
| 1920 | Red Dome | ||
| 1919 | Molly's Robe | ||
| 1918 | Cetigne | ||
| 1917 | Polycrates | ||
| 1916 | Amata | ||
| 1915 | Blague | ||
| 1914 | Iownit | ||
| 1913 | Relievo | ||
| 1912 | Desire | ||
| 1911 | Queen Of Scots | ||
| 1910 | Mala | ||
| 1909 | Soultline | ||
| 1908 | Scotland | ||
| 1907 | Ebullition | ||
| 1906 | Pendant | ||
| 1905 | Playaway | ||
| 1904 | Mairp | ||
| 1903 | Chantress | ||
| 1902 | Sir Foote | ||
| 1901 | Wakeful | ||
| 1900 | The Watchdog | ||
| 1899 | Forest | ||
| 1898 | Amiable | ||
| 1897 | Carlton | ||
| 1896 | Maluma | ||
| 1895 | Laundress | ||
| 1894 | Hova | ||
| 1893 | Fortunatus | ||
| 1892 | Wild Rose | ||
| 1891 | Bungebah | ||
| 1890 | Churchill | ||
| 1889 | Sedition | ||
| 1888 | Cranbrook | ||
| 1887 | Lochiel | ||
| 1886 | William Tell | ||
| 1885 | Coronet | ||
| 1884 | Malua | ||
| 1883 | Tyropean | ||
| 1882 | Hyacinth | ||
| 1881 | Aspen | ||
| 1880 | Aspen | ||
| 1879 | Diomede | ||
| 1878 | Lady Ellen | ||
| 1877 | Tom Kirk | ||
| 1876 | Sultan | ||
| 1875 | Calumny | ||
| 1874 | Maid Of Avenel |
0 of the 153 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 Newmarket Handicap more than once
The fact the table above holds and cannot show
| Horse | Wins | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Redkirk Warrior | 2 | 2017, 2018 |
| Razor Sharp | 2 | 1982, 1983 |
| Correct | 2 | 1960, 1961 |
| Gothic | 2 | 1927, 1928 |
| Aspen | 2 | 1880, 1881 |
Races worth about the same
Either side of the Newmarket Handicap in the world money order
| # | Race | Country | Prize money | As published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 47 | Centenary Sprint CupSha Tin Racecourse | Hong Kong | AU$2,154,600AU$2.2m | HK$12,000,000 |
| 48 | Hong Kong Gold CupSha Tin Racecourse | Hong Kong | AU$2,154,600AU$2.2m | HK$12,000,000 |
| 49 | Hong Kong Stewards' CupSha Tin Racecourse | Hong Kong | AU$2,154,600AU$2.2m | HK$12,000,000 |
| 50 | Queen's Silver Jubilee CupSha Tin Racecourse | Hong Kong | AU$2,154,600AU$2.2m | HK$12,000,000 |
| 51 | Kentucky OaksChurchill Downs | United States | AU$2,131,579AU$2.1m | $1,500,000 |
| 52 | Turf Classic StakesChurchill Downs | United States | AU$2,131,579AU$2.1m | $1,500,000 |
| 53 | Australian DerbyRandwick Racecourse | Australia | AU$2,000,000AU$2.0m | AU$2,000,000 |
| 54 | Blue Diamond StakesCaulfield Racecourse | Australia | AU$2,000,000AU$2.0m | AU$2,000,000 |
| 55 | Coolmore Stud StakesFlemington Racecourse | Australia | AU$2,000,000AU$2.0m | AU$2,000,000 |
| 56 | Hill StakesRandwick Racecourse, | Australia | AU$2,000,000AU$2.0m | AU$2,000,000 |
| 58 | Spring Champion StakesRandwick Racecourse, | Australia | AU$2,000,000AU$2.0m | AU$2,000,000 |
| 59 | Sydney StakesRandwick Racecourse, Sydney, Australia | Australia | AU$2,000,000AU$2.0m | AU$2,000,000 |
| 60 | Victoria DerbyFlemington Racecourse | Australia | AU$2,000,000AU$2.0m | AU$2,000,000 |
| 62 | Grand NationalAintree Racecourse | Great Britain | AU$1,890,000AU$1.9m | £1,000,000 |
| 63 | Apple Blossom HandicapOaklawn Park | United States | AU$1,776,316 | $1,250,000 |
| 64 | Arkansas DerbyOaklawn Park Race Track, | United States | AU$1,776,316 | $1,250,000 |
| 65 | Blue Grass StakesKeeneland Race Course, Lexington, Kentucky, USA | United States | AU$1,776,316 | $1,250,000 |
| 66 | Coolmore Turf Mile StakesKeeneland Race Course | United States | AU$1,776,316 | $1,250,000 |
| 67 | Japan Breeding Farms' Cup ClassicChanges yearly | Japan | AU$1,619,352 | ¥170,000,000 |
| 68 | Tokyo DerbyOhi Racecourse | Japan | AU$1,619,352 | ¥170,000,000 |
The 20 races closest to the Newmarket Handicap 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, 13th of them is this one
| Race | Racecourse | Grade | Prize money |
|---|---|---|---|
| Australian Derby | Randwick Racecourse | Group 1 | AU$2,000,000AU$2.0m |
| Blue Diamond Stakes | Caulfield Racecourse | Group 1 | AU$2,000,000AU$2.0m |
| Coolmore Stud Stakes | Flemington Racecourse | Group 1 | AU$2,000,000AU$2.0m |
| Hill Stakes | Randwick Racecourse, | Group 2 | AU$2,000,000AU$2.0m |
| Spring Champion Stakes | Randwick Racecourse, | Group 1 | AU$2,000,000AU$2.0m |
| Sydney Stakes | Randwick Racecourse, Sydney, Australia | Group 3 | AU$2,000,000AU$2.0m |
| Victoria Derby | Flemington Racecourse | Group 1 | AU$2,000,000AU$2.0m |
| All Aged Stakes | Randwick Racecourse | Group 1 | AU$1,500,000 |
Every race in Australia we hold a purse for is on the Australia prize money list.
Frequently asked questions
What is the total Newmarket Handicap prize money?
AU$2,000,000, for the 2026 running.
Where does the Newmarket Handicap rank among the richest races in the world?
57th of 997. 56 races pay more, the nearest of them Centenary Sprint Cup. In Australia it is 13th of 291.
Which horse has won the Newmarket Handicap most often?
Redkirk Warrior, 2 times, in 2017, 2018.
When was the Newmarket Handicap first run?
1874. This page holds 153 runnings, from 1874 to 2026.
How far is the Newmarket Handicap?
1,200 metres, on turf, at Flemington Racecourse.
Where to next
The rest of the racing money