QUEEN'S VASE · GREAT BRITAIN
Queen's Vase prize money
Queen's Vase is worth £262,500 for the 2022 running , £155,400 of it to the winner . That makes it the 268th richest of the 997 races on this site and the 12th richest in Great Britain.
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 £262,500
TO THE WINNER £155,400
WORLD RANK 268th
RUNNINGS HELD 117
FIRST RUN 1838
What the Queen's Vase is
Group 2 · 1m 6f 34y (2,847 metres) · Turf · Ascot Racecourse
- Racecourse
- Ascot Racecourse
- Country
- Great Britain
- Grade
- Group 2
- Distance
- 1m 6f 34y (2,847 metres)
- Surface
- Turf
- Race type
- Flat / Thoroughbred
- Open to
- Three-year-olds
- Direction
- Right-handed
- First run
- 1838
The winner takes 59% of the fund. The remaining £107,100 is shared between the horses behind, on a scale the racecourse sets race by race rather than a fixed one.
Run in 3:02.07 in 2026, Queen's Vase pays £1,442 for every second of the race, which is 289th of the 611 races in horse racing prize money per second and 12th in Great Britain.
Where the Queen's Vase prize money goes
the British Horseracing Authority sets the shares, and Queen's Vase is flat racing
| Who takes it | Share of the fund | Out of this purse |
|---|---|---|
| Owner | 80% | £210,000 |
| Trainer | 7.85% | £20,606 |
| Jockey | 5.77% | £15,146 |
| Stable staff | 4.75% | £12,469 |
| Industry causes | 1.63% | £4,279 |
Every share here is a percentage of the £262,500 fund rather than of the winner's cheque, and the rider's figure covers the whole field rather than the winning rider alone. The same rule pays every race in the country, and where a purse goes in Great Britain works it out across all of them.
Every Queen's Vase winner
117 runnings, 1900 to 2026, newest first
| Year | Winner | Jockey | Trainer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Limestone3.02.07 | Dylan Browne McMonagle | Joseph O'Brien |
| 2025 | Carmers2:59.53 | Billy Lee | Paddy Twomey |
| 2024 | Illinois3:00.57 | Ryan Moore | Aidan O'Brien |
| 2023 | Gregory3:03.13 | Frankie Dettori | John & Thady Gosden |
| 2022 | Eldar Eldarov3:01.33 | David Egan | Roger Varian |
| 2021 | Kemari3:04.02 | William Buick | Charlie Appleby |
| 2020 | Santiago3:05.67 | Ryan Moore | Aidan O'Brien |
| 2019 | Dashing Willoughby3:07.86 | Oisin Murphy | Andrew Balding |
| 2018 | Kew Gardens3:00.89 | Ryan Moore | Aidan O'Brien |
| 2017 | Stradivarius3:01.47 | Andrea Atzeni | John Gosden |
| 2016 | Sword Fighter3:34.55 | Colm O'Donoghue | Aidan O'Brien |
| 2015 | Aloft3:28.40 | Ryan Moore | Aidan O'Brien |
| 2014 | Hartnell3:24.73 | Joe Fanning | Mark Johnston |
| 2013 | Leading Light3:25.26 | Joseph O'Brien | Aidan O'Brien |
| 2012 | Estimate3:34.05 | Ryan Moore | Sir Michael Stoute |
| 2011 | Namibian3:40.97 | Silvestre de Sousa | Mark Johnston |
| 2010 | Mikhail Glinka3:27.98 | Johnny Murtagh | Aidan O'Brien |
| 2009 | Holberg3:24.13 | Joe Fanning | Mark Johnston |
| 2008 | Patkai3:27.86 | Ryan Moore | Sir Michael Stoute |
| 2007 | Mahler3:32.65 | Michael Kinane | Aidan O'Brien |
| 2006 | Soapy Danger3:25.60 | Kevin Darley | Mark Johnston |
| 2005 | Melrose Avenue3:21.20 | Kevin Darley | Mark Johnston |
| 2004 | Duke of Venice3:29.14 | Frankie Dettori | Saeed bin Suroor |
| 2003 | Shanty Star3:29.12 | Kevin Darley | Mark Johnston |
| 2002 | Mamool3:29.45 | Frankie Dettori | Saeed bin Suroor |
| 2001 | And Beyond3:31.45 | Kevin Darley | Mark Johnston |
| 2000 | Dalampour3:36.27 | Kieren Fallon | Sir Michael Stoute |
| 1999 | Endorsement3:33.28 | Kieren Fallon | Henry Cecil |
| 1998 | Maridpour3:40.23 | Walter Swinburn | Sir Michael Stoute |
| 1997 | Windsor Castle3:29.48 | Richard Quinn | Paul Cole |
| 1996 | Gordi3:28.75 | Michael Kinane | Dermot Weld |
| 1995 | Stelvio3:28.64 | Michael Kinane | Henry Cecil |
| 1994 | Silver Wedge3:29.65 | Michael Hills | Geoff Lewis |
| 1993 | Infrasonic3:46.47 | Pat Eddery | André Fabre |
| 1992 | Landowner3:25.29 | Ray Cochrane | John Gosden |
| 1991 | Jendali3:31.26 | Steve Cauthen | Henry Cecil |
| 1990 | River God3:26.15 | Steve Cauthen | Henry Cecil |
| 1989 | Weld3:20.54 | Bruce Raymond | William Jarvis |
| 1988 | Green Adventure3:24.40 | Greville Starkey | Guy Harwood |
| 1987 | Arden3:37.02 | Steve Cauthen | Henry Cecil |
| 1986 | Stavordale3:28.38 | Michael Roberts | Harry Thomson Jones |
| 1985 | Wassl Merbayeh3:27.23 | Richard Hills | Harry Thomson Jones |
| 1984 | Baynoun3:30.69 | Willie Carson | Fulke Johnson Houghton |
| 1983 | Santella Man3:25.19 | Greville Starkey | Guy Harwood |
| 1982 | Evzon3:25.01 | Lester Piggott | Clive Brittain |
| 1981 | Ore3:29.26 | Willie Carson | Kevin Prendergast |
| 1980 | Toondra3:39.49 | Paul Cook | Michael Jarvis |
| 1979 | Buttress3:31.56 | Willie Carson | Dick Hern |
| 1978 | Le Moss3:29.65 | Geoff Baxter | Henry Cecil |
| 1977 | Millionaire3:37.07 | Pat Eddery | Peter Walwyn |
| 1976 | General Ironside3:26.74 | Lester Piggott | Henry Cecil |
| 1975 | Blood Royal3:27.83 | Lester Piggott | Vincent O'Brien |
| 1974 | Royal Aura3:28.41 | Pat Eddery | Peter Walwyn |
| 1973 | Tara Brooch3:46.20 | Pat Eddery | Seamus McGrath |
| 1972 | Falkland3:30.78 | Greville Starkey | Henry Cecil |
| 1971 | Parnell3:43.20 | Ron Hutchinson | Stephen Quirke |
| 1970 | Yellow River3:27.88 | Tommy Carter | Scobie Breasley |
| 1969 | Tantivy3:31.09 | Sandy Barclay | Bill Elsey |
| 1968 | Zorba II3:30.68 | Ron Hutchinson | Paddy Prendergast |
| 1967 | The Accuser3:30.70 | Frankie Durr | Dick Hern |
| 1966 | Bally Russe3:24.76 | Scobie Breasley | Noel Murless |
| 1965 | Beddard3:30.05 | Joe Sime | Herbert Murless |
| 1964 | I Titan3:31.21 | M Giovannelli | Noel Murless |
| 1963 | Hereford3:40.00 | James Hunter | Herbert Murless |
| 1962 | Pavot3:38.81 | Joe Sime | Paddy Prendergast |
| 1961 | Black King3:41.90 | Eddie Hide | Bill Elsey |
| 1960 | Prolific3:30.72 | Duncan Keith | Walter Nightingall |
| 1959 | Vivi Tarquin3:33.48 | Derrick Greening | Seamus McGrath |
| 1958 | Even Money3:27.60 | Scobie Breasley | Vincent O'Brien |
| 1957 | Tenterhooks3:29.88 | Edgar Britt | Charles Elsey |
| 1956 | French Beige3:33.88 | Geoff Littlewood | Harry Peacock |
| 1955 | Prince Barle3:34.38 | Manny Mercer | Joseph Lawson |
| 1954 | Prescription3:43.40 | Eph Smith | Jack Jarvis |
| 1953 | Absolve3:35.20 | Lester Piggott | Victor Smyth |
| 1952 | Souepi3:30.40 | Charlie Elliott | G R Digby |
| 1951 | Faux Pas3:28.60 | Eph Smith | Joseph Lawson |
| 1950 | Fastlad3:27.00 | Freddie Palmer | (Trained in France) |
| 1949 | Lone Eagle3:30.20 | Doug Smith | Cecil Boyd-Rochfort |
| 1948 | Estoc3:33.80 | René Bertiglia | (Trained in France) |
| 1947 | Auralia3:29.00 | Doug Smith | Reg Day |
| 1946 | Look Ahead3:39.60 | Doug Smith | Cecil Boyd-Rochfort |
| 1939 | Atout Maitre3:29.40 | Walter Sibbritt | Herbert Blagrave |
| 1938 | Foxglove II3:27.40 | Gordon Richards | Fred Darling |
| 1937 | Fearless Fox3:27.00 | Eph Smith | Jack Jarvis |
| 1936 | Rondo3:28.40 | Peter Maher | F Pratt |
| 1935 | Flash Bye3:37.40 | Jack Sirett | Joseph Lawson |
| 1934 | Duplicate3:30.00 | Frank Sharpe | Norman Scobie |
| 1933 | Gainslaw3:36.20 | Tommy Weston | Fred Leader |
| 1932 | Silvermere3:30.00 | Freddy Lane | Walter Nightingall |
| 1931 | Pomme D'Api3:33.00 | Michael Beary | Richard Dawson |
| 1930 | Trimdon3:35.60 | Bobby Jones | Joseph Lawson |
| 1929 | Covenden3:28.00 | Rufus Beasley | Tom Waugh |
| 1928 | Maid Of Perth3:35.80 | Jack Sirett | Fred Darling |
| 1927 | Adieu3:28.60 | Michael Beary | Walter Griggs |
| 1926 | High Art3:40.40 | Ronald James | George Dundas |
| 1925 | Kentish Knock3:23.20 | Tommy Weston | George Lambton |
| 1924 | Audlem3:33.20 | Charlie Smirke | C Davis |
| 1923 | Puttenden3:31.20 | Joe Childs | Alec Taylor Jr. |
| 1922 | Golden Myth3:24.80 | Charlie Elliott | Jack Jarvis |
| 1921 | Copyright3:26.40 | Frank Bullock | Basil Jarvis |
| 1920 | Kentish Cob3:31.80 | Joe Childs | Alec Taylor Jr. |
| 1919 | Silonyx | Victor Smyth | William Waugh |
| 1914 | Glorvina3:27.40 | Josiah Prout | George Lambton |
| 1913 | Shogun3:24.80 | William Huxley | Richard Wootton |
| 1912 | Tidal Wave | Snowy Whalley | Alfred Sadler |
| 1911 | Martingale II | Henri Jellis | Captain Dewhurst |
| 1910 | Charles O'Malley | Steve Donoghue | Lewis |
| 1909 | Amadis3:36.60 | Walter Earl | William Waugh |
| 1908 | Pillo3:28.00 | Gabriel Tortorelo | H Darling |
| 1907 | Golden Measure3:28.60 | Danny Maher | Major Edwards |
| 1906 | The White Knight | Billy Higgs | Robert Sherwood Jr. |
| 1905 | Bachelors Button | Danny Maher | Charles Peck |
| 1904 | Bachelors Button | William Halsey | Charles Peck |
| 1903 | Zinfandel | Mornington Cannon | Major Beatty |
| 1902 | Ice Maiden3:50.20 | Frank Hardy | John Porter |
| 1901 | Mackintosh3:34.00 | Sam Loates | William Waugh |
| 1900 | Solitaire3:34.00 | Lester Reiff | Fred Day |
117 of the 117 runnings name the rider, 117 name the trainer and 0 name the owner, who is the one of the three the prize money actually belongs to.
Who wins the Queen's Vase more than once
The fact the table above holds and cannot show
Bachelors Button has won it 2 times, which is more than any other horse.
1 horse has won it more than once across 117 runnings.
Most wins by a trainer
| Horse | Wins | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Bachelors Button | 2 | 1904, 1905 |
Races worth about the same
Either side of Queen's Vase in the world money order
| # | Race | Country | Prize money | As published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 258 | Gloaming StakesRosehill Racecourse | Australia | £264,550 | AU$500,000 |
| 259 | John F. Feehan StakesMoonee Valley Racecourse, Melbourne | Australia | £264,550 | AU$500,000 |
| 260 | Karrakatta PlateAscot Racecourse, Perth, Western Australia | Australia | £264,550 | AU$500,000 |
| 261 | Peter Young StakesCaulfield Racecourse | Australia | £264,550 | AU$500,000 |
| 262 | The Bart CummingsFlemington Racecourse, Melbourne, Australia | Australia | £264,550 | AU$500,000 |
| 263 | The Damien OliverFlemington Racecourse | Australia | £264,550 | AU$500,000 |
| 264 | WA GuineasAscot Racecourse | Australia | £264,550 | AU$500,000 |
| 265 | New Zealand 1000 GuineasRiccarton Park | New Zealand | £264,540 | NZ$600,000 |
| 266 | New Zealand Thoroughbred Breeders StakesTrentham, Ellerslie, Te Aroha or Te Rapa | New Zealand | £264,540 | NZ$600,000 |
| 267 | Perryville StakesKeeneland Race Course | United States | £263,158 | $350,000 |
| 269 | Prix de RoyallieuLongchamp Racecourse | France | £256,410 | €300,000 |
| 270 | Prix du CadranLongchamp Racecourse | France | £256,410 | €300,000 |
| 271 | Prix GanayLongchamp Racecourse | France | £256,410 | €300,000 |
| 272 | Prix RothschildDeauville Racecourse | France | £256,410 | €300,000 |
| 273 | King Edward VII StakesAscot Racecourse | Great Britain | £250,500 | £250,500 |
| 274 | Aintree BowlAintree Racecourse | Great Britain | £250,000 | £250,000 |
| 275 | Aintree HurdleAintree Racecourse | Great Britain | £250,000 | £250,000 |
| 276 | Coral Gold CupNewbury Racecourse | Great Britain | £250,000 | £250,000 |
| 277 | Great Voltigeur StakesYork Racecourse | Great Britain | £250,000 | £250,000 |
| 278 | King George VI ChaseKempton Park, | Great Britain | £250,000 | £250,000 |
The 20 races closest to Queen's Vase 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 Great Britain
122 races, 12th of them is this one
| Race | Racecourse | Grade | Prize money |
|---|---|---|---|
| Champion Hurdle | Cheltenham Racecourse | Grade 1 | £450,000 |
| Queen Mother Champion Chase | Cheltenham Racecourse | Grade 1 | £400,000 |
| Ryanair Chase | Cheltenham Racecourse | Grade 1 | £375,000 |
| Stayers' Hurdle | Cheltenham Racecourse | Grade 1 | £325,000 |
| King Edward VII Stakes | Ascot Racecourse | Group 2 | £250,500 |
| Aintree Bowl | Aintree Racecourse | Grade 1 | £250,000 |
| Aintree Hurdle | Aintree Racecourse | Grade 1 | £250,000 |
| Coral Gold Cup | Newbury Racecourse | Premier Handicap | £250,000 |
Every race in Great Britain we hold a purse for is on the Great Britain prize money list.
Frequently asked questions
How much does the Queen's Vase winner get?
£155,400. That is 59% of the £262,500 Queen's Vase is worth, and the rest is shared down the field.
What is the total Queen's Vase prize money?
£262,500, for the 2022 running.
Where does the Queen's Vase rank among the richest races in the world?
268th of 997. 267 races pay more, the nearest of them Gloaming Stakes. In Great Britain it is 12th of 122.
Which horse has won the Queen's Vase most often?
Bachelors Button, 2 times, in 1904, 1905.
Which jockey has won the Queen's Vase most often?
Ryan Moore, with 6 wins between 2008 and 2024.
When was the Queen's Vase first run?
1838. This page holds 117 runnings, from 1900 to 2026.
How far is the Queen's Vase?
1m 6f 34y (2,847 metres), on turf, at Ascot Racecourse.
Where to next
The rest of the racing money