Queensland Derby prize money
The Queensland Derby is worth AU$1,000,000 for the 2026 running . That makes it the 136th richest of the 997 races on this site and the 27th 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 Queensland Derby is
Group 1 · 2,400 metres · Turf · Eagle Farm Racecourse
- Racecourse
- Eagle Farm Racecourse
- Country
- Australia
- Grade
- Group 1
- Distance
- 2,400 metres
- Surface
- Turf
- Race type
- Thoroughbred - Flat racing
- Open to
- Three year old
- Direction
- Right-handed
- First run
- 1868
We hold the total fund for the Queensland Derby 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 Queensland Derby winner
150 runnings, 1868 to 2026, newest first
| Year | Winner | Jockey | Trainer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Providence | ||
| 2025 | Maison Louis | ||
| 2024 | Warmonger | ||
| 2023 | Kovalica | ||
| 2022 | Pinarello | ||
| 2021 | Kukeracha | ||
| 2020 | race not held | ||
| 2019 | Mr Quickie | ||
| 2018 | Dark Dream | ||
| 2017 | Ruthven | ||
| 2016 | Eagle Way | ||
| 2015 | Magicool | ||
| 2014 | Sonntag | ||
| 2013 | Hawkspur | ||
| 2012 | Brambles | ||
| 2011 | Shootoff | ||
| 2010 | Dariana | ||
| 2009 | Court Ruler | ||
| 2008 | Riva San | ||
| 2007 | Empires Choice | ||
| 2006 | Ice Chariot | ||
| 2005 | Lachlan River | ||
| 2004 | Toulouse Lautrec | ||
| 2003 | Half Hennessy | ||
| 2002 | County Tyrone | ||
| 2001 | De Gaulle Lane | ||
| 2000 | Freemason | ||
| 1999 | Camarena | ||
| 1998 | Dodge | ||
| 1997 | Yippyio | ||
| 1996 | Valance | ||
| 1995 | Turridu | ||
| 1994 | Tenor | ||
| 1993 | Air Seattle | ||
| 1992 | Royal Magic | ||
| 1991 | Dorset Downs | ||
| 1990 | Rough Habit | ||
| 1989 | Hidden Rhythm | ||
| 1988 | Bravery | ||
| 1987 | Princess Gracious | ||
| 1986 | Handy Proverb | ||
| 1985 | Tristina | ||
| 1984 | Librici | ||
| 1983 | Strawberry Road | ||
| 1982 | Our Planet | ||
| 1981 | Mr. Cromwell | ||
| 1980 | Kingston Town | ||
| 1979 | Double Century | ||
| 1978 | Lefroy | ||
| 1977 | Florissa | ||
| 1976 | Cheyne Walk | ||
| 1975 | Bottled Sunshine | ||
| 1974 | Count Rapier | ||
| 1973 | Analie | ||
| 1972 | race not held | ||
| 1971 | Amby's Love | ||
| 1970 | Silver Sharpe | ||
| 1969 | Intrepid Clipper | ||
| 1968 | Tails | ||
| 1967 | Minto Crag | ||
| 1966 | Dark Briar | ||
| 1965 | Bahram Star | ||
| 1964 | Royal Sovereign | ||
| 1963 | Confidence | ||
| 1962 | Honest Man | ||
| 1961 | Raajpoot | ||
| 1960 | Persian Lyric | ||
| 1959 | Travel Boy | ||
| 1958 | Earlwood | ||
| 1957 | Tulloch | ||
| 1956 | Book Link | ||
| 1955 | Regal Dignity | ||
| 1954 | The Wash | ||
| 1953 | Castillo | ||
| 1952 | Headstockman | ||
| 1951 | Forest Beau | ||
| 1950 | Basha Felika | ||
| 1949 | Pocket Money | ||
| 1948 | Blue Slipper | ||
| 1947 | Sefiona | ||
| 1946 | Te Tana | ||
| 1941 | Lord Spear | ||
| 1940 | Fearless Fox | ||
| 1939 | Spearace | ||
| 1938 | Hendra Lad | ||
| 1937 | Spear Chief | ||
| 1936 | Six Fifty | ||
| 1935 | Auto Buz | ||
| 1934 | Glen's Spear | ||
| 1933 | Waikare | ||
| 1932 | Braeburn | ||
| 1931 | Lough Neagh | ||
| 1930 | Monash Valley | ||
| 1929 | Bernfield | ||
| 1928 | Paddi Eve | ||
| 1927 | High Syce | ||
| 1926 | Kitty Paddington | ||
| 1925 | Wee Glen | ||
| 1924 | Serelot | ||
| 1923 | Ardglen | ||
| 1922 | Kingslot | ||
| 1921 | Lawn Mower | ||
| 1920 | Seremist | ||
| 1919 | Boy Syce | ||
| 1918 | Syce Lad | ||
| 1917 | Symposium | ||
| 1916 | Lord Acre | ||
| 1915 | Rascasse | ||
| 1914 | Fog Bell | ||
| 1913 | Signal Lamp | ||
| 1912 | King Cleo | ||
| 1911 | Maritoria | ||
| 1910 | Persian Jewel | ||
| 1909 | Braw Laddie | ||
| 1908 | Flaxen | ||
| 1907 | Euroa | ||
| 1906 | Togo | ||
| 1905 | Alexis | ||
| 1904 | Joyance | ||
| 1903 | Fitz Grafton | ||
| 1902 | Balfour | ||
| 1901 | Narelle | ||
| 1900 | Musket | ||
| 1899 | Master Bernie | ||
| 1898 | Boreas II | ||
| 1897 | The Guard | ||
| 1896 | Greyleg | ||
| 1895 | Black Diamond | ||
| 1894 | Czarina | ||
| 1893 | Triton | ||
| 1892 | Tridentate | ||
| 1891 | Splendide | ||
| 1890 | Garuda | ||
| 1889 | Fernando | ||
| 1888 | Greywing | ||
| 1887 | Lord Headington | ||
| 1886 | Fano | ||
| 1885 | Elbe | ||
| 1884 | Petronel | ||
| 1883 | Wheatmeat | ||
| 1882 | Goldfinder | ||
| 1881 | Legerdemain | ||
| 1880 | Waterloo | ||
| 1879 | Elastic | ||
| 1878 | Whisker | ||
| 1872 | J.L. | ||
| 1871 | Florence | ||
| 1870 | Grafton | ||
| 1869 | Zambesi | ||
| 1868 | Hermit |
0 of the 150 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.
Races worth about the same
Either side of the Queensland Derby in the world money order
| # | Race | Country | Prize money | As published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 126 | Deutsches DerbyHorner Rennbahn | Germany | AU$1,050,000 | €650,000 |
| 127 | New Zealand DerbyEllerslie Racecourse | New Zealand | AU$1,041,626 | NZ$1,250,000 |
| 128 | King's PlateWoodbine Racetrack | Canada | AU$1,014,552 | CA$1,000,000 |
| 129 | Arrowfield 3YO SprintRandwick Racecourse, | Australia | AU$1,000,000 | AU$1,000,000 |
| 130 | Australian GuineasFlemington Racecourse | Australia | AU$1,000,000 | AU$1,000,000 |
| 131 | Caulfield StakesCaulfield Racecourse | Australia | AU$1,000,000 | AU$1,000,000 |
| 132 | Concorde StakesRandwick Racecourse, Sydney, Australia | Australia | AU$1,000,000 | AU$1,000,000 |
| 133 | Percy Sykes StakesRandwick Racecourse | Australia | AU$1,000,000 | AU$1,000,000 |
| 134 | Perth CupAscot Racecourse | Australia | AU$1,000,000 | AU$1,000,000 |
| 135 | Premiere StakesRandwick Racecourse, | Australia | AU$1,000,000 | AU$1,000,000 |
| 137 | Randwick GuineasRandwick Racecourse, | Australia | AU$1,000,000 | AU$1,000,000 |
| 138 | Sires' Produce StakesEagle Farm Racecourse | Australia | AU$1,000,000 | AU$1,000,000 |
| 139 | South Australian DerbyMorphettville Racecourse, Adelaide, Australia | Australia | AU$1,000,000 | AU$1,000,000 |
| 140 | Stan Fox StakesRandwick Racecourse, Sydney, Australia | Australia | AU$1,000,000 | AU$1,000,000 |
| 141 | The ShortsRandwick Racecourse, | Australia | AU$1,000,000 | AU$1,000,000 |
| 142 | Winx StakesRandwick Racecourse | Australia | AU$1,000,000 | AU$1,000,000 |
| 143 | 2000 Guineas StakesRowley Mile | Great Britain | AU$992,250 | £525,000 |
| 144 | Haneda HaiOhi Racecourse | Japan | AU$971,611 | ¥102,000,000 |
| 145 | Japan Breeding Farms' Cup Ladies' ClassicChanges yearly | Japan | AU$971,611 | ¥102,000,000 |
| 146 | Grand Prix de ParisLongchamp Racecourse | France | AU$969,231 | €600,000 |
The 20 races closest to the Queensland 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 Australia
291 races, 27th of them is this one
| Race | Racecourse | Grade | Prize money |
|---|---|---|---|
| Concorde Stakes | Randwick Racecourse, Sydney, Australia | Group 2 | AU$1,000,000 |
| Percy Sykes Stakes | Randwick Racecourse | Group 2 | AU$1,000,000 |
| Perth Cup | Ascot Racecourse | Group 2 | AU$1,000,000 |
| Premiere Stakes | Randwick Racecourse, | Group 2 | AU$1,000,000 |
| Randwick Guineas | Randwick Racecourse, | Group 1 | AU$1,000,000 |
| Sires' Produce Stakes | Eagle Farm Racecourse | Group 2 | AU$1,000,000 |
| South Australian Derby | Morphettville Racecourse, Adelaide, Australia | Group 1 | AU$1,000,000 |
| Stan Fox Stakes | Randwick Racecourse, Sydney, Australia | Group 2 | AU$1,000,000 |
Every race in Australia we hold a purse for is on the Australia prize money list.
Frequently asked questions
What is the total Queensland Derby prize money?
AU$1,000,000, for the 2026 running.
Where does the Queensland Derby rank among the richest races in the world?
136th of 997. 135 races pay more, the nearest of them Deutsches Derby. In Australia it is 27th of 291.
When was the Queensland Derby first run?
1868. This page holds 150 runnings, from 1868 to 2026.
How far is the Queensland Derby?
2,400 metres, on turf, at Eagle Farm Racecourse.
Where to next
The rest of the racing money