Queensland Guineas prize money
The Queensland Guineas is worth AU$350,000 for the 2026 running . That makes it the 357th richest of the 997 races on this site and the 67th 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 Guineas is
Group 2 · 1,600 metres · Turf · Eagle Farm Racecourse
- Racecourse
- Eagle Farm Racecourse
- Country
- Australia
- Grade
- Group 2
- Distance
- 1,600 metres
- Surface
- Turf
- Race type
- Thoroughbred - Flat racing
- Open to
- Three year old
- Direction
- Right-handed
- First run
- 1896
We hold the total fund for the Queensland Guineas 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 Guineas winner
127 runnings, 1896 to 2026, newest first
| Year | Winner | Jockey | Trainer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Brave Monarch | ||
| 2025 | Depth Of Character | ||
| 2024 | Kintyre | ||
| 2023 | Kovalica | ||
| 2022 | Character | ||
| 2021 | Private Eye | ||
| 2020 | race not held | ||
| 2019 | Kolding | ||
| 2018 | Sambro | ||
| 2017 | Salsonic | ||
| 2016 | Tsaritsa | ||
| 2015 | Jabali | ||
| 2014 | Sir Moments | ||
| 2013 | Sizzling | ||
| 2012 | Pear Tart | ||
| 2011 | Torio's Quest | ||
| 2010 | Rothesay | ||
| 2009 | Express Air | ||
| 2008 | Turffontein | ||
| 2007 | Sequential Charm | ||
| 2006 | Nova Star | ||
| 2005 | Saxon | ||
| 2004 | Winning Belle | ||
| 2003 | True Glo | ||
| 2002 | Regent Street | ||
| 2001 | Heroism | ||
| 2000 | Magnifier | ||
| 1999 | Camarena | ||
| 1998 | Insecure | ||
| 1997 | Yippyio | ||
| 1996 | race not held | ||
| 1995 | Turridu | ||
| 1994 | Paris Lane | ||
| 1993 | Cuidado | ||
| 1992 | Coolong Road | ||
| 1991 | Trisca | ||
| 1990 | Solar Circle | ||
| 1989 | Cole Diesel | ||
| 1988 | Planet Ruler | ||
| 1987 | Magic Flute | ||
| 1986 | Persian World | ||
| 1985 | Phoenix Rising | ||
| 1984 | Vite Cheval | ||
| 1983 | race not held | ||
| 1982 | Star Of The Knight | ||
| 1981 | Bermuda Bird | ||
| 1980 | Cloud Pink | ||
| 1979 | Zephyr Zip | ||
| 1978 | He'll Do | ||
| 1977 | Bay Duke | ||
| 1976 | Night Charmer | ||
| 1975 | Gentle Jim | ||
| 1974 | Spinnelli | ||
| 1973 | Dalrello | ||
| 1972 | Beau Cera | ||
| 1971 | Charlton Boy | ||
| 1970 | Waminda | ||
| 1969 | Paola Pisani | ||
| 1968 | Flying Ace | ||
| 1967 | Dual Control | ||
| 1966 | Lord Kearsey | ||
| 1965 | Maybe Lad | ||
| 1964 | Rocky Court | ||
| 1963 | Confidence | ||
| 1962 | Persian King | ||
| 1961 | Ivanhoe | ||
| 1960 | Royal Bore | ||
| 1959 | Countwood | ||
| 1958 | Earlwood | ||
| 1957 | Neptunist | ||
| 1956 | Book Link | ||
| 1955 | Aboukir | ||
| 1954 | Cool Gent | ||
| 1953 | Kev Mar | ||
| 1952 | Kashmir | ||
| 1951 | Friar's Frolic | ||
| 1950 | Coniston | ||
| 1949 | Mr. Sunray | ||
| 1948 | Blue Slipper | ||
| 1947 | Sefiona | ||
| 1946 | Maytown | ||
| 1941 | Felt Yet | ||
| 1940 | Bold Step | ||
| 1939 | Spearace | ||
| 1938 | Seven Fifty | ||
| 1937 | Spear Chief | ||
| 1936 | Brownfelt | ||
| 1935 | Auto Buz | ||
| 1934 | Pandion | ||
| 1933 | Soft Step | ||
| 1932 | Some Cure | ||
| 1931 | Lough Neagh | ||
| 1930 | Irish Smile | ||
| 1929 | Bernfield | ||
| 1928 | Hourly | ||
| 1927 | High Syce | ||
| 1926 | Chryso | ||
| 1925 | Taupo | ||
| 1924 | Mountain Song | ||
| 1923 | Ardglen | ||
| 1922 | Kingslot | ||
| 1921 | Ladomond | ||
| 1920 | Syceonelle | ||
| 1919 | Eudor Furly | ||
| 1918 | Molly's Robe | ||
| 1917 | Master Warkon | ||
| 1916 | Lord Acre | ||
| 1915 | Irish Colleen | ||
| 1914 | Delinacre | ||
| 1913 | Lord Burnside | ||
| 1912 | Koatanui | ||
| 1911 | Yeena Lad | ||
| 1910 | Havocorn | ||
| 1909 | Mischief | ||
| 1908 | Flaxen | ||
| 1907 | Euroa | ||
| 1906 | Headlight | ||
| 1905 | Alexis | ||
| 1904 | Joyance | ||
| 1903 | Fitz Grafton | ||
| 1902 | Balfour | ||
| 1901 | Grattan | ||
| 1900 | Araxes | ||
| 1899 | Lauri | ||
| 1898 | Boreas II | ||
| 1897 | Boscobel | ||
| 1896 | College Cap |
0 of the 127 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 Guineas in the world money order
| # | Race | Country | Prize money | As published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 346 | Kent StakesDelaware Park Racetrack | United States | AU$355,263 | $250,000 |
| 347 | Lecomte StakesFair Grounds Race Course | United States | AU$355,263 | $250,000 |
| 349 | Sam F. Davis StakesTampa Bay Downs | United States | AU$355,263 | $250,000 |
| 350 | Smarty Jones Stakes (Oaklawn Park)Oaklawn Park Race Track | United States | AU$355,263 | $250,000 |
| 351 | Super DerbyLouisiana Downs | United States | AU$355,263 | $250,000 |
| 352 | Withers StakesAqueduct Racetrack | United States | AU$355,263 | $250,000 |
| 353 | Adelaide CupMorphettville Racecourse, South Australia | Australia | AU$350,000 | AU$350,000 |
| 354 | Australia StakesMoonee Valley Racecourse | Australia | AU$350,000 | AU$350,000 |
| 355 | Blue Diamond Prelude C&GCaulfield Racecourse, Sandown Racecourse | Australia | AU$350,000 | AU$350,000 |
| 356 | Blue Diamond Prelude FilliesCaulfield Racecourse, Sandown Racecourse | Australia | AU$350,000 | AU$350,000 |
| 358 | Sky High StakesRosehill Gardens Racecourse | Australia | AU$350,000 | AU$350,000 |
| 359 | Dominion (harness race)Addington Raceway | New Zealand | AU$333,320 | NZ$400,000 |
| 360 | Howden Insurance MileHastings Racecourse | New Zealand | AU$333,320 | NZ$400,000 |
| 361 | Levin ClassicTrentham Racecourse, Wellington, (2014-) | New Zealand | AU$333,320 | NZ$400,000 |
| 362 | Mufhasa ClassicTrentham Racecourse | New Zealand | AU$333,320 | NZ$400,000 |
| 363 | Proisir PlateEllerslie Racecourse, Auckland. Formerly Hastings Racecourse | New Zealand | AU$333,320 | NZ$400,000 |
| 364 | Wellington CupTrentham Racecourse | New Zealand | AU$333,320 | NZ$400,000 |
| 365 | Bet365 Gold CupSandown Park | Great Britain | AU$330,750 | £175,000 |
| 366 | Celebration ChaseSandown Park | Great Britain | AU$330,750 | £175,000 |
| 367 | Tingle Creek ChaseSandown Park Racecourse | Great Britain | AU$330,750 | £175,000 |
The 20 races closest to the Queensland Guineas 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, 67th of them is this one
| Race | Racecourse | Grade | Prize money |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adelaide Cup | Morphettville Racecourse, South Australia | Group II | AU$350,000 |
| Australia Stakes | Moonee Valley Racecourse | Group 2 | AU$350,000 |
| Blue Diamond Prelude C&G | Caulfield Racecourse, Sandown Racecourse | Group 3 | AU$350,000 |
| Blue Diamond Prelude Fillies | Caulfield Racecourse, Sandown Racecourse | Group 2 | AU$350,000 |
| Sky High Stakes | Rosehill Gardens Racecourse | Group 3 | AU$350,000 |
| A.V. Kewney Stakes | Flemington Racecourse, Melbourne, Australia | Group 2 | AU$300,000 |
| Ajax Stakes | Rosehill Gardens Racecourse | Group 2 | AU$300,000 |
| Angus Armanasco Stakes | Caulfield Racecourse | Group 2 | AU$300,000 |
Every race in Australia we hold a purse for is on the Australia prize money list.
Frequently asked questions
What is the total Queensland Guineas prize money?
AU$350,000, for the 2026 running.
Where does the Queensland Guineas rank among the richest races in the world?
357th of 997. 356 races pay more, the nearest of them Kent Stakes. In Australia it is 67th of 291.
When was the Queensland Guineas first run?
1896. This page holds 127 runnings, from 1896 to 2026.
How far is the Queensland Guineas?
1,600 metres, on turf, at Eagle Farm Racecourse.
Where to next
The rest of the racing money