South Australian Derby prize money
The South Australian Derby is worth AU$1,000,000 for the 2026 running . That makes it the 139th richest of the 997 races on this site and the 30th 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 South Australian Derby is
Group 1 · 2,500 metres · Turf · Morphettville Racecourse, Adelaide, Australia
- Racecourse
- Morphettville Racecourse, Adelaide, Australia
- Country
- Australia
- Grade
- Group 1
- Distance
- 2,500 metres
- Surface
- Turf
- Race type
- Thoroughbred, Flat racing
- Open to
- Three-year-olds colts and geldings – kg fillies – kg
- Direction
- Left-handed
- First run
- 1860
We hold the total fund for the South Australian 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 South Australian Derby winner
153 runnings, 1860 to 2026, newest first
| Year | Winner | Jockey | Trainer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Wigmore | ||
| 2025 | Femminile | ||
| 2024 | Coco Sun | ||
| 2023 | Dunkel | ||
| 2022 | Jungle Magnate | ||
| 2021 | Explosive Jack | ||
| 2020 | Russian Camelot | ||
| 2019 | Qafila | ||
| 2018 | Leicester | ||
| 2017 | Volatile Mix | ||
| 2016 | Howard Be Thy Name | ||
| 2015 | Delicacy | ||
| 2014 | Kushadasi | ||
| 2013 | Escado | ||
| 2012 | Zabeelionaire | ||
| 2011 | Shadows In The Sun | ||
| 2010 | Kidnapped | ||
| 2009 | Rebel Raider | ||
| 2008 | Zarita | ||
| 2007 | Lazer Sharp | ||
| 2006 | Testafiable | ||
| 2005 | Tails Of Triomphe | ||
| 2004 | Hard To Get | ||
| 2003 | Mummify | ||
| 2002 | Pantani | ||
| 2001 | Big Pat | ||
| 2000 | Blue Murder | ||
| 1999 | Showella | ||
| 1998 | Bulta | ||
| 1997 | Markham | ||
| 1996 | Cheviot | ||
| 1995 | Count Chivas | ||
| 1994 | Bullwinkle | ||
| 1993 | Our Pompeii | ||
| 1992 | Subzero | ||
| 1991 | Shiva's Revenge | ||
| 1990 | Diego | ||
| 1989 | Sea Brigand | ||
| 1988 | Celtic Spirit | ||
| 1987 | Shark's Fin | ||
| 1986 | French Cotton | ||
| 1985 | Sir Zephyr | ||
| 1984 | Mapperley Heights | ||
| 1983 | ¶race not held | ||
| 1982 | English Wonder | ||
| 1981 | Brewery Boy | ||
| 1980 | Tasman | ||
| 1979 | Top Ware | ||
| 1978 | Regal Jester | ||
| 1977 | Stormy Rex | ||
| 1976 | Vacuum | ||
| 1975 | Prince Of All | ||
| 1974 | Exalt's Pride | ||
| 1973 | Sir Gerald | ||
| 1972 | Dayana | ||
| 1971 | Near Boy | ||
| 1970 | Clear Prince | ||
| 1969 | Paradigm | ||
| 1968 | Dale Lace | ||
| 1967 | Kembla | ||
| 1966 | Peculator | ||
| 1965 | Mission | ||
| 1964 | Ziema | ||
| 1963 | Hunting Horn | ||
| 1962 | Royal Ziet | ||
| 1961 | Gatum Gatum | ||
| 1960 | Royal Chat | ||
| 1959 | Crusty Bottle | ||
| 1958 | Stormy Passage | ||
| 1957 | Galloway | ||
| 1956 | Auteuil | ||
| 1955 | Ralkon | ||
| 1954 | Pandie Star | ||
| 1953 | Jovial Scot | ||
| 1952 | Winemaker | ||
| 1951 | Beau Cavalier | ||
| 1950 | Toastmaster | ||
| 1949 | Glenvue | ||
| 1948 | Idle Banter | ||
| 1947 | Basama | ||
| 1946 | Conservator | ||
| 1945 | Dauntless | ||
| 1944 | Bluenor | ||
| 1941 | Ladmond | ||
| 1940 | Waxwings | ||
| 1939 | Lusson | ||
| 1938 | Tempest | ||
| 1937 | Golden Hill | ||
| 1936 | Brave Lad | ||
| 1935 | Beamish Boy | ||
| 1934 | Alinura | ||
| 1933 | Yultewirra | ||
| 1932 | Traverse | ||
| 1931 | Opera King | ||
| 1930 | Induna | ||
| 1929 | Hot Spring | ||
| 1928 | Mount Of Olives | ||
| 1927 | Marco Polo | ||
| 1926 | Pindenda | ||
| 1925 | Ethelton | ||
| 1924 | Wycherley | ||
| 1923 | King Of Mirth | ||
| 1922 | Burnished | ||
| 1921 | Leon | ||
| 1920 | Pogonatos | ||
| 1919 | Lord Setay | ||
| 1918 | Stagegirl | ||
| 1917 | Cosmos | ||
| 1916 | Nevka | ||
| 1915 | Perambulate | ||
| 1914 | Fidelio | ||
| 1913 | Kildalton | ||
| 1912 | Puringa | ||
| 1911 | Sanskrit | ||
| 1910 | Sergius | ||
| 1909 | The Greek | ||
| 1908 | Tiercel | ||
| 1907 | Palotta | ||
| 1906 | Kismet II | ||
| 1905 | Torah | ||
| 1904 | Ganymedes | ||
| 1903 | F.J.A. | ||
| 1902 | Rienzi | ||
| 1901 | Ritualist | ||
| 1900 | Miltiades | ||
| 1899 | Gunga Din | ||
| 1898 | Hainault | ||
| 1897 | Goodwill | ||
| 1896 | Thunder Queen | ||
| 1895 | Auraria | ||
| 1894 | Monastery | ||
| 1893 | Salient | ||
| 1892 | Vakeel | ||
| 1891 | Lady Rose | ||
| 1890 | Cheddar | ||
| 1884 | Gratitude | ||
| 1883 | Dirk Hatteraick | ||
| 1882 | Guesswork | ||
| 1881 | Topaz | ||
| 1880 | The Assyrian | ||
| 1879 | Pawnbroker | ||
| 1878 | Viceroy | ||
| 1877 | Irish Queen | ||
| 1876 | Pride Of The Hills | ||
| 1868 | Centurion | ||
| 1867 | Regalia | ||
| 1866 | Crusader | ||
| 1865 | Tim Whiffler | ||
| 1864 | ♯Queen Of Barossa | ||
| 1863 | Lord Of Isles | ||
| 1862 | Riddle | ||
| 1861 | Typo | ||
| 1860 | Midnight |
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.
Races worth about the same
Either side of the South Australian Derby in the world money order
| # | Race | Country | Prize money | As published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 136 | Queensland DerbyEagle Farm 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 |
| 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 |
| 147 | Poule d'Essai des PoulainsLongchamp Racecourse | France | AU$969,231 | €600,000 |
| 148 | Prix VermeilleLongchamp Racecourse | France | AU$969,231 | €600,000 |
| 149 | Alcibiades StakesKeeneland Race Course | United States | AU$923,684 | $650,000 |
The 20 races closest to the South Australian 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, 30th of them is this one
| Race | Racecourse | Grade | Prize money |
|---|---|---|---|
| Premiere Stakes | Randwick Racecourse, | Group 2 | AU$1,000,000 |
| Queensland Derby | Eagle Farm Racecourse | Group 1 | 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 |
| 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 |
Every race in Australia we hold a purse for is on the Australia prize money list.
Frequently asked questions
What is the total South Australian Derby prize money?
AU$1,000,000, for the 2026 running.
Where does the South Australian Derby rank among the richest races in the world?
139th of 997. 138 races pay more, the nearest of them Arrowfield 3YO Sprint. In Australia it is 30th of 291.
When was the South Australian Derby first run?
1860. This page holds 153 runnings, from 1860 to 2026.
How far is the South Australian Derby?
2,500 metres, on turf, at Morphettville Racecourse, Adelaide, Australia.
Where to next
The rest of the racing money