ST JAMES'S PALACE STAKES · GREAT BRITAIN
St James's Palace Stakes prize money
The St James's Palace Stakes is worth £650,000 for the 2025 running , £368,615 of it to the winner . That makes it the 108th richest of the 997 races on this site and the 5th 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 £650,000
TO THE WINNER £368,615
WORLD RANK 108th
RUNNINGS HELD 118
FIRST RUN 1834
What the St James's Palace Stakes is
Group 1 · 7f 213yd (1,603 metres) · Turf · Ascot Racecourse
- Racecourse
- Ascot Racecourse
- Country
- Great Britain
- Grade
- Group 1
- Distance
- 7f 213yd (1,603 metres)
- Surface
- Turf
- Race type
- Flat / Thoroughbred
- Open to
- Three-year-old colts
- Direction
- Right-handed
- First run
- 1834
The winner takes 57% of the fund. The remaining £281,385 is shared between the horses behind, on a scale the racecourse sets race by race rather than a fixed one.
Run in 1:38.48 in 2026, the St James's Palace Stakes pays £6,600 for every second of the race, which is 82nd of the 611 races in horse racing prize money per second and 3rd in Great Britain.
Where the St James's Palace Stakes prize money goes
the British Horseracing Authority sets the shares, and the St James's Palace Stakes is flat racing
| Who takes it | Share of the fund | Out of this purse |
|---|---|---|
| Owner | 80% | £520,000 |
| Trainer | 7.85% | £51,025 |
| Jockey | 5.77% | £37,505 |
| Stable staff | 4.75% | £30,875 |
| Industry causes | 1.63% | £10,595 |
Every share here is a percentage of the £650,000 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 St James's Palace Stakes winner
118 runnings, 1900 to 2026, newest first
| Year | Winner | Jockey | Trainer | Owner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Bow Echo1:38.48 | Billy Loughnane | George Boughey | Exors Of The Late Sheikh Mohammed Obaid |
| 2025 | Field Of Gold1:38.41 | Colin Keane | John & Thady Gosden | Juddmonte |
| 2024 | Rosallion1:38.38 | Sean Levey | Richard Hannon Jr. | Sheikh Mohammed Obaid Al Maktoum |
| 2023 | Paddington1:40.74 | Ryan Moore | Aidan O'Brien | Tabor, Smith, Magnier, Westerberg, Brant |
| 2022 | Coroebus1:39.42 | William Buick | Charlie Appleby | Godolphin |
| 2021 | Poetic Flare1:37.04 | Kevin Manning | Jim Bolger | Jackie Bolger |
| 2020 | Palace Pier1:42.38 | Frankie Dettori | John Gosden | Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum |
| 2019 | Circus Maximus1:39.90 | Ryan Moore | Aidan O'Brien | Flaxman/ Smith / Magnier / Tabor |
| 2018 | Without Parole1:38.64 | Frankie Dettori | John Gosden | John & Tanya Gunther |
| 2017 | Barney Roy1:37.22 | James Doyle | Richard Hannon Jr. | Godolphin |
| 2016 | Galileo Gold1:44.01 | Frankie Dettori | Hugo Palmer | Al Shaqab Racing |
| 2015 | Gleneagles1:38.86 | Ryan Moore | Aidan O'Brien | Smith / Magnier / Tabor |
| 2014 | Kingman1:39.06 | James Doyle | John Gosden | Khalid Abdullah |
| 2013 | Dawn Approach1:39.23 | Kevin Manning | Jim Bolger | Godolphin |
| 2012 | Most Improved1:40.14 | Kieren Fallon | Brian Meehan | Iraj Parvizi |
| 2011 | Frankel1:39.24 | Tom Queally | Sir Henry Cecil | Khalid Abdullah |
| 2010 | Canford Cliffs1:39.55 | Richard Hughes | Richard Hannon Sr. | Heffer / Roy / Instance |
| 2009 | Mastercraftsman1:39.21 | Johnny Murtagh | Aidan O'Brien | Smith / Magnier / Tabor |
| 2008 | Henrythenavigator1:38.70 | Johnny Murtagh | Aidan O'Brien | Sue Magnier |
| 2007 | Excellent Art1:39.33 | Jamie Spencer | Aidan O'Brien | Sue Magnier et al. |
| 2006 | Araafa1:39.59 | Alan Munro | Jeremy Noseda | Al Homaizi / Al Sagar |
| 2005 | Shamardal1:37.18 | Kerrin McEvoy | Saeed bin Suroor | Godolphin |
| 2004 | Azamour1:39.02 | Michael Kinane | John Oxx | HH Aga Khan IV |
| 2003 | Zafeen1:39.91 | Darryll Holland | Mick Channon | Jaber Abdullah |
| 2002 | Rock of Gibraltar1:40.91 | Michael Kinane | Aidan O'Brien | Ferguson / Magnier |
| 2001 | Black Minnaloushe1:41.37 | Johnny Murtagh | Aidan O'Brien | Magnier / Tabor |
| 2000 | Giant's Causeway1:42.61 | Michael Kinane | Aidan O'Brien | Magnier / Tabor |
| 1999 | Sendawar1:39.99 | Gérald Mossé | Alain de Royer-Dupré | HH Aga Khan IV |
| 1998 | Dr Fong1:41.33 | Kieren Fallon | Henry Cecil | The Thoroughbred Corp. |
| 1997 | Starborough1:39.18 | Frankie Dettori | David Loder | Sheikh Mohammed |
| 1996 | Bijou d'Inde1:39.70 | Jason Weaver | Mark Johnston | Stuart Morrison |
| 1995 | Bahri1:40.15 | Willie Carson | John Dunlop | Hamdan Al Maktoum |
| 1994 | Grand Lodge1:38.83 | Michael Kinane | William Jarvis | Lord Howard de Walden |
| 1993 | Kingmambo1:44.05 | Cash Asmussen | François Boutin | Stavros Niarchos |
| 1992 | Brief Truce1:39.32 | Michael Kinane | Dermot Weld | Moyglare Stud Farm |
| 1991 | Marju1:41.97 | Willie Carson | John Dunlop | Hamdan Al Maktoum |
| 1990 | Shavian1:41.52 | Steve Cauthen | Henry Cecil | Lord Howard de Walden |
| 1989 | Shaadi1:39.33 | Walter Swinburn | Michael Stoute | Sheikh Mohammed |
| 1988 | Persian Heights1:39.57 | Pat Eddery | Geoff Huffer | Yazid Saud |
| 1987 | Half a Year1:43.42 | Ray Cochrane | Luca Cumani | John C. Mabee |
| 1986 | Sure Blade1:41.50 | Brent Thomson | Barry Hills | Sheikh Mohammed |
| 1985 | Bairn1:41.50 | Lester Piggott | Luca Cumani | Sheikh Mohammed |
| 1984 | Chief Singer1:38.90 | Ray Cochrane | Ron Sheather | Jeff Smith |
| 1983 | Horage1:40.10 | Steve Cauthen | Matt McCormack | A. Rachid |
| 1982 | Dara Monarch1:41.10 | Michael Kinane | Liam Browne | Mrs Liam Browne |
| 1981 | To-Agori-Mou1:39.90 | Greville Starkey | Guy Harwood | Andry Muinos |
| 1980 | Posse1:44.74 | Pat Eddery | John Dunlop | Ogden Mills Phipps |
| 1979 | Kris1:41.74 | Joe Mercer | Henry Cecil | Lord Howard de Walden |
| 1978 | Jaazeiro1:40.80 | Lester Piggott | Vincent O'Brien | Robert Sangster |
| 1977 | Don1:46.50 | Edward Hide | Bill Elsey | Eugene Ryan |
| 1976 | Radetzky1:40.40 | Pat Eddery | Clive Brittain | Curtis Elliot |
| 1975 | Bolkonski1:42.50 | Gianfranco Dettori | Henry Cecil | Carlo d'Alessio |
| 1974 | Averof1:41.50 | Brian Taylor | Clive Brittain | Marcos Lemos |
| 1973 | Thatch1:40.50 | Lester Piggott | Vincent O'Brien | Jack Mulcahy |
| 1972 | Sun Prince1:44.00 | Jimmy Lindley | Dick Hern | Sir Michael Sobell |
| 1971 | Brigadier Gerard1:46.94 | Joe Mercer | Dick Hern | Jean Hislop |
| 1970 | Saintly Song1:40.10 | Sandy Barclay | Noel Murless | Stanhope Joel |
| 1969 | Right Tack1:45.86 | Geoff Lewis | John Sutcliffe | J. R. Brown |
| 1968 | Petingo1:46.43 | Lester Piggott | Sam Armstrong | Marcos Lemos |
| 1967 | Reform1:47.84 | Scobie Breasley | Gordon Richards | Michael Sobell |
| 1966 | Track Spare1:43.76 | Jimmy Lindley | Ronald Mason | Ronald Mason |
| 1965 | Silly Season1:44.03 | Geoff Lewis | Ian Balding | Paul Mellon |
| 1964 | Roan Rocket1:50.21 | Lester Piggott | George Todd | T Frost |
| 1963 | Crocket1:50.22 | Doug Smith | Geoffrey Brooke | D van Clief |
| 1962 | Court Sentence1:44.43 | Eph Smith | Ted Leader | Jim Joel |
| 1961 | Tudor Treasure1:44.68 | Doug Smith | Jack Watts | Lord Derby |
| 1960 | Venture1:54.49 | George Moore | Alec Head | Aly Khan |
| 1959 | Above Suspicion1:46.46 | Harry Carr | Cecil Boyd-Rochfort | Elizabeth II |
| 1958 | Major Portion1:43.60 | Eph Smith | Ted Leader | Jim Joel |
| 1957 | Chevastrid1:47.26 | Jimmy Eddery | Seamus McGrath | Joseph McGrath |
| 1956 | Pirate King1:47.38 | Doug Smith | Humphrey Cottrill | Lionel Brook Holliday |
| 1955 | Tamerlane1:44.14 | Scobie Breasley | Neville Bertie | Lord Porchester |
| 1954 | Darius1:52.00 | Manny Mercer | Harry Wragg | Percy Loraine |
| 1953 | Nearula1:50.20 | Edgar Britt | Charles Elsey | William Humble |
| 1952 | King's Bench1:44.20 | Gordon Richards | M Feakes | A Tompestt |
| 1951 | Turco1:47.00 | Harry Carr | Cecil Boyd-Rochfort | William Woodward Sr. |
| 1950 | Palestine1:43.20 | Charlie Smirke | Marcus Marsh | Aga Khan III |
| 1949 | Faux Tirage1:45.00 | Gordon Richards | Noel Murless | John Arthur Dewar |
| 1948 | Black Tarquin1:45.40 | Edgar Britt | Cecil Boyd-Rochfort | William Woodward Sr. |
| 1947 | Tudor Minstrel1:45.80 | Gordon Richards | Fred Darling | John Arthur Dewar |
| 1946 | Khaled1:48.80 | Gordon Richards | Frank Butters | Aga Khan III |
| 1941 | Orthodox 21:42.40 | Doug Smith | Noel Cannon | James V. Rank |
| 1939 | Admiral's Walk1:45.20 | Eph Smith | Jack Jarvis | John Arthur Dewar |
| 1938 | Scottish Union1:43.60 | Brownie Carslake | Noel Cannon | James V. Rank |
| 1937 | Goya1:45.00 | Charlie Elliott | George Lambton | Marcel Boussac |
| 1936 | Rhodes Scholar1:42.00 | Robert Dick | Joe Lawson | Lord Astor |
| 1935 | Bahram1:48.20 | Freddie Fox | Frank Butters | Aga Khan III |
| 1934 | Flamenco1:44.20 | Harry Wragg | Jack Jarvis | Lord Rosebery |
| 1933 | Canon Law1:46.60 | Robert Dick | Joe Lawson | Lord Astor |
| 1932 | Andrea1:42.20 | Tommy Weston | P Whitaker | Duke of Marlborough |
| 1931 | Cameronian1:45.00 | Freddie Fox | Fred Darling | John Arthur Dewar |
| 1930 | Christopher Robin1:45.40 | Rufus Beasley | Victor Gilpin | Giles Loder |
| 1929 | Mr Jinks1:44.60 | Harry Beasley | Atty Persse | Dermot McCalmont |
| 1928 | Royal Minstrel1:46.80 | Joe Childs | Cecil Boyd-Rochfort | G P Gough |
| 1927 | Kincardine1:44.80 | Harry Beasley | Atty Persse | A Barclay |
| 1926 | Coronach1:50.40 | Joe Childs | Fred Darling | Lord Woolavington |
| 1925 | Zambo1:34.80 | Brownie Carslake | Dick Dawson | Aga Khan III |
| 1924 | Tom Pinch1:43.40 | George Archibald | Fred Darling | Lord Woolavington |
| 1923 | Ellangowan1:42.40 | Charlie Elliott | Jack Jarvis | Lord Rosebery |
| 1922 | Captain Cuttle1:41.40 | Steve Donoghue | Fred Darling | Lord Woolavington |
| 1921 | Craig an Eran1:42.60 | Frank Bullock | Alec Taylor Jr. | Lord Astor |
| 1920 | Allenby | Fred Slade | P Linton | Walter Raphael |
| 1919 | Grand Parade | Arthur Smith | Frank Barling | Lord Glanely |
| 1914 | Carrickfergus | Jim Clark | Jack Robinson | William Hall-Walker |
| 1913 | Roseworthy1:42.80 | Danny Maher | Atty Persse | A F Bassett |
| 1912 | Tracery | Danny Maher | John Watson | August Belmont Jr. |
| 1911 | Stedfast | Frank Wootton | George Lambton | Lord Derby |
| 1910 | Lemberg | Danny Maher | Alec Taylor Jr. | Alfred W. Cox |
| 1909 | Minoru | Herbert Jones | Richard Marsh | King Edward VII |
| 1908 | Your Majesty | Walter Griggs | Charles Morton | Jack Barnato Joel |
| 1907 | Slieve Gallion | Billy Higgs | Sam Darling | Henry Greer |
| 1906 | Black Arrow | Barry Lynham | Jack Robinson | William Hall-Walker |
| 1905 | Cherry Lass | Herbert Jones | Jack Robinson | William Hall-Walker |
| 1904 | Challenger | William Lane | Sam Darling | L Robinson |
| 1903 | Rock Sand | Danny Maher | George Blackwell | James Miller |
| 1902 | Sceptre1:48.00 | Frank Hardy | Robert Sievier | Robert Sievier |
| 1901 | Lauzun | Morny Cannon | Richard Marsh | Duke of Devonshire |
| 1900 | Bonarose | Lester Reiff | Frederick William Day | Ernest Cassel |
118 of the 118 runnings name the rider, 118 name the trainer and 118 name the owner, who is the one of the three the prize money actually belongs to.
Who wins the St James's Palace Stakes more than once
The fact the table above holds and cannot show
No horse has won the St James's Palace Stakes twice in the 118 runnings on this page.
Most wins by a trainer
Races worth about the same
Either side of the St James's Palace Stakes in the world money order
| # | Race | Country | Prize money | As published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 98 | Rebel StakesOaklawn Park Race Track | United States | £751,880 | $1,000,000 |
| 99 | Southwest StakesOaklawn Park Race Track | United States | £751,880 | $1,000,000 |
| 100 | Whitney StakesSaratoga Race Course | United States | £751,880 | $1,000,000 |
| 101 | Grand Steeple-Chase de ParisAuteuil Racecourse | France | £726,496 | €850,000 |
| 102 | Commonwealth CupAscot Racecourse | Great Britain | £725,750 | £725,750 |
| 103 | Mile Championship Nambu HaiMorioka Racecourse | Japan | £705,600 | ¥140,000,000 |
| 104 | St Leger StakesDoncaster Racecourse | Great Britain | £700,000 | £700,000 |
| 105 | Japan Breeding Farms' Cup SprintChanges yearly | Japan | £685,440 | ¥136,000,000 |
| 106 | Kashiwa KinenFunabashi Racecourse, Funabashi, Chiba | Japan | £685,440 | ¥136,000,000 |
| 107 | Teio ShoOhi | Japan | £685,440 | ¥136,000,000 |
| 109 | Cheltenham Gold CupCheltenham Racecourse | Great Britain | £646,880 | £646,880 |
| 110 | Eagle Farm CupDoomben Racecourse | Australia | £634,921 | AU$1,200,000 |
| 111 | First Lady StakesKeeneland Race Course, Lexington, Kentucky United States | United States | £601,504 | $800,000 |
| 112 | Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup StakesKeeneland Race Course | United States | £601,504 | $800,000 |
| 113 | Japan Dirt ClassicOhi Racecourse | Japan | £599,760 | ¥119,000,000 |
| 114 | Gran Premio LotteriaAgnano Racetrack, Naples, | £597,744 | $795,000 | |
| 116 | Jeff Ruby SteaksTurfway Park | United States | £584,211 | $777,000 |
| 117 | Kranji MileSingapore Turf Club | Singapore | £581,400 | S$1,000,000 |
| 118 | Singapore Gold CupSingapore Turf Club | Singapore | £581,400 | S$1,000,000 |
| 119 | Belmont DerbyBelmont Park | United States | £563,910 | $750,000 |
The 20 races closest to the St James's Palace Stakes 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, 5th of them is this one
| Race | Racecourse | Grade | Prize money |
|---|---|---|---|
| Epsom Derby | Epsom Downs | Group 1 | £1,500,000£1.5m |
| Grand National | Aintree Racecourse | Premier Handicap | £1,000,000£1.0m |
| Commonwealth Cup | Ascot Racecourse | Group 1 | £725,750 |
| St Leger Stakes | Doncaster Racecourse | Group 1 | £700,000 |
| Cheltenham Gold Cup | Cheltenham Racecourse | Grade 1 | £646,880 |
| 2000 Guineas Stakes | Rowley Mile | Group 1 | £525,000 |
| Champion Hurdle | Cheltenham Racecourse | Grade 1 | £450,000 |
| Queen Mother Champion Chase | Cheltenham Racecourse | Grade 1 | £400,000 |
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 St James's Palace Stakes winner get?
£368,615. That is 57% of the £650,000 the St James's Palace Stakes is worth, and the rest is shared down the field.
What is the total St James's Palace Stakes prize money?
£650,000, for the 2025 running.
Where does the St James's Palace Stakes rank among the richest races in the world?
108th of 997. 107 races pay more, the nearest of them Rebel Stakes. In Great Britain it is 5th of 122.
Which jockey has won the St James's Palace Stakes most often?
Michael Kinane, with 6 wins between 1982 and 2004.
When was the St James's Palace Stakes first run?
1834. This page holds 118 runnings, from 1900 to 2026.
How far is the St James's Palace Stakes?
7f 213yd (1,603 metres), on turf, at Ascot Racecourse.
Where to next
The rest of the racing money