Standish Handicap prize money
The Standish Handicap is worth AU$200,000 for the 2026 running . That makes it the 659th richest of the 997 races on this site and the 259th 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 Standish Handicap is
Group 3 · 1,200 metres · Turf · Flemington Racecourse
- Racecourse
- Flemington Racecourse
- Country
- Australia
- Grade
- Group 3
- Distance
- 1,200 metres
- Surface
- Turf
- Race type
- Thoroughbred
- Open to
- Maidens ineligible
- First run
- 1884
We hold the total fund for the Standish Handicap 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 Standish Handicap winner
143 runnings, 1884 to 2026, newest first
| Year | Winner | Jockey | Trainer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Disneck | ||
| 2025 | It'sourtime | ||
| 2024 | Sghirripa | ||
| 2023 | Snapper | ||
| 2022 | Halvorsen | ||
| 2021 | Sirius Suspect | ||
| 2020 | Halvorsen | ||
| 2019 | Whispering Brook | ||
| 2018 | Lord Of The Sky | ||
| 2017 | Odyssey Moon | ||
| 2016 | Durendal | ||
| 2015 | Decircles | ||
| 2014 | Flamberge | ||
| 2013 | Adamantium | ||
| 2012 | Catapulted | ||
| 2011 | Ahdashim | ||
| 2010 | Royal Ida | ||
| 2009 | King Hoaks | ||
| 2008 | Publishing | ||
| 2007 | Watchyerback | ||
| 2006 | Honalee | ||
| 2005 | Super Impressive | ||
| 2004 | Blessum | ||
| 2003 | Super Impressive | ||
| 2002 | Lets Planet | ||
| 2001 | Iglesia | ||
| 2000 | Upright | ||
| 1999 | Whistle Up | ||
| 1998 | Hon Kwok Star | ||
| 1997 | Khaptingly | ||
| 1996 | Ben's Rocket | ||
| 1995 | Blue Boss | ||
| 1994 | Laser Beam | ||
| 1993 | Western Voyage | ||
| 1992 | Jolly Old Mac | ||
| 1991 | Grandiose | ||
| 1990 | Strawberry Ranch | ||
| 1989 | Grandiose | ||
| 1988 | Redelva | ||
| 1987 | Burano | ||
| 1986 | True Version | ||
| 1985 | Maniwreck | ||
| 1984 | Warrior King | ||
| 1983 | Braw Laddie | ||
| 1982 | Hes A Haze | ||
| 1981 | Grey Sapphire | ||
| 1980 | Rooney | ||
| 1979 | Kaoru Coup | ||
| 1978 | Rooney | ||
| 1977 | Skylea | ||
| 1976 | Aurealis | ||
| 1975 | Vain Prince | ||
| 1974 | Brooklyn | ||
| 1973 | Mao's Peak | ||
| 1972 | Scarborough Fair | ||
| 1971 | Timele | ||
| 1970 | Jimeal | ||
| 1969 | Ridicule | ||
| 1968 | Lord Orpin | ||
| 1967 | Top Court | ||
| 1966 | Elect | ||
| 1965 | Tone | ||
| 1964 | Chokra | ||
| 1963 | Regolano | ||
| 1962 | Monte Bianco | ||
| 1961 | Victorious | ||
| 1960 | Planetoid | ||
| 1959 | Scenic Star | ||
| 1958 | Sports Quiz | ||
| 1957 | On Parade | ||
| 1956 | Fair Chief | ||
| 1955 | Cowboy Bill | ||
| 1954 | Hyroanie | ||
| 1953 | Flying Halo | ||
| 1952 | Gay Saint | ||
| 1951 | Ungar | ||
| 1950 | Ungar | ||
| 1949 | Chal | ||
| 1948 | High Play | ||
| 1947 | Air Marshal | ||
| 1946 | David's Last | ||
| 1945 | David's Last | ||
| 1944 | Phildoll | ||
| 1943 | Reception | ||
| 1942 | Orteli | ||
| 1941 | Manrico | ||
| 1940 | Chatsbury | ||
| 1939 | Manrico | ||
| 1938 | Amiable | ||
| 1937 | Cereza | ||
| 1936 | Ogwell | ||
| 1935 | Press Gang | ||
| 1934 | Calulu King | ||
| 1933 | Waltzing Lily | ||
| 1932 | Bold Bid | ||
| 1931 | Umbertana | ||
| 1930 | Birdcage | ||
| 1929 | Aga Khan | ||
| 1928 | Sans Culotte | ||
| 1927 | Quintus | ||
| 1926 | Trice | ||
| 1925 | Valdes | ||
| 1924 | Una Carlos | ||
| 1923 | Sunburst | ||
| 1922 | Whiz Bang | ||
| 1921 | Blue Cross | ||
| 1920 | Blue Cross | ||
| 1919 | Head Wind | ||
| 1918 | Perdo | ||
| 1917 | Aleconner | ||
| 1916 | Eurobin | ||
| 1915 | Iownit | ||
| 1914 | Captain White | ||
| 1913 | Berry Consols | ||
| 1912 | Berry Consols | ||
| 1911 | Carette | ||
| 1910 | Malmsey | ||
| 1909 | Dunolly | ||
| 1908 | Miss Bobby | ||
| 1907 | Miss Bobby | ||
| 1906 | Rosebloom | ||
| 1905 | Sinnang | ||
| 1904 | Silenus | ||
| 1903 | Fishery | ||
| 1902 | The Victory | ||
| 1901 | Duke Of Portland | ||
| 1900 | Silvermoor | ||
| 1899 | Veloce | ||
| 1898 | Embrasure | ||
| 1897 | Culzean | ||
| 1896 | Lord Charles Scott | ||
| 1895 | Fortunatus | ||
| 1894 | Parramatta | ||
| 1893 | Ascot Vale | ||
| 1892 | Barefoot | ||
| 1891 | Gladstone | ||
| 1890 | Fishwife | ||
| 1889 | Boz | ||
| 1888 | Mozart | ||
| 1887 | William Tell | ||
| 1886 | Duration | ||
| 1885 | Middlemarch | ||
| 1884 | Chuckster |
0 of the 143 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.
Who wins the Standish Handicap more than once
The fact the table above holds and cannot show
| Horse | Wins | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Halvorsen | 2 | 2020, 2022 |
| Super Impressive | 2 | 2003, 2005 |
| Grandiose | 2 | 1989, 1991 |
| Rooney | 2 | 1978, 1980 |
| Ungar | 2 | 1950, 1951 |
| David's Last | 2 | 1945, 1946 |
| Manrico | 2 | 1939, 1941 |
| Blue Cross | 2 | 1920, 1921 |
| Berry Consols | 2 | 1912, 1913 |
| Miss Bobby | 2 | 1907, 1908 |
Races worth about the same
Either side of the Standish Handicap in the world money order
| # | Race | Country | Prize money | As published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 649 | Prince of Wales StakesAscot Racecourse | Australia | AU$200,000 | AU$200,000 |
| 650 | Quezette StakesCaulfield Racecourse | Australia | AU$200,000 | AU$200,000 |
| 651 | R J Peters StakesAscot Racecourse, Perth, Western Australia | Australia | AU$200,000 | AU$200,000 |
| 652 | Roma CupAscot Racecourse, Perth, Western Australia | Australia | AU$200,000 | AU$200,000 |
| 653 | Sandown StakesSandown Racecourse, Melbourne, Australia | Australia | AU$200,000 | AU$200,000 |
| 654 | Schweppervescence TrophyFlemington Racecourse | Australia | AU$200,000 | AU$200,000 |
| 655 | Shaftesbury Avenue HandicapFlemington Racecourse | Australia | AU$200,000 | AU$200,000 |
| 656 | Sir John Monash StakesCaulfield Racecourse | Australia | AU$200,000 | AU$200,000 |
| 657 | Sires' Produce StakesAscot Racecourse, Perth, Western Australia | Australia | AU$200,000 | AU$200,000 |
| 658 | Spring StakesBroadmeadow Racecourse, Newcastle, New South Wales | Australia | AU$200,000 | AU$200,000 |
| 660 | Strickland StakesBelmont Park Racecourse, Perth, Western Australia | Australia | AU$200,000 | AU$200,000 |
| 661 | Summoned StakesSandown Racecourse, Melbourne, Australia | Australia | AU$200,000 | AU$200,000 |
| 662 | T.S. Carlyon CupCaulfield Racecourse | Australia | AU$200,000 | AU$200,000 |
| 663 | Tattersall's CupEagle Farm | Australia | AU$200,000 | AU$200,000 |
| 664 | Telstra Phonewords StakesMoonee Valley Racecourse, Melbourne | Australia | AU$200,000 | AU$200,000 |
| 665 | The Heath 1100Caulfield Racecourse, Melbourne, Australia | Australia | AU$200,000 | AU$200,000 |
| 666 | The VanityFlemington Racecourse | Australia | AU$200,000 | AU$200,000 |
| 667 | Thoroughbred Breeders StakesFlemington Racecourse | Australia | AU$200,000 | AU$200,000 |
| 668 | Thoroughbred Club StakesCaulfield Racecourse, Melbourne, Australia | Australia | AU$200,000 | AU$200,000 |
| 669 | Typhoon Tracy StakesCaulfield Racecourse or Moonee Valley Racecourse, Melbourne, Australia | Australia | AU$200,000 | AU$200,000 |
The 20 races closest to the Standish Handicap 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, 259th of them is this one
| Race | Racecourse | Grade | Prize money |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shaftesbury Avenue Handicap | Flemington Racecourse | Group 3 | AU$200,000 |
| Sir John Monash Stakes | Caulfield Racecourse | Group 3 | AU$200,000 |
| Sires' Produce Stakes | Ascot Racecourse, Perth, Western Australia | Group 3 | AU$200,000 |
| Spring Stakes | Broadmeadow Racecourse, Newcastle, New South Wales | Group 3 | AU$200,000 |
| Strickland Stakes | Belmont Park Racecourse, Perth, Western Australia | Group 3 | AU$200,000 |
| Summoned Stakes | Sandown Racecourse, Melbourne, Australia | Group 3 | AU$200,000 |
| T.S. Carlyon Cup | Caulfield Racecourse | Group 3 | AU$200,000 |
| Tattersall's Cup | Eagle Farm | Group 3 | AU$200,000 |
Every race in Australia we hold a purse for is on the Australia prize money list.
Frequently asked questions
What is the total Standish Handicap prize money?
AU$200,000, for the 2026 running.
Where does the Standish Handicap rank among the richest races in the world?
659th of 997. 658 races pay more, the nearest of them Prince of Wales Stakes. In Australia it is 259th of 291.
Which horse has won the Standish Handicap most often?
Halvorsen, 2 times, in 2020, 2022.
When was the Standish Handicap first run?
1884. This page holds 143 runnings, from 1884 to 2026.
How far is the Standish Handicap?
1,200 metres, on turf, at Flemington Racecourse.
Where to next
The rest of the racing money