Summer Cup prize money
The Summer Cup is worth AU$250,000 for the 2025 running . That makes it the 525th richest of the 997 races on this site and the 187th 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 Summer Cup is
Group 3 · 2,000 metres · Turf · Randwick Racecourse
- Racecourse
- Randwick Racecourse
- Country
- Australia
- Grade
- Group 3
- Distance
- 2,000 metres
- Surface
- Turf
- Race type
- Thoroughbred, Flat racing
- Open to
- Three years old and older
- Direction
- Right-handed
- First run
- 1890
We hold the total fund for the Summer Cup 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 Summer Cup winner
136 runnings, 1890 to 2025, newest first
| Year | Winner | Jockey | Trainer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Tavi Time | ||
| 2024 | Tavi Time | ||
| 2023 | Lion's Roar | ||
| 2022 | Diamil | ||
| 2021 | Parry Sound | ||
| 2020 | Spirit Ridge | ||
| 2019 | Luvaluva | ||
| 2018 | Fierce Impact | ||
| 2017 | Montauk | ||
| 2016 | Red Excitement | ||
| 2015 | Mighty Lucky | ||
| 2014 | I'm Imposing | ||
| 2013 | I'm Imposing | ||
| 2012 | Le Roi | ||
| 2011 | Yulalona | ||
| 2010 | Spechenka | ||
| 2009 | Solid Billing | ||
| 2008 | Ready To Lift | ||
| 2007 | race not held | ||
| 2006 | Jamberoo | ||
| 2005 | Aqua D'Amore | ||
| 2004 | This Manshood | ||
| 2003 | Stadium | ||
| 2002 | Stoway | ||
| 2001 | Majestically | ||
| 2000 | Lanolin | ||
| 1999 | Zanetta | ||
| 1998 | Dance Til Dawn | ||
| 1997 | Linesman | ||
| 1996 | Century Boy | ||
| 1995 | Catalan Prince | ||
| 1994 | Spiritual Star | ||
| 1993 | Striking Gold | ||
| 1992 | Mr. Eurostar | ||
| 1991 | Cross Swords | ||
| 1990 | Magnolia Hall | ||
| 1989 | Lord Hybrow | ||
| 1988 | Super Impose | ||
| 1987 | Perfect Jet | ||
| 1986 | Limitless | ||
| 1985 | Britt's Kingdom | ||
| 1984 | Rising Prince | ||
| 1983 | Our Shout | ||
| 1982 | Just For Tristram | ||
| 1981 | Port Carling | ||
| 1980 | Peninsula | ||
| 1979 | Azranee | ||
| 1978 | Dear John | ||
| 1977 | Princely Sum | ||
| 1976 | Ming Dynasty | ||
| 1975 | On Your Mark | ||
| 1974 | Kasharyl | ||
| 1973 | Rangoon | ||
| 1972 | Big Butch | ||
| 1971 | Dark Diamond | ||
| 1970 | Royal Entrance | ||
| 1969 | Regal Jane | ||
| 1968 | Sandy's Hope | ||
| 1967 | Duo | ||
| 1966 | Royal Display | ||
| 1965 | Flotsam | ||
| 1964 | Hyde | ||
| 1963 | General Delivery | ||
| 1962 | Alspick | ||
| 1961 | Kamikaze | ||
| 1960 | Dual Copy | ||
| 1959 | Nadar Shah | ||
| 1958 | Compass | ||
| 1957 | Half Hennesy | ||
| 1956 | Baystone | ||
| 1955 | Viteren | ||
| 1954 | Pipe On | ||
| 1953 | Double Blank | ||
| 1952 | Carioca | ||
| 1951 | Persist | ||
| 1950 | Ballroom | ||
| 1949 | Snowstream | ||
| 1948 | Regal Son | ||
| 1947 | Silent | ||
| 1946 | Haxton | ||
| 1945 | Invictus | ||
| 1944 | Easter Time | ||
| 1943 | Cream Puff | ||
| 1942 | Amberspear | ||
| 1941 | Santa | ||
| 1940 | Malagigi | ||
| 1939 | Bringa | ||
| 1938 | Red Sails | ||
| 1937 | Young Crusader | ||
| 1936 | Sir Ross | ||
| 1935 | Vice Royal | ||
| 1934 | Dark Chief | ||
| 1933 | Nord | ||
| 1932 | Pretzel | ||
| 1931 | Vertigern | ||
| 1930 | Dalston | ||
| 1929 | Donald | ||
| 1928 | Donald | ||
| 1927 | Vitality | ||
| 1926 | Strongbow | ||
| 1925 | Dainty Davie | ||
| 1924 | Prince Minimbah | ||
| 1923 | King Of The Forest | ||
| 1922 | Oranian | ||
| 1921 | King Of The Forest | ||
| 1920 | Braille | ||
| 1919 | Pah King | ||
| 1918 | Arch Marella | ||
| 1917 | Poitrel | ||
| 1916 | The Fortune Hunter | ||
| 1915 | Foil | ||
| 1914 | Lochano | ||
| 1913 | Barlow | ||
| 1912 | Alured | ||
| 1911 | Baw Bee | ||
| 1910 | Britain | ||
| 1909 | Ungarie | ||
| 1908 | Epos | ||
| 1907 | Vanadium | ||
| 1906 | Tatterdemalion | ||
| 1905 | Ossian | ||
| 1904 | Cato | ||
| 1903 | Bridegroom | ||
| 1902 | Aurantia | ||
| 1901 | Caledonia | ||
| 1900 | Blue Metal | ||
| 1899 | Blue Metal | ||
| 1898 | Strathroy | ||
| 1897 | Tornado | ||
| 1896 | Damien | ||
| 1895 | Mahee | ||
| 1894 | Blarney Stone | ||
| 1893 | Jeweller | ||
| 1892 | Little Bernie | ||
| 1891 | Vespasia | ||
| 1890 | Stockwell |
0 of the 136 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 Summer Cup more than once
The fact the table above holds and cannot show
| Horse | Wins | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Tavi Time | 2 | 2024, 2025 |
| I'm Imposing | 2 | 2013, 2014 |
| Donald | 2 | 1928, 1929 |
| King Of The Forest | 2 | 1921, 1923 |
| Blue Metal | 2 | 1899, 1900 |
Races worth about the same
Either side of the Summer Cup in the world money order
| # | Race | Country | Prize money | As published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 515 | Newcastle Newmarket HandicapBroadmeadow Racecourse, Newcastle, Australia | Australia | AU$250,000 | AU$250,000 |
| 516 | P J Bell StakesRandwick Racecourse, Sydney, Australia | Australia | AU$250,000 | AU$250,000 |
| 517 | Pago Pago StakesRosehill Racecourse | Australia | AU$250,000 | AU$250,000 |
| 518 | Premier's CupRandwick Racecourse | Australia | AU$250,000 | AU$250,000 |
| 519 | Queen of the South StakesMorphettville Racecourse, South Australia | Australia | AU$250,000 | AU$250,000 |
| 520 | Rough Habit PlateDoomben Racecourse | Australia | AU$250,000 | AU$250,000 |
| 521 | San Domenico StakesRosehill Gardens Racecourse | Australia | AU$250,000 | AU$250,000 |
| 522 | Show County QualityRandwick Racecourse, Sydney, Australia | Australia | AU$250,000 | AU$250,000 |
| 523 | Southern Cross StakesRosehill Gardens Racecourse or Randwick Racecourse, | Australia | AU$250,000 | AU$250,000 |
| 524 | Star Kingdom StakesRosehill Gardens Racecourse | Australia | AU$250,000 | AU$250,000 |
| 526 | T L Baillieu HandicapRosehill Gardens Racecourse | Australia | AU$250,000 | AU$250,000 |
| 527 | Tea Rose StakesRandwick Racecourse, Sydney, Australia | Australia | AU$250,000 | AU$250,000 |
| 528 | The Hawkesbury CrownHawkesbury Racecourse, Clarendon, New South Wales, Australia | Australia | AU$250,000 | AU$250,000 |
| 529 | The NivisonRandwick Racecourse, Sydney, Australia | Australia | AU$250,000 | AU$250,000 |
| 530 | Theo Marks StakesRosehill Racecourse, Sydney, Australia | Australia | AU$250,000 | AU$250,000 |
| 531 | Tibbie StakesBroadmeadow Racecourse, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia | Australia | AU$250,000 | AU$250,000 |
| 532 | Toy Show QualityRandwick Racecourse, Sydney, Australia | Australia | AU$250,000 | AU$250,000 |
| 533 | Triscay StakesRandwick Racecourse | Australia | AU$250,000 | AU$250,000 |
| 534 | Up and Coming StakesRosehill Racecourse, Sydney, Australia | Australia | AU$250,000 | AU$250,000 |
| 535 | Wenona Girl QualityRandwick Racecourse, Sydney, Australia | Australia | AU$250,000 | AU$250,000 |
The 20 races closest to the Summer Cup 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, 187th of them is this one
| Race | Racecourse | Grade | Prize money |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Domenico Stakes | Rosehill Gardens Racecourse | Group 3 | AU$250,000 |
| Show County Quality | Randwick Racecourse, Sydney, Australia | Group 3 | AU$250,000 |
| Southern Cross Stakes | Rosehill Gardens Racecourse or Randwick Racecourse, | Group 3 | AU$250,000 |
| Star Kingdom Stakes | Rosehill Gardens Racecourse | Group 3 | AU$250,000 |
| T L Baillieu Handicap | Rosehill Gardens Racecourse | Group 3 | AU$250,000 |
| Tea Rose Stakes | Randwick Racecourse, Sydney, Australia | Group 2 | AU$250,000 |
| The Hawkesbury Crown | Hawkesbury Racecourse, Clarendon, New South Wales, Australia | Group 3 | AU$250,000 |
| The Nivison | Randwick Racecourse, Sydney, Australia | Group 3 | AU$250,000 |
Every race in Australia we hold a purse for is on the Australia prize money list.
Frequently asked questions
What is the total Summer Cup prize money?
AU$250,000, for the 2025 running.
Where does the Summer Cup rank among the richest races in the world?
525th of 997. 524 races pay more, the nearest of them Newcastle Newmarket Handicap. In Australia it is 187th of 291.
Which horse has won the Summer Cup most often?
Tavi Time, 2 times, in 2024, 2025.
When was the Summer Cup first run?
1890. This page holds 136 runnings, from 1890 to 2025.
How far is the Summer Cup?
2,000 metres, on turf, at Randwick Racecourse.
Where to next
The rest of the racing money