THE DAMIEN OLIVER · AUSTRALIA
The Damien Oliver prize money
The Damien Oliver is worth AU$500,000 for the 2025 running . That makes it the 263rd richest of the 997 races on this site and the 54th 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.
TOTAL PRIZE MONEY AU$500,000
WORLD RANK 263rd
RUNNINGS HELD 158
FIRST RUN 1868
What the The Damien Oliver is
Group 2 · 1,400 metres · Turf · Flemington Racecourse
- Racecourse
- Flemington Racecourse
- Country
- Australia
- Grade
- Group 2
- Distance
- 1,400 metres
- Surface
- Turf
- Race type
- Thoroughbred
- Open to
- Three year olds and older that are not maidens
- First run
- 1868
We hold the total fund for The Damien Oliver 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 The Damien Oliver winner
158 runnings, 1868 to 2025, newest first
| Year | Winner | Jockey | Trainer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Warnie | ||
| 2024 | Another Wil | ||
| 2023 | Cause For Concern | ||
| 2022 | Old Flame | ||
| 2021 | Justacanta | ||
| 2020 | Kemalpasa | ||
| 2019 | Kemalpasa | ||
| 2018 | Osborne Bulls | ||
| 2017 | Rich Charm | ||
| 2016 | Illustrious Lad | ||
| 2015 | Eclair Choice | ||
| 2014 | Deep Field | ||
| 2013 | Fontelina | ||
| 2012 | Fontelina | ||
| 2011 | Sister Madly | ||
| 2010 | Whitefriars | ||
| 2009 | Eagle Falls | ||
| 2008 | Hot Danish | ||
| 2007 | Swick | ||
| 2006 | Magnus | ||
| 2005 | Glamour Puss | ||
| 2004 | Fastnet Rock | ||
| 2003 | Our Egyptian Raine | ||
| 2002 | Choisir | ||
| 2001 | Belle Du Jour | ||
| 2000 | Black Bean | ||
| 1999 | Pharein | ||
| 1998 | Toledo | ||
| 1997 | Al Mansour | ||
| 1996 | Mahogany | ||
| 1995 | You Remember | ||
| 1994 | Sequalo | ||
| 1993 | Gold Brose | ||
| 1992 | Tanjian Prince | ||
| 1991 | Wrap Around | ||
| 1990 | Redelva | ||
| 1989 | Boardwalk Angel | ||
| 1988 | Redelva | ||
| 1987 | Placid Ark | ||
| 1986 | Campaign King | ||
| 1985 | Rass Flyer | ||
| 1984 | Nouvelle Star | ||
| 1983 | Keepers | ||
| 1982 | Galleon | ||
| 1981 | My Axeman | ||
| 1980 | Prince Ruling | ||
| 1979 | Tolhurst | ||
| 1978 | Always Welcome | ||
| 1977 | Blockbuster | ||
| 1976 | Scamanda | ||
| 1975 | Scamanda | ||
| 1974 | Scamanda | ||
| 1973 | All Shot | ||
| 1972 | All Shot | ||
| 1971 | Maritana | ||
| 1970 | Our Faith | ||
| 1969 | Vain | ||
| 1968 | Regal Rhythm | ||
| 1967 | Foresight | ||
| 1966 | Legal Boy | ||
| 1965 | Star Affair | ||
| 1964 | Star Of Heaven | ||
| 1963 | Wenona Girl | ||
| 1962 | Sky High | ||
| 1961 | Anonyme | ||
| 1960 | Cadiz | ||
| 1959 | Noholme | ||
| 1958 | Wiggle | ||
| 1957 | Matrice | ||
| 1956 | Matrice | ||
| 1955 | Somerset Fair | ||
| 1954 | Prince Cortauld | ||
| 1953 | Silver Phantom | ||
| 1952 | Ellerslie | ||
| 1951 | Iron Duke | ||
| 1950 | Ellerslie | ||
| 1949 | Dickens | ||
| 1948 | Phoibos | ||
| 1947 | Columnist | ||
| 1946 | Attley | ||
| 1945 | Royal Gem | ||
| 1944 | race not held | ||
| 1943 | race not held | ||
| 1942 | race not held | ||
| 1941 | High Caste | ||
| 1940 | High Caste | ||
| 1939 | High Caste | ||
| 1938 | Ajax | ||
| 1937 | Ajax | ||
| 1936 | Young Idea | ||
| 1935 | Valiant Chief | ||
| 1934 | Closing Time | ||
| 1933 | Chatham | ||
| 1932 | Chatham | ||
| 1931 | Chatham | ||
| 1930 | Phar Lap | ||
| 1929 | Amounis | ||
| 1928 | Gothic | ||
| 1927 | Amounis | ||
| 1926 | Amounis | ||
| 1925 | The Night Patrol | ||
| 1924 | The Night Patrol | ||
| 1923 | Maid Of The Mist | ||
| 1922 | Violoncello | ||
| 1921 | Sir Ibex | ||
| 1920 | Greenstead | ||
| 1919 | Cetigne | ||
| 1918 | Wolaroi | ||
| 1917 | Biplane | ||
| 1916 | Wolaroi | ||
| 1915 | Traquette | ||
| 1914 | Mountain Knight | ||
| 1913 | Andelosia | ||
| 1912 | Mountain Princess | ||
| 1911 | Popinjay | ||
| 1910 | Beverage | ||
| 1909 | Dhobi | ||
| 1908 | Pink ‘Un | ||
| 1907 | Mountain King | ||
| 1906 | Iolaire | ||
| 1905 | Gladsome | ||
| 1904 | Gladsome | ||
| 1903 | F.J.A. | ||
| 1902 | Ibex | ||
| 1901 | Sequence | ||
| 1900 | Maltster | ||
| 1899 | Kenley | ||
| 1898 | The Grafter | ||
| 1897 | Aurum | ||
| 1896 | Hopscotch | ||
| 1895 | Hova | ||
| 1894 | Wallace | ||
| 1893 | Loyalty | ||
| 1892 | Bungebah | ||
| 1891 | Trieste | ||
| 1890 | Megaphone | ||
| 1889 | Carbine | ||
| 1888 | Carbine | ||
| 1887 | Lady Betty | ||
| 1886 | Hortense | ||
| 1885 | Blairgowrie | ||
| 1884 | Newstead | ||
| 1883 | Brown and Rose | ||
| 1882 | Kingsdale | ||
| 1881 | Navigator | ||
| 1880 | Welcome Jack | ||
| 1879 | Remembrance | ||
| 1878 | Sunshine | ||
| 1877 | Bosworth | ||
| 1876 | Savanaka | ||
| 1875 | The Marquis Colt | ||
| 1874 | Redwood | ||
| 1873 | Atalanta | ||
| 1872 | Barbelle | ||
| 1871 | Barbelle | ||
| 1870 | Barbelle | ||
| 1869 | Coeur De Lion | ||
| 1868 | Gulnare |
0 of the 158 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 The Damien Oliver more than once
The fact the table above holds and cannot show
Scamanda has won it 3 times, which is more than any other horse.
10 horses have won it more than once across 158 runnings.
| Horse | Wins | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Scamanda | 3 | 1974, 1975, 1976 |
| High Caste | 3 | 1939, 1940, 1941 |
| Chatham | 3 | 1931, 1932, 1933 |
| Amounis | 3 | 1926, 1927, 1929 |
| Barbelle | 3 | 1870, 1871, 1872 |
| Kemalpasa | 2 | 2019, 2020 |
| Fontelina | 2 | 2012, 2013 |
| Redelva | 2 | 1988, 1990 |
| All Shot | 2 | 1972, 1973 |
| Matrice | 2 | 1956, 1957 |
Races worth about the same
Either side of The Damien Oliver in the world money order
| # | Race | Country | Prize money | As published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 253 | Bendigo CupBendigo Racecourse, Bendigo, Australia | Australia | AU$500,000 | AU$500,000 |
| 254 | Breeders ClassicRosehill Racecourse | Australia | AU$500,000 | AU$500,000 |
| 255 | Carbine Club StakesFlemington Racecourse | Australia | AU$500,000 | AU$500,000 |
| 256 | Challenge StakesRandwick Racecourse, | Australia | AU$500,000 | AU$500,000 |
| 257 | Geelong CupGeelong Racecourse, Geelong, Australia | Australia | AU$500,000 | AU$500,000 |
| 258 | Gloaming StakesRosehill Racecourse | Australia | AU$500,000 | AU$500,000 |
| 259 | John F. Feehan StakesMoonee Valley Racecourse, Melbourne | Australia | AU$500,000 | AU$500,000 |
| 260 | Karrakatta PlateAscot Racecourse, Perth, Western Australia | Australia | AU$500,000 | AU$500,000 |
| 261 | Peter Young StakesCaulfield Racecourse | Australia | AU$500,000 | AU$500,000 |
| 262 | The Bart CummingsFlemington Racecourse, Melbourne, Australia | Australia | AU$500,000 | AU$500,000 |
| 264 | WA GuineasAscot Racecourse | Australia | AU$500,000 | AU$500,000 |
| 265 | New Zealand 1000 GuineasRiccarton Park | New Zealand | AU$499,981 | NZ$600,000 |
| 266 | New Zealand Thoroughbred Breeders StakesTrentham, Ellerslie, Te Aroha or Te Rapa | New Zealand | AU$499,981 | NZ$600,000 |
| 267 | Perryville StakesKeeneland Race Course | United States | AU$497,368 | $350,000 |
| 268 | Queen's VaseAscot Racecourse | Great Britain | AU$496,125 | £262,500 |
| 269 | Prix de RoyallieuLongchamp Racecourse | France | AU$484,615 | €300,000 |
| 270 | Prix du CadranLongchamp Racecourse | France | AU$484,615 | €300,000 |
| 271 | Prix GanayLongchamp Racecourse | France | AU$484,615 | €300,000 |
| 272 | Prix RothschildDeauville Racecourse | France | AU$484,615 | €300,000 |
| 273 | King Edward VII StakesAscot Racecourse | Great Britain | AU$473,445 | £250,500 |
The 20 races closest to The Damien Oliver 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, 54th of them is this one
| Race | Racecourse | Grade | Prize money |
|---|---|---|---|
| John F. Feehan Stakes | Moonee Valley Racecourse, Melbourne | Group 2 | AU$500,000 |
| Karrakatta Plate | Ascot Racecourse, Perth, Western Australia | Group 2 | AU$500,000 |
| Peter Young Stakes | Caulfield Racecourse | Group 2 | AU$500,000 |
| The Bart Cummings | Flemington Racecourse, Melbourne, Australia | Group 3 | AU$500,000 |
| WA Guineas | Ascot Racecourse | Group 2 | AU$500,000 |
| Brisbane Cup | Eagle Farm Racecourse | Group 2 | AU$400,000 |
| Crystal Mile | Moonee Valley Racecourse, Melbourne | Group 2 | AU$400,000 |
| Golden Pendant | Rosehill Racecourse, Sydney, Australia | Group 2 | AU$400,000 |
Every race in Australia we hold a purse for is on the Australia prize money list.
Frequently asked questions
What is the total The Damien Oliver prize money?
AU$500,000, for the 2025 running.
Where does the The Damien Oliver rank among the richest races in the world?
263rd of 997. 262 races pay more, the nearest of them Bendigo Cup. In Australia it is 54th of 291.
Which horse has won the The Damien Oliver most often?
Scamanda, 3 times, in 1974, 1975, 1976.
When was the The Damien Oliver first run?
1868. This page holds 158 runnings, from 1868 to 2025.
How far is the The Damien Oliver?
1,400 metres, on turf, at Flemington Racecourse.
Where to next
The rest of the racing money