The Shorts prize money
The Shorts is worth AU$1,000,000 for the 2022 running . That makes it the 141st richest of the 997 races on this site and the 32nd 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 The Shorts is
Group 2 · 1,100 metres · Turf · Randwick Racecourse,
- Racecourse
- Randwick Racecourse,
- Country
- Australia
- Grade
- Group 2
- Distance
- 1,100 metres
- Surface
- Turf
- Race type
- Thoroughbred - flat
- Open to
- Horses three years old and older
- Direction
- Right-handed
- First run
- 1867
We hold the total fund for The Shorts 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 Shorts winner
156 runnings, 1867 to 2022, newest first
| Year | Winner | Jockey | Trainer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Nature Strip | ||
| 2021 | Eduardo | ||
| 2020 | Classique Legend | ||
| 2019 | Pierata | ||
| 2018 | Ball Of Muscle | ||
| 2017 | Redzel | ||
| 2016 | Takedown | ||
| 2015 | Rebel Dane | ||
| 2014 | Terravista | ||
| 2013 | Sessions | ||
| 2012 | Pampelonne | ||
| 2011 | Love Conquers All | ||
| 2010 | Hot Danish | ||
| 2009 | Gold Trail | ||
| 2008 | Fritz's Princess | ||
| 2007 | race not held | ||
| 2006 | Bentley Biscuit | ||
| 2005 | Black Ink | ||
| 2004 | Dance The Waves | ||
| 2003 | Lucky Night | ||
| 2002 | Empire | ||
| 2001 | Oamaru Force | ||
| 2000 | Bradshaw | ||
| 1999 | Ab Initio | ||
| 1998 | Mulugwa | ||
| 1997 | Hot As Hell | ||
| 1996 | Madison Point | ||
| 1995 | Moss Rocket | ||
| 1994 | Legal Agent | ||
| 1993 | Chiliad | ||
| 1992 | Classic Magic | ||
| 1991 | Euclase | ||
| 1990 | Rise 'N' Shine | ||
| 1989 | Rigoletto | ||
| 1988 | Potter Mcqueen | ||
| 1987 | Mother Duck | ||
| 1986 | Blazing Keel | ||
| 1985 | Bemboka Spirit | ||
| 1984 | Spritely Knight | ||
| 1983 | Loch Ard | ||
| 1982 | Marquee Star | ||
| 1981 | Trench Digger | ||
| 1980 | Hit It Benny | ||
| 1979 | Biscawong | ||
| 1978 | Tangfu | ||
| 1977 | King's Favourite | ||
| 1976 | King's Favourite | ||
| 1975 | Purple Patch | ||
| 1974 | Scarlet Man | ||
| 1973 | Starplus | ||
| 1972 | Kista | ||
| 1971 | Welsh Prince | ||
| 1970 | King Bogan | ||
| 1969 | Grey Court | ||
| 1968 | Somebody | ||
| 1967 | Betelgeuse | ||
| 1966 | Redcap | ||
| 1965 | Levitator | ||
| 1964 | Ferguson | ||
| 1963 | Port Fair | ||
| 1962 | Rush Bye | ||
| 1961 | Tipperary Star | ||
| 1960 | Merry Polly | ||
| 1959 | Winchester | ||
| 1958 | Cornelius | ||
| 1957 | Reign | ||
| 1956 | Aboukir | ||
| 1955 | Lindbergh | ||
| 1954 | Nagpuni | ||
| 1953 | Nagpuni | ||
| 1952 | Burncourt | ||
| 1951 | Free Rule | ||
| 1950 | Warrah King | ||
| 1949 | Phalanx | ||
| 1948 | Comedy Prince | ||
| 1947 | Native Son | ||
| 1946 | Chaperone | ||
| 1945 | Warlock | ||
| 1944 | Winnipeg | ||
| 1943 | Marcondis | ||
| 1942 | Soho | ||
| 1941 | Winnipeg | ||
| 1940 | Gold Salute | ||
| 1939 | The Albatross | ||
| 1938 | Thurles Lad | ||
| 1937 | Beechwood | ||
| 1936 | Some Boy | ||
| 1935 | The Marne | ||
| 1934 | Australia Fair | ||
| 1933 | Golden Gate | ||
| 1932 | Lightning March | ||
| 1931 | High Disdain | ||
| 1930 | Panola | ||
| 1929 | Figure | ||
| 1928 | Greenline | ||
| 1927 | Calmest | ||
| 1926 | Calmest | ||
| 1925 | Bairn | ||
| 1924 | Woodville | ||
| 1923 | Duke Isinglass | ||
| 1922 | Vodka | ||
| 1921 | Greenstead | ||
| 1920 | Elkin | ||
| 1919 | Greenstead | ||
| 1918 | Wolaroi | ||
| 1917 | Mérimée | ||
| 1916 | Colugo | ||
| 1915 | Gigandra | ||
| 1914 | Gigandra | ||
| 1913 | Golden Hop | ||
| 1912 | Gigandra | ||
| 1911 | Hot Air | ||
| 1910 | Maori King | ||
| 1909 | Plush | ||
| 1908 | Soultline | ||
| 1907 | Mimer | ||
| 1906 | Berthier | ||
| 1905 | Machine Gun | ||
| 1904 | Port Jackson | ||
| 1903 | Ceres | ||
| 1902 | Milos | ||
| 1901 | Gameboy | ||
| 1900 | Myosotis | ||
| 1899 | Sequence | ||
| 1898 | Johansen | ||
| 1897 | Vivian | ||
| 1896 | Old Clo | ||
| 1895 | Waterfall | ||
| 1894 | Wakawatea | ||
| 1893 | Moorefield | ||
| 1892 | Victor Hugo | ||
| 1891 | Alexander | ||
| 1890 | Alchemist | ||
| 1889 | May Queen | ||
| 1888 | Tilburn | ||
| 1887 | The Felon | ||
| 1886 | My Lord | ||
| 1885 | Wanda | ||
| 1884 | Brian O'Lynn | ||
| 1883 | Blue And White | ||
| 1882 | Twilight | ||
| 1881 | Surrey | ||
| 1880 | Chesterfield | ||
| 1879 | Chorister | ||
| 1878 | The Judge | ||
| 1877 | Ino | ||
| 1876 | Eros | ||
| 1875 | Express | ||
| 1874 | Sweetbriar | ||
| 1873 | Rosalie | ||
| 1872 | Wombo | ||
| 1871 | The Count | ||
| 1870 | Deceptive | ||
| 1869 | Lucy | ||
| 1868 | Tippler | ||
| 1867 | Gunilda |
0 of the 156 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 Shorts more than once
The fact the table above holds and cannot show
| Horse | Wins | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Gigandra | 3 | 1912, 1914, 1915 |
| King's Favourite | 2 | 1976, 1977 |
| Nagpuni | 2 | 1953, 1954 |
| Winnipeg | 2 | 1941, 1944 |
| Calmest | 2 | 1926, 1927 |
| Greenstead | 2 | 1919, 1921 |
Races worth about the same
Either side of The Shorts in the world money order
| # | Race | Country | Prize money | As published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 139 | South Australian DerbyMorphettville Racecourse, Adelaide, Australia | 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 |
| 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 |
| 150 | Breeders' Futurity StakesKeeneland Race Course | United States | AU$923,684 | $650,000 |
| 151 | Madison StakesKeeneland Race Course | United States | AU$923,684 | $650,000 |
The 20 races closest to The Shorts 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, 32nd of them is this one
| Race | Racecourse | Grade | Prize money |
|---|---|---|---|
| Randwick Guineas | Randwick Racecourse, | Group 1 | AU$1,000,000 |
| Sires' Produce Stakes | Eagle Farm Racecourse | Group 2 | AU$1,000,000 |
| South Australian Derby | Morphettville Racecourse, Adelaide, Australia | Group 1 | AU$1,000,000 |
| Stan Fox Stakes | Randwick Racecourse, Sydney, Australia | 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 |
| Moonee Valley Gold Cup | Moonee Valley Racecourse, Melbourne, Australia | Group 2 | AU$750,000 |
| Oakleigh Plate | Caulfield Racecourse | Group 1 | 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 The Shorts prize money?
AU$1,000,000, for the 2022 running.
Where does the The Shorts rank among the richest races in the world?
141st of 997. 140 races pay more, the nearest of them Caulfield Stakes. In Australia it is 32nd of 291.
Which horse has won the The Shorts most often?
Gigandra, 3 times, in 1912, 1914, 1915.
When was the The Shorts first run?
1867. This page holds 156 runnings, from 1867 to 2022.
How far is the The Shorts?
1,100 metres, on turf, at Randwick Racecourse,.
Where to next
The rest of the racing money