Villiers Stakes prize money
The Villiers Stakes is worth AU$750,000 for the 2021 running . That makes it the 177th richest of the 997 races on this site and the 38th 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 Villiers Stakes is
Group 2 · 1,600 metres · Turf · Randwick Racecourse
- Racecourse
- Randwick Racecourse
- Country
- Australia
- Grade
- Group 2
- Distance
- 1,600 metres
- Surface
- Turf
- Race type
- Thoroughbred, Flat racing
- Open to
- Three year old and older
- Direction
- Right-handed
- First run
- 1892
We hold the total fund for the Villiers Stakes 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 Villiers Stakes winner
133 runnings, 1892 to 2025, newest first
| Year | Winner | Jockey | Trainer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Yorkshire | ||
| 2024 | Robusto | ||
| 2023 | Loch Eagle | ||
| 2022 | Kirwan's Lane | ||
| 2021 | Brutality | ||
| 2020 | Greysful Glamour | ||
| 2019 | Quackerjack | ||
| 2018 | Sky Boy | ||
| 2017 | Crack Me Up | ||
| 2016 | Sense Of Occasion | ||
| 2015 | Happy Clapper | ||
| 2014 | Rudy | ||
| 2013 | Ninth Legion | ||
| 2012 | All Legal | ||
| 2011 | Monton | ||
| 2010 | Dances On Waves | ||
| 2009 | Palacio De Cristal | ||
| 2008 | Something Anything | ||
| 2007 | Honor in War | ||
| 2006 | Utzon | ||
| 2005 | Aqua D'Amore | ||
| 2004 | Ikes Dream | ||
| 2003 | On A High | ||
| 2002 | Boreale | ||
| 2001 | Carael Boy | ||
| 2000 | Grey And Gold | ||
| 1999 | Final Fantasy | ||
| 1998 | Referral | ||
| 1997 | Arletty | ||
| 1996 | Touch Of Force | ||
| 1995 | Heres The Prince | ||
| 1994 | Aunty Mary | ||
| 1993 | Cobbora | ||
| 1992 | Soho Square | ||
| 1991 | Shining Wind | ||
| 1990 | Post Elect | ||
| 1989 | Spot The Rock | ||
| 1988 | Tumble On | ||
| 1987 | Card Shark | ||
| 1986 | Roman Artist | ||
| 1985 | Dinky Flyer | ||
| 1984 | Rising Prince | ||
| 1983 | Northern Reward | ||
| 1982 | Hussars Command | ||
| 1981 | Zing Along | ||
| 1980 | Tuna Too | ||
| 1979 | Kings Ideal | ||
| 1978 | Dear John | ||
| 1977 | Hot Diggity | ||
| 1976 | Top Wing | ||
| 1975 | St Martin | ||
| 1974 | Americano | ||
| 1973 | Oncidon | ||
| 1972 | Torumba | ||
| 1971 | Tumberlua | ||
| 1970 | Silver Points | ||
| 1969 | Sir To Me | ||
| 1968 | Domino King | ||
| 1967 | Maigret | ||
| 1966 | Nandaroo | ||
| 1965 | Castanea | ||
| 1964 | Gay Song | ||
| 1963 | Key | ||
| 1962 | Emboss | ||
| 1961 | Gene San | ||
| 1960 | Grenoble | ||
| 1959 | Comte De Paris | ||
| 1958 | Caesar | ||
| 1957 | Top Ruler | ||
| 1956 | Empire Link | ||
| 1955 | Lazy Day | ||
| 1954 | Kev Mar | ||
| 1953 | Raconteur | ||
| 1952 | Carioca | ||
| 1951 | Mercury | ||
| 1950 | Field Boy | ||
| 1949 | Veiled Art | ||
| 1948 | Filipino | ||
| 1947 | Barnsley | ||
| 1946 | Native Son | ||
| 1945 | Bernborough | ||
| 1944 | Precise | ||
| 1943 | Sir Neith | ||
| 1942 | Riverton | ||
| 1941 | Yaralla | ||
| 1940 | Rimveil | ||
| 1939 | Rodborough | ||
| 1938 | Fakenham | ||
| 1937 | Ramdin | ||
| 1936 | Kings Head | ||
| 1935 | Golden Chance | ||
| 1933 | Closing Time | ||
| 1932 | Magnetic | ||
| 1931 | High Disdain | ||
| 1930 | Pavilion | ||
| 1929 | Habashon | ||
| 1928 | Reonui | ||
| 1927 | Zuleika | ||
| 1926 | Queen Alwyne | ||
| 1925 | Hemisphere | ||
| 1924 | Balbus | ||
| 1923 | Mont Clair | ||
| 1922 | Wish Wynne | ||
| 1921 | Sail On | ||
| 1920 | Fluency | ||
| 1919 | Anyhow | ||
| 1918 | Rebus | ||
| 1917 | Cetigne | ||
| 1916 | Wedding Day | ||
| 1915 | Lord Nagar | ||
| 1914 | Challenge Crosse | ||
| 1913 | Popinjay | ||
| 1912 | Embracer | ||
| 1911 | Myra Bluan | ||
| 1910 | Lady Ruenalf | ||
| 1909 | Miss Flaneur | ||
| 1908 | Virtu | ||
| 1907 | Kyeadgerie | ||
| 1906 | Luciana | ||
| 1905 | Refrain | ||
| 1904 | Cherson | ||
| 1903 | Air Motor | ||
| 1902 | Kinglock | ||
| 1901 | Sir Leonard | ||
| 1900 | Fulminate | ||
| 1899 | Coralie | ||
| 1898 | Satan | ||
| 1897 | Loch Marie | ||
| 1896 | Vivian | ||
| 1895 | Ordnance | ||
| 1894 | Moorefield | ||
| 1893 | Bliss | ||
| 1892 | Two Up |
0 of the 133 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.
Races worth about the same
Either side of the Villiers Stakes in the world money order
| # | Race | Country | Prize money | As published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 167 | Poule d'Essai des PoulichesLongchamp Racecourse | France | AU$807,692 | €500,000 |
| 168 | Preis der DianaDüsseldorf Racecourse | Germany | AU$807,692 | €500,000 |
| 169 | Prix de l'OpéraLongchamp Racecourse | France | AU$807,692 | €500,000 |
| 170 | Durban July HandicapGreyville Racecourse | South Africa | AU$807,030 | R10,000,000 |
| 171 | Sha Tin TrophySha Tin Racecourse | Hong Kong | AU$763,088 | HK$4,250,000 |
| 172 | Queen Mother Champion ChaseCheltenham Racecourse | Great Britain | AU$756,000 | £400,000 |
| 173 | Craven PlateRandwick Racecourse, | Australia | AU$750,000 | AU$750,000 |
| 174 | Moonee Valley Gold CupMoonee Valley Racecourse, Melbourne, Australia | Australia | AU$750,000 | AU$750,000 |
| 175 | Oakleigh PlateCaulfield Racecourse | Australia | AU$750,000 | AU$750,000 |
| 176 | Rosehill GuineasRosehill Gardens Racecourse | Australia | AU$750,000 | AU$750,000 |
| 178 | Zipping ClassicCaulfield Racecourse, Melbourne, Australia | Australia | AU$750,000 | AU$750,000 |
| 181 | Irish 2,000 GuineasCurragh Racecourse | Ireland | AU$743,077 | €460,000 |
| 182 | Prix du Moulin de LongchampLongchamp Racecourse | France | AU$726,923 | €450,000 |
| 183 | Acorn StakesBelmont Park | United States | AU$710,526 | $500,000 |
| 184 | Ashland StakesKeeneland Race Course | United States | AU$710,526 | $500,000 |
| 185 | Ballerina HandicapSaratoga Race Course | United States | AU$710,526 | $500,000 |
| 186 | Beholder Mile StakesSanta Anita Park | United States | AU$710,526 | $500,000 |
| 187 | Champagne StakesBelmont Park | United States | AU$710,526 | $500,000 |
| 188 | Coaching Club American OaksSaratoga Race Course | United States | AU$710,526 | $500,000 |
| 189 | Diana StakesSaratoga Race Course | United States | AU$710,526 | $500,000 |
The 20 races closest to the Villiers 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 Australia
291 races, 38th of them is this one
| Race | Racecourse | Grade | Prize money |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Rosehill Guineas | Rosehill Gardens Racecourse | Group 1 | AU$750,000 |
| Zipping Classic | Caulfield Racecourse, Melbourne, Australia | Group 2 | AU$750,000 |
| Queensland Oaks | Eagle Farm Racecourse | Group 1 | AU$700,000 |
| A D Hollindale Stakes | Gold Coast Racecourse | Group 2 | AU$500,000 |
| AJC St Leger | Randwick Racecourse, | Group 3 | AU$500,000 |
Every race in Australia we hold a purse for is on the Australia prize money list.
Frequently asked questions
What is the total Villiers Stakes prize money?
AU$750,000, for the 2021 running.
Where does the Villiers Stakes rank among the richest races in the world?
177th of 997. 176 races pay more, the nearest of them Poule d'Essai des Pouliches. In Australia it is 38th of 291.
When was the Villiers Stakes first run?
1892. This page holds 133 runnings, from 1892 to 2025.
How far is the Villiers Stakes?
1,600 metres, on turf, at Randwick Racecourse.
Where to next
The rest of the racing money