VRC ST LEGER · AUSTRALIA
VRC St Leger prize money
VRC St Leger is worth AU$200,000 for the 2026 running . That makes it the 672nd richest of the 997 races on this site and the 272nd 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$200,000
WORLD RANK 672nd
RUNNINGS HELD 170
FIRST RUN 1857
What the VRC St Leger is
Listed · 2,800 metres · Turf · Flemington Racecourse
- Racecourse
- Flemington Racecourse
- Country
- Australia
- Grade
- Listed
- Distance
- 2,800 metres
- Surface
- Turf
- Race type
- Thoroughbred - Flat racing
- Open to
- Three-year-olds
- Direction
- Left-handed
- First run
- 1857
We hold the total fund for VRC St Leger 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 VRC St Leger winner
170 runnings, 1857 to 2026, newest first
| Year | Winner | Jockey | Trainer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Silvasista | ||
| 2025 | American Wolf | ||
| 2024 | Ahuriri | ||
| 2023 | Dunwoody | ||
| 2022 | Alegron | ||
| 2021 | Through Irish Eyes | ||
| 2020 | Sacramento | ||
| 2019 | Transact | ||
| 2018 | Runaway | ||
| 2017 | Dornier | ||
| 2016 | Cool Chap | ||
| 2015 | Authoritarian | ||
| 2014 | Order of the Sun | ||
| 2013 | Hippopus | ||
| 2012 | Vatuvei | ||
| 2011 | Right Of Refusal | ||
| 2010 | Exceptionally | ||
| 2009 | Berlioz | ||
| 2008 | Inkster | ||
| 2007 | Lazer Sharp | ||
| 2006 | Dolphin Jo | ||
| 2005 | Accumulate | ||
| 2004 | Desert Clearance | ||
| 2003 | Sir Pentire | ||
| 2002 | Grey Song | ||
| 2001 | Big Pat | ||
| 2000 | Teddy Bear | ||
| 1999 | Sunday Gold | ||
| 1998 | Bohemiath | ||
| 1997 | Wexford | ||
| 1996 | St Shannon | ||
| 1995 | Count Chivas | ||
| 1994 | Gossips | ||
| 1993 | Headcutter | ||
| 1992 | Dark Ksar | ||
| 1991 | Shivas Revenge | ||
| 1990 | Frontier Boy | ||
| 1989 | Waiaupal | ||
| 1988 | Full At Last | ||
| 1987 | Sharks Fin | ||
| 1986 | Enchanteur | ||
| 1985 | Waratahbay | ||
| 1984 | Katies Boy | ||
| 1983 | Lady Plutus | ||
| 1982 | Gurner's Lane | ||
| 1981 | Rio de Janeiro | ||
| 1980 | Shogun | ||
| 1979 | Rough N Tumble | ||
| 1978 | So Called | ||
| 1977 | Vacuum | ||
| 1976 | Lord Dudley | ||
| 1975 | Taras Bulba | ||
| 1974 | Herminia | ||
| 1973 | Godfather | ||
| 1972 | Stop The Show | ||
| 1971 | Trader | ||
| 1970 | Epidaurus | ||
| 1969 | King Pedro | ||
| 1968 | Agena | ||
| 1967 | Khalif | ||
| 1966 | Prince Grant | ||
| 1965 | Versailles | ||
| 1964 | Better Lad | ||
| 1963 | King Cobbler | ||
| 1962 | Hansie | ||
| 1961 | Reinsman | ||
| 1960 | Nilarco | ||
| 1959 | Chicola | ||
| 1958 | Tulloch | ||
| 1957 | Summalu | ||
| 1956 | Sailor's Guide | ||
| 1955 | Pride Of Egypt | ||
| 1954 | Cromis | ||
| 1953 | Arbroath | ||
| 1952 | Hydrogen | ||
| 1951 | Midway | ||
| 1950 | Delta | ||
| 1949 | Comic Court | ||
| 1948 | Lungi | ||
| 1947 | Amelia | ||
| 1946 | Gay Lad | ||
| 1945 | New Yorker | ||
| 1944 | Lawrence | ||
| 1943 | Amazed | ||
| 1942 | High Road | ||
| 1941 | Tranquil Star | ||
| 1940 | Reading | ||
| 1939 | Tempest | ||
| 1938 | Hua | ||
| 1937 | Peerage | ||
| 1936 | Allunga | ||
| 1935 | Sylvandale | ||
| 1934 | Hall Mark | ||
| 1933 | Oratory | ||
| 1932 | Middle Watch | ||
| 1931 | Veilmond | ||
| 1930 | Phar Lap | ||
| 1929 | Strephon | ||
| 1928 | Trivalve | ||
| 1927 | Epilogue | ||
| 1926 | Belgamba | ||
| 1925 | Spearfelt | ||
| 1924 | Sandringham | ||
| 1923 | Caserta | ||
| 1922 | Furious | ||
| 1921 | Nautical | ||
| 1920 | Artilleryman | ||
| 1919 | Eusebius | ||
| 1918 | Prince Viridis | ||
| 1917 | Colbert | ||
| 1916 | Patrobas | ||
| 1915 | Mountain Knight | ||
| 1914 | Radnor | ||
| 1913 | Wolawa | ||
| 1912 | Wilari | ||
| 1911 | Danaus | ||
| 1910 | Prince Foote | ||
| 1909 | Even Time | ||
| 1908 | Mountain King | ||
| 1907 | Poseidon | ||
| 1906 | Lady Wallace | ||
| 1905 | Munderah | ||
| 1904 | Scottish King | ||
| 1903 | Abundance | ||
| 1902 | Grasspan | ||
| 1901 | Finland | ||
| 1900 | Parthian | ||
| 1899 | Bobadil | ||
| 1898 | Aurum | ||
| 1897 | The Officer | ||
| 1896 | Cabin Boy | ||
| 1895 | Preston | ||
| 1894 | Patron | ||
| 1893 | Culloden | ||
| 1892 | Strathmore | ||
| 1891 | Gibraltar | ||
| 1890 | Dreadnought | ||
| 1889 | Volley | ||
| 1888 | Abercorn | ||
| 1887 | Trident | ||
| 1886 | Matchlock | ||
| 1885 | Silver King | ||
| 1884 | Martini Henry | ||
| 1883 | Navigator | ||
| 1882 | Commotion | ||
| 1881 | Grand Flaneur | ||
| 1880 | Caspian | ||
| 1879 | Bosworth | ||
| 1878 | First King | ||
| 1877 | Adelaide | ||
| 1876 | Richmond | ||
| 1875 | Melbourne | ||
| 1874 | Sea Spray | ||
| 1873 | Blue Peter II | ||
| 1872 | Hamlet | ||
| 1871 | The Fawn | ||
| 1870 | Lamplighter | ||
| 1869 | Gasworks | ||
| 1868 | Fireworks | ||
| 1867 | Fishhook | ||
| 1866 | Angler | ||
| 1865 | Illumination | ||
| 1864 | Oriflamme | ||
| 1863 | Barwon | ||
| 1862 | Camden | ||
| 1861 | Presto | ||
| 1860 | Flying Buck | ||
| 1859 | Brownlock | ||
| 1858 | Fusilier | ||
| 1857 | Artaxerxes |
0 of the 170 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 VRC St Leger in the world money order
| # | Race | Country | Prize money | As published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 670 | Vain StakesCaulfield Racecourse | Australia | AU$200,000 | AU$200,000 |
| 671 | Victoria HandicapCaulfield Racecourse, Melbourne, Australia | Australia | AU$200,000 | AU$200,000 |
| 673 | W J Healy StakesEagle Farm | Australia | AU$200,000 | AU$200,000 |
| 674 | Zeditave StakesCaulfield Racecourse | Australia | AU$200,000 | AU$200,000 |
| 675 | Tropical Park DerbyGulfstream Park | United States | AU$198,947 | $140,000 |
| 676 | Dawn Run Mares' Novices' HurdleCheltenham Racecourse | Great Britain | AU$198,450 | £105,000 |
| 677 | Premio Carlo VittadiniSan Siro Racecourse | Italy | AU$195,462 | €121,000 |
| 678 | Premio DormelloSan Siro Racecourse | Italy | AU$195,462 | €121,000 |
| 679 | Oka Sho (Urawa)Urawa Racecourse | Japan | AU$190,512 | ¥20,000,000 |
| 680 | Tokyo Princess ShoOi Racecourse, Shinagawa, Tokyo | Japan | AU$190,512 | ¥20,000,000 |
| 681 | Burradon StakesNewcastle Racecourse | Great Britain | AU$189,000 | £100,000 |
| 683 | Challow Novices' HurdleNewbury Racecourse | Great Britain | AU$189,000 | £100,000 |
The 20 races closest to VRC St Leger 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, 272nd of them is this one
| Race | Racecourse | Grade | Prize money |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thoroughbred Club Stakes | Caulfield Racecourse, Melbourne, Australia | Group 3 | AU$200,000 |
| Typhoon Tracy Stakes | Caulfield Racecourse or Moonee Valley Racecourse, Melbourne, Australia | Group 3 | AU$200,000 |
| Vain Stakes | Caulfield Racecourse | Group 3 | AU$200,000 |
| Victoria Handicap | Caulfield Racecourse, Melbourne, Australia | Group 3 | AU$200,000 |
| W J Healy Stakes | Eagle Farm | Group 3 | AU$200,000 |
| Zeditave Stakes | Caulfield Racecourse | Group 3 | AU$200,000 |
| SA Fillies Classic | Morphettville Racecourse, South Australia | Group 3 | AU$170,000 |
| Auraria Stakes | Morphettville Racecourse, South Australia | Group 3 | AU$150,000 |
Every race in Australia we hold a purse for is on the Australia prize money list.
Frequently asked questions
What is the total VRC St Leger prize money?
AU$200,000, for the 2026 running.
Where does the VRC St Leger rank among the richest races in the world?
672nd of 997. 671 races pay more, the nearest of them T.S. Carlyon Cup. In Australia it is 272nd of 291.
When was the VRC St Leger first run?
1857. This page holds 170 runnings, from 1857 to 2026.
How far is the VRC St Leger?
2,800 metres, on turf, at Flemington Racecourse.
Where to next
The rest of the racing money