WATC Derby prize money
The WATC Derby is worth AU$400,000 for the 2026 running . That makes it the 323rd richest of the 997 races on this site and the 62nd 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 WATC Derby is
Group 2 · 2,400 metres · Turf · Ascot Racecourse, Perth, Western Australia
- Racecourse
- Ascot Racecourse, Perth, Western Australia
- Country
- Australia
- Grade
- Group 2
- Distance
- 2,400 metres
- Surface
- Turf
- Race type
- Thoroughbred
- Open to
- Three-year-olds
- First run
- 1888
We hold the total fund for the WATC Derby 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 WATC Derby winner
138 runnings, 1888 to 2026, newest first
| Year | Winner | Jockey | Trainer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Sentimental Legend | ||
| 2025 | Machine Gun Gracie | ||
| 2024 | A Lot of Good Men | ||
| 2023 | Awesome John | ||
| 2022 | Alaskan God | ||
| 2021 | Western Empire | ||
| 2020 | Tuscan Queen | ||
| 2019 | Regal Power | ||
| 2018 | Action | ||
| 2017 | Gatting | ||
| 2016 | Arcadia Dream | ||
| 2015 | Delicacy | ||
| 2014 | Respondent | ||
| 2013 | Mystic Prince | ||
| 2012 | Rohan | ||
| 2011 | Dreamaway | ||
| 2010 | Chartreux | ||
| 2009 | Markus Maximus | ||
| 2008 | Grand Journey | ||
| 2007 | Guyno | ||
| 2006 | Cats Fun | ||
| 2005 | Plastered | ||
| 2004 | Mr Sandgroper | ||
| 2003 | Shirazamatazz | ||
| 2002 | Honor Lap | ||
| 2001 | ¶race not held | ||
| 2000 | Old Money | ||
| 1999 | Voile D'Or | ||
| 1998 | Kim Angel | ||
| 1997 | Hot Jules | ||
| 1996 | Capricious Lass | ||
| 1995 | Crying Game | ||
| 1994 | Beaux Art | ||
| 1992 | Heroicity | ||
| 1991 | Mirror Magic | ||
| 1990 | Chipolata | ||
| 1989 | Belele | ||
| 1988 | The Bukhra | ||
| 1987 | ¶race not held | ||
| 1986 | Joindre | ||
| 1985 | Rant And Rave | ||
| 1984 | National Gallery | ||
| 1983 | Old Currency | ||
| 1982 | Rare Flyer | ||
| 1981 | Vortilla | ||
| 1980 | Seltrice | ||
| 1979 | Mighty Kingdom | ||
| 1978 | Regimental Honour | ||
| 1977 | Stormy Rex | ||
| 1976 | Chasta Bellota | ||
| 1975 | Ngawyni | ||
| 1974 | Bottled Sunshine | ||
| 1973 | Asgard | ||
| 1972 | Dayana | ||
| 1971 | Ride Easy | ||
| 1970 | Chez Felix | ||
| 1969 | Surrender | ||
| 1968 | Hidalios | ||
| 1967 | Sir Chatary | ||
| 1966 | Redacre | ||
| 1965 | Baccare | ||
| 1964 | Kev's Folly | ||
| 1963 | Gojon | ||
| 1962 | Nicopolis | ||
| 1961 | Magic Colour | ||
| 1960 | Chestillion | ||
| 1959 | Little Empire | ||
| 1958 | England's Dust | ||
| 1957 | Nhargo | ||
| 1956 | Lady Orator | ||
| 1955 | Mallant | ||
| 1954 | Asterios | ||
| 1953 | Just Peter | ||
| 1952 | Raconteur | ||
| 1951 | Smart Chief | ||
| 1950 | Jovial Lad | ||
| 1949 | Prediction | ||
| 1948 | Precedent | ||
| 1947 | Westralian | ||
| 1946 | Lady Lucia | ||
| 1945 | Cherbourg | ||
| 1944 | Lord Treat | ||
| 1943 | Kalamunda | ||
| 1942 | Pantheist | ||
| 1941 | Kimra | ||
| 1940 | Hestia | ||
| 1939 | True Flight | ||
| 1938 | Gay Prince | ||
| 1937 | Footmark | ||
| 1936 | Oceanus | ||
| 1935 | Yaringa | ||
| 1934 | Hyperion | ||
| 1933 | Panto | ||
| 1932 | Olympian | ||
| 1931 | Isle Of Astur | ||
| 1930 | Beaunilly, owned by Amelia Bunbury | ||
| 1929 | Ozonia | ||
| 1928 | Second Wind | ||
| 1927 | Hint | ||
| 1926 | Maple | ||
| 1925 | Sir Alwyne | ||
| 1924 | Huette | ||
| 1923 | Lilypond | ||
| 1922 | Killiecrankie | ||
| 1921 | Easingwold | ||
| 1920 | Fluent | ||
| 1919 | Eurythmic | ||
| 1918 | Oyadu | ||
| 1917 | Green Lord | ||
| 1916 | Yandil | ||
| 1915 | Pillotos | ||
| 1914 | Mistico | ||
| 1913 | Radnor | ||
| 1912 | Dueler | ||
| 1911 | Ayrville | ||
| 1910 | Renegade | ||
| 1909 | Jolly Beggar | ||
| 1908 | Thorina | ||
| 1907 | Post Town | ||
| 1906 | Benbow | ||
| 1905 | Piata | ||
| 1904 | Keston | ||
| 1903 | Bandolier | ||
| 1902 | Honeydew | ||
| 1901 | Trionia | ||
| 1900 | Warrior II | ||
| 1899 | Ormuz | ||
| 1898 | Tarquin | ||
| 1897 | Le Var | ||
| 1896 | Inverary | ||
| 1895 | Florrie | ||
| 1894 | ¤Carbine | ||
| 1893 | Scarpia | ||
| 1892 | Karratha | ||
| 1891 | The Crash | ||
| 1890 | St. Ives | ||
| 1889 | Aim | ||
| 1888 | Harridan |
0 of the 138 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 WATC Derby in the world money order
| # | Race | Country | Prize money | As published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 313 | Prix Aga Khan IV (Prix d'Ispahan)Longchamp Racecourse | France | AU$403,846 | €250,000 |
| 314 | Prix Jean et Louis RomanetDeauville Racecourse | France | AU$403,846 | €250,000 |
| 315 | Prix Saint-AlaryLongchamp Racecourse | France | AU$403,846 | €250,000 |
| 316 | Cape Metropolitan StakesKenilworth Racecourse | South Africa | AU$403,515 | R5,000,000 |
| 317 | Brisbane CupEagle Farm Racecourse | Australia | AU$400,000 | AU$400,000 |
| 318 | Crystal MileMoonee Valley Racecourse, Melbourne | Australia | AU$400,000 | AU$400,000 |
| 319 | Golden PendantRosehill Racecourse, Sydney, Australia | Australia | AU$400,000 | AU$400,000 |
| 320 | Herbert Power StakesCaulfield Racecourse | Australia | AU$400,000 | AU$400,000 |
| 321 | Hobartville StakesRosehill Gardens Racecourse | Australia | AU$400,000 | AU$400,000 |
| 322 | Moonee Valley VaseMoonee Valley Racecourse, Melbourne | Australia | AU$400,000 | AU$400,000 |
| 324 | Gran Premio di MilanoSan Siro Racecourse | Italy | AU$390,923 | €242,000 |
| 325 | Premio RomaCapannelle Racecourse | Italy | AU$390,923 | €242,000 |
| 326 | Holy Bull StakesGulfstream Park | United States | AU$390,789 | $275,000 |
| 327 | Al Maktoum Challenge (thoroughbreds)Meydan Racecourse | United Arab Emirates | AU$381,213 | AED 1,000,000 |
| 328 | Dubai Kahayla ClassicMeydan | United Arab Emirates | AU$381,213 | AED 1,000,000 |
| 329 | Derby Grand PrixMizusawa Racecourse | Japan | AU$381,024 | ¥40,000,000 |
| 330 | Nippon TV HaiFunabashi Racecourse | Japan | AU$381,024 | ¥40,000,000 |
| 331 | Tokyo Okan ShoOhi Racecourse | Japan | AU$381,024 | ¥40,000,000 |
| 332 | Arkle Challenge TrophyCheltenham Racecourse | Great Britain | AU$378,000 | £200,000 |
| 333 | Betfair ChaseHaydock Park | Great Britain | AU$378,000 | £200,000 |
The 20 races closest to the WATC Derby 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, 62nd of them is this one
| Race | Racecourse | Grade | Prize money |
|---|---|---|---|
| Golden Pendant | Rosehill Racecourse, Sydney, Australia | Group 2 | AU$400,000 |
| Herbert Power Stakes | Caulfield Racecourse | Group 2 | AU$400,000 |
| Hobartville Stakes | Rosehill Gardens Racecourse | Group 2 | AU$400,000 |
| Moonee Valley Vase | Moonee Valley Racecourse, Melbourne | Group 2 | AU$400,000 |
| Adelaide Cup | Morphettville Racecourse, South Australia | Group II | AU$350,000 |
| Australia Stakes | Moonee Valley Racecourse | Group 2 | AU$350,000 |
| Blue Diamond Prelude C&G | Caulfield Racecourse, Sandown Racecourse | Group 3 | AU$350,000 |
| Blue Diamond Prelude Fillies | Caulfield Racecourse, Sandown Racecourse | Group 2 | AU$350,000 |
Every race in Australia we hold a purse for is on the Australia prize money list.
Frequently asked questions
What is the total WATC Derby prize money?
AU$400,000, for the 2026 running.
Where does the WATC Derby rank among the richest races in the world?
323rd of 997. 322 races pay more, the nearest of them Prix Aga Khan IV (Prix d'Ispahan). In Australia it is 62nd of 291.
When was the WATC Derby first run?
1888. This page holds 138 runnings, from 1888 to 2026.
How far is the WATC Derby?
2,400 metres, on turf, at Ascot Racecourse, Perth, Western Australia.
Where to next
The rest of the racing money