The season in numbers
All figures are taken from the race calendar and the recorded results, nothing is extrapolated. Each race keeps the currency it is run for; sums and rankings are converted to euro at the rates of 14 September 2026.
86Group 1 races in the calendar86 run · 0 to come
€58.7MTotal purse, calendar
21Racecourses
69Different winners
Richest Group 1 races
Prize money in euro1Prix de l'Arc de TriompheParisLongchamp · France€5.0M€5,000,0002Epsom DerbyEpsom · Great Britain€1.9MGBP1,604,0003King George VI & Queen Elizabeth StakesAscot · Great Britain€1.7MGBP1,500,000
4Champion StakesAscot€1.6M5International StakesYork€1.5M6Prix du Jockey ClubChantilly€1.5M7Queen Elizabeth II StakesAscot€1.3M8Irish Champion StakesLeopardstown€1.2M9Irish DerbyCurragh€1.2M10Prince of Wales's StakesAscot€1.2M11Sussex StakesGoodwood€1.2M12Eclipse StakesSandown€1.2M13Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee StakesAscot€1.2M14Prix Jacques Le MaroisDeauville€1.0M15Prix de DianeChantilly€1.0M
Leaders
1Calandagan4 recorded G1 results3 wins€3.8M G1 win purse2Minnie Hauk4 recorded G1 results3 wins€1.9M G1 win purse3Fallen Angel3 recorded G1 results3 wins€1.0M G1 win purse4Lambourn2 recorded G1 results2 wins€3.1M G1 win purse5Ombudsman4 recorded G1 results2 wins€2.8M G1 win purseView full ranking →
1Aidan O'Brien58 recorded G1 results25 wins€17.3M G1 win purse2Francis-Henri Graffard25 recorded G1 results12 wins€12.8M G1 win purse3John & Thady Gosden15 recorded G1 results7 wins€5.9M G1 win purse4Charlie Appleby14 recorded G1 results5 wins€2.1M G1 win purse5Karl Burke11 recorded G1 results4 wins€1.4M G1 win purseView full ranking →
1Ryan Moore25 recorded G1 results12 wins€8.9M G1 win purse2Christophe Soumillon23 recorded G1 results10 wins€6.0M G1 win purse3William Buick21 recorded G1 results9 wins€6.5M G1 win purse4Mickael Barzalona22 recorded G1 results7 wins€10.3M G1 win purse5Oisin Murphy17 recorded G1 results6 wins€2.9M G1 win purseView full ranking →
Group 1 racing across Europe
Races by distance
86 races with a recorded distance14Sprintunder 1400 m
29Mile1400 to 1799 m
16Middle1800 to 2199 m
18Classic2200 to 2799 m
9Staying2800 m and over
Top racecourses
21 racecourses1ParisLongchamp16 races
2Ascot14 races
3Curragh11 races
4Newmarket9 races
5Deauville6 races
6Saint-Cloud4 races
7York4 races
8Epsom3 races
9Goodwood3 races
10Chantilly2 races
11München2 races
12Doncaster2 races
13Leopardstown2 races
14Newbury1 race
15Sandown1 race
16Hamburg1 race
17Düsseldorf1 race
18Hoppegarten1 race
19Haydock1 race
20Baden-Baden1 race
21Köln1 race
Worth knowing
Calculated from every recorded race€682kAverage Group 1 purse86 races with a recorded purse
14Horses won more than onceof 69 different winners
51%Won by the three leading trainers44 of 86 Group 1 races