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.
87Group 1 races in the calendar64 run · 23 to come
€57.4MTotal purse, calendar
21Racecourses
45Different winners
Richest Group 1 races
Prize money in euro1Prix de l'Arc de TriompheParisLongchamp · France€5.0M€5,000,0002Epsom DerbyEpsom · Great Britain€1.7MGBP1,500,0003Champion StakesAscot · Great Britain€1.5MGBP1,300,000
4Queen Elizabeth II StakesAscot€1.5M5Prix du Jockey ClubChantilly€1.5M6International StakesYork€1.5M7King George VI & Queen Elizabeth StakesAscot€1.5M8Irish Champion StakesLeopardstown€1.2M9Irish DerbyCurragh€1.2M10Prince of Wales's StakesAscot€1.2M11Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee StakesAscot€1.2M12Sussex StakesGoodwood€1.2M13Prix Jacques Le MaroisDeauville€1.0M14Prix de DianeChantilly€1.0M15Eclipse StakesSandown€875k
Leaders
1Bow Echo3 recorded G1 results3 wins€2.5M G1 win purse2Diamond Necklace4 recorded G1 results3 wins€2.2M G1 win purse3Scandinavia3 recorded G1 results3 wins€1.8M G1 win purse4Sun Goddess3 recorded G1 results3 wins€1.1M G1 win purse5Blue Bolt3 recorded G1 results3 wins€1.0M G1 win purseView full ranking →
1Aidan O'Brien48 recorded G1 results19 wins€14.1M G1 win purse2Francis-Henri Graffard13 recorded G1 results7 wins€3.8M G1 win purse3Andrew Balding8 recorded G1 results6 wins€4.5M G1 win purse4Joseph Patrick O'Brien12 recorded G1 results4 wins€2.4M G1 win purse5George Boughey4 recorded G1 results3 wins€2.5M G1 win purseView full ranking →
1Ryan Moore33 recorded G1 results16 wins€11.3M G1 win purse2Mickael Barzalona10 recorded G1 results7 wins€3.8M G1 win purse3Colin Keane13 recorded G1 results6 wins€4.5M G1 win purse4Billy Loughnane9 recorded G1 results5 wins€3.6M G1 win purse5Tom Marquand9 recorded G1 results3 wins€2.2M G1 win purseView full ranking →
1Coolmore Group11 winning horses19 wins€14.1M G1 win purse2Aga Khan Studs SCEA5 winning horses7 wins€3.8M G1 win purse3Juddmonte3 winning horses6 wins€4.5M G1 win purse4Exors Of The Late Sheikh Mohammed Obaid1 winning horse3 wins€2.5M G1 win purse5Godolphin2 winning horses3 wins€2.2M G1 win purseView full ranking →
1Night Of Thunder4 G1 winners sired6 wins€5.0M G1 win purse2Sea The Stars4 G1 winners sired5 wins€2.0M G1 win purse3Blue Point3 G1 winners sired5 wins€1.8M G1 win purse4Wootton Bassett2 G1 winners sired4 wins€3.5M G1 win purse5St Mark's Basilica2 G1 winners sired4 wins€2.6M G1 win purseView full ranking →
Group 1 racing across Europe
Races by distance
87 races with a recorded distance14Sprintunder 1400 m
29Mile1400 to 1799 m
17Middle1800 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
10Leopardstown3 races
11Chantilly2 races
12München2 races
13Doncaster2 races
14Hamburg1 race
15Baden-Baden1 race
16Hoppegarten1 race
17Düsseldorf1 race
18Köln1 race
19Sandown1 race
20Newbury1 race
21Haydock1 race
Worth knowing
Calculated from every recorded race€660kAverage Group 1 purse87 races with a recorded purse
6.5Runners per race on averageacross 2 recorded fields
14Horses won more than onceof 45 different winners
50%Won by the three leading trainers32 of 64 Group 1 races