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 25 September 2026.
307Group 1 races in the calendar307 run · 0 to come
€330.9MTotal purse, calendar
53Racecourses
243Different winners
The purse is on file for 298 of the 307 races. For 9 races it is not sourced yet, those races count as zero.
Richest Group 1 races
Prize money in euro1Saudi CupKing Abdulaziz Racecourse · Saudi Arabia€17.6MUSD20,000,0002The TAB EverestRandwick · Australia€12.2MAUD19,750,0003Breeders' Cup ClassicDel Mar · United States of America€6.2MUSD7,000,000
4Melbourne CupFlemington€5.6M5Japan CupTokyo€5.3M6Prix de l'Arc de TriompheParisLongchamp€5.0M7Hong Kong CupSha Tin€4.5M8Breeders' Cup TurfDel Mar€4.4M9Kentucky DerbyChurchill Downs€4.4M10Hong Kong MileSha Tin€4.1M11W. Stakes Cox PlateMoonee Valley€3.7M12Hong Kong SprintSha Tin€3.2M13Osaka HaiHanshin€3.2M14Takarazuka KinenHanshin€3.2M15Tenno Sho (Autumn)Tokyo€3.2M
Leaders
1Ka Ying Rising5 recorded G1 results5 wins€19.3M G1 win purse2Via Sistina7 recorded G1 results5 wins€8.5M G1 win purse3Calandagan6 recorded G1 results4 wins€9.1M G1 win purse4Voyage Bubble5 recorded G1 results4 wins€7.0M G1 win purse5Sovereignty4 recorded G1 results3 wins€7.2M G1 win purseView full ranking →
1Aidan O'Brien61 recorded G1 results26 wins€18.2M G1 win purse2Francis-Henri Graffard30 recorded G1 results14 wins€19.8M G1 win purse3Chris Waller48 recorded G1 results14 wins€16.3M G1 win purse4Todd Pletcher17 recorded G1 results10 wins€7.2M G1 win purse5Chad C Brown26 recorded G1 results10 wins€6.4M G1 win purseView full ranking →
1James McDonald33 recorded G1 results16 wins€20.0M G1 win purse2Flavien Prat40 recorded G1 results13 wins€7.7M G1 win purse3William Buick28 recorded G1 results12 wins€9.5M G1 win purse4Ryan Moore25 recorded G1 results12 wins€8.9M G1 win purse5Christophe Soumillon30 recorded G1 results11 wins€6.8M G1 win purseView full ranking →
1Coolmore Group17 winning horses25 wins€17.2M G1 win purse2Godolphin18 winning horses24 wins€24.9M G1 win purse3Yu Long Investments4 winning horses10 wins€11.9M G1 win purse4Aga Khan Studs SCEA5 winning horses8 wins€15.2M G1 win purse5Juddmonte7 winning horses8 wins€5.9M G1 win purseView full ranking →
Group 1 racing across the world
Races by distance
306 races with a recorded distance46Sprintunder 1400 m
119Mile1400 to 1799 m
86Middle1800 to 2199 m
42Classic2200 to 2799 m
13Staying2800 m and over
Top racecourses
53 racecourses1Saratoga27 races
2Del Mar22 races
3Randwick21 races
4Ascot17 races
5ParisLongchamp16 races
6Flemington15 races
7Caulfield13 races
8Sha Tin12 races
9Curragh11 races
10Keeneland11 races
11Santa Anita Park10 races
12Newmarket9 races
13Rosehill9 races
14Churchill Downs8 races
15Meydan8 races
16Tokyo8 races
17Deauville6 races
18Eagle Farm6 races
19Woodbine5 races
20Hanshin5 races
21Kyoto5 races
22Saint-Cloud4 races
23York4 races
24Nakayama4 races
25Moonee Valley4 races
26Morphettville4 races
27Epsom3 races
28Goodwood3 races
29Gulfstream Park3 races
30Belmont at Aqueduct3 races
31Chantilly2 races
32München2 races
33Doncaster2 races
34Leopardstown2 races
35Oaklawn Park2 races
36Parx Racing2 races
37Chukyo2 races
38Doomben2 races
39Newbury1 race
40Sandown1 race
41Hamburg1 race
42Düsseldorf1 race
43Hoppegarten1 race
44Haydock1 race
45Baden-Baden1 race
46Köln1 race
47Santa Anita1 race
48Pimlico1 race
49Monmouth Park1 race
50Colonial Downs1 race
51Kentucky Downs1 race
52King Abdulaziz Racecourse1 race
53Oi1 race
By surface
1Turf233 races
2Dirt73 races
31 race
Worth knowing
Calculated from every recorded race€1.1MAverage Group 1 purse298 races with a recorded purse
11.1Runners per race on averageacross 214 recorded fields
45Horses won more than onceof 243 different winners
18%Won by the three leading trainers54 of 307 Group 1 races