Caulfield Guineas Winners
From the race’s inauguration back in 1881 right through until 2024 we have a complete list of past Caulfield Guineas winners. View every previous Caulfield Guineas champion throughout history, plus extra details including the gender of the Caulfield Guineas winners going back to the year 2000.
The time-honoured Caulfield Guineas was first run in 1881 and the inaugural champion was Wheatear.
In 1893 Patron won the Caulfield Guineas one year prior to his Melbourne Cup triumph as a four-year-old.
In 1919 Artilleryman completed the Caulfield Guineas – Melbourne Cup double as a three-year-old.
The 1937 Caulfield Guineas winner Ajax would go on to become a 14-time Group 1 winner and be inducted into the Australian Racing Hall of Fame.
There were two Caulfield Guineas winners in 1945 when Royal Gem and Attley dead-heated for first.
Hydrogen won the 1951 Caulfield Guineas before going on to claim two Cox Plate trophies in 1952 and 1953 among many other good races.
Surround (1976) is the Caulfield Guineas winning filly.
The late Bart Cummings holds the training record having prepared five Caulfield Guineas winners with Storm Queen (1966), Kenmark (1974), Alfa (1996), God’s Own (2006) and Wonderful World (2007).
The latest three-year-olds to complete the Caulfield Guineas – Victoria Derby double are Mahogany (1993) and Helenus (2002).
The latest three-year-olds to complete the Golden Rose Stakes – Caulfield Guineas double are In Top Swing (2003), The Autumn Sun (2018) and Ole Kirk (2020).
Earlier in 1984 Red Anchor won the Caulfield Guineas, Cox Plate and Victoria Derby treble.
The longest-priced Caulfield Guineas winners throughout history were Mighty Boss was ($101 in 2017) and Abaridy was ($251 in 1986).
In 2000 Skalato was originally first past the post but lost the event after a subsequent positive swab. Show A Heart was officially declared that year’s Caulfield Guineas winner.
In 2010 the Caulfield Guineas Starspangledbanner would go on to win that year’s Golden Jubilee Stakes in the UK.
Other notable Caulfield Guineas winners throughout history include Heroic (1924), Ammon Ra (1931), Young Idea (1935), Tulloch (1957), Redoute’s Choice (1999), Weekend Hussler (2007), Whobegotyou (2008), and The Autumn Sun (2018).
The 2021 Caulfield Guineas winner Anamoe went on to run second next-up in a photo-finish Cox Plate result.
The 2022 Caulfield Guineas winner Golden Mile also saluted for the punters handing the Godolphin stable, trainer James Cummings and jockey James McDonald back-to-back victories in the event.
The 2023 Caulfield Guineas winner was the Ciaron Maher & David Eustace-trained Griff who shifted late but came away protest-free to salute by 1.75 lengths in an upset at 30/1 off a Stutt Stakes win at The Valley.
The 2024 Caulfield Guineas was the Chris Waller-trained Private Life ($13) who improved on a Prelude fourth to score a narrow upset in a thrilling finish over the mile.
Caulfield guineas WINNERS 2000 – the prexent
| Year | Horse (Age / Gender) | Jockey | Weight | Trainer/s | Barrier |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PRIVATE LIFE (3C) | DAMIAN LANE | 57.0 kg | CHRIS WALLER | 5 | |
| GRIFF (3C) | BEN MELHAM | 57.0 kg | CIARON MAHER & DAVID EUSTACE | 15 | |
| GOLDEN MILE (3C) | JAMES MCDONALD | 57.0 kg | JAMES CUMMINGS | 5 | |
| ANAMOE (AUS) (3C) | DAMIEN OLIVER | 57.0 kg | JAMES CUMMINGS | 13 | |
| OLE KIRK (AUS) (3C) | WILLIAM PIKE | 56.5 kg | MICHAEL & WAYNE & JOHN HAWKES | 7 | |
| SUPER SETH (AUS) (3C) | M J ZAHRA | 56.5 kg | ANTHONY FREEDMAN | 4 | |
| THE AUTUMN SUN (AUS) (3C) | JAMES MCDONALD | 56.5 kg | CHRIS WALLER | 5 | |
| MIGHTY BOSS (AUS) (3C) | M J WALKER | 56.5 kg | MICK PRICE | 5 | |
| DIVINE PROPHET (AUS) (3C) | D DUNN | 56.5 kg | MICHAEL & WAYNE & JOHN HAWKES | 1 | |
| PRESS STATEMENT (AUS) (3C) | HUGH BOWMAN | 56.5 kg | CHRIS WALLER | 14 | |
| SHOOTING TO WIN (AUS) (3C) | JAMES MCDONALD | 56.5 kg | P & P SNOWDEN | 8 | |
| LONG JOHN (AUS) (3G) | K MCEVOY | 56.5 kg | PETER SNOWDEN | 1 | |
| ALL TOO HARD (AUS) (3C) | D DUNN | 56.5 kg | MICHAEL & WAYNE & JOHN HAWKES | 3 | |
| HELMET (AUS) (3C) | K MCEVOY | 56.5 kg | PETER SNOWDEN | 8 | |
| ANACHEEVA (AUS) (3C) | L NOLEN | 55.5 kg | PETER MOODY | 1 | |
| STARSPANGLEDBANNER (AUS) (3C) | D NIKOLIC | 55.5 kg | LEON CORSTENS | 1 | |
| WHOBEGOTYOU (AUS) (3G) | M RODD | 55.5 kg | MARK KAVANAGH | 11 | |
| WEEKEND HUSSLER (AUS) (3G) | B RAWILLER | 55.5 kg | R S MCDONALD | 2 | |
| WONDERFUL WORLD (AUS) (3C) | L NOLEN | 55.5 kg | BART CUMMINGS | 8 | |
| GOD’S OWN (AUS) (3C) | G BOSS | 55.5 kg | BART CUMMINGS | 12 | |
| ECONSUL (NZ) (3C) | C MUNCE | 55.5 kg | GRAEME ROGERSON | 4 | |
| IN TOP SWING (AUS) (3G) | N CALLOW | 55.5 kg | NOEL MAYFIELD-SMITH | 4 | |
| HELENUS (AUS) (3C) | STEVEN KING | 55.5 kg | LEON CORSTENS | 7 | |
| LONHRO (AUS) (3C) | D GAUCI | 55.5 kg | JOHN HAWKES | 10 | |
| SHOW A HEART (AUS) (3C) | STEVEN KING | 55.5 kg | BARRY MILLER | 13 |
COMPLETE LIST OF PAST caulfield guineas WINNERS
| Year | Horse |
|---|---|
| 2024 | Private Life |
| 2023 | Griff |
| 2022 | Golden Mile |
| 2021 | Anamoe |
| 2020 | Ole Kirk |
| 2019 | Super Seth |
| 2018 | The Autumn Sun |
| 2017 | Mighty Boss |
| 2016 | Divine Prophet |
| 2015 | Press Statement |
| 2014 | Shooting To Win |
| 2013 | Long John |
| 2012 | All Too Hard |
| 2011 | Helmet |
| 2010 | Anacheeva |
| 2009 | Starspangledbanner |
| 2008 | Whobegotyou |
| 2007 | Weekend Hussler |
| 2006 | Wonderful World |
| 2005 | God’s Own |
| 2004 | Econsul |
| 2003 | In Top Swing |
| 2002 | Helenus |
| 2001 | Lonhro |
| 2000 | Show A Heart |
| 1999 | Redoute’s Choice |
| 1998 | Kenwood Melody |
| 1997 | Encounter |
| 1996 | Alfa |
| 1995 | Our Maizcay |
| 1994 | St. Covet |
| 1993 | Mahogany |
| 1992 | Palace Reign |
| 1991 | Chortle |
| 1990 | Centro |
| 1989 | Procol Harum |
| 1988 | Vitalic |
| 1987 | Marwong |
| 1986 | Abaridy |
| 1985 | Drawn |
| 1984 | Red Anchor |
| 1983 | Beechcraft |
| 1982 | Grosvenor |
| 1981 | Binbinga |
| 1980 | Sovereign Red |
| 1979 | Runaway Kid |
| 1978 | Manikato |
| 1977 | Luskin Star |
| 1976 | Surround |
| 1975 | Sou’wester |
| 1974 | Kenmark |
| 1973 | Grand Cidium |
| 1972 | Sobar |
| 1971 | Beau Sovereign |
| 1970 | Dual Choice |
| 1969 | Vain |
| 1968 | Rajah Sahib |
| 1967 | Dark Purple |
| 1966 | Storm Queen |
| 1965 | Star Affair |
| 1964 | Yangtze |
| 1963 | Time And Tide |
| 1962 | Coppelius |
| 1961 | King Brian |
| 1960 | Lady Sybil |
| 1959 | Prince Lea |
| 1958 | Wiggle |
| 1957 | Tulloch |
| 1956 | Hot Spell |
| 1955 | Caranna |
| 1954 | King Boru |
| 1953 | Barfleur |
| 1952 | Bayside |
| 1951 | Hydrogen |
| 1950 | Merry Scout |
| 1949 | Iron Duke |
| 1948 | Phoibos |
| 1947 | Hororata |
| 1946 | Praetor |
| 1945* | Attley / Royal Gem |
| 1944 | Kintore |
| 1943 | Lawrence |
| 1942 | Great Britain |
| 1941 | Tea Cake |
| 1940 | Lucrative |
| 1939 | High Caste |
| 1938 | Nuffield |
| 1937 | Ajax |
| 1936 | Beechwood |
| 1935 | Young Idea |
| 1934 | Theo |
| 1933 | Palphar |
| 1932 | Liberal |
| 1931 | Ammon Ra |
| 1930 | Green Wave |
| 1929 | Pentheus |
| 1928 | Balmerino |
| 1927 | Avant Courier |
| 1926 | Rampion |
| 1925 | Manacre |
| 1924 | Heroic |
| 1923 | King Carnival |
| 1922 | Soorak |
| 1921 | Demetrius |
| 1920 | Midilli |
| 1919 | Artilleryman |
| 1918 | Eusebius |
| 1917 | Thrice |
| 1916 | Ettefred |
| 1915 | Patrobas |
| 1914 | Blague |
| 1913 | Andelosia |
| 1912 | Burrawang |
| 1911 | Woolerina |
| 1910 | Danaus |
| 1909 | Malt King |
| 1908 | Parsee |
| 1907 | Master Foote |
| 1906 | Booran |
| 1905 | Lady Wallace |
| 1904 | Demas |
| 1903 | Sweet Nell |
| 1902 | Strata Florida |
| 1901 | Ibex |
| 1900 | Kinglike |
| 1899 | Tremarden |
| 1898 | Bobadil |
| 1897 | Aurum |
| 1896 | The Officer |
| 1895 | Wallace |
| 1894 | Cobbity |
| 1893 | Patron |
| 1892 | Autonomy |
| 1891 | Strathmore |
| 1890 | Annesley |
| 1889 | Rudolph |
| 1888 | Volley |
| 1887 | Carlyon |
| 1886 | Maddelina |
| 1885 | Ringmaster |
| 1884 | Sandal |
| 1883 | Sardius |
| 1882 | Fryingpan |
| 1881 | Wheatear |
*Dead Heat