Enable's win in today's Breeder's Cup Turf takes her to number 20 in my list of the word's top earners with earnings of USD 10,682,238.

First mare to earn more than USD 1,000,000

Allez France (USA) 1970 v Dahlia (USA) 1970

According to Allez France’s Wikipedia page at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allez_France :  Allez France was the first filly in Thoroughbred horse racing history to earn $1 million, according to the United States National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame. However, Sports Illustrated says that Dahlia was "the first filly to win $1 million (just before Allez did it)", and the U.S. National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame contradicts itself by saying that Dahlia was "the first female Thoroughbred to earn $1 million."

Allez France

Allez France’s career record:  21 starts, 13 wins (8 x G1), 3 seconds and 1 third.  Win % 61.9, Place % 81.0. 

She raced in France, 18 times,  England twice for 2 seconds in the Champion Stakes and her last race was in the USA in the National Thoroughbred Championship Hcp at Santa Anita over 10f of dirt where she ran 11th of 11.  She had never raced on dirt before. I understand this race was being promoted as a big money dirt lead up race to the Washington DC International (it was run the week before) but I have no further information about the race. 
Allez France competed against Dahlia on 8 occasions (they also raced on the same date as 2YOs but possibly in different races) and on each of those 8 occasions Allez France beat Dahlia home.  Allez France won seven of them.  The closest Dahlia came was a second in the Prix de Diane.  The only time Allez France did not win the race in which both competed was the 1975 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe where she finished fifth (as defending champion) to Dahlia’s 15th.

Even though Allez France had one race in the USA her career summary record does not appear on equibase.com.   

Her career summary and race record (limited details)does appear on ‘france-galop.com’ in euros not French francs even though the franc was the currency at the time she raced.  From looking at a number of horse earnings details from the pre euro period (pre 1 January 1999) it seems all pre 1 January 1999 French francs amounts of ‘france-galop’ were converted to euros at the rate of €1 = 6.55957FF which was the agreed rate on the introduction of the Euro on 1 January 1999.  As the euro did not exist when Allez France raced there is no rate of exchange to work out her earnings in other currencies so I have converted the euros back to French francs first.   Ditto for Dahlia.

According to Wikipedia, ‘pedigreequery’ and ‘amercanclassicpedigrees’ Allez France career earnings were USD 1,386,146. She is not inducted into the US National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame although her trainer for 1974 and 1975 Angel Penna was inducted and it is under his bio that the reference to her becoming the first mare to win USD 1,000,000 is made.

Doing the best I can with the limited information at my fingertips I have her career earnings as follows:
France earnings in FRF:       FRF 5,996,650  (Starts 18: 13-1-1-3)
England earnings in GBP:    GBP 23,859.00  (Starts 2: 0-2-0-0)
United States earnings in USD:  USD 0.00  (Starts 1: 0-0-0-1)

I have converted these amounts to calculate worldwide earnings into FRF, USD, GBP and AUD amounts as follows:
FRF 6,232,244.70
USD 1,361,871.54
GBP 570,015.08
AUD 980,494.42

(This is based on Reserve Bank of Australia (rba.gov.au.statistics/…) monthly exchange rates as published for the month the race for USD and GBP amounts and annual rates at PACIFIC Exchange Rate Service http://fx.sauder.ubc.ca to convert to FRF amounts to USD first before converting into other currencies.  During the period both horses raced currency rates were fixed by governments but there were ‘unofficial’ rates offered by banks.  World governments were considering moving to the floating rates we are familiar with today which happened later.  Reuters were publishing daily rates during this period but they do not appear to be on the internet.)   

Amazingly my USD figure is close to the USD 1,386,146 other sources quote.

Dahlia

Dahlia’s career record:  48 starts, 15 wins (10 x G1), 3 seconds and 7 thirds.  Win % 31.3, Place % 52.1.

Even though she couldn’t beat Allez France at home she had a fantastic international career winning two King George’s and a Washington DC International among her 10 Group 1 wins as well as winning a Canadian International (then a Group 2 race).  Dahlia ran twice on dirt in the USA but was not placed among the 13 starts she had in the US in 1976 as a six year old.  (Allez France retired after her five year old season.)

Again, doing the best I can with the limited information at my fingertips I have her career earnings as follows:
France earnings in FRF:  FRF 1,929,300  (Starts 21: 5-3-3-10)
Ireland earnings in Irish Pounds:  IEP 22,474.00  (Starts 1: 1-0-0-0)
England earnings in GBP:  GBP 253,865.50  (Starts 6: 4-0-2-0)
United States earnings in USD:  USD 361,699.40  (Starts 17: 4-0-2-11)
Canada earnings in Canadian Dollars:  CAD 102,972.00  (Starts 2: 1-0-0-1)
Italian earnings in Lira:  ITL 0.00  (Starts 1: 0-0-0-1)

I have converted these amounts to calculate worldwide earnings into FRF, USD, GBP and AUD amounts on the same basis as for Allez France  (using annual rates for FRF, CAD and ITL amounts (IEP = GBP then) to arrive at the following amounts:
FRF 7,131,770.85
USD 1,541,997.76
GBP 673,004.66
AUD 1,112,618.20

My USD figure is close enough to the ‘equibase.com’ figure of USD 1,489,105 to suggest that I am in the ball park.  As one might expect the US National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame total is the same as the ‘equibase.com’ total.

Dahlia’s 1973 earnings -

The major difference between my figure and the ‘equibase.com’ figure  is Dahlia’s 1973 earnings which I have at USD 587,789 and equibase.com has at USD 541,577 so some further work required here. 

A possible reason for the difference is the amount of French francs earned by Dahlia in winning the Prix St Alary (G1) at Longchamp on 20 May 1973.  ‘france-galop’ has earnings of EUR 71,834 which equates to FRF 471,200 while ‘galop-seiger’ has first prize as FRF 350,000.   If FRF 350,000 is plugged into the calculations the USD total falls to USD 1,514,778 a reduction of USD 27,218. 

The million dollar milestone

If first prize for the Prix St Alary is FRF 471,200 then:

-   Dahlia passed the USD 1,000,000 total on 20 August 1974 when she won Benson & Hedges Gold Cup (G1) at Yorkt
-   Allez France passed USD 1,000,000 total on 6 October 1974 when she won the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe (GI) at Longchamp .

If first prize for the Prix St Alary is FRF 350,000 the answer is still the same albeit the margin for error is only about USD 3,000.

If the benchmark was set at FRF 5,000,000 Allez France exceeded that total on 6 October 1974 and Dahlia six days later. 

If the benchmark was set at GBP 500,000 Dahlia exceeded that total on 9 November 1974 whereas Allez France took until 4 May 1975.   

I need some more information before I can publish detailed race records. 

I have updated the list of European bred or trained leading money earners since the 1960s.  Noor (IRE) 1945 is the big mover.  He won a bundle in the USA which meant giving Tulyar and Ribot the boot from the list.  They now appear in the discards list.  According to one report I read the Aga Khan only sold Noor to the USA because an American wanted to buy another horse he owned and the Aga Khan said he can only have the one he wanted if he took Noor as well.  Noor's complete race record has been posted under race records of international champions and I assume tontonan has supplied the photo.   

Cheers   

I have included Exceller (USA) 1973 in the list of European earnings record holders.  He had his first 15 starts in France and England and he won three group 1 races in France and one group 1 in England by July 1977.  Around this time he was entered in the 1977 Melbourne Cup where was given 62.5kg.  Instead of coming to Melbourne he was  sent to the North America to race.  His first start was a second in October 1977 in the grade 1 Man O'war Stakes.  At his next start he won the grade 1 Canadian International in late October 1977 before running third in the 1977 Washington DC International .  He won a further six grade 1 races in 1978 including the Hollywood Gold Cup and the Jockey Club Gold Cup.       

THE JAPAN CUP                              
                              
Included below is a table of prizemoney paid in JPY (Japanese yen) to the top 5 in the Japan Cup for the 1988 to 2018 years the years for which jbis.jp (Japan Bloodstock Information Services) published earnings (Japan Cup first run in 1981).  The amounts do not include trophies which are not included by jbis.                              
I have collated this information for future readers to provide an accurate earnings record and to explain why the amounts converted to foreign currency for use in foreign records can vary wildly from a simple currency conversion undertaken at the Japan Cup race date.                               
                              
I have picked three Japan Cup results published by racingpost.com to illustrate the problem:                               
                              
1. Singspiel earned JPY 135,612,000 for winning the 1996 Japan Cup.  'racingpost' calculated that Singspiel had earned £1,073,993 for first in 1996 whereas I have calculated he earned £721,411 (using Reserve Bank of Australia daily rates to calculate the appropriate cross rate) or 48.87% less . This is the most extreme example of an overstatement.                                
Year on year currency fluctuations seem to account for 20-25% of the difference.  I do not have a copy of the 1996 International Cataloguing Standards book (if one exists) to assist with the analysis.                                
                              
2.  The 2001 International Cataloguing Standards book ('the book'), published prizemoney for the first time for the Japan Cup in both USD and JPY and set out the exchange rates it had used in converting JPY to USD, GBP, AUD and other currencies for racing prizemoney offered around the world.                                
Jungle Pocket earned JPY 253,864,000 in 2001 which racingpost calculated was equal to £1,457,524.   The book did not publish a rate for JPY to GBP so I infer racingpost first converted JPY into USD and then converted USD into GBP in accordance with the rates in the book (creating a JPY to GBP cross rate).                                    
Using Reserve Bank of Australia daily indicator rates to calculate a JPY to GBP cross rate appropriate to race date I have calculated the horse earned £1,466,699 a less than 1% difference.                              
The closeness of the racingpost figure to a figure using current exchange rates can be attributed to the fact that the USD appreciated against both the JPY and GBP by just over 6% and 5% respectively over the figures published in the book effectively cancelling out all but about a 1% change in the JPY to GBP notional cross rate I assume was used by racingpost.                               
                              
3.  In 2008 Screen Hero earned JPY 253,864,000 for first and racingpost reported a first prize of £1,141,577.                                
Using Reserve Bank of Australia daily indicator rates to calculate the appropriate cross rate I have calculated the horse earned £1,731,776 or 34% more.                                
The notional cross rate at the time of the race using Reserve Bank of Australia daily indicator rates was JPY 146.59 to GBP 1.00 whereas the I January 2003 notional cross rate derived from the 2008 International Cataloguing Standards book was JPY 222.9 to GBP 1.00 and I assume this rate, or a rate close to it, was used by racingpost.                               
                              
I have assumed that racingpost picked up the correct Japanese yen earnings and there are no other reasons for differences such as typos.                               
                              
For the 31 years (1988 and 2018) of Japan Cup results surveyed the racingpost GBP prizes varied up or down from the race date conversion by:                               
less than 5%   10                           
between 5-10%   6                           
between 10% -20%   5                           
between 20% -30%   4                           
between 30% -40%   3                           
more than 40%    3                           
                              
Because of the high value of international Japanese race prizemoey the results reported 'officially' can vary widely from the real result.  Many of the big international prizemoney races are run in October and November around the world and 'official' conversion races set on 1 January can be very misleading.                                
According to my observations the exchange rate variations have fed into conversions used by racing bodies in Australia, USA, France and other media at least in the 1980s and 1990s.                               
I observe that galopp-seiger.de reports all results in foreign currency and they have not joined the frenzy of other European on-line publishers in the euro currency area of rewriting all pre euro results into euros (very orwellian) sometimes with marvellous inaccuracy (one irish website in particular comes to mind).                                  
                              
Other Japan Cup prizemoney issues:                              
 'racingpost' reported prizemoney down to ninth place in 2008 and 2009 whereas jbis did not record any prizemoney beyond fifth place money in any of the 1988 to 2018 years.                                
The JRA currently offers Japan Cup sixth to tenth placegetters 'participation incentive money' however this is not recorded as prizemoney by jbis.                                
After 2009 racingpost only reported first to fifth prizemoney consistent with the jbis approach to prizemoney.                              
                              
Year   Winner   1st prize   Second   2nd prize   Third   3rd prize   Fourth    4th prize   Fifth   5th prize
27/11/1988.   Pay the Butler (USA)   ¥95,169,400   Tamamo Cross (JPN)   ¥38,048,400   Oguri Cap (JPN)   ¥24,024,200   My Big Boy (USA)    ¥14,000,000   Tony Bin (IRE)   ¥9,500,000
26/11/1989.   Horlicks (NZ)   ¥103,161,000   Oguri Cap (JPN)   ¥41,046,000   Pay the Butler (USA)   ¥26,023,000   Super Creek (JPN)   ¥15,000,000   Hawkster (USA)   ¥10,300,000
25/11/1990.   Better Loosen Up (AUS)   ¥110,180,600   Ode (USA)   ¥44,051,600   Cacoethes (USA)   ¥28,025,800   White Stone (JPN)   ¥17,000,000   Alwuhush (USA)   ¥11,000,000
24/11/1991.   Golden Pheasant (USA)   ¥120,175,000   Magic Night (FR)   ¥48,050,000   Shaftesbury Avenue (AUS)   ¥30,025,000   Mejiro McQueen (JPN)    ¥18,000,000   Rough Habit (NZ)   ¥12,000,000
29/11/1992.   Tokai Teio (JPN)   ¥133,192,000   Naturalism (NZ)   ¥52,912,000   Dear Doctor (FR)   ¥33,456,000   Legacy World (JPN)   ¥20,000,000   Hishi Masaru (USA)   ¥13,000,000
28/11/1993.   Legacy World (JPN)   ¥133,780,000   Kotashaan (USA)   ¥53,080,000   Winning Ticket (JPN)   ¥33,540,000   Platini (GER)   ¥20,000,000   Star of Cozzene (USA)   ¥13,000,000
27/11/1994.   Marvelous Crown (JPN)   ¥133,486,000   Paradise Creek (USA)   ¥52,996,000   Royce and Royce (JPN)   ¥33,498,000   Hernando (FR)   ¥20,000,000   Sandpit (BRZ)   ¥13,000,000
26/11/1995.   Lando (GER) 1990   ¥135,360,000   Hishi Amazon (JPN)   ¥53,960,000   Hernando (FR)   ¥33,480,000   Taiki Blizzard (USA)   ¥20,000,000   Awad (USA)   ¥13,200,000
24/11/1996.   Singspiel (IRE) 1992   ¥135,612,000   Fabulous la Fouine (FR)   ¥54,032,000   Strategic Choice (GB) DH 3rd   ¥26,758,000   Helissio (FR) DH 3rd   ¥26,758,000   Awad (USA)   ¥13,200,000
23/11/1997.   Pilsudski (IRE) 1992   ¥134,940,000   Air Groove (JPN)   ¥53,840,000   Bubble Gum Fellow (JPN)   ¥33,420,000   Caitano (GB)    ¥20,000,000   Silk Justice (JPN)   ¥13,200,000
29/11/1998.   El Condor Pasa (USA) 1995   ¥135,234,000   Air Groove (JPN)   ¥53,924,000   Special Week (JPN)   ¥33,462,000   Chief Bearhart (CAN)   ¥20,000,000   Maxzene (USA)   ¥13,200,000
28/11/1999.   Special Week (JPN)   ¥135,318,000   Indigenous (IRE)   ¥53,948,000   High Rise (IRE)   ¥33,474,000   Montjeu (IRE)   ¥20,000,000   Rascal Suzuka (JPN)   ¥13,200,000
26/11/2000.   T.M.Opera O (JPN)   ¥253,486,000   Meisho Doto (JPN)   ¥100,996,000   Fantastic Light (UAE)   ¥63,498,000   Ela Athena (GB)   ¥38,000,000   Daiwa Texas (JPN)   ¥25,000,000
25/11/2001.   Jungle Pocket (JPN)   ¥253,192,000   T.M.Opera O (JPN)   ¥100,912,000   Narita Top Road (JPN)   ¥63,456,000   Stay Gold (JPN)   ¥38,000,000   Meisho Doto (JPN)   ¥25,000,000
24/11/2002.   Falbrav (IRE)   ¥253,444,000   Sarafan (USA)   ¥100,980,000   Symboli Kris S (JPN)   ¥63,492,000   Magnaten (USA)   ¥38,000,000   Jungle Pocket (JPN)   ¥25,000,000
30/11/2003.   Tap Dance City (JPN)   ¥253,864,000   That's the Plenty (JPN)   ¥101,104,000   Symboli Kris S (JPN)   ¥63,552,000   Neo Universe (JPN)   ¥38,000,000   Active Bio (JPN)   ¥25,000,000
28/11/2004.   Zenno Rob Roy (JPN)   ¥253,360,000   Cosmo Bulk (JPN)   ¥100,960,000   Delta Blues (JPN)   ¥63,480,000   Policy Maker (IRE)   ¥38,000,000   Narita Century (JPN)   ¥25,000,000
27/11/2005.   Alkaased (GB)   ¥253,864,000   Heart's Cry (JPN)   ¥101,104,000   Zenno Rob Roy (JPN)   ¥63,552,000   Lincoln (JPN)   ¥38,000,000   Ouija Board (GB)   ¥25,000,000
26/11/2006.   Deep Impact (JPN)   ¥252,352,000   Dream Passport (JPN)   ¥100,672,000   Ouija Board (GB)   ¥63,336,000   Cosmo Bulk (JPN)   ¥38,000,000   Fusaichi Pandora (JPN)   ¥25,000,000
25/11/2007.   Admire Moon (JPN)   ¥253,780,000   Pop Rock (JPN)   ¥101,080,000   Meisho Samson (JPN)   ¥63,540,000   Vodka (JPN)   ¥38,000,000   Delta Blues (JPN)   ¥25,000,000
30/11/2008.   Screen Hero (JPN)   ¥253,864,000   Deep Sky (JPN)   ¥101,104,000   Vodka (JPN)   ¥63,552,000   Matsurida Gogh (JPN)   ¥38,000,000   Oken Buce Lee (JPN)   ¥25,000,000
29/11/2009.   Vodka(JPN)   ¥253,864,000   Oken Bruce Lee (JPN)   ¥101,104,000   Red Desire (JPN)   ¥63,552,000   Conduit (IRE)   ¥38,000,000   Air Shady (JPN)   ¥25,000,000
28/11/2010.   Rose Kingdom (JPN)   ¥253,780,000   Buena Vista (JPN)   ¥101,080,000   Victoire Pisa (JPN)   ¥63,540,000   Jaguar Mail (JPN)   ¥38,000,000   Pelusa (JPN)   ¥25,000,000
27/11/2011.   Buena Vista (JPN)   ¥253,444,000   Tosen Jordan (JPN)   ¥100,984,000   Jaguar Mail (JPN)   ¥63,492,000   Trailblazer (JPN)   ¥38,000,000   Win Variation (JPN)   ¥25,000,000
25/11/2012.   Gentildonna (JPN)   ¥253,570,000   Orfevre (JPN)   ¥101,020,000   Rulership (JPN)   ¥63,510,000   Dark Shadow (JPN)   ¥38,000,000   Fenomeno (JPN)   ¥25,000,000
24/11/2013.   Gentildonna (JPN)   ¥253,780,000   Denim and Ruby (JPN)   ¥101,080,000   Tosen Jordan (JPN)   ¥63,540,000   Admire Rakti (JPN)   ¥38,000,000   Dunaden (FR)   ¥25,000,000
30/11/2014.   Epiphaneia (JPN)   ¥253,822,000   Just a Way (JPN)   ¥101,092,000   Spielberg (JPN)   ¥63,546,000   Gentildonna (JPN)   ¥38,000,000   Harp Star (JPN)   ¥25,000,000
29/11/2015.   Shonan Pandora (JPN)   ¥303,780,000   Last Impact (JPN)   ¥121,080,000   Lovely Day (JPN)   ¥75,540,000   Jungle Cruise (JPN)   ¥45,000,000   Sounds of Earth (JPN)   ¥30,000,000
27/11/2016.   Kitasan Black (JPN)   ¥303,738,000   Sounds of Earth (JPN)   ¥121,068,000   Cheval Grand (JPN)   ¥75,534,000   Gold Actor (JPN)   ¥45,000,000   Real Steel (JPN)   ¥30,000,000
26/11/2017.   Cheval Grand (JPN)   ¥303,654,000   Rey de Oro (JPN)   ¥121,044,000   Kitasan Black(JPN)   ¥75,522,000   Makahiki (JPN)   ¥45,000,000   Idaho (IRE)   ¥30,000,000
25/11/2018.   Almond Eye (JPN)   ¥303,024,000   Kiseki (JPN)   ¥120,864,000   Suave Richard (JPN)   ¥75,432,000   Cheval Grand (JPN)   ¥45,000,000   Mikki Swallow (JPN)   ¥30,000,000
                              
Cheers                              

Of the 24 horses that have earned more than USD 10,000,000 under 'WORLD'S TOP EARNERS' above 14 were bred in Japan so I have amended the list to include earnings of the 24 in Japanese yen (JPY) (previously USD, GBP, EUR and AUD only).  Winx is the first and only horse to have earned more than JPY 2 billion. 

Winx now holds the worldwide earnings record when measured in United States dollars, British pounds and Japanese yen.  She is second to TM Opera O (JPN) 1996 when measured in euros and Australian dollars.

Beauty Generation (NZ) 2012 (late Montaigne) has passed Makybe Diva to be number 3 on the all time list of Australasian stake winners after his win in the mile race in Hong Kong today.  Trainer indicated before today's race his next race may be in Japan.  Santa Ana Lane moved up a few places after today's fourth in the HK Sprint. 

It looked like the HK grandstand was only filled to about 1/3rd of capacity if that.   I note from the HK media guide attendance figures that crowds have steadily declined in HK over the last decade (down from their peak by about 1/3rd).

International equivalent earnings of selected Japanese horses. 

I don't know much about Japanese racing so this list comprises horses that raced after circa 1985 when it seems jbis started publishing comprehensive race records online and includes horses in the Japan racing hall of fame, major earners and notable stallions who have had at least 10 starts.
If anyone has any recommendations of notable others that raced after circa 1984 that should be included I will be glad to hear from you (note jbis does not have a full record for Mejiro Ramonu (JPN) 1983). 
It is obvious from the table that Japanese earnings far exceed that which can be earned elsewhere especially in the USA which is the reason Americans ignore Japanese racing because it makes them look like a banana republic if earnings are used as a benchmark. 
However it is ok if the Americans pick up big bucks racing in Dubai - the hypocrites.
The Americans have to take some of the blame as they rush almost every decent doped up horse off to stud at the end of their 3YO year. 
Almond Eye's earnings is correct to 30 March 2019.

Oguri Cap (JPN) 1985   USD 6,700,761   AUD 8,523,301   GBP 3,896,052   JPY 912,512,000   EUR N/A
Mejiro McQueen (JPN) 1987   USD 8,132,505   AUD 11,034,088   GBP 4,824,629   JPY 1,014,657,700   EUR N/A
Toko Teio (JPN) 1988   USD 4,914,734   AUD 6,761,302   GBP 2,996,737   JPY 625,633,500   EUR N/A
Narita Brian (JPN) 1991   USD 9,142,891   AUD 12,293,026   GBP 5,949,782   JPY 1,026,916,000   EUR N/A
Stay Gold (JPN) 1994   USD 8,680,999   AUD 14,870,312   GBP 5,629,967   JPY 1,041,136,266   EUR N/A
Taiki Shuttle (USA) 1994   USD 5,006,891   AUD 7,599,804   GBP 3,031,478   JPY 639,668,226   EUR N/A
El Condor Pasa (USA) 1995   USD 3,514,415   AUD 5,474,823   GBP 2,131,151   JPY 423,958,814   EUR N/A
Special Week (JPN) 1995   USD 9,310,726   AUD 14,529,279   GBP 5,700,645   JPY 1,092,623,000   EUR N/A
T M Opera O (JPN) 1996   USD 16,252,573   AUD 29,003,944   GBP 10,881,316   JPY 1,835,189,000   EUR 17,679,578
Tap Dance City (USA) 1997   USD 9,598,003   AUD 14,578,978   GBP 5,695,074   JPY 1,084,221,000   EUR 8,503,070
Symboli Kris S (USA) 1999   USD 8,415,633   AUD 13,632,876   GBP 5,196,530   JPY 984,724,000   EUR 7,919,387
Zenno Rob Roy (JPN) 2000   USD 10,485,819   AUD 14,186,563   GBP 5,814,128   JPY 1,135,614,260   EUR 8,361,466
Daiwa Major (JPN) 2001   USD 9,207,090   AUD 11,792,569   GBP 4,883,299   JPY 1,061,052,800   EUR 7,147,892
Heart's Cry (JPN) 2001   USD 8,057,571   AUD 11,068,655   GBP 4,564,156   JPY 926,977,770   EUR 6,688,100
Deep Impact (JPN) 2002   USD 12,816,741   AUD 16,852,213   GBP 6,934,759   JPY 1,454,551,000   EUR 10,157,847
Vermilion (JPN) 2002   USD 11,134,909   AUD 13,701,570   GBP 6,211,385   JPY 1,168,152,680   EUR 8,079,052
Vodka (JPN) 2004   USD 13,179,221   AUD 16,204,948   GBP 7,583,185   JPY 1,330,351,062   EUR 9,386,025
Espoir City (JPN) 2005   USD 11,492,611   AUD 12,656,089   GBP 7,278,456   JPY 1,023,197,000   EUR 8,425,176
Smart Falcon (JPN) 2005   USD 11,463,702   AUD 12,691,347   GBP 7,227,494   JPY 990,736,000   EUR 8,433,358
Buena Vista (JPN) 2006   USD 17,051,308   AUD 19,232,861   GBP 11,030,033   JPY 1,479,126,913   EUR 12,652,283
Eishin Flash (JPN) 2007   USD 9,139,217   AUD 9,464,631   GBP 5,839,528   JPY 791,598,580   EUR 6,916,409
Rulership (JPN) 2007   USD 7,821,395   AUD 7,717,683   GBP 4,937,861   JPY 641,373,609   EUR 5,928,175
Victoire Pisa (JPN) 2007   USD 12,885,541   AUD 13,096,018   GBP 8,162,691   JPY 1,082,941,773   EUR 9,371,075
Lord Kanaloa (JPN) 2008   USD 9,828,089   AUD 9,845,249   GBP 6,216,239   JPY 873,366,096   EUR 7,447,355
Orfevre (JPN) 2008   USD 18,988,823   AUD 18,869,240   GBP 11,880,602   JPY 1,599,879,264   EUR 14,088,082
Gentildonna (JPN) 2009   USD 18,481,223   AUD 19,256,471   GBP 11,569,967   JPY 1,726,819,728   EUR 14,158,606
Gold Ship (JPN) 2009   USD 15,043,120   AUD 15,651,727   GBP 9,433,351   JPY 1,397,767,000   EUR 11,648,166
Hokko Tarumai (JPN) 2009   USD 10,716,244   AUD 12,099,734   GBP 6,899,744   JPY 1,114,453,053   EUR 8,574,075
Just A Way (JPN) 2009   USD 9,043,939   AUD 9,658,483   GBP 5,544,794   JPY 902,231,217   EUR 6,701,002
Maurice (JPN) 2011   USD 9,289,205   AUD 12,354,514   GBP 6,655,114   JPY 1,063,298,850   EUR 8,432,269
Kitasan Black (JPN) 2012   USD 16,554,365   AUD 22,020,066   GBP 12,375,699   JPY 1,876,843,000   EUR 14,890,504
Rey de Oro (JPN) 2014   USD 7,944,647   AUD 10,794,208   GBP 6,127,640   JPY 888,491,292   EUR 6,956,908
Almond Eye (JPN) 2015   USD 10,066,117   AUD 13,824,735   GBP 7,620,866   JPY 1,118,930,493   EUR 8,732,327

Enable goes around on Saturday night in the King George at Ascot with a chance to add about US 880,000 to her total taking her to 15th on the all time money earners list.  Thunder Snow is down to run in the USD 1 million The Whitney at Saratoga on 3 August and if he wins he will jump to number  5 on the all time money list.  If skyracing is right Thunder Snows trainer has set him on an ambitious 4 race program including The Whitney that will make him the world's leading money earner at year end but I wouldn't be betting on it.  If he wins 2 of the 4 he will be doing very well.

Cheers

I think from memory that the Agua Caliente was supposed to be US$100,00 in Phar Lap's year


which would have made it the richest race in the world at that time.


When it was all done and dusted, I believe they paid half of that. 

SELECTED TOP HONG KONG RACEHORSES BY EARNINGS IN HONG KONG DOLLARS (HKD) (AND EQUIVALENT AMOUNTS IN SELECTED OTHER CURRENCIES)                                    
Horses must have raced principally in Hong Kong                                    
Due to difficulty in reconciling individual Hong Kong race earnings with hkjc.com totals the figures are liable to change as new information comes to hand.                                    
Main sources of information for Hong Kong races include: hkjc.com, punters.com.au, racingpost.com, bloodhound.net.au. (hkjc.com does not provide individual (or seasonal earnings) once a horse has retired).  hkjc.com does provide total prizemoney in HKD.  So non hkjc.com sources are sometimes used as a guide to prizemoney split between finishers and that is sometimes conflicting.                                     
A general guide (there are always exceptions) is that individual race prizemoney is percentage split as follows:                                         
Group 1 prizemoney percentages (which may include races designated HKG1): 1st 57.00%, 2nd 22.00%, 3rd 10.00%, 4th 5.70%, 5th 3.30%, 6th 2.00%; All other prizemoney percentages: 1st 57.00%, 2nd 22.00%, 3rd 11.50%, 4th 6.00%, 5th 3.50%, 6th 0.00%                                    
I have saved a copy of the hkjc 2017-2018 pattern book and the hkjc 2019-2020 pattern book (these provide prizemoney splits for all group races for those seasons).  If anyone has a copy of other season's pattern books please send me a copy.                                        
Hong Kong High Achievement and Top Up Bonuses for 2014 and later years can be found at https://racing.hkjc.com/racing/english/racing-info/fwb_PP.asp                                    
All other bonuses have been found by searching hkjc.com on a trial and error approach.                                    
Currency conversions are based on daily foreign exchange rates for the date of a race (or the previous stock exchange trading day if no trading on the race date) as published by the Reserve Bank of Australia at https://www.rba.gov.au/statistics/historical-data.html                                    
                                    
TO 24 MAY 2020 (includes Standard Chartered Hong Kong Champions and Chater Cup group 1 earnings)                                    
                                    
Beauty Generation (NZ) 2012 (to 26 Apr 2020)      HKD 105,981,387      USD 13,561,112      GBP 10,363,503      EUR 11,905,470      AUD 18,852,554      JPY 1,506,715,414
(Career Record: Starts: 38: 20-5-7-6; Australia: Starts: 7: 2-2-1-2 for AUD 334,700; Hong Kong: Starts 31: 18-3-6-4 for HKD 104,822,500 (includes HKD 750,000 High Achievement Bonus earned 8 Jan 2017))                                    
(Hong Kong earnings equals the total recorded by hjkc.com (excludes pre import earnings).  hkjc.com has converted AUD 334,700 pre import earnings to HKD 2,190,720 whereas I have converted AUD 334,700 to HKD 1,908,887)                                    
(To get to the same figure as hkjc.com I have assume that Beauty Generation earned 11.5% or HKD 1,115,000 for 3rd in the 2017 Hong Kong Classic Mile and earned 10% or HKD 1,800,000 for 3rd in the 2017 BMW Hong Kong Derby)                                    
                                    
Viva Pataca (GB) 2002 (late Comic Strip)      HKD 84,054,910      USD 10,807,360      GBP 6,157,612      EUR 7,971,699      AUD 13,407,628      JPY 1,141,342,336
(Career Record: Starts: 51: 18-5-10-18; United Kingdom: Starts 7: 5-0-0-2 for GBP 58,674.80; Hong Kong: Starts 43: 13-4-10-16 for HKD 75,421,500 (including HKD 2,000,000 bonus earned 31 May 2009 for winning two legs of the 2009 Citi triple crown); UAE (Dubai): Starts: 1: 0-1-0-0 for USD 1,000,000)                                    
(hkjc.com has post import career earnings of HKD 83,197,500 (including HKD 2,000,000 bonus) from 44 starts and HKD 827,290 from 7 starts in the United Kingdom for total career earnings of HKD 84,024,790.  I have pre import career earnings of HKD 822,489 which is HKD 4,801 less.  I have followed the racinpost.com prizemoney split for Hong Kong prizemoney with the following exceptions. For starts 8 to 10 racingpost.com did not publish Hong Kong results so I used the following percentages (1st 57.00%, 2nd 22.00%, 3rd 11.50%, 4th 6.00%, 5th 3.50%, 6th 0.00%) to allocate total race prizemoney. My post import career earnings are HKD 74,451,500 (including HKD 2,000,000 bonus) from 43 Hong Kong stars and HKD 7,780,921 from I start in UAE (Dubai) for a total post import earnings of HKD 83,232,421 or HKD 34,921 more than hkjc.com. The difference may be due the the forex rates used to convert UAE (Dubai) earnings into HKD.     

Exultant (IRE) 2014 (late Irishcorrespondent) (to 24 May 2020)      HKD 73,824,775      USD 9,455,440      GBP 7,370,372      EUR 8,415,344      AUD 13,599,889      JPY 1,037,077,814
(Career Record: Starts: 29: 13-7-4-5; Ireland: Starts: 3: 2-0-1-0 for EUR 54,063.00 (www.goracing.ie); United Kingdom: Starts: 1: 0-0-0-1 for GBP 2,421.00 (www.racingpost.com); Hong Kong: Starts 25: 11-7-3-4 for HKD 73,336,900 inc High Achievement Bonus of HKD 750,000 earned 23 Dec 2017 and Top-up Bonus of HKD 250,000 earned 8 May 2018 (racing.hkjc.com))                                    
(Hong Kong earnings of HKD 73,336,900 equals the total recorded by hjkc.com (hkjc.com amount excludes pre import earnings)).                                    
                                    
Vengeance Of Rain (NZ) 2000 (late Subscribe)      HKD 70,712,531      USD 9,069,340      GBP 4,772,277      EUR 7,001,613      AUD 11,558,109      JPY 1,036,334,024
(Career record: Starts 27: 10-3-4-10; Australia: Starts 3: 1-0-1-1 for AUD 64,000; Hong Kong: Starts 23: 8-3-3-9 for HKD 46,966,400: UAE (Dubai): Starts: 1: 1-0-0-0 for USD 3,000,000)                                    
(hkjc.com has post import earnings of HKD 75,410,500.  I have post import race earnings of HKD 70,410,266 (Hong Kong earnings of HKD 46,966,400 plus UAE (Dubai) earnings of HKD 23,443,866). My figure is about HKD 5,000,000 less than the hkjc.com figure. racingpost.com did not publish full results covering the first 5 Hong Kong Starts so bloodhound.net.au HKD earnings are used.  All later Hong Kong race earnings are calculated by calculating the % split derived from the racingpost GBP earnings and applying that to the total HKD race prizemoney published by hkjc.com to calculate amount earned at each start in HKD (small amounts are rounded up or down).  After Vengeance of Rain won the 2005 Cathay Pacific Hong Kong Cup bloodhorse.com  stated that Vengeance Of Rain earned HK$10.2 million to push his career earnings to HK$34,915,500 (see https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/167403/vengeance-takes-world-racing-championships-title-ouija-board-victorious).  That was his 11th start in Hong Kong and I agree with those amounts.  No mention was made of any bonus being paid as the winner of 2005 World Racing Championships Series.  Although I cannot find any evidence of a bonus, a bonus of USD 500,000 would add nearly HKD 4,000,000 to his earnings, however that still leaves HKD 1,000,000 unaccounted for. I have found a link to a document on hjkc.com (document missing) that indicates his earnings had shot up to HKD 74,000,000 after winning the 2007 Dubai Sheema Classic which is about HKD 5,000,000 more that I have at that time. After that race he won just over  HKD 5,000,000 which would have taken his earnings to over HKD 79,000,000  which is about HKD 4,000,000 more than the hkjc.com career earnings and about HKD 9,000,000 more than my career end total. The truth is out there. Note pre-import race earnings of AUD 64,000 or HKD 302,165 are not taken into account in working out hkjc.com career earnings.  It may be that there were bonuses of HKD 5,000,000 however I cannot find any reference to them.)                                    
                                    
Military Attack (IRE) 2008 (late Rave)      HKD 63,270,675      USD 8,155,734      GBP 5,240,771      EUR 6,467,268      AUD 8,990,282      JPY 850,018,555
(Career Record: Starts 44: 13-8-6-17; United Kingdom: Starts: 6: 3-2-0-1 for GBP 44,318.35; Hong Kong: Starts: 34: 9-5-5-15 for HKD 46,680,750; Singapo Starts: 3: 1-1-1-0 for SGD 2,625,000; UAE (Dubai): Starts: 1: 0-0-0-1 for USD 0)                                      
(When the hkjc.com pre import earnings of HKD 546,710 (see https://racing.hkjc.com/racing/content/english/pp_formsheet/fse_N175.pdf) are added to the hkjc.com post import earnings of HKD 63,518,265 (for Hong Kong, Singapore and UAE (Dubai)) the worldwide hjkc.com earnings total HKD 64,064,975. My worldwide total is HKD 63,270,675 or HKD 794,300 less.  I cannot find any evidence of a bonus paid which may explain the gap. My individual Hong Kong race earnings are the same as punters.com.au  except for his last start on 20 Nov 2016 where punters.com.au allocates HKD 0  for a third place when HKD 460,000 was earned. My Hong Kong individual race earnings also accord with the racingpost.com split of total prizemoney for each race. The Singapore Airlines International Cup earnings for 2013 to 2015 are based on http://www.siacup.sg/HorsemensGuide/HorsemensGuideinPDFFormat/Documents/2015_HMG_SAIC.pdf. equibase.com has career earnings of USD 8,118,852 which is very close to my figure of USD 8,155,734 suggesting any differrence is likely due to forex rates used rather than error in individual race earnings used to calculate foreign currency amounts.)                                     
                                    
Designs on Rome (IRE) 2010      HKD 62,596,937      USD 8,069,617      GBP 5,187,711      EUR 6,523,990      AUD 9,688,284      JPY 890,073,840
(Career Record: Starts 37: 11-4-3-19; Ireland: Starts: 5: 1-2-1-1 for EUR 58,185; Hong Kong: Starts: 37: 11-6-4-16 for HKD 59,692,375; UAE (Dubai): Starts: 1: 0-0-0-1 for USD 300,000).                                      
(hkjc.com has 2012 year pre import earnings of HKD 614,040 (from Ireland) while I have converted Ireland earnings of EUR 58,185  (from www.goracing.ie the official Irish racing website) to HKD 578,563.  racingpost.com has 2012 Ireland earnings of EUR 55,420 which also appears to be used by equibase.com to arrrive at 2012 calendar year earnings of USD 71,602.  I have converted 2012 calendar year earnings of EUR 58,185 to USD 74,613. equibase.com has career earnings of USD 8,028,921 while I have USD 8,069,617 a relatively small difference.   hkjc.com has pre import earnings of HKD 614,040 plus HKD 62,819,325 for the next 32 starts (including 1 start in UAE (Duba)) for a worldwide total of HKD 63,433,365.  I can do no better than worldwide earnings of HKD 62,596,937 including Ireland HKD 578,563, Kong Hong Kong HKD 59,692,375 (no bonuses found) and UAE(Dubai)  HKD 2,395,999.  This leaves an unexplained shortfall of HKD 800,951 if the hkjc.com information is correct. My Hong Kong earnings for each race are the same as those reported by punters.com.au except for start 37 (last start) where punters.com.au had HKD 0 whereas I have HKD 100,000 for a dead heat 6th.)                                    
                                    
Silent Witness (AUS) 1999      HKD 62,318,042      USD 8,010,597      GBP 4,429,316      EUR 6,438,317      AUD 10,781,792      JPY 875,193,786
(Career Record: Starts 29: 18-3-2-6; Hong Kong: Starts 26: 17-3-1-5 for HKD 52,936,900 (includes four bonuses totalling HKD 9,700,000); Japan: Starts: 1: 1-0-1-1 for JPY 135,912,000)                                    
(Hong Kong earnings includes the following bonuses: Bonus of HKD 2,850,000 for winning Hong Kong Sprint on 14 Dec 2003. Bonus of HKD 2,000,000 earned 25 April 2004 for winning all three legs of the Triple Crown Series (Bauhinia Sprint Trophy, Centenary Sprint Cup, Chairman's Sprint Prize). Bonus of HKD 2,850,000 for winning Cathay Pacific Hong Kong Sprint on 12 Dec 2004. Bonus of HKD 2,000,000 earned 3 April 2005 for winning all three legs of the Triple Crown Series (Bauhinia Sprint Trophy, Centenary Sprint Cup, Chairman's Sprint Prize).                                    
(hkjc.com has career earnings of HKD 62,496,396.  A career summary of which can be found at https://www.hkjc.com/english/news/images/SW%20profile_e.doc.  The sum of the individual race amounts and bonuses in the career summary is HKD 62,491,144 is HKD 5,242 less which means hkjc.com has overstated the total by HKD 5,252.  hkjc.com career earnings should be HKD 62,491,144.  hkjc.com has converted Japan earnings of JPY 135,912,000 (jbis.jp) to HKD 9,554,244 whereas I have calculated Japan earnings were equal to HKD 9,381,142 or JPY 173,102 less.  According to the cvareer summary Hong Kong career earnings are HKD 52,936,900.  The difference in worldwide career earnings of HKD 173,102 is in part due to addition arror of HKD 5,242 while the balance of the difference is due to the different forex rates used to convert JPY to HKD.                                    
                                    
Able Friend (AUS) 2009      HKD 61,489,505      USD 7,928,990      GBP 5,151,569      EUR 6,648,535      AUD 9,703,598      JPY 910,495,949
(Career Record: Starts 26: 13-5-4-4; Australia: Starts: 2: 1-1-0-0 for AUD 19,200; Hong Kong: Starts: 23: 12-4-4-3 for HKD 61,273,500 (estimated); United Kingdom: Starts: 1: 0-0-0-1 for GBP 5,062.50).                                      
(The hkjc.com post import total of HKD 61,333,624 includes United Kingdom earnings of GBP 5062.50 for which I do not have an equivalent hkjc.com HKD amount.  I have calculated that GBP 5,062.50 is equivalent to HKD 61,254 so that my total post import earnings are HKD 61,334,754 which is just HKD 1,130 more than the hkjc.com total.   When the hkjc.com pre import earnings of HKD 155,680 (see https://racing.hkjc.com/racing/content/english/pp_formsheet/fse_P303.pdf) are added to the hkjc.com post import earnings of HKD 61,333,624 the worldwide hjkc.com earnings total HKD 61,489,304.  I have worldwide HKD earnings of HKD 61,489,505 which is just HKD 201 greater and comprises Australia earnings of HKD 154,751 plus Hong Kong earnings of HKD 61,273,500 plus United Kingdom earnings of HKD 61,254.  It is likely the differences are attributed to different forex rates used.                                    
                                    
Werther (NZ) 2011 (late 'Werther (NZ)')      HKD 61,398,737      USD 7,891,608      GBP 5,717,354      EUR 6,993,149      AUD 10,431,360      JPY 886,290,970
(Career Record: Starts 33: 10-9-6-8; New Zealand: Starts: 10: 3-2-2-3 for NZD 89,925; Australia: Starts: 3: 1-2-0-0 for AUD 368,250; Hong Kong: Starts: 19: 6-4-4-5 for HKD 53,309,250 plus High Achievement Bonus of HKD 750, 000 on 13/12/2015 and Top-up Bonus of HKD 250,000 on 20/03/2016*; Japan: Starts: 1: 0-1-0-0 for JPY 60,960,000).                                      
(I am unable to reconcile my post importation Hong Kong earnings of HKD 58,657,745 with the hkjc.com earnings of HKD 58,896,658 for 20 starts (including 1 start in Japan for which I have earnings of HKD 4,348,495).  My USD calendar year totals are almost identical with equibase.com figures except for the 2016 calendar year yet my 2016 HKD amounts are identical with those on bloodhound.net.au and in line with the 2016 GBP figures published by  racingpost.com. Some bloodhound.net.au HKD amounts for 2017 and 2018 appear to be incorrect (eg compare with hkjc  pattern book for 2017-18 and racing post.com amounts).)                                      
                                    
Mr Stunning (AUS) 2012 (to 26 Apr 2020)      HKD 60,843,100      USD 7,803,786      GBP 6,008,963      EUR 6,903,042      AUD 10,832,439      JPY 869,344,605
(Career Record: Hong Kong: Starts 30: 12-7-4-7 for HKD 60,843,100 (includes HKD 750,000 High Achievement Bonus earned 11 Dec 2016 and HKD 250,000 Top-up Bonus earned 5 March 2017))                                    
                                    
Bullish Luck (USA) 1999 (late Al Moughazel)      HKD 60,746,496      USD 7,811,248      GBP 4,200,738      EUR 6,085,743      AUD 10,252,749      JPY 864,197,128
(Career Record: Starts 62: 12-7-8-35; United Kingdom: Starts: 7: 2-1-1-3 for GBP 18,444; France: Starts: 1: 0-1-0-0 for EUR 5,800; Hong Kong: Starts: 48: 9-5-6-28 for HKD 38,730,000 ; Japan: Starts: 3: 1-0-0-2 for JPY 117,780,000; UAE (Dubai): Starts: 3: 0-0-1-2 for USD 750,000; and 2006 Asian Mile Challenge Bonus of USD 1,000,000).                                      
(Bullish Luck's earnings include a USD 1,000,000 bonus for winning the Asian Mile Challenge when he won the Yasuda Kinen in Tokyo, Japan on 4 June 2006.  'equibase.com' have career earnings of USD 8,825,485 which is USD 1,014,494.45 more than my figure of USD 7,810,99.55.  Looking at the equibase.com calendar year earnings and my equivalent figures the discrepancy arises in the 2006 calendar year. Assuming forex differences of some 14,494.45 over the horses career I infer that equibase.com has double counted the 2006 Asian Mile Challenge Bonus of USD 1,000,000.  I have emailed equibase.com about that and equibase.com responded as follows: "Since all of his races were overseas, we have limited specifics to each race.  Equibase  covers North American racing (US and Canada).  Any result information would be provided by the foreign racing jurisdiction and we would report what they paid out to the owner." In other words equibase.com does not independently audit information received.  The 'hkjc.com' summary excludes 8 starts and earnings appear overstated by at least HKD 2,000,000. The 'racingpost.com' total is understated by about GBP 500,000 as the USD 1,000,000 bonus (GBP 536,039) was not included but the 'racingpost.com' total is otherwise correct after allowing for differing forex rates that may have been applied.)                                     
                                    
Good Ba Ba (USA) 2002      HKD 58,939,641      USD 7,580,931      GBP 4,370,138      EUR 5,413,547      AUD 9,452,887      JPY 763,361,616
(Career Record: Starts 50: 16-5-4-25; Hong Kong: Starts: 43: 16-5-4-18 for HKD 58,776,500 (including Hong Kong International Sale bonus of HKD 1,000,000; Japan: Starts: 2: 0-0-0-2 for JPY 0; UAE (Dubai): Starts: 1: 0-0-0-1 for USD 0.00; Australia: Starts: 4: 0-0-0-4 for AUD 20,150).                                      
(hkjc.com has career earnings of HKD 59,026,500 (includes Hong Kong International Sale Bonus announced by hkjc.com 20 June 2006 of HKD 1,000,000) for 46 starts (43 in Hong Kong, 2 in Japan and 1 in UAE (Dubai, no prizemoney earnt outside Hong Kong)).  My total earnings for the 46 starts are HKD 58,776,500 (including bonus) which is HKD 250,000 less than the hkjc.com total. My cumulative earnings up to start 12 (including bonus) are HKD 3,955,500 which is the same as hkjc.com (see: https://www.hkjc.com/english/special/HKIS/hkis_BonusWinners.asp).  Looking at figures from bloodhound.net.au, racingnsw.com.au or racingpost.com for individual races I cannot find HKD 250,000 unless that amount was paid as a further bonus which I cannot find.  I have converted the HKD bonus to other currencies using forex rates for 7 Jan 2006 where I assume first place in the race on that date was the trigger event for payment of the bonus.   The hkjc.com earnings does not include earnings from 4 starts in Australia.  Where I don't have any information at all about the Hong Kong prize split I have used 1st 57.00%, 2nd 22.00%, 3rd 11.50%, 4th 6.00%, 5th 3.50%, 6th 0.00%.  In other cases I have formed a view about which of bloodhound.net.au, racingnsw.com.au or racingpost.com is likely to best reflect the Hong Kong prizemoney split to apportion total Hong Kong prizemoney.  Note Australian earnings of AUD 20,150 equate to HKD 163,141)                                    
                                    
Ambitious Dragon (NZ) 2006      HKD 58,722,850      USD 7,559,429      GBP 4,735,080      EUR 5,615,169      AUD 7,340,563      JPY 627,388,492
(Career Record: Starts 30: 13-5-2-10; Hong Kong: Starts: 29: 13-5-2-9 for HKD 58,722,850 (inc HKD 2,000,000 triple crown bonus earned 26 Feb 2012); UAE (Dubai): Starts: 1: 0-0-0-1 for USD 0.00).                                      
(hkjc.com has identical career earnings of HKD 58,722,850. I have followed the racinpost.com prizemoney split for Hong Kong prizemoney beginning at start 10 to allocate total race prizemoney (racingpost.com did not publish full details of earlier starts).  For the first 9 starts in Hong Kong I used the following percentages: 1st 57.00%, 2nd 22.00%, 3rd 11.50%, 4th 6.00%, 5th 3.50%, 6th 0.00% to allocate total race prizemoney.  Note racingpost.com does not include bonuses whereas equibase.com does. The equibase.com earnings are USD 7,560,756 whereas I have USD 7,559,429 the difference likely due to the forex rates used.)                                    
                                    
Lucky Nine (IRE) 2007 (late Luck or Design)      HKD 52,609,870      USD 6,756,394      GBP 4,262,992      EUR 5,086,507      AUD 6,891,417      JPY 596,754,300
(Career Record: Starts 51: 14-9-7-21; Ireland: Starts: 3: 1-1-1-0 for EUR 14,415; Hong Kong: Starts: 37: 11-6-4-16 for HKD 37,360,375; Japan: Starts: 4: 0-1-0-3 for JPY 42,312,000; UAE (Dubai): Starts: 2: 0-0-1-1 for USD 200,000; Singapo Starts: 3: 2-0-1-0 for SGD 1,242,500; Australia: Starts: 2: 0-1-0-1 for AUD 200,000).                                      
(hkjc.com has earnings of HKD 52,355,679 for 37 starts in Hong Kong, 4 starts in Japan, 2 starts in UAE (Dubai), 3 starts in Singapore and 2 starts in Australia (total 48 starts) and HKD 160,256 for 3 pre import starts in Ireland for a total career earnings of HKD 52,515,959.  I have HKD 52,443,614 for those same 48 starts and 166,256 for the 3 pre import starts for  total career earnings of HKD 52,609,870 which is HKD 93,941 more.  I have estimated Hong Kong earnings on the basis that prizemoney for all group 1 races is split  1st 57.00%, 2nd 22.00%, 3rd 10.00%, 4th 5.70%, 5th 3.30%, 6th 2.00% and for all other races 1st 57.00%, 2nd 22.00%, 3rd 11.50%, 4th 6.00%, 5th 3.50%, 6th 0.00%.  My Hong Kong individual race earnings are identical with the Hong Kong earnings on punters.com.au noting that not all Hong Kong races on that website are in HKD.   My Singapore race earnings in GBP are almost the same as the GBP earnings on racingpost.com.  When comparing individual differences between racingpost.com GBP race earnings and my GBP individual race earnings I think the better view is that any difference is mostly due to differing forex rates used noting that racingpost.com did not include the first 6 Hong Kong starts where I have calculated GBP 205,275 was earned.                                        
                                    
Beat The Clock (AUS) 2013 (to 19 Jan 2020)      HKD 52,891,525      USD 6,761,318      GBP 5,157,413      EUR 5,968,110      AUD 9,435,768      JPY 744,198,359
(Career Record: Hong Kong: Starts 25: 10-8-6-1 for HKD 52,891,525 including High Achievement Bonus of HKD 750,000 earned 11 June 2017 and Top-up Bonus of HKD 250,000 earned 8 April 2018)                                    
(Hong Kong earnings of HKD 52,891,525 equals the total recorded by hjkc.com).                                    
                                    
Blazing Speed (GB) 2009      HKD 51,517,013      USD 6,640,695      GBP 4,434,179      EUR 5,661,674      AUD 8,235,437      JPY 738,720,173
(Career Record: Starts 48: 10-8-4-26; United Kingdom: Starts: 4: 2-0-0-2 for GBP 15,601.55; Hong Kong: Starts: 43: 8-8-4-23 for HKD 49,322,750 (estimated) and bonus of HKD 2,000,000 earned 25 May 2014 for winning two legs of a three-race series; UAE (Dubai): Starts: 1: 0-0-0-1 for USD 0.00).                                      
(I have calculated Hong Kong earnings on the basis that prizemoney for all group 1 races including HKG1 races is split: 1st 57.00%, 2nd 22.00%, 3rd 10.00%, 4th 5.70%, 5th 3.30%, 6th 2.00% with 2 exceptions being 23 Feb 2014 where 4th is 6% and 25 May 2014 where 1st is 50% which accords with both the racingpost.com split and the punters.com.au amounts.   For all other races the prizemoney split is 1st 57.00%, 2nd 22.00%, 3rd 11.50%, 4th 6.00%, 5th 3.50%, 6th 0.00%.                                       
hkjc.com has total earnings of HKD 51,322,750 (inc HKD 2,000,000 bonus) for 44 starts in Hong Kong and 1 start in UAE (Dubai) and HKD 193,010 for pre import UK earnings for a total of HKD 51,515.760.  I have pre import UK earnings of HKD 194,263 resulting in an overall difference of HKD 1,253 which is due to forex rates used otherwise the hkjc.com total is identical with mine. )                                     
                                    
California Memory (USA) 2006 (late Portus Blendium)      HKD 51,457,594      USD 6,625,718      GBP 4,176,026      EUR 4,967,048      AUD 6,506,458      JPY 560,062,393
(Career Record: Starts 47: 12-5-7-23; Spain: Starts: 2: 0-2-0-0 for EUR 5,200; France: Starts: 6: 3-1-2-0 for EUR 65,300; Hong Kong: Starts: 36: 9-2-5-20 for HKD 50,319,750; Singapo Starts: 2: 0-0-0-2 for SGD 60,000; UAE (Dubai): Starts: 1: 0-0-0-1 for USD 0)                                      
(hkjc.com has career earnings of HKD 50,696,050 for 36 starts in Hong Kong, 2 starts in Singapore and 1 start in UAE (Dubai) (total 39 starts) and HKD 783,740 for 2 pre import starts in Spain and 6 pre import starts in France for total career earnings of HKD 51,479,790.  I have HKD 50,691,219 for those same 39 starts and 766,374 for the 8 pre import starts for  total career earnings of HKD 51,457,594 which is HKD 22,196 less.  I have estimated Hong Kong earnings on the basis that prizemoney for all group 1 races is split  1st 57.00%, 2nd 22.00%, 3rd 10.00%, 4th 5.70%, 5th 3.30%, 6th 2.00% and for all other races 1st 57.00%, 2nd 22.00%, 3rd 11.50%, 4th 6.00%, 5th 3.50%, 6th 0.00% unless the racinpost.com prizemoney split indicates otherwise the notable exception being the Standard Chartered Champions & Chater Cup of 2013 and 2014 where I followed the racingpost.com split.   When comparing individual differences between racingpost.com GBP race earnings and my GBP individual race earnings I think the better view is that any difference is mostly due to differing forex rates used noting that racingpost.com did not report starts 2 to 7 in Hong Kong.                                         
                                    
Dan Excel (IRE) 2008 (late Dunboyne Express)      HKD 48,397,574      USD 6,239,631      GBP 3,898,111      EUR 4,863,317      AUD 6,754,333      JPY 639,854,097
(Career Record: Starts 48: 7-10-4-27; Ireland: Starts: 8: 3-2-0-3 for EUR 187,650; United Kingdom: Starts: 1: 0-0-0-1 for GBP 6,671.20; France: Starts: 1: 0-0-0-1 for EUR 0.00; Hong Kong: Starts: 35: 2-7-4-22 for HKD 21,937,000; Singapo Starts: 3: 2-1-0-0 for SGD 4,027,500; UAE (Dubai): Starts: 1: 0-0-0-1 for USD 0.00)                                      
(hkjc.com has HKD 47,156,070 for 35 starts in Hong Kong and 3 starts in Singapore (total 38 starts) and HKD 2,061,070 for 10 pre import starts for a total of HKD 49,217,140.  I have HKD 46,295,517 for those same 38 starts and 2,102,057 for the 10 pre import starts for a total of HKD 48,397,574 which is HKD 819,566 less.  I have estimated Hong Kong earnings on the basis that prizemoney for all group 1 races is split  1st 57.00%, 2nd 22.00%, 3rd 10.00%, 4th 5.70%, 5th 3.30%, 6th 2.00% and for all other races 1st 57.00%, 2nd 22.00%, 3rd 11.50%, 4th 6.00%, 5th 3.50%, 6th 0.00%.  I have not been able to locate details of a bonus which might help explain the difference.   My Hong Kong individual race earnings also accord with the racingpost.com split of total prizemoney for each race for which racingpost.com published a result.                                    
(My Singapore earnings for 3 starts there are based on those published at http://www.siacup.sg/HorsemensGuide..2015... which are SGD 240,750 greater than those published by bloodhound.net.au.  racingpost.com GBP earnings from the 3 Singapore starts is about GBP 800.00 more than my GBP total of GBP 1,950,240 whereas the bloodhound total is over GBP 100,000 less than the racingpost.com Singapore total  suggesting bloodhound is wrong.)                                     
(I have Dan Excel winning more from 3 starts in Singapore (HKD 24,358,517) than he did from 35 starts in Hong Kong (HKD 21,937,000).)                                     
                                    
Gold-Fun (IRE) 2009 (late Strada Colorato)      HKD 47,731,038      USD 6,153,517      GBP 3,929,030      EUR 4,984,414      AUD 7,258,212      JPY 666,623,800
(Career Record: Starts 26: 13-5-4-4; Ireland: Starts: 2: 1-1-0-0 for EUR 9,890.00; Hong Kong: Starts: 28: 10-8-2-8 for HKD 46,200,750; United Kingdom: Starts: 1: 0-1-0-0 for GBP 129,000.00, France: Starts: 1: 0-0-0-0 for EUR 0.00).                                      
(hkjc.com has HKD 104,370 for 2 pre import starts in Ireland plus a post import total of HKD 47,676,627 for 28 starts in Hong Kong, 1 start in UK and I start in France for a pre and post import total of HKD 47,780,997.  I have HKD 103,650 for the 2 starts in Ireland and 47,627,388 for the 30 post import starts.  My total is HKD 49,959 less than the hkjc.com total and this could be due to different forex rates used to convert GBP 129,000 in HKD but that is speculation.                                    
I have estimated Hong Kong earnings on the basis that prizemoney for all group 1 races including HKG1 races is split 1st 57.00%, 2nd 22.00%, 3rd 10.00%, 4th 5.70%, 5th 3.30%, 6th 2.00% with the exception of 17 Feb 2013 where 4th is 6.00%, 5 May 2013 where 5th is HKD 400,000 (or @3.33%) and  19 Jan 2014 where 6th is 0.00%. For all other races: 1st 57.00%, 2nd 22.00%, 3rd 11.50%, 4th 6.00%, 5th 3.50%, 6th 0.00%.                                      
Earnings for each Hong Kong race align with the racingpost.com percentages and are the same as the punters.com.au amounts.                                                   
                                    
Beauty Only (IRE) 2011      HKD 46,141,969      USD 5,937,460      GBP 4,372,882      EUR 5,316,207      AUD 7,816,790      JPY 672,506,365
(Career Record: Starts 51: 11-8-4-28; Italy: Starts: 4: 3-0-0-1 for EUR 53,500; Hong Kong: Starts: 48: 8-8-4-26 for HKD 45,599,950 including High Achievement Bonus of HKD 750, 000 earned 9 Nov 2014; Japan: Starts: 1: 0-0-0-1 for JPY 0).                                      
(I am unable to reconcile my HKD earnings of HKD 45,599,950 with the hkjc.com total of HKD 46,179,222 for 47 starts (excludes 4 starts in Italy). Typically the hkjc.com excludes earnings from racing before import into Hong Kong but usually set out the pre Hong Kong results in a separate pdf attached to the on-line record. In this case the attached pdf states that Beauty Only earned HKD 536,420 in Italy (converted from EUR 53,500.00). In this case it may be that hkjc.com has included the Italy earnings in the amount of HKD 46,179,222 contrary to the usual practice. I cannot find anything that suggests 6th prize was paid in Japan.   My USD calendar year totals are very close to the equibase.com USD figures except for the 2014 where it seems equibase.com has not included the HKD 750,000 (or USD 96,739) bonus so equibase earnings are understated by about that amount.  For Hong Kong earnings my amounts earned at each start agree with the figures on punters.com.au save that punters.com.au omits the HKD 750,000 bonus.  The racingpost.com record omits 11 starts.)                                    
                                    
Sacred Kingdom (AUS) 2003      HKD 45,641,904      USD 5,870,095      GBP 3,385,788      EUR 4,156,317      AUD 6,653,857      JPY 575,310,054
(Career Record: Starts 36: 17-7-2-10; Hong Kong: Starts: 33: 16-7-2-8 for HKD 42,202,700; Singapo Starts: 2: 1-0-0-1 for SGD 580,000; United Kingdom: Starts: 1: 0-0-0-1 for GBP 13,194.45).                                      
(hkjc.com has career earnings of HKD 45,831,444 from 36 starts which is HKD 189,240 more than my total of HKD 45,691,904. I have followed the racinpost.com prizemoney split for Hong Kong prizemoney except for  start 25 on 21 Nov 2010 where the prizemoney is clearly wrong. For start 25 in Hong Kong I used the following percentages: 1st 57.00%, 2nd 22.00%, 3rd 11.50%, 4th 6.00%, 5th 3.50%, 6th 0.00% to allocate total race prizemoney. Singapore prizemoney assumes the split for the 2009 and 2011 KrisFlyer International Sprint races is the same for 2015 as set out in: http://www.siacup.sg/HorsemensGuide/HorsemensGuideinPDFFormat/Documents/2015_HMG_SAIC.pdf)                                    
                                    
Aerovelocity (NZ) 2008 (late Naisoso Warrior)      HKD 45,290,522      USD 5,837,562      GBP 3,993,359      EUR 5,055,481      AUD 7,351,798      JPY 672,076,868
(Career Record: Starts 25: 12-4-3-6; New Zealand: Starts: 1: 1-0-0-0 for NZD 7,810; Hong Kong: Starts: 22: 9-4-3-6 for HKD 35,474,750; Japan: Starts: 1: 1-0-0-0 for JPY 98,780,000; Singapo Starts: 1: 1-0-0-1 for SGD 570,000).                                      
(hkjc.com has HKD 45,252,368 for 22 starts in Hong Kong, 1 start in Japan and 1 start in Singapore (total 24 starts) and HKD 49,240 for 1 pre import start (New Zealand) for a total of HKD 45,301,608.  I have HKD 45,241,318 for those same 24 starts and 49,204 for the 1 pre import start for a total of HKD 45,290,522 which is HKD 11,086 less.  I have estimated Hong Kong earnings on the basis that prizemoney for all group 1 races is split  1st 57.00%, 2nd 22.00%, 3rd 10.00%, 4th 5.70%, 5th 3.30%, 6th 2.00% and for all other races 1st 57.00%, 2nd 22.00%, 3rd 11.50%, 4th 6.00%, 5th 3.50%, 6th 0.00%.  My Hong Kong individual race eearnings are identical with the earnings on punters.com.au.   My Singapore race earnings also accord with the racingpost.com split of total prizemoney.  The small difference in total earnings probable reflects slightly different forex rates used.                                    
                                    
Southern Legend (AUS) 2012 (to 26 April 2020)      HKD 42,262,778      USD 5,412,474      GBP 4,197,945      EUR 4,799,352      AUD 7,733,342      JPY 592,867,305
(Career Record: Starts: 40: 12-3-7-18; Australia: Starts: 9: 4-0-2-3 for AUD 245,580; Hong Kong: Starts 28: 6-3-5-14 for HKD 30,025,025; Singapo Starts 2: 2-0-0-0 for SGD 1,710,000; Dubai (UAE): Starts 1: 0-0-0-1 for USD 120.000)                                    
My HKD amount for earnings in Australia is HKD 1,429,016.  The hkjc.com has pre import earnings of HKD 1,387,820 for Australia. Pre import earnings are not included in the hkjc.com online record. The hkjc.com online earnings post importation should be HKD 29,564,883 when updated for third place on 5 Apr 2020 and I am not able to provide a split between Hong Kong, Singapore and (UAE (Dubai). I have a post importaton total of HKD 28,945,012 split as follows: Hong Kong HKD 18,625,025 (as above), Singapore HKD 9,866,736 and UAE (Dubai) HKD 942,001.  I assume the difference between the hkjc.com HKD amounts and my HKD amounts is due to forex rate differences.                                      
                                    
Fairy King Prawn (AUS) 1995      HKD 36,598,466      USD 4,700,463      GBP 3,101,097      EUR N/A      AUD 8,276,699      JPY 540,131,656
(Career Record: Starts 26: 12-10-0-4; Hong Kong: Starts 23: 11-9-0-3 for HKD 25,644,587 (est.) and Bonus of HKD 800,000 earned 22/04/2001 as a consolation prize for winning two out of three legs of The Champion Sprint Series in 2000/2001 season; Japan: Starts: 2: 1-0-0-1 for JPY 97,864,000; UAE (Dubai): Starts: 1: 0-1-0-0 for USD 400,000)                                    
(The hkjc.com has Hong Kong only race earnings of HKD 26,797,587 which is HKD 1,153,000 more than my figure (excluding the HKD 800,000 bonus). My USD earnings for all 26 races inc bonus of USD 4,700,463 is just under USD 4,000 less than the equibase.com figure of USD 4,704,080 for the same and my calendar year USD earnings are also close to the equibase.com USD calendar year earnings for the same suggesting equibase.com and I are in agreement as to both the timing and amount of Hong Kong only earnings when converted into USD using our respective forex rates.  The Hong Kong only race earnings difference is inexplicable.)                                        
                                    
Elegant Fashion (AUS) 1998      HKD 32,116,517      USD 4,122,153      GBP 2,498,733      EUR 3,703,716      AUD 6,367,833      JPY 477,758,744
(Career Record: Starts 37: 8-7-8-14; Australia: Starts: 13: 4-2-1-6 for AUD 842,600; Hong Kong: Starts 24: 4-5-7-8 for HKD 28,626,000 (est.))                                     
(Hong Kong prizemoney estimates based on following formula: Group 1 percentages: 1st 57.00%, 2nd 22.00%, 3rd 10.00%, 4th 5.70%, 5th 3.30%, 6th 2.00% (i.e. all races with total prizemoney of HKD 8,00,000 or more (per hkjc.com)) and for all other Hong Kong races: 1st 57.00%, 2nd 22.00%, 3rd 11.50%, 4th 6.00%, 5th 3.50%, 6th 0.00%.)                                      
(I have estmated Hong Kong racing earnings  (no bonuses) for 24 starts at HKD 28,626,000 whereas hkjc.com earnings for the same 24 starts is in the vicinity HKD 29,555,000 (ignoring 2 races in Australia for AUD 20,000 (or HKD 116,092)) or HKD 929,000 more.  'bloodhound.net.au' has Hong Kong 24 individual race earnings total of HKD 28,202,000 (or HKD 1,353,000 less than the hkjc.com total) and while I disagree with 6 race bloodhound results I find the hkjc.com total inexplicable.)