Kingsford Smith Cup

The $1 million Kingsford Smith Cup takes place in late May in Brisbane as a lead-up to The Stradbroke.

2023 Kingsford Smith Cup Results

  • 1st: #11 Think About It
  • 2nd: #6 Converge
  • 3rd: #4 Rothfire




The  BTC Cup is now known as the Kingsford Smith Cup and is no longer the first Group 1 race held at the Brisbane Winter Racing Carnival. Instead, since 2017, it runs a fortnight after its former spot on the carnival line-up and has been moved from Doomben Racecourse to Eagle Farm. For the 2013 running of the BTC Cup the race was moved to neighbouring Eagle Farm Racecourse in a bid to lure Black Caviar to the event and this track has been the race’s permanent home since 2017.

Formerly run over 1200m, the new-look Kingsford Smith Cup is contested in late May over 1300m and remains weight-for-age race feature. Offering $1,000,000 in prize money as of 2023, the race now serves as a final stepping stone into Queensland’s richest race – the Group 1 Stradbroke Handicap (1400m).

The new lead-up race into the Kingsford Smith Cup field is the Group 1 Doomben 10,000 (1200m) a fortnight earlier and the Doomben 10,000 – Kingsford Smith Cup double was achieved in 2019 by Kiwi galloper The Bostonian.

Many top horses, usually locally-trained, have run and won the BTC Cup over the years but none as notable as the mighty Black Caviar who travelled to Queensland to take out the classic over Hay List back in 2011 attracting a capacity crowd at Doomben decked out in her famous salmon and black polka dot colours.

In 2018 the Kingsford Smith Cup took place over 1350m distance back at Doomben Racecourse due to the ongoing issues at Eagle Farm and was won by the previous year’s Stradbroke Handicap champ Impending.

There was no 2020 Kingsford Smith Cup held due to COVID-19.

The 2023 Kingsford Smith Cup ran on Saturday May 27, 2023 offering $1 million in stakes for the first time and was won in style by the progressive Joe Pride-trained Think About It ($5.50). 

Kingsford Smith Cup 2023
Date: Saturday May 27, 2023
Track: Eagle Farm Racecourse
Distance: 1300m
Race Type: Weight-For-Age
Status: Group 1
Prize Money: $1,000,000

2023 Kingsford Smith Cup Results

  • 1st: #11 Think About It ($5.50)
  • 2nd: #6 Converge
  • 3rd: #4 Rothfire

Joe Pride’s So You Think four-year-old Think About It ($5.50) continued his rise through the ranks taking his record up to eight wins from nine starts with an excellent effort to dominate the Kingsford Smith Cup 2023 results ahead of the $3 million Stradbroke Handicap on June 10.

Click here to read more on the big win by one-time favourite Think About It in the 2023 Kingsford Smith Cup.

2023 Kingsford Smith Cup Results & Finishing Order

Finish No. Horse Trainer Jockey Margin Bar. Weight Penalty Starting Price
1 11 THINK ABOUT IT Joseph Pride Sam Clipperton 7 59kg $5.50
2 6 CONVERGE Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott Tim Clark 0.78L 1 59kg $14
3 4 ROTHFIRE Robert Heathcote Blake Shinn 1.09L 6 59kg $7
4 7 KING OF SPARTA Peter & Paul Snowden Chad Schofield 1.4L 2 59kg $6.50
5 17e CHAILLOT Steven O’Dea & Matthew Hoysted Ben Thompson 1.99L 9 57kg $19
6 5 VILANA James Cummings James McDonald 3.26L 10 59kg $10
7 14 THE INFERNO Cliff Brown Craig Newitt 4.08L 8 59kg $81
8 13 ALPINE EDGE Toby & Trent Edmonds Ryan Maloney 4.53L 14 59kg $101
9 2 A CASE OF YOU (IRE) Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr) Mark Zahra 4.97L 5 59kg $4.40F
10 10 GENTLEMAN ROY Ben & JD Hayes Craig Williams 5.93L 15 59kg $21
11 3 PAULELE James Cummings Ben Melham 5.98L 13 59kg $20
12 8 KIRWAN’S LANE (NZ) John O’Shea Jason Collett 6.28L 12 59kg $61
13 12 EMERALD KINGDOM Desleigh Forster Damien Thornton 7.09L 3 59kg $61
14 9 ELEVEN ELEVEN Gregory Hickman Tyler Schiller (a) 7.84L 11 59kg $81
15 1 EDUARDO Joseph Pride Nash Rawiller 12.67L 4 59kg $15
16 16 PALAISIPAN Chris Munce Joshua Parr 130.76L 16 57kg $41
19e ANTINO (NZ) Tony Gollan James Orman 0
18e IRISH SONGS Louise White Larry Cassidy 0
15 PROMISE OF SUCCESS (GB) John O’Shea Jason Collett 0

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

2023 Kingsford Smith Cup Betting Odds

Formerly the BTC Cup – the Kingsford Smith Cup 2023 betting odds on the hopeful winter sprinters plus market links to Ladbrokes.com.au will be detailed below as soon as released.

Impending ($4.20 equal favourite in 2018) was the last favourite or equal favourite in Kingsford Smith Cup betting to win and the first since Black Caviar (2011) when the event was run over 1200m as the BTC Cup.

CLICK HERE FOR THE LATEST 2023 KINGSFORD SMITH CUP ODDS (Final Field)

2023 Kingsford Smith Cup Form Guide

Stay tuned for our comprehensive 2023 Kingsford Smith Cup Form Guide & Preview on all the horses in the mix for the weight-for-age Group 1.

CLICK HERE FOR OUR FULL 2023 KINGSFORD SMITH CUP FORM GUIDE

2023 Kingsford Smith Cup Tips

Stay tuned for our insider Kingsford Smith Cup 2023 Tips on the million-dollar Brisbane winter showdown.

  • To Win: #4 Rothfire ($6.50 at time of publish) – BET NOW

An open edition of the Kingsford Smith Cup with a host of sprint stars and emerging runners to choose between. Have landed on the in-form local from the stables of Robert Heathcote. A $2 million earner the five-year-old has a strong Eagle Farm track record (11:6-1-1) and has his 10th Group 1 start here. He won the JJ Atkins as a two-year-old in 2020 and has been in the money in a number of subsequent elite level races including a third in last year’s Stradbroke. That came off the back of a fourth in this event. He is arguably going better this winter season having won the Group 2 Victory Stakes narrowly second-up last time out. Fit for his third run this prep here and ticks plenty of boxes at a good price.

2023 Kingsford Smith Cup Field

The Kingsford Smith Cup Field – formerly the BTC Cup – attracts a class line-up of local and interstate sprinting talent heading towards the Stradbroke Handicap a fortnight later back at Eagle Farm Racecourse each year. Since 2017, the Kingsford Smith Cup field features gallopers coming off a lead-up run in the Doomben 10,000 two weeks prior.

The official Kingsford Smith Cup 2023 field and barriers are announced  by Racing Queensland on the Tuesday of race week and once released will be published in full below.

The 2023 Kingsford Smith Cup final field features a capacity line-up of WFA sprint stars led in betting by the flying Joe Pride-trained Think About It chasing a sixth straight win after his lead-up success in the Listed Takeover Target Stakes at Gosford.

Click here to read more on the key runners in the Kingsford Smith Cup 2023 field and betting markets.

No Last 10 Horse Trainer Jockey Barrier Weight Probable Weight Penalty Hcp Rating
1 2x1406x20x EDUARDO Joseph Pride Nash Rawiller 5 59kg 116
2 130x00x565 A CASE OF YOU (IRE) Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr) Mark Zahra 6 59kg 112
3 2x61801x84 PAULELE James Cummings Ben Melham 16 59kg 112
4 3x15285x21 ROTHFIRE Robert Heathcote Blake Shinn 7 59kg 111
5 18x1810x17 VILANA James Cummings James McDonald 13 59kg 109
6 0x6900x730 CONVERGE Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott Tim Clark 1 59kg 108
7 6146×11462 KING OF SPARTA Peter & Paul Snowden Chad Schofield 2 59kg 107
8 x44131x69x KIRWAN’S LANE (NZ) John O’Shea Opie Bosson 15 59kg 107
9 430x5L92x7 ELEVEN ELEVEN Gregory Hickman Tyler Schiller (a) 14 59kg 106
10 2146×12470 GENTLEMAN ROY Ben & JD Hayes Craig Williams 18 59kg 106
11 113x1111x1 THINK ABOUT IT Joseph Pride Sam Clipperton 8 59kg 105
12 4181610×42 EMERALD KINGDOM Desleigh Forster Damien Thornton 4 59kg 105
13 505x721x01 ALPINE EDGE Toby & Trent Edmonds Ryan Maloney 17 59kg 103
14 730x400x92 THE INFERNO Cliff Brown Craig Newitt 9 59kg 102
15 5x7109x975 PROMISE OF SUCCESS (GB) John O’Shea 12 57kg 106
16 13x3220x42 PALAISIPAN Chris Munce Joshua Parr 19 57kg 105
17e x68x060x1x CHAILLOT Steven O’Dea & Matthew Hoysted Ben Thompson 11 57kg 102
18e 909×612619 IRISH SONGS Louise White 10 59kg 94
19e 1x1131x11 ANTINO (NZ) Tony Gollan James Orman 3 59kg 90

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

2023 Kingsford Smith Cup Nominations

The 2023 Kingsford Smith Cup nominations close on a Tuesday in early May over three weeks out from the race, followed by first acceptances later in the month.

The Kingsford Smith Cup 2023 nominations close on Tuesday the 2nd of May, 2023.

The 2023 Kingsford Smith Cup nominations attracted 63 sprinters led in all-in betting by the likes of Godolphin’s The Hunter winning Hallowed Crown four-year-old Vilana, the fellow James Cummings-trained Aft Cabin who won the Arrowfield 3YO Sprint in Sydney over the autumn, and Rob Heathcote’s recent Group 2 Victory Stakes winner Rothfire.

Last 10 Horse Sex Age Trainer Hcp Rating
1 2130x00x56 A CASE OF YOU (IRE) H 5 Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr)
2 2121×1541 AFT CABIN C 3 James Cummings
3 505x721x01 ALPINE EDGE H 4 Toby & Trent Edmonds
4 0x00493156 ANIMATE G 6 Kris Lees
5 15x133x707 BALLER G 7 Tony Gollan
6 x1219x3023 BELLA NIPOTINA M 5 Ciaron Maher & David Eustace
7 14x430x86x BRERETON C 3 Peter G Moody
8 23110×6211 CARDINAL GEM G 4 Grahame Begg
9 x68x060x1x CHAILLOT M 6 Steven O’Dea & Matthew Hoysted
10 1310x3899x CHAIN OF LIGHTNING M 4 Peter G Moody
11 12x221x52x CLEMENCEAU G 4 Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes
12 0x6900x730 CONVERGE G 4 Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott
13 65x722336x CORONA LAD G 4 Ashley Perks
14 2x1406x20x EDUARDO G 9 Joseph Pride
15 x430x5L92x ELEVEN ELEVEN G 6 Gregory Hickman
16 4181610×42 EMERALD KINGDOM G 8 Desleigh Forster
17 1x640x611x ESPIONA M 4 Chris Waller
18 023x70x259 GEM SONG G 7 Kris Lees
19 0x2436x885 GENERATION H 4 Ciaron Maher & David Eustace
20 2146×12470 GENTLEMAN ROY G 6 Ben & JD Hayes
21 x94000x826 HILAL H 4 Tony Gollan
22 176x1233x8 HOLYFIELD G 5 Annabel Neasham
23 x23111878x INVER PARK (GB) G 5 Kris Lees
24 x909x61261 IRISH SONGS G 7 Louise White
25 03x54737x0 KEMENTARI G 8 James Cummings
26 5x179x42x6 KIKU M 5 Chris Waller
27 6146×11462 KING OF SPARTA G 4 Peter & Paul Snowden
28 x44131x69x KIRWAN’S LANE (NZ) G 6 John O’Shea
29 1x347x1228 LOFTY STRIKE C 3 Julius Sandhu
30 x10x317x60 LOST AND RUNNING (NZ) G 6 John O’Shea
31 020x5025x1 MALKOVICH G 5 Bjorn Baker
32 1x11115x8x MARABI M 6 Ciaron Maher & David Eustace
33 1443×11415 MARIAMIA M 6 Joseph Pride
34 2x9x65183x ME ME LAGARDE M 4 Toby & Trent Edmonds
35 x2610x7954 MIDNIGHT IN TOKYO F 3 Kacy Fogden
36 7x112370x0 MILITARY EXPERT H 4 Annabel Neasham
37 784×746153 NOT AN OPTION G 5 Michael Moroney
38 128121×145 OPAL RIDGE F 3 Luke Pepper
39 57x26690x1 OVERPASS G 4 Bjorn Baker
40 13x3220x4x PALAISIPAN M 5 Chris Munce
41 2x61801x84 PAULELE H 4 James Cummings
42 227572380x PRIME CANDIDATE G 8 Bjorn Baker
43 110x840x13 PRINCE OF BOOM G 4 Robert Heathcote
44 5x7109x975 PROMISE OF SUCCESS (GB) M 7 John O’Shea
45 111x0x168x QUANTICO G 6 John O’Shea
46 x4221x0039 ROCH ’N’ HORSE (NZ) M 6 Michael Moroney
47 3x15285x21 ROTHFIRE G 5 Robert Heathcote
48 11x320x RUTHLESS DAME (NZ) F 3 Ciaron Maher & David Eustace
49 75251x311x SCALLOPINI G 8 Steven O’Dea & Matthew Hoysted
50 35x84x404x SEPTEMBER RUN M 5 Chris Waller
51 211118×099 SHADES OF ROSE M 4 Bjorn Baker
52 x28x67458x SINAWANN (IRE) H 6 Anthony & Sam Freedman
53 951x700x80 STARTANTES M 4 Robert Heathcote
54 12x397x482 SWISS EXILE C 3 Annabel Neasham
55 730x400x92 THE INFERNO G 6 Cliff Brown
56 113x1111x THINK ABOUT IT G 4 Joseph Pride
57 45x121113x UCALLEDIT (NZ) G 5 Kris Lees
58 518x1810x1 VILANA H 4 James Cummings
59 8102x9551x VINCO G 6 Tony Gollan
60 x11x422x02 WAIHAHA FALLS (NZ) G 5 John O’Shea
61 15x1334x03 WEONA SMARTONE (NZ) G 6 David Vandyke
62 2x183x2236 ZOU TIGER C 3 John O’Shea
63 0x0865x05x ZOUTORI G 7 Mathew Ellerton

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

BTC Cup / Kingsford Smith Cup History

The race now known as the Kingsford Smith Cup was inaugurated in 1964 as the J.T. Delaney Quality Handicap and has always played a part of the Brisbane Winter Racing Carnival. It has undergone a host of name changes over the years including the BTC Cup, which it was known as from 2004 – 2016. In 2017 a rescheduled Queensland winter program saw the race name changed to the Kingsford Smith Cup. It also moved from Doomben Racecourse to Eagle Farm Racecourse and the distance was upped from 1200m to 1350m.

The event began as a Principal Race and was elevated to its current Group 1 status in 2006 when Gee I Jane took out top honours. A host of talented sprinters have won the BTC Cup over the years including Apache Cat (2008), Black Caviar (2011) and Malaguerra (2016). The last back-to-back BTC Cup winner was Buck’s Price (1993-94).

In 2022, local trainer Desleigh Forster celebrated her first Group 1 success with smart four-year-old Apache Chase saluting at $12.

Recent BTC Cup / Kingsford Smith Cup Winners

Year Place Horse Time
2023
Kingsford Smith Cup
1st Think About It 1 minute 16.11 seconds
2nd Converge
3rd Rothfire
2022
Kingsford Smith Cup
1st Apache Chase 1 minute 16.39 seconds
2nd Paulele
3rd Eleven Eleven
2021
Kingsford Smith Cup
1st Vega One 1 minute 16.91 seconds
2nd Jonker
3rd Signore Fox
2020
Kingsford Smith Cup
Race Not Held Due to COVID-19
1st TBD
2nd
3rd
2019
Kingsford Smith Cup
1st The Bostonian 1 minute 15.51 seconds
2nd Princess Posh
3rd Trekking
2018
Kingsford Smith Cup
1st Impending 1 minute 19.5 seconds
2nd Le Romain
3rd Champagne Cuddles
2017
Kingsford Smith Cup
1st Clearly Innocent 1 minute 19.09 seconds
2nd Jungle Edge
3rd Counterattack
2016
BTC Cup
1st Malaguerra 1 minute 08.73 seconds
2nd Dothraki
3rd Japonisme
2015
BTC Cup
1st Hot Snitzel 1 minute 09.47 seconds
2nd Knoydart
3rd Our Boy Malachi
2014
BTC Cup
1st Famous Seamus 1 minute 9.06 seconds
2nd Spirit Of Boom
3rd Buffering
2013
BTC Cup
1st Your Song 1 minute 11.3 seconds
2nd Rain Affair
3rd Better Than Ready
2012
BTC Cup
1st Sea Siren 1 minute 08.3 seconds
2nd Scenic Blast
3rd Beaded
2011
BTC Cup
1st Black Caviar 1 minute 08.8 seconds
2nd Hay List
3rd Buffering
2010
BTC Cup
1st Albert The Fat 1 minute 9.24 seconds
2nd Melito
3rd Latin News
2009
BTC Cup
1st Duporth 1 minute 8.9 seconds
2nd Bank Robber
3rd Apache Cat
2008
BTC Cup
1st Apache Cat 1 minute 9.3 seconds
2nd Vormista
3rd Swiss Ace
2007
BTC Cup
1st Bentley Biscuit 1 minute 8.5 seconds
2nd Takeover Target
3rd Mitanni
2006
BTC Cup
1st Gee I Jane 1 minute 8.6 seconds
2nd Daunting Lad
3rd All Bar One
2005
BTC Cup
1st Spark Of Life 1 minute 9 seconds
2nd St Basil
3rd Regimental Gal
2004
BTC Cup
1st Thorn Park 1 minute 8.7 seconds
2nd Star Of Florida
3rd Regimental Gal
2003
BTC Cup
1st Falvelon 1 minute 10 seconds
2nd Make Mine Magic
3rd Diamond Dane
2002
BTC Cup
1st Lord Essex 1 minute 8.3 seconds
2nd Falvelon
3rd Phoenix Park
2001
BTC Cup
1st Fritz 1 minute 9.1 seconds
2nd Show A Heart
3rd King Lotto
2000
BTC Cup
1st Falvelon 1 minute 8.4 seconds
2nd Mr Innocent
3rd Toledo

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