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The Group 1 Sydney Cup is held on the final race day of the esteemed ‘The Championships’ during the Sydney Autumn Racing Carnival. Day 2 of ‘The Championships’ – also known as Queen Elizabeth Stakes Day – is one of the most exciting and valuable race days on the Australian racing calendar.

Held on the second Saturday of April the meeting is headined by four Group 1 races including the richest race on the card – the Group 1 $4 million Queen Elizabeth Stakes (2000m). The other elite level features along with it and the Sydney Cup are the Group 1 ATC Oaks (2400m) for the three-year-old fillies and the Group 1 Queen Of The Turf Stakes (1600m) for fillies and mares.

The Sydney Cup is one of only a few Australian races run over the traditional cup distance of 3200m, the same as Australia’s most illustrious race the Melbourne Cup. This open handicap event is worth a very lucrative $2,000,000 and generally features some of the leading stayers in Australia.

As the premier staying event during the Sydney Autumn Carnival, the Sydney Cup field attracts a high quality field of gallopers each year and notable winners include the three time Melbourne Cup winning mare Makybe Diva (2004), Tie The Knot (1998 & 1999) and Count Chivas (1996).

The best guide to the Sydney Cup in recent years has been the Group 2 Chairmans Handicap (2600m) held the Saturday before on Doncaster Mile Day. The Chairmans Handicap / Sydney Cup is a very popular betting double. Horses to claim victory in both races include The Offer (2014), Jessicabeel (2010), No Wine No Song (2008), Henderson Bay (2002), Linesman (1997) and King Aussie (1990).

The 2019 Sydney Cup runs on Saturday April 13, 2019 .

Sydney Cup 2019
Date:	Saturday April 13, 2019
Track:	Royal Randwick Racecourse
Distance:	3200m
Conditions:	Open Handicap
Status:	Group 1
Prize Money:	$2 million
Inaugurated:	1862

2019 Sydney Cup Results

• 1st: TBD
• 2nd: TBD
• 3rd: TBD

2019 Sydney Cup Tips

• 1st: TBD
• 2nd: TBD
• 3rd: TBD

2019 Sydney Cup Betting

Sydney Cup betting is notoriously difficult and, just like the Melbourne Cup, is always a very open race. In recent years favorites have a strong record in the Sydney Cup and the likes of Mahtoum (2005), No Wine No Song (2008), Ista Kareem (2009), Jessicabeel (2010), Niwot (2011) and The Offer (2014) have all given punters a positive result in the race. However, there has also been plenty of upsets in the history of the Sydney Cup including by the likes of Just A Dancer ($41 in 1991) and Grand Marshal ($41 in 2015).

Good Sydney Cup betting tips include looking for horses that ran top four in their lead-up runs and graduates out of the previous weekend’s Chairman’s Handicap at the Randwick track.

The 2019 Sydney Cup odds will be listed below as released by Ladbrokes.com.au in the lead-up to the two mile classic.

2019 Sydney Cup Form Guide

The Sydney Cup form is often very easy to follow as most horses contest either the Group 2 Chairman’s Handicap (2600m) or Group 1 The BMW (2400m) in the lead-up to the race. The Chairman’s Handicap remains the key Sydney Cup form race.

Stay tuned for our insider Sydney Cup 2019 Form Guide & Betting Preview for all the race facts and stats to guide your selections on the two mile classic.

2019 Sydney Cup Field

Each year the Sydney Cup field attracts the autumn’s top-class stayers many of which have had previous experience over the two miles either via an earlier year’s Sydney Cup or even the iconic Melbourne Cup run at Flemington on the first Tuesday of November.

The Sydney Cup 2019 field will be released Tuesday before the race and published in full below.

No	Last 10	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Probable Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	91591×8960	THE TAJ MAHAL (IRE)	Liam Howley	James McDonald	8	56kg	–	–	108
2	1132x00x04	SOUND (GER)	Michael Moroney	Damian Lane	13	55.5kg	–	–	107
3	6x641x4679	PATRICK ERIN (NZ)	Chris Waller	Glyn Schofield	5	54.5kg	–	–	105
4	080300×117	RED CARDINAL (IRE)	Kris Lees	Jason Collett	18	54kg	–	–	109
5	05000×2622	BIG DUKE (IRE)	Kris Lees	Brenton Avdulla	21	54kg	–	–	108
6	05903×7150	VENGEUR MASQUE (IRE)	Michael Moroney	Damien Oliver	16	54kg	–	–	104
7	4737×44474	SIR CHARLES ROAD	Lance O’Sullivan & Andrew Scott	Andrew Adkins	20	53kg	–	–	103
8	263071×185	YOGI (NZ)	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Craig Williams	15	53kg	–	–	103
9	32222×8740	BRIMHAM ROCKS (GB)	Chris Waller	Tommy Berry	14	53kg	–	–	101
10	4155x1x61x	DUBHE (GB)	Charlie Appleby	Kerrin McEvoy	4	52.5kg	–	–	102
11	x0x0254x31	MIDTERM (GB)	Liam Howley	Jamie Kah	9	52.5kg	–	1.5kg	102
12	5611110211	GLORY DAYS (NZ)	Bill Thurlow	Corey Brown	19	52kg	–	–	108
13	00800×6200	ZACADA (NZ)	Murray Baker & Andrew Forsman	Ms Kathy O’Hara	12	52kg	–	–	99
14	024840×551	GALLIC CHIEFTAIN (FR)	Archie Alexander	Glen Boss	7	51.5kg	–	–	106
15	4×10211233	RONDINELLA (NZ)	Roger James & Robert Wellwood	Sam Clipperton	1	51kg	52kg	–	107
16	412x1x9232	SHRAAOH (IRE)	Chris Waller	Jay Ford	3	51kg	–	–	100
17	1818×61113	SEMARI (NZ)	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young	Tim Clark	6	51kg	52kg	–	99
18	0645353132	TOP OF THE RANGE (NZ)	Michael Moroney	Michael Dee	17	51kg	–	–	90
19	21×7746209	RODRICO	Bjorn Baker	James Innes Jnr	10	51kg	–	–	89
20	44x267x856	DOUKHAN (IRE)	Kris Lees	Andrew Gibbons	2	51kg	–	–	84
21e	35110×514	FAIRLIGHT (IRE)	Kris Lees	–	11	51kg	–	–	72

2019 Sydney Cup First Acceptances

After nominations close in February the Sydney Cup first acceptances are taken four weeks out from the race on a Tuesday in early March, narrowing down the list of horses heading towards the $2 million classic.

The 2019 Sydney Cup first acceptances are set for release on Tuesday March 17, 2019 and will be listed below once announced.

2019 Sydney Cup Nominations

The Sydney Cup nominations are first taken by Racing NSW on a Monday in early-mid February about two months out from the race and can attract up to 100 stayers.

The official 2019 Sydney Cup nominations are set to close on Monday February 12, 2018 and will be published in full below.

Sydney Cup History

The Sydney Cup was first run in 1862 as a Principal race over 16 furlongs, and Talleyrand won the inaugural race. The distance and conditions of the Sydney Cup remained the same for over a century until Australia’s adoption of the metric system caused the length to be converted to 3200m in 1973. In 1980 the Sydney Cup was elevated to Group 1 status.

The event has gone by a number of different names over the years including the Randwick Grand Handicap, Randwick Grand Handicap Sweepstakes and the Sydney Gold Cup.

In 2017 the Sydney Cup was run on April 8, but declared a No Race after the fall of Almoonqith. It ran for a second time a fortnight later with the same horse, UK raider Polarisation, first past the post again.

In 2018 Who Shot Thebarman made history winning the Sydney Cup as a nine-year-old at his fifth attempt in the two mile classic.

Sydney Cup Records
Time Record:	3:19.0 set by Apollo Eleven in 1973 and equalled by Just A Dancer in 1991.
Most Heavily Weighted Winner (since 1970):	My Good Man with 60kg in 1978.
Lightest Weighted Winner (since 1970):	Palace Revolt with 48.5kg in 1989.

Recent Sydney Cup Winners

Year	Place	Horse	Time
2019 Sydney Cup	1st	TBD	TBD
	2nd	TBD
	3rd	TBD
2018 Sydney Cup	1st	Who Shot Thebarman	3 minutes 20.04 seconds
	2nd	Zacada
	3rd	Sir Charles Road
2017 Sydney Cup	1st	Polarisation	3 minutes 29.16 seconds
	2nd	Who Shot Thebarman
	3rd	Big Duke
2016 Sydney Cup	1st	Gallante	3 minutes 24.5 seconds
	2nd	Libran
	3rd	Grand Marshal
2015 Sydney Cup	1st	Grand Marshal	3 minutes 24.70 seconds
	2nd	Who Shot Thebarman
	3rd	Like A Carousel
2014 Sydney Cup	1st	The Offer	3 minutes 23.86 seconds
	2nd	Opinion
	3rd	Sertorius
2013 Sydney Cup	1st	Niwot	3 minutes 20.4 seconds
	2nd	Efficient
	3rd	Once Were Wild
2012 Sydney Cup	1st	Mourayan	3 minutes 24.29 seconds
	2nd	Norsqui
	3rd	Aliyana Tide
2011 Sydney Cup	1st	Stand To Gain	3 minutes 29.1 seconds
	2nd	Older Than Time
	3rd	Solid Billing
2010 Sydney Cup	1st	Jessicabeel	3 minutes 21.86 seconds
	2nd	Divine Rebel
	3rd	Harris Tweed
2009 Sydney Cup	1st	Ista Kareem	3 minutes 27.4 seconds
	2nd	Divine Rebel
	3rd	Mr Tipsy
2008 Sydney Cup	1st	No Wine No Song	3 minutes 25.5 seconds
	2nd	Pentathon
	3rd	Lang
2007 Sydney Cup	1st	Gallic	3 minutes 27.3 seconds
	2nd	Irazu
	3rd	No Wine No Song
2006 Sydney Cup	1st	County Tyrone	3 minutes 22.6 seconds
	2nd	Zabeat
	3rd	Three Chimneys
2005 Sydney Cup	1st	Mahtoum	3 minutes 27.6 seconds
	2nd	County Tyrone
	3rd	Philosophe
2004 Sydney Cup	1st	Makybe Diva	3 minutes 21.1 seconds
	2nd	Manawa King
	3rd	Mummify
2003 Sydney Cup	1st	Honor Babe	3 minutes 30.5 seconds
	2nd	County Tyrone
	3rd	Grey Song
2002 Sydney Cup	1st	Henderson Bay	3 minutes 26.7 seconds
	2nd	Mr. Prudent
	3rd	Spirit Of Westbury
2001 Sydney Cup	1st	Mr. Prudent	3 minutes 26.9 seconds
	2nd	Prophet’s Kiss
	3rd	Starina
2000 Sydney Cup	1st	Streak	3 minutes 30.3 seconds
	2nd	Sharscay
	3rd	Ears’ Ronny