The $2 million Sydney Cup is a Group 1 race run at Royal Randwick over two miles (3200m) on a Saturday in early April on Day 2 of 'The Championships.
2025 Sydney Cup Results
- 1st: TBD
- 2nd: TBD
- 3rd: TBD
Sydney Cup News
- Sydney Cup 2024 Field & Odds: Punters Go for Circle Of Fire
- Sydney Cup 2023 Field & Odds Update: Irish Raiders Set To Dominate
- Sydney Cup 2023 Odds Firm on Chairman’s Winner Surefire
- 2022 Sydney Cup Results: Knights Order Leads All-The-Way For Waterhouse & Bott
- 2022 The Championships Day 2: Randwick Scratchings & Track Report
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.
Sydney Cup 2025 Odds
Sydney Cup 3200m (All In)
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Data retrieved: 20/02/2025 03:29:30 AM (Australia/Brisbane)
Held on the second Saturday of April the meeting is headlined by four Group 1 races including the richest race on the card – the Group 1 $5 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.
All of The Championships’ races for 2020 had reduced prizemoney due to the COVID-19 pandemic including the Sydney Cup offering $1 million before being boosted back up to $2 million in 2021.
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 Chairman’s Handicap (2600m) held the Saturday before on Doncaster Mile Day. The Chairman’s Handicap / Sydney Cup is a very popular betting double.
Horses to claim victory in both races include Circle Of Fire (2024), The Offer (2014), Jessicabeel (2010), No Wine No Song (2008), Henderson Bay (2002), Linesman (1997), and King Aussie (1990).
The 2022 Sydney Cup form was franked with the winner Knights Order returning in the spring to run third in that year’s Caulfield Cup results in Melbourne.
Knights Order returned in 2023 to run a credible third in the Sydney Cup results behind upset winner Explosive Jack.
The 2025 Sydney Cup runs on Saturday April 12, 2025 on Day 2 of Sydney’s ‘The Championships’ in April.Â
Sydney Cup 2025 | |
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Date: | Saturday April 12, 2025 |
Track: | Royal Randwick Racecourse |
Distance: | 3200m |
Conditions: | Open Handicap |
Status: | Group 1 |
Prize Money: | $2 million |
Inaugurated: | 1862 |
2025 Sydney Cup Results
- 1st: TBD
- 2nd: TBD
- 3rd: TBD
2025 Sydney Cup Betting
Sydney Cup betting is notoriously difficult and, just like the Melbourne Cup, is always a very open race.
In recent years favourites 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.
Circle Of Fire ($5.50 in 2024) is the last Sydney Cup favourite to win.Â
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), Grand Marshal ($41 in 2015), Selino ($26 in 2021), and Explosive Jack ($26 in 2023) who defeated 150/1 outsider True Marvel in that year’s quinella.
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.
2025 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 Tancred Stakes (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 2025 Form Guide & Betting Preview for all the race facts and stats to guide your selections on the two-mile classic.
CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL 2025 SYDNEY CUP FORM GUIDE
2025 Sydney Cup Tips
Stay tuned for our insider Sydney Cup 2025 Tips on the two-mile staying showdown of the autumn!
- To Win: TBD
2025 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 2025 field will be released Tuesday before the race and published in full below.
2025 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 Sydney Cup 2025 first acceptances close on Tuesday the 11th of March 2025.Â
2025 Sydney Cup Nominations
The Sydney Cup nominations are first taken by Racing NSW on a Tuesday in early-mid February about two months out from the race and can attract up to 100 stayers.
The 2025 Sydney Cup nominations will close on Tuesday the 11th of February 2025.Â
The Sydney Cup 2025 nominations drew 98 autumn stayers with betting on the two-mile classic currently led by Japanese raider Cils Blancs and fellow international Desert Hero from the UK.
Last 10 | Horse | Sex | Age | Trainer | Hcp Rating | |
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1 | ABOUT TIME (NZ) | M | 4 | Lance Noble | ||
2 | x33267x65x | AGE OF SAIL (GB) | G | 6 | Kris Lees | 77 |
3 | 242x1x122x | ALALCANCE (GB) | M | 5 | Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott | 88 |
4 | 212x2110x | ALMA RISE (NZ) | M | 4 | Peter G Moody & Katherine Coleman | |
5 | 0x75x0451x | ARAPAHO (FR) | G | 8 | Bjorn Baker | 110 |
6 | 0x37914x7x | ASTERIX (NZ) | G | 6 | Chris Waller | 103 |
7 | 6442x8001x | ATHABASCAN (FR) | G | 6 | John O’Shea & Tom Charlton | 105 |
8 | 06413x469x | BACIO DEL MIST (NZ) | M | 7 | Lee & Cherie Curtis | 67 |
9 | 12x381612x | BE REAL (NZ) | M | 4 | Brad Widdup | 76 |
10 | 11x14x240x | BEAR ON THE LOOSE (IRE) | G | 5 | Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott | 84 |
11 | 1112340x5x | BERKSHIRE BREEZE (IRE) | G | 6 | Ciaron Maher | |
12 | 113x6x0x4x | BIRDMAN (IRE) | G | 4 | Chris Waller | 87 |
13 | 56x811229x | BUCKAROO (GB) | G | 6 | Chris Waller | |
14 | 43x6231x7x | BUR DUBAI (GB) | G | 4 | Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr) | |
15 | 1x8623136x | CABOCHE (NZ) | G | 6 | Chris Waller | 87 |
16 | 13171x262x | CHARTWELL (FR) | H | 4 | Annabel Neasham & Rob Archibald | |
17 | CILS BLANCS (JPN) | H | 7 | Yukio Inagaki | ||
18 | 4411x8906x | CIRCLE OF FIRE (GB) | H | 5 | Ciaron Maher | |
19 | 621x00x80x | CLEVELAND (IRE) | G | 7 | Kris Lees | 101 |
20 | 1621170x5x | DASHING DUCHESS (NZ) | M | 5 | Symon Wilde | |
21 | 1x275x712x | DEAKIN (FR) | G | 5 | Phillip Stokes | |
22 | 85107x579x | DECADENT TALE | M | 7 | Matthew Smith | 68 |
23 | 4021x5157x | DENY KNOWLEDGE (IRE) | M | 7 | Anthony & Sam Freedman | |
24 | 13x1x8113x | DESERT HERO (GB) | G | 5 | William Haggas | |
25 | 1235x21x7x | DON DIEGO DE VEGA (FR) | G | 5 | Annabel Neasham & Rob Archibald | 85 |
26 | 0x0138300x | DOUBLE CHERRY (IRE) | G | 6 | Annabel Neasham & Rob Archibald | 82 |
27 | 5524419x1x | DUKE DE SESSA (IRE) | G | 6 | Ciaron Maher | |
28 | 9165x78x1x | EL JASOR (IRE) | G | 5 | Kris Lees | |
29 | x315155x0x | ETNA ROSSO (IRE) | G | 5 | Chris Waller | 98 |
30 | x722074x2x | FATHER’S DAY (IRE) | G | 7 | Bjorn Baker | 77 |
31 | 41131x051x | FAWKNER PARK (IRE) | G | 6 | Annabel Neasham & Rob Archibald | 111 |
32 | 63x1x7x | FERINO (NZ) | M | 5 | David Vandyke | |
33 | 570x07976x | FRANCESCO GUARDI (IRE) | G | 7 | Chris Waller | 102 |
34 | 008x58392x | FULFILLED (GB) | G | 6 | Kris Lees | 75 |
35 | 05x5561x1x | GARACHICO (GB) | G | 6 | Dominic Sutton | |
36 | 4x4632334x | GO DADDY (IRE) | G | 4 | Ciaron Maher | |
37 | 6417x9514x | GOLDENSTATEWARRIOR (IRE) | G | 5 | Ciaron Maher | |
38 | x06843212x | GRAND PIERRO | G | 5 | Jason Warren | |
39 | x07117425x | HERMAN HESSE (GB) | G | 8 | Ciaron Maher | |
40 | 0622x0066x | HOPEFUL (FR) | G | 8 | Annabel Neasham & Rob Archibald | 88 |
41 | 85x050100x | JUST FINE (IRE) | G | 7 | Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott | |
42 | 3x442x11x | KILNA (NZ) | G | 4 | David Vandyke | |
43 | x122225x6x | KINESIOLOGY (GB) | H | 4 | Chris Waller | 90 |
44 | 234x90051x | KNIGHT’S CHOICE | G | 5 | John Symons & Sheila Laxon | |
45 | 3x41x21x2x | LA CRIQUE (NZ) | M | 6 | Simon & Katrina Alexander | |
46 | 5x1x06138x | LAND LEGEND (FR) | G | 5 | Chris Waller | |
47 | 71554×513 | LASPIRIT DEELER | M | 4 | Lee & Cherie Curtis | |
48 | 23x41x0x0x | LASTOTCHKA (FR) | M | 6 | Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr) | 103 |
49 | 11451x037x | LORDSHIP (GER) | G | 5 | Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr) | 84 |
50 | 0x23070x8x | MANZOICE | G | 5 | Chris Waller | 92 |
51 | 441x34500x | MISSION OF LOVE | M | 5 | John Symons & Sheila Laxon | |
52 | x258x0047x | MOLLY BLOOM (NZ) | M | 4 | Chris Waller | 99 |
53 | 3564120x3x | MOONLIGHT MAGIC (NZ) | M | 4 | Andrew Forsman | |
54 | 61x02x934x | MORMONA (FR) | G | 6 | Annabel Neasham & Rob Archibald | 87 |
55 | 3622x4400x | MOSTLY CLOUDY (IRE) | G | 6 | Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young | |
56 | 42x086x67x | MR WATERVILLE (IRE) | G | 6 | Chris Waller | 86 |
57 | 242212124x | MUKTAMIL (IRE) | G | 5 | Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young | |
58 | x5x311242x | NEWFOUNDLAND (IRE) | G | 6 | Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott | |
59 | 0x80213x0x | OKITA SOUSHI (IRE) | H | 7 | Ciaron Maher | |
60 | 68134x111x | OUR ANCHORAGE (IRE) | G | 6 | Bjorn Baker | 90 |
61 | 110x27x88x | PLACE DU CARROUSEL (IRE) | M | 6 | Anthony & Sam Freedman | 110 |
62 | 913644x83x | PORT GUILLAUME (FR) | G | 8 | Ben, Will & JD Hayes | |
63 | 91x18x460x | POST IMPRESSIONIST (IRE) | G | 6 | Anthony & Sam Freedman | |
64 | x00264212x | PROMISES KEPT | G | 5 | Ciaron Maher | |
65 | 7x03115x9x | PULCHRITUDINOUS (NZ) | M | 4 | Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott | 98 |
66 | 1719x9739x | RATTLE AND HUM (IRE) | G | 5 | Michael Freedman | 71 |
67 | 31x0216x | RED ACES | C | 3 | Nick Ryan | |
68 | x1224x313x | RIVER OF STARS (IRE) | M | 6 | Chris Waller | |
69 | 154x13337x | ROYAL PATRONAGE (FR) | H | 6 | Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott | |
70 | 2x32x2x | SASSY LASS (NZ) | M | 4 | Lance O’Sullivan & Andrew Scott | |
71 | 3x225x3x0x | SAYEDATY SADATY (IRE) | G | 4 | Ciaron Maher | |
72 | 12110x0x | SCARLET OAK | M | 4 | Chris Waller | 90 |
73 | 820x54124x | SMOKIN’ ROMANS (NZ) | G | 8 | Ciaron Maher | |
74 | 32x | SO YOU ARE | G | 3 | Stirling Osland | |
75 | x71513115x | SON OF SUN (NZ) | G | 5 | Bruce Wallace & Grant Cooksley | |
76 | 682x14372x | SOULCOMBE (GB) | G | 6 | Chris Waller | |
77 | 1261x | STEEL RUN | G | 4 | Michael Kent | |
78 | 511451336x | STRATHTAY (NZ) | G | 5 | Chris Waller | 89 |
79 | 383x40721x | STRAWBERRY ROCK (IRE) | G | 8 | Ciaron Maher | |
80 | 742412411x | TAJANIS (IRE) | G | 5 | Chris Waller | 82 |
81 | 223x78412x | TARAMANSOUR (IRE) | G | 8 | Phillip Stokes | 89 |
82 | 813x80808x | TRUE MARVEL (FR) | G | 9 | Matthew Smith | |
83 | 3550632x2x | TRUMP CARD (NZ) | G | 4 | David Vandyke | |
84 | x63044064x | TRUST IN YOU (NZ) | G | 6 | Bruce Wallace & Grant Cooksley | |
85 | 3204x9x06x | UNITED NATIONS (IRE) | G | 6 | Ciaron Maher | |
86 | 7301x6126x | UNLIMITED (IRE) | G | 5 | Chris Waller | 79 |
87 | 56x0090x0x | VALIANT KING (GB) | G | 5 | Chris Waller | 95 |
88 | x0x243120x | VAUBAN (FR) | G | 7 | Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott | |
89 | 09080x761x | VIRTUOUS CIRCLE (NZ) | G | 5 | Liam Howley | |
90 | 115x8x943x | WALTHAM (GB) | G | 5 | Matthew Smith | 84 |
91 | 521x408x0x | WARMONGER (NZ) | G | 4 | Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr) | |
92 | 8065467x1x | WHANGAEHU (NZ) | G | 6 | Bill Thurlow | |
93 | 002328338x | WUDDZZ (NZ) | G | 7 | Henry Dwyer | 64 |
94 | 211117x90x | WYMARK (NZ) | G | 4 | Michael Freedman | 87 |
95 | 2x6652454x | ZARDOZI | M | 4 | James Cummings | 108 |
96 | 2x2x | ZARIR (IRE) | G | 5 | Chris Waller | |
97 | 64241x920x | ZECHARIAH (IRE) | G | 6 | Chris Waller | |
98 | 32111x | ZWEIG (IRE) | G | 4 | Annabel Neasham & Rob Archibald |
Table Credit: Racing Australia.
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.
In 2021 trainer Chris Waller celebrated his fifth Sydney Cup success with Selino.
Sydney Cup Records | |
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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 |
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2025 Sydney Cup |
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2024 Sydney Cup |
1st | Circle Of Fire | 3 minutes 20.89 seconds |
2nd | Athabascan | ||
3rd | Kalapour | ||
2023 Sydney Cup |
1st | Explosive Jack | 3 minutes 26.91 seconds |
2nd | True Marvel | ||
3rd | Knights Order | ||
2022 Sydney Cup |
1st | Knights Order | 3 minutes 32.29 seconds |
2nd | Sheraz | ||
3rd | Daqiansweet Junior | ||
2021 Sydney Cup |
1st | Selino | 3 minutes 23.13 seconds |
2nd | Rondinella | ||
3rd | Miami Bound | ||
2020 Sydney Cup |
1st | Etah James | 3 minutes 28.46 seconds |
2nd | The Chosen One | ||
3rd | Raheen House | ||
2019 Sydney Cup |
1st | Shraaoh | 3 minutes 22.06 seconds |
2nd | Vengeur Masque | ||
3rd | Glory Days | ||
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 |
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