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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 $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.

*In 2021 the Sydney Cup was run on the third Saturday of April with all race meetings of the autumn in Sydney from Slipper Day onwards postponed a week due to the weather.

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 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 2023 Sydney Cup ran on Saturday April 8, 2023 on Day 2 of Sydney’s ‘The Championships’ in April and was won in an impressive upset by former Derby star Explosive Jack ($26).  

Sydney Cup 2023
Date:	Saturday April 8, 2023
Track:	Royal Randwick Racecourse
Distance:	3200m
Conditions:	Open Handicap
Status:	Group 1
Prize Money:	$2 million
Inaugurated:	1862

2023 Sydney Cup Results

• 1st: #8 Explosive Jack ($26)
• 2nd: #20 True Marvel
• 3rd: #2 Knights Order

The Ciaron Maher & David Eustace-trained Explosive Jack ($26) was enormous posting an upset in the Sydney Cup 2023 results ahead of triple-figure roughie True Marvel ($151) and the reigning champion Knights Order ($16). Apprentice Dylan Gibbons got a dream run in the two-mile classic to post his first Group 1 success on Explosive Jack who won for the first time since the 2021 ATC Derby – SA Derby double.

	Finish	No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Bar.	Weight	Penalty	Starting Price
	1	8	EXPLOSIVE JACK (NZ)	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Dylan Gibbons (a)		3	52.5kg		$26
	2	20	TRUE MARVEL (FR)	Matthew Smith	Ms Kathy O’Hara	0.83L	6	50kg		$151
	3	2	KNIGHTS ORDER (IRE)	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Tim Clark	2.06L	11	56.5kg		$16
	4	5	ARAPAHO (FR)	Bjorn Baker	Ms Rachel King	2.84L	7	53kg	0.5kg	$11
	5	4	STOCKMAN (NZ)	Joseph Pride	Sam Clipperton	3.88L	4	54.5kg		$31
	6	6	SELINO (GB)	Chris Waller	Tom Sherry	3.9L	13	53kg		$101
	7	18	ALAKAHAN (IRE)	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Brock Ryan	3.92L	12	50kg		$61
	8	15	NERVE NOT VERVE (NZ)	Michael Moroney	Dean Holland	4.36L	1	50kg		$15
	9	19	PESTO (GB)	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	Andrew Adkins	5.5L	8	50kg		$101
	10	7	SUREFIRE (GB)	Chris Waller	Joao Moreira	8.2L	5	52.5kg (cd 53kg)		$16
	11	9	SIR LUCAN (IRE)	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Ms Winona Costin	9.03L	14	51.5kg	1.5kg	$41
	12	13	AMADE (IRE)	Phillip Stokes	Reece Jones (a)	9.53L	9	51kg		$51
	13	14	KING FRANKEL (IRE)	Mark Newnham	Tyler Schiller (a)	10.39L	10	50kg		$6
	14	12	HIGH EMOCEAN (NZ)	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Robbie Dolan	13.45L	17	51kg		$12
	15	1	GOLD TRIP (FR)	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	James McDonald	22.55L	15	59.5kg		$7.50
	16	11	CLEVELAND (IRE)	Joseph O’Brien	Kerrin McEvoy	29.28L	16	51kg		$4F
	17	17	TIMOUR (FR)	Chris Waller	Jay Ford	29.52L	2	50kg		$41
	18	3	BARON SAMEDI (GB)	Joseph O’Brien	Tom Marquand	79.4L	18	55kg		$10
		10	TORRENS	Marc Chevalier	Ms Alysha Collett		0
		16	GIN MARTINI (NZ)	John Sargent	Zac Lloyd (a)		0

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

2023 Sydney Cup Betting

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

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.

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.

The 2023 Sydney Cup odds will be listed below as released by Ladbrokes.com.au in the lead-up to the two mile classic.

2023 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 2023 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 2023 SYDNEY CUP FORM GUIDE

2023 Sydney Cup Tips

Stay tuned for our insider Sydney Cup 2023 Tips on the two-mile staying showdown of the autumn!

• To Win: #12 High Emocean ($17 at time of publish) 

Going for an upset in the Sydney Cup, which isn’t uncommon in this two-mile autumn classic, and have the underrated Ciaron Maher & David Eustace-trained Ocean Park mare High Emocean on top at any old price of 16/1 (at time of publish). Rated here the roughie of the race in the Melbourne Cup at this distance in the spring, and she was huge finishing third to Gold Trip. Strange to have her turning the tables, but the weights suit her again. She’s rock-hard fit fourth-up and on the quick back-up after her fourth to Surefire in last Saturday’s Group 2 Chairman’s Quality. Down from 56kg there to 51kg. Needs to slot in from that wide alley, but think she can surprise quite a few of these at a big price if she gets the right run.

2023 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 2023 field will be released Tuesday before the race and published in full below.

The 2023 Sydney Cup final field features a capacity line-up of 20 autumn stayers led in betting by Joseph O’Brien’s Irish raider Cleveland coming off a good first-up run in Australia when fifth at WFA in the Tancred Stakes.

Click here to read more on the key stayers in the official 2023 Sydney Cup field and betting markets.

No	Last 10	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Probable Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	335291×257	GOLD TRIP (FR)	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	James McDonald	16	59.5kg			117
2	x13439x866	KNIGHTS ORDER (IRE)	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Tim Clark	12	56.5kg			110
3	x36x403x2x	BARON SAMEDI (GB)	Joseph O’Brien	Tom Marquand	20	55kg			108
4	4188×00587	STOCKMAN (NZ)	Joseph Pride	Sam Clipperton	5	54.5kg			105
5	23820×7711	ARAPAHO (FR)	Bjorn Baker	Ms Rachel King	8	53kg		0.5kg	112
6	x08408x000	SELINO (GB)	Chris Waller		14	53kg			101
7	55021×8891	SUREFIRE (GB)	Chris Waller	Joao Moreira	6	52.5kg			105
8	x9500x7720	EXPLOSIVE JACK (NZ)	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Dylan Gibbons (a)	4	52.5kg			103
9	1x2480x139	SIR LUCAN (IRE)	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Ms Winona Costin	15	51.5kg		1.5kg	102
10	x8x601x060	TORRENS	Marc Chevalier	Tom Sherry	1	51.5kg			100
11	51x51226x5	CLEVELAND (IRE)	Joseph O’Brien	Kerrin McEvoy	17	51kg			104
12	341613×584	HIGH EMOCEAN (NZ)	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Robbie Dolan	19	51kg			104
13	1x8045x833	AMADE (IRE)	Phillip Stokes	Reece Jones (a)	10	51kg			101
14	6x1311x143	KING FRANKEL (IRE)	Mark Newnham	Tyler Schiller (a)	11	50kg			106
15	9248×97223	NERVE NOT VERVE (NZ)	Michael Moroney	Dean Holland	2	50kg			104
16	064314×612	GIN MARTINI (NZ)	John Sargent	Zac Lloyd (a)	18	50kg			102
17	4565×70431	TIMOUR (FR)	Chris Waller	Jay Ford	3	50kg			96
18	4087340×04	ALAKAHAN (IRE)	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Brock Ryan	13	50kg			88
19	234×747905	PESTO (GB)	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	Andrew Adkins	9	50kg			81
20	0572505230	TRUE MARVEL (FR)	Matthew Smith	Ms Kathy O’Hara	7	50kg			79

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

2023 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 2023 first acceptances close on Tuesday the 7th of March, 2023. 

The 2023 Sydney Cup first acceptances are now out featuring 81 of the season’s top stayers with updated markets led by the UK-trained international entry Earl Of Tyrone and Ciaron Maher & David Eustace’s European expat Glory Daze who is two from three down under at time of publish.

	Last 10	Horse	Sex	Age	Trainer	Ballot	Weight	True Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	3x335291x2	GOLD TRIP (FR)	H	6	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	1	59.5kg	59.5kg		117
2	21x13439x8	KNIGHTS ORDER (IRE)	G	8	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	2	56.5kg	56.5kg		111
3	9x4411x46x	REGAL POWER	G	7	John Leek (Jnr)	3	56kg	56kg		110
4	x36x403x2x	BARON SAMEDI (GB)	G	6	Joseph O’Brien	4=	55kg	55kg		108
5	0x535601x2	VOW AND DECLARE	G	7	Danny O’Brien	4=	55kg	55kg		108
6	x536107x2x	NO COMPROMISE (NZ)	G	6	Chris Waller	6=	54.5kg	54.5kg		107
7	x921177x88	SMOKIN’ ROMANS (NZ)	G	6	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	6=	54.5kg	54.5kg		107
8	9644188×00	STOCKMAN (NZ)	G	6	Joseph Pride	6=	54.5kg	54.5kg		107
9	5x81x1215x	RAISE YOU (IRE)	G	7	Joseph O’Brien	9	54kg	54kg		106
10	0314x7106x	ALEGRON	G	4	James Cummings	10=	53kg	53kg		104
11	35x15812x5	EMISSARY (GB)	G	6	Michael Moroney	10=	53kg	53kg		104
12	54x451214x	GEAR UP (IRE)	H	5	Annabel Neasham	10=	53kg	53kg		104
13	41x08408x0	SELINO (GB)	G	7	Chris Waller	10=	53kg	53kg		104
14	128x3381x8	EL PATRONESS	M	4	Danny O’Brien	10=	51kg	51kg		104
15	5x341613x5	HIGH EMOCEAN (NZ)	M	6	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	10=	51kg	51kg		104
16	2x171353x0	IL PARADISO (USA)	G	7	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	16=	53.5kg	53.5kg		103
17	7123820×77	ARAPAHO (FR)	G	6	Bjorn Baker	16=	52.5kg	52.5kg		103
18	27×6412134	DIONYSUS (NZ)	G	5	Roger James & Robert Wellwood	16=	52.5kg	52.5kg		103
19	3111x360x1	EARL OF TYRONE (IRE)	G	5	William Haggas	16=	52.5kg	52.5kg		103
20	13x9500x77	EXPLOSIVE JACK (NZ)	G	5	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	16=	52.5kg	52.5kg		103
21	6x5x080x24	KING OF DRAGON (JPN)	H	6	Yoshito Yahagi	16=	52.5kg	52.5kg		103
22	x034363165	PERSAN	G	6	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	16=	52.5kg	52.5kg		103
23	6220151×86	UNCLE BRYN (GB)	G	5	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young	16=	52.5kg	52.5kg		103
24	13×3213111	AQUACADE (NZ)	M	4	Lance Noble	16=	50.5kg	50.5kg		103
25	x155021x88	SUREFIRE (GB)	G	5	Chris Waller	25=	52.5kg	52.5kg		102
26	42x64260x9	BENAUD	G	4	John O’Shea	25=	52kg	52kg		102
27	x7x5940x43	GRAND PROMENADE (GB)	G	7	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	25=	52kg	52kg		102
28	x112159x03	MANKAYAN (IRE)	G	7	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	25=	52kg	52kg		102
29	74x319x64x	THIRD REALM (GB)	H	5	Anthony & Sam Freedman	25=	52kg	52kg		102
30	x81x2480x1	SIR LUCAN (IRE)	G	5	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	25=	51.5kg	50kg	1.5kg	102
31	51141x1x68	SOULCOMBE (GB)	G	4	Chris Waller	31=	52kg	52kg		101
32	11x8x601x0	TORRENS	H	6	Marc Chevalier	31=	51.5kg	51.5kg		101
33	41x8045x83	AMADE (IRE)	G	9	Phillip Stokes	33=	51kg	51kg		100
34	6811×910	ASTERIX (NZ)	G	4	Lance O’Sullivan & Andrew Scott	33=	51kg	51kg		100
35	551x51226x	CLEVELAND (IRE)	H	5	Joseph O’Brien	33=	51kg	51kg		100
36	428120×643	LINCOLN KING (NZ)	G	8	Stephen Marsh	33=	51kg	51kg		100
37	41932311×6	SARACEN KNIGHT (IRE)	G	8	Danny O’Brien	33=	51kg	51kg		100
38	0x34351111	RIGHT YOU ARE	G	6	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	33=	50.5kg	50kg	0.5kg	100
39	x80570501x	LEADERBOARD (USA)	G	8	Mark Walker	39=	50.5kg	50.5kg		99
40	x94530x534	SACRAMENTO	G	6	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	39=	50.5kg	50.5kg		99
41	3x051128x0	CADRE DU NOIR (USA)	G	7	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	41=	50kg	50kg		98
42	2x9248x972	NERVE NOT VERVE (NZ)	M	7	Michael Moroney	41=	50kg	50kg		98
43	4147x000x1	ZEYREK (FR)	G	6	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	41=	50kg	50kg		98
44	406x1311x1	KING FRANKEL (IRE)	G	5	Mark Newnham	44=	50kg	50kg		97
45	1x42847x44	MIDNIGHT BLUE	G	6	John Leek (Jnr)	44=	50kg	50kg		97
46	10x6545x09	GLINT OF HOPE (JPN)	M	4	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young	46=	50kg	50kg		96
47	1600×75221	SWORDS DRAWN	G	7	Michael Moroney	46=	50kg	50kg		96
48	30x044x918	CHALK STREAM (GB)	G	5	Chris Waller	48	50kg	50kg		95
49	435x48x742	YOUTH SPIRIT (IRE)	G	5	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	49	50kg	50kg		93
50	8x064314x6	GIN MARTINI (NZ)	M	4	John Sargent	50=	50kg	50kg		92
51	2x470x8x80	NORMANDY BRIDGE (FR)	G	5	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	50=	50kg	50kg		92
52	0x1205x511	GLORY DAZE (IRE)	H	4	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	52=	50kg	50kg		88
53	1105x897x0	MEMPHIS (GER)	M	6	Michael Moroney	52=	50kg	50kg		88
54	2162334×85	ATHABASCAN (FR)	H	4	John O’Shea	54	50kg	50kg		87
55	x8381307x7	HERMAN HESSE (GB)	G	6	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	55	50kg	50kg		86
56	8x835593x5	LE BAOL (FR)	G	7	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	56	50kg	50kg		85
57	44087340×0	ALAKAHAN (IRE)	G	7	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	57=	50kg	50kg		84
58	2x318x3x	LIONEL (GB)	G	4	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	57=	50kg	50kg		84
59	74x15x7677	RAGING BULL	G	4	David Payne	57=	50kg	50kg		84
60	45111511×6	SAUNTER BOY (FR)	G	10	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	57=	50kg	50kg		84
61	x707413350	SOPRANO SUPREME (NZ)	M	5	Mark Walker	61	50kg	50kg		82
62	344x25x343	ALMANIA (IRE)	G	7	Kris Lees	62	50kg	50kg		81
63	x057250523	TRUE MARVEL (FR)	G	7	Matthew Smith	63	50kg	50kg		79
64	3x64533x68	CABOCHE (NZ)	G	4	Chris Waller	64=	50kg	50kg		78
65	x4565x7043	TIMOUR (FR)	G	5	Chris Waller	64=	50kg	50kg		78
66	21234×7479	PESTO (GB)	G	7	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	66	50kg	50kg		77
67	1725×90	MURAMASA	C	3	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young	67	49kg	49kg		76
68	416x486x	DILLIAN (IRE)	H	4	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	68=	50kg	50kg		74
69	x86410x002	NOONDAY GUN (GB)	G	6	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	68=	50kg	50kg		74
70	46x31x47x	TEMPLE OF ARTEMIS (IRE)	G	4	Joseph O’Brien	68=	50kg	50kg		74
71	80x02811x8	OSO SAVVY (NZ)	G	6	John Wheeler	71=	50kg	50kg		72
72	11x207x90x	SIR LAMORAK (IRE)	G	5	Kris Lees	71=	50kg	50kg		72
73	x134115x60	ESSENTIAL SKY (NZ)	M	5	John Sargent	73=	50kg	50kg		71
74	7332×00731	OZ LEGEND (IRE)	G	5	Chris Waller	73=	50kg	50kg		71
75	5555506643	TRADUCE (NZ)	G	6	Michael Moroney	75	50kg	50kg		70
76	3x31119x86	FATHER’S DAY (IRE)	G	5	Bjorn Baker	76	50kg	50kg		69
77	17541274×5	BOYSZEE	G	5	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	77	50kg	50kg		67
78	5752911×78	BASTIDA (NZ)	G	4	John Sargent	78	50kg	50kg		66
79	50x0x1x0x	YARRAWONGA (IRE)	G	5	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	79	50kg	50kg		65
80	0090970234	ZEGALO (IRE)	G	6	Mike Cattell	80	50kg	50kg		63
81	59×4322426	SPINPIX	M	7	Diane Poidevin Laine	81	50kg	50kg		55

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

2023 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 2023 Sydney Cup nominations will close on Tuesday the 7th of February, 2023. 

The official Sydney Cup 2023 nominations attracted 133 autumn stayers.

	Last 10	Horse	Sex	Age	Trainer	Hcp Rating
1	420x70241x	AIN’TNODEELDUN	G	5	Anthony & Sam Freedman
2	644087340x	ALAKAHAN (IRE)	G	7	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	85
3	0314x7106x	ALEGRON	G	4	James Cummings
4	344x25x34x	ALMANIA (IRE)	G	7	Kris Lees	81
5	41x8045x8x	AMADE (IRE)	G	9	Phillip Stokes
6	6x7x91475x	ANGEL (FR)	G	5	Ben & JD Hayes
7	13x321311x	AQUACADE (NZ)	M	4	Lance Noble
8	217123820x	ARAPAHO (FR)	G	6	Bjorn Baker	103
9	22x412x985	ASEAN LEGEND (IRE)	G	4	Chris Waller	67
10	6811x91x	ASTERIX (NZ)	G	4	Lance O’Sullivan & Andrew Scott
11	4x2162334x	ATHABASCAN (FR)	H	4	John O’Shea	88
12	15x36x403x	BARON SAMEDI (GB)	G	6	Joseph O’Brien
13	6x5752911x	BASTIDA (NZ)	G	4	John Sargent	68
14	422118x	BELLATRIX BLACK (NZ)	M	4	Kris Lees	84
15	542x64260x	BENAUD	G	4	John O’Shea	102
16		BOCCHERINI (JPN)	H	7	Yasutoshi Ikee
17	317541274x	BOYSZEE	G	5	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	67
18	1x11121x1x	BROOME (IRE)	H	7	Aidan O’Brien
19	223x64533x	CABOCHE (NZ)	G	4	Chris Waller	80
20	x3x051128x	CADRE DU NOIR (USA)	G	7	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	98
21	421x40030x	CEPHEUS (GB)	G	6	Matthew Dunn	91
22	30x044x91x	CHALK STREAM (GB)	G	5	Chris Waller	95
23	551x5122x	CLEVELAND (IRE)	H	5	Joseph O’Brien
24	423215180x	COGNAC (IRE)	G	6	Richard & Will Freedman	77
25	1213x0706x	DAQIANSWEET JUNIOR (NZ)	G	5	Phillip Stokes
26		DILLIAN (IRE)	H	4	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace
27	27x641213x	DIONYSUS (NZ)	G	5	Roger James & Robert Wellwood
28	x21126x59x	DUKE OF HASTINGS (NZ)	G	4	Simon Zahra
29	x1x701161x	DURSTON (GB)	G	7	Chris Waller	109
30	x3111x360x	EARL OF TYRONE (IRE)	G	5	William Haggas
31	3128x3381x	EL PATRONESS	M	4	Danny O’Brien	104
32	x35x15812x	EMISSARY (GB)	G	6	Michael Moroney
33	17x134115x	ESSENTIAL SKY (NZ)	M	5	John Sargent	71
34	13x9500x7x	EXPLOSIVE JACK (NZ)	G	5	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace
35	4x677x777x	EXTRA ELUSIVE (GB)	G	8	Symon Wilde
36	2222x541x	FANTASISING (GB)	M	5	Cliff Brown
37	3x31119x8x	FATHER’S DAY (IRE)	G	5	Bjorn Baker	70
38	5x0111324x	FLOATING ARTIST (GB)	G	7	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace
39	54x451214x	GEAR UP (IRE)	H	5	Annabel Neasham
40	48x064314x	GIN MARTINI (NZ)	M	4	John Sargent	92
41	97261x078x	GLENTANEOUS (IRE)	G	5	Anthony & Sam Freedman
42	2310x6545x	GLINT OF HOPE (JPN)	M	4	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young	98
43	0x1205x51x	GLORY DAZE (IRE)	H	4	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace
44	x3x335291x	GOLD TRIP (FR)	H	6	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace
45	x7x5940x4x	GRAND PROMENADE (GB)	G	7	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace
46	17x7x442x6	GRENOBLE (GB)	G	4	Ben & JD Hayes
47	221x8x2153	HANDSOME (IRE)	G	5	Kris Lees	69
48	0x870x938x	HELENE LEADINGSTAR	G	8	Ben & JD Hayes	85
49	5x8381307x	HERMAN HESSE (GB)	G	6	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace
50	25x341613x	HIGH EMOCEAN (NZ)	M	6	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace
51	11x014x38x	HINT OF STARS (IRE)	G	6	Matt Cumani
52	2x3223180x	HOO YA MAL (GB)	H	4	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	101
53	22x171353x	IL PARADISO (USA)	G	7	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	107
54	8024226x4x	IN A TWINKLING	G	7	Kris Lees
55	3x7154x08x	IVY LEAGUE (USA)	M	5	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace
56	x142x18x0x	KALAPOUR (IRE)	G	6	Kris Lees	83
57	2406x1311x	KING FRANKEL (IRE)	G	5	Mark Newnham
58		KING OF DRAGON (JPN)	H	6	Yoshito Yahagi
59	521x13439x	KNIGHTS ORDER (IRE)	G	8	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott
60	x8x835593x	LE BAOL (FR)	G	7	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	85
61	054x10172x	LE DON DE VIE (GB)	G	7	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	108
62	1156753x8x	LE VILLI (NZ)	M	4	Kris Lees	85
63	x80570501x	LEADERBOARD (USA)	G	8	Mark Walker
64	428120x64x	LINCOLN KING (NZ)	G	8	Stephen Marsh
65		LIONEL (GB)	G	4	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace
66	156x46612x	LUNAR FLARE	M	7	Grahame Begg
67	8235x2149x	LYRICAL LADY (GB)	M	4	Kris Lees	68
68	14x112159x	MANKAYAN (IRE)	G	7	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	103
69	41105x897x	MEMPHIS (GER)	M	6	Michael Moroney
70	431x42847x	MIDNIGHT BLUE	G	6	John Leek (Jnr)	98
71	3521×42121	MIKASA	M	4	John Thompson	69
72	9x041x7x0x	MILFORD SOUND (NZ)	G	5	Michael Moroney
73	6223330x0x	MIMI’S AWARD	M	5	Ben & JD Hayes
74	1725x	MURAMASA	C	3	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young
75	523150x	MVITA	M	5	Pat Carey	61
76	1x0x00x96x	NANCHO (GER)	G	8	Archie Alexander
77	512125121x	NAVAJO PEAK	G	4	David Payne	74
78	2x9248x97x	NERVE NOT VERVE (NZ)	M	7	Michael Moroney
79	x536107x2x	NO COMPROMISE (NZ)	G	6	Chris Waller	107
80	8x86410x0x	NOONDAY GUN (GB)	G	6	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace
81	2x470x8x8x	NORMANDY BRIDGE (FR)	G	5	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace
82	926x79272x	OCEANIC FLASH (NZ)	G	5	Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou	71
83	080x02811x	OSO SAVVY (NZ)	G	6	John Wheeler
84	976340834x	OUTLANDOS	G	6	John Sargent	84
85	7332x0073x	OZ LEGEND (IRE)	G	5	Chris Waller	67
86	x03436316x	PERSAN	G	6	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace
87	21234x747x	PESTO (GB)	G	7	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	79
88	1334x11x6x	PLAYOFFS (NZ)	G	6	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace
89	12x403513x	PRINCESS RHAENYS	M	5	Peter G Moody
90	674x15x76x	RAGING BULL	G	4	David Payne	84
91	x5x81x121x	RAISE YOU (IRE)	G	7	Joseph O’Brien
92	9x4411x46x	REGAL POWER	G	7	John Leek (Jnr)	111
93	0x3435111x	RIGHT YOU ARE	G	6	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace
94	0x94530x5x	SACRAMENTO	G	6	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	99
95	741932311x	SARACEN KNIGHT (IRE)	G	8	Danny O’Brien
96	x45111511x	SAUNTER BOY (FR)	G	10	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace
97	826x21103x	SECRET GLAMOUR	M	4	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	78
98	541x08408x	SELINO (GB)	G	7	Chris Waller	104
99	11x207x90x	SIR LAMORAK (IRE)	G	5	Kris Lees
100	1x81x2480x	SIR LUCAN (IRE)	G	5	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott
101	19x921177x	SMOKIN’ ROMANS (NZ)	G	6	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace
102	31x6211x	SO UNUSUAL (NZ)	G	4	Tony & Calvin McEvoy
103	x70741335x	SOPRANO SUPREME (NZ)	M	5	Mark Walker
104	51141x1x6x	SOULCOMBE (GB)	G	4	Chris Waller	102
105	x46945438x	SOUND (GER)	H	10	Michael Moroney
106	59x432242x	SPINPIX	M	7	Diane Poidevin Laine	56
107	4408x0412x	SPIRIT RIDGE (GB)	G	8	Annabel Neasham	100
108	7x9644188x	STOCKMAN (NZ)	G	6	Joseph Pride	107
109	1223x0923x	STRAWBERRY ROCK (IRE)	G	6	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	77
110	151471324x	SUPAGIRL (IRE)	M	4	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott
111	20x155021x	SUREFIRE (GB)	G	5	Chris Waller	103
112	1600x7522x	SWORDS DRAWN	G	7	Michael Moroney
113	60738x692x	TARAMANSOUR (IRE)	G	6	Matt Cumani
114	46x31x47x	TEMPLE OF ARTEMIS (IRE)	H	4	Joseph O’Brien
115	74x319x64x	THIRD REALM (GB)	H	5	Anthony & Sam Freedman
116	3x4565x70x	TIMOUR (FR)	G	5	Chris Waller
117	71x1x6x54x	TIP OF THE SPEAR (IRE)	G	5	Annabel Neasham	72
118	811x8x601x	TORRENS	H	6	Marc Chevalier	101
119	x55555066x	TRADUCE (NZ)	G	6	Michael Moroney
120	3219x7000x	TRALEE ROSE (NZ)	M	6	Symon Wilde
121	x05725052x	TRUE MARVEL (FR)	G	7	Matthew Smith	74
122	6x6220151x	UNCLE BRYN (GB)	G	5	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young
123	17x41x	UNITED NATIONS (IRE)	H	4	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace
124	00x535601x	VOW AND DECLARE	G	7	Danny O’Brien
125	563x12121x	WAHINE TOA	M	6	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace
126	21x34x342x	WINEGLASS BAY (IRE)	G	4	Chris Waller	68
127	1x2410x50x	YALETOWN	G	5	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	85
128	291x24142x	YAPHET	G	4	Cliff Brown
129	50x0x1x0x	YARRAWONGA (IRE)	G	5	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott
130	8435x48x7x	YOUTH SPIRIT (IRE)	G	5	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	93
131	x00909702x	ZEGALO (IRE)	G	6	Mike Cattell	64
132	x4147x000x	ZEYREK (FR)	G	6	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	93
133	6x4432x11x	ZOOM (GB)	H	4	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace

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
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
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