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The Group 2 Caulfield Sprint is held at Melbourne’s Caulfield Racecourse on the same day as the $5 million Caulfield Cup. The 1000m open handicap offers $300,000 in prize money and is regarded as having the most competitive field of sprinters in all 1000m to 1200m races in the Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival.

Caulfield Cup Day also features a host of other Group status races including the Group 2 Thousand Guineas Prelude (1400m) for the fillies, Group 2 Tristarc Stakes (1400m) and Group 3 Caulfield Classic (2000m) making for a top day of spring racing and punting.

Horses may come into the Caulfield Sprint field via a lead-up run in a race like the Group 2 Gilgai Stakes (1200m) at Flemington earlier in the month or Sydney’s Group 2 Premiere Stakes (1200m).

The best sprinters out of the Caulfield Sprint field will continue onto a Group 1 spring showdown including in 2011 when Sepoy won the Coolmore Stud Stakes next-up on Victoria Derby Day during the Melbourne Cup Carnival.

The 2021 Caulfield Sprint form was franked with the winner Oxley Road returning the following autumn to run third in the 2022 Group 1 Oakleigh Plate (1100m).

In 2022 the Caulfield Sprint winner Asfoora won a Group 3 at Flemington next start before returning in the autumn of 2023 to finish third in that year’s Oakleigh Plate trifecta, fourth in the Group 1 The Galaxy results in Sydney and then run fourth in the inaugural $4 million The Quokka race in WA.

The 2023 Caulfield Sprint ran on Caulfield Cup Day on Saturday October 21, 2023 as The McCafe Sprint and was won in a late-lunging effort by the progressive Annabel Neasham-trained Doull ($13). 

Caulfield Sprint
Date:	Saturday October 21, 2023
Track:	Caulfield Racecourse
Distance:	1000m
Race Type:	Open Handicap
Status:	Group 2
Prize Money:	$300,000

2023 Caulfield Sprint Results

• 1st: #7 Doull ($13)
• 2nd: #6 Spacewalk
• 3rd: #2 Generation

The Annabel Neasham-trained $1.2 million buy Doull ($13) celebrated his biggest win to date giving a late kick to lunge right on the line and deny the beaten favourite Spacewalk ($2.70F) victory in a narrow upset in the Caulfield Sprint 2023 results.

	Finish	No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Bar.	Weight	Penalty	Starting Price
	1	7	DOULL	Annabel Neasham	Michael Dee		3	53kg		$13
	2	6	SPACEWALK	James Cummings	Ms Jamie Kah	0.2L	6	53kg		$2.70F
	3	2	GENERATION	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Craig Williams	0.6L	4	54kg		$7
	4	4	GENERAL BEAU	Mathew Ellerton	Damian Lane	1.85L	1	53kg		$3.50
	5	3	INDIAN PACIFIC	Neville Parnham	Jye McNeil	2.35L	2	54kg		$16
	6	1	LOFTY STRIKE	Julius Sandhu	Damien Oliver	5.1L	5	59kg		$4.80
		5	MIDWEST	Anthony & Sam Freedman	Daniel Moor		0

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

2023 Caulfield Sprint Betting Odds

The latest Caulfield Sprint 2023 betting markets will be listed below complete with links to the Caulfield Sprint odds at Ladbrokes.com.au for you to lock in your selections at the right price this Caulfield Cup Day.

Miss Leonadis ($3.90EF in 2019) was the last favourite to salute in the race.

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2023 Caulfield Sprint Form Guide

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2023 Caulfield Sprint Tips

Stay tuned for our insider Caulfield Sprint 2023 Tips on the Caulfield Cup Day showdown this spring.

• To Win: #4 General Beau ($8 at time of publish) – BET NOW

Small field lacking a bit of class, but have landed on General Beau first-up with plenty of decent form lines from last prep for him to frank here. The Brazen Beau entire for Matthew Ellerton has a good record fresh (6:2-1-0) and plenty of form at the Caulfield track (12:3-2-1). This is a horse that hasn’t won in a long time with his last being back in September of 2021. He has been competitive in plenty since however, is a Group 1 place-getter, and his latest run in August’s Group 3 Aurie’s Star Handicap for fourth was good. Down in the weights with 53kg to kick off his spring, which is the lightest he’s carried for some time. Barrier one and Damian Lane are two other pluses. Horses have broken longer winning droughts, and think it might be his time here.

2023 Caulfield Sprint Field

The Caulfield Sprint field attracts a quality line-up of short-distance specialists each spring, many possibly heading towards a Group 1 VRC Sprint Classic (1200m)  – now known as the Champions Sprint – run down the Flemington straight during the Melbourne Cup Carnival.

The Caulfield Sprint 2023 field and barriers are released on the Wednesday of Caulfield Cup week and will be provided in full below once announced by Racing Victoria.

The 2023 Caulfield Sprint – run in 2023 as the McCafe Sprint – field features just seven final acceptors with updated markets led by Exosphere four-year-old Spacewalk for Godolphin chasing a third win on the trot.

No	Last 10	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Probable Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	347x12284x	LOFTY STRIKE	Julius Sandhu	Damien Oliver	5	59kg			109
2	436x885x47	GENERATION	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Craig Williams	4	54kg			99
3	x86x03305x	INDIAN PACIFIC	Neville Parnham	Jye McNeil	2	54kg			99
4	9x5302324x	GENERAL BEAU	Mathew Ellerton	Damian Lane	1	53kg			97
5	x322213x25	MIDWEST	Anthony & Sam Freedman	Daniel Moor	7	53kg			95
6	x3143521x1	SPACEWALK	James Cummings	Ms Jamie Kah	6	53kg			94
7	x540x140x3	DOULL	Annabel Neasham	Michael Dee	3	53kg			81

Table Credit: Racing Australia.