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JRA Cup

The JRA Cup is a Group 3 event held at Moonee Valley on Ladbrokes Cox Plate Day.

2024 JRA Cup Results

  • 1st: #1 Future History
  • 2nd: #7 Promises Kept
  • 3rd: #8 Kettle Hill


JRA Cup News


The JRA Cup is a Group 3 staying event held at Moonee Valley racecourse during the annual Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival.

2024 JRA Cup Results

  • 1st: #1 Future History ($3.20F)
  • 2nd: #7 Promises Kept
  • 3rd: 38 Kettle Hill

Ciaron Maher’s last start Naturalism runner-up, Future History, was given a confident ride by Mark Zahra who dictated and controlled the race from barrier to box before drawing away over the closing stages to dominate the 2024 JRA Cup results on Cox Plate Day and salute by 1.5 lengths with Maher training the first four over the line!

JRA Cup 2024 Odds & Results

Moonee Valley R5
Schweppes Jra Cup (G3)
Final Race time:  1729913434
Runner DetailsWinPlace
1st
1. Future History (2) J: Mark Zahra 58kg
T: Ciaron Maher
2nd
7. Promises Kept (1) J: Declan Bates 54kg
T: Ciaron Maher
3rd
8. Kettle Hill (7) J: Billy Egan 54kg
T: Ciaron Maher
4th
2. Smokin' Romans (4) J: Ethan Brown 58kg
T: Ciaron Maher
5th
5. Second To Nun (3) J: Jamie Kah 55kg
T: W Clarken & N O'Shea
6th
6. Mr Waterville (5) J: Michael Dee 54kg
T: Chris Waller
7th
3. Gear Up (6) J: Jamie Mott 57.5kg
T: Annabel Neasham & Rob Archibald
Odds are subject to fluctuation. For current odds on all of our live racing markets, please visit www.ladbrokes.com.au/racing.
Data retrieved: 12/02/2025 02:17:15 PM (Australia/Brisbane)

Currently held at the end of October, the JRA Cup attracts stayers and milers looking to step up in distance. Run over 2040m, it is held over the same track and distance as the coveted Group 1 Ladbrokes Cox Plate (2040m) on the same day.

As an open quality event, the JRA Cup attracts some standout performers and offers $200,000 in total prize money.

In 2023 the JRA Cup was held on at twilight meeting at Moonee Valley Racecourse on Moonee Valley Gold Cup Night where racing on the card was headlined by the Melbourne Cup-bound stayers facing off in the Group 2 Moonee Valley Gold Cup (2500m).

In 2024 the JRA Cup moved to the Saturday to join the Ladbrokes Cox Plate Day line-up of races.

Those horses which contest the JRA Cup often come via an eclectic mixture of preparations. One of the more common lead up races to the JRA Cup is the Group 3 Naturalism Stakes (2000m) held at Caulfield a month earlier.

Future History (2nd in 2024) was the last JRA Cup winner to come via a Naturalism Stakes lead-up.

The 2024 JRA Cup ran on Saturday October 26, 2024 as part of The Valley’s Ladbrokes Cox Plate Day card and was won in dominant fashion by the all-the-way favourite Future History ($3.20F) who saluted for the punters and headed an all-Maher first four.  

JRA Cup
Date: Saturday October 26, 2024
Racecourse: Moonee Valley Racecourse
Distance: 2040m
Conditions: Open Quality
Status: Group 3
Prizemoney: $200,000

2024 JRA Cup Finishing Order

Finish No. Horse Trainer Jockey Margin Bar. Weight Penalty Starting Price
1 1 FUTURE HISTORY (GB) Ciaron Maher Mark Zahra 2 58kg $3.20F
2 7 PROMISES KEPT Ciaron Maher Declan Bates 1.5L 1 54kg $9.50
3 8 KETTLE HILL (GB) Ciaron Maher Billy Egan 1.7L 7 54kg $17
4 2 SMOKIN’ ROMANS (NZ) Ciaron Maher Ethan Brown 2.7L 4 58kg $5
5 5 SECOND TO NUN Will Clarken & Niki O’Shea Ms Jamie Kah 3.2L 3 55kg $5
6 6 MR WATERVILLE (IRE) Chris Waller Michael Dee 3.5L 5 54kg $13
7 3 GEAR UP (IRE) Annabel Neasham & Rob Archibald Jamie Mott 6.75L 6 57.5kg $4.40
4 KINGSWOOD (GB) Gavin Bedggood John Allen 0

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

2024 JRA Cup Betting

The latest Ladbrokes JRA Cup 2024 betting odds will be provided by Ladbrokes.com.au and listed at Races.com.au the week of the race to lock in your JRA Cup tips.

Ain’tnodeeldun ($2.80 in 2023) and Future History ($3.20 in 2024) are the latest favourites in JRA Cup betting to win.

2024 JRA Cup Form

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2024 JRA Cup Tips

Stay tuned for our insider JRA Cup 2024 tips on the Cox Plate Carnival showdown.

  • To Win: #4 Kingswood ($2.20 at time of publish)SCRATCHED

Favourite at time of publish and happy to stick with the airborne Gavin Bedggood-trained Kingswood chasing a hat-trick. The in-form Roaring Lion import has been excellent since arriving down under with his Cranbourne horseman Bedggood enjoying the ride! The gun grey won at Sandown with 58.5kg by a big margin two back before stepping up in grade to salute in the Group 3 Coongy Cup (2000m) at Caulfield defeating Berkshire Breeze by 1.75 lengths without a worry. Back up in weight but striking while the iron’s hot, gets the rails run from barrier one with John Allen continuing associations and has a great record at the distance (4:2-1-1).

2024 JRA Cup Field

The JRA Cup Field attracts a strong line-up of staying types each spring and is a possible target for gallopers stepping down in class of a run in something like the Group 1 Makybe Diva Stakes (1600m) at Flemington earlier in the spring, a race the 2017 JRA Cup winner Jon Snow improved on a lead-up eighth in to win.

The JRA Cup 2024 Final Field & Barrier Draw will be released by Racing Victoria on the Wednesday leading-up to race and will be published in full below.

The 2024 JRA Cup field features a quality line-up of staying types led in betting by the rails-drawn Kingswood chasing a hat-trick and last seen winning the Coongy Cup.

No Last 10 Horse Trainer Jockey Barrier Weight Probable Weight Penalty Hcp Rating
1 0x0656x320 FUTURE HISTORY (GB) Ciaron Maher Mark Zahra 3 58kg 100
2 0x634820x5 SMOKIN’ ROMANS (NZ) Ciaron Maher Ethan Brown 5 58kg 100
3 0x3150x330 GEAR UP (IRE) Annabel Neasham & Rob Archibald Jamie Mott 7 57.5kg 99
4 5x24x95x11 KINGSWOOD (GB) Gavin Bedggood John Allen 1 57kg 98
5 729×141954 SECOND TO NUN Will Clarken & Niki O’Shea Ms Jamie Kah 4 55kg 98
6 74042x086x MR WATERVILLE (IRE) Chris Waller Michael Dee 6 54kg 88
7 24x68x7x00 PROMISES KEPT Ciaron Maher Declan Bates 2 54kg 86
8 1815×00276 KETTLE HILL (GB) Ciaron Maher Billy Egan 8 54kg 83

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

2024 JRA Cup Nominations

The official JRA Cup 2024 nominations close on the Monday of race week.

JRA Cup History

Inaugurated in 1996, the JRA Cup has a relatively short history in comparison to major races across Australia. However, it’s above-grade prize money, usually more-than-impressive field and interim distance have combined to ensure the JRA Cup has experienced rapid growth in prestige and popularity since its inception.

In its short history, the JRA Cup has already seen some impressive horses pass the post. 2009 Melbourne Cup winner Shocking ran third in the JRA Cup in the same year. Master O’Reilly ran third in the JRA Cup before his stunning 2007 Caulfield Cup victory. Prior to the 2010 edition, the JRA Cup ran as a Listed race.

In 2023 the event was moved from Moir Stakes Night in September to run a month later on Moonee Valley Gold Cup Night over the Cox Plate Carnival.

In 2024 the event was moved from Moonee Valley Gold Cup Night to run the next day on Cox Plate Day.

Notable JRA Cup winners include Maldivian (2007), Alcopop (2009), Mourinho (2013), and Jon Snow (2017).

JRA Cup results reaching back to 2006 are listed below.

JRA Cup Results

Year Place Horse Time
2024
JRA Cup
1st Future History 2 minutes 06.68 seconds
2nd Promises Kept
3rd Kettle Hill
2023
JRA Cup
1st Ain’tnodeeldun 2 minutes 05.22 seconds
2nd Red Sun Sensation
3rd Forgot You
2022
JRA Cup
1st Desert Icon 2 minutes 09.17 seconds
2nd Nerve Not Verve
3rd Persan
2021
JRA Cup
1st Secret Blaze 2 minutes 04.31 seconds
2nd Homesman
3rd Rostropovich
2020
JRA Cup
1st Al Galayel 2 minutes 7.94 seconds
2nd Plein Ciel
3rd Levendi
2019
JRA Cup
1st Captain Cook 2 minutes 6.45 seconds
2nd Sully
3rd Mosh Music
2018
JRA Cup
1st The Taj Mahal 2 minutes 5.37 seconds
2nd Gallic Chieftain
3rd Sir Isaac Newton
2017
JRA Cup
1st Jon Snow 2 minutes 7.12 seconds
2nd Ecuador
3rd Boom Time
2016
JRA Cup
1st Real Love 2 minutes 5.76 seconds
2nd Maurus
3rd Tarquin
2015
JRA Cup
1st Escado 2 minutes 5.88 seconds
2nd Magnapal
3rd Velox
2014
JRA Cup
1st The Cleaner 2 minutes 5.99 seconds
2nd Sangster
3rd Mourinho
2013
JRA Cup
1st Mourinho 2 minutes 6.1 seconds
2nd Gris Caro
3rd The Great Snowman
2012
JRA Cup
1st Bianmick 2 minutes 6.7 seconds
2nd Dance With Her
3rd Ironstein
2011
JRA Cup
1st Dream Pedlar 2 minutes 8.7 seconds
2nd Carnero
3rd Domesky
2010
JRA Cup
1st Precedence 2 minutes 5.3 seconds
2nd Rainbow Styling
3rd Linton
2009
JRA Cup
1st Alcopop 2 minutes 8.4 seconds
2nd Field Hunter
3rd Shocking
2008
JRA Cup
1st Cefalu 2 minutes 5.9 seconds
2nd Majestical
3rd Devil Moon
2007
JRA Cup
1st Maldivian 2 minutes 5.8 seconds
2nd Pacino
3rd Master O’Reilly
2006
JRA Cup
1st Pavlova 2 minutes 7.0 seconds
2nd Spinney
3rd Delvecchio

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