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The Caloundra Cup is one of the most popular non-Group races in Queensland. Hosted the weekend following Tattersall’s Tiara Day, the Caloundra Cup draws crowds from Brisbane and other major metropolitan areas for an exciting day of regional racing at the Sunshine Coast.

Raced over 2400m under quality handicap conditions, with a minimum weight of 54kg, the Caloundra Cup pays a total of $175,000, impressive for its Listed status. It is the feature event of the day, exceeding the prominence of the Group 3 Sunshine Coast Guineas – now known as the Winx Guineas. Also held on the day is the Glasshouse Handicap, a $175,000 quality handicap sprint raced across 1400m.

Races on Caloundra Cup Day can be quite a lot of fun for punters, as the form of most runners is well established following the Brisbane Winter Racing Carnival. Horses usually contest the Caloundra City Cup as part of the end of their winter campaign, in search of a final black-type run before retiring for the winter break or stepping up to two miles for the Listed Queensland Cup (3200m) a fortnight later.

The 2021 Caloundra Cup was set to run on Saturday July 3, 2021 but was abandoned due to heavy rainfall and the unsafe racing surface at the Sunshine Coast track and postponed until Sunday July 11th, 2021 with odds-on favourite Stockman saluting for the punters. 

Caloundra City Cup
Date:	Saturday July 3, 2021 – Postponed until Sunday July 11th, 2021
Track:	Sunshine Coast Racecourse
Distance:	2400m
Conditions:	Quality
Status:	Listed
Prize Money:	$175,000
Inaugurated:	1985

2021 Caloundra Cup Results

• 1st: #3 Stockman
• 2nd: #6 Cellarmaid
• 3rd: #2 Happy Go Plucky

The Joe Pride-trained WJ McKell Cup winner out of Sydney, Stockman ($1.45), was too good for his rivals in the 2021 Caloundra Cup result holding off the late challengers to salute for the punters.

Check out the full Caloundra Cup 2021 Results & Finishing Order below once the race is run on the last Saturday in June.

	Finish	No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Bar.	Weight	Penalty	Starting Price
	1	3	STOCKMAN (NZ)	Joseph Pride	Ryan Maloney		3	55.5kg		$1.45F
	2	6	CELLARMAID	Kelly Schweida	Ben Thompson	0.5L	6	54kg		$16
	3	2	HAPPY GO PLUCKY	John Gilmore	Ms Stephanie Thornton	0.6L	7	55.5kg		$11
	4	4	FLASH AAH	Mitchell Fry	Ms Samantha Collett	0.8L	2	54kg		$7.50
	5	5	VICTORY EIGHT (NZ)	Trevor Miller	Larry Cassidy	6.6L	1	54kg		$21
	6	7	PICKA PLUM (NZ)	Paul Jenkins	Robbie Fradd	8.6L	4	54kg		$51
	7	1	WU GOK	Chris Waller	Luke Dittman	11.6L	5	58kg		$8

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

2021 Caloundra Cup Odds

The best winter racing odds on the Caloundra Cup 2021 including Caloundra Cup betting market links to Ladbrokes.com.au will be provided below the week of the race.

Stockman ($1.45 in 2021) was the last favourite in Caloundra Cup betting to salute for the punters.

2021 Caloundra Cup Field

The Caloundra Cup Field attracts a quality line-up of winter stayers from both Queensland and interstate stables. Horses contesting the Caloundra Cup field may have had a lead-up winter run in a race like the Listed Ipswich Cup (2150m) run a fortnight earlier or even the Group 3 Tattersall’s Cup the weekend prior.

The official 2021 Caloundra Cup Final Field & Barriers are set for release the Wednesday (Thursday in 2021 after being postponed) of race week and will be available in full below.

The updated Caloundra Cup 2021 final field features just seven runners including Ipswich Cup winner Happy Go Plucky and short-priced favourite Stockman for Joe Pride drawn in barrier three.

Click here to read more on the updated 2021 Caloundra Cup field and betting markets.

No	Last 10	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Probable Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	7079×83046	WU GOK	Chris Waller	Luke Dittman	5	58kg			100
2	6713254221	HAPPY GO PLUCKY	John Gilmore	Ms Stephanie Thornton	7	55.5kg			95
3	35×3764231	STOCKMAN (NZ)	Joseph Pride	Ryan Maloney	3	55.5kg			95
4	45xL140143	FLASH AAH	Mitchell Fry	Ms Madeleine Wishart (a)	2	54kg			92
5	3046588108	VICTORY EIGHT (NZ)	Trevor Miller	Larry Cassidy	1	54kg			90
6	221×762504	CELLARMAID	Kelly Schweida	Ben Thompson	6	54kg			80
7	0139×08079	PICKA PLUM (NZ)	Paul Jenkins	Robbie Fradd	4	54kg			78

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

2021 Caloundra Cup Nominations

The Caloundra Cup 2021 Nominations are taken the Monday of race week by Racing Queensland and will be provided in full below once announced.

The updated 2021 Caloundra Cup nominations attracted 15 winter stayers including Joe Pride’s WJ McKell Cup winner Stockman and Ipswich Cup winner Happy Go Plucky who is more likely to contest Thursday’s Grafton Cup instead.

	Last 10	Horse	Sex	Age	Trainer	Hcp Rating
1	221×762504	CELLARMAID	M	4	Kelly Schweida	80
2	45xL140143	FLASH AAH	G	5	Mitchell Fry	92
3	6713254221	HAPPY GO PLUCKY	G	7	John Gilmore	95
4	9866212427	HUMBOLT CURRENT (GB)	G	6	Chris Waller	90
5	6x0x060330	LADY SOLERNO	M	7	Ronald Cameron	68
6	91244×4195	LAURE ME IN	G	6	Matthew Dunn	96
7	08x9308x82	MIRAGE DANCER (GB)	H	7	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young	106
8	252×832223	PARRY SOUND	G	5	Bjorn Baker
9	0139×08079	PICKA PLUM (NZ)	M	6	Paul Jenkins	78
10	00×9396041	SPENCER	G	6	Bjorn Baker
11	35×3764231	STOCKMAN (NZ)	G	4	Joseph Pride
12	x534203037	THE LORD MAYOR (NZ)	G	6	Chris Waller
13	3046588108	VICTORY EIGHT (NZ)	G	7	Trevor Miller	90
14	256×051519	WILD SHEILA	M	5	Kris Lees	69
15	7079×83046	WU GOK	G	7	Chris Waller

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

Caloundra City Cup History

The Caloundra City Cup has a relatively short history in comparison to many other Cup events. The race was first held on the Sunshine Coast Turf Club’s Opening Day on July 25th, 1985, which coincided with the launch of the new racecourse. Initially named the Sunshine Coast Daily Cup, the inaugural edition of the race paid a total of $25,000. The history of the Caloundra City Cup is intertwined with that of Sunshine Coast Racecourse, the first major Queensland track built outside of metropolitan Brisbane in the preceding half century and the first to boast a synthetic surface, the “Cushion Track”.

The race today boasts an impressive following and a well-structured race day to be a feature of Caloundra Cup Day is held on the premier Sunshine Coast racing weekend.

In recent Caloundra Cup history the New Zealand-trained horses have enjoyed a strong strike-rate with 11 wins since 1985 – the latest being Megablast (2018) and Igraine (2019) going back-to-back.

There was no 2020 Caloundra Cup due to COVID-19.

Recent Caloundra Cup Results

The Caloundra Cup results going back to 2000 are detailed below.

Year	Winner	Jockey	Trainer	Time
2021	Stockman	R. Maloney	J. Pride	2:32.45
2020 Race Not Held (COVID-19)	–	–	–	–
2019	Igraine	R. Fradd	R. Priscott	2:39.59
2018	Megablast	D. Browne	N. Tiley	2:37.39
2017	Supply And Demand	J. Parr	G. Waterhouse & A. Bott	2:32.79
2016	Amexed	R. Fradd	T. Gollan	2:33.38
2015	Index Linked	D. Browne	C. Waller	2:29.15
2014	Brayroan	C. Munce	B. Mitchell	2:28.77
2013	Zennista	D. Browne	L. Latta	2:38.76
2012	Shenzhou Steeds	E. Wilkinson	M. Moroney	2:38.97
2011	Spechenka	R. Wiggins	B. Ahrens	2:33.70
2010	Ironstein	M. Cahill	G. Ryan	2:30.67
2009	Reggie	J. Byrne	P. Moody	2:48.00
2008	Fast Future	M. Cahill	R. Cameron	2:31.86
2007	King Latarmiss	K. Pope	T. Miller	2:36.75
2006	Empyreal	C. Johnson	P. Mckenzie	2:34.59
2005	Empyreal	P. Hammersley	P. Mckenzie	2:40.90
2004	Portland Singa	L. Cassidy	N. McBurney	2:31.10
2003	Raw Instinct	J. Byrne	B.J. McLachlan	2:31.20
2002	Victory Smile	S. Katsidis	D. Logan	2:29.34
2001	Henderson Bay	L. Cassidy	N. McBurney	2:29.51
2000	Yammer	C. Munce	T. Noonan	2:33.79