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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 $300,000 as of 2022, 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 $300,000 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 form out of the 2021 Caloundra Cup was franked with the winner Stockman going on to run second in the following year’s Group 1 Tancred Stakes (2400m) in Sydney.

The 2022 Caloundra Cup form was franked with the winner Le Don De Vie going on to run second in the Group 1 The Metropolitan (2400m) at Randwick that October. The Caloundra Cup runner-up Arapaho further franked the form winning the Grafton Cup next start. He would go on to run well in a host of other races including his Group 1 Tancred Stakes victory the next year.

The 2023 Caloundra Cup ran on Saturday July 1, 2023 and was won by the in-form Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott-trained four-year-old Zoumon ($3.70).  

Caloundra Cup
Date:	Saturday July 1, 2023
Track:	Sunshine Coast Racecourse
Distance:	2400m
Conditions:	Quality
Status:	Listed
Prize Money:	$300,000
Inaugurated:	1985

2023 Caloundra Cup Results

• 1st: #8 Zoumon ($3.70)
• 2nd: #3 Bois D’Argent
• 3rd: #11 Tappy’s Lad

Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott’s WJ McKell Cup winning Zoustar four-year-old Zoumon ($3.70) was too strong for his rivals in Queensland enjoying a strong win in the 2023 Caloundra Cup results thanks to a perfectly timed ride by Tim Clark.

	Finish	No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Bar.	Weight	Penalty	Starting Price
	1	8	ZOUMON	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Tim Clark		11	54.5kg		$3.70
	2	3	BOIS D’ARGENT (GB)	Annabel Neasham	Ryan Maloney	1L	5	57.5kg		$7
	3	11	TAPPY’S LAD (NZ)	Kerry Taplin	Ms Samantha Collett	1.3L	13	54kg		$91
	4	2	DESERT ICON (FR)	Chris Waller	James Orman	3.6L	4	58.5kg		$7.50
	5	5	IRISH SEQUEL (IRE)	Chris Waller	Damien Thornton	3.7L	7	55.5kg		$31
	6	4	REGAL LION (NZ)	Annabel Neasham	Ben Thompson	3.9L	2	57kg		$12
	7	7	WARNING	Anthony & Sam Freedman	Kyle Wilson-Taylor	5.2L	10	55kg		$7.50
	8	1	LUNCIES (GB)	Kris Lees	Andrew Mallyon	6.2L	12	59.5kg		$3.40F
	9	13	PORT MOURANT	Shaun Dwyer	Mark Du Plessis	6.7L	6	54kg		$201
	10	9	SNEAK PREVIEW	David Vandyke	Jaden Lloyd (a)	8L	3	54kg		$71
	11	10	SECRET GLAMOUR	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Tyler Schiller (a)	8.3L	8	54kg		$31
	12	6	SEAT OF POWER (IRE)	Gary Duncan	Martin Harley	8.5L	9	55.5kg		$26
	13	12	THE FEARLESS ONE (NZ)	Robbie Patterson	Micheal Hellyer	14.8L	1	54kg		$5

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

2023 Caloundra Cup Betting Odds

The best winter racing odds on the Caloundra Cup 2023 including Caloundra Cup betting market links to Ladbrokes.com.au will be provided below the week of the race.

Stockman ($1.45 in 2021) followed by Le Don De Vie ($4.40 in 2022) are the last favourites in Caloundra Cup betting to salute for the punters.

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2023 Caloundra Cup Form

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2023 Caloundra Cup Tips

Stay tuned for our insider Caloundra Cup 2023 Tips on the popular winter staying showdown this season.

• To Win: #2 Desert Icon ($6 at time of publish) – BET NOW

He was the narrowly beaten favourite in the Ipswich Cup but looks the value here to atone and get back to winning form. Chris Waller’s consistent seven-year-old has a solid mile and a half record (6:1-2-1) and should appreciate getting out to the distance fit and ready to fire. Meets Regal Lion (his upset last start conqueror) better in the weights here. Does go up in kilos to 58.5kg, but had 59kg two back at the distance in Rosehill’s Winter Cup beaten a nostril flare. Chases his first win since last year’s Group 3 JRA Cup at The Valley, but has been knocking on the door this prep. Gets the run of the race from barrier four.

2023 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 2023 Caloundra Cup Final Field & Barriers are set for release the Wednesday of race week and will be available in full below.

The Caloundra Cup 2023 final field features a quality line-up of in-form winter stayers including Annabel Neasham’s upset Ipswich Cup winner Regal Lion, the beaten favourite in that race Desert Icon for Chris Waller out to turn the tables, the Kris Lees-trained top-weight Luncies coming off a Group 3 Tatt’s Cup win in Brisbane, and the early favourite Zoumon up in grade for the Waterhouse/Bott stable.

Click here to read more on the key runners in the 2023 Caloundra Cup field and betting markets.

No	Last 10	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Probable Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	26922×2241	LUNCIES (GB)	Kris Lees	Andrew Mallyon	12	59.5kg			105
2	1376×26722	DESERT ICON (FR)	Chris Waller	James Orman	4	58.5kg			103
3	332x3x5315	BOIS D’ARGENT (GB)	Annabel Neasham	Ryan Maloney	5	57.5kg			101
4	0109437×01	REGAL LION (NZ)	Annabel Neasham	Ben Thompson	2	57kg			100
5	x515711x07	IRISH SEQUEL (IRE)	Chris Waller	Damien Thornton	7	55.5kg			97
6	2112x3x958	SEAT OF POWER (IRE)	Gary Duncan	Nikita Beriman	9	55.5kg			97
7	74506×0042	WARNING	Anthony & Sam Freedman	Kyle Wilson-Taylor	10	55kg			96
8	8x51165x21	ZOUMON	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Tim Clark	11	54.5kg			95
9	10×7542130	SNEAK PREVIEW	David Vandyke	Jaden Lloyd (a)	3	54kg			83
10	2110307419	SECRET GLAMOUR	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Tyler Schiller (a)	8	54kg			82
11	5110001606	TAPPY’S LAD (NZ)	Kerry Taplin	Ms Samantha Collett	13	54kg			82
12	12139×3907	THE FEARLESS ONE (NZ)	Robbie Patterson	Micheal Hellyer	1	54kg			79
13	337×429425	PORT MOURANT	Shaun Dwyer	Mark Du Plessis	6	54kg			61

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

2023 Caloundra Cup Nominations

The Caloundra Cup 2023 Nominations are taken the Monday of race week by Racing Queensland and will be provided in full below once announced.

	Last 10	Horse	Sex	Age	Trainer	Hcp Rating
1	332x3x5315	BOIS D’ARGENT (GB)	G	6	Annabel Neasham	101
2	1376×26722	DESERT ICON (FR)	G	7	Chris Waller	103
3	6067812211	DEVINE FALLS	H	4	George Sitek	59
4	151×994765	IRISH PLAYBOY	G	6	John Smerdon	91
5	x515711x07	IRISH SEQUEL (IRE)	G	7	Chris Waller	97
6	62813×9652	JUST A JEDI	G	5	Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou	72
7	26922×2241	LUNCIES (GB)	G	6	Kris Lees	105
8	x511710x50	MASERARTIE BAY	G	6	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	96
9	0834984191	OUTLANDOS	G	6	John Sargent	89
10	337×429425	PORT MOURANT	G	5	Shaun Dwyer	61
11	0109437×01	REGAL LION (NZ)	G	4	Annabel Neasham	100
12	2112x3x958	SEAT OF POWER (IRE)	G	8	Gary Duncan	97
13	2110307419	SECRET GLAMOUR	M	4	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	82
14	10×7542130	SNEAK PREVIEW	G	7	David Vandyke	83
15	885x78x000	SOUTHERN FRANCE (IRE)	G	8	Matthew Smith	94
16	5110001606	TAPPY’S LAD (NZ)	G	5	Kerry Taplin	82
17	12139×3907	THE FEARLESS ONE (NZ)	G	5	Robbie Patterson	79
18	74506×0042	WARNING	G	6	Anthony & Sam Freedman	96
19	8x51165x21	ZOUMON	G	4	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	95

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/s	Time
2023	Zoumon	T. Clark	G. Waterhouse & A. Bott	2:29.26
2022	Le Don De Vie	N. Rawiller	C. Maher & D. Eustace	2:36.61
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