The Cranbourne Cup is a Listed staying event held at Cranbourne Racecourse during October or November every Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival.

Previously taking place on the Sunday after Melbourne hosts a four-Group 1 race meeting for Caulfield Guineas Day, in 2021 Cranbourne Cup Day was moved to mid-November running after the Melbourne Cup Carnival.

The event now takes place in late November after the Melbourne Cup Carnival majors have been run and won.

Held under open handicap conditions, the Cranbourne Cup distance was also reduced in 2021 from 2025 to just 1600m making it a mile event.

The Cranbourne Cup prize money was boosted to $500,000 in 2021 making it one of the richest Listed races in Victoria.

In recent years the Group 3 Naturalism Stakes (2000m) at Caulfield and Flemington’s Group 3 Bart Cummings (2500m) have served as good Cranbourne Cup lead-ups.

In 2021 however the event attracted more of the miler types that may have run in tougher races earlier in the carnival including the Group 1 Kennedy Cantala (1600m) on Derby Day including the winner King Magnus who improved on a lead-up fifth in the Kennedy Cantala Stakes – a race now run as the Champions Mile.

Previously, Cranbourne Cup runners would have gone on contest later major cup events such as the Group 2 Moonee Valley Cup or even the Caulfield Cup or Melbourne Cup. In 2004 the Cranbourne Cup winner On A Jeune went on to finish second in the 2005 Melbourne Cup quinella behind three-time champion Makybe Diva. Four years later the 2008 runner-up Barbaricus franked the Cranbourne Cup form finishing third next race in the Caulfield Cup and second during the Melbourne Cup Carnival in the Mackinnon Stakes.

The 2022 Cranbourne Cup winner Uncle Bryn came off a lead-up fifth in Sydney’s $2 million The Five Diamonds race.

The upset 2023 Cranbourne Cup winner Charterhouse was down in grade off a lead-up 15th when second last the month prior in the Group 1 Toorak Handicap (1600m) at Caulfield.

The 2023 Ladbrokes Cranbourne Cup ran on Saturday November 25, 2023 offering $500,000 in prize money and was won in a thrilling late upset by the fast finishing Charterhouse ($16). 

Ladbrokes Cranbourne Cup 2023
Date:	Saturday November 25, 2023
Track:	Cranbourne
Distance:	2025m (1600m in 2021)
Race Type:	Open Handicap
Status:	Listed
Prize Money:	$500,000

2023 Ladbrokes Cranbourne Cup Results

• 1st: #5 Charterhouse ($16)
• 2nd: #9 Foxy Cleopatra
• 3rd: #2 Just Folk

The Ciaron Maher & David Eustace-trained Charterhouse ($16) was back to his best running over the top of his rivals late with a big run down the outside to post a narrow upset over the beaten favourite Foxy Cleopatra in a thrilling 2023 Cranbourne Cup result.

	Finish	No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Bar.	Weight	Penalty	Starting Price
	1	5	CHARTERHOUSE (GB)	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Declan Bates		9	55.5kg		$16
	2	9	FOXY CLEOPATRA	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young	Craig Williams	0.2L	3	54kg		$3.90F
	3	2	JUST FOLK	Gavin Bedggood	Beau Mertens	1.2L	8	58.5kg		$7
	4	4	ASCENSION (GB)	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Harry Coffey	1.4L	10	55.5kg		$6.50
	5	10	EUPHORIC	Greg Eurell	Dean Yendall	1.5L	6	54kg		$4.60
	6	1	POUNDING	Peter G Moody & Katherine Coleman	Luke Nolen	4.25L	7	59kg		$13
	7	3	HERE TO SHOCK (NZ)	Ben, Will & JD Hayes	Daniel Stackhouse	4.65L	4	56.5kg		$7.50
	8	6	UMGAWA	Leon & Troy Corstens	Jordan Childs	5.15L	5	54kg (cd 54.5kg)		$11
	9	7	LORD VLADIVOSTOK (NZ)	Michael Hickmott	Teo Nugent	11.15L	2	54kg		$26
	10	8	RIYAZAN (IRE)	Vincent Hall	Jye McNeil	12.65L	1	54kg		$61
		11	BEEHUNTER	John Sadler	Ms Carleen Hefel (a)		0

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

2023 Ladbrokes Cranbourne Cup Odds

The season’s latest Cranbourne Cup 2023 odds and betting market links to the spring feature races lead-up will be detailed below the week of the race, pricing provided by Ladbrokes.com.au.

Uncle Bryn ($3.10 in 2022) was the last favourite in Cranbourne Cup betting to win.

There was a notable upset in 2023 with Charterhouse winning at Cranbourne Cup odds of $16.

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2023 Ladbrokes Cranbourne Cup Form

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2023 Ladbrokes Cranbourne Cup Tips

Stay tuned for our insider Ladbrokes Cranbourne Cup 2023 Tips on the late spring showdown this season.

• To Win: #9 Foxy Cleopatra ($4.40 at time of publish) – BET NOW

Open race but happy to stick with current favourite Foxy Cleopatra in a winnable race for this progressive four-year-old mare. Craig Williams has the ride from a gun barrier three draw and a mile is ideal for her. She was going well as a filly this time last year recording a Group 3 second before raising in grade and distance for a shot at the 2022 Group 1 VRC Oaks (2500m) when running a mid-field seventh. Spent a year on the side lines but was good upon her return right down in distance last time out when runner-up in the Group 3 HKJ Club Stakes (1400m) on November 7 at big odds only a neck beaten. This looks right for her to get back in winning form.

2023 Ladbrokes Cranbourne Cup Field

The Cranbourne Cup field has in the past attracted some top quality stayers, but as of 2021 features a field of shorter-distance mile types.

The 2023 Ladbrokes Cranbourne Cup field will be published here once announced on the Wednesday leading-up to Cranbourne Cup Day.

The Ladbrokes Cranbourne Cup 2023 final field features a quality line-up of late spring hopefuls led in betting by Group 1 performed mare Foxy Cleopatra second-up after a length spell and the in-form Greg Eurell-trained Euphoric. 

No	Last 10	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Probable Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	1263×64084	POUNDING	Peter G Moody & Katherine Coleman	Luke Nolen	8	59kg			103
2	0x44496x24	JUST FOLK	Gavin Bedggood	Beau Mertens	9	58.5kg			102
3	6111×82205	HERE TO SHOCK (NZ)	Ben, Will & JD Hayes	Daniel Stackhouse	5	56.5kg			98
4	613106×013	ASCENSION (GB)	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Harry Coffey	11	55.5kg			96
5	1316x32x60	CHARTERHOUSE (GB)	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Declan Bates	10	55.5kg			96
6	x664222432	UMGAWA	Leon & Troy Corstens	Jordan Childs	6	54kg			93
7	66445×1395	LORD VLADIVOSTOK (NZ)	Michael Hickmott	Teo Nugent	2	54kg			92
8	7x059x0003	RIYAZAN (IRE)	Vincent Hall	Jye McNeil	1	54kg			92
9	3127×2	FOXY CLEOPATRA	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young	Craig Williams	3	54kg			86
10	18x1129x12	EUPHORIC	Greg Eurell	Dean Yendall	7	54kg			80
11	x0872130x0	BEEHUNTER	John Sadler	Ms Carleen Hefel (a)	4	54kg			79

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

2023 Ladbrokes Cranbourne Cup Nominations

Early nominations for the Ladbrokes Cranbourne Cup for 2023 close the Monday before the race and will be updated below once released.

	Last 10	Horse	Sex	Age	Trainer	Ballot	Weight	True Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	5×86817114	RHINOCEROS (NZ)	G	5	Emma-Lee & David Browne	1	54kg	48kg		81
2	1043×20033	SKYMAN (GB)	G	8	Chris Waller	2	60kg	60kg		105
3	06x51183x8	KING MAGNUS	G	8	Robbie Griffiths & Mathew de Kock	3	59.5kg	59.5kg		104
4	1263×64084	POUNDING	G	5	Peter G Moody & Katherine Coleman	4	59kg	59kg		103
5	0x44496x24	JUST FOLK	G	7	Gavin Bedggood	5	58.5kg	58.5kg		102
6	2123×43723	DETONATOR JACK (NZ)	G	5	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	6	58kg	58kg		101
7	6111×82205	HERE TO SHOCK (NZ)	G	6	Ben, Will & JD Hayes	7	56.5kg	56.5kg		98
8	02419×0111	AIN’TNODEELDUN	G	6	Anthony & Sam Freedman	8	56kg	56kg		97
9	1316x32x60	CHARTERHOUSE (GB)	G	6	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	9	55.5kg	55.5kg		96
10	613106×013	ASCENSION (GB)	G	7	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	10	55.5kg	55.5kg		96
11	309×502671	JUNIPAL	G	8	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	11	55.5kg	55.5kg		96
12	52213836×0	SWORDS DRAWN	G	8	Michael Moroney	12	55.5kg	55.5kg		96
13	5x45137x30	WICKLOW (IRE)	G	6	Chris Waller	13	54.5kg	54.5kg		94
14	2847x449x5	MIDNIGHT BLUE	G	7	Mark Walker	14	54.5kg	54.5kg		94
15	x664222432	UMGAWA	G	5	Leon & Troy Corstens	15	54kg	54kg		93
16	21146×8520	SHUFFLE DANCER	M	4	Peter G Moody & Katherine Coleman	16	54kg	51.5kg		92
17	43024265×2	KEATS (IRE)	G	7	Gavin Bedggood	17	54kg	53.5kg		92
18	66445×1395	LORD VLADIVOSTOK (NZ)	G	7	Michael Hickmott	18	54kg	53.5kg		92
19	7x059x0003	RIYAZAN (IRE)	G	9	Vincent Hall	19	54kg	53.5kg		92
20	3127×2	FOXY CLEOPATRA	M	4	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young	20	54kg	48.5kg		86
21	x630x1126x	TAZARAL (IRE)	G	6	Peter & Paul Snowden	21	54kg	49.5kg		84
22	2x3114x78x	ZENNZELLA	M	4	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	22	54kg	47kg		83
23	74x1x55411	PICAROON	M	6	Tom Dabernig	23	54kg	46.5kg		82
24	18x1129x12	EUPHORIC	G	4	Greg Eurell	24	54kg	47.5kg		80
25	x0872130x0	BEEHUNTER	G	7	John Sadler	25	54kg	47kg		79
26	2137×1	THE MAGGSTAR	M	5	Tetyana Furdetska	26	54kg	44.5kg		78
27	12x311664x	GOLDEN CRUSADER (FR)	G	6	Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr)	27	54kg	46.5kg		78
28	x40238x446	TYPHOON HARMONY	G	7	Peter Gelagotis	28	54kg	44.5kg		74

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

Cranbourne Cup History

The Cranbourne Cup was inaugurated in 1898 and has enjoyed an illustrious history since then. A fair number of well-known stayers have gone through the Cranbourne Cup at some point in their careers.

Cranbourne Cup Day has grown into one of the bigger days of racing in the region. It hosts a Myer Fashions in the Field heat, as well as rides and entertainment for kids. Cranbourne Cup Day is touted as a day everyone can enjoy, and that usually seems to be the case.

The Cranbourne Turf Club has grown into one of the busiest in the country, hosting 102 race meetings a year across greyhound, trots and flat racing, and with around 800 horses training out of their facilities.

The race has maintained a strong profile for quality fields, and the Cranbourne Cup results have proved a decent guide to better races in recent years including in 2013 when the runner-up Sertorious went on to win the Sandown Classic.

Some of the more notable Cranbourne Cup winners include Celtic Spirit (1988), Big Barron (1992), Brave Chief (2000), On A Jeune (2004), Emerald Jack (2007), and Pakal (2013).

The increased prize money and position on the Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival has seen some quality stayers featuring in the mix from 2017 onwards including international visitors over the for the Spring Cup races. In 2016 the Cranbourne Cup was postponed due to unsafe, windy conditions track side and ran in March of 2017 over a decreased distance of a mile (1600m).

In 2017 the Cranbourne Cup results were dominated by the Godolphin-raced international raider from the UK, Folkswood.

In 2021 the Cranbourne Cup was moved to mid-November and run over 1600m (reduced from 2025m).

The Cranbourne Cup results and winning times since 2000 are listed below.

Cranbourne Cup Results

Year	Place	Horse	Time
2023 Cranbourne Cup	1st	Charterhouse	1 minute 37.32 seconds
	2nd	Foxy Cleopatra
	3rd	Just Folk
2022 Cranbourne Cup	1st	Uncle Bryn	1 minute 35.34 seconds (R)
	2nd	Callsign Mav
	3rd	Visinari
2021 Cranbourne Cup	1st	King Magnus	1 minute 40.76 seconds (Distance reduced from 2025m to 1600m)
	2nd	Our Playboy
	3rd	So Si Bon
2020 Cranbourne Cup	1st	Future Score	2 minutes 4.75 seconds
	2nd	Odeon
	3rd	Dr Drill
2019 Cranbourne Cup	1st	Dr Drill	2 minutes 5.08 seconds
	2nd	Naivasha
	3rd	Captain Cook
2018 Cranbourne Cup	1st	Octabello	2 minutes 6.04 seconds
	2nd	Sully
	3rd	Furrion
2017 Cranbourne Cup	1st	Folkswood	2 minutes 3.92 seconds
	2nd	Berisha
	3rd	Grey Lion
2016 Cranbourne Cup(Run in March 2017)	1st	Master Reset	1 minute 37.1 seconds (run over 1600m)
	2nd	Adirondack
	3rd	Great Esteem
2015 Cranbourne Cup	1st	Digitalism	2 minutes 8.6 seconds
	2nd	Kareeming
	3rd	Index Linked
2014 Cranbourne Cup	1st	Mourinho	2 minutes 6.5 seconds
	2nd	More Than Sacred
	3rd	Le Roi
2013 Cranbourne Cup	1st	Pakal	2 minutes 6.3 seconds
	2nd	Sertorius
	3rd	Mourinho
2012 Cranbourne Cup	1st	Midnight Martini	2 minutes 6.8 seconds
	2nd	Streets Away
	3rd	Streaky Fella
2011 Cranbourne Cup	1st	Boom N Zoom	2 minutes 6.6 seconds
	2nd	Paddy O’Reilly
	3rd	Ginga Dude
2010 Cranbourne Cup	1st	Starmon	2 minutes 6.8 seconds
	2nd	Mr Bentley
	3rd	Tube
2009 Cranbourne Cup	1st	Sermon	2 minutes 4.8 seconds
	2nd	Stormhill
	3rd	The Sportsman
2008 Cranbourne Cup	1st	Majestical	2 minutes 3.1 seconds
	2nd	Barbaricus
	3rd	Chantal Sally
2007 Cranbourne Cup	1st	Emerald Jack	2 minutes 5.6 seconds
	2nd	Blue Collar Jack
	3rd	El Pretender
2006 Cranbourne Cup	1st	Blue Collar Jack	2 minutes 6.5 seconds
	2nd	Octrivia
	3rd	Professional Lady
2005 Cranbourne Cup	1st	Show Barry	2 minutes 4.6 seconds
	2nd	Tosen Dandy
	3rd	Irish Crusader
2004 Cranbourne Cup	1st	On A Jeune	2 minutes 3.4 seconds
	2nd	Da Capo
	3rd	Bedouin
2003 Cranbourne Cup	1st	Kattavia	2 minutes 7.5 seconds
	2nd	Out Of Options
	3rd	Pinstripe
2002 Cranbourne Cup	1st	Eagle Rhythm	2 minutes 3.9 seconds
	2nd	Adolescence
	3rd	Hail
2001 Cranbourne Cup	1st	Bush Padre	2 minutes 4.5 seconds
	2nd	Captivator
	3rd	Spirit Of Westbury
2000 Cranbourne Cup	1st	Brave Chief	2 minutes 2.6 seconds
	2nd	Yammer
	3rd	Figurehead