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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.

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.

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 2021 Cranbourne Cup ran on Saturday November 13, 2021 over a mile having been reduced from 2025m and was won in a grinding finish by King Magnus ($10). 

Cranbourne Cup 2021
Date:	Saturday November 13, 2021
Track:	Cranbourne
Distance:	2025m (1600m in 2021)
Race Type:	Open Handicap
Status:	Listed
Prize Money:	$500,000

2021 Cranbourne Cup Results

• 1st: #10 King Magnus ($10)
• 2nd: #11 Our Playboy
• 3rd: #2 So Si Bon

	Finish	No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Bar.	Weight	Penalty	Starting Price
	1	10	KING MAGNUS	Robbie Griffiths & Mathew de Kock	Lachlan King		8	56kg		$10
	2	11	OUR PLAYBOY	Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr)	Zac Spain	0.5L	12	55kg		$2.70F
	3	2	SO SI BON	Ben & JD Hayes	Luke Nolen	0.7L	10	60kg		$17
	4	18e	MYSTERY SHOT	Lindsey Smith	Craig Williams	0.9L	7	54kg		$8
	5	9	NO EFFORT	Gavin Bedggood	Beau Mertens	1.65L	11	56.5kg		$19
	6	3	AGE OF CHIVALRY (NZ)	Mathew Ellerton & Simon Zahra	Damian Lane	2.9L	3	59.5kg		$10
	7	8	IN A TWINKLING	Lindsey Smith	Craig Newitt	4.15L	6	57.5kg		$51
	8	1	BUFFALO RIVER (USA)	Michael Moroney	Jordan Childs	4.35L	9	60kg		$8
	9	15	HOLBIEN	Steve Richards	Teodore Nugent (a)	11.35L	4	54kg		$81
	10	19e	BARBIE’S FOX	Louise Bonella	Lewis German (a)	14.35L	2	54kg		$21
	11	13	DON’T DOUBT DORY	Julien Welsh	Patrick Moloney	15.1L	1	54kg		$12
	12	5	LUNAR FOX	Paul Preusker	Brett Prebble	19.6L	5	59kg		$20
		4	ARAMAYO	Chris Waller	Craig Williams		0
		17e	IMPERIAL LAD	John Moloney	Ms Alana Kelly (a)		0
		7	HARBOUR VIEWS (FR)	Matthew Williams	Michael Dee		0
		16e	ARCADIA PRINCE	Amy McDonald	Damien Thornton		0
		6	JUSTACANTA (NZ)	Patrick Payne	Jamie Mott		0
		12	RIDDLE ME THAT	Matt Laurie	Daniel Stackhouse		0
		14	WINNING PARTNER	Tony & Calvin McEvoy	Luke Currie		0

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

2021 Cranbourne Cup Odds

The season’s latest Cranbourne Cup 2021 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.

2021 Cranbourne Cup Field

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

The 2021 Cranbourne Cup field will be published here once announced on the Wednesday leading-up to Cranbourne Cup Day.

The Cranbourne Cup 2021 final field features a capacity line-up of milers led in betting by the widely-drawn Our Playboy (17) coming off a lead-up win over the Flemington mile and Buffalo River carrying the equal 60kg top-weight.

No	Last 10	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	x2340x0210	BUFFALO RIVER (USA)	Michael Moroney	Jordan Childs	13	60kg		104
2	516100×446	SO SI BON	Ben & JD Hayes	Luke Nolen	14	60kg		104
3	0424x76x41	AGE OF CHIVALRY (NZ)	Mathew Ellerton & Simon Zahra	Damian Lane	3	59.5kg		103
4	8x479x2329	ARAMAYO	Chris Waller	Craig Williams	9	59.5kg		103
5	7x0140x956	LUNAR FOX	Paul Preusker	Brett Prebble	7	59kg		102
6	163×061313	JUSTACANTA (NZ)	Patrick Payne	Jamie Mott	4	58.5kg		101
7	4x3640x134	HARBOUR VIEWS (FR)	Matthew Williams	Michael Dee	18	58kg		100
8	540134200x	IN A TWINKLING	Lindsey Smith	Craig Newitt	8	57.5kg		99
9	7251123105	NO EFFORT	Gavin Bedggood	Beau Mertens	16	56.5kg		101
10	x021122425	KING MAGNUS	Robbie Griffiths & Mathew de Kock	Lachlan King	11	56kg		96
11	08x6751x71	OUR PLAYBOY	Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr)	Zac Spain	17	55kg		94
12	46x243x834	RIDDLE ME THAT	Matt Laurie	Daniel Stackhouse	15	55kg		94
13	4x361x1561	DON’T DOUBT DORY	Julien Welsh	Patrick Moloney	1	54kg		92
14	180×648172	WINNING PARTNER	Tony & Calvin McEvoy	Luke Currie	19	54kg		92
15	5223217×80	HOLBIEN	Steve Richards	Teodore Nugent (a)	5	54kg		91
16e	1x740x59x0	ARCADIA PRINCE	Amy McDonald	Damien Thornton	12	54kg		90
17e	2×11249212	IMPERIAL LAD	John Moloney	Ms Alana Kelly (a)	6	54kg		87
18e	x8215x7384	MYSTERY SHOT	Lindsey Smith	Craig Williams	10	54kg		87
19e	0x34134720	BARBIE’S FOX	Louise Bonella	Lewis German (a)	2	54kg		78

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

2021 Cranbourne Cup Nominations

Early nominations for the Cranbourne Cup for 2021 close the Monday before the race and will be updated below once released.

	Last 10	Horse	Sex	Age	Trainer	Ballot	Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	x2340x0210	BUFFALO RIVER (USA)	G	6	Michael Moroney	1	60kg		104
2	516100×446	SO SI BON	G	8	Ben & JD Hayes	2	60kg		104
3	12133×0340	QUANTUM MECHANIC	M	5	Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr)	3	57.5kg		103
4	8x479x2329	ARAMAYO	G	6	Chris Waller	4	59.5kg		103
5	0424x76x41	AGE OF CHIVALRY (NZ)	G	6	Mathew Ellerton & Simon Zahra	5	59.5kg		103
6	7x0140x956	LUNAR FOX	H	4	Paul Preusker	6	59kg		102
7	x1960x6561	RICH HIPS	M	5	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young	7	57kg		102
8	7251123105	NO EFFORT	M	7	Gavin Bedggood	8	56.5kg		101
9	163×061313	JUSTACANTA (NZ)	G	8	Patrick Payne	9	58.5kg		101
10	4x3640x134	HARBOUR VIEWS (FR)	G	7	Matthew Williams	10	58kg		100
11	540134200x	IN A TWINKLING	G	6	Lindsey Smith	11	57.5kg		99
12	x021122425	KING MAGNUS	G	6	Robbie Griffiths & Mathew de Kock	12	56kg		96
13	x05548850x	HO HO KHAN (NZ)	H	7	Mitchell Freedman	13	56kg		96
14	08x6751x71	OUR PLAYBOY	G	4	Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr)	14	55kg		94
15	46x243x834	RIDDLE ME THAT	G	5	Matt Laurie	15	55kg		94
16	4x361x1561	DON’T DOUBT DORY	G	5	Julien Welsh	16	54kg		92
17	180×648172	WINNING PARTNER	G	6	Tony & Calvin McEvoy	17	54kg		92
18	5223217×80	HOLBIEN	G	7	Steve Richards	18	54kg		91
19	1x740x59x0	ARCADIA PRINCE	G	7	Amy McDonald	19	54kg		90
20	28434×1720	BARTHOLOMEU DIAS (GB)	G	7	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	20	54kg		89
21	2×11249212	IMPERIAL LAD	G	5	John Moloney	21	54kg		87
22	x8215x7384	MYSTERY SHOT	G	5	Lindsey Smith	22	54kg		87
23	3934011×54	BELLE PLAISIR (NZ)	M	5	Tony & Calvin McEvoy	23	54kg		84
24	54x660x008	AL PASSEM	G	7	Ken & Kasey Keys	24	54kg		81
25	18x82564x3	VUNGERS	G	8	Brendon Hearps	25	54kg		81
26	x3362186x1	EXCELMAN (NZ)	G	5	Richard Laming	26	54kg		80
27	31118×5816	LEGEND OF ZORRO	G	5	Andrew Noblet	27	54kg		80
28	0x34134720	BARBIE’S FOX	M	5	Louise Bonella	28	54kg		78
29	1×00944020	DO YOU RECKON	G	6	Julius Sandhu	29	54kg		76
30	x601391x83	NEW CHOICE	G	5	Carlo Vidotto & Clay Beasy	30	54kg		73
31	6x88619x73	STANDOFF	M	4	Grant & Peter Dalziel	31	54kg		70

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
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