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The Cranbourne Cup is a Listed staying event held at Cranbourne Racecourse during October each spring racing season.

It takes place on the Sunday after Melbourne hosts a four-Group 1 race meeting for Caulfield Guineas Day.

Held under open handicap conditions over a distance of 2025m, the Cranbourne Cup is an exciting provincial cup event. Prize money of $400,000 makes the Cranbourne Cup one of the richest Listed races in Victoria.

For several reasons, including the prize money and inclusion in several horse’s campaigns, the Cranbourne Cup ranks as a fairly important race in comparison to its status and often attracts smart stayers heading towards tougher spring assignments.

One of the better lead up races to this event is the Group 3 Naturalism Stakes (2000m) at Caulfield, while the Group 3 Bart Cummings (2500m) stands to grow in importance as an additional lead up event.

Those horses which have a decent run in the Cranbourne Cup might go on to 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 2020 Cranbourne Cup ran on Sunday October 11, 2020 and was won in an upset by Future Score. 

Cranbourne Cup 2020
Date:	Sunday October 11, 2020
Track:	Cranbourne
Distance:	2025m
Race Type:	Open Handicap
Status:	Listed
Prize Money:	$400,000

2020 Cranbourne Cup Results

• 1st: #13 Future Score
• 2nd: #10 Odeon
• 3rd: #2 Dr Drill

An outstanding Fred Kersley ride saw the Matt Cumani-trained Future Score ($15) storm home to secure a nearly two length upset in the 2020 Cranbourne Cup results over fellow double-figure hopeful Odeon ($13), while last year’s winner Dr Drill ($3.50) ran third as the beaten favourite.

Colour	Finish	No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Bar.	Weight	Penalty	Starting Price
	1	13	FUTURE SCORE (IRE)	Matt Cumani	Fred W Kersley		8	56kg		$15
	2	10	ODEON (NZ)	Mathew Ellerton & Simon Zahra	Jamie Kah	1.75L	14	56.5kg		$13
	3	2	DR DRILL (GB)	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Craig Williams	2.5L	1	60kg		$3.50F
	4	12	POLLY GREY (NZ)	Chris Waller	Hugh Bowman	2.6L	10	56kg		$9
	5	6	PLEIN CIEL (GER)	Danny O’Brien	Billy Egan	3.6L	3	58kg		$6
	6	11	SHOT OF IRISH	Richard Laming	Jamie Mott	4.6L	6	56kg		$8.50
	7	4	INVERLOCH (IRE)	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young	Michael Dee	4.7L	4	59kg		$21
	8	1	TRAP FOR FOOLS	Lindsey Smith	Declan Bates	5L	12	62kg		$17
	9	15	TAVIRUN (NZ)	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young	Damien Oliver	5.1L	13	56kg		$13
	10	3	FURRION (GB)	Tom Dabernig & Ben Hayes	John Allen	5.3L	11	59kg		$41
	11	7	ARISTIA	Mathew Ellerton & Simon Zahra	Damian Lane	5.4L	9	57.5kg		$21
	12	16e	MIDTERM (GB)	Michael & Luke Cerchi	William Pike	5.9L	7	56kg		$21
	13	14	EXASPERATE	Matthew Brown	Brian Higgins	9.9L	2	56kg		$31
	14	5	KENTUCKY BREEZE	Levi Kavanagh	Luke Currie	11.15L	15	58kg		$51
	15	17e	NAIVASHA	Danny O’Brien	Jye McNeil	99L	5	56kg		$61
		18e	DON’T DOUBT DORY	Julien Welsh	Patrick Moloney		0
		19e	IRISH FLAME (NZ)	Brett Scott	Michael Walker		0
		8	PRINCESS JENNI (NZ)	David Brideoake	Craig Newitt		0
		9	NONCONFORMIST	Grahame Begg	Jordan Childs		0

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

2020 Cranbourne Cup Odds

The season’s latest Cranbourne Cup 2020 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.

2020 Cranbourne Cup Field

The Cranbourne Cup field has in the past attracted some top quality stayers. You’ll often see a fairly even mix of metro runners alongside country horses in the Cranbourne Cup field. Runners in the Cranbourne Cup field may come via a lead-up run in something like the Group 3 JRA Cup (2040m) at Moonee Valley a fortnight earlier or even be dropping in grade from the Group 1 Underwood Stakes (1800m) held that same weekend at Caulfield.

The 2020 Cranbourne Cup field will be published here once announced on the Thursday leading-up to Cranbourne Cup Day.

The Cranbourne Cup 2020 field features a capacity line-up of stayers including the defending champion Dr Drill looking to atone for his last in the Group 3 Naturalism and the Grahame Begg-trained favourite Nonconformist.

No	Last 10	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	3x9070x3x5	TRAP FOR FOOLS	Lindsey Smith	Declan Bates	15	62kg		106
2	15x3010x50	DR DRILL (GB)	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Craig Williams	1	60kg		102
3	35x5021x00	FURRION (GB)	Tom Dabernig & Ben Hayes	John Allen	13	59kg		100
4	2122107×40	INVERLOCH (IRE)	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young	Michael Dee	5	59kg		100
5	48x8100x69	KENTUCKY BREEZE	Levi Kavanagh	Luke Currie	19	58kg		98
6	570×314282	PLEIN CIEL (GER)	Danny O’Brien	Billy Egan	4	58kg		98
7	0x507x0636	ARISTIA	Mathew Ellerton & Simon Zahra	Damian Lane	11	57.5kg		101
8	04x356x805	PRINCESS JENNI (NZ)	David Brideoake	Craig Newitt	3	57.5kg		101
9	331121×37	NONCONFORMIST	Grahame Begg	Jordan Childs	8	56.5kg		95
10	142635×724	ODEON (NZ)	Mathew Ellerton & Simon Zahra	Jamie Kah	17	56.5kg		95
11	x651121x82	SHOT OF IRISH	Richard Laming	Jamie Mott	7	56kg		94
12	652×025245	POLLY GREY (NZ)	Chris Waller	Hugh Bowman	12	56kg		93
13	211x1253x6	FUTURE SCORE (IRE)	Matt Cumani	Fred W Kersley	10	56kg		91
14	501211×373	EXASPERATE	Matthew Brown	Brian Higgins	2	56kg		90
15	3×07521342	TAVIRUN (NZ)	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young	Damien Oliver	16	56kg		88
16e	x887256x08	MIDTERM (GB)	Michael & Luke Cerchi	William Pike	9	56kg		88
17e	5x2110x380	NAIVASHA	Danny O’Brien	Jye McNeil	6	56kg		82
18e	1311×135	DON’T DOUBT DORY	Julien Welsh	Patrick Moloney	18	56kg		77
19e	7x996x3352	IRISH FLAME (NZ)	Brett Scott	Michael Walker	14	56kg		77

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.

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

Cranbourne Cup Results

Year	Place	Horse	Time
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