The 2025 edition of the Ballarat Cup ran on Saturday December 6, 2025 with $500,000 in stakes on offer and was won in a stylish 2.75 length romp home by last year’s champion Berkeley Square ($9).
2025 Ballarat Cup Results
The official Ballarat Cup 2025 Results & Finishing Order will be available below once the Listed Ballarat Turf Club event is run and won on Saturday December 6, 2025.
- 1st: No. 4 Berkeley Square
- 2nd: No. 13 Cadmus
- 3rd: No. 9 Statuario
Dan O’Sullivan’s six-year-old son of Territories, Berkeley Square ($9), unleased a powerful finishing burst looming up inside the final 200m before hitting the lead and running away to successfully defend his title in the 2025 Ballarat Cup results on Saturday. Breaking a year long drought, the gelding made it back-to-back Ballarat Cup victories when saluting by 2.75 lengths in a stylish return to winning form.
2025 Ballarat Cup Odds
The latest Ballarat Cup 2025 betting odds will be provided below as soon as markets on the end-of-spring carnival event on Ballarat Cup Day over the spring are announced.
| 4. Berkeley Square (13) J: Luke Nolen 58kg 66435T: Dan O'Sullivan | ||
| 13. Cadmus (5) J: Patrick Moloney 54kg 50360T: Anthony & Sam Freedman | ||
| 9. Statuario (7) J: Lachlan Neindorf 54kg 34520T: Emma-Lee & David Browne | ||
| 2. Kingswood (6) J: John Allen 59kg 5x281T: Gavin Bedggood | ||
| 5. Detonator Jack (9) J: Declan Bates 58kg 77524T: Ciaron Maher | ||
| 6. Saint George (14) J: Craig Williams 56kg 50x22T: Ciaron Maher | ||
| 11. Firm Agreement (3) J: Ryan Houston 54kg 0x990T: Annabel & Rob Archibald | ||
| 3. Air Assault (1) J: Jason Holder 58kg x8116T: Andrew Gluyas | ||
| 14. Ocean Beyond (8) J: Luke Currie 54kg x8473T: Simon Ryan | ||
| 7. Poison Chalice (4) J: Damian Lane 54.5kg 5x635T: Paul Preusker | ||
| 1. Casino Seventeen (2) J: Harry Coffey 59.5kg 58251T: Gavin Bedggood | ||
| 15. Ghetto Supastar (10) J: Teo Nugent 54kg x0433T: Mick Shepherdson | ||
| 12. Promises Kept (11) J: Beau Mertens 54kg 05x65T: Michael Hickmott | ||
| 10. Shaiyhar (12) J: Dean Yendall 54kg 46x03T: Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young |
Ballarat Cup Tips
Ballarat Cup tips include looking for in-form spring milers or stayers coming off a win in a Melbourne lead-up race, graduates that finished in the money in their lead-up assignment and tipping single-figure fancies.
Plenty of higher-weighted runners have won the event in recent years including Junoob (60kg in 2015), Kiwia (57.5kg in 2018), Zayydani (57.5kg in 2021) and Berkeley Square (58kg in 2025) so looking for the in-form horses higher up the weights is a good Ballarat Cup betting tip.
The male runners also make a stronger Ballarat Cup tipping selection as Zayydani (2021) was the first mare to win since Battocchi (1997).
2025 Ballarat Cup Tips
Our Ladbrokes’ exclusive Ballarat Cup 2025 betting tips on the Listed race during the spring racing season will be detailed below the week of the race so, stay tuned for those to back and sack this season.
To Win: No. 2 Kingswood
KINGSWOOD (6) has crunched into Ballarat Cup favouritism and it’s easy to see why punters are siding with him.
Gavin Bedggood’s Roaring Lion entire heads to Ballarat for the first time but arrives with strong spring credentials, highlighted by his tough Listed Cup Day Plate win over 1800m at Flemington on November 4 where he dug deep to hold off Saint George.
He does rise slightly in weight to 59kg, yet with Johnny Allen sticking from a soft gate six draw, he should get every chance to roll forward and land in the right spot.
Fitness is no query despite the month between runs, and the step up in trip looks ideal given his solid record at the distance (4:2‑1‑1).
That Flemington black‑type success showed his grit, and with natural improvement fourth‑up, he shapes as the one to beat.
With the right run in transit, KINGSWOOD has all the makings of a Ballarat Cup winner and the punters’ pick looks set to deliver again.
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2. Kingswood (6)
J: John Allen 59kg
5×281T: Gavin Bedggood
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The time-honoured Ballarat Cup is a $500,000 feature held at the tail end of the Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival in November each year.
The lucrative and popular Victorian Cup race currently held on the same day as Group 1 $1.5 million Northerly Stakes (1800m) in Perth.
Contested over 2000m, the Ballarat Cup is a Listed event run under handicap conditions and was first held in 1939.
The 2013 Ballarat Cup winner The Offer famously went on to win the Group 1 Sydney Cup (3200m) over the two miles the following autumn.
Ballarat Cup Race Info
- Date: Saturday December 6, 2025
- Track: Ballarat Racecourse
- Distance: 2000m
- Conditions: Handicap
- Status: Listed
- Prize Money: $500,000
- First Run: 1939
Ballarat Cup Betting
Ballarat Cup betting has traditionally been led by in-form staying types coming off lead-up runs in similar or tougher grade races like the Group 1 Champions Mile (1600m) on Stakes Day at Flemington.
Bankers Choice (6th in 2022) was the Champions Mile graduate to back-up and win the Ballarat Cup.
There have been a number of notable upsets in recent years including in 2020 with Irish Flame winning at Ballarat Cup odds of $18.
Captain Envious ($3.70 in 2023) was the last Ballarat Cup favourite to win.
Ballarat Cup Field
The Ballarat Cup race field draws a quality line-up of spring staying types from both local and interstate stayers, although locally-trained Victorian gallopers usually dominate the line-up.
Runners may come via a number of different lead-up races including the Champions Stakes a fortnight earlier during the Melbourne Cup Carnival.
Following a run in the Ballarat Cup horses may back-up in the Listed $300,000 Pakenham Cup (2500m) with Pilote D’Essai (2016) the last to do the double.
Ballarat Cup nominations close the Monday of race week with final acceptances revealing the field released on the Wednesday before runs on the Saturday.
2025 Ballarat Cup Field
The official Ballarat Cup 2025 field of final acceptors is announced by the Ballarat Turf Club on the Wednesday of race week and will be published below along with the confirmed jockeys and barriers.
The Ballarat Cup 2025 final field features a quality line-up of summer staying types with an open market narrowly led by the rails-drawn Air Assault coming via a sixth when two lengths beaten in the Cranbourne Cup last month.
| Entrant | Last 6 | Sex | Barrier | Weight | |
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1. Casino Seventeen
J: Harry Coffey
T: Gavin Bedggood |
658251 | G | 2 | 59.5kg | |
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2. Kingswood
J: John Allen
T: Gavin Bedggood |
65x281 | H | 6 | 59kg | |
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3. Air Assault
J: Jason Holder
T: Andrew Gluyas |
4x8116 | G | 1 | 58kg | |
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4. Berkeley Square
J: Luke Nolen
T: Dan O'Sullivan |
466435 | G | 13 | 58kg | |
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5. Detonator Jack
J: Declan Bates
T: Ciaron Maher |
577524 | G | 9 | 58kg | |
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6. Saint George
J: Craig Williams
T: Ciaron Maher |
950x22 | G | 14 | 56kg | |
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7. Poison Chalice
J: Damian Lane
T: Paul Preusker |
45x635 | G | 4 | 54.5kg | |
| 8. Positivity (12) Scratched: | |||||
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9. Statuario
J: Lachlan Neindorf
T: Emma-Lee & David Browne |
x34520 | G | 7 | 54kg | |
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10. Shaiyhar
J: Dean Yendall
T: Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young |
046x03 | G | 12 | 54kg | |
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11. Firm Agreement
J: Ryan Houston
T: Annabel & Rob Archibald |
00x990 | G | 3 | 54kg | |
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12. Promises Kept
J: Beau Mertens
T: Michael Hickmott |
205x65 | G | 11 | 54kg | |
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13. Cadmus
J: Patrick Moloney
T: Anthony & Sam Freedman |
x50360 | G | 5 | 54kg | |
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14. Ocean Beyond
J: Luke Currie
T: Simon Ryan |
0x8473 | G | 8 | 54kg | |
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15. Ghetto Supastar
J: Teo Nugent
T: Mick Shepherdson |
4x0433 | G | 10 | 54kg | |
2025 Ballarat Cup Nominations
Early Ballarat Cup 2025 Nominations close the Monday leading-up to Ballarat Cup Day, which is the feature meeting held each year at Ballarat Racecourse and will be provided in full below.
| Last 10 | Horse | Sex | Age | Trainer | Hcp Rating | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 30464×8116 | AIR ASSAULT | G | 5 | Andrew Gluyas | 101 |
| 2 | 239820×086 | BELTORO | G | 8 | Robert Hickmott | 81 |
| 3 | 0x08466435 | BERKELEY SQUARE | G | 6 | Dan O’Sullivan | 101 |
| 4 | 61628×5005 | BIANCO VILANO | G | 7 | Ron Stubbs | 78 |
| 5 | x500x50360 | CADMUS (IRE) | G | 7 | Anthony & Sam Freedman | 86 |
| 6 | 5×27658251 | CASINO SEVENTEEN | G | 8 | Gavin Bedggood | 104 |
| 7 | 1241×00252 | CRAFTY BOSS | G | 6 | Geoff Withers | 73 |
| 8 | 0x53411162 | DARKNCONFIDENTIAL | G | 4 | Stuart Gower | 79 |
| 9 | 7×60577524 | DETONATOR JACK (NZ) | G | 7 | Ciaron Maher | 101 |
| 10 | 722200×990 | FIRM AGREEMENT | G | 4 | Annabel & Rob Archibald | 90 |
| 11 | 750×903436 | FUTURE HISTORY (GB) | G | 8 | Ciaron Maher | 100 |
| 12 | 61x1246x70 | GARACHICO (GB) | G | 7 | Dominic Sutton | 91 |
| 13 | 29594×0433 | GHETTO SUPASTAR | G | 6 | Michael Shepherdson | 67 |
| 14 | 411114×831 | HOWLIN’ RAIN | G | 6 | Cindy Alderson | 83 |
| 15 | 5x1165x281 | KINGSWOOD (GB) | H | 6 | Gavin Bedggood | 103 |
| 16 | 391044×981 | LE ZEBRA (NZ) | G | 5 | Emma-Lee & David Browne | 83 |
| 17 | 223112×843 | LIBERAMI (NZ) | G | 5 | Robbie Griffiths | 84 |
| 18 | 43640×8473 | OCEAN BEYOND (NZ) | G | 8 | Simon Ryan | 78 |
| 19 | 487745×635 | POISON CHALICE (NZ) | G | 6 | Paul Preusker | 94 |
| 20 | x6800x0799 | POSITIVITY (NZ) | M | 5 | Andrew Forsman | 94 |
| 21 | 1461206×15 | PRECIOUS CHARM | M | 6 | Symon Wilde | 82 |
| 22 | 4212205×65 | PROMISES KEPT | G | 6 | Michael Hickmott | 90 |
| 23 | 908×766141 | REGAL LION (NZ) | G | 7 | Gavin Bedggood | 83 |
| 24 | 3x84950x22 | SAINT GEORGE (GB) | G | 6 | Ciaron Maher | 97 |
| 25 | 1333046×03 | SHAIYHAR (IRE) | G | 7 | Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young | 91 |
| 26 | 3120×34520 | STATUARIO | G | 4 | Emma-Lee & David Browne | 93 |
| 27 | 0904142123 | TIKEMYSON (NZ) | G | 6 | Symon Wilde | 74 |
| 28 | x371813x72 | VERDAD | G | 5 | Robbie Griffiths | 90 |
| 29 | 11x7397x80 | VICTORIA ROAD (IRE) | G | 6 | Ciaron Maher | 105 |
Table Credit: Racing Australia.
Ballarat Cup Form Guide
The Ballarat Cup form guide lists for punters all the crucial pre-betting information like the jockeys, trainers, barriers and lead-up runs of the female sprinters in the field.
Runners trained out of Melbourne stables have a strong recent record the race, so looking at the local gallopers instead of the visiting runners with a lead-up run at either Flemington or Caulfield is essential when doing the Ballarat Cup form.
The Ballarat Cup form has held-up in tougher races and has been worth following into the bigger autumn races the following year.
In 2022 the Ballarat Cup runner-up Atishu ran third next-up in Sydney’s The Ingham Stakes results before a big 2023 that included an autumn Group 1 Queen Of The Turf win at Randwick and success in Flemington’s Group 1 Champions Stakes (2000m) at Flemington over the Cup Carnival.
The 2024 Ballarat Cup third placegetter, Globe, went on to frank the form the following spring with a win in the 2025 Group 1 Might And Power at Caulfield.
2025 Ballarat Cup Form
A link to our comprehensive Ballarat Cup 2025 form guide and race betting preview will be provided for punters below the week of the event.
Ballarat Cup Results
The Ballarat Cup race results show a quality list of past winners, many of which went on to win much bigger and better races.
Melbourne-based stables have the dominant hand in the past Ballarat Cup results.
The Ballarat Cup has been won by plenty of quality horses over the years including The Offer (2013), Junoob (2015), and dual champion Kiwia (2018, 2019).
Berkeley Square (2024 & 2025) was the last back-to-back Ballarat Cup winner.
Past Ballarat Cup Winners
Recent Ballarat Cup winners and placegetters dating back to the year 1997 are detailed in the below table.
| Year | Winner | Second | Third |
| 2025 | Berkeley Square | Cadmus | Statuario |
| 2024 | Berkeley Square | Lady In Pink | Globe |
| 2023 | Captain Envious | Young Werther | Just Folk |
| 2022 | Bankers Choice | Atishu | Sirileo Miss |
| 2021 | Zayydani | Yonkers | Vanna Girl |
| 2020 | Irish Flame | Affair To Remember | Game Keeper |
| 2019 | Kiwia | Double You Tee | Another Dollar |
| 2018 | Kiwia | Pilote D’essai | Life Less Ordinary |
| 2017 | Grand Dreamer | Oncidium Ruler | Grey Lion |
| 2016 | Pilote D’Essai | Scherzoso | Manageress |
| 2015 | Junoob | Wales | Sonntag |
| 2014 | Mujadale | At First Sight | Fat Al |
| 2013 | The Offer | Pelicano | Hurdy Gurdy Man |
| 2012 | King Diamond | Pelicano | Exceptionally |
| 2011 | Domesky | Rothera | Sean Baile Mor |
| 2010 | My Bentley | Kidnapped | Allanthus |
| 2009 | Itstheone | Gallions Reach | Davcon |
| 2008 | Daka’s Gem | Sentire | Banana Man |
| 2007 | Sentire | Bowl Along | Red Riviera |
| 2006 | Rubijon | Upstaged | Lancettier |
| 2005 | Command N Conquer | Maneroo Lue | Steelworker |
| 2004 | Just The Part | Irish Crusader | Demerger |
| 2003 | Western Waters | Delvecchio | Dance On Wood |
| 2002 | Varsilayos | As You Would | Sale Of Century |
| 2001 | Aquiver | Varsilayos | Adolescence |
| 2000 | Royal Caliph | Western Outlaw | Mayshiel |
| 1999 | Make A Scene | Majestic Avenue | Ancient City |
| 1998 | Royal Caliph | Luther | Laebeel |
| 1997 | Battocchi | Joegah | Like A Roo |
FAQ
Who won the 2025 Ballarat Cup?
The 2025 Ballarat Cup was won by six-year-old Territories gelding Berkeley Square at $9 in a successful title defence for trainer Dan O’Sullivan with jockey Luke Nolen aboard the back-to-back champion on 58kg from barrier 13 to salute by 2.75 lengths on a Soft (6) track in a time of 2:02.58.
Who won the 2024 Ballarat Cup?
The 2024 Ballarat Cup was won by the Dan O’Sullivan-trained Berkeley Square at $6 with apprentice Ms Jaylah Kennedy in the saddle.
When is the Ballarat Cup 2025?
Saturday December 6, 2025What is the prize money for the Ballarat Cup 2025?
$500,000
Where is the Ballarat Cup 2025?
Ballarat Racecourse, 240 Kennedys Road, Miners Rest, Victoria, 3352.
How do I bet on the 2025 Ballarat Cup?
Bet online or via the latest iOS/Android apps with Ladbrokes.
The first step is to create an account at ladbrokes.com.au. The process is quick and easy!
Once you've created your account you can make a deposit via credit card, or any other of our secure payment methods. Next up, head to the racing page and find the race and runner that's right for you.
Which horse will win the 2025 Ballarat Cup?
The best way to pick which horse will win the Ballarat Cup is to take into account the form, assess the barriers, and consider the weight the horse will carry (among other factors). Check out ladbrokes.com.au in the lead up to the race for full form information.