Ladbrokes Tip: The Caloundra Cup makes a nice final lead-up into the Grafton Cup!
The latest edition of the 2025 Caloundra Cup ran on Saturday July 5, 2025 at the Sunshine Coast and saw the Tony & Calvin McEvoy trained favourite Half Yours ($3.50F) salute for the punters by over four lengths.
2025 Caloundra Cup Results
The official Caloundra Cup 2025 Results & Finishing Order will be available below once the race is run and won on Saturday July 5, 2025.
- 1st: #12 Half Yours
- 2nd: #5 Bear On The Loose
- 3rd: #13 Felix The Scat
Half Yours ($3.50F) produced a dominant staying performance to head the 2025 Caloundra Cup results at the Sunshine Coast on Saturday, surging clear in the final stages under Ash Morgan despite racing wide with cover throughout.
Trained by Tony and Calvin McEvoy, the son of Irish stallion St Jean relished the step up in distance and continued his strong winter form, defeating Bear On The Loose by four and a half lengths, with Felix The Scat finishing third.
The victory was the culmination of a targeted campaign to boost his rating, with McEvoy confirming the four-year-old will now return to Victoria for a short break before being prepared for spring staying features. The stable is optimistic about his future, describing him as “the horse we’d hoped for,” and plans to keep him ticking over at a water walker before mapping out a spring path.
2025 Caloundra Cup Odds
The latest Caloundra Cup 2025 betting odds will be provided below as soon as markets on the end-of-carnival event on Winx Guineas Day over the winter are announced.
| 12. Half Yours (9) J: Ashley Morgan 54kg x2112T: Tony & Calvin McEvoy | ||
| 5. Bear On The Loose (1) J: Angela Jones 55.5kg x2622T: Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott | ||
| 13. Felix The Scat (7) J: Nikita Beriman 53kg x5812T: Tony Gollan | ||
| 10. Don Diego De Vega (10) J: Heavelon Van Der Hoven 54kg 70x45T: Annabel & Rob Archibald | ||
| 7. Hopeful (15) J: Kyle Wilson-Taylor 54.5kg 50053T: Annabel & Rob Archibald | ||
| 6. Flash Aah (13) J: Tiffani Brooker 54.5kg 06431T: Troy Pascoe | ||
| 14. Tapildoodledo (12) J: Luke Tarrant 53kg 452x5T: Kerry Taplin | ||
| 16. Dillian (6) J: Robbie Dolan 53kg x1100T: Peter & Will Hulbert | ||
| 2. Nikau Spur (3) J: Bailey Wheeler 58kg 58738T: Corey & Kylie Geran | ||
| 15. The Right Way (16) J: Emily Lang 53kg 33311T: Greg Wright | ||
| 9. Warp Speed (8) J: Taylor Marshall 54kg 46545T: Mark Goodwin | ||
| 3. Brookhaven (4) J: Jag Guthmann-Chester 57.5kg 7x159T: Chris & Corey Munce | ||
| 1. Hezashocka (5) J: Luke P Dempsey 60kg 72654T: Mick Price & Michael Kent Jnr | ||
| 17. Hector De Maris (2) J: Corey Sutherland 53kg 26585T: Billy Healey | ||
| 8. Dark Destroyer (11) J: Damien Thornton 54kg 02003T: Darryn & Briar Weatherley | ||
| 4. Red Wave (14) J: Cody Collis 57kg 8x660T: Tony & Maddysen Sears |
The Caloundra Cup is a popular winter staying showdown run during early July as part of the wider Queensland Winter Racing Carnival.
It is not to be confused with the Listed Sunshine Coast Cup (1400m) run by the Sunshine Coast Turf Club in summer.
A quality handicap race contested over 2400m, the race has been run and won since 1985 and won by a number of nice stayers over the years including Henderson Bay (2001), dual champion Empyreal (2005, 2006) and Index Linked (2015).
The Caloundra Cup currently offers a total of $300,000 in prize money as of 2022 and attracts a strong line-up of winter stayers each year. It takes place on the same day as the Group 3 Winx Guineas (1600m) for three-year-olds.
A good lead-up race is the Listed Ipswich Cup run the week prior or Brisbane’s Group 3 Tattersall’s Cup contested on Tiara Day.
The Caloundra Cup winner is also exempt from ballot for the following Thursday’s Listed Grafton Cup (2350m) and Supply And Demand (2017) followed by Zoumon (2023) are the latest horses to do the Caloundra Cup – Grafton Cup winter double.
Caloundra Cup Race Info
- Date: Saturday July 5, 2025
- Track: Sunshine Coast Racecourse, Caloundra
- Distance: 2400m
- Conditions: Quality Handicap
- Status: Listed
- Prize Money: $300,000
- First Run: 1985
Caloundra Cup Betting
The Caloundra Cup betting markets are dominated by in-form staying types coming off good lead-up runs in events during the lead-up Brisbane Winter Racing Carnival races.
Favourites have a solid strike-rate in the race with Index Linked ($3.40 in 2015), Stockman ($1.45 in 2021), Le Don De Vie ($4.40 in 2022), and Half Yours ($3.50 in 2025) the latest to salute for the punters.
Caloundra Cup Field
The Caloundra Cup race field draws a quality line-up of winter stayers from both local and interstate stables.
Runners may come via a number of different lead-up races including the Group 3 Tattersall’s Cup (2400m) at Eagle Farm on Tatt’s Tiara Day a fortnight earlier.
Caloundra Cup nominations close the Monday of race week with final acceptances revealing the field released on the Wednesday before the race runs on the Saturday.
2025 Caloundra Cup Field
The official Caloundra Cup 2025 field of final acceptors is announced by the Sunshine Coast Turf Club on the Wednesday of race week and will be published below along with the confirmed jockeys and barriers.
The Caloundra Cup 2025 field features a quality line-up of winter staying types led in betting by the Tony & Calvin McEvoy trained Half Yours coming off a second at Rosehill carrying plenty more weight.
| Entrant | Last 6 | Sex | Barrier | Weight | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1. Hezashocka
J: Luke P Dempsey
T: Mick Price & Michael Kent Jnr |
772654 | G | 5 | 60kg | |
|
2. Nikau Spur
J: Bailey Wheeler
T: Corey & Kylie Geran |
x58738 | G | 3 | 58kg | |
|
3. Brookhaven
J: Jag Guthmann-Chester
T: Chris & Corey Munce |
37x159 | G | 4 | 57.5kg | |
|
4. Red Wave
J: Cody Collis
T: Tony & Maddysen Sears |
88x660 | G | 14 | 57kg | |
|
5. Bear On The Loose
J: Angela Jones
T: Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott |
0x2622 | G | 1 | 55.5kg | |
|
6. Flash Aah
J: Tiffani Brooker
T: Troy Pascoe |
x06431 | G | 13 | 54.5kg | |
|
7. Hopeful
J: Kyle Wilson-Taylor
T: Annabel & Rob Archibald |
350053 | G | 15 | 54.5kg | |
|
8. Dark Destroyer
J: Damien Thornton
T: Darryn & Briar Weatherley |
902003 | G | 11 | 54kg | |
|
9. Warp Speed
J: Taylor Marshall
T: Mark Goodwin |
546545 | G | 8 | 54kg | |
|
10. Don Diego De Vega
J: Heavelon Van Der Hoven
T: Annabel & Rob Archibald |
x70x45 | G | 10 | 54kg | |
| 11. Double Cherry (16) Scratched: | |||||
|
12. Half Yours
J: Ashley Morgan
T: Tony & Calvin McEvoy |
7x2112 | G | 9 | 54kg | |
|
13. Felix The Scat
J: Nikita Beriman
T: Tony Gollan |
7x5812 | G | 7 | 53kg | |
|
14. Tapildoodledo
J: Luke Tarrant
T: Kerry Taplin |
3452x5 | G | 12 | 53kg | |
|
15. The Right Way
J: Emily Lang
T: Greg Wright |
733311 | G | 16 | 53kg | |
|
16. Dillian
J: Robbie Dolan
T: Peter & Will Hulbert |
8x1100 | G | 6 | 53kg | |
|
17. Hector De Maris
J: Corey Sutherland
T: Billy Healey |
x26585 | G | 2 | 53kg | |
2025 Caloundra Cup Nominations
Early Caloundra Cup 2025 Nominations close the Monday leading-up to Caloundra Cup Day, which is one of the very last events of the wider Queensland Winter Racing Carnival and will be provided in full below.
Nominations extended until 10:00am (AEST) – 01/07/2025
| Last 10 | Horse | Sex | Age | Trainer | Hcp Rating | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4x240x2622 | BEAR ON THE LOOSE (IRE) | G | 5 | Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott | |
| 2 | 236337×159 | BROOKHAVEN | G | 5 | Chris & Corey Munce | 95 |
| 3 | 69×9902003 | DARK DESTROYER (NZ) | G | 6 | Darryn & Briar Weatherley | 88 |
| 4 | 05448×1100 | DILLIAN (IRE) | G | 6 | Peter & Will Hulbert | 77.5 |
| 5 | 5x21x70x45 | DON DIEGO DE VEGA (FR) | G | 5 | Annabel & Rob Archibald | 87 |
| 6 | 300×784200 | DOUBLE CHERRY (IRE) | G | 6 | Annabel & Rob Archibald | |
| 7 | x1007x5812 | FELIX THE SCAT | G | 4 | Tony Gollan | 86 |
| 8 | x588x06431 | FLASH AAH | G | 9 | Troy Pascoe | 89.5 |
| 9 | 92214017×0 | GOING REMOTE (IRE) | G | 4 | Annabel & Rob Archibald | |
| 10 | 6x117x2112 | HALF YOURS | G | 4 | Tony & Calvin McEvoy | |
| 11 | 4105×26585 | HECTOR DE MARIS (IRE) | G | 7 | Billy Healey | |
| 12 | x06x772654 | HEZASHOCKA (NZ) | G | 7 | Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr) | 100 |
| 13 | 0066350053 | HOPEFUL (FR) | G | 8 | Annabel & Rob Archibald | 89 |
| 14 | 2133×58738 | NIKAU SPUR (NZ) | G | 8 | Corey & Kylie Geran | 96 |
| 15 | 33456×0853 | RAF ATTACK (NZ) | G | 4 | Ciaron Maher | 85 |
| 16 | 310588×660 | RED WAVE | G | 6 | Tony & Maddysen Sears | 95 |
| 17 | 0x083452x5 | TAPILDOODLEDO (NZ) | G | 5 | Kerry Taplin | 84 |
| 18 | x433733311 | THE RIGHT WAY (NZ) | G | 5 | Greg Wright | 82 |
| 19 | x944546545 | WARP SPEED | G | 8 | Mark Goodwin | 88 |
Table Credit: Racing Australia.
Caloundra Cup Form Guide
The Caloundra 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 Brisbane have a credible recent record the race, so looking at the local Queensland runners with a lead-up run in a Brisbane event is essential when doing the Caloundra Cup form.
Local Queensland hoop Damian Brown has a strong record in the race riding three Caloundra Cup winners between 2013 – 2023.
The Caloundra Cup form has held-up in future races in recent years including the upcoming Listed Grafton Cup held the following Thursday for any stayers on the quick back-up with Supply And Demand (2017) and Zoumon (2023) the latest to do the Caloundra Cup – Grafton Cup double.
The 2021 Caloundra Cup winner Stockman went on to frank the form the following autumn running second in Sydney’s Group 1 Tancred Stakes (2400m) in 2022.
The 2022 Caloundra Cup form was franked with the winner Le Don De Vie heading to Randwick that October to run second in Sydney’s Group 1 The Metropolitan (2400m).
The 2023 Caloundra Cup form was franked with the second placed Bois D’Argent returning the following winter to win the 2024 Group 1 Doomben Cup (2000m) in Brisbane.
2025 Caloundra Cup Form
A link to our comprehensive Caloundra Cup 2025 form guide and race betting preview will be provided for punters below the week of the event.
Caloundra Cup Tips
Caloundra Cup tips include looking for in-form winter gallopers coming off a win in a Brisbane race, graduates that finished in the money in their lead-up assignment and tipping single-figure fancies.
2025 Caloundra Cup Tips
Our Ladbrokes’ exclusive Caloundra Cup 2025 betting tips on the Listed race at the end of the Queensland winter racing season will be detailed below the week of the race so, stay tuned for those to back and sack this season.
- Each Way: #6 Flash Aah ($15 at time of publish) – BET NOW
Taking a bit of value in the Caloundra Cup and have FLASH AAH on top at $15 at time of publish. A proven wet tracker, this evergreen nine-year-old continues to show a zest for racing having run top four in his latest three. Troy Pascoe’s veteran was third to FELIX THE SCAT two back only a half-length beaten over 1800m at this track two back before turning the tables to beat that galloper home in a last start win in the Listed Ipswich Cup (2150m) on a Good (4). Versatile, his winning form on Heavy going is also there to be seen (5:2-0-0) so think he can race well again on rain-affected going this weekend. Rises in weight but Ron Stewart stays on. Can surprise with another run in the money.
Caloundra Cup Results
Recent Caloundra Cup race results show a mix of both local Queensland-trained winners and interstate raiders with notable champions of the event including Stockman (2021), Supply And Demand (2017), Index Linked (2015), and Ironstein (2010).
Mission Of Love (2024) was the last Caloundra Cup winning mare.
Empyreal (2005 & 2006) is the only multiple Caloundra Cup winner to date.
In 2024 all three horses in the Caloundra Cup trifecta were ridden by female hoops with Mission Of Love (1st – Angela Jones), Alegron (2nd – Rachel King), and Warp Speed (3rd – Cejay Graham).
Past Caloundra Cup Winners
Recent Caloundra Cup winning horses, jockeys and trainers dating back to the year 2000 are detailed in the below table.
| Year | Winner | Jockey | Trainer/s | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Half Yours | A. Morgan | Tony & Calvin McEvoy | 2:31.71 |
| 2024 | Mission Of Love | A. Jones | John Symons & Shelia Laxon | 2:35.39 |
| 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 |
FAQ
Who won the 2025 Caloundra Cup?
The 2025 Caloundra Cup was won by four-year-old St Jean gelding at $3.50 favouritism for trainers Tony & Calvin McEvoy with jockey Ashley Morgan aboard on 54kg from barrier 9 to win by 4.45 lengths in a time of 2:31.71.
When is the Caloundra Cup 2025?
Saturday July 5, 2025What is the prize money for the Caloundra Cup 2025?
$300,000
Where is the Caloundra Cup 2025?
Sunshine Coast Racecourse, 170 Pierce Avenue, Caloundra QLD 4551.
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Which horse will win the 2025 Caloundra Cup?
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