Caulfield Cup 2023

Ladbrokes Tip: Caulfield Cup winners often back-up in the Melbourne Cup over the two miles at Flemington

One of the two major Cups held in Melbourne each Spring Carnival, the Caulfield Cup takes place annually at Caulfield Racecourse in mid – late October and is Australia’s leading mile and a half handicap. Run over 2400m it attracts the season’s top stayers, many of which will progress onto a shot at the ‘race that stops a nation’ in the Melbourne Cup at Flemington on the first Tuesday of November.

2022 Caulfield Cup winner Durston

2022 Caulfield Cup winner Durston. Photo: Ultimate Racing Photos.

The Caulfield Cup – Melbourne Cup double has been achieved by 11 horses in the same year, most recently the gun mare Ethereal (2001).

The Caulfield Cup is currently a handicap event, although there is discussions to turn the classic into a weight-for-age event. The current Caulfield Cup prize money is set at a lucrative $5 million making it one of the richest races on the Australian racing calendar.

Internationally-trained stayers (outside of Australia and New Zealand) have been competing in the Caulfield Cup race since 1998 with six successful to date: Taufan’s Melody (1998), All The Good (2008), Dunaden (2012), the ill-fated Japanese raider Admire Rakti (2014), Best Solution (2018), and most recently Mer De Glace (2019) who became the second for Japan.

The Caulfield Cup training record is held by the late, great Bart Cummings who prepared seven Caulfield Cup winners including the dual champion Ming Dynasty who won on non-successive years (1977 and 1980).

There are currently three races that offer the winner a Caulfield Cup ballot exemption with punters keeping a keen eye on the Group 1 Toorak Handicap (1600m) and Herbert Power Stakes (2400m) both run at Caulfield the week prior, and the Listed Mornington Cup (2400m) held in March.

Caulfield Cup Day in Melbourne was recently challenged for the punters’ attention by Sydney’s richest race day – The Everest Day – which was held on the same date at Royal Randwick and featuring the world’s richest turf race – the $20 million The Everest – as well as the $2 million The Kosciuszko for NSW country-trained horses.

In 2023 the Caulfield Cup ran a week later and no longer clashes with The Everest Day.

The Caulfield Cup is also one of the ‘Big 3’ races of the Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival followed by the Cox Plate in October and the Melbourne Cup on the first Tuesday of November.

The latest edition of the Caulfield Cup ran on Saturday October 21, 2023 as the first of the ‘Big 3’ Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival majors and was won in a thriller by the Anthony & Sam Freedman-trained import Without A Fight ($8.50) who defeated the better-fancied UK raider West Wind Blows ($5.50F) with Gold Trip ($6.50) third. 

2023 Caulfield Cup Results

The official Caulfield Cup 2023 Results & Finishing Order will be available below once the race takes place on Saturday October 21, 2023 and the latest Caulfield Cup winner is revealed.

2023 Caulfield Cup winner Without A Fight

2023 Caulfield Cup winner Without A Fight saluted off a gun ride by Mark Zahra. Photo: Ultimate Racing Photos.

  • 1st: #2 Without A Fight
  • 2nd: #6 West Wind Blows
  • 3rd: #1 Gold Trip
  • 4th: #16 Bois D’argent

It was a thrilling 2023 Caulfield Cup result and one that will go down in the history books as the Anthony & Sam Freedman-trained Without A Fight ($8.50), ridden by Mark Zahra, was given a perfectly-timed ride to hold out the beaten favourite crossing a long neck ahead of his former stablemate, UK raider West Wind Blows ($5.50F). Gold Trip ($6.50) was second last year and brave for third with the top-weight in 2023, while Bois D’argent ran out of his skin for fourth at 100/1.

2023 Caulfield Cup Odds

The season’s Caulfield Cup betting odds will be available below right up till the event takes place in October so you can get behind your early Caulfield Cup betting selections at the best price.

Early market betting odds on the 2023 Caulfield Cup will be displayed below once available. Odds are subject to fluctuation. For current odds on all of our live markets, please visit ladbrokes.com.au.

Caulfield Cup Race Info

  • Date: Saturday October 21, 2023
  • Track: Caulfield Racecourse
  • Distance: 2400m
  • Conditions: Open Handicap
  • Status: Group 1
  • Prize Money: $5 million
  • First Run: 1879

Caulfield Cup Betting

Futures Caulfield Cup betting is open nearly all year round with generous all-in prices on offer for a host of stayers that could possibly feature in the final Caulfield Cup field. The Caulfield Cup odds firm as race day approaches and often the best time to place a bet is on the day when it is confirmed who is in and who is out of the classic.

Double figure hopes in Caulfield Cup betting markets have a strong recent record in the race including the big $41 price for the 2008 winner All The Good, but in recent years Caulfield Cup favourites have saluted with Mongolian Khan ($5 in 2015), Jameka ($4.25 in 2016)Verry Elleegant ($5 in 2020) and Incentivise ($2.70 in 2021). 

Roughies were in favour in the shock 2017 Caulfield Cup results with the winner Boom Time winning at a blowout price of $51!

There was another upset in 2022 with Durston winning at Caulfield Cup odds of $18.

In 2023 West Wind Blows jumped the $5.50 favourite in Caulfield Cup betting, but would go down by a long-neck to Without A Fight ($8.50).

Caulfield Cup Tips2023 Caulfield Cup Tips

Caulfield Cup tips can be found everywhere during the week leading up to the race but it is a notoriously tough event to pick the winner of as usually there’s a host of livewire chances competing for top spot in the markets and predictions.

The best Caulfield Cup tip historically is to look at horses coming out of the Turnbull Stakes as it produced seven Caulfield Cup winners from 2009 – 2023 including Jameka (2nd in 2016), fellow mare Verry Elleegant (1st in 2020) who did the double and Incentivise (1st of 2021) who also won both races.

Other Caulfield Cup betting tips include looking for in-form four-year-old horses as this age group saluted four times from 2010 – 2023, while Caulfield Cup barriers seven and nine have produced the most winners since 1983.

Barrier 7 most recently produced Caulfield Cup winner Without A Fight in 2023.

2023 Caulfield Cup Tips

Our Ladbrokes exclusive Caulfield Cup 2023 betting tips will be detailed below the week of the race with the spring stayers to back and sack in the mile and a half classic so stay tuned.

To Win: #8 Soulcombe ($6 at time of publish) – BET NOW

2023 Caulfield Cup Horses - Soulcombe

Soulcombe is the Ladbrokes’ tip to win the 2023 Caulfield Cup on Saturday. Photo: Ultimate Racing Photos.

Happy to stick with the one-time favourite Soulcombe who drew last year’s winning barrier (6) and is from last year’s winning stable (Chris Waller). Waller has prepared two of the past three Caulfield Cup champions and this import is building momentum at exactly the right time. He picked up a cheeky win fresh in a Black-Type here and has been trialling well for the Cups’ since with two solid efforts. He was fourth in the Underwood 1.4 lengths off Alligator Blood (form franked by the winner who took out the Might And Power) then third to Gold Trip in the Turnbull. Has winning form over 2700m so the 2400m now fourth-up and fit is ideal. Meets Gold Trip better again in the weights down to 53.5kg, one of the best with Craig Williams in the saddle. This looks his right distance, Waller has had him set for this so you know he’ll present perfectly. Big hope.

The Danger: #1 Gold Trip ($6 at time of publish) – BET NOW

2022 Melbourne Cup Winner Gold Trip

Gold Trip is favourite in 2023 Caulfield Cup betting for Saturday. Photo: Ultimate Racing Photos.

You cannot bet on the Caulfield Cup this year and leave Gold Trip out, you just can’t. He won the Melbourne Cup for Maher & Eustace last spring after having run second in the Caulfield Cup and ninth in the Cox Plate. Has the 58.5kg topweight but deserves it. Already a champion, he can go a long way to securing super stardom over the coming weeks starting on Saturday. Returned to his best form last start with a demolition job in the Group 1 Turnbull Stakes (2000m). Improving each start this prep, the 2400m trip looks spot-on now and Ben Melham has plenty of big race experience. Watch him late, he’ll be flashing home in a high-pressure thriller. Confident he can be right in the finish again and handle the hefty kilos without a worry.

Each Way: #4 Montefilia ($10 at time of publish) – BET NOW

2023 Hill Stakes winner Montefilia

Montefilia presents as a danger in the 2023 Caulfield Cup field this weekend. Photo: Steve Hart.

Some queries about the quality she beat home in the Group 2 $2 million Hill Stakes (2000m) last time out, but zero queries about this mare’s class. She is now with the Waller camp and is the only other proven Group 1 winner in the mix along with Gold Trip with four elite level wins on the record. She presents rock-hard fit here fifth-up and ready to fire again. She will eat-up the 2400m and her fourth in the race last year was excellent. Montefilia gets the run of the race from barrier nine and is well-weighted with 54.5kg. Blake Shinn in the saddle and he is going great guns. Needs to add her name to a pretty incredible list of female gallopers to win the Caulfield Cup, but she has beaten the boys before and can come close again.

The Roughie: #17 Spirit Ridge ($35 at time of publish) – BET NOW

Spirit Ridge

Spirit Ridge looks the best 2023 Caulfield Guineas roughie to include in your bets this season. Photo: Steve Hart.

The price on this Annabel Neasham-trained veteran is very attractive for a bit of a flutter. A 41-start gelding who at nine years old continues to show an incredible zest for racing. Coming out of the Sydney lead-ups with nice runs narrowly beaten in the Wyong Cup (34d), Newcastle Gold Cup (2nd) and the Group 1 The Metropolitan (2nd) at this distance a nostril flare off Just Fine on September 30. Kept fresh since, fourth-up now and fit as he’s ever been. Always overs in the markets and thereabouts. Will be airborne with only 50.5kg, on pace leading (or thereabouts) giving them something to run down. This is tougher, Just Fine didn’t frank the form with a dead last finish last week at Caulfield, but at the price happy to have something on him in for a top four run.

Caulfield Cup Field

The Caulfield Cup race field is released on the Tuesday before the race runs on a Saturday in mid-October each year and has a capacity of 18 starters plus four emergencies. Aside from the Melbourne Cup and partially the Cox Plate, the Caulfield Cup Field earns some of the most attention during the whole calendar year of racing.

2021 Caulfield Cup Winner Incentivise (Photo: Ultimate Racing Photos) | Ladbrokes.com.au

Incentivise ($2.30 in 2021) saluted for the punters in the 2021 Caulfield Cup results. Photo: Ultimate Racing Photos.

Run under handicap conditions the Caulfield Cup race is open to horses aged three years and older and now attracts a truly international line-up with many imports and international raiders in the mix each season. The first hint of the final field happens when Caulfield Cup nominations are taken at the start of August, early entries often exceeding 200 horses.

Spring stayers may come into the Caulfield Cup field via a number of various lead-up races including the Group 1 Turnbull Stakes (2000m) run a fortnight prior at Flemington, the Group 3 Coongy Cup (2000m) run the Wednesday prior and the Group 2 Herbert Power Stakes (2400m). Incentivise (2021) was the latest horse to complete the Turnbull Stakes – Caulfield Cup double following on from Verry Elleegant (2020) who also won both races the year before.

The Herbert Power Stakes runs over the same track / distance as the Caulfield Cup the weekend before and Boom Time (4th in 2017) was the last Caulfield Cup winner to come out of that lead-up.

The Group 3 Naturalism Stakes (2000m) run at the track in late September is also a key lead-up into the Caulfield Cup field offering the winner a ballot exemption into the mile and a half classic, and Jameka (2016) was the last to do the double. More recently in 2021 the Naturalism Stakes winner Nonconformist went on to run a brave second in that year’s Caulfield Cup quinella.

One of the very early lead-up races into the Caulfield Cup field is the Group 3 JRA Cup (2040m) run at Moonee Valley under the lights on Moir Stakes Night.

In 2023 the Caulfield Cup winner Without A Fight won the race second-up off a lead-up sixth the month before in the Group 1 Underwood Stakes (1800m) at the track.

2023 Caulfield Cup Acceptance Dates

2023 Caulfield Cup Field

The official Caulfield Cup 2023 Final Field and Barriers are announced on the Wednesday of race week with final acceptances open until 4:30pm (local time).

The 2023 Caulfield Cup field will be published in full below as soon as released by Racing Victoria.

The Caulfield Cup 2023 field is now out with last year’s runner-up Gold Trip drawn the same barrier (11) with the 58.5kg top-weight. Chris Waller chases a third win in four years saddling-up three runners led by Soulcombe (6) from last year’s winning gate, while five international raiders make a bid for the trophy led by the Simon & Ed Crisford-trained European West Wind Blows (2).

  • 2023 Caulfield Cup Field Update: No. 7 Nonconformist (19) has been scratched after failing his final vet check. First emergency No. 19 United Nations gets a start from out wide in barrier 17.

2023 Caulfield Cup Nominations

Early Caulfield Cup 2023 Nominations are first taken in late August, nearly two months before the $5 million feature.

The Caulfield Cup nominations often attract in excess of 200 hopeful stayers and are slowly narrowed down by a number of acceptance stages before the final field is revealed.

The 2023 Caulfield Cup nominations will be published below once confirmed on Tuesday the 8th of August, 2023.

The 2023 Caulfield Cup nominations closed on Tuesday August 8, 2023 and drew 175 early entries led in all-in betting by the Simon & Ed Crisford-trained British raider West Wind Blows, Anthony & Sam Freedman’s The Q22 winning import Without A Fight, Japanese galloper Breakup, and last year’s Melbourne Cup fourth place-getter Deauville Legend from the UK stables of trainer James Ferguson.

Last 10 Horse Sex Age Trainer Hcp Rating
1 3243x1337x ABERFELDIE BOY G 4 Robbie Griffiths & Mathew de Kock
2 1223x2822x ADELAIDE RIVER (IRE) H 4 Aidan O’Brien
3 57x31115x AFFAIRE A SUIVRE (NZ) M 4 Ciaron Maher & David Eustace
4 1x60847x7x ALASKAN GOD G 5 Daniel Morton
5 616x69x00x ALENQUER (FR) G 6 Michael Moroney
6 16x32x ALFRED MUNNINGS (IRE) H 4 Aidan O’Brien
7 820x77114x ARAPAHO (FR) G 7 Bjorn Baker
8 811x91040x ASTERIX (NZ) G 5 Lance O’Sullivan & Andrew Scott
9 4x8537Px9x ATHABASCAN (FR) G 5 John O’Shea
10 33x1152x ATTRITION H 4 Mitchell Freedman
11 218x27410x BANK MAUR H 4 Richard Laming
12 0x3102341x BARBIE’S FOX M 7 Ben, Will & JD Hayes
13 2652x1x00x BEAR STORY (IRE) H 6 Clinton McDonald
14 x99465810x BENAUD G 5 John O’Shea
15 x211416x4x BERKELEY SQUARE G 4 Dan O’Sullivan
16 2x3x53152x BOIS D’ARGENT (GB) G 7 Annabel Neasham
17 421216x86x BORN A KING (GB) G 7 Chris Waller
18 x13x21221x BRAYDEN STAR (GB) H 5 Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young
19 1x BREAKUP (JPN) H 6 Tatsuya Yoshioka
20 x51447868x BROOME (IRE) H 8 Aidan O’Brien
21 1311011x0x BUSTER BASH G 6 David Harrison
22 122x21248x CAP DE JOIE (GB) M 5 Nick Ryan
23 1713x0762x CAPTAIN ENVIOUS (NZ) G 5 Paul Preusker
24 31115x2x CARINI (FR) G 5 Danny O’Brien
25 452x1151x CHANGINGOFTHEGUARD (IRE) H 5 Aidan O’Brien
26 11x382x CONTINUOUS (JPN) H 4 Aidan O’Brien
27 11622x219x CONVENER (FR) H 5 Ciaron Maher & David Eustace
28 13x0706x0x DAQIANSWEET JUNIOR (NZ) G 6 Phillip Stokes
29 214x1x060x DARK DESTROYER (NZ) G 5 Lance O’Sullivan & Andrew Scott
30 16x2x00x9x DAWN PATROL (IRE) G 7 Kris Lees
31 2x12121x4x DEAUVILLE LEGEND (IRE) G 5 James Ferguson
32 9x2415931x DENY KNOWLEDGE (IRE) M 6 Michael Kent
33 401x93186x DIAMIL (IRE) G 6 John O’Shea
34 7x DIVUS ROMULUS (IRE) G 4 Nick Ryan
35 x06880x43x DUAIS M 6 Edward Cummings
36 552x131x8x DUKE DE SESSA (IRE) H 5 Ciaron Maher & David Eustace
37 233x3x907x EL BODEGON (IRE) G 5 Chris Waller
38 81x847014x EL PATRONESS M 5 Danny O’Brien
39 15812x530x EMISSARY (GB) G 7 Michael Moroney
40 5x ENGELINE (IRE) M 4 Nick Ryan
41 824313141x ESS VEE ARE (NZ) G 5 Darryn & Briar Weatherley
42 22x641127x FAME G 4 Peter G Moody & Katherine Coleman
43 x5302x858x FANCY MAN (IRE) G 6 Annabel Neasham
44 351x11112x FAWKNER PARK (IRE) G 5 Annabel Neasham
45 54x694341x FIREBURN M 4 Gary Portelli
46 1x7121011x FIRST IMMORTAL G 4 Mark & Levi Kavanagh
47 1324x47x5x FLOATING ARTIST (GB) G 8 Ciaron Maher & David Eustace
48 1615x4430x FORGOT YOU (NZ) H 5 Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young
49 7200x70x5x FOUJITA SAN G 4 Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes
50 611232821x FRANCESCO GUARDI (IRE) G 6 Chris Waller
51 321894340x FULL OF SINCERITY (NZ) G 4 Andrew Forsman
52 2177224x GAN TEORAINN (IRE) M 4 Chris Waller
53 3455x65x6x GARACHICO (GB) G 5 Leon & Troy Corstens
54 51214x380x GEAR UP (IRE) H 6 Annabel Neasham
55 x378x2115x GEORGIE GET MAD (GB) G 5 Denis Pagan
56 1111x GLOBE (NZ) G 5 Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr)
57 5291x2570x GOLD TRIP (FR) H 7 Ciaron Maher & David Eustace
58 17x31x111x GOLDMAN (NZ) G 5 Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott
59 GREENLAND (IRE) H 4 Aidan O’Brien
60 2x13x4321x GREGOLIMO (FR) G 6 Michael Moroney
61 33x HAARACAINE (IRE) H 4 Nick Ryan
62 423x05420x HEZASHOCKA (NZ) G 6 Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr)
63 1613x5840x HIGH EMOCEAN (NZ) M 7 Ciaron Maher & David Eustace
64 936614215x HIGHLAND JAKK (NZ) G 7 Robert Hickmott
65 358x26844x HINGED M 5 Chris Waller
66 2x3223180x HOO YA MAL (GB) G 5 Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott
67 1142x1442x HOPE IN YOUR HEART M 5 Kerry Parker
68 110x6x824x HOSIER (IRE) G 7 Mark Minervini
69 8x0653216x HUETOR (FR) G 7 Peter & Paul Snowden
70 4x6536Px3x INTERPRETATION (IRE) G 6 Ciaron Maher & David Eustace
71 0x3402369x IRONCLAD (GB) G 8 Will Clarken & Niki O’Shea
72 13x ISRAR (GB) H 5 John & Thady Gosden
73 12x JACK DARCY (IRE) G 5 Paul Cole
74 10x6330x JAPANESE EMPEROR (NZ) G 4 Michael Moroney
75 x921213x3x KALAPOUR (IRE) G 7 Kris Lees
76 1311x1430x KING FRANKEL (IRE) G 6 Annabel Neasham
77 3439x8663x KNIGHTS ORDER (IRE) G 9 Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott
78 1111x3131x KOVALICA (NZ) G 4 Chris Waller
79 292x51210x LINDERMANN H 4 Chris Waller
80 2x318x3x LIONEL (GB) G 5 Ciaron Maher & David Eustace
81 3122x11x2x LOFT (GER) G 6 Ben, Will & JD Hayes
82 6612x7931x LUNAR FLARE M 8 Grahame Begg
83 1x3x11x LUXEMBOURG (IRE) H 5 Aidan O’Brien
84 2115x0x06x MAGICAL LAGOON (IRE) M 5 Chris Waller
85 236x11421x MAJOR BEEL (NZ) G 4 Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott
86 MAKE US PROUD (IRE) G 5 Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young
87 x91423x99x MAKRAM (IRE) G 7 Ben, Will & JD Hayes
88 136x115x MAKTOOB (GB) G 5 Simon Zahra
89 19281x860x MANZOICE H 4 Chris Waller
90 015x83223x MILFORD (NZ) G 6 Michael Moroney
91 4340x5229x MONTEFILIA M 6 Chris Waller
92 115x03323x MOSTLY CLOUDY (IRE) G 5 Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young
93 2852x5332x MO’UNGA (NZ) H 6 Annabel Neasham
94 13x9x0050x MOUNT POPA (IRE) G 9 Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes
95 433x35162x MOYA LASS M 4 Julius Sandhu
96 32312x18x MR WATERVILLE (IRE) G 5 Chris Waller
97 1210xL395x MUSTANG VALLEY (NZ) M 5 Andrew Forsman
98 1131x3x MY PROSPERO (IRE) U 0 William Haggas
99 21x421222x NAVAJO PEAK G 5 David Payne
100 122x08831x NOAH ’N’ A DEEL M 4 Les Kelly
101 670x18402x NONCONFORMIST G 7 Grahame Begg
102 808021110x NORMANDY BRIDGE (FR) G 6 Ciaron Maher & David Eustace
103 50x426256x NUMERIAN (IRE) G 8 Annabel Neasham
104 13x2320x OKITA SOUSHI (IRE) H 6 Joseph O’Brien
105 1x PEKING OPERA (IRE) 0 Aidan O’Brien
106 418392311x PENNYWEKA (NZ) M 4 Jim Wallace
107 x81431x02x PERFECT THOUGHT H 4 John Sargent
108 5x1119x28x POINT KING (IRE) H 5 Joseph O’Brien
109 11112x0x POINT LONSDALE (IRE) H 5 Aidan O’Brien
110 2111x90x4x POINT NEPEAN (IRE) H 6 Ben, Will & JD Hayes
111 2312x80x POLITICAL DEBATE H 4 Chris Waller
112 582111263x POUNDING G 5 Peter G Moody & Katherine Coleman
113 x92291124x PROMISES KEPT G 4 Ciaron Maher & David Eustace
114 41102x100x PROTAGONIST (FR) G 7 Kris Lees
115 x13311111x PROWESS (NZ) M 4 Roger James & Robert Wellwood
116 43x1610x9x QUEEN AIR M 4 Lindsey Smith
117 x767720x0x RAGING BULL G 5 David Payne
118 4634612x0x REBADGE (GB) G 5 Leon & Troy Corstens
119 x69322110x REBEL RACER G 7 Amy & Ash Yargi
120 5x7x61122x RED PHANTOM (IRE) G 5 Nick Ryan
121 325x63616x RED SUN SENSATION G 4 Peter G Moody & Katherine Coleman
122 411x46x70x REGAL POWER G 8 John Leek (Jnr)
123 611x192x REO M 4 Richard Laming
124 351111121x RIGHT YOU ARE G 7 Ciaron Maher & David Eustace
125 2x ROSSCARBERY (GER) M 6 Paddy Twomey
126 5x31123x SAINT GEORGE (GB) H 4 Ciaron Maher & David Eustace
127 3x SCAMPI (GB) G 6 Andrew Balding
128 SCRIPTWRITER (IRE) G 5 Milton Harris
129 08x000651x SELINO (GB) G 8 Chris Waller
130 09020x129x SERPENTINE (IRE) G 7 Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott
131 4x11x7161x SHAIYHAR (IRE) G 5 Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young
132 1112x2114x SHARP ’N’ SMART (NZ) G 4 Graeme & Deborah Rogerson
133 x6472x295x SHERAZ (FR) G 7 Chris Waller
134 x62311320x SHE’S FIT M 4 Daniel Morton
135 232x460x4x SIBAAQ (GB) G 6 Annabel Neasham
136 561321172x SILENT SURRENTE M 5 Will Clarken & Niki O’Shea
137 2480x1390x SIR LUCAN (IRE) G 6 Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott
138 3534x7110x SIRILEO MISS M 6 Symon Wilde
139 612x SISSOKO (IRE) G 5 Ben, Will & JD Hayes
140 5x01x0705x SKYPHIOS G 4 Daniel P Kelly
141 21177x884x SMOKIN’ ROMANS (NZ) G 7 Ciaron Maher & David Eustace
142 141x1x682x SOULCOMBE (GB) G 5 Chris Waller
143 x34x339x3x SPANISH MISSION (USA) H 8 Peter G Moody & Katherine Coleman
144 15x42x22x SPEAK (GB) M 5 Michael Moroney
145 730942110x SPECIAL SWEY (NZ) G 4 Chris Waller
146 1233x6523x SPIRIT RIDGE (GB) G 9 Annabel Neasham
147 3616x ST VINCENTS GARDEN (IRE) H 4 Joseph O’Brien
148 9972764x0x STAFFORD’S LAD G 9 Daniel Morton
149 x11102330x SUIZURO G 4 Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young
150 71324x524x SUPAGIRL (IRE) M 5 Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott
151 42328x034x THE MEDITERRANEAN (IRE) G 6 Sara Ryan
152 22x008x81x THE SUMMIT (FR) G 7 Ben, Will & JD Hayes
153 5x7043100x TIMOUR (FR) G 6 Chris Waller
154 8x601x060x TORRENS H 7 Marc Chevalier
155 2x TOWER OF LONDON (IRE) H 4 Aidan O’Brien
156 133x TOWNSEND C 3 Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott
157 11x312x79x TUVALU G 6 Lindsey Smith
158 220151x86x UNCLE BRYN (GB) G 6 Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young
159 17x41x95x UNITED NATIONS (IRE) H 5 Ciaron Maher & David Eustace
160 9511121x0x URBAN OASIS (IRE) G 5 Nick Ryan
161 34x212x VALIANT KING (GB) H 4 Joseph O’Brien
162 1141x0091x VARDANI (FR) G 7 Archie Alexander
163 60x0x0941x VERONA (NZ) M 5 Ciaron Maher & David Eustace
164 x132x8802x VIRTUOUS CIRCLE (NZ) H 4 Liam Howley
165 x1191x520x WATERFORD (IRE) G 5 Chris Waller
166 1x13x WEST WIND BLOWS (IRE) G 5 Simon & Ed Crisford
167 1x111x122x WHITE MARLIN (IRE) G 6 Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott
168 3x WIN MIGHTY (JPN) M 7 Masato Nishizono
169 1x54920x0x WIN O’CLOCK (GB) G 7 Matthew Williams
170 x34216x42x WINEGLASS BAY (IRE) G 5 Chris Waller
171 311x20x11x WITHOUT A FIGHT (IRE) G 7 Anthony & Sam Freedman
172 x56507056x YAPHET G 5 Cliff Brown
173 11x12x122x YELLOW BRICK G 4 Tony & Maddysen Sears
174 5x48x7425x YOUTH SPIRIT (IRE) G 6 Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott
175 00x121735x ZEYREK (FR) G 7 Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes

 Table Credit: Racing Australia.

2023 Caulfield Cup First Acceptances

The Caulfield Cup first acceptances close on a Tuesday in early September and are the first round of declarations cutting down the list of nominated gallopers.

The 2023 Caulfield Cup first acceptances will be published below once confirmed on Tuesday the 12th of September, 2023.

The Caulfield Cup 2023 first acceptances drew 103 entries with updated all-in betting led by the Chris Waller-trained duo of Soulcombe and Francesco Guardi.

Last 10 Horse Sex Age Trainer Hcp Rating
1 3243x1337x ABERFELDIE BOY G 4 Robbie Griffiths & Mathew de Kock
2 57x31115x AFFAIRE A SUIVRE (NZ) M 4 Ciaron Maher & David Eustace
3 x60847x725 ALASKAN GOD G 5 Daniel Morton
4 616x69x00x ALENQUER (FR) G 6 Michael Moroney
5 x8537Px991 ATHABASCAN (FR) G 5 John O’Shea
6 33x1152x52 ATTRITION H 4 Mitchell Freedman
7 18x27410x8 BANK MAUR H 4 Richard Laming
8 0x3102341x BARBIE’S FOX M 7 Ben, Will & JD Hayes
9 52x1x00x06 BEAR STORY (IRE) G 6 Clinton McDonald
10 x994658101 BENAUD G 5 John O’Shea
11 211416×437 BERKELEY SQUARE G 4 Dan O’Sullivan
12 x3x5315232 BOIS D’ARGENT (GB) G 7 Annabel Neasham
13 21216×8683 BORN A KING (GB) G 7 Chris Waller
14 x13x212213 BRAYDEN STAR (GB) H 5 Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young
15 2x110x340x BREAKUP (JPN) H 6 Tatsuya Yoshioka
16 311011×060 BUSTER BASH G 6 David Harrison
17 31115x2x3x CARINI (FR) G 5 Danny O’Brien
18 11622x219x CONVENER (FR) H 5 Ciaron Maher & David Eustace
19 x0706x0x00 DAQIANSWEET JUNIOR (NZ) G 6 Phillip Stokes
20 01x93186x0 DIAMIL (IRE) G 6 John O’Shea
21 7×3 DIVUS ROMULUS (IRE) G 4 Nick Ryan
22 6880x43x79 DUAIS M 6 Edward Cummings
23 52x131x8x0 DUKE DE SESSA (IRE) H 5 Ciaron Maher & David Eustace
24 3x3x907x00 EL BODEGON (IRE) G 5 Chris Waller
25 81x847014x EL PATRONESS M 5 Danny O’Brien
26 5812x530x9 EMISSARY (GB) G 7 Michael Moroney
27 22x641127x FAME G 4 Peter G Moody & Katherine Coleman
28 302x858x58 FANCY MAN (IRE) G 6 Annabel Neasham
29 4x694341x8 FIREBURN M 4 Gary Portelli
30 x7111011x2 FIRST IMMORTAL G 4 Mark & Levi Kavanagh
31 324x47x51x FLOATING ARTIST (GB) G 8 Ciaron Maher & David Eustace
32 15x4430x76 FORGOT YOU (NZ) H 5 Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young
33 200x70x543 FOUJITA SAN G 4 Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes
34 1232821x0x FRANCESCO GUARDI (IRE) G 6 Chris Waller
35 1894340×70 FULL OF SINCERITY (NZ) G 4 Andrew Forsman
36 3455x65x63 GARACHICO (GB) G 5 Leon & Troy Corstens
37 214x380x0x GEAR UP (IRE) H 6 Annabel Neasham
38 78x2115x53 GEORGIE GET MAD (GB) G 5 Denis Pagan
39 291x2570x4 GOLD TRIP (FR) H 7 Ciaron Maher & David Eustace
40 7x31x111x9 GOLDMAN (NZ) G 5 Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott
41 2414x31x45 GREENLAND (IRE) H 4 Aidan O’Brien
42 2x13x4321x GREGOLIMO (FR) G 6 Michael Moroney
43 33×4 HAARACAINE (IRE) H 4 Nick Ryan
44 23x05420x8 HEZASHOCKA (NZ) G 6 Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr)
45 613x5840x7 HIGH EMOCEAN (NZ) M 7 Ciaron Maher & David Eustace
46 8x26844x4x HINGED M 5 Chris Waller
47 x3223180x5 HOO YA MAL (GB) G 5 Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott
48 142x1442x3 HOPE IN YOUR HEART M 5 Kerry Parker
49 10x6x82419 HOSIER (IRE) G 7 Mark Minervini
50 4x6536Px32 INTERPRETATION (IRE) G 6 Ciaron Maher & David Eustace
51 x921213x3L KALAPOUR (IRE) G 7 Kris Lees
52 11x1430x0x KING FRANKEL (IRE) G 6 Annabel Neasham
53 439x8663x0 KNIGHTS ORDER (IRE) G 9 Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott
54 111x3131x9 KOVALICA (NZ) G 4 Chris Waller
55 2x51210x04 LINDERMANN H 4 Chris Waller
56 2x318x3x LIONEL (GB) G 5 Ciaron Maher & David Eustace
57 612x7931x8 LUNAR FLARE M 8 Grahame Begg
58 2115x0x06x MAGICAL LAGOON (IRE) M 5 Chris Waller
59 6x11421x02 MAJOR BEEL (NZ) G 4 Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott
60 1423x99x9x MAKRAM (IRE) G 7 Ben, Will & JD Hayes
61 9281x860x8 MANZOICE H 4 Chris Waller
62 15x832236x MILFORD (NZ) G 6 Michael Moroney
63 40x5229x86 MONTEFILIA M 6 Chris Waller
64 52x5332x00 MO’UNGA (NZ) H 6 Annabel Neasham
65 13x9x0050x MOUNT POPA (IRE) G 9 Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes
66 433x35162x MOYA LASS M 4 Julius Sandhu
67 32312x18x7 MR WATERVILLE (IRE) G 5 Chris Waller
68 x421222x01 NAVAJO PEAK G 5 David Payne
69 70x18402x0 NONCONFORMIST G 7 Grahame Begg
70 00x11x513x OKITA SOUSHI (IRE) H 6 Joseph O’Brien
71 11x90x4x0x POINT NEPEAN (IRE) H 6 Ben, Will & JD Hayes
72 2312x80x52 POLITICAL DEBATE H 4 Chris Waller
73 2111263×64 POUNDING G 5 Peter G Moody & Katherine Coleman
74 102x100x2x PROTAGONIST (FR) G 7 Kris Lees
75 43x1610x97 QUEEN AIR M 4 Lindsey Smith
76 1x46x70x05 REGAL POWER G 8 John Leek (Jnr)
77 611x192x8 REO M 4 Richard Laming
78 1111121x2x RIGHT YOU ARE G 7 Ciaron Maher & David Eustace
79 9020x129x2 SERPENTINE (IRE) G 7 Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott
80 4x11x7161x SHAIYHAR (IRE) G 5 Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young
81 1112x2114x SHARP ’N’ SMART (NZ) G 4 Graeme & Deborah Rogerson
82 6472x295x0 SHERAZ (FR) G 7 Chris Waller
83 2311320×56 SHE’S FIT M 4 Daniel Morton
84 32x460x40x SIBAAQ (GB) G 6 Annabel Neasham
85 480x1390x7 SIR LUCAN (IRE) G 6 Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott
86 177x884x6x SMOKIN’ ROMANS (NZ) G 7 Ciaron Maher & David Eustace
87 41x1x682x1 SOULCOMBE (GB) G 5 Chris Waller
88 x34x339x3x SPANISH MISSION (USA) H 8 Peter G Moody & Katherine Coleman
89 1233×65233 SPIRIT RIDGE (GB) G 9 Annabel Neasham
90 11102330×8 SUIZURO G 4 Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young
91 22x008x814 THE SUMMIT (FR) G 7 Ben, Will & JD Hayes
92 5x7043100x TIMOUR (FR) G 6 Chris Waller
93 0151x86x80 UNCLE BRYN (GB) G 6 Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young
94 17x41x952 UNITED NATIONS (IRE) H 5 Ciaron Maher & David Eustace
95 34×21225 VALIANT KING (GB) H 4 Joseph O’Brien
96 41x0091x85 VARDANI (FR) G 7 Archie Alexander
97 60x0x09413 VERONA (NZ) M 5 Ciaron Maher & David Eustace
98 132x8802x0 VIRTUOUS CIRCLE (NZ) H 4 Liam Howley
99 1613×31232 WEST WIND BLOWS (IRE) G 5 Simon & Ed Crisford
100 1x54920x09 WIN O’CLOCK (GB) G 7 Matthew Williams
101 34216×4221 WINEGLASS BAY (IRE) G 5 Chris Waller
102 311x20x11x WITHOUT A FIGHT (IRE) G 7 Anthony & Sam Freedman
103 0x121735x4 ZEYREK (FR) G 7 Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

2023 Caulfield Cup Weights

The Caulfield Cup 2023 Weights are announced on a Tuesday in early September and will be published in full below once released by Racing Victoria’s chief handicapper Greg Carpenter.

The 2023 Caulfield Cup weights are released in September and will be published below once confirmed.

Incentivise (55.5kg in 2021) was the last Caulfield Cup top-weight to win.

Subsequent Melbourne Cup champion Gold Trip (57.5kg) was the 2022 Caulfield Cup top-weight and ran a brave second behind 51.5kg light weight Durston in the race.

Gold Trip also carried the 2023 Caulfield Cup top-weight of 58.5kg and finished a brave third.

The 2023 Caulfield Cup weights were declared on Tuesday the 19th of September with last year’s Melbourne Cup champion Gold Trip allocated the 58.5kg top-weight.

2023 Caulfield Cup Second Acceptances

The Caulfield Cup second acceptances take place on a Tuesday in late September and further narrow down the list of stayers eyeing a run in the $5 million classic.

The 2023 Caulfield Cup second acceptances will be published below once confirmed on Tuesday the 26th of September, 2023.

The 2023 Caulfield Cup second acceptances were taken on Tuesday September 26, 2023 with 67 stayers left in the mix including the now outright favourite Francesco Guardi from the Waller stable with recent form around spring star Mr Brightside.

Last 10 Horse Sex Age Trainer Hcp Rating
1 243x1337x3 ABERFELDIE BOY G 4 Robbie Griffiths & Mathew de Kock
2 60847×7253 ALASKAN GOD G 5 Daniel Morton
3 16x69x00x0 ALENQUER (FR) G 6 Michael Moroney
4 8x27410x89 BANK MAUR H 4 Richard Laming
5 0x31023417 BARBIE’S FOX M 7 Ben, Will & JD Hayes
6 9946581012 BENAUD G 5 John O’Shea
7 11416×4374 BERKELEY SQUARE G 4 Dan O’Sullivan
8 3×53152326 BOIS D’ARGENT (GB) G 7 Annabel Neasham
9 x13x212213 BRAYDEN STAR (GB) H 5 Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young
10 2x110x340x BREAKUP (JPN) H 6 Tatsuya Yoshioka
11 31115x2x31 CARINI (FR) G 5 Danny O’Brien
12 0706x0x007 DAQIANSWEET JUNIOR (NZ) G 6 Phillip Stokes
13 880x43x793 DUAIS M 6 Edward Cummings
14 52x131x8x0 DUKE DE SESSA (IRE) H 5 Ciaron Maher & David Eustace
15 3x3x907x00 EL BODEGON (IRE) G 5 Chris Waller
16 1x847014x3 EL PATRONESS M 5 Danny O’Brien
17 812x530x95 EMISSARY (GB) G 7 Michael Moroney
18 2x641127x8 FAME G 4 Peter G Moody & Katherine Coleman
19 7111011×21 FIRST IMMORTAL G 4 Mark & Levi Kavanagh
20 324x47x512 FLOATING ARTIST (GB) G 8 Ciaron Maher & David Eustace
21 15x4430x76 FORGOT YOU (NZ) H 5 Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young
22 1232821×05 FRANCESCO GUARDI (IRE) G 6 Chris Waller
23 291x2570x4 GOLD TRIP (FR) H 7 Ciaron Maher & David Eustace
24 x31x111x96 GOLDMAN (NZ) G 5 Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott
25 x13x4321x2 GREGOLIMO (FR) G 6 Michael Moroney
26 3x05420x80 HEZASHOCKA (NZ) G 6 Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr)
27 613x5840x7 HIGH EMOCEAN (NZ) M 7 Ciaron Maher & David Eustace
28 8x26844x40 HINGED M 5 Chris Waller
29 3223180×57 HOO YA MAL (GB) G 5 Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott
30 142x1442x3 HOPE IN YOUR HEART M 5 Kerry Parker
31 0x6x824193 HOSIER (IRE) G 7 Mark Minervini
32 x6536Px325 INTERPRETATION (IRE) G 6 Ciaron Maher & David Eustace
33 921213x3L7 KALAPOUR (IRE) G 7 Kris Lees
34 11x1430x00 KING FRANKEL (IRE) G 6 Annabel Neasham
35 39x8663x00 KNIGHTS ORDER (IRE) G 9 Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott
36 111x3131x9 KOVALICA (NZ) G 4 Chris Waller
37 115x0x06x9 MAGICAL LAGOON (IRE) M 5 Chris Waller
38 x11421x026 MAJOR BEEL (NZ) G 4 Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott
39 1423x99x96 MAKRAM (IRE) G 7 Ben, Will & JD Hayes
40 281x860x80 MANZOICE H 4 Chris Waller
41 0x5229x863 MONTEFILIA M 6 Chris Waller
42 3x9x0050x8 MOUNT POPA (IRE) G 9 Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes
43 2312x18x74 MR WATERVILLE (IRE) G 5 Chris Waller
44 421222×018 NAVAJO PEAK G 5 David Payne
45 0x18402x07 NONCONFORMIST G 7 Grahame Begg
46 00x11x513x OKITA SOUSHI (IRE) H 6 Joseph O’Brien
47 102x100x24 PROTAGONIST (FR) G 7 Kris Lees
48 1111121×25 RIGHT YOU ARE G 7 Ciaron Maher & David Eustace
49 020x129x24 SERPENTINE (IRE) G 7 Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott
50 4x11x71616 SHAIYHAR (IRE) G 5 Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young
51 472x295x08 SHERAZ (FR) G 7 Chris Waller
52 32x460x402 SIBAAQ (GB) G 6 Annabel Neasham
53 0x1390x704 SIR LUCAN (IRE) G 6 Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott
54 177x884x60 SMOKIN’ ROMANS (NZ) G 7 Ciaron Maher & David Eustace
55 1x1x682x14 SOULCOMBE (GB) G 5 Chris Waller
56 34x339x3x7 SPANISH MISSION (USA) H 8 Peter G Moody & Katherine Coleman
57 233×652332 SPIRIT RIDGE (GB) G 9 Annabel Neasham
58 1102330×85 SUIZURO G 4 Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young
59 2x008x8140 THE SUMMIT (FR) G 7 Ben, Will & JD Hayes
60 151x86x801 UNCLE BRYN (GB) G 6 Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young
61 17x41x9523 UNITED NATIONS (IRE) H 5 Ciaron Maher & David Eustace
62 34×21225 VALIANT KING (GB) H 4 Joseph O’Brien
63 41x0091x85 VARDANI (FR) G 7 Archie Alexander
64 32x8802x09 VIRTUOUS CIRCLE (NZ) H 4 Liam Howley
65 1613×31232 WEST WIND BLOWS (IRE) G 5 Simon & Ed Crisford
66 11x20x11x6 WITHOUT A FIGHT (IRE) G 7 Anthony & Sam Freedman
67 x121735x45 ZEYREK (FR) G 7 Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

2023 Caulfield Cup Third Acceptances

The Caulfield Cup third acceptances take place on a Tuesday in early October and are the final round of declarations before the official field is announced the following week.

The 2023 Caulfield Cup second acceptances will be published below once confirmed on Tuesday the 10th of October, 2023.

The Caulfield Cup 2023 third acceptances drew 31 stayers including last year’s Melbourne Cup hero Gold Trip who won the Group 1 Turnbull Stakes in an impressive upset last start over fellow Caulfield Cup third acceptors – UK raider West Wind Blows and the Chris Waller-trained all-in Caulfield Cup favourite Soulcombe.

Last 10 Horse Sex Age Trainer Ballot Weight True Weight Penalty Hcp Rating
1 91x2570x41 GOLD TRIP (FR) H 7 Ciaron Maher & David Eustace 1= 58.5kg .5
2 111121×250 RIGHT YOU ARE G 7 Ciaron Maher & David Eustace 1= 53kg 6
3 51x86x8010 UNCLE BRYN (GB) G 6 Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young 1= 52kg 1.0kg 7
4 x5229x8631 MONTEFILIA M 6 Chris Waller 4 54.5kg 3
5 11x20x11x6 WITHOUT A FIGHT (IRE) G 7 Anthony & Sam Freedman 5 55.5kg 3.5
6 880x43x793 DUAIS M 6 Edward Cummings 6 54kg 3.5
7 4x339x3x78 SPANISH MISSION (USA) H 8 Peter G Moody & Katherine Coleman 7 55.5kg 3.5
8 2x110x340x BREAKUP (JPN) H 6 Tatsuya Yoshioka 8 55kg 4
9 232821×057 FRANCESCO GUARDI (IRE) G 6 Chris Waller 9 54kg 5
10 613×312322 WEST WIND BLOWS (IRE) G 5 Simon & Ed Crisford 10 54kg 5
11 x1x682x143 SOULCOMBE (GB) G 5 Chris Waller 11 53.5kg 5.5
12 0x18402x07 NONCONFORMIST G 7 Grahame Begg 12 53.5kg 5.5
13 223180×572 HOO YA MAL (GB) G 5 Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott 13 53kg 6
14 2x131x8x06 DUKE DE SESSA (IRE) H 5 Ciaron Maher & David Eustace 14 53kg 6
15 3x05420x80 HEZASHOCKA (NZ) G 6 Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr) 15 52.5kg 6.5
16 x641127x89 FAME G 4 Peter G Moody & Katherine Coleman 16 51kg 6.5
17 12x530x950 EMISSARY (GB) G 7 Michael Moroney 17 52kg 7
18 31x111x960 GOLDMAN (NZ) G 5 Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott 18 52kg 7
19 34×21225 VALIANT KING (GB) H 4 Joseph O’Brien 19 50kg 7.5
20 00x11x513x OKITA SOUSHI (IRE) H 6 Joseph O’Brien 20 51.5kg 7.5
21 13x5840x70 HIGH EMOCEAN (NZ) M 7 Ciaron Maher & David Eustace 21 50kg 7.5
22 33×6523322 SPIRIT RIDGE (GB) G 9 Annabel Neasham 22 50.5kg 8.5
23 x531523267 BOIS D’ARGENT (GB) G 7 Annabel Neasham 23 50.5kg 8.5
24 111011×212 FIRST IMMORTAL G 4 Mark & Levi Kavanagh 24 50kg 9
25 21213x3L73 KALAPOUR (IRE) G 7 Kris Lees 25 50kg 9
26 16x69x00x0 ALENQUER (FR) G 6 Michael Moroney 26 56.5kg 2.5
27 0706x0x007 DAQIANSWEET JUNIOR (NZ) G 6 Phillip Stokes 27 51.5kg 7.5
28 13×2122131 BRAYDEN STAR (GB) H 5 Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young 28= 50kg 9
29 31115x2x31 CARINI (FR) G 5 Danny O’Brien 28= 50kg 9
30 x13x4321x2 GREGOLIMO (FR) G 6 Michael Moroney 28= 50kg 9
31 17x41x9523 UNITED NATIONS (IRE) H 5 Ciaron Maher & David Eustace 28= 50kg 9

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

Caulfield Cup Form Guide

The Caulfield Cup form guide features all the information you need to place a winning wager on the handicap showdown including the basics such as the saddlecloth and barrier numbers of the horses in the field. You can also find information like the lead-up starts of the hopefuls and their allocated weights.

Heavily weighted horses aren’t statistically at any disadvantage either with Admire Rakti (2014) and Dunaden (2012) both carrying 58kg to victory in recent years.

The 2022 Caulfield Cup form was franked with the runner-up Gold Trip going on to win that year’s Melbourne Cup race two starts later.

The 2022 Caulfield Cup third place-getter Knights Order further franked the form returning the following autumn to finish third in the Sydney Cup trifecta.

Caulfield Cup Form Facts

  • The Turnbull Stakes has produced the most Caulfield Cup winners over the past 30 years.
  • Favourites in Caulfield Cup betting saluted five times from 2007 – 2023.
  • Since 1996 only five mares have won the Caulfield Cup with Verry Elleegant, Jameka, Southern Speed, Ethereal, and Arctic Scent.
  • From 2010 – 2023 four four-year-olds have won.

2023 Caulfield Cup Form Guide

A link to our detailed Caulfield Cup 2023 Form Guide and betting preview will be provided for punters below the week of the race.

Caulfield Cup Records

Caulfield Cup Race Record: Diatribe in 2000 set the Caulfield Cup race record winning in a time of 2 minutes 23.32 seconds

Caulfield Cup Training Record: Bart Cummings holds the Caulfield Cup training record have prepared seven winners.

Caulfield Cup Results

The Caulfield Cup results and finishing order are known as soon as the race runs late on the Caulfield card at the October spring meeting and most punters are looking for which three horses ran the trifecta.

The results also show the starting price, weight carried and margin between each of the runners as well as any scratched horses from the field.

Newminster was the inaugural Caulfield Cup winner back in 1879.

Seven horses throughout history have won two editions of the Caulfield Cup.

Durston made Caulfield Cup history in 2022 as the first ever emergency to win.

Without A Fight is the most recent Caulfield Cup winner from 2023.

The current dual Caulfield Cup winners are Paris (1892, 1894), Hymettus (1898, 1901), Poseidon (1906, 1907), Uncle Sam (1912, 1914), Whittier (1922, 1925), Rising Fast (1954, 1955), and most recently Ming Dynasty (1977, 1980).

Past Caulfield Cup Winners

Recent Caulfield Cup winners and place-getters dating back to the year 2000 are detailed in the below table.

Year First Second Third Time
2023 Without A Fight West Wind Blows Gold Trip 2:26.45
2022 Durston Gold Trip Knights Order 2:33.6
2021 Incentivise Nonconformist Persan 2:30.8
2020 Verry Elleegant Anthony Van Dyck The Chosen One 2:31.9
2019 Mer De Glace Vow And Declare Mirage Dancer 2:30.1
2018 Best Solution Homesman The Cliffsofmoher 2:33.7
2017 Boom Time Single Gaze Johannes Vermeer 2:27.6
2016 Jameka Scottish Exospheric 2:28.8
2015 Mongolian Khan Trip To Paris Our Ivanhowe 2:27.7
2014 Admire Rakti Rising Romance Lucia Valentina 2:32.1
2013 Fawkner Dandino Dear Demi 2:29.1
2012 Dunaden Alcopop Lights Of Heaven 2:28.8
2011 Southern Speed Green Moon Tullamore 2:28.4
2010 Descarado Harris Tweed Monaco Consul 2:35.6
2009 Viewed Roman Emperor Vigor 2:29.7
2008 All The Good Nom Du Jeu Barbaricus 2:27.4
2007 Master O’Reilly Douro Valley Princess Coup 2.26.1
2006 Tawqeet Aqua Damore Delta Blues 2.27.6
2005 Railings Eye Popper Mummify 2.27.9
2004 Elvstroem Makybe Diva Grey Song 2.31.3
2003 Mummify Grey Song Distinctly Secret 2.25.9
2002 Northerly Fields Of Omagh Republic Lass 2.30.3
2001 Ethereal Sky Heights Celestial Show 2.30.9
2000 Diatribe Kaapstad Way Fairway 2.25.3