Caulfield Cup 2024

The 2024 Caulfield Cup winner Duke De Sessa beat the favourite Buckaroo to hand trainer Ciaron Maher his second victory!

2024 Caulfield Cup Results

The official Caulfield Cup 2024 Results & Finishing Order will be available below once the race takes place on Saturday, October 19, 2024 and the latest Caulfield Cup winner is revealed.

2024 Caulfield Cup winner Duke De Sessa was huge off an on-speed run. Photo: Ultimate Racing Photos.

• 1st: #10 Duke De Sessa
• 2nd: #2 Buckaroo
• 3rd: #8 Land Legend
• 4th: #13 Zardozi

The 2024 Caulfield Cup was won in a daring front-running performance by the progressive Ciaron Maher-trained market mover, Duke De Sessa ($11), ridden to victory by birthday boy Harry Coffey in a brilliant on-speed performance to salute by 1.5 lengths over the Chris Waller stablemates Buckaroo (2nd) and Land Legend (3rd).

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.

The Caulfield Cup – Melbourne Cup double has been achieved by 12 horses in the same year, most recently the gun mare Ethereal (2001) and Without A Fight (2023).

2023 Caulfield Cup winner Without A Fight. Photo: Ultimate Racing Photos.

The Caulfield Cup is currently a handicap event, although there are 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 is challenged for the punters’ attention by Sydney’s richest race day – The Everest Day – which is held on the same date at Royal Randwick and featuring the world’s richest turf race -Group 1 the $20 million The Everest – along with The Kosciuszko race for country-trained horses.

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 19, 2024 as the first of the ‘Big 3’ Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival majors and saw trainer Ciaron Maher win for a second time with an improved run by Duke De Sessa ($11) who ran 9th last year. 

2024 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.

Caulfield Cup Race Info

• Date: Saturday, October 19, 2024
• 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).

In 2024 the Caulfield Cup winner, Duke De Sessa, jumped at odds of $11 while the favourite Buckaroo ($3.80F) ran second.

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 eight Caulfield Cup winners from 2009 – 2024 including Jameka (2nd in 2016), fellow mare Verry Elleegant (1st in 2020) who did the double, Incentivise (1st of 2021) who also won both races, and most recently Duke De Sessa (4th in 2024).

Other Caulfield Cup betting tips include looking for in-form four-year-old horses as this age group saluted four times from 2010 – 2024, while Caulfield Cup barriers seven and nine have produced the most winners since 1983.

Barrier 6 most recently produced Caulfield Cup winner Duke De Sessa in 2024.

2024 Caulfield Cup Tips

Our Ladbrokes exclusive Caulfield Cup 2024 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: #15 Deny Knowledge ($17 at time of publish) – BET NOW

Sticking with a form mare who looks excellent on the quick back-up despite the barrier making her chances a little tougher.

A front runner leading all the way in a Caulfield Cup? Why not?! This Anthony & Sam Freedman-trained Pride Of Dubai seven-year-old was given a bold ride by Mark Zahra second-up in the Group 1 Might And Power (2000m) here last weekend when taking control in the lead and outrunning them all including the odds-on favourite Mr Brightside.

That was a huge effort at weight-for-age and she drops right back in from the 57kg she carried with ease there to just 50.5kg on the Caulfield Cup weights. She will be absolutely airborne under those kilos with Craig Newitt a very nice lightweight champ to have aboard for the ride.

Verry Elleegant (2020) was the last Caulfield Cup winning mare and Deny Knowledge ticks a few of the same boxes.

This Grafton Cup winner was fifth to Buckaroo the run before in the Underwood over the 1800m but will relish the 2400m now.

This is obviously her toughest test to date, but she’s proven at the distance, and we know she can stay.

Barrier 17 is a blow as she’ll need to work to get up in front from there but if she gets out quick and doesn’t use too much energy crossing them, she’ll give them something to chase!

The Danger: #2 Buckaroo ($4.20 at time of publish) – BET NOW

You cannot bet on the Caulfield Cup this year and leave Buckaroo out, you just can’t.

He won the Underwood Stakes in such style two back when putting 3.5 lengths on his closest rival over the 1800m here on the back of a Group 2 Chelmsford Stakes win fresh in Sydney.

This six-year-old son of Fastnet Rock is in peak form, presents rock-hard fit, and represents dual Caulfield Cup winning trainer Waller.

Gets things his way from an ideal barrier eight draw with the ‘Magic Man’ Joao Moreira retaining the ride. The Brazilian hoop has a wonderful record in the Group 1 races down under and has his third straight ride on the horse.

Latest run was a narrow loss in the Group 1 Turnbull Stakes (2000m) just edged out by Via Sistina – the ace mare heading the Melbourne Cup weights this year – at Flemington.

He gets weight relief now down from 58kg to 54.5kg and looks extremely well rated at those kilos.

Needs to answer the distance question but based on what he’s done here and overseas and the form he is in think he’ll run it out and could salute for the punters without surprising.

Each Way: #7 Eliyass ($7 at time of publish) – BET NOW

Eliyass has been near the top of Caulfield Cup betting all spring and continues to deserve a spot in all the Caulfield Cup best bets.

This talented Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott-trained import is putting together a terrific record down under and comes in with confidence despite a blow drawing the extreme outside alley.

Incentivise (2021) was the last Caulfield Cup winner from gate 18 of 18 and this son of Le Harve has support to be the next.

He’s a six-year-old son of Le Harve still lightly raced with Saturday just his 13th start. A very progressive type and already a nine-time winner.

Yet to do it over further than 2000m but he won the Group 3 Kingston Town in Sydney two back which is proving a strong form race this season and think he’ll be better off the Turnbull run up to the mile and a half.

Definitely one to watch out for!

The Roughie: #10 Duke De Sessa ($18 at time of publish) – BET NOW

The price on this Ciaron Maher-trained galloper is attractive for a bit of a flutter and the word could be getting out with a slight move seeing him backed in from $21 to $18 at time of publish.

There’s a host of ‘next best’ in this field but think Harry Coffey’s mount ticks a few boxes in on just 52kg and drawn well in gate six.

The Irish-bred six-year-old needs to shrug his Caulfield hoodoo yet to win from six previous starts at the course but he brings in those form lines we’re all loving with back-to-back fourths in the Underwood and Turnbull respectively.

Was competitive in those lead-ups and unlike the top fancy Buckaroo is proven at the Caulfield Cup distance (4:2-0-1).

Wider out in gate 14 with a kilo more last year running ninth.

Good in plenty since and think he’s a better top three hope this season.

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.

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.

2024 Caulfield Cup Acceptance Dates

• 2024 Caulfield Cup Nominations closed at 12pm (local time) on Tuesday, August 6, 2024 – 173 Entries; 36 Internationals. 
• 2024 Caulfield Cup First Acceptances were released on Tuesday, September 10, 2024 – 87 Entires; 2 Internationals. 
• 2024 Caulfield Cup Second Acceptances closed at 12pm (local time) on Tuesday, September 24, 2024 – 57 Entries; 1 International.
• 2024 Caulfield Cup Third Acceptances closed at 12pm (local time) on Tuesday, October 8, 2024 – 33 Entries; 1 International. 
• 2024 Caulfield Cup Final Acceptances closed at 10:30am (local time) on Tuesday, October 15, 2024. 

2024 Caulfield Cup Field

The official Caulfield Cup 2024 Final Field and Barriers are announced on the Tuesday of race week with final acceptances open until 10:30am (local time).

The 2024 Caulfield Cup field will be published in full below as soon as released by Racing Victoria.

The official Caulfield Cup 2024 final field and barriers have been confirmed with the Chris Waller-trained Underwood Stakes winner Buckaroo the favourite drawn barrier eight for the ‘Magic Man’ Joao Moreira.

Waterhouse & Bott’s impressive import Eliyass remains the danger in the updated markets drawn the outside alley with Incentivise (2021) the last Caulfield Cup champ to overcome the extreme outside barrier.

2024 Caulfield Cup Nominations

Early Caulfield Cup 2024 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 2024 Caulfield Cup nominations will be published below once confirmed on Tuesday the 6th of August 2024.

The nominations for the 2024 Caulfield Cup closed on August 6th, with a total of 173 horses entered. The early betting favourite post-nominations was Auguste Rodin, trained by Aidan O’Brien, who recently won the Epsom Derby and Irish Derby. This year’s Caulfield Cup nominations feature a record number of 36 international runners, surpassing 24 in 2023.

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

2024 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 2024 Caulfield Cup first acceptances will be published below once confirmed on Tuesday the 10th of September, 2024.

Eighty-seven horses make-up the official Caulfield Cup 2024 first acceptances with runaway The Q22 champion Fawkner Park early favourite in the updated markets. Only two international raiders remain in the mix.

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

2024 Caulfield Cup Weights

The Caulfield Cup 2024 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 2024 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 2024 Caulfield Cup weights are declared on Tuesday the 17th of September, 2024.

The Caulfield Cup 2024 weights have been confirmed with Ciaron Maher’s defending champion Without A Fight, who went on to win the Melbourne Cup also last spring, the 58.5kg top weight.

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

2024 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 2024 Caulfield Cup second acceptances will be published below once confirmed on Tuesday the 24th of September, 2024.

The Caulfield Cup 2024 second acceptances have left 57 stayers with markets led by Queensland Derby champ Warmonger, the Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott-trained French import Eliyass, and Buckaroo for the Chris Waller stable who won the Underwood. Just one international is left – Japan’s Warp Speed.

2024 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 2024 Caulfield Cup second acceptances will be published below once confirmed on Tuesday the 8th of October, 2024.

The 2024 Caulfield Cup third acceptances are now out with 33 remaining runners led in betting by Chris Waller’s Underwood Stakes champ Buckaroo.

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.

In 2023 Without A Fight franked the Caulfield Cup form becoming the latest stayer and 12th horse in history to complete the Caulfield Cup – Melbourne Cup race double in the same year.

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 – 2024.
• Since 1996 only five mares have won the Caulfield Cup with Verry Elleegant, Jameka, Southern Speed, Ethereal, and Arctic Scent.
• From 2010 – 2024 four four-year-olds have won.

2024 Caulfield Cup Form Guide

A link to our detailed Caulfield Cup 2024 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 race 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 placegetters dating back to the year 2000 are detailed in the below table.

FAQ

Who won the 2024 Caulfield Cup?

The 2024 Caulfield Cup was won by the Ciaron Maher-trained Duke De Sessa who jumped at $11 odds and was ridden to victory by Harry Coffey.

When is the Caulfield Cup 2024?

What is the prize money for the Caulfield Cup 2024?

$5,000,000

Where is the Caulfield Cup 2024?

Caulfield Racecourse, Gate 22, Station St, Caulfield East VIC 3145.