Coongy Cup 2024

Ladbrokes Tip: The Coongy Cup serves as a final potential lead-up into the Caulfield Cup field

The Coongy Cup is a Group 3 race run at Caulfield Racecourse on the Wednesday before Caulfield Cup Day in mid-October each Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival.

2022 Coongy Cup winner Gunstock

2022 Coongy Cup winner Gunstock. Photo: Ultimate Racing Photos.

Currently the sole Group status event on the mid-week race card, the Coongy Cup is a handicap clash run over 2000m.

Along with the $200,000 stakes the Coongy Cup now also offers a final ballot exemption into the Group 1 $5 million Caulfield Cup (2400m) run three days later.

Run and won since 1898, the race has held Group 3 status since 1978 and from 1998-2018 ran on Caulfield Cup Day.

Shocking ran second in the Coongy Cup results of 2009 before going on to win that year’s iconic Melbourne Cup over the two miles at Flemington.

This season the 2024 Coongy Cup ran on Wednesday October 16, 2024 and was won in dominant fashion with the smart grey import Kingswood ($2.60F) who made it two on the trot in Australia.

2024 Coongy Cup Results

The official Coongy Cup 2024 Results & Finishing Order will be provided below once the race is run and won on Wednesday October 16, 2024.

2024 Coongy Cup winner Kingswood
2024 Coongy Cup winner Kingswood. Photo: Ultimate Racing Photos.
  • 1st: #8 Kingswood
  • 2nd: #1 Berkeley Square
  • 3rd: #9 Star Vega

Gavin Bedggood’s classy grey import Kingswood ($2.60F) made it back-to-back wins with the progressive son of Roaring Lion unbeaten down under after destroying his rivals with a dominant victory as the favourite in Wednesday’s 2024 Coongy Cup results.

2024 Coongy Cup Odds

The season’s top Coongy Cup 2024 odds and betting market links will be available below as soon as open.

Early market betting odds on the 2025 Coongy 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.

Coongy Cup Race Info

  • Date: Wednesday October 16, 2024
  • Track: Caulfield Racecourse
  • Distance: 2000m
  • Conditions: Handicap
  • Status: Group 3
  • Prize Money: $200,000
  • First Run: 1898

Coongy Cup Betting

Coongy Cup betting markets are led by in-form staying types with form over the 2000m – 2400m distance range.

Any previous Group 1 performers down in grade as well as the best out of the Group 3 Naturalism Stakes (2000m) are usually kept safe in the Coongy Cup odds.

Wolfe ($3.50 in 2019), Nonconformist ($3.30 in 2020), Gunstock ($2.45 in 2022), and Kingswood ($2.60 in 2024) are the latest favourites in Coongy Cup betting to salute for the punters.

There was a notable upset in 2021 with Queensland Oaks winner Duais winning at Coongy Cup odds of 10/1.

Coongy Cup Field

The Coongy Cup race field attracts a quality line-up of stayers chasing the eleventh-hour ballot exemption into the Caulfield cup field.

Potential lead-up races into the Coongy Cup field include the Group 3 Naturalism Stakes (2000m) and the Group 3 The Bart Cummings (2500m).

Following a run in the Coongy Cup field stayers may contest the Group 3 Bendigo Cup (2400m) on the Wednesday after Cox Plate Day hoping to earn a Melbourne Cup start.

The Coongy Cup final acceptances are released on the Monday before the race runs on a Wednesday after Caulfield Guineas Day with the early nominations closing the Thursday prior.

2024 Coongy Cup Field

The official Coongy Cup 2024 field and barriers will be published in full below once final acceptances are taken by Racing Victoria on the Monday of race week.

The 2024 Coongy Cup final field is now out with markets on the last at Caulfield on Wednesday led by the Gavin Bedggood-trained import Kingswood coming off a big Sandown win first-up.

2024 Coongy Cup Nominations

The early Coongy Cup 2024 Nominations are taken the Thursday prior to the race and will be published below once confirmed.

  Last 10 Horse Sex Age Trainer Ballot Weight True Weight Penalty Hcp Rating
1 201x80x274 ATTRITION H 5 Mitchell Freedman 1 59kg 59kg   107
2 10172x00x8 LE DON DE VIE (GB) G 9 Ciaron Maher 2 57.5kg 57.5kg   104
3 562512×811 BERKELEY SQUARE G 5 Dan O’Sullivan 3 56.5kg 56.5kg   102
4 00x634820x SMOKIN’ ROMANS (NZ) G 8 Ciaron Maher 4 56.5kg 56.5kg   102
5 2x210625x9 OSMOSE (FR) M 6 Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott 5 54kg 53.5kg   100
6 3483284732 POUNDING G 6 Peter G Moody & Katherine Coleman 6 54.5kg 54.5kg   98
7 1625×00317 REDSTONE WELL (IRE) G 6 Annabel Neasham & Rob Archibald 7 54.5kg 54.5kg   98
8 0x242274x7 MANKAYAN (IRE) G 9 Ciaron Maher 8 54kg 53.5kg   96
9 420×012226 TOURISTIC (GB) G 6 Peter Snowden 9 54kg 53kg   95
10 4x87x00482 TOO CLOSE THE SUN G 9 Ciaron Maher 10 54kg 52kg   93
11 7x111111x6 SEA WHAT I SEE (IRE) M 5 Danny O’Brien 11 54kg 49.5kg   92
12 15322491×6 MYSTERY ISLAND (JPN) G 8 Shane Jackson 12 54kg 50.5kg   90
13 1124128×45 INDEPENDENT ROAD G 8 Ben, Will & JD Hayes 13 54kg 50kg   89
14 1605x483x3 SHAIYHAR (IRE) G 6 Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young 14 54kg 49kg   87
15 37000x00x9 GRANDSLAM G 7 Ciaron Maher 15 54kg 49kg   87
16 24x68x7x00 PROMISES KEPT G 5 Ciaron Maher 16 54kg 48.5kg   86
17 3x05580x43 SUNSETS G 4 Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young 17 54kg 48kg   85
18 1815×00276 KETTLE HILL (GB) G 8 Ciaron Maher 18 54kg 47kg   83
19 0568408×97 NOAH ’N’ A DEEL M 5 Peter G Moody & Katherine Coleman 19 54kg 44.5kg   82
20 35x24x95x1 KINGSWOOD (GB) H 5 Gavin Bedggood 20 54kg 46kg   81
21 53×8762142 STAR VEGA (IRE) G 5 Anthony & Sam Freedman 21 54kg 45.5kg   80
22 25058×0018 CONVENER (FR) G 6 Ciaron Maher 22 54kg 45.5kg   80
23 33x44111x1 HAARACAINE (IRE) H 5 Nick Ryan 23 54kg 43.5kg   76

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

Coongy Cup Tips

Top Coongy Cup tips include looking for the best out of the traditional lead-up races including the Naturalism Stakes run at the same track and distance, backing the runners from the better stables and any Group 1 performers down in grade.

2024 Coongy Cup Tips

Our Ladbrokes’ insider Coongy Cup 2024 betting tips and Caulfield racing selections will be detailed below the week of the race so bookmark this page for the stayers to back and sack in the Caulfield Cup lead-up this spring.

  • To Win: #8 Kingswood ($2.80 at time of publish) – BET NOW

Small field and a few genuine winning hopes but sticking with the favourite at this weight. Kingswood, a nicely bred Roaring Lion entire, is an in-form grey coming off a nice Sandown win over 1800m. The Gavin Bedggood-trained grey carted 58.5kg to a 2.25 length win there fresh and presents fit and ready to fire again. This progressive import will relish the 2000m now and should be very hard to beat flying with just 54kg and John Allen retaining the ride.

Coongy Cup Form Guide

The Coongy Cup form guide features all the info punters need to place a well-informed wager on the 2000m showdown including the saddlecloth number, barrier, trainer and jockey of all the runners in the field.

It is crucial to look at the Coongy Cup form for stayers proven at the distance, those getting in well in the weights and runners out of a good lead-up run in a race like the Naturalism Stakes.

The 2021 Coongy Cup form was franked with the winner Duais returning the following autumn to win both the Group 1 Australian Cup (2000m) and the Group 1 Tancred Stakes (2400m).

The Coongy Cup third placegetter in 2022, Aurora’s Symphony, franked the form the next year returning in the autumn to win Tasmania’s 2023 Group 3 Launceston Cup and then head to Morphettville to finish runner-up in the Group 2 Adelaide Cup (3200m).

In 2023 the Coongy Cup form was franked by the winner Muramasa who won the VRC Queen Elizabeth Stakes next start.

2024 Coongy Cup Form Guide

A link to our comprehensive Coongy Cup 2024 Form Guide will be provided for punters below the week of the race.

Coongy Cup Results

The Coongy Cup race results and finishing order are announced on the Wednesday after Caulfield Guineas Day when the event runs on the midweek race card at Caulfield Racecourse.

As well as the Coongy Cup winner, successful trifecta and first four you can also see the starting price and margin of all the runners as well as any scratched horses.

Notable recent Coongy Cup winners include Rose Of Kingston (1982), that year’s subsequent Melbourne Cup third place-getter Maybe Better (2006), Vanbrugh (2016), and Duais (2021) who was the last Coongy Cup winning mare.

Top Role (1973) was the last three-year-old Coongy Cup winner.

In 2018 there was a dead heat in the Coongy Cup results between Best Of Days and Mask Of Time.

Past Coongy Cup Winners

Recent Coongy Cup winners and placegetters dating back to the year 1988 are detailed in the below table.

Year Winner 2nd 3rd Time
2024 Kingswood Berkeley Square Star Vega 2:05.90
2023 Muramasa Diamil Gregolimo 2:01.21
2022 Gunstock Yonkers Aurora’s Symphony 2:06.6
2021 Duais Wentwood Floating Artist 2:03.2
2020 Nonconformist Harlem Kiwia 2:03.7
2019 Wolfe Top Of The Range Kiwia 2:02.7
2018* Mask Of Time / Best Of Days Life Less Ordinary 2:07.0
2017 Kiwia Samovare Maurus 2:02.9
2016 Vanbrugh Tom Melbourne It’s Somewhat 2:02.1
2015 Stratum Star Awesome Rock Leebaz 2:02.1
2014 Contributer Noble Protector Signoff 2:05.2
2013 Spurtonic Bass Strait Garud 2:03.1
2012 Lightinthenite Bagman Extra Zero 2:04.2
2011 Foreteller Extra Zero Midnight Martini 2:03.1
2010 Ginga Dude Purple Zoomin 2:06.6
2009 Baughurst Shocking Pacino 2:03.6
2008 Baughurst Pacino Annenkov 2:02.0
2007 Fire In The Night Molotov Pachino 2:02.4
2006 Maybe Better King Of Ashford Temple Hills 2:01.2
2005 Activation Studebaker Uprize 2:00.6
2004 Reclaim Pretorius Star Of Grechen 2:05.7
2003 Frightening Crawl Adolescence 2:03.5
2002 Mr Lofty Little Miss Quick Society Beau 2:02.
2001 Citras Prince Indian Ridge Tempest Morn 2:04.1
2000 Typhoon Avilde Slavonic 2:00.9
1999 Oliver Twist Make A Scene Nahayan 2:03.5
1998 Its All In Fun Kalastaire Madonna 2:16.3
1997 Our Sumo Sunny Lane Toil 2:15.8
1996 Circles Of Gold Filante Beau Heed 2:03.0
1995 Macdrury Waikikamukau Makarpura Star 2:03.6
1994 Excited Angel Ball Park Over The Top 2:02.8
1993 Silk Ali Maraakiz Notwithstanding 2:01.6
1992 Fraar Brave Expectations Mountain Rule 2:02.5
1991 Mantlepiece Majestic Boy Centro 2:01.1
1990 Kessem Kingston Rule Goliath 2:00.6
1989 Eye Of The Sky Perfect Answer Chigarow 2:01.6
1988 Ideal Centreman Be Reasonable Exocet 2:00.1

* Dead Heat

FAQ

When is the Coongy Cup 2024?

Wednesday October 16, 2024

What is the prize money for the Coongy Cup 2024?

$200,000

Where is the Coongy Cup 2024?

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