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. 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. 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.