Ipswich Cup

Ladbrokes Tip: The Ipswich Cup serves as a good winter racing guide to the Caloundra Cup

The next edition of the Ipswich Cup runs on Saturday, June 20, 2026.

2026 Ipswich Cup Odds

The season’s best Ipswich Cup 2026 betting odds and links to our markets on the field will be available right here as soon as released so stay tuned for the best Queensland winter racing odds online.

Ipswich Cup Tips

Good Ipswich Cup tips include backing stayers coming off a top three run in Group 2 or 3 grade over the 2000m – 2400m distance range in Brisbane and any past Ipswich winners.

The male runners make a good bet in Ipswich Cup tipping with only a handful of mares having recently won the race. Since Portland Singa (2004) the only female runners to win the Ipswich Cup are Bianca (2008) and Anagold (2013).

2026 Ipswich Cup Tips

Our insider Ipswich Cup 2026 betting tips and Black-Type Queensland racing selections will be detailed below the week of the race, so you know what mares to get behind at the best odds on Ipswich Cup Day.

The Ipswich Cup is a Listed staying race held at Ipswich Racecourse in Queensland towards the end of June as part of the wider Queensland Winter Racing Carnival.

Contested over 2150m, the quality handicap offers $250,000 in prize money.

The Brisbane Winter Racing Carnival officially comes to an end the weekend prior with Stradbroke Handicap Day and is followed by the Ipswich Cup Day races.

Ipswich Cup Day is also host to the Listed $200,000 Eye Liner Stakes (1350m) and the Listed $160,000 Gai Waterhouse Classic (1200m) for fillies and mares.

From 1986 – 2006 the Ipswich Cup held Group 3 status before being demoted back to its current Listed status.

Ipswich Cup Race Info

• Date: Saturday, June 20, 2026
• Track: Ipswich Racecourse
• Distance: 2150m
• Conditions: Quality Handicap
• Status: Listed
• Prize Money: $250,000

2026 Ipswich Cup Results

The complete Ipswich Cup 2026 Results & Finishing Order will be listed below once the race takes place on Saturday, June 20, 2026.

Ipswich Cup Betting

Ipswich Cup betting markets are led by in-form winter stayers with previous form in similar grade Queensland races.

Any interstate raiders making the trip up to the sunshine state for the event also sit high up the Ipswich Cup odds each season.

Tradesman ($1.80 in 2018) was the last favourite in Ipswich Cup betting to salute for the punters.

There was a notable upset in 2021 when Happy Go Plucky won at Ipswich Cup odds of $21, in 2022 with Smart Meteor won at $20, in 2023 with the Annabel Neasham-trained Regal Lion jumping at $21 in Ipswich Cup betting, again in 2024 with Red Wave saluting at $17 and Flash Aah who scored a boilover in 2025 at $31.

Ipswich Cup Field

The Ipswich Cup race field attracts a quality line-up of stayers coming off lead-up runs either in Queensland or interstate in similar grade and distance events.

Potential lead-up races to the Ipswich Cup field each season include the Group 2 Brisbane Cup (3200m) held the weekend before or the Group 3 Premier’s Cup in late May also run in Brisbane.

Smart Meteor (11th in 2022) and Red Wave (11th in 2024) are the latest Ipswich Cup winners to come via a lead-up run in the BRC Premier’s Cup.

Ipswich Cup runners may have also had an earlier run in Brisbane’s Group 1 $1 million Doomben Cup (2000m).

Following a run in the Ipswich Cup field there are plenty of following winter racing options for graduates including the the Listed $300,000 Caloundra Cup (2400m) on the Queensland’s Sunshine Coast in early July and the Listed $200,000 Grafton Cup (2350m) held in New South Wales.

For runners that may be keen to race on the quick back-up, the Group 3 $200,000 Tattersall’s Cup (2400m) run the following Saturday back at Eagle Farm on Tattersall’s Tiara Day is another option for Ipswich Cup horses.

Recently, the 2021 Ipswich Cup winner Happy Go Plucky went on to run third in that year’s Caloundra Cup results.

In 2024, Red Wave became the latest horse to complete Queensland’s Ipswich Cup – Toowoomba Cup double.

Ipswich Cup nominations close the Monday before the race runs on the Saturday and final acceptances are out on the Tuesday.

2026 Ipswich Cup Field

The official Ipswich Cup 2026 Final Field & Barriers on the event will be provided in full below once announced on the Tuesday of race week so stay tuned to see the list of stayers set to face off in the winter feature.

The 2026 Ipswich Cup final field features 15 smart, winter stayers including Michael Freedman’s rails-drawn five-year-old Encoder who ran third in the 2024 edition of the race and the Matthew Dunn-trained Belvedere Boys drawn wider out (gate 12) but coming off a close last start fourth in Rosehill’s Listed Lord Mayors Cup on Heavy going.

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Final Race time: 

	Entrant	Last 6	Sex	Barrier	Weight
	1. Golden Path (15)  Scratched:
	2. Miss Joelene J: Cejay Graham T: Kelly Schweida	3x1597	M	7	59kg
	3. Encoder J: Boris Thornton T: Michael Freedman	720164	G	1	57.5kg
	4. Belvedere Boys J: Jake Bayliss T: Matthew Dunn	9x5524	G	12	56.5kg
	5. Tapildoodledo J: Rob Thorburn T: Kerry Taplin	3466x8	G	2	54kg
	6. Sun Worshipper J: Ron Stewart T: Matt Kropp	17x650	M	5	53kg
	7. Viking Invasion (13)  Scratched:
	8. Zoology J: Chelsea Baker T: Peter & Will Hulbert	614000	G	6	53kg
	9. Redstone Well (14)  Scratched:
	10. Prince Levi J: Mark Du Plessis T: William Kropp	121259	G	9	53kg
	11. Speycaster J: Georgina Cartwright T: Todd Pollard	359x90	G	4	53kg
	12. Kaluakoi J: Emily Lang T: Chris & Corey Munce	4x1416	G	3	53kg
	13. The Drover J: Taylor Marshall T: Lawrie Mayfield-Smith	9x4580	G	11	53kg
	14. Cavalry Man J: Robbie Dolan T: Lindsay Gough	x45341	G	10	53kg
	15. Connecticut J: Nozi Tomizawa T: Corey & Kylie Geran	350x63	G	8	53kg

View Results

2026 Ipswich Cup Nominations

The Ipswich Cup 2026 early entries are taken on the Monday leading-up to the event with the full nominations to be published below.

2026 Ipswich Cup nominations extended until 10:00am (AEST) – 16/06/2026

	Last 10	Horse	Sex	Age	Trainer	Hcp Rating
1	02829×5524	BELVEDERE BOYS	G	6	Matthew Dunn	97
2	1219×45341	CAVALRY MAN	G	5	Lindsay Gough	83
3	4121350×63	CONNECTICUT	G	6	Corey & Kylie Geran	72
4	15223442×1	DEMARCAY (GB)	G	7	Jeff Dunn	66
5	585×720164	ENCODER	G	5	Michael Freedman	99
6	3230x729x0	GLORY DAZE (IRE)	G	7	Ciaron Maher	95
7	13028×6685	GOLDEN PATH (NZ)	G	6	Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr)	104
8	32184×1416	KALUAKOI	G	4	Chris & Corey Munce	84
9	41213×1597	MISS JOELENE	M	5	Kelly Schweida	106
10	15×7049269	NELLIE LEYLAX (IRE)	G	5	Annabel & Rob Archibald	95
11	2632121259	PRINCE LEVI	G	4	William Kropp	85
12	x839840804	REDSTONE WELL (IRE)	G	7	Annabel & Rob Archibald	86
13	8x6223x291	SOUNDS UNUSUAL (NZ)	G	5	Chris Waller
14	45x0359x90	SPEYCASTER (GB)	G	7	Todd Pollard	85
15	215917×650	SUN WORSHIPPER	M	4	Matt Kropp	93
16	03473466×8	TAPILDOODLEDO (NZ)	G	6	Kerry Taplin	75
17	x6739x4580	THE DROVER	G	9	Lawrie Mayfield-Smith	84
18	339x181x00	VIKING INVASION (IRE)	G	4	Stuart Kendrick	90
19	6884614000	ZOOLOGY (GB)	G	6	Peter & Will Hulbert	87

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

Ipswich Cup Form Guide

The Ipswich Cup form guide features all the essential stats and info including the jockeys, trainers, barriers, weights and lead-up runs of the horses in the field.

The Ipswich Cup form has gone on to be franked in tougher staying events plenty of times over the years including the 2006 winner Sphenophyta continuing on to take out Flemington’s Group 1 Turnbull Stakes (2000m).

The 2022 Ipswich Cup form was franked with the third placed Street Dancer going on to run second in the Gold Coast’s $1 million Magic Millions Trophy (2200m) in 2023.

In 2025, Felix The Scat ran second in the Ipswich Cup before rounding out the Caloundra Cup trifecta that winter.

2026 Ipswich Cup Form Guide

A link to our insider Ipswich Cup Form Guide will be provided for punters below the week of the race.

CLICK HERE FOR OUR FULL 2026 IPSWICH CUP FORM GUIDE

Past Ipswich Cup Results

Notable recent Ipswich Cup winners include Red Wave (2024), the only dual champion since 1948 Our Lukas (2009 & 2010), Maurus (2016), and Tradesman (2018).

Looking further back in Ipswich Cup history, the event has been won by a number of quality stayers and Group 1 winners including Caulfield Cup champion Sometime who with Confidence in the 1963 Ipswich Cup results.

Note, there was no Ipswich Cup held in 2000 due to COVID-19.

Recent Ipswich Cup Winners

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

Year	Winner	Second	Third
2026	TBD	TBD	TBD
2025	Flash Aah	Felix The Scat	Raf Attack
2024	Red Wave	London Banker	Encoder
2023	Regal Lion	Desert Icon	London Banker
2022	Smart Meteor	Our Intrigue	Street Dancer
2021	Happy Go Plucky	So You Win	Flash Aah
2020 Race not held	–	–	–
2019	Bergerac	Sampson	Fighting Teo
2018	Tradesman	First Crush	All In Vogue
2017	Self Sense	Benzini	Jumbo Prince
2016	Maurus	Jumbo Prince	Instrumentalist
2015	Danchai	Banca Mo	Darci Be Good
2014	Brave Ali	Noisy Ocean	Grey Assignment
2013	Anagold	High Kin	Za Magic
2012	Shenzhou Steeds	Kinnersley	Warrior Within
2011	Gold In Dubai	Danagaze	Our Lukas
2010	Our Lukas	Frozone	Warrior Within
2009	Our Lukas	Macknuckle	Jujulio
2008	Bianca	Rampant Lion	Art Success
2007	Sculptor	Cold Start	Upstaged
2006	Sphenophyta	Rampant Lion	Motivate
2005	Forest Jim	Motivate	Classic Karla
2004	Portland Singa	Motivate	Forest Jim
2003	Mowerman	Mon Mekki	Victory Smile
2002	Awesome Weather	Victory Smile	Lord Of The Pines
2001	Henderson Bay	British Buska	Go Clinton
2000	I Reign Supreme	Director’s Special	Thursday’s Child

FAQ

When is the Ipswich Cup 2026?

Saturday, June 20, 2026

What is the prize money for the Ipswich Cup 2026?

$250,000

Where is the Ipswich Cup 2026?

Ipswich Racecourse, 219 Brisbane Road, Bundamba, QLD 4304.