Ladbrokes Tip: The spring’s Group 1 Caulfield Cup (2400m) may be a long-range target for the best out of the Mornington Cup field.
The Mornington Cup is a lucrative $300,000 Listed event held on Victoria’s Mornington Peninsular at the tail end of the wider Melbourne Autumn Racing Carnival.
2022 Mornington Cup winner Crystal Pegasus. Photo: Ultimate Racing Photos.
Formerly held in March as a potential Sydney Cup lead-up the race was moved to late April ahead of the 2023 edition.
In 2024 Mornington Cup Day runs on the same date as Sydney’s All Aged Stakes Day card and the $5 million The Quokka race in WA.
Run and won over 2400m the handicap clash is open to all ages and has no other restrictions, the event attracting a quality line-up of stayers each season.
The Mornington Cup was previously run over 2000m but increased to a mile and a half in 2008 making it a potential lead-up to the longer distance staying races in Sydney that autumn and Brisbane in the winter.
The latest edition of the Mornington Cup ran on Saturday April 20, 2024 at Mornington Racecourse with the Caulfield Cup 2024 ballot exemption going to the veteran nine-year-old champ Esti Feny ($31) who posted an impressive upset for trainer Matthew Smith and hoop Daniel Stackhouse.
2024 Mornington Cup Results
The official Mornington Cup Results 2024 and race finishing order will be published below when the race is run and won on Saturday April 20, 2024.
2024 Mornington Cup winner Esti Feny earned the Caulfield Cup ballot exemption as a nine-year-old. Photo: Ultimate Racing Photos.
- 1st: #9 Esti Feny ($31)
- 2nd: #8 Little Mix
- 3rd: #10 Strawberry Rock
2024 Mornington Cup Odds
The Mornington Cup 2024 betting odds will be available below the week of the race giving you access to the best autumn racing odds ahead of the $300,000 Listed showdown.
Early market betting odds on the 2024 Mornington 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.
Mornington Cup Race Info
- Date: Saturday April 20, 2024
- Track: Mornington Racecourse
- Distance: 2400m
- Conditions: Quality Handicap
- Status: Listed
- Prize Money: $300,000
Mornington Cup Betting
Early Mornington Cup odds are out at bookmakers after nominations are taken the Monday of race week and firm after the final field is announced two days later.
Proven stayers from local Melbourne-based stables sit high-up the Mornington Cup betting markets, as do any past Group winners down in grade for the event.
Any female gallopers in the mix are often installed at longer Mornington Cup odds as Voile D’or (2001) was the last mare to win.
Mount Popa ($2.30 in 2021) was the last favourite in Mornington Cup betting to salute for the punters.
There was a notable upset in 2024 with nine-year-old Esti Feny winning at Mornington Cup odds of $31.
Mornington Cup Field
2020 Mornington Cup winner Aktau (pictured at Caulfield). Photo: Ultimate Racing Photos.
The Mornington Cup race field attracts a class line-up of in-form staying types out of a range of lead-up races in both Melbourne and Sydney over the autumn.
The traditional lead-up into the Mornington Cup field is the Listed Mornington Cup Prelude (2000m).
Mornington Cup nominations close the Monday before the race runs on the Saturday with the final field and barrier draw released on the Wednesday.
2024 Mornington Cup Field
The official Mornington Cup 2024 Field & Barriers will be released by Racing Victoria the Wednesday before the race and published in full below so stay tuned to see what stayers make the starting line-up.
The 2024 Mornington Cup final field features a quality line-up of stayers led in betting by the Mark & Leigh Kavanagh-trained First Immortal.
2024 Mornington Cup Nominations
The early Mornington Cup 2024 Nominations close the Monday of race week and will be listed in full below once released.
Mornington Cup Tips
Mornington Cup tips include looking for proven Group-class stayers with winning form over the 2400m distance and those with a good lead-up run in Melbourne.
Victorian-trained horses and those down in the weights also make a good bet in Mornington Cup tipping, as is avoiding the mares who have a poor record in the race.
Looking at what horse is drawn in barrier four could also prove profitable with that gate producing four Mornington Cup winners since 2002 most recently Mount Popa (2021).
Since Capecover (59kg in 2010) the only Mornington Cup winners to carry more than 56.5kg to victory are Tally (59kg in 2017) and Right You Are (58kg in 2023).
2024 Mornington Cup Tips
Our Ladbrokes’ insider Mornington Cup 2024 betting tips and race selections will be detailed below the week of the race so stay tuned for the gallopers to back and sack in the autumn staying showdown.
- To Win: #10 Strawberry Rock ($7 at time of publish) – BET NOW
Good price up for the in-form Strawberry Rock. Ciaron Maher cannot be stopped in the staying races of late and he saddles-up this consistent seven-year-old who boasts a solid record over the Mornington Cup distance (9:2-2-3). Two back carried a hefty 61kg to a 2500m win at The Valley, then went up to stakes’ grade and was impressive with a narrow second in the Listed Roy Higgins (2600m) at Flemington. Stays all day, similar type of rivals here, down in weight, and doing everything right. Rock hard fit and looks somewhat forgotten in the markets.
Mornington Cup Form Guide
The Mornington Cup form guide details must know facts for punters including the trainers, jockeys, barriers and lead-up form of all the runners in the race.
The form out of the Mornington Cup has gone on to hold in tougher grade staying races many times over the years including in the Group 1 Sydney Cup (3200m) run over the two miles at Randwick in April.
In 2010 the Mornington Cup winner Capecover went on to win the Adelaide Cup – when the Mornington Cup was held earlier in February – and also placed fourth in that year’s Sydney Cup results.
More recently the 2018 winner Kings Will Dream went on to have a very strong spring campaign in Melbourne running placings in the Group 1 Memsie Stakes (3rd), Makybe Diva Stakes (2nd) and Turnbull Stakes (3rd).
2024 Mornington Cup Form Guide
A link to our comprehensive Mornington Cup 2024 Form Guide will be provided for punters below the week of the race.
Mornington Cup Results
Notable horses to head the Mornington Cup race results in recent years include three-time champion Gunnamatta (2002-04), that year’s Adelaide Cup winner Capecover (2010), Guyno (2011), Tally (2017), Kings Will Dream (2018), and Aktau (2020).
Past Mornington Cup Winners
Past Mornington Cup winners dating back to the year 2000 are detailed in the below table along with the Mornington Cup winning trainers, jockeys, weights carried to victory, and times.
| Year |
Winner |
Trainer/s |
Jockey |
Weight |
Time |
| 2024 |
ESTI FENY (HUN) |
Matthew Smith |
Daniel Stackhouse |
55kg |
2:32.58 |
| 2023 |
RIGHT YOU ARE |
Ciaron Maher & David Eustace |
Ben Allen |
58kg |
2:29.95 |
| 2022 |
CRYSTAL PEGASUS(GB) |
Chris Waller |
Craig Williams |
56kg |
2:30.64 |
| 2021 |
MOUNT POPA(IRE) |
Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes |
William Pike |
56.5kg |
2:33.97 |
| 2020 |
AKTAU(GB) |
Michael Moroney |
Jye McNeil |
54kg |
2:27.15 |
| 2019 |
SELF SENSE |
David Brideoake |
Luke Nolen |
55.5kg |
2:32.42 |
| 2018 |
KINGS WILL DREAM(IRE) |
Darren Weir |
Dean Yendall |
54kg |
2:28.67 |
| 2017 |
TALLY |
John O’Shea |
Andrew Mallyon |
59kg |
2:27.02 |
| 2016 |
BERISHA |
Robert Smerdon |
Daniel Moor |
55kg |
2:25.42 |
| 2015 |
BANCA MO |
Scott Brunton |
Dean Holland |
56kg |
2:31.68 |
| 2014 |
INSTRUMENTALIST(IRE) |
Chris Waller |
Craig Newitt |
54kg |
2:32.58 |
| 2013 |
TUSCAN FIRE |
Dan O’Sullivan |
Glen Boss |
56.5kg |
2:31.72 |
| 2012 |
NORSQUI |
Walter McShane |
Chris Symons |
54kg |
2:29.88 |
| 2011 |
GUYNO(NZ) |
Lou Luciani |
Jason Whiting |
56.5kg |
2:30.60 |
| 2010 |
CAPECOVER(NZ) |
Patrick Payne |
Steven Arnold |
59kg |
2:29.73 |
| 2009 |
BANANA MAN |
Michael Kent |
Brad Rawiller |
58.5kg |
2:32.59 |
| 2008 |
ATTRITION |
Pat Carey |
Mark Pegus |
53kg |
2:10.44 |
| 2007 |
HOFMEISTER(NZ) |
Robert Smerdon |
Nash Rawiller |
55.5kg |
2:04.79 |
| 2006 |
ULYSSES |
David Hayes |
Craig Williams |
56kg |
2:03.58 |
| 2005 |
KOUNTHEKASH(NZ) |
Lee Freedman |
Nick Ryan |
54kg |
2:03.07 |
| 2004 |
GUNNAMATTA |
Tony Noonan |
Damien Oliver |
56.5kg |
2:04.76 |
| 2003 |
GUNNAMATTA |
Tony Noonan |
Nash Rawiller |
57kg |
2:03.33 |
| 2002 |
GUNNAMATTA |
Tony Noonan |
Kerrin McEvoy |
51.5kg |
2:04.12 |
| 2001 |
VOILE D’OR |
Bart Cummings |
Damien Oliver |
58kg |
2:05.52 |
| 2000 |
LITMUS |
Barry Barnes |
Dale Short |
53kg |
2:04.23 |