The Mornington Cup is a lucrative $300,000 Listed event held on Victoria’s Mornington Peninsular in late March during the wider Melbourne Autumn Racing Carnival.
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.
2022 Mornington Cup Results
The official Mornington Cup Results 2022 and race finishing order will be published below when the race is run and won on Saturday March 26, 2022.
- 1st: #4 Crystal Pegasus ($2.90)
- 2nd: #2 Pondus
- 3rd: #6 Dadoozdart
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.
2022 Mornington Cup Odds
The Mornington Cup 2022 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 in March.
Early market betting odds on the 2022 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 Field
2020 Mornington Cup winner Aktau (pictured at Caulfield). Photo: Ultimate Racing Photos.
The Mornington Cup 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 $160,000 Mornington Cup Prelude (2000m) held at Caulfield on Blue Diamond Stakes Day.
Mornington Cup nominations close the Monday before the race runs on the Saturday with the final field and barrier draw released on the Wednesday.
2022 Mornington Cup Field
The official Mornington Cup 2022 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.
2022 Mornington Cup Nominations
The early Mornington Cup 2022 Nominations close the Monday of race week and will be listed in full below once released.
The 2022 Mornington Cup nominations drew 17 early entries led by Chris Waller’s Roy Higgins Quality winner Crystal Pegasus chasing a fourth win on the trot and Melbourne Cup performed Pondus coming off a big Flemington win.
| |
Last 10 |
Horse |
Sex |
Age |
Trainer |
Ballot |
Weight |
Penalty |
Hcp Rating |
| 1 |
5x1682x526 |
YONKERS (USA) |
G |
6 |
Chris Waller |
1 |
60kg |
|
103 |
| 2 |
850×381124 |
HO HO KHAN (NZ) |
H |
7 |
Mitchell Freedman |
2 |
60kg |
|
103 |
| 3 |
722x540x81 |
PONDUS (GB) |
G |
6 |
Robert Hickmott |
3 |
59.5kg |
|
102 |
| 4 |
8244707×14 |
DEFIBRILLATE (NZ) |
G |
7 |
Patrick Payne |
4 |
59.5kg |
|
102 |
| 5 |
1x2x03x6x7 |
KING OF LEOGRANCE (FR) |
G |
7 |
Robert Hickmott |
5 |
59.5kg |
|
102 |
| 6 |
1112360×61 |
SACRAMENTO |
G |
5 |
Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott |
6 |
59kg |
|
101 |
| 7 |
3310x49x59 |
STEEL PRINCE (IRE) |
G |
8 |
Anthony & Sam Freedman |
7 |
58.5kg |
|
100 |
| 8 |
5x6443x414 |
ZEYREK (FR) |
G |
5 |
Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes |
8 |
57.5kg |
|
98 |
| 9 |
62154×2111 |
CRYSTAL PEGASUS (GB) |
G |
5 |
Chris Waller |
9 |
56kg |
|
95 |
| 10 |
24285×8533 |
CRIMINAL CODE |
G |
5 |
Chris Waller |
10 |
54kg |
|
88 |
| 11 |
x381711345 |
WHITE HAWK |
G |
8 |
Angela Brakey |
11 |
54kg |
|
88 |
| 12 |
5270×77942 |
DADOOZDART (GB) |
G |
6 |
Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes |
12 |
54kg |
|
82 |
| 13 |
536134×946 |
EUREKA STREET |
G |
8 |
Jason Warren & Dean Krongold |
13 |
54kg |
|
78 |
| 14 |
x1213114x7 |
CORBULO (IRE) |
G |
4 |
Jason Warren & Dean Krongold |
14 |
54kg |
|
77 |
| 15 |
1×76430293 |
CREATIVE HERO |
G |
6 |
Julie Richards |
15 |
54kg |
|
76 |
| 16 |
1115250147 |
ENCOSTA FIORENTE |
M |
5 |
John Luttrell |
16 |
54kg |
|
71 |
| 17 |
04×9953125 |
BUSKER’S BALLAD |
G |
7 |
Ryan Balfour |
17 |
54kg |
|
65 |
Table Credit: Racing Australia.
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 winner to carry more than 56.5kg to victory was Tally (59kg in 2017).
2022 Mornington Cup Tips
Our Ladbrokes’ insider Mornington Cup 2022 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: #4 Crystal Pegasus ($2.80 at time of publish)
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).
2022 Mornington Cup Form Guide
A link to our comprehensive Mornington Cup 2022 Form Guide will be provided for punters below the week of the race.
Mornington Cup Results
Notable horses to head the Mornington Cup 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).
Mornington Cup Winners