The Sunshine Coast Cup is a popular summer showdown run and won at Caloundra on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland in late January annually.
2022 Sunshine Coast Cup winner Scallopini (pictured at Flemington). Photo: Ultimate Racing Photos.
The Listed event takes place on the same weekend as the Group 2 Australia Stakes at The Valley in Melbourne.
Hosted by the Sunshine Coast Turf Club the quality handicap event is contested over 1400m and offers $160,000 in prize money.
It is not to be confused with the Listed Caloundra Cup (2400m) run by the Sunshine Coast Turf Club in the winter.
The latest edition of the popular Sunshine Coast Cup race ran on Saturday January 25, 2025 in Queensland and was won in style by Richard & Will Freedman’s mare Elettrica ($5.50) who saluted by over two lengths.
2025 Sunshine Coast Cup Results
- 1st: #11 Elettrica ($5.50)
- 2nd: #13 Lost In Transit
- 3rd: #5 Irish Songs
Six-year-old Vespa mare Elettrica ($5.50), ridden by apprentice hoop Bailey Wheeler and trained by Richard and Will Freedman, delivered a commanding performance to win the 2025 Sunshine Coast Cup at Caloundra on Saturday, pulling away in the final furlong to salute by 2.3 lengths, with the Group 3 Tattersall’s Members’ Cup as her next target.
The full Sunshine Coast Cup 2025 results and finishing order of the Queensland Listed summer event will be detailed below once the race takes place in late January.
2025 Sunshine Coast Cup Odds
The Sunshine Coast Cup 2025 odds will be published below as soon as markets on the sunshine state’s Black-Type event are released so stay tuned for the top racing odds online this season.
Early market betting odds on the 2025 Sunshine Coast 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.
Sunshine Coast Cup Race Info
- Date: Saturday January 25, 2025
- Track: Sunshine Coast Racecourse, Caloundra, Queensland
- Distance: 1400m
- Conditions: Quality Handicap
- Status: Listed
- Prize Money: $160,000
Sunshine Coast Cup Betting
Sunshine Coast Cup betting opens at bookies around the country the week of the race.
Horses that are resuming and run well fresh, proven Queensland performers, gallopers with good form over the 1400m distance and runners coming off an earlier Black-Type performance either locally or interstate sit high up the Sunshine Coast Cup odds.
Emerald Kingdom ($2.90 in 2021) and Chaillot ($4 in 2023) are the last favourites in Sunshine Coast Cup betting to salute for the punters.
Sunshine Coast Cup Field
The Sunshine Coast Cup race field features a line-up of smart sprinters and middle-distance types either coming off an earlier summer run or kicking off their new season campaigns.
Horses could be coming into the Sunshine Coast Cup field via a lead-up run in mid-January’s Magic Millions races at the Gold Coast including the $1 million Magic Millions Snippets (1200m). Scallopini (6th in 2022) was the last Sunshine Coast Cup winner to come via the Magic Millions Snippets Sprint race.
Earlier, a potential lead-up into the Sunshine Coast field takes place the winter before up in Far North Queensland with the running of the popular Cairns Cup (2100m) in August. The 2022 Cairns Cup winner Namazu went on to run second in the 2023 Sunshine Coast Cup race results.
Sunshine Coast Cup nominations close the Monday before the race runs on the Saturday with the final field and barrier draw out on the Wednesday.
2025 Sunshine Coast Cup Field
The official Sunshine Coast Cup 2025 field of final acceptors and barriers will be published right here once released so stay tuned.
The 2025 Sunshine Coast Cup final field features a smart line-up of summer hopefuls led in betting by last start Wyong winner Grand Impact from the Price / Kent Jnr stable.
2025 Sunshine Coast Cup Nominations
The early Sunshine Coast Cup 2025 Nominations are taken on the Monday of race week with the full list of pre-field entries to be made available below once announced.
Sunshine Coast Cup Tips
Good Sunshine Coast Cup tips include looking for in-form locals that have previous Group form, ran well last time out, are drawn well in the Sunshine Coast race and have winning form over the distance.
Another strong Sunshine Coast Cup betting tip is to back the higher rated and weighted horses in the field. From 2013 – 2025 eight of the 13 Sunshine Coast Cup winners carried at least 56.5kg to victory including two winners with 59.5kg – Sir Moments (2017) and Most Important (2018).
Local Queensland-trained horses also hold the advantage statistically and make the best bet in the race over the interstate visitors.
2025 Sunshine Coast Cup Tips
Our insider Sunshine Coast Cup tips 2025 will be published below once the field is confirmed and betting markets released.
- To Win: #13 Lost In Transit ($7 at time of publish) – BET NOW
Bit of early money coming for Stuart Kendrick’s Spieth gelding and happy to follow that trail with the five-year-old still value to make it two from three resuming now. Won at this track two back in style last December narrowly over 1000m with no weight, but actually showed more in a defeat when third at Eagle Farm after that at 1200m going down only a length with 60kg. Runs best with runs spaced which he gets again here, loves this course (9:4-1-1) and is right in it from a gun gate three draw on 54kg.
Sunshine Coast Cup Form Guide
The Sunshine Coast Cup form guide details essential facts and stats like the lead-up runs of the horses in the field, their jockeys / trainers and records at the track / distance.
The Sunshine Coast Cup form has gone on to stack-up in tougher grade races many times in recent years including in the Group rated events of the Brisbane Winter Racing Carnival like the Group 1 Kingsford-Smith Cup (1300m) and Queensland’s most popular event the Group 1 Stradbroke Handicap (1400m).
The 2023 Sunshine Coast Cup form was franked with the winner Chaillot going on to run third in that winter’s Group 1 Tattersall’s Tiara (1400m) in Brisbane.
2025 Sunshine Coast Cup Form Guide
A link to our comprehensive Sunshine Coast Cup 2025 Form Guide will be provided below following final acceptances.
Sunshine Coast Cup Results
Notable runners to top the recent Sunshine Coast Cup race results include class sprinter Black Piranha (2009), Steel Zip (2012), Sir Moments (2017), and dual champion Scallopini (2020, 2022).
Elettrica (2025) was the last Sunshine Coast winning mare.
Past Sunshine Coast Cup Winners
Recent Sunshine Coast Cup winners and placegetters dating back to 2006 are detailed in the below table.
Year |
Winner |
Second |
Third |
2025 |
Elettrica |
Lost In Transit |
Irish Songs |
2024 |
Kinloch |
Essonne |
Jetty |
2023 |
Chaillot |
Namazu |
Roman Aureus |
2022 |
Scallopini |
Oscar Zulu |
Desert Lord |
2021 |
Emerald Kingdom |
Splendoronthegrass |
Sofie’s Gold Class |
2020 |
Scallopini |
Niccanova |
Persuader |
2019 |
Balboa Rocks |
Sovereign Nation |
Fit For Purpose |
2018 |
Most Important |
Bidii Babe |
Weinholt |
2017 |
Sir Moments |
Flamboyer |
In His Stride |
2016 |
Timeless Prince |
Pillar Of Creation |
Mischievous Devil |
2015 |
Tarloshan |
Into The Red |
Time To Plunder |
2014 |
Fillydephia |
Benny’s Buttons |
Club Command |
2013 |
Lucky Luna |
Fillydephia |
Jugahlation |
2012 |
Steel Zip |
Ready To Rip |
Dalzar |
2011 |
Dalzar |
Dual Chamber |
Blazing Hearts |
2010 |
Barlinnie |
Voice Commander |
Sommersea Drive |
2009 |
Black Piranha |
Bareena |
Calchris |
2008 |
Frisco’s Vision |
Devastating |
That’s Better |
2007 |
Mitanni |
Little Punc |
Masai Pride |
2006 |
Show Biz Kid |
Serenote |
Little Punc |
FAQ
Who won the 2025 Sunshine Coast Cup?
The 2025 Sunshine Coast Cup was won by Richard & Will Freedman’s six-year-old mare Elettrica who started at odds of $5.50 and went on to win by 2.3 lengths with Baily Wheeler (a) in the saddle.
When is the Sunshine Coast Cup 2025?
Saturday January 25, 2025
What is the prize money for the Sunshine Coast Cup 2025?
$160,000
Where is the Sunshine Coast Cup 2025?
Sunshine Coast Racecourse, 170 Pierce Avenue, Caloundra, Queensland, 4551.