Ladbrokes Tip: Looking for proven stayers coming off strong lead-up wins in Brisbane or Sydney is key to tipping the Tattersall’s Cup winner
The next edition of the Tattersall’s Cup runs on Saturday, June 27, 2026 at Eagle Farm Racecourse in Brisbane as an early lead-up to the spring cup races in Melbourne.
2026 Tattersall’s Cup Odds
The latest Tattersall’s Cup 2026 betting odds will be provided below as soon as markets on the end-of-carnival event in Brisbane over the winter are announced.
Tattersall’s Cup Tips
Tattersall’s Cup betting tips include looking for in-form winter stayers coming off a win in a Brisbane race, graduates that finished in the money in the Brisbane Cup and tipping single-figure fancies.
No Tattersall’s Cup winner has jumped at double-figures in betting since the shock win by The Inventor at 40/1 in 2014.
2026 Tattersall’s Cup Tips
Our Ladbrokes’ exclusive Tattersall’s Cup 2026 betting tips on the Group 3 race at the end of the Brisbane winter racing season will be detailed below the week of the race so, stay tuned for those to back and sack this season.
The Tattersall’s Cup is held on the final Group 1 race meeting of the Queensland Winter Racing Carnival – Tattersall’s Tiara Day – taking place on a Saturday in late June at Brisbane’s Eagle Farm Racecourse.
A set weights plus penalties event now contested over 2400m, the race has been held over a huge range of distances including a gruelling 3000m in 2019 and has been run and won since 1924.
The Tattersall’s Cup currently offers a total of $200,000 in prize money and attracts a strong line-up of winter stayers each year. It takes place on the same day as the $700,000 Group 1 Tattersall’s Tiara (1400m) for fillies and mares and the $200,000 Group 3 WJ Healy Stakes (1200m) for the sprinters.
Plenty of nice horses have won the Tattersall’s Cup over the years including subsequent Melbourne Cup champions Vow And Declare (2019) and Kensei (1987).
Vow And Declare became a two-time Tattersall’s Cup winner on non-successive years when returning to salute for a second time in 2024.
The Tattersall’s Cup also serves as a nice early lead-up into the spring’s Group 1 Caulfield Cup (2400m).
In 2021, the historic 12-length Tattersall’s Cup winner Incentivise would go on to win the Group 1 Makybe Diva Stakes (1600m), Group 1 Turnbull Stakes (2000m) and Group 1 Caulfield Cup that spring in Melbourne before a second to Verry Elleegant in the Melbourne Cup quinella.
Tattersall’s Cup Race Info
- Date: Saturday, June 27, 2026
- Track: Eagle Farm Racecourse
- Distance: 2400m
- Conditions: Set Weights plus Penalties
- Status: Group 3
- Prize Money: $200,000
- First Run: 1924
2026 Tattersall’s Cup Results
The official Tattersall’s Cup 2026 Results & Finishing Order will be available below once the Group 3 Brisbane race is run and won on Saturday, June 27, 2026.
Tattersall’s Cup Betting
The Tattersall’s Cup betting markets are dominated by in-form winter stayers coming off good lead-up runs in events such as the Group 2 Brisbane Cup (3200m) or three-year-olds out of the Group 1 Queensland Derby (2400m). Vow And Declare (2nd in 2019) was the last Tattersall’s Cup winner to come off a Queensland Derby lead-up, while Manzoice (3rd in 2025) was the last Tatt’s Cup champ to come via the Brisbane Cup.
The Group 2 $1.2 million The Q22 (2200m) on Stradbroke Handicap Day is also now a key final lead-up into the Tatt’s Cup, with London Banker (7th in 2022), Luncies (4th in 2023) and Vow And Declare (4th in 2024) for his second victory the latest Tattersall’s Cup winners to come via the event.
Favourites have a solid strike-rate in the race with Vow And Declare ($3 in 2019) followed by 12-length winner Incentivise ($1.40 in 2021) and Luncies ($2.250 in 2023) the latest to salute for the punters.
Vow And Declare won again in 2024 at Tattersall’s Cup odds of $7.50 as an eight-year-old.
Tattersall’s Cup Field
The Tattersall’s Cup race field draws a quality line-up of winter stayers from both local and interstate stables.
Runners may come via a number of different lead-up races including the Brisbane Cup, Queensland Derby or for the fillies the Queensland Oaks.
Doomben’s Group 3 Chairman’s Handicap serves as another potential lead-up with Brimham Rocks (9th in 2020) the last Tattersall’s Cup winner to come out of that race.
For any stayers racing on before the spring carnivals, the Listed Caloundra Cup (2400m) can make a nice next-up option as is the Listed Ipswich Cup (215m) held the Saturday after Tatt’s Tiara Day.
Tattersall’s Cup nominations close the Monday of race week with final acceptances revealing the field released on the Wednesday before the race runs on the Saturday.
2026 Tattersall’s Cup Field
The official Tattersall’s Cup 2026 field of final acceptors is announced by Racing Queensland on the Wednesday of race week and will be published below along with the confirmed jockeys and barriers.
2026 Tattersall’s Cup Nominations
Early Tattersall’s Cup 2026 Nominations close the Monday leading-up to Tattersall’s Tiara Day, which is the last major event of the Queensland Winter Racing Carnival and will be provided in full below.
Tattersall’s Cup Form Guide
The Tattersall’s Cup form guide lists for punters all the crucial pre-betting information like the jockeys, trainers, barriers and lead-up runs of the female sprinters in the field.
Runners trained outside of Brisbane have a credible recent record the race, so looking at the interstate runners with a lead-up run in Queensland is essential when doing the Tattersall’s Cup form.
The 2022 Tattersall’s Cup form was franked with Esti Feny going on to win the 2023 Listed Gosford Gold Cup (2100m) in upset the following May.
The 2024 Tattersall’s Cup form was franked with the third placed Knight’s Choice heading south for the spring to win that year’s Melbourne Cup race in an impressive upset.
2026 Tattersall’s Cup Form
A link to our comprehensive Tattersall’s Cup 2026 form guide and race betting preview will be provided for punters below the week of the event.
Past Tattersall’s Cup Results
The Tattersall’s Cup race results show a dominant record by Sydney-trained horses including two recent victories for trainer Chris Waller with Brimham Rocks (2020) and Index Linked (2016).
Sky Love (2005) was the last Tattersall’s Cup winning mare.
Vow And Declare (2019) was the last three-year-old Tattersall’s Cup winner.
Vow And Declare holds the current 2400m Tattersall’s Cup record winning the race for a second time in 2024 in a time of 2 minutes 27.21 seconds.
Recent Tattersall’s Cup Winners
Recent Tattersall’s Cup winners dating back to the year 2000 are detailed in the below table.
| Year | Winner | Trainer/s | Jockey | Weight | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| 2025 | Manzoice | Chris Waller | Andrew Mallyon | 55 kgs | 2:27.67 |
| 2024 | Vow And Declare | Danny O’Brien | Billy Egan | 57.5 kgs | 2:27.21 (R) |
| 2023 | Luncies | Kris Lees | Tim Clark | 55 kgs | 2:30.37 |
| 2022 | London Banker | Kelly Schweida | William Pike | 55 kgs | 2:30.02 |
| 2021 | Incentivise | Steve Tregea | Anthony Allen | 55 kgs | 2:29.76 |
| 2020 | Brimham Rocks | Chris Waller | Ryan Maloney | 57 kgs | 2:29.23 (over 2,400m) |
| 2019 | Vow And Declare | Danny O’Brien | Glen Boss | 54 kgs | 3:09.85 (over 3,000m) |
| 2018 | Divine Unicorn | Matthew Dunn | Jim Byrne | 54 kgs | 2:14.75 |
| 2017 | Rudy | Helen Page | Tim Clark | 59.5 kgs | 2:18.18 |
| 2016 | Index Linked | Chris Waller | Hugh Bowman | 57 kgs | 2:20.44 |
| 2015 | Escado | Matt Laurie | Ben Melham | 56.5 kgs | 2:33.99 |
| 2014 | The Inventor | Bevan Laming | Tegan Harrison | 54 kgs | 2:17.73 |
| 2013 | Rialya | Lloyd Kennewell | Joe Bowditch | 54.5 kgs | 2:19.64 |
| 2012 | Ginga Dude | Graeme Boyd | Hugh Bowman | 59 kgs | 2:16.86 |
| 2011 | Ironstein | Gerald Ryan | Brenton Avdulla | 58 kgs | 2:15.41 |
| 2010 | Mirrasalo | Paul Messara | Dwayne Dunn | 55 kgs | 2:16.87 |
| 2009 | Hume | Brian Smith | Scott Galloway | 53 kgs | 2:14.58 |
| 2008 | Ballack | Danny O’Brien | Stephen Baster | 53 kgs | 2:21.63 |
| 2007 | Ice Chariot | Ron Maund | Stathi Katsidis | 58 kgs | 2:14.46 |
| 2006 | Ring Of Fire | Donna Logan | Stathi Katsidis | 56 kgs | 2:19.75 |
| 2005 | Sky Love | Peter Moody | Neil Jolly | 52 kgs | 2:17.90 |
| 2004 | Acetate | Jim Conlan | Rhys McLeod | 52 kgs | 2:16.40 |
| 2003 | Belus | Robert Smerdon | Mark Zahra | 52 kgs | 2:13.90 |
| 2002 | Captain Test | John Morish | Paul Hammersley | 52 kgs | 2:16.00 |
| 2001 | Spirit Of Westbury | Cliff Brown | Brett Prebble | 54 kgs | 2:13.50 |
| 2000 | Brave Prince | Sterling M Smith | James Innes | 55.5 kgs | 2:14.30 |
FAQ
Who won the 2025 Tattersall’s Cup?
The 2025 Tattersall’s Cup was won by five-year-old Almanzor gelding Manzoice at $7 for trainer Chris Waller with jockey Andrew Mallyon aboard from barrier 6 on 55kg to win by 4.45 lengths in a time of 2:27.67.
When is the Tattersall’s Cup 2026?
Saturday, June 27, 2026What is the prize money for the Tattersall’s Cup 2026?
$200,000
Where is the Tattersall’s Cup 2026?
Eagle Farm Racecourse, 230 Lancaster Rd, Ascot QLD 4007.
How do I bet on the 2026 Tattersall's Cup?
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Which horse will win the 2026 Tattersall's Cup?
The best way to pick which horse will win the Tattersall's Cup is to take into account the form, assess the barriers, and consider the weight the horse will carry (among other factors). Check out ladbrokes.com.au in the lead up to the race for full form information.