T.S. Carlyon Cup 2024

Ladbrokes Tip: The T.S. Carlyon Cup can serve as a potential lead-up into the Group 1 Australian Cup.

The T.S. Carlyon Cup is a Group 3 race run over a mile (1600m) at Caulfield Racecourse* each February as part of CF Orr Stakes Day.

*In 2023 the 2023 TS Carlyon Cup and C.F. Orr Stakes Day card ran at Ladbrokes Park Hillside, Sandown. 

The opening Group 1 meeting of the Melbourne Autumn Racing Carnival, CF Orr Stakes Day features a host of Group support races including the TS Carlyon Cup for four-year-olds and over.

Contested at set weights plus penalties, the event offers $200,000 and has been run and won since 1977.

The better horses out of the race may target the Group 1 Australian Cup (2000m) at Flemington the following month and Manighar (2012) is the last horse to complete the TS Carlyon Cup – Australian Cup double.

The latest edition of the T.S. Carlyon Cup ran on Saturday February 10, 2024 as part of CF Orr Stakes Day in Melbourne and saw the Ciaron Maher-trained mare Yonce ($3.40) return to winning form.

2024 TS Carlyon Cup Results

The official TS Carlyon Cup 2024 Results & Finishing Order will be known on Saturday February 10, 2024 and published in full below.

2024 TS Carlyon Cup winner Yonce was too strong for her rivals in the Group 3 at Caulfield. Photo: Ultimate Racing Photos.

• 1st: #4 Yonce
• 2nd: #6 Foxy Cleopatra
• 3rd: #1 Young Werther

Ciaron Maher’s lightly-raced Proisir mare, Yonce ($3.40), was back to her best with the six-year-old posting her first victory since March of 2022 with an impressive performance in the TS Carlyon Cup 2024. The Group 1 performer took her career record up to seven wins at start number 10 when charging home off a dominant run for a comprehensive Group 3 success ahead of tougher autumn assignments. 

2024 TS Carlyon Cup Odds

The official TS Carlyon Cup 2024 betting odds will be available here each autumn as soon as released.

TS Carlyon Cup Race Info

• Date: Saturday February 10, 2024
• Track: Caulfield Racecourse
• Distance: 1600m
• Conditions: Set Weights + Penalties – 4YOs & Upwards
• Status: Group 3
• Prize Money: $200,000
• First Run: 1977

TS Carlyon Cup Betting

TS Carlyon Cup betting markets are led by the better performed milers with previous Group wins on their CV and those with a good strike-rate at the track.

The older runners usually sit higher up the TS Carlyon Cup odds with Pounding (2023) the only four-year-old to win the race since Publishing (2008).

Favourites have a solid recent record in the race and Miss Siska ($2.20 in 2020) followed in 2021 by Best Of Days ($2.90) are the latest to salute for the punters.

TS Carlyon Cup Field

The TS Carlyon Cup race field attracts a line-up of the season’s better milers that may have their eye on bigger races over the coming weeks.

A good next-up option for the gallopers out of the TS Carlyon Cup field is the Group 2 Peter Young Stakes (1800m). Miss Siska (2020) and Avilius (2019) are the latest horses to complete the TS Carlyon Cup – Peter Young Stakes double.

Some of the better Carlyon Cup graduates may go on to contest the Group 1 Australian Cup (2000m) at HQ on ‘Super Saturday’.

TS Carlyon Cup nominations close on the Monday before the race runs on a Saturday followed by the final field and barriers on the Wednesday.

2024 TS Carlyon Cup Field & Barrier Draw

The official TS Carlyon Cup 2024 Final Field & Barriers are released the Wednesday of race week so stay tuned to see what potential Group 1-bound horses are in the mix for the mile clash on Orr Day this autumn.

Foxy Cleopatra drawn barrier one heads betting on the TS Carlyon Cup 2024 field of potential Group 1 Australian Cup hopefuls at Caulfield this weekend.

2024 TS Carlyon Cup Nominations

Racing Victoria takes the early TS Carlyon Cup 2024 Nominations on the Monday of CF Orr Stakes week, the full list of entries to be published below once announced.

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

TS Carlyon Cup Tips

TS Carlyon Cup tips include backing the better performed Group 1 types in the field, those with a good record over the 1600m distance and runners aged five and above with the four-year-olds having little recent luck in the event.

Another good TS Carlyon Cup betting tips is to avoid any mares in the line-up with Miss Siska (2020) the first female galloper to beat home the boys in the race since 2005.

Yonce (2024) however also beat home the boys in the TS Carlyon Cup.

2024 TS Carlyon Cup Tips

Our exclusive TS Carlyon Cup 2024 tips will be available below the week of the race so stay tuned.

• To Win: #2 Loft ($13 at time of publish) – BET NOW

Small but intriguing field gathered for the Carlyon Cup and going for a value runner with the returning Loft who looks forgotten in the markets at an attractive price first-up. The Team Hayes-trained six-year-old expat goes well fresh, is lightly-raced for his age having just his 13th start on Saturday, and looks a genuine shot to break his Australian maiden at his first run down under. Dual Group 2 winner overseas, trialled nicely at Geelong ahead of his first start for his new stable, and despite being suited to further could surprise a few over this distance to get things underway. 

TS Carlyon Cup Form Guide

The TS Carlyon Cup form guide details all the information punters need to know before placing a bet on the CF Orr Stakes Day showdown including the lead-up form and barrier draw of all the runners in the field.

The TS Carlyon Cup form has stacked up in plenty of tougher Group 1 races in both Melbourne and Sydney over the autumn and spring in recent years including in 2019 when the winner Avilius went on to complete the Group 1 Ranvet Stakes – Tancred Stakes double over 2000m and 2400m respectively at Rosehill Gardens.

The Carlyon Cup 2022 form was franked with the second placed Callsign Mav going on to win the Group 1 Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes (1400m) that spring. Spanish Mission meanwhile finished third in both the Carlyon Cup and Group 1 Australian Cup that autumn.

The 2023 Carlyon Cup winner Pounding franked the form with a third later that prep in the Australian Cup trifecta.

2024 TS Carlyon Cup Form Guide

A link to our comprehensive TS Carlyon Cup 2024 Form Guide will be available below the week of the race.

TS Carlyon Cup Results

The TS Carlyon Cup race results have been dominated by older geldings at single-figures in betting.

Notable recent TS Carlyon Cup winners throughout history include Hyperno (1978), Super Impose (1989), Veandercross (1993), Northerly (2001), Apache Cat (2007), Smokin’ Joey (2015), and Avilius (2019).

Yonce (2024) was the last TS Carlyon Cup winning mare.

TS Carlyon Cup Winners

Past TS Carlyon Cup winners and place-getters going back to 2000 are detailed in the below table.