Liverpool City Cup

Ladbrokes Tip: The Liverpool City Cup serves as a potential lead-up into the Group 1 Doncaster Mile in the autumn

The latest edition of the Liverpool City Cup ran on Saturday, February 28, 2026 at Randwick on Verry Elleegant Stakes Day and was won in an eye-catching late sweeping run by the in-form Peter Snowden-trained four-year-old King Of Roseau ($8.50).

2026 Liverpool City Cup Results

The official Liverpool City Cup 2026 results will be published in full below when the race is run and won on Saturday, February 28, 2026.

Peter Snowden’s last start Magic Millions Cup winning Capitalist four-year-old, King Of Roseau ($8.50), was too strong again franking that form to claim an impressive upset in the 2026 Liverpool City Cup results at Randwick. Settled well back in the field, the Tom Sherry-ridden gelding came with a huge burst of speed right down the outside late to swamp his rivals and charge clear extending to salute by 1.33 lengths.

2026 Liverpool City Cup Odds

The updated Liverpool City Cup 2026 odds on the Group 3 event at Randwick Racecourse will be available the week of the race followed by the official Liverpool City Cup results after the event so, stay tuned!

Liverpool City Cup Tips

Good Liverpool City Cup tips include backing first-up performers with a nice Randwick record and previous winning form fresh. 

2026 Liverpool City Cup Tips

Our Ladbrokes’ insider Liverpool City Cup 2026 tips and betting selections will be available for punters below the week of the race sorting the best from the rest in the race for potential Doncaster Mile-bound runners. 

The Group 3 Liverpool City Cup is a Group 3 race run and won at Royal Randwick in late February on Verry Elleegant Stakes Day (formerly Chipping Norton Stakes Day).

A key support act on the Sydney Autumn Racing Carnival card that is headlined by the Group 1 Verry Elleegant Stakes (1600m) and Group 1 Surround Stakes (1400m), the event runs over 1300m and offers $250,000 in prize money.

The Liverpool City Cup is a quality handicap race open to horses aged three-years-old and above and was first run in 1970.

It has held Group 3 status since 1979 and serves as a lead-up into the Group 1 Doncaster Mile (1600m) during ‘The Championships’ in April.

Liverpool City Cup Race Facts

• Date: Saturday, February 28, 2026
• Track: Randwick Racecourse
• Distance: 1300m
• Conditions: Quality Handicap – 3YOs & Upwards
• Status: Group 3
• Prize Money: $250,000
• First Run: 1970

Liverpool City Cup Betting

Liverpool City Cup odds and betting markets favour the season’s in-form middle-distance gallopers eyeing a run in bigger and better races over the autumn like the Doncaster Mile. 

Many runners are resuming in the event so first-up performers with a good fresh strike-rate often dominate Liverpool City Cup betting. 

Think It Over (2021) scoring an upset at odds of 50/1 followed in 2022 by the favourite Ellsberg ($2.60F) and double-figure hopeful Phearson at $12 in 2024 are the latest first-up runners to win the Liverpool City Cup. 

Think About It ($3.90 in 2023) was the last favourite in Liverpool City Cup betting to win. 

In 2026, King Of Roseau scored an upset win at Liverpool City Cup odds of $8.50 on the back of a lead-up win in the $2 million Magic Millions Cup at the Gold Coast that January.

Liverpool City Cup Field

The Liverpool City Cup race field attracts a quality line-up of mile types that often have bigger races in mind over the coming weeks. 

Following a run in the Liverpool City Cup a good next-up race for runners is the Group 2 Ajax Stakes (1500m) at Rosehill Gardens.

Looking further ahead the Group 1 George Ryder Stakes (1500m) makes a nice target for Liverpool City Cup graduates. Think It Over (2021) was the last horse to complete the Liverpool City Cup – George Ryder Stakes double. 

Liverpool City Cup nominations close the Monday before the race with the final field of acceptances and barrier draw released on the Wednesday.

2026 Liverpool City Cup Field

The official Liverpool City Cup 2026 field and barriers will be announced below on the Wednesday of race week so bookmark this page to see the Group 1-bound gallopers lining-up in the Verry Elleegant Stakes Day Group 3.

The Liverpool City Cup 2026 final field features a quality line-up of gallopers including The Instructor from the Waterhouse/Bott yard with form around the undefeated Autumn Glow already this prep.

Randwick R9 - Hkjc World Pool Liverpool City Cup (G3)

Final Race time: 

	Entrant	Last 6	Sex	Barrier	Weight
	1. Coal Crusher J: Chad Schofield T: Joseph Pride	6412x5	G	4	58kg
	2. Militarize J: James McDonald T: Chris Waller	57523x	G	1	56.5kg
	3. The Instructor J: Regan Bayliss T: Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	6x2724	G	12	56kg
	4. Zarastro J: Angela Jones T: Tony Gollan	2x40x3	G	8	56kg
	5. Willaidow J: Tyler Schiller T: Marc & Mitchell Conners	x576x1	G	7	55kg
	6. Media World J: Tommy Berry T: Peter Snowden	x3156x	H	10	54.5kg
	7. King Of Roseau J: Tom Sherry T: Peter Snowden	1x4241	G	9	54kg
	8. El Castello J: Dylan Gibbons T: John P Thompson	x4004x	H	5	53.5kg
	9. Axius J: Tim Clark T: Ciaron Maher	41x131	G	6	53.5kg
	10. Enriched J: Zac Lloyd T: Michael Freedman	3121x7	H	3	53.5kg
	11. Cool Jakey J: Andrew Adkins T: Joseph Pride	02x510	G	2	53.5kg
	12. Portland J: Craig Williams T: Matthew Smith	183x7x	G	11	53.5kg

View Results

2026 Liverpool City Cup Nominations

The official Liverpool City Cup 2026 nominations are open until the Monday of race week.

	Last 10	Horse	Sex	Age	Trainer	Hcp Rating
1	19x141x131	AXIUS	G	4	Ciaron Maher	98
2	7279046449	BANDI’S BOY	G	6	Danny Williams	88
3	6974x137x1	CELUI	G	5	Richard & Will Freedman	90
4	20x56412x5	COAL CRUSHER	G	8	Joseph Pride	110
5	312402×510	COOL JAKEY	G	6	Joseph Pride	95
6	1115x4004x	EL CASTELLO	H	4	John Thompson	100
7	630x3121x7	ENRICHED	H	4	Michael Freedman	98
8	279x498x94	GLINT OF SILVER	G	6	David Pfieffer	83
9	310x52110x	GRINGOTTS (NZ)	G	6	Ciaron Maher	118
10	20111×4241	KING OF ROSEAU	G	4	Peter Snowden	101
11	x112x3156x	MEDIA WORLD	H	4	Peter Snowden	101
12	546x57523x	MILITARIZE (NZ)	G	5	Chris Waller	107
13	3x24183x7x	PORTLAND (IRE)	G	5	Matthew Smith	90
14	11316×2724	THE INSTRUCTOR	G	5	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	106
15	x82169x904	WAR ETERNAL (NZ)	G	7	Bjorn Baker	93
16	2048x576x1	WILLAIDOW	G	7	Marc & Mitchell Conners	104
17	71x52x40x3	ZARASTRO	G	7	Tony Gollan	106

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

Liverpool City Cup Form Guide

The Liverpool City Cup form guide lists all the important facts and stats on the runners in the event including jockeys, trainers, barriers, weights, track/distance records and win/place rates.

The Liverpool City Cup form has gone on to stack-up in better races a number of times over the years including in 2019 when the winner Dreamforce went on to run third in the George Ryder Stakes before a second in the Doncaster Mile results that campaign. 

In 2022 the Liverpool City Cup form was franked with Ellsberg returning in the spring to win the Group 1 Epsom Handicap (1600m), $1 million The Five Diamonds Prelude and $2 million The Five Diamonds treble.

In 2023 Think It Over won the Liverpool City Cup before a huge winter in Brisbane taking out the Group 1 Kingsford Smith – Stradbroke Handicap double. He further franked the form that spring back in Sydney claiming victory in the world’s richest turf race – the $20 million The Everest.

The 2025 Liverpool City Cup proved a strong form reference, with winner Iowna Merc backing it up at his very next run to take out the Group 2 Ajax Stakes. The race stacked up even further when third placegetter Gringotts returned later that autumn to capture the Group 1 George Ryder Stakes.

2026 Liverpool City Cup Form Guide

A link to our comprehensive Liverpool City Cup 2026 Form Guide will be provided for punters below the week of the race.

CLICK HERE FOR OUR FULL 2026 LIVERPOOL CITY CUP FORM GUIDE

Past Liverpool City Cup Results

Notable Liverpool City Cup winners throughout history include Lord Nelson (1973), Pharaoh (1993), Danleigh (2008), Triple Elegance (2011), It’s Somewhat (2015), Dreamforce (2019), Think It Over (2021), and that year’s subsequent The Everest champion Think About It (2023). 

Recent Liverpool City Cup Winners

Past Liverpool City Cup winning horses, trainers and jockeys dating back to the year 2000 are detailed in the below table. 

Year	Winner	Trainer/s	Jockey	Weight	Time
2026	King Of Roseau	Peter Snowden	Tom Sherry	54 kgs	1:15.39
2025	Iowna Merc	Bjorn Baker	Joshua Parr	57 kgs	1:15.38
2024	Phearson	Brad Widdup	Tom Sherry	55 kgs	1:15.62
2023	Think About It	Joseph Pride	Sam Clipperton	53 kgs	1:16.51
2022	Ellsberg	Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou	Tim Clark	57.5 kgs	1:20.42
2021	Think It Over	Kerry Parker	Glen Boss	57 kgs	1:17.22
2020	Quackerjack	Mark Newnham	Joshua Parr	56.5 kgs	1:15.35
2019	Dreamforce	John Thompson	Blake Shinn	59.5 kgs	1:15.07
2018	Crack Me Up	Bjorn Baker	Jason Collett	59 kgs	1:16.52
2017	McCreery	Chris Waller	Hugh Bowman	56 kgs	1:19.28
2016	Charlie Boy	Paul Snowden	Blake Shinn	57 kgs	1:15.08
2015	It’s Somewhat	John O’Shea	James McDonald	57 kgs	1:15.88
2014	Terravista	Joseph Pride	Jason Collett	55 kgs	1:16.58
2013	Skyerush	Guy Walter	Blake Shinn	56 kgs	1:16.41
2012	Ofcourseican	Ron Quinton	Kathy O’Hara	54 kgs	1:17.97
2011	Triple Elegance	Chris Waller	Jim Cassidy	53 kgs	1:15.92
2010	Dreamscape	Gai Waterhouse	Stathi Katsidis	53 kgs	1:17.27
2009	Judged	Joseph Pride	Jim Cassidy	53 kgs	1:15.54
2008	Danleigh	Chris Waller	Darren Beadman	55 kgs	1:16.59
2007	The Free Stater	Paul Cave	James Innes	54 kgs	1:10.25
2006	Utzon	Les Bridge	James Innes	53.5 kgs	1:09.51
2005	Sam Sung A Song	Gerald Ryan	Scott Seamer	53.5 kgs	1:09.85
2004	Carael Boy	Bob Milligan	Brad Pengelly	53.5 kgs	1:12.19
2003	Planchet	John Hawkes	Rod Quinn	53.5 kgs	1:09.82
2002	Bomber Bill	Russell Cameron	Michael Cahill	57.5 kgs	1:09.75
2001	Continuum	John Hawkes	Larry Cassidy	52 kgs	1:10.50
2000	Catatonic	John Hawkes	Larry Cassidy	52 kgs	1:10.87

FAQ

Who won the 2026 Liverpool City Cup?

The 2026 Liverpool City Cup was won by four-year-old Capitalist gelding King Of Roseau at $8.50 for trainer Peter Snowden with jockey Tom Sherry aboard on 54kg from barrier 9 to salute in a big late charge down the outside by 1.33 lengths on a Soft (5) track in a time of 1:15.39.

Who won the 2025 Liverpool City Cup?

The 2025 Liverpool City Cup was won by Iowna Merc at $4.20 for trainer Bjorn Baker with jockey Joshua Parr in the saddle from barrier 1 on 57kg to win by 0.01 lengths in a time of 1:15.38.

When is the Liverpool City Cup 2026?

Saturday, February 28, 2026

What is the prize money for the Liverpool City Cup 2026?

$250,000

Where is the Liverpool City Cup 2026?

Randwick Racecourse, Alison Rd, Randwick NSW 2031.

How do I bet on the 2026 Liverpool City Cup?

Bet online or via the latest iOS/Android apps with Ladbrokes.
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Once you've created your account you can make a deposit via credit card, or any other of our secure payment methods. Next up, head to the racing page and find the race and runner that's right for you.

Which horse will win the 2026 Liverpool City Cup?

The best way to pick which horse will win the Liverpool City 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.