NE Manion Cup

Ladbrokes Tip: The NE Manion Cup serves as a nice lead-up into the Group 1 Sydney Cup each autumn

The latest edition of the NE Manion Cup ran on Saturday, March 21, 2026 as part of Rosehill’s Golden Slipper Day card in Sydney and was won in a tough performance by the now Sydney Cup favourite Mr Monaco ($5.50) for trainer Ciaron Maher.

2026 NE Manion Cup Results

The full NE Manion Cup Results 2026 and Finishing Order will be known on Saturday, March 21, 2026.

Ciaron Maher’s progressive five-year-old stayer, Mr Monaco ($5.50), showed plenty of guts fighting hard to salute in a narrow but convincing victory in the 2026 NE Manion Cup results at Rosehill on Saturday. He made it back-to-back victories down in weight but up in trip in the Slipper Day showdown when denying the fast-finishing roughie Taramansour and the beaten Maher-trained favourite Juja Kibo thanks to another masterful Zac Lloyd ride. Mr Monaco has now firmed in from $26 to $6 to sit top of the futures Sydney Cup markets for April 11 at Randwick.

2026 NE Manion Cup Odds

The top NE Manion Cup 2026 betting odds will be available below as soon as we’ve opened betting on one of the key Tancred Stakes and Sydney Cup lead-up races in the autumn followed by the official NE Manion Cup results after the event.

NE Manion Cup Tips

NE Manion Cup tips favour in-form autumn gallopers with previous winning form at the 2400m or further. 

Horses under double figures in betting make a good NE Manion Cup tip as do any returning runners that finished in the money in the previous season’s edition of the race. 

Older runners make the best bet in NE Manion Cup tipping as since Precedence (2010) the only four-year-old to beat the older horses was European raider Favourite Moon (2021). 

Favourite Moon was the second international in as many years to win the race following the 2020 success of the fellow William Haggas-trained Young Rascal. 

Haggas returned to take out the race for the third time in five years with Post Impressionist beating his Aussie rivals down under in 2024. 

2026 NE Manion Cup Tips

Bookmark this page to view our Ladbrokes’ insider NE Manion Cup 2026 betting tips out the week of the race.

The Group 3 NE Manion Cup is a 2400m staying race run and won at Rosehill Gardens in March on Golden Slipper Stakes Day during the Sydney Autumn Racing Carnival.

The mile and a half showdown offers $250,000 and is open to all horses aged three-years-old and above.

A quality handicap event, the NE Manion Cup was first held in 1972 and is named in honour of former Sydney Turf Club director N.E. Manion.

The race makes a nice lead-up into other distance races at a higher level over the carnival including the Group 1 Tancred Stakes (2400m) the following weekend and even the Group 1 Sydney Cup (3200m) over the two miles at Randwick during ‘The Championships’ in April.

NE Manion Cup Race Info

• Date: Saturday, March 21, 2026
• Track: Rosehill Gardens Racecourse
• Distance: 2400m
• Conditions: Quality Handicap; 3YOs & Upwards
• Status: Group 3
• Prize Money: $250,000
• First Run: 1972

NE Manion Cup Betting

NE Manion Cup odds are usually dominated by proven staying types coming off a lead-up run in Sydney over the 2000m – 2400m distance range.

Any international raiders in the field after often kept safe in NE Manion Cup betting markets with UK horseman William Haggas preparing three recent winners with Young Rascal (2020), Favorite Moon (2021), and Post Impressionist (2024).

Post Impressionist ($3.90 in 2024) and Alalcance ($3.30 in 2025) are the lastest favourites in NE Manion Cup betting to win. 

NE Manion Cup Field

The NE Manion Cup race field features a smart line-up of staying types each autumn that may be eyeing a Sydney Cup run over further the following month. 

Following a run in the NE Manion Cup field many gallopers may contest the Group 2 Chairman’s Quality (2600m) in April. Recent horses to complete the NE Manion Cup – Chairman’s Quality Handicap double include The Offer (2014), Libran (2016), Big Duke (2017) and Alalcance (2025).

NE Manion Cup nominations close the Monday before the race with the final field of acceptances and barrier draw out on the Wednesday.

2026 NE Manion Cup Field

The official NE Manion Cup Final Field for 2026 will be announced on the Wednesday of race week leading up to Golden Slipper Stakes Day and published in full below. 

The NE Manion Cup 2026 final field features a capacity line-up of potential Sydney Cup hopes including Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott’s last start Listed Randwick City Stakes winner Campaldino carrying the topweight and the proven Chris Waller-trained stayer Travolta.

Rosehill R2

Final Race time: 

	Entrant	Last 6	Sex	Barrier	Weight
	1. Campaldino J: Tim Clark T: Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	111x51	G	6	59kg
	2. Alalcance (11)  Scratched:
	3. Changingoftheguard J: Jason Collett T: Kris Lees	1069x6	G	13	58.5kg
	4. Travolta J: Tommy Berry T: Chris Waller	61x433	G	14	57kg
	5. Athabascan J: Tom Sherry T: Tom Charlton	020x02	G	7	56.5kg
	6. Palmetto J: Alysha Collett T: John Sargent	583x27	G	10	56kg
	7. Star Of India (6)  Scratched:
	8. Juja Kibo J: Craig Williams T: Ciaron Maher	123x93	G	1	55kg
	9. Taramansour J: Chad Schofield T: Phillip Stokes	081549	G	8	54kg
	10. Sam Hawkens J: Dylan Gibbons T: Tom Charlton	1x7x87	G	2	53kg
	11. Don Diego De Vega J: Ben Thompson T: Annabel & Rob Archibald	0642x0	G	4	53kg
	12. Tempesti J: Reece Jones T: Matt Cumani	0300x9	G	11	53kg
	13. Saganti J: Tyler Schiller T: Mick Price & Michael Kent Jnr	35x703	G	9	53kg
	14. Mr Monaco J: Zac Lloyd T: Ciaron Maher	081x51	G	12	53kg
	15. Newlook J: Rachel King T: Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young	x780x5	G	3	53kg
	16. Kadavar J: Kerrin Mcevoy T: Chris Waller	08x808	G	5	53kg

View Results

2026 NE Manion Cup Nominations

The early NE Manion Cup 2026 Nominations close on the Monday of race week with the official entries to be published right here.

	Last 10	Horse	Sex	Age	Trainer	Hcp Rating
1	110x6x36x6	ALALCANCE (GB)	M	6	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	108
2	9x00020x02	ATHABASCAN (FR)	G	7	John O’Shea & Tom Charlton	100
3	5016×84457	BACIO DEL MIST (NZ)	M	8	Lee & Cherie Curtis	79
4	x221111x51	CAMPALDINO (NZ)	G	5	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	105
5	3571237×85	CASUAL CONNECTION (NZ)	G	7	John Sargent	79
6	2x821069x6	CHANGINGOFTHEGUARD (IRE)	G	7	Kris Lees	104
7	41x60642x0	DON DIEGO DE VEGA (FR)	G	6	Annabel & Rob Archibald	92
8	417x640x78	FLYING BANDIT	G	5	Kerry Parker	91
9	6112028×46	GLAD YOU THINK SO	G	5	John Sargent	79
10	7x321139x0	GOLDEN CENTURY (NZ)	G	4	Chris Waller	79
11	31x0687x05	HUTCHENCE (GB)	G	5	Chris Waller	77
12	3116123×93	JUJA KIBO (IRE)	G	5	Ciaron Maher	97
13	142x081x51	MR MONACO (GB)	G	5	Ciaron Maher	88
14	0111x780x5	NEWLOOK (FR)	G	5	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young	88
15	4706583×27	PALMETTO (NZ)	G	7	John Sargent	99
16	6x5x35x703	SAGANTI (FR)	G	5	Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr)	89
17	x4111x7x87	SAM HAWKENS (IRE)	G	5	John O’Shea & Tom Charlton	93
18	x80610x079	STAR OF INDIA (IRE)	G	7	Chris Waller	98
19	2197×86211	STYLEBENDER (NZ)	G	8	Kristen Buchanan	75
20	0538081549	TARAMANSOUR (IRE)	G	9	Phillip Stokes	94
21	x83x0300x9	TEMPESTI (ITY)	G	7	Matt Cumani	92
22	212361×433	TRAVOLTA (GB)	G	5	Chris Waller	101

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

NE Manion Cup Form Guide

The NE Manion Cup form guide shows punters all the essential information from the barrier positions to the jockeys and trainers of each runner in the field.

The NE Manion Cup form guide has gone on to stack-up in tougher races many times over the years including in 2014 with the winner The Offer going on to complete the Chairman’s Handicap – Sydney Cup double. 

In 2016 the NE Manion Cup winner Libran won the Chairman’s next-up before a second in that year’s Sydney Cup quinella. 

The 2022 NE Manion Cup form was franked that spring with the winner No Compromise going on to win the Group 1 The Metropolitan (2400m). 

2026 NE Manion Cup Form Guide

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

CLICK HERE FOR OUR FULL 2026 NE MANION CUP FORM GUIDE

Past NE Manion Cup Results

Noteworthy NE Manion Cup winners throughout history include Paris Court (1976), the races first dual winner Dr Grace (1991-92), Manner Hill (2002), Precedence (2010), The Offer (2014), Libran (2016), Big Duke (2017), and Young Rascal (2020). 

Alalcance (2025) was the last NE Manion Cup winning mare and the first to beat home the boys since Pravda (2000). 

Recent NE Manion Cup Winners

Past NE Manion Cup winners and placegetters dating back to the year 1999 are detailed in the below table. 

Year	Winner	Second	Third
2026	Mr Monaco	Taramansour	Juja Kibo
2025	Alalcance	Athabascan	Strathtay
2024	Post Impressionist	Manzoice	Almania
2023	Timour	Raging Bull	Sir Lucan
2022	No Compromise	Surefire	Chalk Stream
2021	Favorite Moon	Realm Of Flowers	Sacramento
2020	Young Rascal	Mugatoo	Supernova
2019	Midterm	Big Duke	Shraaoh
2018	Master Of Arts	Alward	Peribsen
2017	Big Duke	Our Century	Allergic
2016	Libran	Cafe Society	Gallante
2015	Permit	Phrases	Bagman
2014	The Offer	Opinion	Tremec
2013	Julienas	Permit	Dance With Her
2012	Permit	Precedence	Older Than Time
2011	Bid Spotter	Above Average	Stand To Gain
2010	Precedence	Inkster	The Embassy
2009	Enzedex Eagle	Common Objective	Kettledrum
2008	The Chieftain	No Wine No Song	Young Centaur
2007	The Chieftain	Magic Instinct	Prince Arthur
2006	Fooram	Above Deck	Lancaster Park
2005	Mahtoum	Champion System	Mooring’s Melody
2004	Saturday Fever	Majestically	Restless
2003	Grand City	Bedouin	Beau
2002	Manner Hill	Plea	Rapida
2001	Tiger’s Eye	Prophet’s Kiss	Pasta Express
2000	Pravda	Ultra Smug	Steel Phoenix
1999	Our Unicorn	Battlewise	Foromor

FAQ

Who won the 2026 NE Manion Cup?

The 2026 NE Manion Cup was won by five-year-old Territories gelding Mr Monaco at $5.50 for trainer Ciaron Maher with jockey Zac Lloyd aboard from barrier 12 on 53kg to win by 0.19 lengths on a Soft (6) track in a time of 2:30.13.

Who won the 2025 NE Manion Cup?

The 2025 NE Manion Cup was won by five-year-old Mastercraftsman mare Alalcance as the $3.30 favourite for trainers Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott with jockey Tim Clark aboard on 55kg from barrier 4 to win by 4.35 lengths in a time of 2:28.64.

When is the NE Manion Cup 2026?

Saturday, March 21, 2026

What is the prize money for the NE Manion Cup 2026?

$250,000

Where is the NE Manion Cup 2026?

Rosehill Gardens Racecourse, James Ruse Dr, Rosehill NSW 2142. 

How do I bet on the 2026 NE Manion Cup?

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Which horse will win the 2026 NE Manion Cup?

The best way to pick which horse will win the NE Manion 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.