The Rosehill Gold Cup gained Group 3 status in 2024 the same year $20 million The Everest became a Group 1 event!
The 2025 edition of the Rosehill Gold Cup runs on Saturday November 1, 2025 holding Group 3 status at Randwick Racecourse (moved from Rosehill Gardens in 2025).
2025 Rosehill Gold Cup Odds
The latest Rosehill Gold Cup 2025 odds and betting market links to the Golden Eagle Day support act will be listed right here as soon as available with earlier Sydney Spring Racing Carnival results to impact the odds on offer for the $750,000 feature.
| 6. Wootton Verni (4) J: James McDonald 54.5kg x8541T: Chris Waller | ||
| 10. Imperialist (7) J: Rachel King 53kg 5x971T: Chris Waller | ||
| 8. Redstone Well (1) J: Tom Sherry 54kg 070x8T: Annabel & Rob Archibald | ||
| 3. Huetor (10) J: Nash Rawiller 58kg 0x000T: Peter Snowden | ||
| 5. Palmetto (8) J: Regan Bayliss 56.5kg x4706T: John Sargent | ||
| 11. Our Gold Hope (14) J: Tyler Schiller 53kg x5390T: Robert & Luke Price | ||
| 14. Scarlet Oak (5) J: Zac Lloyd 53kg 69x00T: Chris Waller | ||
| 15. State Of America (3) J: Jay Ford 53kg 08931T: David Payne | ||
| 9. Firm Agreement (12) J: Braith Nock 53.5kg 200x9T: Annabel & Rob Archibald | ||
| 12. Trust In You (11) J: Andrew Adkins 53kg x7768T: Bruce Wallace & Grant Cooksley | ||
| 1. Fawkner Park (6) J: Ethan Brown 61kg 23x00T: Ciaron Maher | ||
| 4. Maison Louis (2) J: Dylan Gibbons 58kg 41x83T: John O'Shea & Tom Charlton | ||
| 16. Churchill's Choice (15) J: Jean Van Overmeire 53kg x0945T: Nathan Doyle | ||
| 13. Foujita San (13) J: Alysha Collett 53kg 22x90T: M, W & J Hawkes | ||
| 2. Bois D'argent (9) J: Tom Marquand 60kg 54x06T: Annabel & Rob Archibald |
Rosehill Gold Cup Tips
Top Rosehill Gold Cup tips include watching for the best The Metropolitan graduates, runners that performed well in either the Craven Plate or St Leger a fortnight earlier or in-form horses that get in on a low handicap weight.
2025 Rosehill Gold Cup Tips
Our Ladbrokes’ exclusive Rosehill Gold Cup 2025 race betting tips and predictions will be published below the week of the event.
Each Way: No. 10 Imperialist
IMPERIALIST (7) looks a cheeky Each Way play in the Rosehill Gold Cup. The Waller-trained four-year-old hasn’t done much at Randwick yet, but he’s got a tidy record over 2000m and comes in off a confidence-boosting win in the Taree Cup — where he lugged 61kg and still got the job done.
This time he drops a whopping 8kg to just 53kg, which should have him bouncing. Rachel King jumps aboard from barrier seven, and she knows how to time her run to perfection.
It’s a tougher field, sure — but with that weight drop and solid staying stats, he’s got the right setup to give this a shake. Overs appeal for the exotics.
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10. Imperialist (7)
J: Rachel King 53kg
5×971T: Chris Waller
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The Rosehill Gold Cup is a lucrative event added to Sydney’s Golden Eagle Day race card on a Saturday in either late October or early November each spring racing season.
It began without Black-Type status but became a Group 3 ahead of the 2024 edition.
Previously run at Rosehill Gardens, the event was moved to Royal Randwick in 2025.
Contested in Sydney on the same day as Melbourne’s Victoria Derby Day at Flemington Racecourse – after which RV announced the official Melbourne Cup field and barriers – Golden Eagle Race Day is headlined by the $10 million The Golden Eagle for four-year-olds.
It is accompanied on the card by the $3 million Russell Balding Stakes (1300m) which was previously known as the Winners Stakes and renamed each season in honour of the previous year’s The Everest winner before 2024.
Other Golden Eagle Day support acts include the $500,000 The Four Pillars (1500m) taking place for the first time in 2021 and the now Group 3 $750,000 Rosehill Gold Cup.
The Rosehill Gold Cup is run over 2000m under quality handicap conditions and is open to horses aged three-years-old and above. There is also an additional $500,000 bonus attached to the Rosehill Gold Cup from earlier Sydney Spring Racing Carnival races contested on two Saturdays across October / November – including a fortnight prior on The Everest Day.
The $500,000 Rosehill Gold Cup bonus is available to any horse that wins the event on the back of a lead-up win in either the Group 1 The Metropolitan (2400m) or the Group 2 Hill Stakes (1800m), as well as either the Group 3 Craven Plate (2000m), or the St Leger (2600m).
In 2021 Think It Over completed the Hill Stakes – Craven Plate – Rosehill Gold Cup treble to take out the million-dollar bonus.
Racing NSW also have a $100,000 bonus up for grabs for any galloper that contested, but did not win, any of the above four races before winning the Rosehill Gold Cup.
The 2000m distance of the Rosehill Gold Cup makes it an interesting target for both middle-distance types and more dour stayers making for an open field and betting market.
The 2024 Rosehill Gold Cup winner, Fawkner Park, demonstrated the strength of the race’s form by placing in several subsequent Group 1 events in 2025, including a third-place finish in the Ranvet Stakes and a second-place finish in the Doomben Cup.
In 2025 the Rosehill Gold Cup was moved from its traditional home at Rosehill Gardens to Royal Randwick Racecourse.
Rosehill Gold Cup Info
- Date: Saturday November 1, 2025
- Track: Randwick Racecourse
- Distance: 2000m
- Conditions: 3YOs & Up – Quality Handicap
- Status: Group 3
- Prize Money: $750,000
- Available Bonuses: $500,000 / $100,000
- First Run: 2019
2025 Rosehill Gold Cup Results
The official Rosehill Gold Cup 2025 Results & Finishing Order will be made available right here once the race is run and won on Saturday November 1, 2025.
- 1st: TBD
- 2nd: TBD
- 3rd: TBD
Rosehill Gold Cup Betting
Rosehill Gold Cup betting is led by the in-form spring gallopers coming off good runs in the key lead-up races that are attached to the bonus program.
The top three runners in Randwick’s The Metropolitan and Hill Stakes, as well as the Craven Plate and St Leger on The Everest Day dominate Rosehill Gold Cup odds. In 2021 Think It Over won the Hill Stakes, Craven Plate and the Rosehill Gold Cup during an incredible spring carnival.
Markets on the season’s top middle-distance horses and staying types out of those races that stay in Sydney instead of heading to Melbourne for the Cup Carnival will firm closer to race day so backing your early tips in futures Rosehill Gold Cup betting can prove profitable.
For the inaugural edition of the race, the Rosehill Gold Cup odds were led by Tally ($4 in 2019) who saluted for the punters.
The following year in 2020 there was a huge upset with Costello winning the Rosehill Gold Cup at 30/1.
Think It Over ($2.70 in 2021) became the second horse in the race’s three-year history to win as the Rosehill Gold Cup favourite.
There was another notable upset in 2023 with Wild Planet saluting as a $26 outsider in Rosehill Gold Cup betting.
The last Rosehill Gold Cup favourite to win was Fawkner Park ($4.60 in 2024) who improved on a lead-up fifth in the Craven Plate.
Rosehill Gold Cup Field
The Rosehill Gold Cup race field attracts a line-up of smart gallopers out of either the middle-distance lead-up races of the Hill Stakes and Craven Plate or those more dour types following the staying path out of The Metropolitan and or St Leger.
The first Rosehill Gold Cup field in 2019 featured 13 horses and saw the favourite Tally ($4) win in an improved run out of the Hill Stakes (4th).
2025 Rosehill Gold Cup Field
The official Rosehill Gold Cup 2025 final field and barriers will be announced by Racing NSW the week of the race with the full acceptances to be published below.
The 2025 Rosehill Gold Cup final field features a bumper line-up of stayers including Chris Waller’s last start Group 3 Coongy Cup winner Wootton Verni drawn well in gate four and the in-form Maison Louis coming off a third in the $2 million Hill Stakes.
| Entrant | Last 6 | Sex | Barrier | Weight | |
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1. Fawkner Park
J: Ethan Brown
T: Ciaron Maher |
223x00 | G | 6 | 61kg | |
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2. Bois D'argent
J: Tom Marquand
T: Annabel & Rob Archibald |
654x06 | G | 9 | 60kg | |
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3. Huetor
J: Nash Rawiller
T: Peter Snowden |
00x000 | G | 10 | 58kg | |
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4. Maison Louis
J: Dylan Gibbons
T: John O'Shea & Tom Charlton |
141x83 | G | 2 | 58kg | |
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5. Palmetto
J: Regan Bayliss
T: John Sargent |
5x4706 | G | 8 | 56.5kg | |
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6. Wootton Verni
J: James McDonald
T: Chris Waller |
5x8541 | G | 4 | 54.5kg | |
| 7. Matusalem (12) Scratched: | |||||
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8. Redstone Well
J: Tom Sherry
T: Annabel & Rob Archibald |
3070x8 | G | 1 | 54kg | |
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9. Firm Agreement
J: Braith Nock
T: Annabel & Rob Archibald |
2200x9 | G | 12 | 53.5kg | |
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10. Imperialist
J: Rachel King
T: Chris Waller |
15x971 | G | 7 | 53kg | |
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11. Our Gold Hope
J: Tyler Schiller
T: Robert & Luke Price |
9x5390 | M | 14 | 53kg | |
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12. Trust In You
J: Andrew Adkins
T: Bruce Wallace & Grant Cooksley |
0x7768 | G | 11 | 53kg | |
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13. Foujita San
J: Alysha Collett
T: M, W & J Hawkes |
422x90 | G | 13 | 53kg | |
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14. Scarlet Oak
J: Zac Lloyd
T: Chris Waller |
069x00 | M | 5 | 53kg | |
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15. State Of America
J: Jay Ford
T: David Payne |
x08931 | G | 3 | 53kg | |
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16. Churchill's Choice
J: Jean Van Overmeire
T: Nathan Doyle |
6x0945 | M | 15 | 53kg | |
2025 Rosehill Gold Cup Nominations
Nominations for the Rosehill Gold Cup 2025 are announced the Monday of race week.
| Last 10 | Horse | Sex | Age | Trainer | Hcp Rating | |
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| 1 | 651540×371 | AGE OF SAIL (GB) | G | 7 | Kris Lees | 91 |
| 2 | x361654x06 | BOIS D’ARGENT (GB) | G | 9 | Annabel & Rob Archibald | |
| 3 | x4246x0945 | CHURCHILL’S CHOICE | M | 4 | Nathan Doyle | 84 |
| 4 | x438223x00 | FAWKNER PARK (IRE) | G | 7 | Ciaron Maher | 110 |
| 5 | x7722200x9 | FIRM AGREEMENT | G | 4 | Annabel & Rob Archibald | 95 |
| 6 | 442730×161 | FORTUNE (FR) | G | 6 | Annabel & Rob Archibald | 87 |
| 7 | 0004422×90 | FOUJITA SAN | G | 6 | Michael, John & Wayne Hawkes | 88 |
| 8 | x7726540x4 | HEZASHOCKA (NZ) | G | 8 | Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr) | 97 |
| 9 | 40x200x000 | HUETOR (FR) | G | 9 | Peter Snowden | 104 |
| 10 | 320915×971 | IMPERIALIST (NZ) | G | 4 | Chris Waller | 94 |
| 11 | 5121141×83 | MAISON LOUIS (NZ) | G | 4 | John O’Shea & Tom Charlton | 104 |
| 12 | 80×6328121 | MAJORIAN | G | 5 | Annabel & Rob Archibald | 74 |
| 13 | 9962813×40 | MATUSALEM | G | 5 | Chris Waller | 95 |
| 14 | 5873895834 | NIKAU SPUR (NZ) | G | 9 | Corey & Kylie Geran | 90 |
| 15 | 65839×5390 | OUR GOLD HOPE | M | 5 | Robert & Luke Price | 94 |
| 16 | 32155×4706 | PALMETTO (NZ) | G | 7 | John Sargent | 101 |
| 17 | 93118×5605 | POCKETING | G | 4 | Richard & Will Freedman | 86 |
| 18 | 122x068x00 | POWERS OF OPAL (NZ) | M | 4 | John Sargent | 80 |
| 19 | 16x53070x8 | REDSTONE WELL (IRE) | G | 7 | Annabel & Rob Archibald | 95 |
| 20 | 0x30069x00 | SCARLET OAK | M | 5 | Chris Waller | 88 |
| 21 | 0318×08931 | STATE OF AMERICA | G | 6 | David Payne | 88 |
| 22 | 64800×7768 | TRUST IN YOU (NZ) | G | 7 | Bruce Wallace & Grant Cooksley | 90 |
| 23 | 2674×06312 | UNLIMITED (IRE) | G | 6 | Chris Waller | 82 |
| 24 | 12x75x8541 | WOOTTON VERNI (FR) | G | 5 | Chris Waller | 97 |
Table Credit: Racing Australia.
Rosehill Gold Cup Form Guide
Details available on the Rosehill Gold Cup form guide include the field of horses, jockeys, trainers, lead-up form, track / distance stats and early betting predictions.
Looking for the Rosehill Gold Cup form lines on horses out of the specified lead-up races, any runners with a standout record at the track and the well-weighted chances that may have beaten the handicappers can prove profitable when it comes to spring betting.
The Rosehill Gold Cup form out of the 2020 edition was franked when the runner-up She’s Ideel went on to run second in the following year’s Group 1 Tancred Stakes (2400m) and fourth in the Group 1 Sydney Cup (3200m) in the autumn.
The 2021 Rosehill Gold Cup form held the following autumn with the winner Think It Over running well in a number of key races including his Group 1 Queen Elizabeth Stakes (2000m) victory in 2022.
2025 Rosehill Gold Cup Form
A link to our full Rosehill Gold Cup 2025 form guide and insider betting preview will be made available right here following final acceptances on the week leading-up to The Golden Rose Day.
Rosehill Gold Cup Results
The Rosehill Gold Cup race results list the winner and placegetters plus the full Rosehill Gold Cup finishing order.
The winning race time, margins, starting prices and where the favourite fared in the Rosehill Gold Cup results are also worth looking for post-race.
Star Of India holds the current Rosehill Gold Cup race record winning in 2022 in a time of 2 minutes 1.92 seconds.
Past Rosehill Gold Cup Winners
A complete list of past Rosehill Gold Cup winners and placegetters dating back to the race’s inauguration in 2019 can be found in the below table.
| Year | Winner | 2nd | 3rd | Time |
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| 2025 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| 2024 | Fawkner Park | Wyclif | Hinged | 2:03.29 |
| 2023 | Wild Planet | Stroke Of Luck | Shock ‘Em Ova | 2:03.20 |
| 2022 | Star Of India | Hezashocka | Bois D’Argent | 2:01.92 |
| 2021 | Think It Over | Rock | Kiss The Bride | 2:02.01 |
| 2020 | Costello | She’s Ideel | Morton’s Fork | 2:05.74 |
| 2019 | Tally | Another Dollar | The Lord Mayor | 2:02.53 |
FAQ
Who won the 2024 Rosehill Gold Cup?
The 2024 Rosehill Gold Cup was won by the Annabel Neasham & Rob Archibald trained Fawkner Park who saluted as the $4.60 favourite and was ridden by Tyler Schiller.
When is the Rosehill Gold Cup 2025?
Saturday November 1, 2025What is the prize money for the Rosehill Gold Cup 2025?
$750,000
Where is the Rosehill Gold Cup 2025?
Randwick Racecourse, Alison Road, Randwick, NSW 2031.
How do I bet on the 2025 Rosehill Gold Cup?
Bet online or via the latest iOS/Android apps with Ladbrokes.
The first step is to create an account at ladbrokes.com.au. The process is quick and easy!
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 2025 Rosehill Gold Cup?
The best way to pick which horse will win the Rosehill Gold 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.