The next edition of the Summer Cup runs on Friday, December 26, 2025 as part of Sydney’s Boxing Day racing program.
2025 Summer Cup Odds
The season’s top Summer Cup 2025 odds and betting market links will be available below the week of the race.
Summer Cup Tips
Good Summer Cup tips include backing in-form stayers, last start winners and well-weighted horses in the distance event.
2025 Summer Cup Tips
Our Ladbrokes’ exclusive Summer Cup 2025 betting tips and exotic Randwick racing selections will be detailed below the week of the race so bookmark this page for the staying horses to back and sack in the $250,000 Boxing Day feature.
- To Win: TBD
The Group 3 Summer Cup is a 2000m showdown run and won at Royal Randwick in Sydney on Boxing Day each December.
The quality handicap showdown offers $250,000 in prize money and is a time-honoured event first run back in 1890.
The raced gained Group 3 status back in 1979 and has been won by plenty of nice horses over the years include Super Impose (1988), I’m Imposing (2013-14) and Fierce Impact (2018).
The Summer Cup serves as a potential lead-up for any WA-bound stayers targeting the Group 2 Perth Cup (2400m) at Ascot on New Year’s Day or the Magic Millions Day races at the Gold Coast in mid-January.
Summer Cup Race Info
- Date: Friday, December 26, 2025
- Track: Randwick Racecourse
- Distance: 2000m
- Conditions: Quality Handicap
- Status: Group 3
- Prize Money: $250,000
- First Held: 1890
2025 Summer Cup Results
The full Summer Cup 2025 Results & Finishing Order will be provided below once the race is run and won on Boxing Day, Friday, December 26, 2025.
- 1st: TBD
- 2nd: TBD
- 3rd: TBD
Summer Cup Betting
Summer Cup betting is open at the start of race week, and markets are led by proven staying types especially any with previous winning form over the 2000m distance.
Any last start winners, returning runners that finished well in the event the year before and Group performers are traditionally installed at shorter Summer Cup odds.
Spirit Ridge ($3.60 in 2020) and Lion’s Roar ($2.80 in 2023) are the latest favourites in Summer Cup betting to win.
There was a notable upset in 2021 with Parry Sound saluting at Summer Cup odds of 25/1.
Summer Cup Field
The Summer Cup race field attracts a quality line-up of end-of-spring stayers that could be backing-up from a run in a race like the Group 2 $2 million The Ingham (1600m) – formerly known as the Villiers Stakes. The Villiers Stakes – Summer Cup double however hasn’t been completed since Aqua D’Amore (2005).
Summer Cup nominations are taken the Friday before the race runs the following on Boxing Day with final acceptances and the barrier draw released on the Tuesday of race week.
2025 Summer Cup Field
The official Summer Cup 2025 Field & Barriers will be published in full below once announced the week of the race so stay tuned to see what horses make the starting line-up.
2025 Summer Cup Nominations
The official Summer Cup 2025 Nominations close the week of the race ahead of the popular Boxing Day showdown and the full list of early entries will be available below.
Summer Cup Form Guide
The Summer Cup form guide details all the need-to-know facts and stats including the jockeys, trainers, barriers, weights and lead-up runs of the horses in the field.
The Summer Cup form has gone on to hold in tougher grade races a number of times over the years including when the 2021 Summer Cup winner Parry Sound went on to run a good fourth the following January in the $1 million Magic Millions Trophy (2400m).
Earlier, the Summer Cup form of 2018 was also franked when the winner Fierce Impact dominated the Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival winning the Group 1 Toorak Handicap – Group 1 Cantala Stakes (now Champions Stakes) double in 2019.
In 2022 the Summer Cup runner-up Sky Lab franked the form with a next-up Magic Millions Trophy win at the Gold Coast in January of 2023.
2025 Summer Cup Form Guide
A link to the comprehensive Summer Cup 2025 Form Guide will be provided below the week of the race.
Summer Cup Results
Notable recent Summer Cup winners include: Fierce Impact (2018), I’m Imposing (2013, 2014), Aqua D’Amore (2005), Linesman (1997), Century Boy (1996), Cross Swords (1991), Magnolia Hall (1990), Lord Hybrow (1989), Super Impose (1988), Limitless (1986), Rising Prince (1984), Ming Dynasty (1976), Duo (1967), Baystone (1956), Carioca (1952), Young Crusader (1937), King Of The Forest (1921, 1923), and Poitrel (1917).
Diamil holds the Summer Cup race record winning in 2022 over 2000m in a time of 2 minutes 00.76 seconds.
Past Summer Cup Winners
A list of past Summer Cup winners and placegetters dating back to 1990 can be found in the below table.
Note: There was no 2007 Summer Cup held due to the Sydney equine influenza outbreak.
| Year | Winner | Second | Third |
| 2025 | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| 2024 | Tavi Time | Osipenko | Townsend |
| 2023 | Lion’s Roar | Luncies | Baby Rider |
| 2022 | Diamil | Sky Lab | Berdibek |
| 2021 | Parry Sound | Criaderas | Polly Grey |
| 2020 | Spirit Ridge | Best Of Days | Black On Gold |
| 2019 | Luvaluva | Black On Gold | Taikomochi |
| 2018 | Fierce Impact | Satono Rasen | Life Less Ordinary |
| 2017 | Montauk | Red Excitement | Testashadow |
| 2016 | Red Excitement | Foreign Prince | Shalmaneser |
| 2015 | Mighty Lucky | Junoob | I’m Imposing |
| 2014 | I’m Imposing | Midsummer Sun | Casino Dancer |
| 2013 | I’m Imposing | Travolta | Destiny’s Kiss |
| 2012 | Le Roi | Brightest | Praecido |
| 2011 | Yulalona | Nextanix | Count Encosta |
| 2010 | Spechenka | Strike One | Let Them Have It |
| 2009 | Solid Billing | Zazabeau | Rockwood |
| 2008 | Ready To Lift | Bellagio Wynn | Zazabeau |
| 2007 Race Not Held |
– | – | – |
| 2006 | Jamberoo | Game On | Taken At The Flood |
| 2005 | Aqua D’Amore | County Tyrone | Beat The Tide |
| 2004 | This Manshood | Vereza | New York Style |
| 2003 | Stadium | Ocho | Stoway |
| 2002 | Stoway | Ego Fast | Barawin |
| 2001 | Majestically | Zareyev | Power of Pegasus |
| 2000 | Lanolin | Vitrinite | Consolidator |
| 1999 | Zanetta | Pasta Express | Luther |
| 1998 | Dance Til Dawn | Pasta Express | Bombast |
| 1997 | Linesman | Jacanarchie | Stony Bay |
| 1996 | Century Boy | Mr. Neslo | Seto Bridge |
| 1995 | Catalan Prince | Praise Indeed | Night After |
| 1994 | Spiritual Star | El Castano | Tusk Hunter |
| 1993 | Striking Gold | Double Take | Demerit |
| 1992 | Mr. Eurostar | Anythings Possible | Swiss Cotton |
| 1991 | Cross Swords | Local Knowledge | Initial Approach |
| 1990 | Magnolia Hall | Copatonic | Courtalista |
FAQ
When is theSummer Cup 2025?
Friday December 26, 2025What is the prize money for the Summer Cup 2025?
$250,000
Where is the Summer Cup 2025?
Randwick Racecourse, Alison Rd, Randwick NSW 2031.
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Which horse will win the 2025 Summer Cup?
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