Sydney Cup 2025 Tips, Field & Race Guide
The Sydney Cup will take place on Saturday, April 12, 2025 at Royal Randwick.
Offering prize money of $2 million, this handicap race is open 3 year olds.
We provide you with Sydney Cup tips as well as an in depth guide into the runners, horses, final field, barrier draw, news, betting odds and information, and how you can watch a live stream to watch the race unfold.
CONTENTS: Schedule | Live Stream | Tips | Nominations | Field & Barrier Draw | Results & Replays | Odds | History | Winners | Top 5 Winners
Date | April 12 |
Track | Royal Randwick |
Distance | 3200m |
Class | Group 1 |
Race Type | Handicap |
Prizemoney | $2 million |
Age | 3YOS and upward |
Sydney Cup Tips
Arguably the most testing staying race in Australia, winners of the Sydney Cup need a stout staying pedigree.
Unlike the Melbourne Cup that is generally run on a Good surface in Spring, the Sydney Cup is often run on rain-affected going which leaves horses needing to dig deeper at the end of the two-mile contest.
Our experts assess all the Sydney Cup runners, their pedigree, form, barrier draws, speedmap and more to help come up with our betting pointers and 2025 tips to help you back the winner.
Our team of expert tipsters will provide 2025 Sydney Cup tips and selections once the final field has been declared.
Sydney Cup Latest News
Sydney Cup Nominations
There are two rounds of nominations for the 2025 Sydney Cup with the first taking place at 11am on February 11, 2025, while the final nominations are taken at 12:00pm on February 21, 2025.
Sydney Cup Field & Barrier Draw
The final field and barrier draw for the 2025 Sydney Cup will be released at 8:00am April 08, 2025.
This page will be updated following the barrier draw.
Check out the Sydney Cup barrier draw stats and info.
Sydney Cup 2024 Results & Replay
Finish | Horse | Trainer | Jockey | Barrier | Weight | SP |
1 | CIRCLE OF FIRE (GB) | Ciaron Maher | Andrea Atzeni | 14 | 51.5kg | $5.50F |
2 | ATHABASCAN (FR) | John O’Shea | Tyler Schiller | 11 | 52kg | $6 |
3 | KALAPOUR (IRE) | Kris Lees | Dylan Gibbons (a) | 6 | 54kg | $12 |
4 | SERPENTINE (IRE) | Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott | Tim Clark | 4 | 53.5kg | $13 |
5 | SELINO (GB) | Chris Waller | Tommy Berry | 9 | 54.5kg | $26 |
6 | MOSTLY CLOUDY (IRE) | Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young | Ms Rachel King | 13 | 51.5kg | $12 |
7 | ASHRUN (FR) | Ciaron Maher | Craig Williams | 12 | 55.5kg | $8 |
8 | MILITARY MISSION (IRE) | Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott | Adam Hyeronimus | 16 | 56.5kg | $21 |
9 | LOFT (GER) | Ben, Will & JD Hayes | Blake Shinn | 7 | 55.5kg | $51 |
10 | AMADE (IRE) | Phillip Stokes | Michael Dee | 5 | 53kg | $9.50 |
11 | STOCKMAN (NZ) | Joseph Pride | Reece Jones | 8 | 55kg | $81 |
12 | SO DAZZLING (NZ) | John Sargent | Jay Ford | 10 | 51.5kg | $51 |
13 | GLENTANEOUS (IRE) | Anthony & Sam Freedman | Ms Jamie Kah | 2 | 51.5kg | $11 |
14 | MANZOICE | Chris Waller | Zac Lloyd (a) | 1 | 51.5kg | $17 |
15 | MAJOR BEEL (NZ) | Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott | Louis Beuzelin | 3 | 51.5kg | $21 |
16 | MAHRAJAAN (USA) | Shaune Ritchie & Colm Murray | Tom Marquand | 15 | 56kg | $20 |
🔥 Circle Of Fire gives @Atzenijockey a G1 in his 8th country, as he wins the Sydney Cup in what is sure to be a very emotional win! 🏆@aus_turf_club @cmaherracing pic.twitter.com/dtjmvIgwNq
— SKY Racing (@SkyRacingAU) April 13, 2024
See more Sydney Cup results and replays here.
Sydney Cup Betting Odds
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Sydney Cup History
Four Group 1 features are run on Day 2 of The Championships during the Sydney Autumn Racing Carnival.
The Sydney Cup features alongside the $4 million Queen Elizabeth Stakes (2000m), $1 million Coolmore Legacy Stakes (1600m) and $1 million Australian Oaks (2400m).
Odds-on favourite Talleyrand won the inaugural Sydney Cup in 1862 when the race was known as the Jockey Club Handicap.
The Sydney Cup is the longest race at Royal Randwick and first received Group 1 status in 1980 when won by Kingston Town.
With $2 million in prizemoney, the Sydney Cup attracts the country’s best stayers in the autumn, with many set to tackle the Melbourne Cup later in the spring.
The Group 2 Chairman’s Handicap (2600m) held at the same track one week earlier as part of Day 1 of The Championships and the Group 1 Tancred Stakes (2400m) held at Rosehill Gardens two weeks earlier are the most reliable guides to the Sydney Cup.
Winners of the Sydney Cup have generally gone on to compete in feature staying races during the Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival with the Melbourne Cup (3200m) high on the agenda of most winning trainers.
Other notable winners of the Sydney Cup include The Barb (1868-69), Carbine (1889-90), Wakeful (1902), Eurythmic (1921), Rogilla (1933), Sailor’s Guide (1956), Galilee (1967), Apollo Eleven (1973), Kingston Town (1980), Tie The Knot (1998-99) and Makybe Diva (2004).
Unlike some of the Sydney Autumn Racing Carnival Group 1 features which have been dominated by the likes of Gai Waterhouse and Chris Waller in recent years, the Sydney Cup hasn’t had a back-to-back winning trainer since the late Guy Walter prepared Tie The Knot to consecutive successes in 1998 and 1999.
Prior to that, you had to go back to 1985 and 1986 when Brian Mayfield-Smith saddled up Late Show to success before Marooned saluted the following year at the short quote of $1.60.
2024 | Circle Of Fire |
2023 | Explosive Jack |
2022 | Knights Order |
2021 | Selino |
2020 | Etah James |
2019 | Shraaoh |
2018 | Who Shot Thebarman |
2017 | Polarisation |
2016 | Gallante |
2015 | Grand Marshal |
2014 | The Offer |
2013 | Mourayan |
2012 | Niwot |
2011 | Stand To Gain |
2010 | Jessicabeel |
2009 | Ista Kareem |
2008 | No Wine No Song |
2007 | Gallic |
2006 | County Tyrone |
2005 | Mahtoum |
2004 | Makybe Diva |
2003 | Honor Babe |
2002 | Henderson Bay |
2001 | Mr Prudent |
2000 | Streak |
Top 5 Sydney Cup Winners
Click here to see our Top 5 Sydney Cup Winners.
Sydney Cup Promos
With the country’s leading bookmakers offering horse racing promotions and bonus bets every day of the week, you can get more bang for your buck.
The offers really ramp up on Saturday covering most races with promos such as Double Your Winnings, Cash Back and Bonus Bet Back for finishing 2nd, 3rd and even 4th, there are plenty of promos to sink your teeth into.
Racingbase hunts down all the daily bookmaker promos and bonus bets and displays them on one page with their T&C’s so you can see what is on offer.
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