CAULFIELD CUP ODDS
As Australia’s most challenging 2400 metre handicap race, the Caulfield Cup sees a leading field of contenders running each year, attracting plenty of punters keen to pick the winning three-year-old for the race, at the best possible odds. As the highlight for the Victorian Spring Racing Carnival’s Caulfield meeting, the group one Caulfield Cup is the initial feature race of the season, and offers punters the first big betting prize pool of the carnival. With prize money of over $2.5 million, the Caulfield Cup is Australia’s third richest horserace, and a key stepping stone for horses, owners, trainers and jockeys with their sights set on the Spring Carnival’s main attraction, the Melbourne Cup.
How are Caulfield Cup odds determined?
The odds given to the runners of the Caulfield Cup are determined by bookmakers in consideration of a number of different factors. How the horses entered perform and place in the key lead-up races to the Caulfield Cup has the most affect on their odds. Races including the Underwood and Turnbull Stakes, the Caulfield Guineas and the Caulfield Thousand Guineas are usually the best guide to the runners’ form before the Caulfield Cup. There are other quality races, held outside of the Spring Carnival that can also improve the horses’ potential for success in the Caulfield Cup, including the South Australia Derby Stakes and the Queensland Oaks. The odds for Caulfield Cup contenders who win or place in these races will usually be shortened accordingly.
Trends and statistics of the previous winners also play a part in determining the Caulfield Cup horses’ odds. For example, only two international horses in the race’s history have won the Caulfield Cup, so unless an overseas entry is a real champion with a near-perfect race record, their odds will not be as favourable as an Aussie contender with a similar record.
Caulfield Cup odds – how have the short and long priced entries fared?
In recent years, the horses with longer Caulfield Cup odds have seen a fair degree of success, including last year’s 2008 winner, All The Good, who claimed victory after starting at odds of 41/1. There is also Tawqeet, who won in 2006 with odds of 18/1. Prior to these recent long priced winners, 1998 saw Taufan’s Melody win at 67/1. Aside from these stray outsiders causing betting upset, however, for the years 2001 – 2005 punters backing the Caulfield Cup favourites saw a good return, as Ethereal, Northerly, Mummify and Elvstroem were first over the line.
Ante-post Caulfield Cup odds:
Bookmakers first make the Caulfield Cup odds available to punters in early August, as soon as the first entries for the race are nominated and announced. This is when the ante-post betting markets open, and is also the time when the most generous Caulfield Cup odds and value-for-money wagers are obtainable. However, with ante-post betting there are no guarantees, and the final field for the race may not include your selected horse. Punters who know the history and form of the entries though, stand a good chance to secure the best odds for the Caulfield Cup.
The final field and handicap weights for the Caulfield Cup are announced closer to the race and more cautious or inexperienced punters are likely to wait until these details are available before placing their bets, as the runner’s performance in other Spring Carnival races and these weight allocations can dramatically change the Caulfield Cup odds.
The 2009 BMW Caulfield Cup will be held this year on Saturday October 17. Betting markets are open now, so why not check out the Caulfield Cup odds on offer and see if you can pick the victorious runner for this year.
Caulfield Cup Odds – Past Winners:
Below you will find the details, which include the winner and placegetter, as well as the winner’s weight, odds, time, jockey and trainer, for each year’s Caulfield Cup going back to 1995. This information will show which horses, trainers and jockeys have dominated the race in recent years, and you can see which runners at what priced Caulfield Cup odds have secured the most success, which can be used to aid your selection of this year’s Caulfield Cup winner.
Year Winner Weight (kg) Odds Time Jockey Trainer Second Third
2008 All The Good 54.5 $41.00 2:27.4 K McEvoy S B Suroor Nom Du Jeu Barbaricus
2007 Master O’Reilly 50.5 $5.20 2:26.15 V Duric D O’Brien Douro Valley Princess Coup
2006 Tawqeet 53.5 $18.00 2:27.69 D Dunn D Hayes Aqua D’Amore Delta Blues
2005 Railings 52.0 $8.50 2:27.96 G Childs J Hawkes Eye Popper Mummify
2004 Elvstroem 54.0 $3.75 2:31.37 N Rawiller A Vasil Makybe Diva Grey Song
2003 Mummify 53.0 $5.50 2:25.98 D Nikolic D Freedman Grey Song Distinctly Secret
2002 Northerly 58.0 $5.50 2:30.38 G Childs F Kersley Fields Of Omagh Republic Lass
2001 Ethereal 50.0 $8.00 2:30.93 S Seamer S Laxon Sky Heights Celestial Show
2000 Diatribe 52.5 $9.00 2:25.32 J Cassidy G Hanlon Kaapstad Way Fairway
1999 Sky Heights 56.5 $3.50 2:30.10 D Oliver C Alderson Laebeel Inaflury
1998 Taufan’s Melody 53.5 $67.00 2:30.16 R Cochrane L Herries Lisa’s Game Tie The Knot
1997 Might And Power 52.5 $9.00 2:26.20 J Cassidy J Denham Doriemus Catalan Opening
1996 Arctic Scent 49.0 $21.00 2:30.27 B Stanley J Mason Circles of God Iron Horse
1995 Doriemus 52.0 $9.00 2:28.10 D Oliver D Freedman Count Chivas Beaus Art
