Caulfield Sprint

The Group 2 Caulfield Sprint is a 1000m event, worth $300,000 held annually on Caulfield Cup Day.

First run as a Listed race over 1100m in 1983, the Caulfield Sprint was reduced back to the 1000m in 2015.

The Caulfield Sprint is often used as starting reference for some nice races during the Melbourne Cup Carnival.

Remarkably, in 2014 and 2015 the Caulfield Sprint saw a dead-heat result for first in consecutive years.

Below we will delve into the Caulfield Sprint field, odds, top Caulfield Cup betting sites and apps and the history of the race, including past results.

2023 Caulfield Sprint Betting Odds

The 2023 Caulfield Sprint odds as of October 17 look like this:

• Spacewalk – +180
• Hedged – +250
• Lofty Strike – +250
• Jigsaw – +500
• Midwest – +700
• General Beau – +1400

Complete Caulfield Sprint odds available at Picklebet.

Best Caulfield Sprint bookmakers

The Caulfield Sprint isn’t a race that’s on the tip of every punters’ tongue, but the bookies offer great value which has been snapped up over the last few years.

Some of the top online bookmakers will open up Caulfield Sprint all-in markets which don’t provide insurance if your selected runner doesn’t start in the race, but the odds are more appealing.

All of our recommended horse betting sites offer betting on the Caulfield Sprint and bookmaker bonuses will also be available in the days leading up to the race. These horse racing betting sites generally have apps available for iOS and Android smartphones.

Sport Table

Latest Caulfield Sprint News

2023 Caulfield Sprint Final Field

HorseBetting will update this page when the 2023 Caulfield Sprint final field is released.

Previous Caulfield Sprint Field

• 2022 Caulfield Sprint field

  No.	Silks	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight
  1		Beau Rossa	Will Clarken	Todd Pannell	12	58kg
  2		Generation	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Mark Zahra	9	58kg
  3		Malkovich	Bjorn Baker	Joshua Parr	1	57kg
  4		Oxley Road	Peter Moody	Luke Nolen	3	57kg
  5		Free Of Debt	Chris Bieg	Tommy Berry	7	56.5kg
  6		Express Pass	Nick Ryan	Damien Oliver	5	56kg
  7		Kallos	James Cummings	Jamie Kah	8	54kg
  8		Ashford Street	Ken Elford	Teo Nugent	4	53kg
  9		Dragonstone	Mark Newnham	Tim Clark	2	53kg
  10		Sartorial Splendor	John Sadler	Daniel Stackhouse	10	53kg
  11		Asfoora	Henry Dwyer	Jye McNeil	6	53kg
  12		Rock Artist	Ken & Kasey Keys	Daniel Moor	11	53kg

2022 Caulfield Sprint result

Recent Caulfield Sprint winners

• 2022: Asfoora thrashes rivals
  Jye McNeil and Asfoora ($4.40) managed to lead all the way to win the Group 2 Caulfield Sprint over 1000m, giving Asfoora her first Group win of her career. Asfoora led from barrier to finish post, beating the fast finishing Kallos ($7) and Generation ($8). The Henry Dwyer-trained mare jumped at $4.40 and was never in any serious threat of losing the race as Jye McNeil gave her an outstanding front running ride.
• 2021: Moody’s Oxley Road gets the better of Malkovich
  Having been overhauled late in the Group 3 Heath 1100 the start prior, the Peter Moody-trained Oxley Road ($4) returned to the winners stall in the Caulfield Sprint. Having settled on the leaders heels from barrier three, Blaike McDougall and Oxley Road managed to stalk the speed throughout. As the leader’s edged off the fence, the run appeared for Oxley Road and with a swift turn of foot, he managed to haul in market fancy Malkovich ($4.80) in the shadows of the winning post.
• 2020: O’Brien’s Graff returns to the winner’s stall
  Danny O’Brien bred Graff and had always followed the enigmatic sprinter but it was only when the horse turned five that he had the chance to train him. And O’Brien looked to have unlocked the key to Graff later in life as he made a successful debut for the stable, taking out the Group Two Caulfield Sprint (1000m) to score his first win in over two years. O’Brien said he and jockey Damien Oliver hatched a plan where they would ride Graff quietly and then unleash his sprint and it worked to perfection. Graff ($9) defeated Fabergino ($8) by 1.25 lengths with Crystal Dreamer ($41) a half-head away in third.
• 2019: Miss Leonidas leads throughout
  Following a runner-up effort behind Nature Strip in the Group 1 Moir Stakes (1000m), the Shaun Dwyer-trained Miss Leonidas went one better in the Caulfield Sprint. Jumping straight to the front under Stephen Baster, Miss Leonidas, the $3.90 equal favourite, held off fellow equal favourite God Of Thunder by a half-length with Malibu Style ($11) a long-head away third in what would be Miss Leonidas’ last run for the spring.

Caulfield Sprint past winners list

Caulfield Sprint Past Winners Pre 2000