Geelong Cup

The Group 3 Geelong Cup is a 2400m staying event held at Geelong Racecourse and is run under handicap conditions.

The Geelong Cup was first run in 1872 and was won by Flying Scud.

Run for $500,000 in 2023, the Geelong Cup has often been used a final lead-in run for Melbourne Cup horses.

Media Puzzle, Dunaden and Americain are the most recent Geelong Cup winners to go on and win the Melbourne Cup two weeks later.

Notable winners of the Geelong Cup since 2000 include Prince Of Arran (2019), Qewy (2016), Dunaden (2011), Americain (2010), Bauer (2008), On A Jeune (2005), Zazzman (2003), Media Puzzle (2002) and Karasi (2001).

2023 Geelong Cup Betting Odds

The 2023 Geelong Cup odds as of October 24 look like this:

• First Immortal – +145
• Ashrun – +500
• Virtuous Circle – +550
• More Felons – +700
• King Frankel – +1000

Complete Geelong Cup odds available at Bet365.

Best Geelong Cup bookmakers

The Geelong Cup isn’t a race that’s on the tip of every punters’ tongue, but Australian betting sites do have markets out in the weeks leading up to the event.

Some of the top online bookmakers will open up Geelong Cup 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 horse betting sites offer betting on the Geelong Cup and bookmaker offers 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.

Latest Geelong Cup News

2023 Geelong Cup Final Field

No.	Silks	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight
1		Spanish Mission	Peter Moody & Katherine Coleman	Blake Shinn	11	60kg
2		Ashrun	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Mark Zahra	1	56.5kg
3		King Frankel	Annabel Neasham	Jamie Mott	3	56kg
4		Sheraz	Chris Waller	TBC	12	56kg
5		Magical Lagoon	Chris Waller	Damien Oliver	5	55kg
6		More Felons	Chris Waller	Michael Dee	10	55kg
7		Virtuous Circle	Liam Howley	Damien Lane	4	55kg
8		Fancy Man	Annabel Neasham	John Allen	17	54.5kg
9		High Emocean	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Harry Coffey	16	54kg
10		Sir Lucan	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Linda Meech	2	54kg
11		Amade	Phillip Stokes	Zac Spain	13	54kg
12		Mount Popa	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	Jye McNeil	14	54kg
13		First Immortal	Mark & Levi Kavanagh	Jamie Kah	15	54kg
14		Timour	Chris Waller	Beau Mertens	9	54kg
15		Ferago	Patrick F Ryan Jnr	Harry Grace	6	54kg
16		Mr Waterville	Chris Waller	Craig Williams	7	54kg
17		The Map	Dan Clarken & Oops MacGillivray	Ben Price	8	54kg

Previous Geelong Cup Field

• 2022 Geelong Cup field

  No.	Silks	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight
  1		Serpentine	Robert Hickmott	Ethan Brown	13	58kg
  2		Midnight Blue	Danny O’Brien	Jye McNeil	10	57kg
  3		San Huberto	Matt Cumani	Dean Yendall	19	57kg
  4		Francesco Guardi	Chris Waller	N/A	15	56.5kg
  5		Makram	Ben & JD Hayes	Craig Williams	18	56.5kg
  6		Rodrigo Diaz	David Simcock	Damien Oliver	17	56.5kg
  7		Surefire	Chris Waller	James McDonald	6	56.5kg
  8		Emissary	Mike Moroney	Blake Shinn	7	56kg
  9		Luncies	Kris Lees	Damian Lane	16	56kg
  10		Schabau	Robert Hickmott	Brett Prebble	11	56kg
  11		Grove Ferry	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Linda Meech	3	55.5kg
  12		Interpretation	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Ben Melham	4	55.5kg
  13		La Dragontea	Anthony & Sam Freedman	Jamie Kah	9	54kg
  14		Media Award	Chris Calthorpe	Damien Thornton	1	54kg
  15		Attorney	Matthew Smith	Craig Newitt	12	54kg
  16		Aurora’s Symphony	Symon Wilde	Harry Coffey	8	54kg
  17		Teewaters	Archie Alexander	Daniel Moor	14	54kg
  18		Team Captain (1E)	Matt Cumani	Declan Bates	5	54kg
  19		Herman Hesse (2E)	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Ethan Brown	2	54kg

2022 Geelong Cup result

Recent Geelong Cup winners

• 2022: Emissary blouses rivals
  Emissary took out the 2022 Geelong Cup to punch his ticket into the 2022 Melbourne Cup which was just over a week away. The six-year-old gelding won his second race of the preparation for Mike Moroney, after taking out the Listed Heatherlie Handicap on August 27 at Caulfield. Emissary won at big odds for the punters that followed him into the Geelong Cup, jumping as a $17 roughie; however, he won like a good thing, leaving Surefire and the rest of the field in his wake as he flew down the outside. The eventual winner sat at the back of the field, and as they rounded the turn, Blake Shinn got him to the very outside and he ran by race favourite Surefire to claim the $500,000 feature by just over a length.
• 2021: Tralee Rose sheds bridesmaid tag
  On the back of three consecutive black-type placings, Symon Wilde’s Tralee Rose got her moment in the 2021 Geelong Cup. Having settled in the gun seat under Dean Holland, Tralee Rose was able to capitalise on some tiring leader on the home turn and when asked to quicken, did so nicely. Dr Drill, who had trailed Tralee Rose throughout the run, loomed as a danger, but Tralee Rose would go on to reward favourite punters in fine style.
• 2020: Steel Prince prevails
  Having finished seventh in the 2019 Geelong Cup, the Anthony & Sam Freedman-trained Steel Prince managed to claim the same race 12 months later. Having been 35th in the Melbourne Cup Order of Entry prior to the race, Steel Prince needed to win to book a spot in the Melbourne Cup a fortnight later. Win it he did, Jye McNeil managed to lift the classy stayer past the brave Le Don De Vie in the shadows of the winning post.
• 2019: Prince Of Arran a class above
  The Charlie Fellowes-trained Prince Of Arran booked a spot in the Melbourne Cup after claiming the Geelong Cup. Having settled second behind a hot speed set by Haky, Michael Walker had clear air at all times aboard Prince Of Arran. Once asked to quicken, Prince Of Arran did so nicely and managed to hold off the fast-finishing True Self in a ding-dong finish to the Geelong Cup.

Geelong Cup past winners list

Geelong Cup Past Winners Pre 2000