Looking for this year’s Hobart Cup betting odds, tips and race field? The expert tipsters at Neds have put together everything you need to know before this year’s race.

Hobart Cup 2025 Odds

Early market betting odds on the 2025 Hobart Cup will be displayed below once available. Odds are subject to fluctuation. For current odds on all of our live markets, please visit neds.com.au.

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Hobart Cup, Elwick Racecourse

Run over 2,400 metres on a Sunday in early February, the Hobart Cup is one of the three big races during the Tasmanian Summer Racing Carnival.

Currently holding Group 3 status, the Hobart Cup currently offers $250,000 and is the first leg of the popular Tasmanian Cups double.

The second leg is the Group 3 Launceston Cup (2400m) held a fortnight later and Eastender (2019) was the last horse to complete the double in the same year.

In 2024 the Hobart Cup was won by dual Launceston Cup winner Aurora’s Symphony (2022, 2023).

Brallos (1976-77) was the last back-to-back Hobart Cup winner. Since then there has been just one other horse to win multiple editions of the race with the marvel Geegees Blackflash saluting in 2012 and again three years later in 2015. 

The Hobart Cup Carnival kicks off the Friday prior with the Group 3 Bow Mistress Trophy (1200m) for fillies and mares.

The 2022 Hobart Cup form was franked with the four-length winner Ho Ho Khan running second next-up in the Launceston Cup before a trip to Melbourne for a fourth in the Group 1 Australian Cup (2000m) at 60/1.

Hobart Cup 2025 – Quick Information

  • Race Day: Sunday, February 9, 2025
  • Track Location: Hobart Racecourse
  • Track Surface: Turf
  • Track Direction: Left-handed
  • Race Distance: 2,400 metres
  • Weight Conditions: Handicap
  • Qualification: Open
  • Type: Thoroughbred
  • Grade: Group 3
  • Operator: Tasmanian Racing Club
  • Prize Purse: $300,000
  • Inaugural Race: 1875
  • 2025 Hobart Cup Winner: TBD

hobart cup 2025 RESULTS

The official 2025 Hobart Cup results will be available below once the race takes place on Sunday February 9, 2025. 

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Hobart Cup Betting 2025

New Ways to Bet at neds

There are many different ways to bet on the Hobart Cup, and we have included some of the most popular options below:

Bet Type How To Place This Type Of Bet In This Year’s Hobart Cup
Win Bet Place your bet on the horse you think will take first place in this year’s Hobart Cup.
Place Bet Place your bet on the horse you think will place in the top three finishers at this year’s Hobart Cup. Pays less than a win bet, but offers safer odds.
Each-Way Bet If your runner finishes 1st in the Hobart Cup, you will collect both the Win and the Place dividend. If your horse finishes 2nd or 3rd you will collect the Place dividend.
Quinella Bet You must select the runners that finish 1st and 2nd in any order, within the Hobart Cup, in order to win the Quinella.
Exacta Bet You must select the runners that finish 1st and 2nd in the correct order, within the Hobart Cup to win the Exacta.
Trifecta Bet You must select runners to finish 1st, 2nd and 3rd in the correct order, within the Hobart Cup to win the Trifecta.
First Four You must select runners that finish 1st, 2nd ,3rd and 4th in the correct order, within the Hobart Cup to win the First 4.
Quadrella Bet (Quaddie) You must select the winners of four nominated races to win the Quaddie. This means you would have to select three other races apart from the Hobart Cup, in order to be eligible to place a Quaddie.

How To Bet On The Hobart Cup in 2025

  1. Log in at neds.com.au
  2. Make sure to check out form guide, once it’s released
  3. Decide what kind of bet you’re going to place (Win, Place, Each-Way, Trifecta + more betting options, please read our section on Hobart Cup Betting above).
  4. Select the horse(s) for the race.

Which Horse Will Win The Hobart Cup in 2025?

The best way to pick which horse will win the Hobart Cup in 2025 is to take into account their lead-up Tasmanian summer racing form, assess the barriers, consider the weight each horse will carry and look for past graduates of the same event from the season prior. 

Additional factors to consider when picking the Hobart Cup winner include: 

  • Summer Form – In-form local horses coming off good lead-up form from earlier summer races in Tasmania have a strong record in the race.
  • Distance – Genuine stayers proven over the mile and a half are the best bet.
  • Favourites – The best in betting have a good strike-rate in the Hobart Cup.

Hobart Cup Favourites 2025

Favourites in 2025 Hobart Cup betting include last start Summer Cup winner Promises Kept, Adelaide trained Churchill mare Arugamama, and Ciaron Maher’s evergreen eight-year-old Strawberry Rock

Toorak Affair ($3.40 in 2020) and Double You Tee ($2.80 in 2021) are the last Hobart Cup favourites to win.

Hobart Cup 2025 Field

The official 2025 Hobart Cup field of final acceptances is announced on the Wednesday of race week and will be published in full below. 

The Ladbrokes Hobart Cup 2025 final field features a smart line-up of summer stayers led in betting by last start Summer Cup champ Promises Kept.

Hobart Cup 2025 Tips

Favourite: #2 Promises Kept ($2.25 at time of publish) – BET NOW

Best Bet: #6 Kaliuwaa Falls ($11 at time of publish) – BET NOW

Best Roughie: See Above – BET NOW

Our exclusive 2025 Hobart Cup tips will be published here the week of the race and a full betting preview available on the Neds Blog.

CLICK HERE FOR OUR COMPLETE 2025 HOBART CUP DAY RACING PREVIEWS & TIPS

Hobart Cup Race Day 2025

2025 Hobart Cup Day takes place on Sunday the 9th of February 2025. Having been moved a week later than its traditional timeslot, the Hobart Cup is now the sole Group status race on the card. 

Hobart Cup Barrier Draw 2025

The 2025 Hobart Cup barrier draw will be released to the public a few days before the race and published in our above Hobart Cup Field section. 

Hobart Cup Nominations 2025

2025 Hobart Cup nominations close at 12:00 PM on the Monday of race week. 

Nominations extended to 10:00am – 04/02/2025

Last 10 Horse Sex Age Trainer Hcp Rating
1 621829×004 ALHAMBRA LAD (NZ) G 7 Patrick & Michelle Payne
2 6004244114 ARUGAMAMA M 5 Andrew Gluyas
3 44x54x9816 ASHY BOY G 6 Glenn Stevenson
4 60×0465452 BELTORO G 7 Robert Hickmott
5 x2436x0715 GOLDMAN (NZ) G 6 Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott
6 6341×67523 KALIUWAA FALLS (NZ) G 6 Imogen Miller
7 x00x899754 LE DON DE VIE (GB) G 9 Ciaron Maher
8 00x80213x0 OKITA SOUSHI (IRE) H 7 Ciaron Maher
9 x7x0026421 PROMISES KEPT G 5 Ciaron Maher
10 12383×4072 STRAWBERRY ROCK (IRE) G 8 Ciaron Maher
11 52211×9568 TRAVELLING GIGOLO G 7 John Keys

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

Hobart Cup Weights 2025

Handicap conditions apply to this race. Final weights are announced at 4:00 PM on the Tuesday of race week with the official 2025 Hobart Cup weights on the final acceptances to be published in our above Hobart Cup Field section. 

Ho Ho Khan (59kg in 2022) and Aurora’s Symphony (59.5 kg in 2024) are the latest Hobart Cup topweights to win.

2025 Hobart Cup Topweight:

  • #1 Goldman (60kg)

Hobart Cup Acceptances 2025

2025 Hobart Cup final acceptances must be declared before 9:00 AM on the Wednesday of race week and will be published in our above Hobart Cup Field section. 

Hobart Cup Jockeys 2025

The final riders announcement is at 12:00 PM on the Wednesday of race week with the official 2025 Hobart Cup jockeys to be published in our above Hobart Cup Field section. 

Hobart Cup SCRATCHINGS 2025

2025 Hobart Cup scratchings close at 7:30 AM on Sunday the 9th of February 2025. 

Hobart Cup Prize Money 2025

The 2025 Hobart Cup prize purse is worth $250,000 in total, distributed from places first through to sixth.

Place Prize Money
1st $156,250
2nd $50,000
3rd $25,000
4th $11,250
5th $5,000
6th $2,500

Hobart Cup Race Number 2025

The 2025 Hobart Cup race number is scheduled as Hobart Race 8 at 4:03pm (AEDT) on Sunday the 9th of February 2025. There are ten races in total that day at Hobart Racecourse.

Hobart Cup Form Guide 2025

The final form guide will be available the week of the race. You can below for a link to our full 2025 Hobart Cup Form Guide following final acceptances. 

CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL 2025 HOBART CUP FORM GUIDE

Hobart Cup Live 2025

You can watch or listen to the 2025 Hobart Cup live, across the following mediums.

Pay television: Sky Racing 1 (channel 526 on Foxtel)

Radio: Radio Sport National

Streaming: Tas Racing

Hobart Cup Winners

Winners of the Hobart Cup going back to 1983 are displayed in the table below. If you would like to see results going back to 1875, please check our winners page.

Year Winner Trainer/s Jockey Weight Time
2025 TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD
2024 Aurora’s Symphony Symon Wilde Jordan Childs 59.5 kg 2:30.21 (R)
2023 Military Mission Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott Ms Winona Costin 54 kg 2:30.51
2022 Ho Ho Khan Mitchell Freedman Ms Tahlia Hope 59 kg 2:32.50
2021 Double You Tee Patrick Payne Jye McNeil 54.5 kg 2:31.79
2020 Toorak Affair Michael Trinder Anthony Darmanin 54 kg 2:30.29
2019 Eastender Bary Campbell Craig Newitt 56.5 kg 2:30.37
2018 Pretty Punk L Macdonald Ben Allen 55.5 kg 2:35.28
2017 Count Da Vinci Scott Brunton D Pires 54 kg 2:33.21
2016 Up Cups D L Brunton D Pires 55.5 kg 2:32.05
2015 Geegees Blackflash J F Luttrell Sigrid Carr 59 kg 2:31.52
2014 Epingle M C Kent Craig Williams 54 kg 2:30.69
2013 Hurdy Gurdy Man D K Weir G Boss 54 kg 2:33.30
2012 Geegees Blackflash J F Luttrell P Mertens 58.5 kg 2:17.84
2011 Bid Spotter G A Rogerson M Rodd 54.5 kg 2:16.94
2010 Growl D A Hayes B Rawiller 55 kg 2:15.18
2009 Gotta Keep Cool D K Weir Craig Williams 53.5 kg 2:15.66
2008 Offenbach D K Weir Craig Williams 54 kg 2:17.80
2007 Blutigeroo C W Little D Oliver 57.5 kg 2:15.55
2006 True Courser D K Weir C Newitt 57.5 kg 2:14.53
2005 Our Dashing Dane J L Clifford Ms C Puls 51 kg 2:08.04
2004 Zacielo P G Moody C Newitt 52.5 kg 2:30.14
2003 Jeune’s Mark Tony McEvoy S Baster 52 kg 2:29.73
2002 St. Andrews G E Blacker S Maskell 56.5 kg 2:27.65
2001 Brorama Star C N Goggin B McCoull 52 kg 2:31.83
2000 Lord Baracus G S White W R Davis 49 kg 2:31.00
1999 Future Shock Ms J Richards N Seymour 51.5 kg 2:28.30
1998 L’Espion G S White Ms B Buckingham 54.5 kg 2:31.00
1997 Palos Verdes C W Little M Barlow 56 kg 2:30.70
1996 Jam City K M Keys Ms B Buckingham 53.5 kg 2:29.60
1995 Courtly Way G E Blacker K Dodge 54 kg 2:31.10
1994 Southern States G J McCulloch K Dodge 55.5 kg 2:31.70
1993 Frontier Boy L J Corstens P Hutchinson 58 kg 2:29.90
1992 Russian Rogue C N Goggins S Maskiell 52 kg 2:29.90
1991 Lady Have A Heart R W Smerdon G J Childs 51 kg 2:28.30
1990 Firetap R T Carr M Clarke 52 kg 2:31.00
1989 Nakagima T Young S Maskiell 52 kg 2:27.20
1988 Brisque D L Freedman H White 55 kg 2:27.80
1987 Cylai G T Murphy G Willetts 52 kg 2:29.80
1986 Dark Intruder C N Goggin Ms B Buckingham 51 kg 2:30.70
1985 Macbyrne Ms H Patterson B Barfoot 50 kg 2:29.50
1984 Viscount Geoffrey Ms H Patterson N C Barrett 52.5 kg 2:27.70
1983 Palomine R Merrall N C Barrett 53 kg 2:30.60