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

2023 Liverpool City Cup winner Think About It
2023 Liverpool City Cup winner Think About It. Photo: Steve Hart.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Run over 1,300 metres in late February or early March, the Liverpool City Cup is a Group 3 race, held during the Sydney Autumn Racing Carnival. With a $250,000 prize purse and open to horses over three years old and is part of the Verry Elleegant Stakes Day (formerly Chipping Norton Stakes Day) card at Royal Randwick. 

The quality handicap event serves as a potential lead-up to the $4 million Group 1 Doncaster Mile (1600m), a race the 2019 Liverpool City Cup winner Dreamforce ran second in that season. The Group 1 All Aged Stakes (1400m) is another potential April target for Liverpool City Cup graduates and in 2022 the Liverpool City Cup winner Ellsberg ran second in the All Aged Stakes.

In 2021 the Liverpool City Cup winner Think It Over went on to win a host of subsequent top-level races including that autumn’s Group 1 George Ryder Stakes (1500m).

The following year the 2022 Liverpool City Cup winner Ellsberg returned in the spring to win the Group 1 Epsom Handicap (1600m), $1 million Five Diamond Prelude and $2 million The Five Diamonds.

The 2023 Liverpool City Cup form was firmly franked with the winner Think About It taking out the Group 1 Kingsford Smith Cup – Stradbroke Handicap double in Brisbane that winter before a big spring headlined by victory in the world’s richest turf race, the $20 million The Everest.

Liverpool City Cup 2024 – Quick Information

  • Race Day: Saturday, March 2nd, 2024 
  • Track Location: Randwick Racecourse
  • Track Surface: Turf
  • Track Direction: Right-handed
  • Race Distance: 1,300 metres
  • Weight Conditions: Handicap
  • Qualification: Three year olds and over
  • Type: Thoroughbred
  • Grade: Group 3
  • Operator: Australian Turf Club
  • Prize Purse: $250,000
  • Inaugural Race: 1970
  • 2024 Liverpool City Cup Winner: Phearson

liverpool city cup 2024 RESULTS

The official 2024 Liverpool City Cup results will be available below once the race takes place on Saturday March 2, 2024.  

  1. #8 Phearson
  2. #6 New Energy
  3. #11 Hard To Say

Liverpool City Cup Betting 2024

New Ways to Bet at neds

There are many different ways to bet on the Liverpool City 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 Liverpool City Cup
Win Bet Place your bet on the horse you think will take first place in this year’s Liverpool City Cup.
Place Bet Place your bet on the horse you think will place in the top three finishers at this year’s Liverpool City Cup. Pays less than a win bet, but offers safer odds.
Each-Way Bet If your runner finishes 1st in the Liverpool City 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 Liverpool City 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 Liverpool City Cup to win the Exacta.
Trifecta Bet You must select runners to finish 1st, 2nd and 3rd in the correct order, within the Liverpool City Cup to win the Trifecta.
First Four You must select runners that finish 1st, 2nd ,3rd and 4th in the correct order, within the Liverpool City 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 Liverpool City Cup, in order to be eligible to place a Quaddie.

How To Bet On The Liverpool City Cup in 2024

  1. Login 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 Liverpool City Cup Betting above).
  4. Select the horse(s) for the race.

Liverpool City Cup 2025 Odds

Early market betting odds on the 2025 Liverpool City 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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Which Horse Will Win The Liverpool City Cup

The best way to pick which horse will win the Liverpool City Cup in 2024 is to take into account their autumn racing form, assess the barriers, consider the weight the horse will carry and look for the past Randwick performers. 

Additional factors to consider when picking the Liverpool City Cup winner include: 

  • Distance Runners – The 1300m of the Liverpool City Cup is best-suited to mile types as opposed to sprinters stepping-up in distance.
  • Older Horses – The older gallopers have a better record in the event than their younger counterparts.
  • Local Hopes – Local Sydney trainers have dominated the Liverpool City Cup results over the years.

Liverpool City Cup Favourites 2024

Early favourites in 2024 Liverpool City Cup betting include Joe Pride’s first-up Group 2 Expressway Stakes runner-up Coal Crusher, Chris Waller’s resuming Queensland Derby champ Kovalica, and his The Five Diamonds fourth placed stablemate Democracy Manifest

Ellsberg ($2.60 in 2022) and Think About It ($3.90 in 2023) are the last Liverpool City Cup favourites to win.

Liverpool City Cup 2024 Field

The official 2024 Liverpool City Cup field of final acceptances is announced the Wednesday of race week and will be published right here once released. 

The Joseph Pride-trained Coal Crusher leads betting on the Liverpool City Cup 2024 final field carrying equal top-weight after an eye-catching return for second in the Group 2 Expressway Stakes.

Liverpool City Cup 2024 Tips

Favourite: #2 Coal Crusher ($5.50 at time of publish) – BET NOW

Best Bet: #11 Hard To Say ($14 at time of publish) – BET NOW

Best Roughie: #9 Caesars Palace ($126 at time of publish) – BET NOW

Our insider 2024 Liverpool City Cup tips will be detailed above the week of the race and a full betting preview published on the Neds Blog.

CLICK HERE FOR OUR COMPLETE 2024 VERRY ELLEEGANT STAKES DAY PREVIEW & TIPS

Liverpool City Cup Race Day 2024

The 2024 Liverpool City Cup takes place on Verry Elleegant Stakes Day 2024 at Royal Randwick on Saturday the 2nd of March, 2024. The Group 1 $1,000,000 Verry Elleegant Stakes (1600m) is the marquee event on the program that also features the running of the:

Liverpool City Cup Barrier Draw 2024

The 2024 Liverpool City Cup barrier draw will be released to the public a few days before the race and published in our above Liverpool City Cup Field section. 

Liverpool City Cup Nominations 2024

2024 Liverpool City Cup nominations close at 11 AM on Monday, the 26th of February, 2024. 

Last 10 Horse Sex Age Trainer Hcp Rating
1 35720x211x ACQUITTED (IRE) G 7 Kris Lees 100
2 410x8907x9 BANK MAUR H 4 Richard Laming 95
3 010x24133x CAESARS PALACE G 6 Anthony Cummings 94
4 342151120x CEPHEUS (GB) G 7 Matthew Dunn
5 410x3441x2 COAL CRUSHER G 6 Joseph Pride 110
6 7x8073140x DARK DREAM G 9 Allan Kehoe 86
7 761x01544x DEMOCRACY MANIFEST G 5 Chris Waller 103
8 0x901393x7 GOLDEN MILE H 4 James Cummings 108
9 66x1111x52 HARD TO SAY G 4 Jason Deamer 92
10 844x40786x HINGED M 5 Chris Waller 104
11 6x8241930x HOSIER (IRE) G 7 Mark Minervini 100
12 878x67500x INVER PARK (GB) G 6 Kris Lees 88
13 3131x9250x KOVALICA (NZ) G 4 Chris Waller 108
14 x1576x3633 MALKOVICH G 6 Bjorn Baker 103
15 12260×4 MORAVIA C 3 Michael Freedman 87
16 3x0x0666x1 NEVER NO MORE (IRE) G 8 Matthew Dunn 87
17 287x26x43x NEW ENERGY (IRE) G 5 Ciaron Maher 101
18 212x02310x PHEARSON G 6 Brad Widdup 99
19 9x30117x11 WHINCHAT G 4 David Pfieffer 84

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

Liverpool City Cup Weights 2024

The Liverpool City Cup is a quality handicap race. The minimum weight is set at 54 kilograms. Final weights are announced at 4 PM on Tuesday, the 27th of February, 2024 with the official 2024 Liverpool City Cup weights on the final acceptances to be published in our above Liverpool City Cup Field section. 

2024 Liverpool City Cup Top-Weights:

  • #1 Cepheus (60kg)
  • #2 Coal Crusher (60kg)

Liverpool City Cup Acceptances 2024

2024 Liverpool City Cup final acceptances must be declared before 9 AM on Wednesday, the 28th of February, 2024 and will be published in our above Liverpool City Cup Field section. 

Liverpool City Cup Jockeys 2024

The final riders announcement is at 12 PM on Wednesday, the 28th of February, 2024 with the official 2024 Liverpool City Cup jockeys to be published in our above Liverpool City Cup Field section. 

Liverpool City Cup Scratchings 2024

2024 Liverpool City Cup scratchings close at 7:30 AM on Saturday, the 2nd of March, 2024. 

  • #12 Moravia (5)

Liverpool City Cup Prize Money 2024

The 2024 Liverpool City Cup prize purse is worth $250,000 in total, distributed from places first through to tenth.

Place Prize Money
1st $140,000
2nd $46,250
3rd $22,400
4th $11,000
5th $6,100
6th $4,000
7th $3,500
8th $3,500
9th $3,500
10th $3,500

Liverpool City Cup Race Number 2024

The 2024 Liverpool City Cup race number is scheduled as Randwick Race 10 at 5:55pm (AEDT) on Saturday the 2nd of March, 2024. There are ten races in total that day at Randwick Racecourse.

Liverpool City Cup Form Guide 2024

The final form guide will be available the week of the race. You can check below for a link to our full 2024 Liverpool City Cup Form Guide following final acceptances. 

CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL 2024 LIVERPOOL CITY CUP FORM GUIDE

Liverpool City Cup Live 2024

You can watch or listen to the 2024 Liverpool City Cup live, across the following mediums.

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

Radio: Radio Sport National

Streaming: Racing NSW

Liverpool City Cup Winners

Winners of the Liverpool City Cup going back to the year 2000 are displayed in the table below. You can view all the results going back to 1970 on our winners page.

Year Winner Trainer/s Jockey Weight Time
2024 Phearson Brad Widdup Tom Sherry 55 lgs 1:15.62
2023 Think About It Joseph Pride Sam Clipperton 53 kgs 1:16.51
2022 Ellsberg Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou Tim Clark 57.5 kgs 1:20.42
2021 Think It Over Kerry Parker Glen Boss 57 kgs 1:17.22
2020 Quackerjack Mark Newnham Joshua Parr 56.5 kgs 1:15.35
2019 Dreamforce John Thompson Blake Shinn 59.5 kgs 1:15.07
2018 Crack Me Up Bjorn Baker Jason Collett 59 kgs 1:16.52
2017 McCreery Chris Waller Hugh Bowman 56 kgs 1:19.28
2016 Charlie Boy Paul Snowden Blake Shinn 57 kgs 1:15.08
2015 It’s Somewhat John O’Shea James McDonald 57 kgs 1:15.88
2014 Terravista Joseph Pride Jason Collett 55 kgs 1:16.58
2013 Skyerush Guy Walter Blake Shinn 56 kgs 1:16.41
2012 Ofcourseican Ron Quinton Kathy O’Hara 54 kgs 1:17.97
2011 Triple Elegance Chris Waller Jim Cassidy 53 kgs 1:15.92
2010 Dreamscape Gai Waterhouse Stathi Katsidis 53 kgs 1:17.27
2009 Judged Joseph Pride Jim Cassidy 53 kgs 1:15.54
2008 Danleigh Chris Waller Darren Beadman 55 kgs 1:16.59
2007 The Free Stater Paul Cave James Innes 54 kgs 1:10.25
2006 Utzon Les Bridge James Innes 53.5 kgs 1:09.51
2005 Sam Sung A Song Gerald Ryan Scott Seamer 53.5 kgs 1:09.85
2004 Carael Boy Bob Milligan Brad Pengelly 53.5 kgs 1:12.19
2003 Planchet John Hawkes Rod Quinn 53.5 kgs 1:09.82
2002 Bomber Bill Russell Cameron Michael Cahill 57.5 kgs 1:09.75
2001 Continuum John Hawkes Larry Cassidy 52 kgs 1:10.50
2000 Catatonic John Hawkes Larry Cassidy 52 kgs 1:10.87