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.

liverpool city cup 2025 RESULTS

The official 2025 Liverpool City Cup results will be available below once the race takes place on Saturday March 1, 2025.  

  1. #3 Iowna Merc
  2. #9 With Your Blessing
  3. #1 Gringotts

The 2025 Liverpool City Cup winner was the Bjorn Baker-trained five-year-old Winning Rupert gelding, Iowna Merch ($4.20), who was strong late in a fighting finish to nail the pacemaker With Your Blessing right on the line in a narrow thriller.

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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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 2025 – Quick Information

  • Race Day: Saturday, March 1, 2025
  • 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
  • 2025 Liverpool City Cup Winner: Iowna Merc

Liverpool City Cup Betting 2025

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 2025

  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.

Which Horse Will Win The Liverpool City Cup

The best way to pick which horse will win the Liverpool City Cup in 2025 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 2025

Favourites in 2025 Liverpool City Cup betting include Marc Conners’ last start Group 3 Southern Cross Stakes winner Willaidow, runner-up in the same lead-up Iowna Merc who also was second last start in the Group 2 Expressway Stakes, and Ciaron Maher’s resuming Big Dance – The Gong double winner from the spring Gringotts

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 2025 Field

The official 2025 Liverpool City Cup field of final acceptances is announced the Wednesday of race week and will be published right here once released. 

The Liverpool City Cup 2025 final field features an open line up of autumn contenders led in betting by Marc Conners’ last start Group 3 Southern Cross Stakes winner Willaidow.

Liverpool City Cup 2025 Tips

Favourite: #7 Willaidow ($3.70 at time of publish) – BET NOW

Best Bet: #3 Iowna Merc ($4.50 at time of publish) – BET NOW

Best Roughie: #2 Golden Mile ($9.50 at time of publish) – BET NOW

Our insider 2025 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 2025 VERRY ELLEEGANT STAKES DAY PREVIEW & TIPS

Liverpool City Cup Race Day 2025

The 2025 Liverpool City Cup takes place on Verry Elleegant Stakes Day 2025 at Royal Randwick on Saturday the 1st of March 2025. 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 2025

The 2025 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 2025

2025 Liverpool City Cup nominations close at 11 AM on the Monday of race week. 

Last 10 Horse Sex Age Trainer Hcp Rating
1 370x6617x5 AIRMAN G 5 Michael, John & Wayne Hawkes 110
2 x29225x70x AMENABLE G 5 Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr) 105
3 60x714053x ENCAP G 4 Gary Portelli 102
4 4x120100x6 GIVEMETHEBEATBOYS (IRE) H 4 Michael Freedman 103
5 27x634024x GLINT OF SILVER G 5 David Pfieffer 86
6 1393x7843x GOLDEN MILE G 5 James Cummings 107
7 111x22110x GRINGOTTS (NZ) G 5 Ciaron Maher 113
8 03×8311422 IOWNA MERC G 5 Bjorn Baker
9 7x76190x89 KA BLING G 6 Peter Snowden 92
10 125548×031 LIQUOR TALK G 4 Geoffrey Crothers 50
11 24x3652x2x MATCHA LATTE G 5 Sara Ryan 95
12 583674832x MIRACLE SPIN (GB) G 6 Matthew Smith 80
13 09x658610x NEW ENERGY (IRE) G 6 Ciaron Maher 105
14 x110x4070x REDIENER G 5 Chris Waller 104
15 2126243×85 TASHI M 5 Peter Snowden 94
16 60x21811x1 WILLAIDOW G 6 Marc Conners 100
17 593989×141 WITH YOUR BLESSING (NZ) G 6 John Thompson 90
18 6x182x065x ZARAKEM (FR) H 5 Ciaron Maher

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

Liverpool City Cup Weights 2025

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 the Tuesday of race week with the official 2025 Liverpool City Cup weights on the final acceptances to be published in our above Liverpool City Cup Field section. 

2025 Liverpool City Cup Topweight:

  • #1 Gringotts (61kg)

Liverpool City Cup Acceptances 2025

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

Liverpool City Cup Jockeys 2025

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

Liverpool City Cup Scratchings 2025

2025 Liverpool City Cup scratchings close at 7:30 AM on Saturday the 1st of March 2025. 

  • #10 Glint Of Silver (10)

Liverpool City Cup Prize Money 2025

The 2025 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 2025

The 2025 Liverpool City Cup race number is scheduled as Randwick Race 9 at 5:15pm (AEDT) on Saturday the 1st of March 2025. There are ten races in total that day at Randwick Racecourse.

Liverpool City Cup Form Guide 2025

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

CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL 2025 LIVERPOOL CITY CUP FORM GUIDE

Liverpool City Cup Live 2025

You can watch or listen to the 2025 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 Liverpool City Cup winners’ page.

Year Winner Trainer/s Jockey Weight Time
2025 Iowna Merc Bjorn Baker Joshua Parr 57 kgs 1:15.38
2024 Phearson Brad Widdup Tom Sherry 55 kgs 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