Looking for info on how to bet on the next Perth Cup? The expert tipsters at Neds have put together everything you need to know before this year’s race.

Perth Cup

One of the first big races of the new year, the Perth Cup is a Group 2 staying feature run and won the first week of January at WA’s Ascot Racecourse*.

*The 2023 Perth Cup was rescheduled for January 14th following the original event being called off for the first time in the race’s 136-year history due to a horrific race fall that resulted in the death of mare Chili Is Hot. 

Now contested over 2400m, the Perth Cup offers $1,000,000 in prize money as of 2024 and attracts a quality mix of both local and interstate runners.

The Group 1 Northerly Stakes (1800m) – formerly known as the Kingston Town Classic – and the Group Ted Van Heemst Stakes (2100m) are the key Perth Cup lead-up races. Delicacy (December 2015 & January 2016) was the last horse to complete the Ted Van Heemst (formerly the C.B. Cox Stakes) – Perth Cup double in the same racing season. 

Perth Cup graduates often head to South Australia in the autumn for the Group 2 Adelaide Cup (3200m), which takes place in mid-March over the two miles.

Owner Bob Peters celebrated his 10th Perth Cup victory in 2022 with the favourite Midnight Blue.

Co-trainer Grant Williams enjoyed his 5th Perth Cup win and jockey William Pike his 4th with the 2024 victory by Casino Seventeen.

Perth Cup 2025 – Quick Information

  • Race Day: Wednesday January 1, 2025
  • Track Location: Ascot Racecourse
  • Track Surface: Turf
  • Track Direction: Left-handed
  • Race Distance: 2,400 metres
  • Weight Conditions: Quality Handicap
  • Qualification: Three-year-olds and over
  • Type: Thoroughbred
  • Grade: Group 2
  • Operator: Perth Racing
  • Prize Purse: $1,000,000
  • Inaugural Race: 1887
  • 2025 Perth Cup Winner: TBD

perth cup 2025 RESULTS

The official 2025 Perth Cup results will be available below once the rescheduled edition takes place on Wednesday January 1, 2025. 

  1. TBD
  2. TBD
  3. TBD

Perth Cup Betting 2025

New Ways to Bet at neds

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

How To Bet On The Perth Cup in 2025

  1. Log in at neds.com.au
  2. Make a deposit, using your credit card, PayPal or other safe electronic method
  3. Make sure to check out form guide, once it’s released
  4. Decide what kind of bet you’re going to place (Win, Place, Each-Way, Trifecta + more betting options, please read our section on Perth Cup Betting above).
  5. Select the horse(s) for the race.

Perth Cup Favourites 2025

Favourites in 2025 Perth Cup betting include GA Towton Cup runner-up Diamond Scene, the defending champion Casino Seventeen chasing a successful title defence, and the Grant & Alana Williams-trained Pride Of Dubai four-year-old Buckets Ridge. 

Mississippi Delta ($3.50 in 2020), Midnight Blue ($4.20 in 2022), Buster Bash ($5 in 2023), and Casino Seventeen ($2.70 in 2024) are the latest Perth Cup favourites to win.

Perth Cup 2025 Field

The 2025 Perth Cup final field is announced on Friday the 27th of December 2024.

Perth Cup 2025 Tips

Favourite: TBD

Best Bet: TBD

Best Roughie: TBD

Our exclusive 2025 Perth Cup tips will be detailed above the week of the race and a full betting preview available on the Neds Blog.

CLICK HERE FOR OUR COMPLETE 2025 PERTH CUP DAY TIPS

Perth Cup Race Day 2025

Perth Cup Day 2025 is scheduled for Wednesday the 1st of January 2025 at Ascot Racecourse in WA. The meeting’s feature event is accompanied on the card by the Group 3 La Trice Classic (1800m) and Listed Summer Scorcher (1000m). 

Perth Cup Nominations 2025

2025 Perth Cup nominations close at midday on Monday November 25, 2024.

The Perth Cup 2025 nominations are now out featuring 43 summer stayers led in all-in betting by GA Town runner-up Diamond Scene out to improve on his ninth in the race last year.

Last 10 Horse Sex Age Trainer Ballot Weight Penalty Hcp Rating
1 242x1x12 ALALCANCE (GB) M 5 Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott 40kg
2 10248×6009 ALASKAN G 4 Neville Parnham 40kg 66
3 109×665577 ANOTHER CHINO G 5 Daniel Morton 40kg 86
4 412x098x23 APULIA H 4 Ben, Will & JD Hayes 40kg
5 02x556x000 BE OPTIMISTIC M 6 Luke Fernie 40kg 95
6 301502×808 BLAZING AWAY G 7 David Harrison 40kg 92
7 65012×4110 BUCKETS RIDGE G 4 Grant & Alana Williams 40kg 94
8 7243432231 CANDLELIGHT SUPPER M 6 Alan Mathews 40kg 72
9 3267386×10 CASINO SEVENTEEN G 7 Grant & Alana Williams 40kg 110
10 911×000245 CURRIMUNDI G 6 Steve Wolfe 40kg 93
11 3233122×26 DASH OF BRANDY M 6 Graeme Ballantyne 40kg 64
12 3x016x8707 DEMOLISH G 5 Neville Parnham 40kg 86
13 111149×171 DIAMOND SCENE G 5 Michael Grantham 40kg 94
14 32583x0x1x DUN WITH THE BLUES M 5 Daniel & Ben Pearce 40kg 71
15 611111×000 FAT ROY SLIM G 6 Brock Lewthwaite 40kg 84
16 321119×098 FLOWER IN THE WIND M 6 Neville Parnham 40kg 77
17 600x2436x0 GOLDMAN (NZ) G 6 Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott 40kg
18 x931431310 HEMLOCK STONE (NZ) G 5 Grant & Alana Williams 40kg 77
19 27831×6854 HOLY ENCHANTMENT G 7 Stephen Miller 40kg 91
20 57208x8x8x HOO YA MAL (GB) G 6 Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott 40kg
21 34×2113362 IN GOOD ORDER G 4 Daniel Morton 40kg 88
22 227x41122x IOWA (IRE) G 7 Simon A Miller 40kg 89
23 2459588177 KERMAN ROCK G 7 Chris Willis 40kg 66
24 009213×785 LET’S GALAHVANT G 6 Daniel & Ben Pearce 40kg 107
25 0123×70692 MISS ANONYMITY M 6 Greg Beauglehole 40kg
26 714x109x8x NUMERIAN (IRE) G 9 Annabel Neasham & Rob Archibald 40kg
27 x312761704 PLAYHOUSE PATRON G 5 Bob McPherson 40kg 81
28 0534715199 RED DWARF G 9 Dom Celisano 40kg 67
29 x9777x0533 RED SUN SENSATION G 5 Susan Olive 40kg 88
30 739×623908 RIVER RUBICON G 6 Steve Wolfe 40kg 94
31 0x81523412 ROYAL TORONADO G 4 Grant & Alana Williams 40kg 74
32 54125×4044 SEE YA CHAMP M 8 Graeme Ballantyne 40kg 55
33 x710832421 SENTIMENTAL HERO G 7 Peter Fernie 40kg 95
34 11404×4024 SERPENTINE (IRE) G 8 Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott 40kg
35 0x522x18x4 SHREWSBURY ROAD (IRE) G 5 Simon Zahra 40kg
36 37×1221116 SIMPLY G 4 Grant & Alana Williams 40kg 81
37 4×54421106 STARRY HEIGHTS G 5 Grant & Alana Williams 40kg 96
38 89500×9528 TONI’S SPIRIT M 6 Jordan Rolfe 40kg 73
39 133x0x21 TOWNSEND G 4 Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott 40kg
40 40x000x070 TRIX OF THE TRADE G 6 Colin Webster 40kg 102
41 6x3610021x WEERAECHOUX G 4 Brian Kersley 40kg 74
42 17062x150x YOUNG WERTHER (NZ) G 7 Danny O’Brien 40kg
43 413x303x49 ZIPAWAY G 4 Neville Parnham 40kg 103

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

Perth Cup Weights 2025

Quality handicap conditions apply to this race. 2025 Perth Cup weights will be declared by 7:00 PM on Friday the 27th of December 2024 with weights on the final acceptances to be published in our above Perth Cup Field section.

2025 Perth Cup Topweight:

  • TBD

Perth Cup Prize Money 2025

The 2025 Perth Cup prize money is set at $1,000,000 in total after stakes were doubled ahead of the 2024 edition, distributed from places first through to tenth.

Place Prize Money
1st $548,000
2nd $186,000
3rd $88,000
4th $19,500
5th $39,000
6th $29,000
7th $18,000
8th $18,000
9th $18,000
10th $18,000

Perth Cup Race Number 2025

The 2025 Perth Cup race number is TBC for Wednesday the 1st of January 2025. There are nine races in total that day at Ascot Racecourse.

Perth 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 Perth Cup Form Guide following final acceptances.

CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL 2025 PERTH CUP FORM GUIDE

Perth Cup Live 2025

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

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

Ascot Racing Carnival

The Perth Cup is just one day of many in the Ascot Racing Carnival. Other days on the racing calendar include Railway Stakes Day, Winterbottom Stakes Day and Northerly Stakes Day all featuring Group 1 events.

From 2022 onwards the Festival of Perth Racing was extended to also include the Group 3 $1.5 million The Gold Rush (1400m) on the Saturday after Northerly Stakes Day. 

Perth Cup Winners

Winners of the Perth Cup going back to the year 2000 are displayed in the table below. If you would like to view the full list of Perth Cup winners, going all the way back to 1887, please visit our Perth Cup Winners page.

Year Winner Trainer/s Jockey Weight Time
2025 TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD
2024 Casino Seventeen Grant & Alan Williams William Pike 53kg 2:29.12
2023 Buster Bash David Harrison Shaun McGruddy 56kg 2:28.23
2022 Midnight Blue Grant & Alana Williams Patrick Carbery 53kg 2:30.83
2021 Neufbosc Neville Parnham Chris Parnham 54kg 2:30.15
2020 Mississippi Delta Grant & Alana Williams William Pike 53kg 2:33.41
2019 Star Exhibit Adam Durrant Peter Hall 55kg 2:28.13
2018 Material Man Justin Warwick Lucy Warwick 56.5kg 2:28.50
2016 (December) Star Exhibit G Durrant & J Miller Jarrad Noske 54kg 2:29.42
2016 (January) Delicacy Grant Williams Peter Hall 59kg 2:30.01
2015 Real Love Adam Durrant William Pike 54kg 2:29.94
2014 Black Tycoon Justin Warwick Damien Oliver 55.5kg 2:31.27
2013 Talent Show Graeme Ballantyne Jarrad Noske 54kg 2:29.78
2012 Western Jewel Grant Williams Kyra Yuill 52kg 2:28.24
2011 Guest Wing Shane Edwards Brad Parnham 52kg 2:27.52
2010 Lords Ransom Adam Durrant Alan Kennedy 55.5kg 2:30.63
2009 Guyno Lou Luciani Jason Whiting 54kg 2:25.99
2008 Cats Fun Michael Grant Damien Oliver 53.5kg 3:21.66
2007 Respect Paul Cave Jason Whiting 53.5kg 3:21.00
2006 Black Tom Frank Maynard Peter Hall 52kg 3:18.86
2005 Crown Prosecutor Lindsey Smith William Pike 53kg 3:21.42
2004 King Canute Lou Luciani Jason Whiting 53kg 3:23.77
2003 Tumeric Alan Mathews John Claite 54kg 3:23.08
2002 Cardinal Colours Michael Miller Neil Chapman 52kg 3:25.99
2001 Lottila Bay Alan Mathews Patrick Carbery 54.5kg 3:25.60
2000 Luna Tudor Neville Parnham Jason Brown 52.5kg 3:21.05

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