{"id":875,"date":"2022-03-12T18:05:27","date_gmt":"2022-03-12T08:05:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.neds.com.au\/betting-info\/?p=875"},"modified":"2026-03-30T09:25:21","modified_gmt":"2026-03-29T23:25:21","slug":"australian-cup","status":"publish","type":"betting-info","link":"https:\/\/www.neds.com.au\/blog\/betting-info\/australian-cup\/","title":{"rendered":"Australian Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

<\/a>Looking for this year’s Australian Cup betting odds, field and form guide<\/strong>? The tipsters at Neds have put together everything you need to know before this year’s race.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Australian Cup 2026 Results<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The official 2026<\/strong> Australian Cup results<\/strong> will be available below once the race takes place on Saturday, March 28, 2026. <\/p>\n\n\n

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  1. #2 Light Infantry Man<\/td>\n
  2. #8 Pride Of Jenni<\/td>\n
  3. #3 Apulia<\/td>\n <\/ol>\n <\/div>\n \n\n\n\n

    The Ciaron Maher-trained\u00a0Light Infantry Man ($21)<\/strong>\u00a0was huge late nudging out his front-running stablemate Pride Of Jenni to enjoy a narrow but convincing upset in the\u00a02026 Australian Cup results<\/strong>\u00a0going back-to-back with a successful title defence in the time-honoured classic. Ridden by Harry Coffey, Light Infantry Man relished the fast pace and step back up to 2000m third-up and fit ahead of a potential Sydney run in the $5 million Queen Elizabeth Stakes on April 11.<\/p>\n\n\n

    Flemington R8 – TAB Australian Cup (G1)<\/span> <\/div>
    Final<\/span> Race time: <\/span> <\/span> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
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    1st<\/span><\/div>
    <\/div> <\/div> <\/td>
    2. Light Infantry Man (9)<\/span>
    J: Harry Coffey<\/span> 59kg<\/span><\/div>
    52×14<\/span>T: Ciaron Maher<\/span> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/td>
    20.00<\/span>WIN<\/span><\/div> <\/div>
    4.20<\/span>PLACE<\/span><\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/td> <\/tr>
    2nd<\/span><\/div>
    <\/div> <\/div> <\/td>
    8. Pride Of Jenni (10)<\/span>
    J: Declan Bates<\/span> 57kg<\/span><\/div>
    718×3<\/span>T: Ciaron Maher<\/span> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/td>
    10.00<\/span>WIN<\/span><\/div> <\/div>
    2.70<\/span>PLACE<\/span><\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/td> <\/tr>
    3rd<\/span><\/div>
    <\/div> <\/div> <\/td>
    3. Apulia (2)<\/span>
    J: William Pike<\/span> 59kg<\/span><\/div>
    01152<\/span>T: Ben, Will & Jd Hayes<\/span> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/td>
    13.00<\/span>WIN<\/span><\/div> <\/div>
    3.20<\/span>PLACE<\/span><\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/td> <\/tr>
    4th<\/span><\/div>
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    6. Sabaj (6)<\/span>
    J: Beau Mertens<\/span> 59kg<\/span><\/div>
    10×24<\/span>T: Mick Price & Michael Kent Jnr<\/span> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/td>
    12.00<\/span>WIN<\/span><\/div> <\/div>
    3.10<\/span>PLACE<\/span><\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/td> <\/tr>
    5th<\/span><\/div>
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    5. Birdman (5)<\/span>
    J: Ben Melham<\/span> 59kg<\/span><\/div>
    8×411<\/span>T: Chris Waller<\/span> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/td>
    2.60<\/span>WIN<\/span><\/div> <\/div>
    1.35<\/span>PLACE<\/span><\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/td> <\/tr>
    6th<\/span><\/div>
    <\/div> <\/div> <\/td>
    10. Leica Lucy (3)<\/span>
    J: Damian Lane<\/span> 57kg<\/span><\/div>
    32×56<\/span>T: Chris Waller<\/span> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/td>
    4.60<\/span>WIN<\/span><\/div> <\/div>
    1.75<\/span>PLACE<\/span><\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/td> <\/tr>
    7th<\/span><\/div>
    <\/div> <\/div> <\/td>
    1. Tom Kitten (12)<\/span>
    J: Craig Williams<\/span> 59kg<\/span><\/div>
    53×11<\/span>T: Anthony & Sam Freedman<\/span> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/td>
    6.00<\/span>WIN<\/span><\/div> <\/div>
    2.00<\/span>PLACE<\/span><\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/td> <\/tr>
    8th<\/span><\/div>
    <\/div> <\/div> <\/td>
    11. Basilinna (8)<\/span>
    J: Jye Mcneil<\/span> 57kg<\/span><\/div>
    1x7x7<\/span>T: Emma-Lee & David Browne<\/span> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/td>
    201.00<\/span>WIN<\/span><\/div> <\/div>
    20.00<\/span>PLACE<\/span><\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/td> <\/tr>
    9th<\/span><\/div>
    <\/div> <\/div> <\/td>
    12. Philia (7)<\/span>
    J: Daniel Stackhouse<\/span> 57kg<\/span><\/div>
    8×644<\/span>T: David Vandyke<\/span> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/td>
    61.00<\/span>WIN<\/span><\/div> <\/div>
    9.00<\/span>PLACE<\/span><\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/td> <\/tr>
    10th<\/span><\/div>
    <\/div> <\/div> <\/td>
    9. Damask Rose (1)<\/span>
    J: Jamie Melham<\/span> 57kg<\/span><\/div>
    x2327<\/span>T: Mark Walker<\/span> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/td>
    51.00<\/span>WIN<\/span><\/div> <\/div>
    8.00<\/span>PLACE<\/span><\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/td> <\/tr>
    11th<\/span><\/div>
    <\/div> <\/div> <\/td>
    7. Mark Twain (4)<\/span>
    J: Lachlan Neindorf<\/span> 59kg<\/span><\/div>
    009×3<\/span>T: Phillip Stokes<\/span> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/td>
    31.00<\/span>WIN<\/span><\/div> <\/div>
    5.50<\/span>PLACE<\/span><\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/td> <\/tr>
    12th<\/span><\/div>
    <\/div> <\/div> <\/td>
    4. Just Fine (11)<\/span>
    J: Jordan Childs<\/span> 59kg<\/span><\/div>
    29×93<\/span>T: Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott<\/span> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/td>
    81.00<\/span>WIN<\/span><\/div> <\/div>
    11.00<\/span>PLACE<\/span><\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/td> <\/tr> <\/tbody> <\/table> <\/div>
    For current odds on all of our live racing markets, please visit www.neds.com.au\/racing<\/span><\/a>. Data retrieved: 20\/06\/2026 12:56:06 AM (Australia\/Brisbane) <\/div>
    View Results<\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <\/section> <\/section><\/div>\n\n\n\n

    Australian Cup 2026 Tips<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    Our exclusive Australian Cup 2026 tips <\/strong>will be detailed here the week of the race and a full betting preview published on the Neds Blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n

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    Favourite<\/div>\n
    No. 5 Birdman<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div> \n <\/div> \n
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    Flemington R8 – TAB Australian Cup (G1)<\/span> <\/div>
    Final<\/span> Race time: <\/span> <\/span> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
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    5th<\/span><\/div>
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    5. Birdman (5)<\/span>
    J: Ben Melham<\/span> 59kg<\/span><\/div>
    8×411<\/span>T: Chris Waller<\/span> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/td>
    2.60<\/span>WIN<\/span><\/div> <\/div>
    1.35<\/span>PLACE<\/span><\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/td> <\/tr> <\/tbody> <\/table> <\/div>
    For current odds on all of our live racing markets, please visit www.neds.com.au\/racing<\/span><\/a>. Data retrieved: 20\/06\/2026 12:56:06 AM (Australia\/Brisbane) <\/div> <\/div> <\/section>
    \n View Results: Flemington Race 8<\/a>\n <\/div>\n <\/div> \n <\/div> \n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
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    Best Each Way Bet<\/div>\n
    No. 1 Tom Kitten<\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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    Each Way<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div> \n <\/div> \n
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    Flemington R8 – TAB Australian Cup (G1)<\/span> <\/div>
    Final<\/span> Race time: <\/span> <\/span> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
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    7th<\/span><\/div>
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    1. Tom Kitten (12)<\/span>
    J: Craig Williams<\/span> 59kg<\/span><\/div>
    53×11<\/span>T: Anthony & Sam Freedman<\/span> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/td>
    6.00<\/span>WIN<\/span><\/div> <\/div>
    2.00<\/span>PLACE<\/span><\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/td> <\/tr> <\/tbody> <\/table> <\/div>
    For current odds on all of our live racing markets, please visit www.neds.com.au\/racing<\/span><\/a>. Data retrieved: 20\/06\/2026 12:56:06 AM (Australia\/Brisbane) <\/div> <\/div> <\/section>
    \n View Results: Flemington Race 8<\/a>\n <\/div>\n <\/div> \n <\/div> \n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
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    Best Roughie<\/div>\n
    No. 2 Light Infantry Man<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div> \n <\/div> \n
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    Flemington R8 – TAB Australian Cup (G1)<\/span> <\/div>
    Final<\/span> Race time: <\/span> <\/span> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
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    1st<\/span><\/div>
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    2. Light Infantry Man (9)<\/span>
    J: Harry Coffey<\/span> 59kg<\/span><\/div>
    52×14<\/span>T: Ciaron Maher<\/span> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/td>
    20.00<\/span>WIN<\/span><\/div> <\/div>
    4.20<\/span>PLACE<\/span><\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/td> <\/tr> <\/tbody> <\/table> <\/div>
    For current odds on all of our live racing markets, please visit www.neds.com.au\/racing<\/span><\/a>. Data retrieved: 20\/06\/2026 12:56:06 AM (Australia\/Brisbane) <\/div> <\/div> <\/section>
    \n View Results: Flemington Race 8<\/a>\n <\/div>\n <\/div> \n <\/div> \n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

    Run over 2,000 metres each March at Flemington Racecourse, the Australian Cup is a Group 1 classic run and won since 1863. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    Cascadian successfully defended his title in the 2024 Australian Cup. Photo: Ultimate Racing Photos.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

    It was previously held on ‘Super Saturday’ at headquarters alongside the Group 1 Newmarket Handicap<\/a> (1200m) but was moved to its own feature race meeting later in the month ahead of the 2023 edition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    The Group 2 Peter Young Stakes (1800m) held earlier during the Melbourne Autumn Racing Carnival is the key lead-up into the Australian Cup and Fiorente (2014) was the last galloper to complete the double. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    The weight-for-age feature currently offers $2 million in prize money, and many turf greats have taken out the event including in recent times Northerly (2001, 2003) and current race record holder Makybe Diva (2005) best known for her historic Melbourne Cup<\/a> three-peat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    The late, great ‘Cups’ King’ Bart Cummings famously won the Australian Cup on 13 occasions with his last success being in 2008 with Sirmione.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    In 2022 Duais won the Australian Cup before a next-up victory in Sydney’s Group 1 Tancred Stakes<\/a> (2400m), while the form was also franked by the runner-up Think It Over who won the Group 1 Queen Elizabeth Stakes (2000m) at Randwick during April’s The Championships.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    The All-Star Mile race<\/a> currently serves as a key lead-up into the Australian Cup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Cascadian went back-to-back winning the Australian Cup in 2023 and 2024<\/strong> and came via the All-Star Mile on both occasions (2nd at The Valley in 2023 and 3rd at Caulfield in 2024).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    In 2025, Light Infantry Man (3rd) also won the Australian Cup off a lead-up All-Star Mile run.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Cascadian beat Pride Of Jenni home in the 2024 Australian Cup quinella with the runner-up going on to frank the form with her masterful, all-the-way, 6.5 length demolition job in that autumn’s Group 1 Queen Elizabeth Stakes<\/a> (2000m) in Sydney.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Pride Of Jenni returned as the 2025 Australian Cup favourite but faded on the turn home and finished a distant second last behind stablemate Light Infantry Man.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    In 2026, Light Infantry Man successfully defended his title to become the latest dual Australian Cup champion <\/strong>when narrowly denying the very brave Pride Of Jenni in an all-Maher quinella. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Australian Cup 2026 – Quick Information<\/h2>\n\n\n\n