When was the 2026 Caulfield Cup?

Race factVerified detail
Date2026-10-17
VenueCaulfield
Distance2400m
GradeGroup 1
PrizemoneyA$6 million

Caulfield Cup: the 2026 race is complete

The 2026 Caulfield Cup was run at Caulfield on 17 October. Kingswood won, ridden by John Allen and trained by Gavin Bedggood. This page is now a result and historical research reference, not an upcoming preview.

2026 Caulfield Cup result

PlaceHorseJockeyTrainer
1KingswoodJohn AllenGavin Bedggood
2Saint GeorgeCraig WilliamsCiaron Maher
3EnfjaarRay DawsonRoger Varian

The stored result records 18 starters and race-level going of Good 4. Racenet individual race result. Historical research snapshots retained below keep their original sample dates.

Caulfield Cup historical trends

Caulfield 2400m. All 84 qualifying races, 73 meetings and 908 runners stored between 2017-02-04 and 2026-10-17; not just editions of the Caulfield Cup. Snapshot checked 23 October 2026, using the available ten-year window (23 October 2016–23 October 2026), with all other filters unrestricted.

Published barrierRunnersWinsWin rate
Barriers 1–4331339.97%
Barriers 5–83133611.50%
Barriers 9+264155.68%

Barriers 5–8 have the highest observed win rate in this grouped sample: 36 wins from 313 runners (11.50%). This is an historical association, not a forecast or an isolated causal barrier effect. The groups differ in field-size exposure and can contain different classes, ages and track conditions.

Stored race-level going only, without substituting a meeting's headline rating. These are scenario subsets of the same sample, not additional races. Rows without a stored race rating are unclassified; subsets smaller than 30 runners are omitted.

Race goingRunnersWinsWin rate
Good560549.64%
Soft238218.82%
Heavy6246.45%

Caulfield Cup related research

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Caulfield Cup sources

Official 2026 race-day/program reference. Race facts and sources reviewed 23 October 2026.

Historical statistics and honour-roll rows: read-only TrackBro production racing records, checked 23 October 2026. Calculations reuse the existing research application's win and A2E functions; no racing records or research calculations were changed.

Verified historical research and records

Archived approved export snapshots end 9 October 2026. They are distinct from the fresh 23 October 2026 cohort presented above; counts may differ.

YearWinnerJockeyTrainerWinning Time
2025Half YoursJamie MelhamTony & Calvin McEvoy2:29.05
2024Duke De SessaHarry CoffeyCiaron Maher2:31.42
2023Without A FightMark ZahraAnthony & Sam Freedman2:26.45
2022DurstonMichael DeeChris Waller2:33.68
2021IncentiviseBrett PrebblePeter Moody2:30.88
2020Verry ElleegantMark ZahraChris Waller2:31.97
2019Mer De GlaceDamian LaneHisashi Shimizu2:30.16
2018Best SolutionPat CosgraveSaeed bin Suroor2:33.72
2017Boom TimeCory ParishDavid & Ben Hayes and Tom Dabernig2:27.66
TrackBro historical snapshot through 9 October 2026. All qualifying races, not feature-race editions only.
GroupWinsRunnersWin rate
Barriers 1–43231910.03%
Barriers 5–83530111.63%
Barriers 9+142475.67%
TrackBro historical snapshot through 9 October 2026. All qualifying races, not feature-race editions only.
GroupWinsRunnersWin rate
Soft/Heavy: on-speed127416.22%
Soft/Heavy: backmarker2653.08%
Caulfield 2400m barrier win rates: 32 of 319 for barriers 1–4, 35 of 301 for 5–8, and 14 of 247 for 9+.
Owner-supplied TrackBro graph, independently checked against the accompanying export.
Caulfield 2400m barrier win rates: 1–4 10.03%, 5–8 11.63%, 9+ 5.67%. Exact counts appear in the following table.
Chart A — Win rate within each absolute barrier group; not winner share.
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Published barrier groupWinsRunner recordsWin rate
1–43231910.03%
5–83530111.63%
9+142475.67%
Verified production position cohorts
Settling-position bandWinsRunner recordsWin rate
On speed2419612.24%
Leader6777.79%