When was the 2026 Caulfield Cup?
| Race fact | Verified detail |
|---|---|
| Date | 2026-10-17 |
| Venue | Caulfield |
| Distance | 2400m |
| Grade | Group 1 |
| Prizemoney | A$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
| Place | Horse | Jockey | Trainer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kingswood | John Allen | Gavin Bedggood |
| 2 | Saint George | Craig Williams | Ciaron Maher |
| 3 | Enfjaar | Ray Dawson | Roger 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 barrier | Runners | Wins | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barriers 1–4 | 331 | 33 | 9.97% |
| Barriers 5–8 | 313 | 36 | 11.50% |
| Barriers 9+ | 264 | 15 | 5.68% |
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 going | Runners | Wins | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 560 | 54 | 9.64% |
| Soft | 238 | 21 | 8.82% |
| Heavy | 62 | 4 | 6.45% |
Caulfield Cup TrackBro insights
Win rate is wins divided by starters, not the share of all race winners. Every first-place runner counts as a full win, including dead heats. Missing barriers: 0. No runner-level records are published in this graph.
Actual versus Expected is shown only for the app-eligible subset: complete confirmed fields, usable SP for every starter and a total implied probability between 1.00 and 1.50. Expected wins are race-normalised before grouping; eligible sample size can differ from the barrier chart.
| Published barrier | Eligible runners | Actual wins | Expected wins | A2E |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barriers 1–4 | 315 | 33 | 34.31 | 0.96 |
| Barriers 5–8 | 297 | 32 | 29.43 | 1.09 |
| Barriers 9+ | 256 | 15 | 16.26 | 0.92 |
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.
| Year | Winner | Jockey | Trainer | Winning Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Half Yours | Jamie Melham | Tony & Calvin McEvoy | 2:29.05 |
| 2024 | Duke De Sessa | Harry Coffey | Ciaron Maher | 2:31.42 |
| 2023 | Without A Fight | Mark Zahra | Anthony & Sam Freedman | 2:26.45 |
| 2022 | Durston | Michael Dee | Chris Waller | 2:33.68 |
| 2021 | Incentivise | Brett Prebble | Peter Moody | 2:30.88 |
| 2020 | Verry Elleegant | Mark Zahra | Chris Waller | 2:31.97 |
| 2019 | Mer De Glace | Damian Lane | Hisashi Shimizu | 2:30.16 |
| 2018 | Best Solution | Pat Cosgrave | Saeed bin Suroor | 2:33.72 |
| 2017 | Boom Time | Cory Parish | David & Ben Hayes and Tom Dabernig | 2:27.66 |
| Group | Wins | Runners | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barriers 1–4 | 32 | 319 | 10.03% |
| Barriers 5–8 | 35 | 301 | 11.63% |
| Barriers 9+ | 14 | 247 | 5.67% |
| Group | Wins | Runners | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Soft/Heavy: on-speed | 12 | 74 | 16.22% |
| Soft/Heavy: backmarker | 2 | 65 | 3.08% |

| Published barrier group | Wins | Runner records | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1–4 | 32 | 319 | 10.03% |
| 5–8 | 35 | 301 | 11.63% |
| 9+ | 14 | 247 | 5.67% |
| Settling-position band | Wins | Runner records | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| On speed | 24 | 196 | 12.24% |
| Leader | 6 | 77 | 7.79% |