Doomben Cup
| Date: | Saturday, May 20, 2023 |
| Location: | Eagle Farm Racecourse |
| Prize Money: | $1,000,000 |
| Distance: | 2000m |
The Doomben Cup is a group 1 weight-for-age race that will be run over a distance of 2000m at Doomben Racecourse.
Boasting a purse $1,000,000 The Doomben Cup features a number Australia’s best race horses, who venture north for the Queensland Winter Carnival.
It was first run as the BATC Doomben Cup from 1933-1982, then as the XXXX Cup between 1983-1987 then as the Channel 9 Cup in 1988, before reverting back to XXXX Cup until 1991.
Having won the race in 1991, Rough Habit won it again in 1992, the same year it was renamed the Doomben Cup, the name it still goes by today.
The 2022 Doomben Cup was run at Eagle Farm owing to wet weather.
2023 Doomben Cup betting odds
Markets for the 2023 Doomben Cup are not available. Horsebetting.com.au will update this page as they come out.
Betting on the Doomben Cup
The Doomben Cup as a Group 1 race has a huge following from punters around the country. This means bookies pay a lot of attention to it for weeks leading up to the event.
Take a look at at the bookmakers below so you can make an informed decision.
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Betting on the Doomben Cup
Two weeks before the Doomben Cup, the Hollindale Stakes run over 1800m at the Gold Coast, is held. This race has proven to be a strong indicator of who will contend in the Doomben Cup.
Five horses have won the Hollindale Stakes-Doomben Cup double since 2002, with 11 horses in total having run at the Gold Coast lead-up before winning the feature at Doomben.
The six to have completed the double are Streama, Metal Bender, Above Deck, Bush Padre, Mr Bureaucrat and 2021 champ Zaaki.
Other races which have indicated the winner of the Doomben Cup include the The Queen of the South, the Queen Elizabeth Stakes and the Prime Minister’s Cup.
The most successful trainers in the Doomben Cup are New Zealand’s John Wheeler, who trained Rough Habit to his hatrick of victories, and Chris Waller who has had a stranglehold on the race since 2010.
2022 Doomben Cup Final Field
The field for the 2023 Doomben Cup is scheduled to be released on Tuesday, May 16, 2023.
Previous Doomben Cup Final Fields
Plenty of superstar stayers of the racing scene have competed in the Doomben Cup, check out the 2021 final field here.
No. Silks Horse Trainer Jockey Barrier Weight 1 
Zaaki Annabel Neasham James McDonald 10 59kg 2 
The Chosen One Andrew Forsman Opie Bosson 3 59kg 3 
Kukeracha Chris Waller James Orman 5 59kg 4 
Yonkers Chris Waller Hugh Bowman 1 59kg 5 
Great House Chris Waller William Pike 9 59kg 6 
Huetor Peter & Paul Snowden Kerrin McEvoy 2 59kg 7 
Maximal John O’Shea Nash Rawiller 6 59kg 8 
Esti Feny Matthew Smith Ryan Maloney 8 59kg 9 
Polly Grey Chris Waller Tim Clark 7 57kg 10 
Coventina Bay Robbie Patterson Samantha Collett 4 57kg No. Silks Horse Trainer Jockey Barrier Weight 1 
Sir Dragonet Ciaron Maher & David Eustace Glen Boss 2 59kg 2 
Mugatoo Kris Lees Hugh Bowman 1 59kg 3 
Fifty StarsTom Dabernig & Ben HayesJye McNeil1059kg4 
Avilius James Cummings Kerrin McEvoy 7 59kg 5 Zaaki Annabel Neasham James McDonald 9 59kg 6 
Humidor Chris Waller Damian Lane 4 59kg 7 
Shared Ambition Chris Waller Jim Byrne 6 59kg 8 
Southern FranceCiaron Maher & David EustaceCraig Williams1259kg9 
Brandenburg John Sargent Regan Bayliss 10 59kg 10 
Melody Belle Jamie Richards Opie Bosson 8 57kg 11 
Nettoyer Wendy Roche Ron Stewart 5 57kg 12 
Toffee Tongue Chris Waller Nash Rawiller 3 57kg
2022 Doomben Cup result
1st – Huetor ($16.00)
2nd – Maximal ($6.00)
3rd – Zaaki ($1.04)
Recent runnings of The Doomben Cup
- Zaaki was looking for back-to-back victories in the Doomben Cup and despite being set around as a $1.30 chance, Zaaki was brought undone by Huetor from the Peter & Paul Snowden yard. Aided by an inch-perfect steer from Kerrin McEvoy, Huetor stuck towards the inside rail and managed to finish the best in the Group 1, despite Zaaki looking like he had the races shot to pieces on the home turn. Zaaki would however fall into third by the barest of margins, with Huetor and Maximal going straight past the champion inside the final 100m.
- Zaaki has been crunched into $4.20 favouritism for the 2021 Cox Plate after a devastating win in the Group 1 Doomben Cup.Lining up in just his fourth Australian start, the well-backed favourite put his rivals to the sword to win by seven lengths in the $700,000 feature. After sitting outside the leader, Brandenburg, the six-year-old gelding did not wait around for his rivals, taking off at the top of the straight and delivering one of the most dominant Australian Group 1 wins in recent years.
- The Doomben Cup was cancelled due to the lockdowns in Queensland because of COVID-19.
- It took an inch perfect ride from jockey John Allen to help claim Keneda’s second Group 1 of her autumn/winter campaign. Following her win in the Coolmore Legacy five weeks earlier the Maher & Eustace-trained mare saluted as a $10 chance in the Doomben Cup. When entering the home straight, Allen opted to dart Kenedna back to the fence with clear running, and the move proved to be successful as she went on to hold out the fast finishing Life Less Ordinary and Sixties Groove.
- After a bitterly disappointing run in the Group 2 Hollidale Stakes on the Gold Coast, Chris Waller-trained Comin’ Through was a $9 outsider coming into the race. It was the four-year-old and stablemate Egg Tart that came away in the latter stages to fight out the finish however, with Comin’ Through living up to his name in strong fashion.
- Sense Of Occasion relished conditions best at Doomben and punters got some juicy odds. The Kris Lees-trained stayer capped off some good form in the Doncaster and Queen Elizabeth by winning the Doomben Cup at odds of $9.20. Read the race report.
- Our Ivanhowe ($16) saluted for the Freedman stable with Kerrin McEvoy in the saddle. The barnstorming late run helped the Freedman’s to their fifth win in the race and their second group 1 since the brothers combined their training talents. The victory came over the top Godolphin pair Hauraki ($3.20) and It’s Somewhat ($5.50). Read a full report.
- Import Pornichet, trained by Gai Waterhouse, trounced the local horses to win the Doomben Cup. At the turn, jockey Blake Shinn, requested the four year old move forward and the bay didn’t disappoint with a blistering run on the straight to easily win. Chris Waller’s Weary and I’m Imposing rounded out the placings.
- Blake Shinn rode the Guy Walter-trained Streama to her fourth group 1 victory. Ridden to perfection by Shinn, Streama got the perfect sit behind Leebaz and powered away in the straight to win by three quarters of a length. Leebaz and Junoob filled out the minor placings.
- Chris Waller’s Beaten Up made a successful switch to Australian soil after beginning his career in Britain. Beaten Up, paying $9, was ridden by Leith Innes with another Waller import, Foreteller, finishing second with Secret Admirer back in third.
List of Doomben Cup winners
| Doomben Cup Past Winners | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Horse | Jockey | Trainer |
| 2022 | Huetor | Kerrin McEvoy | Peter & Paul Snowden |
| 2021 | Zaaki | James McDonald | Annabel Neasham |
| 2020 | Race Not Held | ||
| 2019 | Kenedna | John Allen | Ciaron Maher & David Eustace |
| 2018 | Comin’ Through | Michael Walker | Chris Waller |
| 2017 | Sense Of Occasion | Corey Brown | Kris Lees |
| 2016 | Our Ivanhowe | Kerrin McEvoy | Lee & Anthony Freedman |
| 2015 | Pornichet | Blake Shinn | Gai Waterhouse |
| 2014 | Streama | Blake Shinn | Guy Walter |
| 2013 | Beaten Up | Leith Innes | Chris Waller |
| 2012 | Mawingo | Nash Rawiller | Anthony Freedman |
| 2011 | Scenic Shot | Shane Scriven | Daniel Morton |
| 2010 | Metal Bender | Kerrin McEvoy | Chris Waller |
| 2009 | Scenic Shot | Shane Scriven | Daniel Morton |
| 2008 | Sarrera | Damien Oliver | Michael Moroney |
| 2007 | Cinque Cento | Steven Arnold | Peter Moody |
| 2006 | Above Deck | Mark Zahra | Jim Conlan |
| 2005 | Perlin | Danny Nikolic | Graeme Rogerson |
| 2004 | Defier | Hugh Bowman | Guy Walter |
| 2003 | Bush Padre | Michael Rodd | Lee Freedman |
| 2002 | Mr. Bureaucrat | Adrian Robinson | Warwick Hailes |
| 2001 | King Keitel | Brian York | Paul Jenkins |
| 2000 | Akhenation | Glen Boss | Bill Mitchell |
Doomben Cup Past Winners Pre 2000
| Doomben Cup Past Winners Pre 2000 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Horse | ||
| 1999 | Intergaze | ||
| 1998 | Might and Power | ||
| 1997 | Sapio | ||
| 1996 | Juggler | ||
| 1995 | Danewin | ||
| 1994 | Durbridge | ||
| 1993 | Rough Habit | ||
| 1992 | Rough Habit | ||
| 1991 | Rough Habit | ||
| 1990 | Eye Of The Sky | ||
| 1989 | Abstraction | ||
| 1988 | Lord Hybrow | ||
| 1987 | Dandy Andy | ||
| 1986 | Les’ Choice | ||
| 1985 | Mr. Trick | ||
| 1984 | Hussar’s Command | ||
| 1983 | Lord Seaman | ||
| 1982 | Double You Em | ||
| 1981 | Pelican Point | ||
| 1980 | Golden Rhapsody | ||
| 1979 | Waitangirua | ||
| 1978 | Marceau | ||
| 1977 | Grey Affair | ||
| 1976 | Cheyne Walk | ||
| 1975 | Golden Khan | ||
| 1974 | Lord Ben | ||
| 1973 | Lord Nelson | ||
| 1972 | Knee High | ||
| 1971 | Tails | ||
| 1970 | Divide And Rule | ||
| 1969 | Dual Control | ||
| 1968 | Sandy’s Hope | ||
| 1967 | Bore Head | ||
| 1966 | Winfreux | ||
| 1965 | River Seine | ||
| 1964 | Striking Force | ||
| 1963 | Maspero | ||
| 1962 | Samson | ||
| 1961 | High Society | ||
| 1960 | Earlwood | ||
| 1959 | Earlwood | ||
| 1958 | Book Link | ||
| 1957 | Prince Delville | ||
| 1956 | Fair Chance | ||
| 1955 | Persian Link | ||
| 1954 | Euphrates | ||
| 1953 | French Echo | ||
| 1952 | Tossing | ||
| 1951 | Gay Felt | ||
| 1950 | Dream | ||
| 1949 | Rio Fe | ||
| 1948 | Forge | ||
| 1947 | Dark Marne | ||
| 1946 | Bernborough | ||
| 1945 | Repshot | ||
| 1944 | Bahtheon | ||
| 1943 | Qualeta | ||
| 1942 | Wiseland | ||
| 1941 | Lord Valentine | ||
| 1940 | Beaulivre | ||
| 1939 | Cooranga | ||
| 1938 | Brown Lance | ||
| 1937 | First Buzzard | ||
| 1936 | Verdun | ||
| 1935 | Serlodi | ||
| 1934 | Whittingham | ||
| 1933 | Pentheus | ||