Carlyon Cup

The 2018 Carlyon Cup is an annual event hosted by the Melbourne Racing Club at their Caulfield circuit every February as part of the Melbourne Autumn racing carnival. It is a Group 3 rated contest raced over a mile under set weight conditions.

The Carlyon Cup is worth $150,000 to the first horses across the 1600m trek.

The Carlyon Cup takes a crucial spot during the carnival as it’s on the same card as the Group 1 CF Orr Stakes. It is one of six Group rated events on the day making it the second biggest program during the entire Melbourne autumn carnival.

From this event a horse could continue to any number of events with something like the Group 2 Blamey Stakes at Flemington in March a real stand out.

This race has a habit of attracting quite a number of talented gallopers and the winners list shows just how classy some of them have been.

Super Impose won this race back in 1989 will Star Struck got up in 1995.

Northerly was the champion in 2001 not to be outdone by Apache Cat in 2007.

More recently the race has been won by Righfully Yours in 2010 and Lord Pyrus in 2011.

2018 Carlyon Cup Field

The Carlyon Cup field contains a good mixture of great runners from both sexes. Run under set weight and penalty conditions, the horses that turn out for the Carlyon Cup field are usually quality runners with a decent history of racing experience. There are a lot of paths trainers use to get their horses into the Carlyon Cup field, but every single one of them is guaranteed to have a decent history littered with good runs.
The 2018 Carlyon Cup field is one of the most competitive ever. With a fantastic amount of racing talent thrown into one race, the Carlyon Cup field will contest the race right down to the post. Punting on the 2018 Carlyon Cup field will be interesting business, as each horse has a good chance at taking out first place.

The 2018 Carlyon Cup field is below.

No Last 10 Horse Trainer Jockey Barrier Weight Hcp Rating
1 7x0143150x GAILO CHOP (FR) Darren Weir Mark Zahra 4 58.5kg 113
2 x515x2114x LORD FANDANGO (GER) Archie Alexander Jordan Childs 1 57.5kg 100
3 x6822063x3 WYNDSPELLE (NZ) Michael Kent Craig Williams 5 57.5kg 98
4 86x515867x HARLEM (GB) David & B Hayes & T Dabernig Kerrin McEvoy 2 57kg 103
5 060x0057x7 SEABURGE David & B Hayes & T Dabernig Damian Lane 3 56kg 103
6 21983839×8 PETROLOGY David & B Hayes & T Dabernig Cory Parish 7 56kg 97
7 090×485140 MASTER RESET Matt Laurie Ben Thompson (a) 6 56kg 94

Carlyon Cup Nominations

# Form (Last 10) Horse Sex Age Trainer Hcp. Rating
1 112×062411 BURNING FRONT G 6 Darren Weir 103
2 22231×1563 DIVINE MR ARTIE G 4 Brendan McCarthy 82
3 6706116×11 ECUADOR (NZ) G 7 Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott 109
4 x527171211 GRANDE ROSSO G 5 David & B Hayes & T Dabernig 100
5 01x31129x4 HUMIDOR (NZ) G 4 Darren Weir 102
6 640x3110x7 MASTER RESET G 5 Matt Laurie 90
7 1610x703x8 MOURINHO G 9 Peter Gelagotis 110
8 1x2252911x PILOTE D’ESSAI (GB) G 5 David & B Hayes & T Dabernig 102
9 14x27156x5 REAL LOVE M 6 Darren Weir 107
10 323x50025x SECOND BULLET G 6 Danny O’Brien 92
11 x8xD21x00x SIGNOFF (IRE) G 7 Patrick F Ryan Jnr 104
12 113x02303x TALLY G 4 John O’Shea 104
13 10x266223x TOM MELBOURNE (IRE) G 6 Lee & Anthony Freedman 98
14 x66115x552 TONOPAH (USA) G 7 Darren Weir 96

2018 Carlyon Cup Nominations

Carlyon Cup Winners & Results

Winners and placers in the Carlyon Cup since 2000 with winning times.

Year Results Winning Time
2017 1 Burning Front 2 Humidor 3 Tally 1:35.9
2016 1 Burning Front 2 Red Excitement 3 Dances On Stars 1:36.9
2015 1 Smokin’ Joey 2 Jacquinot Bay 3 Backstedt 1:35.6
2014 1 Chase The Rainbow 2 Star Rolling 3 Pakal 1:37.7
2013 1 Budriguez 2 Invest 3 Lord Of Brazil 1:36.1
2012 1 Manighar 2 Shadowfax 3 Veewap 1:37.2
2011 1 Lord Pyrus 2 Voile Rouge 3 Its Prince 1:37.3
2010 1 Rightfully Yours 2 Road To Rock 3 Delayedreaction 1:23.0
2009 1 Time Matters 2 Marching 3 Playright 1:23.0
2008 1 Publishing 2 Stillme 3 The Fuzz 1:23.7
2007 1 Apache Cat 2 Bon Hoffa 3 Lucky Unicorn 1:22.2
2006 1 Live In Vain 2 Beautiful Gem 3 Niconero 1:22.3
2005 1 Niagara Falls 2 Lad Of The Manor 3 Roman Arch 1:36.7
2004 1 La Sirenuse 2 Regal Roller 3 Makybe Diva 1:36.2
2003 1 No Deposit 2 Walk On Air 3 Old Man 1:35.6
2002 1 Piper Star 2 The Secondmortgage 3 It’s Platonic 1:38.0
2001 1 Northerly 2 Oval Office 3 Knockroe 1:35.1
2000 1 Skoozi Please 2 Old Man 3 Streak 1:39.0

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