Caulfield Guineas

The Caulfield Guineas is the first major group 1 race run annually during the course of Australia’s Spring Racing Carnival. Modelled on the English 2,000 Guineas Classic, the Caulfield Cup is open to 3 year old thoroughbred colts and fillies, and is run over a distance of 1 mile at Melbourne’s Caulfield Racecourse.

The Caulfield Cup is one of the oldest races in Australia and has been run continually since 1881. The race is one of the few major Australian thoroughbred races to have borrowed directly from the English Classics, and it is therefore one of the few major set-weight races in Australian thoroughbred racing. The race awards a purse of AS$1 million, one of the largest prizes available in Australian racing.

Caulfield Guineas Betting

The Caulfield Guineas is scheduled early on in the Australian thoroughbred racing season, thus giving punters few form indicators to work with when they place their bets. Many therefore choose to back champion racehorses from the 2 year old season, particularly those who raced further than a mile during their first season.
Odds comparison services can provide a useful summary of the prospects of the various entries in the Caulfield Cup. Whilst the market favourite is not a shoe-in for the race title, top priced runners will give a realistic indication of which racehorses in the field are genuine title contenders.