Rosehill Gold Cup Tips, Betting, Odds, Horses & More 2025

Racing NSW and Victoria continue to fight it out for who has the best Spring Racing Carnival and both states have introduced new high-profile races to lure the best horses, jockeys and trainers to their state.

One such newly introduced race in NSW is the Rosehill Gold Cup. The race isn’t a Group 1 race, however, the $750K in prize money is more than some of the official Group 1s on the calendar and therefore always attracts some of the best horses to NSW. In 2024, it was announced that the Rosehill Gold Cup gained Group 3 status.

Sydney’s Spring Racing Carnival has seen many additions, including the likes of The Everest, The Golden Eagle and the Russell Balding Stakes. With these new races, we now see at least one $1,000,000+ race across nine weeks of racing in NSW.

On Rosehill Gold Cup day, there are plenty of other races in both NSW and Victoria. In fact, including the Rosehill Gold Cup, there are six races on the same day. In Victoria, at Flemington Racecourse, there’s the Victoria Derby, Empire Rose Stakes and the Coolmore Stud Stakes. 

In NSW, at Rosehill Racecourse, there’s the Rosehill Gold Cup, The Golden Eagle and the Russell Balding Stakes. With so much racing happening on this day at Rosehill Racecourse, it’s no wonder it is considered by many to be one of the top tracks in the country and is always jam-packed with racing enthusiasts every weekend.

The team at OnlyRacing have every aspect of the Rosehill Gold Cup covered for you. From horse racing betting details to our best bet, next best and best roughie each year, you’re sorted! We also provide information on the field, form guide, results and more!

Money makes the world go around! So, check out the table as we break down the prize money on offer for the Rosehill Gold Cup:

Would you like some horse racing tips? Of course, you would! Well, you’re in luck because we have horse racing tips. We provide tips for every key race on the calendar, including the Rosehill Gold Cup. On top of this, we’ve got Rosehill tips as well, so if it’s not Rosehill Gold Cup time, you can still sink your teeth into some tips.

At this stage, the Rosehill Gold Cup is a little too far away. Our experts generally like to wait until race week, when the final field is confirmed, before crunching the numbers and putting forward their best bet, next best and best roughie for the Rosehill Gold Cup.

We know you came here for tips, so tips you shall have! Check out our tips for the Rosehill Gold Cup in 2024 while you wait for race week in 2025 to roll around:

Rosehill Gold Cup Best Bet - Relentless Voyager

Another race, another very open market, with half the field having single-digit odds, at the time of writing with PlayUp. I am quite convinced with Relentless Voyager though and the gelding brings in some excellent European form to Australia. This will be Relentless Voyager’s first run Down Under, but I really like the look of him.

Ran on strongly through the line in the Ebor Handicap at York in August and he finished close behind Sea King and Onesmoothoperator. Both Sea King and Onesmoothoperator have since gone on to win in Australia. Can’t get better than that, can you? The gelding is currently on the second line of betting, at $6.00 with PlayUp.

Rosehill Gold Cup Next Best - Hinged

Going back to the Aussies with my next best for the Rosehill Gold Cup. The Group 1 winning mare gets some extra distance in this race, which I think she’ll eat up. At the time of writing, she is the favourite by the smallest of margins, with $5.00 on offer for her at PlayUp, but it wouldn’t surprise me if that changed between now and Saturday. 

We last saw her in the Group 3 Angst Stakes, where she was forced wide and that was pretty much the end of that. She did end up finishing third though. She gets the services of Joao Moreira this time out and I’d like to see what she can do with a more positive ride. Gets a decent barrier and carries 54.5kg, which is among the lowest weight.

Rosehill Gold Cup Best Roughie - Fawkner Park

Not exactly massive roughie odds, but we are currently getting $9.00 for Fawkner Park, which I think is decent enough. The 6YO will carry the top weight for the Rosehill Gold Cup and jumps from a wide barrier, so I can see why we are getting almost double-digit odds, but I think he is starting to go through the gears.

He is tackling this one third-up and has shown improvement from his first run to his run last time out. After a disappointing run in the Underwood Stakes, Fawkner Park was charging late in the Group 3 Craven Plate, finishing fifth, but just over a length off the pace. He has an excellent third-up record as well, currently unbeaten in three third-up attempts.

Each year for the Rosehill Gold Cup, you’ll notice there are plenty of betting options available. So, where do you even start? Well, it is always recommended that you only bet on markets that you fully understand. If you’re new to the world of horse racing, it may be best to stick with the humble Fixed Win or Place bet.

Not only are there plenty of markets available, but there are also heaps of Australian betting sites to choose from. Betting sites like PlayUp, Unibet and Dabble will all have markets available for the Rosehill Gold Cup.

If you already have a bookie account, it doesn’t mean you can’t open another one! In fact, we recommend having an account with multiple horse racing betting apps, so you can easily take advantage of the different promotions and odds available with the various bookies.

Betting sites bonuses will differ from bookie to bookie, so if you have multiple accounts, you can get more bang for your buck. When it comes to a race like the Rosehill Gold Cup, which draws a lot of attention, we usually find that bookies will offer more promotions to keep their punters happy.

It can also be a difficult choice whether to sign up for a more established bookie or go with one of the new betting sites available on the market. While new betting sites are likely to be smaller than their more established counterparts, they shouldn’t be discounted because they have some unique features.

If you’re looking for the Rosehill Gold Cup field information, you’ve come to the right place! Each year, when the field for the upcoming race is announced, we feature it in this section. It’s not currently race week so the Rosehill Gold Cup final field is yet to be determined. We will have to keep waiting a little longer for all this information.

During the year, if patience isn’t one of your best qualities and you want to get a little sneaky peek into the runners that might be lining up, you can check out the odds for the race. The odds are usually announced well before the final field is confirmed and will give you an indication of the runners who may be targeting the Rosehill Gold Cup.

As we wait for the 2025 final field to be confirmed, you can check out the field for the Rosehill Gold Cup in 2024 here:

For the 2024 Rosehill Gold Cup, we saw a field of 14 runners confirmed and there weren’t any emergencies listed either. In the end, we saw two pre-race scratchings in Relentless Voyager and Trust In You. This resulted in the size of the field being reduced to 12 runners.

In horse racing, scratchings happen quite regularly, unfortunately. This is why it is important to keep an eye on things, especially if you’ve placed a bet. If you do place a bet on the runner that ends up being scratched, you will get your stake back, so there is nothing to worry about.

On top of scratchings, it’s also a good idea to look into the barrier draw. The bigger the field, the greater the influence of the barrier draw. However, this doesn’t mean that the barrier draw doesn’t matter at all when there’s a smaller-sized field. Each horse has its own running style which is better suited for an inside or wider barrier.

With any race, it is a good idea to look into the form guide before placing any bets. The Rosehill Gold Cup form guide can provide useful insights and potentially point you in the direction of the next winner. Even though the Rosehill Gold Cup hasn’t been around for very long, it’s still worth checking out the form guide.

Already, some patterns have emerged which are important to follow as these key indicators can help you find a winner. You don’t have to do any of the heavy lifting though, we’ve gone through and found some key areas of note. Check out all the key form indicators we’ve found so far below.

The Rosehill Gold Cup is raced over a distance of 2,000m, which makes for an interesting race as we can see a mix of stayers and middle-distance runners making an appearance. With different types of horses coming into this race, it means there are plenty of form lines converging.

Some lead-up races that you should pay more attention to include the likes of The Metropolitan, St Ledger, Hill Stakes and the Craven Plate. All these races take place at Randwick Racecourse and are run over a similar distance to that of the Rosehill Gold Cup.

As the Rosehill Gold Cup is a fairly new race, there isn’t a lot of historical data to crunch, but here’s some key information about all the winners so far:

• Fawkner Park (2024) - 6YO gelding, barrier 9, weight 60kg, starting price $4.60.
• Wild Planet (2023) - 8YO gelding, barrier 8, weight 52kg, starting price $26.
• Star Of India (2022) - 4YO horse, barrier 6, weight 54kg, starting price $9.00.
• Think It Over (2021) - 6YO gelding, barrier 3, weight 59kg, starting price $2.70.
• Costello (2020) - 5YO gelding, barrier 1, weight 54kg, starting price $31.
• Tally (2019) - 7YO gelding, barrier 4, weight 59kg, starting price $4.00.

While still one of the newer races on the calendar, we do see some of the best horses competing and winning the Rosehill Gold Cup. The Rosehill Gold Cup may not be a Group 1 race, but the prize money means the top horses going around will compete!

As the Rosehill Gold Cup has only been running for a handful of years, we do not have to make any tough decisions and can feature all the horses that have won this race. We go through all the Rosehill Gold Cup horses and talk more about what they’ve achieved in their respective careers:

Tally - 2019

The first winner of the Rosehill Gold Cup, Tally (who was the favourite) got the job done by 1.3L in 2019. Tally tasted success at both Group 3 and Group 2 level, winning multiple times. Throughout his career, he contested 10 Group 1 races, finishing third twice, which helped him amass a prize money of $1,620,485.

Costello - 2020

Long-shot Costello won the 2020 Rosehill Gold Cup by just 0.3L. The gelding was lightly raced throughout his career, with an overall record of 29:6-4-3. He only contested two Group 1s in his career and was unplaced in both of them. He did have a fairly good strike rate when he was listed as the favourite; 4:2-1-0.

Think It Over - 2021

Think It Over is probably the biggest name so far to come out and win the Rosehill Gold Cup. The gelding is a multiple Group 1 winner, with wins so far in races including; Verry Elleegant Stakes, the Queen Elizabeth Stakes and the George Ryder Stakes. For more information on these races and more, check out our Group One races list!

Star Of India - 2022

Star Of India won the 2022 Rosehill Gold Cup by the narrowest of margins, 0.1L. The gelding hasn’t raced much yet throughout his career and at the time of writing he has a career record of 7:3-0-0. So far, he has contested one Group 1, where he finished unplaced.

Wild Planet - 2023

The 2023 winner of the Rosehill Gold Cup, Wild Planet, has so far won almost $2 million in prize money, thanks to a career record of 45:7-5-4. One of those second places came in a Group 1 race as well, as he finished 0.4L off the pace in the Doomben 10,000 back in 2021. Other than that, Wild Planet has tasted success at both Group 2 and Group 3 level.

Fawkner Park - 2024

Fawkner Park won the Rosehill Gold Cup in 2024 and ended up jumping as the favourite, after shortening considerably from the $9.00 on offer the day before the race. At the time of writing, the gelding has a career record of 20:9-1-2 and this has helped him amass a total of almost $2 million in prize money so far.

In the Rosehill Gold Cup puzzle, the odds form a key piece that you can’t forget about. The odds will show you which runners are more favoured in the market. However, it’s important to remember that even if a runner is listed at odds of something like $1.50, that doesn’t 100% guarantee that horse will win.

Anything can and sometimes does happen in horse racing. It doesn’t matter how much research or information you find, sometimes the racing gods have their own say on what’s going to happen! So, you shouldn’t shy away from horses listed at bigger odds.

Before the Rosehill Gold Cup, there will be plenty of horse racing markets to choose from. The closer we get to the race, the more markets you’ll be able to choose from. Some markets are more complex than others, so it’s a good idea to understand the market before placing your bets. 

Our favourite bookie, PlayUp, is yet to release their odds for the Rosehill Gold Cup. In the lead-up to the race, they will have all sorts of different markets available from the humble Fixed Win and Place Bets to some markets more on the exotic side of life.

If you can place your bets on the race when the market is listed as “Before Noms” this is ideal because you’ll likely be getting better odds for your runner. On top of this, if the runner you choose doesn’t end up making the final field, you’ll get your stake back. So, no harm, no foul!

While the 2025 Rosehill Gold Cup odds aren’t available, you can check to see where each runner in the 2024 stacked up:

*Odds correct as of 31/10/2024.

The Rosehill Gold Cup doesn’t have a long history like some of the other key races on the calendar. This newly introduced race is part of a competition between Racing NSW and Racing Victoria to see who can have the biggest Spring Racing Carnival. 

With all this action happening in both states, it’s no secret that they are one of the biggest horse racing carnivals of the year. There have been a handful of newly-minted races and we can expect this to grow over the years as the competition between the two states continues to heat up.

The Rosehill Gold Cup has only been running for a handful of years now but we have already seen some of the biggest names compete. It also helps that there is plenty of other racing happening at Rosehill Racecourse on the same day, so it draws the attention of casual and serious punters alike.

The race is run over a distance of 2,000m each year and is another great chance for middle-distance runners and stayers to get their hooves on some serious prize money. The winner of the Rosehill Gold Cup takes home the lion’s share of a whopping $750K. So, you can see why this race draws in a crowd.

The inaugural winner of the Rosehill Gold Cup was Tally back in 2019. It also provides a good option for Sydney-based trainers if they want to stay in NSW instead of travelling down to Victoria to fight it out for riches there. In 2024, the Rosehill Gold Cup was granted Group 3 status.

Want to know who won the latest Rosehill Gold Cup? Well, of course! We’ve got you covered with all the latest Rosehill Gold Cup information and we update this section after every edition of the race, so you’ll always get the most up-to-date information. We have a table with the finishing order of all the runners as well as a full race replay video.

In 2024, we saw Fawkner Park, who ended up jumping as the favourite, win the Rosehill Gold Cup. It was a hotly contested race, with the top four all finishing within 1L of each other. Wyclif, who was paying $26 to win the race, finished in second place, just 0.2L off the leader.

Hinged, one of the more favoured runners in the race, filled in the final minor placing, finishing 0.4L off the leader. In the end, the 2024 Rosehill Gold Cup was run in a time of 2:03.29 and there was a total of just 8.3L that split the entire field.

See where every runner in the Rosehill Gold Cup finished here:

If you would like to relive all the action as it unfolded in the latest Rosehill Gold Cup, we’ve got you sorted. Check out the full race replay of the Rosehill Gold Cup here:

Unless there’s a dead heat, there can only be one winner. We list every single previous winner of the Rosehill Gold Cup in the table, so you can see which runners have graced the honour roll so far:

Now that you’re almost a Rosehill Gold Cup expert yourself, we should be asking you some questions! Don’t worry, we won’t, but we have gone out and found some of the most common questions people have about the race and answered them all here: