Australian Cup 2023: Schedule, Field, Prize Money, How to Watch

The Australian Cup 2023 will take place on Saturday, March 25, at the Flemington Racecourse. Here we have the Australian Cup Day live coverage, streaming details, race day schedule, field, and more.

Raceday Overview

Australian Cup 2023 Race Day Schedule

The 2023 Australian Cup Race Day Schedule will be found below when available:

• Race 1 – 12:25 pm – Good Friday Appeal Trophy (1100 METRES)
• Race 2 – 1:00 pm – G3 TBV Thoroughbred Breeders Stakes (1200 METRES)
• Race 3 – 1:40 pm – Rubaroc Grand Handicap Classic (2000 METRES)
• Race 4 – 2:20 pm – LR ATA/Bob Hoysted Handicap (1000 METRES)
• Race 5 – 3:00 pm – LR Lexus Roy Higgins (2600 METRES)
• Race 6 – 3:40 pm – LR Sunlight Classic (1100 METRES)
• Race 7 – 4:20 pm – G1 TAB Australian Cup (2000 METRES)
• Race 8 – 5:00 pm – Choices Flooring Handicap (1400 METRES)
• Race 9 – 5:40 pm – TAB Bets Friends Sprint (1200 METRES)

How to Watch the Australian Cup Live

You can watch the Australian Cup live stream online in multiple ways. This is split among free-to-air broadcasters, pay TV, and streaming services:

Channel 7 has been the free-to-air home of Spring Carnival Racing for almost the last 20 years. You can also watch horse racing events aired by Channel 7 on the 7plus app.

In terms of Pay TV, one of the following channels: Sky Racing 1, Sky Racing 2, and Sky Thoroughbred Central, will broadcast the Australian Cup, most likely Sky Racing 1.

People also have the option to stream Sky Racing through their TAB accounts or Sportsbet accounts. TAB account holders can also use their login with the Sky Racing Active app to watch live racing.

You can also watch the race through the Racing.com website & app. Registration is required but is 100% free.

People can also stream the races (Racing.Com) coverage through KAYO.

Lastly, most Pubs in Australia will be showing live horse racing, but arguably the best place to watch any Group 1 race is trackside!

Australian Cup 2023 Prize Money Breakdown

The total Prize Money is $3,000,000.

Australian Cup Field 2023

Check out the final field:

Australian Cup History

The Australian Cup (2000m) is a Group 1 race for open-class WFA horses conducted by the Victoria Racing Club at Flemington.

The time-honored Australian Cup is one of the oldest races in the country, having first been run in 1863 and won by Barwon. Originally a true staying test, the race was run over 2¼ miles until the 1940s.

In 1943 it was slightly reduced in distance so it could start at the top of the Flemington straight and comprise an initial run down to the post, followed by a full lap of the course proper.

The most significant change to the race came in 1964 when it was reduced dramatically to 1¼ miles (now 2000 meters), a move taken by the VRC in order to include more middle-distance stars.

In 2022, Racing Victoria announced the Australian Cup had been pushed back two weeks and would be held on the last weekend in March. Prize money was also doubled to $3 million.

It is the headlining event on the Flemington card, which is now scheduled a week after the All-Star Mile and two weeks later in 2024. Meanwhile, on the same date in Sydney, the Group 1 Tancred Stake and Group 1 Vinery Stud Stakes will be contested at Rosehill Gardens.

The Australian Cup is Flemington’s final Group 1 event held during the Melbourne Autumn Carnival.

The move worked, with the winners list including such names as Dulcify, Ming Dynasty, Hyperno, Bonecrusher, Vo Rogue, Better Loosen Up, Let’s Elope, Saintly, Octagonal, Northerly, Lonhro, and Makybe Diva.

The leading Australian Cup trainer of all time? The Cups King himself, Bart Cummings.

The legendary trainer won the race an incredible thirteen times with Arctic Coast (1968), Gladman (1973), Leilani (1975), Lord Dudley (1976), Ngawyni (1977), Ming Dynasty (1978 and 1980), Hyperno (1981), Noble Peer (1985), Let’s Elope (1992), Saintly (1996), Dane Ripper (1998) and Saintly (2008).

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