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The Kingsford Smith Cup – formerly the BTC Cup – is an important Group 1 race held at the Brisbane Winter Racing Carnival.

Kingsford Smith Cup 2025 Odds

Eagle Farm R0
Kingsford Smith Cup 1300m (All In)

Open Race time:  1748664000

Runner Details	Win	Place
Joliestar T:	3.60	1.65
Giga Kick T:	5.00	2.00
Benedetta T:	7.00	2.50
Kimochi T:	10.00	3.25
Iknowastar T:	13.00	4.00
Ameena T:	15.00	4.50
Rothfire T:	15.00	4.50
War Machine T:	15.00	4.50
Private Eye T:	17.00	5.00
Payline T:	21.00	6.00
Angel Capital T:	26.00	7.25
Coleman T:	26.00	7.25
Desert Lightning T:	26.00	7.25
Freedom Rally T:	26.00	7.25
Golden Mile T:	26.00	7.25
Jedibeel T:	26.00	7.25
King Of Sparta T:	26.00	7.25
Lady Laguna T:	26.00	7.25
Libertad T:	26.00	7.25
Lims Kosciuszko T:	26.00	7.25
Lims Saltoro T:	26.00	7.25
Mazu T:	26.00	7.25
Rise At Dawn T:	26.00	7.25
Semana T:	26.00	7.25
Veight T:	26.00	7.25
Abounding T:	51.00	13.50
Boom Torque T:	51.00	13.50
Coeur Volante T:	51.00	13.50
Democracy Manifest T:	51.00	13.50
El Morzillo T:	51.00	13.50
Emirate T:	51.00	13.50
Far Too Easy T:	51.00	13.50
Firestorm T:	51.00	13.50
Hidden Wealth T:	51.00	13.50
Name Dropper T:	51.00	13.50
Navyonthehighway T:	51.00	13.50
Olentia T:	51.00	13.50
Oscars Fortune T:	51.00	13.50
Pier T:	51.00	13.50
Robusto T:	51.00	13.50
Sghirripa T:	51.00	13.50
Transatlantic T:	51.00	13.50
Waterford T:	51.00	13.50
Written In Code T:	51.00	13.50
Zarastro T:	51.00	13.50
Brudenell T:	101.00	26.00
Bubbas Bay T:	101.00	26.00
Coastwatch T:	101.00	26.00
Daggers T:	101.00	26.00
Givemethebeatboys T:	101.00	26.00
Infancy T:	101.00	26.00
Ostraka T:	101.00	26.00
Oughton T:	101.00	26.00
The Inflictor T:	101.00	26.00
Tiz Invincible T:	101.00	26.00
Zoology T:	101.00	26.00
Dream Smart T:	201.00	51.00

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Data retrieved: 23/05/2025 03:10:04 AM (Australia/Brisbane)

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Since 2017 it has run a fortnight after its former spot on the carnival line-up moving from Doomben Racecourse to Eagle Farm. For the 2013 running of the BTC Cup the race was moved to neighbouring Eagle Farm Racecourse in a bid to lure Black Caviar to the event and this track has been the race’s permanent home since 2017.

Formerly run over 1200m, the new-look Kingsford Smith Cup is contested in late May over 1300m and remains weight-for-age race feature. Offering $1,000,000 in prize money as of 2023, the race now serves as a final stepping-stone into Queensland’s richest race – the Group 1 Stradbroke Handicap (1400m).

Think About It (2023) was the last horse to complete the Kingsford Smith Cup – Stradbroke Handicap double.

The new lead-up race into the Kingsford Smith Cup field is the Group 1 Doomben 10,000 (1200m) a fortnight earlier and the Doomben 10,000 – Kingsford Smith Cup double was achieved in 2019 by Kiwi galloper The Bostonian.

Many top horses, usually locally trained, have run and won the race over the years but none as notable as the mighty Black Caviar who travelled to Queensland to take out the classic over Hay List back in 2011 attracting a capacity crowd at Doomben decked out in her famous salmon and black polka dot colours.

In 2018 the Kingsford Smith Cup took place over 1350m distance back at Doomben Racecourse due to the ongoing issues at Eagle Farm and was won by the previous year’s Stradbroke Handicap champ Impending.

There was no 2020 Kingsford Smith Cup held due to COVID-19.

The 2023 Kingsford Smith Cup form was franked with the winner Think About It going on to win Brisbane’s Stradbroke Handicap nest start before a big spring in Sydney headlined by his victory in the world’s richest turf race – the $20 million The Everest.

The 2024 Kingsford Smith Cup winner I Wish I Win went on to run third in that year’s Manikato Stakes in Melbourne over the spring, while the form was also franked with the runner-up Bella Nipotina finishing a next-up second in the Stradbroke Handicap before her Group 1 Tatt’s Tiara win. Bella Nipotina also went to Sydney that spring for a huge campaign headlined by her The Everest triumph.

The $1 million 2025 Kingsford Smith Cup runs on Saturday May 31, 2025 as a key lead-up to the Stradbroke Handicap. 

Kingsford Smith Cup 2025
Date:	Saturday May 31, 2025
Track:	Eagle Farm Racecourse
Distance:	1300m
Race Type:	Weight-For-Age
Status:	Group 1
Prize Money:	$1,000,000

2025 Kingsford Smith Cup Results

• 1st: TBD
• 2nd: TBD
• 3rd: TBD

2025 Kingsford Smith Cup Betting

Formerly the BTC Cup – the Kingsford Smith Cup 2025 betting odds on the hopeful winter sprinters plus market links to Ladbrokes.com.au will be detailed at Races.com.au as soon as released.

Impending ($4.20 equal favourite in 2018) was the last favourite or equal favourite in Kingsford Smith Cup betting to win and the first since Black Caviar (2011) when the event was run over 1200m as the BTC Cup until the 2024 success of I Wish I Win ($3.90EF).

2025 Kingsford Smith Cup Form Guide

Stay tuned for our comprehensive 2025 Kingsford Smith Cup Form Guide & Preview on all the horses in the mix for the weight-for-age Group 1.

CLICK HERE FOR OUR FULL 2024 KINGSFORD SMITH CUP FORM GUIDE

2025 Kingsford Smith Cup Tips

Stay tuned for our insider Kingsford Smith Cup 2025 Tips on the million-dollar Brisbane winter showdown.

• To Win: TBD

2025 Kingsford Smith Cup Field

The Kingsford Smith Cup Field – formerly the BTC Cup – attracts a class line-up of local and interstate sprinting talent heading towards the Stradbroke Handicap a fortnight later back at Eagle Farm Racecourse each year. Since 2017, the Kingsford Smith Cup field features gallopers coming off a lead-up run in the Doomben 10,000 two weeks prior.

In 2024 the same two horses ran the quinella in both the Doomben 10,000 and Kingsford Smith Cup with I Wish I Win turning the tables on Bella Nipotina in the latter.

The official Kingsford Smith Cup 2025 field and barriers are announced by Racing Queensland on the Tuesday of race week and once released will be published in full below.

2025 Kingsford Smith Cup Nominations

The 2025 Kingsford Smith Cup nominations close on a Tuesday in early May over three weeks out from the race, followed by first acceptances later in the month.

The Kingsford Smith Cup 2025 nominations close on Tuesday the 6th of May 2025.

The 2025 Kingsford Smith Cup nominations attracted 64 top-class gallopers led in all-in betting by former The Everest winner Giga Kick and Chris Waller’s multiple Group 1 winning mare Joliestar.

	Last 10	Horse	Sex	Age	Trainer	H Rating
1	3734x167x0	ABOUNDING	M	4	Robert Heathcote
2	129x1277x2	AMEENA	F	3	Anthony & Sam Freedman
3	159x116x1x	ANGEL CAPITAL	C	3	Chris Waller
4	57110×0596	BELCLARE (NZ)	M	7	Bjorn Baker
5	41318×3025	BENEDETTA	M	5	Jason Warren
6	3x3134x43x	BOOM TORQUE	G	5	Matthew Dunn
7	57x583310x	BRUDENELL	G	5	Kris Lees
8	30111412×8	BUBBA’S BAY	M	5	Kris Lees
9	113x90887x	CABALLUS	G	4	Bjorn Baker
10	5065621480	COASTWATCH	G	6	Richard & Will Freedman
11	4x46x71048	COEUR VOLANTE (NZ)	M	4	Ben, Will & JD Hayes
12	23x66276x0	COLEMAN	C	3	Chris Waller
13	x12131220x	CRAIG (GB)	G	4	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young
14	1135×206	DAGGERS	C	3	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young
15	18x408300x	DEMOCRACY MANIFEST	G	6	Chris Waller
16	1139x314x8	DESERT LIGHTNING (NZ)	G	5	Peter G Moody & Katherine Coleman
17	442166x16x	DREAM SMART	F	3	Liam Birchley
18	74x78x51x0	EL MORZILLO	F	3	Kelly Schweida
19	11x55x	EMIRATE	C	3	Chris Waller
20	3x14x410x0	FAR TOO EASY	G	6	David McColm
21	x11056x120	FIRESTORM (NZ)	M	4	Chris Waller
22	49832×8587	FREEDOM RALLY	G	5	Tony Gollan
23	11x3x5427x	GIGA KICK	G	5	Clayton Douglas
24	120100×693	GIVEMETHEBEATBOYS (IRE)	H	4	Michael Freedman
25	3x7843x603	GOLDEN MILE	G	5	James Cummings
26	1x51x101x0	HIDDEN WEALTH	G	5	Tony Gollan
27	231322x51x	IKNOWASTAR	G	5	Bjorn Baker
28	2x605560x1	INFANCY	M	4	Kris Lees
29	1x281x1902	JEDIBEEL (NZ)	G	5	Brad Widdup
30	x1377x3192	JOLIESTAR	M	4	Chris Waller
31	x14471x250	KIMOCHI	M	4	Gary Portelli
32	8211x6x46x	KING OF SPARTA	G	6	Peter Snowden
33	x76306x833	LADY LAGUNA	M	5	Annabel & Rob Archibald
34	87x0203x91	LIBERTAD	H	4	Annabel & Rob Archibald
35	x111x1215x	LIM’S KOSCIUSZKO	G	7	Dan Meagher
36	121111132x	LIM’S SALTORO (NZ)	G	5	Dan Meagher
37	x3254x6551	MAZU	G	6	Joseph Pride
38	17240×1101	NAME DROPPER (NZ)	G	5	Richard Laming
39	112x1144x6	NAVYONTHEHIGHWAY	M	4	Chris & Corey Munce
40	7x143x4447	OLENTIA	M	5	Chris Waller
41	35x2869x96	OSCAR’S FORTUNE	G	4	Gavin Bedggood
42	x1110x9736	OSTRAKA	G	4	Annabel & Rob Archibald
43	1x5831200x	OUGHTON	G	6	Melissa Kelly
44	1x1x181x25	OVER	G	6	Bjorn Baker
45	1x32151x69	PAYLINE	G	4	Chris & Corey Munce
46	38x876x1x2	PIER (NZ)	G	5	Darryn & Briar Weatherley
47	4x4665814x	PRIVATE EYE	G	7	Joseph Pride
48	1x125x6611	RESERVE BANK	C	3	Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr)
49	122111×164	RISE AT DAWN (NZ)	G	4	Ben, Will & JD Hayes
50	054762122x	ROBUSTO	G	5	Bjorn Baker
51	x214x864x4	ROTHFIRE	G	7	Robert Heathcote
52	0x1x7x101x	SCHWARZ	H	4	John O’Shea & Tom Charlton
53	02450x357x	SEMANA	M	5	Ciaron Maher
54	758x30x702	SGHIRRIPA	G	5	Shane & Cassie Oxlade
55	4x1521x483	SUNSHINE IN PARIS	M	5	Annabel & Rob Archibald
56	5x261125x2	THE INFLICTOR	G	4	Craig Cousins
57	80x68523x8	TIZ INVINCIBLE	M	4	Ciaron Maher
58	20x31611x3	TRANSATLANTIC	G	4	Tony Gollan
59	x1421x090x	VEIGHT	G	4	Tony & Calvin McEvoy
60	111x2380x2	WAR MACHINE (NZ)	G	4	Ben, Will & JD Hayes
61	4x304081x6	WATERFORD (IRE)	G	6	Chris Waller
62	422241×114	WRITTEN IN CODE	M	5	Annabel & Rob Archibald
63	4612x271x5	ZARASTRO	G	6	Tony Gollan
64	6x0851040x	ZOOLOGY (GB)	G	5	Peter & Will Hulbert

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

BTC Cup / Kingsford Smith Cup History

The race now known as the Kingsford Smith Cup was inaugurated in 1964 as the J.T. Delaney Quality Handicap and has always played a part of the Brisbane Winter Racing Carnival.

It has undergone a host of name changes over the years including the BTC Cup, which it was known as from 2004 – 2016. In 2017 a rescheduled Queensland winter program saw the race name changed to the Kingsford Smith Cup. It also moved from Doomben Racecourse to Eagle Farm Racecourse and the distance was upped from 1200m to 1350m.

The event began as a Principal Race and was elevated to its current Group 1 status in 2006 when Gee I Jane took out top honours. A host of talented sprinters have won the BTC Cup over the years including Apache Cat (2008), Black Caviar (2011), and Malaguerra (2016).

The last back-to-back BTC Cup winner was Buck’s Price (1993-94).

In 2022, local trainer Desleigh Forster celebrated her first Group 1 success with smart four-year-old Apache Chase saluting at $12.

Recent BTC Cup / Kingsford Smith Cup Winners

Year	Place	Horse	Time
2025 Kingsford Smith Cup	1st	TBD	TBD
	2nd	TBD
	3rd	TBD
2024 Kingsford Smith Cup	1st	I Wish I Win	1 minute 17.81 seconds
	2nd	Bella Nipotina
	3rd	In Secret
2023 Kingsford Smith Cup	1st	Think About It	1 minute 16.11 seconds
	2nd	Converge
	3rd	Rothfire
2022 Kingsford Smith Cup	1st	Apache Chase	1 minute 16.39 seconds
	2nd	Paulele
	3rd	Eleven Eleven
2021 Kingsford Smith Cup	1st	Vega One	1 minute 16.91 seconds
	2nd	Jonker
	3rd	Signore Fox
2020 Kingsford Smith CupRace Not Held Due to COVID-19	1st	–	TBD
	2nd	–
	3rd	–
2019 Kingsford Smith Cup	1st	The Bostonian	1 minute 15.51 seconds
	2nd	Princess Posh
	3rd	Trekking
2018 Kingsford Smith Cup	1st	Impending	1 minute 19.5 seconds
	2nd	Le Romain
	3rd	Champagne Cuddles
2017 Kingsford Smith Cup	1st	Clearly Innocent	1 minute 19.09 seconds
	2nd	Jungle Edge
	3rd	Counterattack
2016 BTC Cup	1st	Malaguerra	1 minute 08.73 seconds
	2nd	Dothraki
	3rd	Japonisme
2015 BTC Cup	1st	Hot Snitzel	1 minute 09.47 seconds
	2nd	Knoydart
	3rd	Our Boy Malachi
2014 BTC Cup	1st	Famous Seamus	1 minute 9.06 seconds
	2nd	Spirit Of Boom
	3rd	Buffering
2013 BTC Cup	1st	Your Song	1 minute 11.3 seconds
	2nd	Rain Affair
	3rd	Better Than Ready
2012 BTC Cup	1st	Sea Siren	1 minute 08.3 seconds
	2nd	Scenic Blast
	3rd	Beaded
2011 BTC Cup	1st	Black Caviar	1 minute 08.8 seconds
	2nd	Hay List
	3rd	Buffering
2010 BTC Cup	1st	Albert The Fat	1 minute 9.24 seconds
	2nd	Melito
	3rd	Latin News
2009 BTC Cup	1st	Duporth	1 minute 8.9 seconds
	2nd	Bank Robber
	3rd	Apache Cat
2008 BTC Cup	1st	Apache Cat	1 minute 9.3 seconds
	2nd	Vormista
	3rd	Swiss Ace
2007 BTC Cup	1st	Bentley Biscuit	1 minute 8.5 seconds
	2nd	Takeover Target
	3rd	Mitanni
2006 BTC Cup	1st	Gee I Jane	1 minute 8.6 seconds
	2nd	Daunting Lad
	3rd	All Bar One
2005 BTC Cup	1st	Spark Of Life	1 minute 9 seconds
	2nd	St Basil
	3rd	Regimental Gal
2004 BTC Cup	1st	Thorn Park	1 minute 8.7 seconds
	2nd	Star Of Florida
	3rd	Regimental Gal
2003 BTC Cup	1st	Falvelon	1 minute 10 seconds
	2nd	Make Mine Magic
	3rd	Diamond Dane
2002 BTC Cup	1st	Lord Essex	1 minute 8.3 seconds
	2nd	Falvelon
	3rd	Phoenix Park
2001 BTC Cup	1st	Fritz	1 minute 9.1 seconds
	2nd	Show A Heart
	3rd	King Lotto
2000 BTC Cup	1st	Falvelon	1 minute 8.4 seconds
	2nd	Mr Innocent
	3rd	Toledo