2026 Group 1 Caulfield Cup Field and Barrier Draw

Breednet - Monday Oct 12

The field and barrier draw has been finalised for the 2026 Group 1 Caulfield Cup with race favourite Cosmic Crusader drawing out wide in 17 while last year’s winner Half Yours drew seven.

Last year's Caufield Cup winner Half Yours has drawn ideally in barrier seven

Ciaron Maher has five horses in the final field and has also provided three of the four emergencies giving the stable eight in total of the final acceptors.

The field includes three European trained runners in Enfjaar (Ire) trained by Roger Varian in England ($13), Wine Dark Sea (GB) trained by Harry Charlton ($8), and Starford (Ire) from the Joseph O’Brien stable ($18).

Caulfield Cup – 2400m (Group 1) - $6,545,000

1. Half Yours (St Jean) Tony and Calvin McEvoy / Mark Zahra (7) 57.5kg

2. Cosmic Crusader (NZ) (Maurice) Andrea Leek / William Pike (17) 56kg

3. Treasurethe Moment (Alabama Express) Matt Laurie / Daniel Stackhouse (5) 55.5kg

4. Kingswood (GB) (Roaring Lion) Gavin Bedggood / John Allen (20) 55kg

5. Knight's Choice (Extreme Choice) John Symons and Sheila Laxon / Robbie Dolan (22) 55kg

6. Middle Earth (GB) (Roaring Lion) Ciaron Maher / Thomas Stockdale (11) 55kg

7. Enfjaar (IRE) (Lope De Vega) Roger Varian / Ray Dawson (1) 54.5kg

8. Green Spaces (Street Boss) Bjorn Baker / Rachel King (18) 54.5kg

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9. Royal Supremacy (IRE) (Make Believe) Ciaron Maher / Jamie Spencer (8) 54.5kg

10. Wine Dark Sea (GB) (Ulysses) Harry Charlton / Damian Lane (19) 54.5kg

11. Asterix (NZ) (Tavistock) Chris Waller / (10) 53.5kg

12. Saint George (GB) (Roaring Lion) Ciaron Maher / Craig Williams (2) 53.5kg

13. Starford (IRE) (Beckford) Joseph O'Brien / (15) 53.5kg

14. She's A Hustler (NZ) (Ace High) Grahame Begg / Michael Dee (6) 53kg

15. Soul Of Spain (IRE) (Phoenix Of Spain) Chris Waller / (13) 53kg

16. Zahrann (IRE) (Night Of Thunder) Ciaron Maher / (4) 53kg

17. Ohope Wins (NZ) (Ocean Park) Chris Waller / (16) 51.5kg

18. Kings Valley (IRE) (Territories) Ciaron Maher / (12) 51kg

19e. The Euphrates (GB) (Frankel) Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott / Jett Stanley (9) 52.5kg

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