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Australian Cup 2025 Betting Tips - Can Zardozi turn the tables on Jenni?
The 2025 Australian Cup at Flemington is set for March 30, marking the close of the Melbourne Autumn Carnival. This Group 1 race invites runners from the All-Star Mile and other traditional events, offering a 2000m challenge. Pride Of Jenni leads the betting at $2.70, yet the best bet is Zardozi, who is poised to excel at Flemington. Despite being narrowly defeated in the Peter Young Stakes, Zardozi is ready to peak. Highlighting the field are Pride Of Jenni, Zardozi, and Attrition, each with strong records and strategies targeting the Cup.
- The 2025 Australian Cup features on March 30 at Flemington, closing the Melbourne Autumn Carnival
- Pride Of Jenni leads betting, $2.70 odds, with Zardozi and Attrition as strong contenders
- Zardozi appeals each-way, a mare who excels at Flemington and is poised to peak after solid performances
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Cascadian defeating Pride of Jenni in the 2024 Australian Cup. (Getty)
The Australian Cup will be run on Saturday, March 30 at Flemington, with this 2000m feature headlining the final day of the Melbourne Autumn Carnival.
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This Group 1 has moved to the end of March, with runners able to come through the All-Star Mile or be presented from more traditional lead-up events.
At $2.70 via EliteBet, Pride Of Jenni heads the betting for the 2025 Australian Cup.
2025 Australian Cup Tips
2025 Australian Cup Best Bet - Zardozi
She was a beaten fav vs Pride Of Jenni in the Peter Young Stakes and each-way odds are available for Zardozi fourth-up, where the set-up is more favourable.
The daughter of Kingman is more effective at Flemington (has performed well in all six outings here) and James Cummings has set her for the Australian Cup.
More pressure up front brings Zardozi further into calculations this time around and now hard-fit/ready to peak, I feel this is her best chance of winning another Group 1.
The four-year-old certainly wasn't disgraced last start and that was without favours, while this looms as somewhat of a D-Day scenario for the Godolphin mare.
2025 Australian Cup Next Best Bet - Pride Of Jenni
The seven-year-old recorded a famous last start victory over 1800m in the Peter Young Stakes, where the exciting front-runner was resuming off a setback.
Although Pride Of Jenni faces some different challenges in this Australian Cup attempt, her record suggests that she always improves with a run under the belt.
Two of her three Group 1 wins have come at Flemington and she was runner-up in the 2024 Australian Cup prior to her all-the-way romp in the Queen Elizabeth Stakes.
Pride Of Jenni is more dangerous on firmer ground, which adds further merit to her second-up defeat here last prep and we all know where she'll be in the run.
2025 Australian Cup Value Bet - Attrition
With an unlucky return followed by an eye-catching second in the Group 2 Blamey Stakes last start, Attrition is ticking over well ahead of his Australian Cup bid.
He got the better of Zardozi in their recent March 1 clash, where the Mitchell Freedman-trained entire recorded the fastest last 200m of the Blamey Stakes.
The five-year-old untried at 2000m, although he proved himself past a mile when taking out the Group 2 Hill Stakes (1900m) last spring and that form reads well.
Those references through Kovalica, Royal Patronage and Pericles point towards Attrition being a Group 1 WFA horse, while this looks his target race for the autumn.
2025 Australian Cup Field & Odds
| No. | Horse | Trainer | Jockey | Barrier | Weight | Odds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Light Infantry Man (FR) | Ciaron Maher | Ethan Brown | 4 | 59kg | $9 |
| 2 | Attrition | Mitchell Freedman | John Allen | 6 | 59kg | $17 |
| 3 | Young Werther (NZ) | Danny O'Brien | Daniel Stackhouse | 10 | 59kg | $51 |
| 4 | Middle Earth (GB) | Ciaron Maher | Mark Zahra | 8 | 59kg | $4.80 |
| 5 | Shaiyhar (IRE) | Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young | Daniel Moor | 2 | 59kg | $51 |
| 6 | Pride Of Jenni | Ciaron Maher | Craig Newitt | 1 | 57kg | $2.70 |
| 7 | Atishu (NZ) | Chris Waller | Blake Shinn | 7 | 57kg | $8.50 |
| 8 | Zardozi | James Cummings | Jamie Melham | 9 | 57kg | $7.50 |
| 9 | Deny Knowledge (IRE) | Anthony & Sam Freedman | Craig Williams | 3 | 57kg | $12 |
| 10 | Feroce (NZ) | Dominic Sutton | Billy Egan | 5 | 54.5kg | $10 |
Odds courtesy of EliteBet & correct on 26/03/2025.
Verdict
Our tips for the 2025 Australian Cup are:
Zardozi
Each Way
$7.50 - 5 Units
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Pride Of Jenni
To Win
$2.70 - 4 Units
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Attrition
Each Way
$17.00 - 1 Unit
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