Doomben Cup 2025 Betting Tips - Firmer is fine for Antino

Alex Marsh

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Last updated: Wed 21 May 2025 07:17

Alex Marsh 21 May 2025

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The Doomben Cup is a Group 1 race worth $1 million, attracting top middle-distance horses
Antino, trained by Tony Gollan, is the current favourite
Fawkner Park and Osipenko are also strong contenders

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Fawkner Park is one of the leading chances in the Doomben Cup. (Getty)

The Doomben Cup is one of Queensland’s premier races during their Winter Carnival and this Group 1 headlines the feature program on Saturday, May 24.

2025 Doomben Cup Tips
2025 Doomben Cup Field & Odds

Worth $1 million, this race is run under WFA conditions over 2000m and is targeted by some of the country's leading middle-distance horses.

At $3.50 with Picklebet, Antino heads the 2025 Doomben Cup market.

2025 Doomben Cup Tips

2025 Doomben Cup Best Bet - Antino

Heavy tracks can exaggerate beaten margins, however, the main query with Antino heading into the Hollidale Stakes was the testing Gold Coast surface.

The Tony Gollan-trained galloper will get a firmer track for the Doomben 10,000 and while untested at 2000m, his recent win suggests that it won't be an issue.

Following a Group 1 demolition in last year's Toorak Handicap, Antino split Australia's two best milers at WFA level before contesting the Hong Kong Mile.

His Hong Kong effort was inconclusive, as he was badly checked at a key stage of that Sha Tin feature and he arrives to this third-up attempt with confidence.

2025 Doomben Cup Next Best Bet - Fawkner Park

All eight of his wins have come on good ground and with the Gold Coast track deteriorating a fortnight ago, the late market drift for Fawkner Park was no shock.

While he was well-held behind Antino, the six-year-old outperformed expectations in testing conditions and he arguably should've won this race last year.

2000m and a fast tempo will suit the Archibald-trained gelding, while he maps to find the best ground late (inside lanes have been inferior at Doomben).

Prior to his Queen Elizabeth Stakes performance, Fawkner Park recorded the fastest last 200m of both the Verry Elleegant Stakes and Ranvet Stakes.

2025 Doomben Cup Value Bet - Osipenko

He's perhaps looking for something a little easier, although Osipenko has returned in decent touch and getting 2000m is ideal for his third-up assignment.

The Chris Waller-trained galloper was spelled after breaking a long drought in January and All Aged Stakes return had merit (third-fastest closing sectionals of the race).

Osipenko then ran into a hard-fit wet-tracker in Punch Lane when runner-up in the Hawkesbury Cup and that 1600m effort should top him off nicely.

The son of Pierro has an advantage in being three weeks between runs vs key threats who are here a fortnight after slogging it out at the Gold Coast.

2025 Doomben Cup Field & Odds

No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Odds
1	Antino (NZ)	Tony Gollan	Blake Shinn	11	59kg	$3.50
2	Lindermann	Chris Waller	Nash Rawiller	3	59kg	$10
3	Fawkner Park (IRE)	Annabel & Rob Archibald	Ethan Brown	9	59kg	$8
4	Bois D'argent (GB)	Annabel & Rob Archibald	Ryan Maloney	8	59kg	$19
5	Militarize (NZ)	Chris Waller	Tommy Berry	10	59kg	$16
6	My Oberon (IRE)	Annabel & Rob Archibald	Jason Collett	2	59kg	$23
7	Kovalica (NZ)	Chris Waller	James McDonald	6	59kg	$8
8	Eliyass (FR)	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Tim Clark	13	59kg	$9
9	Osipenko (NZ)	Chris Waller	Kerrin McEvoy	12	59kg	$21
10	Klondike (GB)	John O'Shea & Tom Charlton	Matthew Poon	5	59kg	$81
11	Floating	Matthew Smith	Mark Zahra	4	59kg	scr
12	Pride Of Jenni	Ciaron Maher	Craig Newitt	1	57kg	$4.20
13	Miss Joelene	Kelly Schweida	Cejay Graham	7	57kg	$34