Premier’s Cup (ATC)

The Group 3 Premier’s Cup is a 2000m event for stayers held under Quality Handicap conditions run at Royal Randwick each year.

Worth $250,000 the race is often a key event for horses on their way to the Group 1 Metropolitan (2400m), Group 1 Caulfield Cup (2400m) or even the Melbourne Cup (3200m).

The Premier’s Cup has been dominated by some of the bigger Sydney stables, with Gai Waterhouse (4), Chris Waller (2), Kris Lees (2) and John Hawkes (2) all tasting multiple successes in the race since 2000.

Favourites have a strong record in the Premier’s Cup, with seven bookies’ elects getting the job done and a further 12 filling the minor placings since 2001.

Notable winners of the Premier’s Cup in that time include Mugatoo (2020), Avilius (2018), Sense Of Occasion (2016), Magic Hurricane (2015), Glencadam Gold (2012), Activation (2006) and Railings (2005).

2023 Premier’s Cup Odds

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Best Premier’s Cup bookmakers

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2023 Premier’s Cup Final Field

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Previous Premier’s Cup Fields

Check the previous fields of the Premier’s Cup here.

• 2022 Premier’s Cup field

  No.	Silks	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight
  1		Le Don De Vie	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Nash Rawiller	1	60kg
  2		Arapaho	Bjorn Baker	Rachel King	14	56kg
  3		Lord Ardmore	Chris Waller	Hugh Bowman	5	56kg
  4		Carif	Peter & Paul Snowden	Sam Clipperton	13	54.5kg
  5		Skyman	Chris Waller	Tommy Berry	2	54.5kg
  6		Raging Bull	David Payne	Tom Sherry	7	54kg
  7		Toomuchtobear	Chris Waller	Kerrin McEvoy	10	53kg
  8		Francesco Guardi	Chris Waller	William Pike	12	53kg
  9		Grove Ferry	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Tim Clark	4	53kg
  10		Chalk Stream	Chris Waller	Kathy O’Hara	11	53kg
  11		Le Chevalee	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Louise Day	9	53kg
  12		Durston	Chris Waller	Andrew Adkins	8	53kg
  13		Yiyi	Chris Waller	Jay Ford	3	53kg
  14		She’s A Maneater	Peter Lock	Tyler Schiller	6	53kg

2022 Premier’s Cup result

Recent Premier’s Cup winners

• 2022: Arapaho causes Premier’s Cup boilover
  Having claimed the Listed Grafton Cup (2350m) two starts prior, the Bjorn Baker-trained Arapaho added the Group 3 Premier’s Cup to a somewhat underrated career record. Sent around as a $21 chance, Arapaho was seemingly up against it, but under a well-timed steer from Rachel King, arrived in time to get the better of Chris Waller’s Francesco Guardi and Lord Ardmore in impressive style. The victory handed Baker and King a second straight win in the race, having partnered Harpo Marx to glory in the race 12 months prior.
• 2021: Harpo Marx blouses rivals
  Despite not thinking too highly of Harpo Marx when the import arrived at his stable, Bjorn Baker’s opinion had well and truly changed when he claiming his first stakes success in the relocated Premier’s Cup. Held at Kembla Grange due to Covid-19 restrictions, Harpo Marx relished the track conditions and a significant weight drop from his last start, to finish strongly under Ms Rachel King and down fellow Spirit Ridge ($4.80) by a head. Inverloch ($10) was another three-quarters of a length away in third.
• 2020: Mugatoo signals spring intent
  Trainer Kris Lees believes Mugatoo has the scope to reach Group One level during the spring and pinpointed the Metropolitan Handicap as a likely goal following the import’s dominant win in the Premier’s Cup. The staying import took his record to two wins from as many starts this campaign with the classy victory, coming from the rear of the field under Kerrin McEvoy. Mugatoo started a popular $1.90 favourite and finished strongly to down Sikandarabad ($10) by 1.25 lengths with Herengawe ($81) a close third.
• 2019: Wu Gok relishes heavy deck
  The Chris Waller-trained Wu Gok confirmed his status as a genuine wet-tracker, claiming his first Stakes success in the Group 3 Premier’s Cup. Waller had a heavy hand in the Group 3 event for stayers, with training seven of the 10 horses engaged, which resulted in him training the first five horses past the winning post. Wu Gok ($6.50) kept his new stablemate, former Perth horse Come Play With Me ($3.20) at bay by a length, with Tommy Berry producing an expert ride on the leader’s back throughout and pinching an inside run along the rails. The move proved to be a decisive one, with Wu Gok finding plenty late on.

Premier’s Cup winners

Premier’s Cup Past Winners Pre 2000