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Group Three Betting Guide
Date: August 19, 2023
Location: Randwick Racecourse – Sydney, New South Wales
Prize Money: $250,000
Distance: 2000m

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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2023 Premier’s Cup Final Field

Horsebetting.com.au will update this page when the 2023 Premier’s Cup field is released.


Previous Premier’s Cup Fields

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

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

2022 Premier’s Cup result


1stArapaho ($21.00)
2ndFrancesco Guardi ($2.30)
3rdLord Ardmore ($1.50)

Recent Premier’s Cup winners

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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
Year Horse Jockey Trainer
2022 Arapaho Rachel King Bjorn Baker
2021 Harpo Marx Rachel King Bjorn Baker
2020 Mugatoo Kerrin McEvoy Kris Lees
2019 Wu Gok Tommy Berry Chris Waller
2018 Avilius Glyn Schofield James Cummings
2017 Dee I Cee Rachel King Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott
2016 Sense Of Occasion Tim Clark Kris Lees
2015 Magic Hurricane Sam Clipperton John O’Shea
2014 Greatwood Tommy Berry Gai Waterhouse
2013 Less Is More Jay Ford David Vandyke
2012 Glencadam Gold Tommy Berry Gai Waterhouse
2011 Break Card Jay Ford Gerald Ryan
2010 Snow Alert Damien Oliver Chris Waller
2009 Emperor Bonaparte Blake Shinn David Payne
2008 Red Lord Corey Brown Anthony Cummings
2007 Race Not Held
2006 Activation Michael Rodd Graeme Rogerson
2005 Railings Darren Beadman John Hawkes
2004 Bush Honey Danny Beasley Guy Walter
2003 Domine Darren Beadman John Hawkes
2002 Gamesman Jim Cassidy Gai Waterhouse
2001 Mulan Princess Chris Munce Gai Waterhouse
2000 Super Revenir Paul Falvey Phil McLeod

Premier’s Cup Past Winners Pre 2000

Premier’s Cup Past Winners Pre 2000
Year Horse
1999 Catapult
1998 Joss Sticks
1997 Ask The Waiter
1996 Race Not Held
1995 Ardeed
1994 Century Reign
1993 O’Hara
1992 Donegal Mist
1991 Hammond
1990 Kessem
1989 Port Kingdom
1988 Natural Habit
1987 Northern Plain
1986 Fix The Date
1985 Colour Page
1984 Just For Tristram
1983 Tulsa Knight
1982 Bourbon Boy
1981 Coe
1980 Diamond Park
1979 In Luck
1978 Leonotis
1977 Such Fun
1976 Northbridge Lad
1975 Americano
1974 Broadway Hit
1973 Drum Roll
1972 Red God
1971 Oncidon
1970 Tails
1969 Tails
1968 By Gee
1967 Tupaki
1966 Victory Roll
1965 Duo
1964 Striking Force
1963 Alpensea
1962 Tamure
1961 Gemstone
1960 Boorala
1959 Bardshah
1958 Caranna
1957 Turkestan
1956 Regal Forest
1955 Talisman
1954 El Ziet
1953 Maynard
1952 Hydrogen
1951 Amused
1950 Hurry Up
1949 Dark Marne
1948 Paktong
1947 Courier

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