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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).
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Latest Premier’s Cup News
Arapaho & Zapateo give Rachel King Group 3 double at Randwick
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Mugatoo too classy in Premiers Cup win
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.
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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 SkymanChris WallerTommy Berry254.5kg6 Raging BullDavid PayneTom Sherry754kg7 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 ChevaleeCiaron Maher & David EustaceLouise Day953kg12 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
1st – Arapaho ($21.00)
2nd – Francesco Guardi ($2.30)
3rd – Lord Ardmore ($1.50)
Recent Premier’s Cup winners
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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 | |||
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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 | |||
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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 |