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The $1 million Kingsford Smith Cup takes place in late May in Brisbane as a lead-up to The Stradbroke.
The BTC Cup is now known as the Kingsford Smith Cup and is no longer the first Group 1 race held at the Brisbane Winter Racing Carnival. Instead, since 2017, it runs a fortnight after its former spot on the carnival line-up and has been moved from Doomben Racecourse to Eagle Farm. For the 2013 running of the BTC Cup the race was moved to neighbouring Eagle Farm Racecourse in a bid to lure Black Caviar to the event and this track has been the race’s permanent home since 2017.
Formerly run over 1200m, the new-look Kingsford Smith Cup is contested in late May over 1300m and remains weight-for-age race feature. Offering $1,000,000 in prize money as of 2023, the race now serves as a final stepping stone into Queensland’s richest race – the Group 1 Stradbroke Handicap (1400m).
The new lead-up race into the Kingsford Smith Cup field is the Group 1 Doomben 10,000 (1200m) a fortnight earlier and the Doomben 10,000 – Kingsford Smith Cup double was achieved in 2019 by Kiwi galloper The Bostonian.
Many top horses, usually locally-trained, have run and won the BTC Cup over the years but none as notable as the mighty Black Caviar who travelled to Queensland to take out the classic over Hay List back in 2011 attracting a capacity crowd at Doomben decked out in her famous salmon and black polka dot colours.
In 2018 the Kingsford Smith Cup took place over 1350m distance back at Doomben Racecourse due to the ongoing issues at Eagle Farm and was won by the previous year’s Stradbroke Handicap champ Impending.
There was no 2020 Kingsford Smith Cup held due to COVID-19.
The 2023 Kingsford Smith Cup ran on Saturday May 27, 2023 offering $1 million in stakes for the first time and was won in style by the progressive Joe Pride-trained Think About It ($5.50).
Kingsford Smith Cup 2023 | |
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Date: | Saturday May 27, 2023 |
Track: | Eagle Farm Racecourse |
Distance: | 1300m |
Race Type: | Weight-For-Age |
Status: | Group 1 |
Prize Money: | $1,000,000 |
Joe Pride’s So You Think four-year-old Think About It ($5.50) continued his rise through the ranks taking his record up to eight wins from nine starts with an excellent effort to dominate the Kingsford Smith Cup 2023 results ahead of the $3 million Stradbroke Handicap on June 10.
Finish | No. | Horse | Trainer | Jockey | Margin | Bar. | Weight | Penalty | Starting Price | |
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1 | 11 | THINK ABOUT IT | Joseph Pride | Sam Clipperton | 7 | 59kg | $5.50 | |||
2 | 6 | CONVERGE | Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott | Tim Clark | 0.78L | 1 | 59kg | $14 | ||
3 | 4 | ROTHFIRE | Robert Heathcote | Blake Shinn | 1.09L | 6 | 59kg | $7 | ||
4 | 7 | KING OF SPARTA | Peter & Paul Snowden | Chad Schofield | 1.4L | 2 | 59kg | $6.50 | ||
5 | 17e | CHAILLOT | Steven O’Dea & Matthew Hoysted | Ben Thompson | 1.99L | 9 | 57kg | $19 | ||
6 | 5 | VILANA | James Cummings | James McDonald | 3.26L | 10 | 59kg | $10 | ||
7 | 14 | THE INFERNO | Cliff Brown | Craig Newitt | 4.08L | 8 | 59kg | $81 | ||
8 | 13 | ALPINE EDGE | Toby & Trent Edmonds | Ryan Maloney | 4.53L | 14 | 59kg | $101 | ||
9 | 2 | A CASE OF YOU (IRE) | Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr) | Mark Zahra | 4.97L | 5 | 59kg | $4.40F | ||
10 | 10 | GENTLEMAN ROY | Ben & JD Hayes | Craig Williams | 5.93L | 15 | 59kg | $21 | ||
11 | 3 | PAULELE | James Cummings | Ben Melham | 5.98L | 13 | 59kg | $20 | ||
12 | 8 | KIRWAN’S LANE (NZ) | John O’Shea | Jason Collett | 6.28L | 12 | 59kg | $61 | ||
13 | 12 | EMERALD KINGDOM | Desleigh Forster | Damien Thornton | 7.09L | 3 | 59kg | $61 | ||
14 | 9 | ELEVEN ELEVEN | Gregory Hickman | Tyler Schiller (a) | 7.84L | 11 | 59kg | $81 | ||
15 | 1 | EDUARDO | Joseph Pride | Nash Rawiller | 12.67L | 4 | 59kg | $15 | ||
16 | 16 | PALAISIPAN | Chris Munce | Joshua Parr | 130.76L | 16 | 57kg | $41 | ||
19e | ANTINO (NZ) | Tony Gollan | James Orman | 0 | ||||||
18e | IRISH SONGS | Louise White | Larry Cassidy | 0 | ||||||
15 | PROMISE OF SUCCESS (GB) | John O’Shea | Jason Collett | 0 |
Table Credit: Racing Australia.
Formerly the BTC Cup – the Kingsford Smith Cup 2023 betting odds on the hopeful winter sprinters plus market links to Ladbrokes.com.au will be detailed below as soon as released.
Impending ($4.20 equal favourite in 2018) was the last favourite or equal favourite in Kingsford Smith Cup betting to win and the first since Black Caviar (2011) when the event was run over 1200m as the BTC Cup.
Stay tuned for our comprehensive 2023 Kingsford Smith Cup Form Guide & Preview on all the horses in the mix for the weight-for-age Group 1.
Stay tuned for our insider Kingsford Smith Cup 2023 Tips on the million-dollar Brisbane winter showdown.
An open edition of the Kingsford Smith Cup with a host of sprint stars and emerging runners to choose between. Have landed on the in-form local from the stables of Robert Heathcote. A $2 million earner the five-year-old has a strong Eagle Farm track record (11:6-1-1) and has his 10th Group 1 start here. He won the JJ Atkins as a two-year-old in 2020 and has been in the money in a number of subsequent elite level races including a third in last year’s Stradbroke. That came off the back of a fourth in this event. He is arguably going better this winter season having won the Group 2 Victory Stakes narrowly second-up last time out. Fit for his third run this prep here and ticks plenty of boxes at a good price.
The Kingsford Smith Cup Field – formerly the BTC Cup – attracts a class line-up of local and interstate sprinting talent heading towards the Stradbroke Handicap a fortnight later back at Eagle Farm Racecourse each year. Since 2017, the Kingsford Smith Cup field features gallopers coming off a lead-up run in the Doomben 10,000 two weeks prior.
The official Kingsford Smith Cup 2023 field and barriers are announced by Racing Queensland on the Tuesday of race week and once released will be published in full below.
The 2023 Kingsford Smith Cup final field features a capacity line-up of WFA sprint stars led in betting by the flying Joe Pride-trained Think About It chasing a sixth straight win after his lead-up success in the Listed Takeover Target Stakes at Gosford.
Click here to read more on the key runners in the Kingsford Smith Cup 2023 field and betting markets.
No | Last 10 | Horse | Trainer | Jockey | Barrier | Weight | Probable Weight | Penalty | Hcp Rating |
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1 | 2x1406x20x | EDUARDO | Joseph Pride | Nash Rawiller | 5 | 59kg | 116 | ||
2 | 130x00x565 | A CASE OF YOU (IRE) | Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr) | Mark Zahra | 6 | 59kg | 112 | ||
3 | 2x61801x84 | PAULELE | James Cummings | Ben Melham | 16 | 59kg | 112 | ||
4 | 3x15285x21 | ROTHFIRE | Robert Heathcote | Blake Shinn | 7 | 59kg | 111 | ||
5 | 18x1810x17 | VILANA | James Cummings | James McDonald | 13 | 59kg | 109 | ||
6 | 0x6900x730 | CONVERGE | Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott | Tim Clark | 1 | 59kg | 108 | ||
7 | 6146×11462 | KING OF SPARTA | Peter & Paul Snowden | Chad Schofield | 2 | 59kg | 107 | ||
8 | x44131x69x | KIRWAN’S LANE (NZ) | John O’Shea | Opie Bosson | 15 | 59kg | 107 | ||
9 | 430x5L92x7 | ELEVEN ELEVEN | Gregory Hickman | Tyler Schiller (a) | 14 | 59kg | 106 | ||
10 | 2146×12470 | GENTLEMAN ROY | Ben & JD Hayes | Craig Williams | 18 | 59kg | 106 | ||
11 | 113x1111x1 | THINK ABOUT IT | Joseph Pride | Sam Clipperton | 8 | 59kg | 105 | ||
12 | 4181610×42 | EMERALD KINGDOM | Desleigh Forster | Damien Thornton | 4 | 59kg | 105 | ||
13 | 505x721x01 | ALPINE EDGE | Toby & Trent Edmonds | Ryan Maloney | 17 | 59kg | 103 | ||
14 | 730x400x92 | THE INFERNO | Cliff Brown | Craig Newitt | 9 | 59kg | 102 | ||
15 | 5x7109x975 | PROMISE OF SUCCESS (GB) | John O’Shea | 12 | 57kg | 106 | |||
16 | 13x3220x42 | PALAISIPAN | Chris Munce | Joshua Parr | 19 | 57kg | 105 | ||
17e | x68x060x1x | CHAILLOT | Steven O’Dea & Matthew Hoysted | Ben Thompson | 11 | 57kg | 102 | ||
18e | 909×612619 | IRISH SONGS | Louise White | 10 | 59kg | 94 | |||
19e | 1x1131x11 | ANTINO (NZ) | Tony Gollan | James Orman | 3 | 59kg | 90 |
Table Credit: Racing Australia.
The 2023 Kingsford Smith Cup nominations close on a Tuesday in early May over three weeks out from the race, followed by first acceptances later in the month.
The Kingsford Smith Cup 2023 nominations close on Tuesday the 2nd of May, 2023.
The 2023 Kingsford Smith Cup nominations attracted 63 sprinters led in all-in betting by the likes of Godolphin’s The Hunter winning Hallowed Crown four-year-old Vilana, the fellow James Cummings-trained Aft Cabin who won the Arrowfield 3YO Sprint in Sydney over the autumn, and Rob Heathcote’s recent Group 2 Victory Stakes winner Rothfire.
Last 10 | Horse | Sex | Age | Trainer | Hcp Rating | |
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1 | 2130x00x56 | A CASE OF YOU (IRE) | H | 5 | Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr) | |
2 | 2121×1541 | AFT CABIN | C | 3 | James Cummings | |
3 | 505x721x01 | ALPINE EDGE | H | 4 | Toby & Trent Edmonds | |
4 | 0x00493156 | ANIMATE | G | 6 | Kris Lees | |
5 | 15x133x707 | BALLER | G | 7 | Tony Gollan | |
6 | x1219x3023 | BELLA NIPOTINA | M | 5 | Ciaron Maher & David Eustace | |
7 | 14x430x86x | BRERETON | C | 3 | Peter G Moody | |
8 | 23110×6211 | CARDINAL GEM | G | 4 | Grahame Begg | |
9 | x68x060x1x | CHAILLOT | M | 6 | Steven O’Dea & Matthew Hoysted | |
10 | 1310x3899x | CHAIN OF LIGHTNING | M | 4 | Peter G Moody | |
11 | 12x221x52x | CLEMENCEAU | G | 4 | Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes | |
12 | 0x6900x730 | CONVERGE | G | 4 | Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott | |
13 | 65x722336x | CORONA LAD | G | 4 | Ashley Perks | |
14 | 2x1406x20x | EDUARDO | G | 9 | Joseph Pride | |
15 | x430x5L92x | ELEVEN ELEVEN | G | 6 | Gregory Hickman | |
16 | 4181610×42 | EMERALD KINGDOM | G | 8 | Desleigh Forster | |
17 | 1x640x611x | ESPIONA | M | 4 | Chris Waller | |
18 | 023x70x259 | GEM SONG | G | 7 | Kris Lees | |
19 | 0x2436x885 | GENERATION | H | 4 | Ciaron Maher & David Eustace | |
20 | 2146×12470 | GENTLEMAN ROY | G | 6 | Ben & JD Hayes | |
21 | x94000x826 | HILAL | H | 4 | Tony Gollan | |
22 | 176x1233x8 | HOLYFIELD | G | 5 | Annabel Neasham | |
23 | x23111878x | INVER PARK (GB) | G | 5 | Kris Lees | |
24 | x909x61261 | IRISH SONGS | G | 7 | Louise White | |
25 | 03x54737x0 | KEMENTARI | G | 8 | James Cummings | |
26 | 5x179x42x6 | KIKU | M | 5 | Chris Waller | |
27 | 6146×11462 | KING OF SPARTA | G | 4 | Peter & Paul Snowden | |
28 | x44131x69x | KIRWAN’S LANE (NZ) | G | 6 | John O’Shea | |
29 | 1x347x1228 | LOFTY STRIKE | C | 3 | Julius Sandhu | |
30 | x10x317x60 | LOST AND RUNNING (NZ) | G | 6 | John O’Shea | |
31 | 020x5025x1 | MALKOVICH | G | 5 | Bjorn Baker | |
32 | 1x11115x8x | MARABI | M | 6 | Ciaron Maher & David Eustace | |
33 | 1443×11415 | MARIAMIA | M | 6 | Joseph Pride | |
34 | 2x9x65183x | ME ME LAGARDE | M | 4 | Toby & Trent Edmonds | |
35 | x2610x7954 | MIDNIGHT IN TOKYO | F | 3 | Kacy Fogden | |
36 | 7x112370x0 | MILITARY EXPERT | H | 4 | Annabel Neasham | |
37 | 784×746153 | NOT AN OPTION | G | 5 | Michael Moroney | |
38 | 128121×145 | OPAL RIDGE | F | 3 | Luke Pepper | |
39 | 57x26690x1 | OVERPASS | G | 4 | Bjorn Baker | |
40 | 13x3220x4x | PALAISIPAN | M | 5 | Chris Munce | |
41 | 2x61801x84 | PAULELE | H | 4 | James Cummings | |
42 | 227572380x | PRIME CANDIDATE | G | 8 | Bjorn Baker | |
43 | 110x840x13 | PRINCE OF BOOM | G | 4 | Robert Heathcote | |
44 | 5x7109x975 | PROMISE OF SUCCESS (GB) | M | 7 | John O’Shea | |
45 | 111x0x168x | QUANTICO | G | 6 | John O’Shea | |
46 | x4221x0039 | ROCH ’N’ HORSE (NZ) | M | 6 | Michael Moroney | |
47 | 3x15285x21 | ROTHFIRE | G | 5 | Robert Heathcote | |
48 | 11x320x | RUTHLESS DAME (NZ) | F | 3 | Ciaron Maher & David Eustace | |
49 | 75251x311x | SCALLOPINI | G | 8 | Steven O’Dea & Matthew Hoysted | |
50 | 35x84x404x | SEPTEMBER RUN | M | 5 | Chris Waller | |
51 | 211118×099 | SHADES OF ROSE | M | 4 | Bjorn Baker | |
52 | x28x67458x | SINAWANN (IRE) | H | 6 | Anthony & Sam Freedman | |
53 | 951x700x80 | STARTANTES | M | 4 | Robert Heathcote | |
54 | 12x397x482 | SWISS EXILE | C | 3 | Annabel Neasham | |
55 | 730x400x92 | THE INFERNO | G | 6 | Cliff Brown | |
56 | 113x1111x | THINK ABOUT IT | G | 4 | Joseph Pride | |
57 | 45x121113x | UCALLEDIT (NZ) | G | 5 | Kris Lees | |
58 | 518x1810x1 | VILANA | H | 4 | James Cummings | |
59 | 8102x9551x | VINCO | G | 6 | Tony Gollan | |
60 | x11x422x02 | WAIHAHA FALLS (NZ) | G | 5 | John O’Shea | |
61 | 15x1334x03 | WEONA SMARTONE (NZ) | G | 6 | David Vandyke | |
62 | 2x183x2236 | ZOU TIGER | C | 3 | John O’Shea | |
63 | 0x0865x05x | ZOUTORI | G | 7 | Mathew Ellerton |
Table Credit: Racing Australia.
The race now known as the Kingsford Smith Cup was inaugurated in 1964 as the J.T. Delaney Quality Handicap and has always played a part of the Brisbane Winter Racing Carnival. It has undergone a host of name changes over the years including the BTC Cup, which it was known as from 2004 – 2016. In 2017 a rescheduled Queensland winter program saw the race name changed to the Kingsford Smith Cup. It also moved from Doomben Racecourse to Eagle Farm Racecourse and the distance was upped from 1200m to 1350m.
The event began as a Principal Race and was elevated to its current Group 1 status in 2006 when Gee I Jane took out top honours. A host of talented sprinters have won the BTC Cup over the years including Apache Cat (2008), Black Caviar (2011) and Malaguerra (2016). The last back-to-back BTC Cup winner was Buck’s Price (1993-94).
In 2022, local trainer Desleigh Forster celebrated her first Group 1 success with smart four-year-old Apache Chase saluting at $12.
Year | Place | Horse | Time |
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2023 Kingsford Smith Cup |
1st | Think About It | 1 minute 16.11 seconds |
2nd | Converge | ||
3rd | Rothfire | ||
2022 Kingsford Smith Cup |
1st | Apache Chase | 1 minute 16.39 seconds |
2nd | Paulele | ||
3rd | Eleven Eleven | ||
2021 Kingsford Smith Cup |
1st | Vega One | 1 minute 16.91 seconds |
2nd | Jonker | ||
3rd | Signore Fox | ||
2020 Kingsford Smith CupRace Not Held Due to COVID-19 |
1st | – | TBD |
2nd | – | ||
3rd | – | ||
2019 Kingsford Smith Cup |
1st | The Bostonian | 1 minute 15.51 seconds |
2nd | Princess Posh | ||
3rd | Trekking | ||
2018 Kingsford Smith Cup |
1st | Impending | 1 minute 19.5 seconds |
2nd | Le Romain | ||
3rd | Champagne Cuddles | ||
2017 Kingsford Smith Cup |
1st | Clearly Innocent | 1 minute 19.09 seconds |
2nd | Jungle Edge | ||
3rd | Counterattack | ||
2016 BTC Cup |
1st | Malaguerra | 1 minute 08.73 seconds |
2nd | Dothraki | ||
3rd | Japonisme | ||
2015 BTC Cup |
1st | Hot Snitzel | 1 minute 09.47 seconds |
2nd | Knoydart | ||
3rd | Our Boy Malachi | ||
2014 BTC Cup |
1st | Famous Seamus | 1 minute 9.06 seconds |
2nd | Spirit Of Boom | ||
3rd | Buffering | ||
2013 BTC Cup |
1st | Your Song | 1 minute 11.3 seconds |
2nd | Rain Affair | ||
3rd | Better Than Ready | ||
2012 BTC Cup |
1st | Sea Siren | 1 minute 08.3 seconds |
2nd | Scenic Blast | ||
3rd | Beaded | ||
2011 BTC Cup |
1st | Black Caviar | 1 minute 08.8 seconds |
2nd | Hay List | ||
3rd | Buffering | ||
2010 BTC Cup |
1st | Albert The Fat | 1 minute 9.24 seconds |
2nd | Melito | ||
3rd | Latin News | ||
2009 BTC Cup |
1st | Duporth | 1 minute 8.9 seconds |
2nd | Bank Robber | ||
3rd | Apache Cat | ||
2008 BTC Cup |
1st | Apache Cat | 1 minute 9.3 seconds |
2nd | Vormista | ||
3rd | Swiss Ace | ||
2007 BTC Cup |
1st | Bentley Biscuit | 1 minute 8.5 seconds |
2nd | Takeover Target | ||
3rd | Mitanni | ||
2006 BTC Cup |
1st | Gee I Jane | 1 minute 8.6 seconds |
2nd | Daunting Lad | ||
3rd | All Bar One | ||
2005 BTC Cup |
1st | Spark Of Life | 1 minute 9 seconds |
2nd | St Basil | ||
3rd | Regimental Gal | ||
2004 BTC Cup |
1st | Thorn Park | 1 minute 8.7 seconds |
2nd | Star Of Florida | ||
3rd | Regimental Gal | ||
2003 BTC Cup |
1st | Falvelon | 1 minute 10 seconds |
2nd | Make Mine Magic | ||
3rd | Diamond Dane | ||
2002 BTC Cup |
1st | Lord Essex | 1 minute 8.3 seconds |
2nd | Falvelon | ||
3rd | Phoenix Park | ||
2001 BTC Cup |
1st | Fritz | 1 minute 9.1 seconds |
2nd | Show A Heart | ||
3rd | King Lotto | ||
2000 BTC Cup |
1st | Falvelon | 1 minute 8.4 seconds |
2nd | Mr Innocent | ||
3rd | Toledo |