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The Hawkesbury Gold Cup is the feature Group 3 race on the Hawkesbury card on a Saturday in late April or early May at the tail-end of the autumn carnival.
The Hawkesbury Gold Cup is the feature race at the Hawkesbury Racecourse meeting in late April or early May each autumn. In 2013, the Hawkesbury Cup took place in August, and prior to that it shared the first week of November with the Melbourne Cup.
The Hawkesbury Gold Cup is a hugely popular race and is accompanied on the card by two other Group 3 status events – the Hawkesbury Crown (1300m) for fillies & mares, and the Hawkesbury Guineas (1400m) for three-year-olds.
Horses who run in the Hawkesbury Gold Cup usually have a decent autumn season of racing behind them. Some trainers use the Hawkesbury Gold Cup as preparation for the Brisbane Winter Racing Carnival that kicks off the following month.
Good lead-up races into the Hawkesbury Cup include Rosehill’s Group 3 Neville Sellwood Stakes (2000m) held a month before or the Group 3 Doncaster Prelude (1500m) at the same meeting.
The Listed Scone Cup (1600m) run in mid-May is another likely next-up target for the best runners out of the Hawkesbury Gold Cup each season.
The 2022 Hawkesbury Gold Cup form was franked with the winner Kirwan’s Lane returning that summer to win the $2 million Group 2 The Ingham (1600m) at Randwick. That year’s Hawkesbury Gold Cup third-placed mare Atishu went on to finish in the money in a host of feature races including a third in the Ingham Stakes before winning the Group 1 Queen Of The Turf Stakes (1600m) the following autumn in 2023.
The 2023 Hawkesbury Gold Cup ran on Saturday April 22, 2023 and was won by the Chris Waller-trained import New Mandate ($6.50).
2023 Hawkesbury Gold Cup |
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Date: |
Saturday April 22, 2023 |
Track: |
Hawkesbury Racecourse |
Distance: |
1600m |
Conditions: |
Open Handicap |
Status: |
Group 3 |
Prizemoney: |
$200,000 |
Inaugurated: |
1980 |
The Chris Waller-trained European import New Mandate ($6.50) was huge second-up dominating the Hawkesbury Gold Cup 2023 results with a commanding two-length win over his 30/1 stablemate Desert Icon thanks to a lovely ride by James McDonald.
Finish | No. | Horse | Trainer | Jockey | Margin | Bar. | Weight | Penalty | Starting Price | |
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1 | 8 | NEW MANDATE (IRE) | Chris Waller | James McDonald | 7 | 56kg | $6.50 | |||
2 | 6 | DESERT ICON (FR) | Chris Waller | Nash Rawiller | 1.88L | 9 | 56.5kg (cd 57kg) | $31 | ||
3 | 9 | JOJO WAS A MAN | John Thompson | Reece Jones (a) | 2.37L | 13 | 55kg | $6.50 | ||
4 | 4 | JUST FOLK | Josh Julius | Joshua Parr | 2.65L | 6 | 57.5kg | $8.50 | ||
5 | 5 | BERDIBEK (FR) | John O’Shea | Brenton Avdulla | 3.03L | 14 | 56.5kg | $51 | ||
6 | 10 | LORD ARDMORE (NZ) | Chris Waller | Joao Moreira | 3.21L | 4 | 54.5kg | $5.50 | ||
7 | 3 | FLOATING ARTIST (GB) | Ciaron Maher & David Eustace | Jason Collett | 3.24L | 10 | 57.5kg | $4.80F | ||
8 | 18e | WILD CHAP | Brett Lazzarini | Robbie Dolan | 4.65L | 1 | 54kg | $101 | ||
9 | 17e | SUPERIUM | Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes | Tyler Schiller (a) | 5.09L | 3 | 53.5kg | $41 | ||
10 | 15 | CHARACTER | James Cummings | Zac Lloyd (a) | 5.48L | 12 | 53.5kg | $17 | ||
11 | 20e | DYNASTIES | Peter & Paul Snowden | Dylan Gibbons (a) | 5.87L | 2 | 54kg | $14 | ||
12 | 7 | HOPEFUL (FR) | Annabel Neasham | Ms Rachel King | 6.21L | 8 | 56kg | $10 | ||
13 | 14 | LAURE ME IN | David Pfieffer | Ms Alysha Collett | 6.27L | 11 | 53.5kg | $31 | ||
14 | 16 | KISS THE BRIDE (NZ) | Bjorn Baker | Jay Ford | 6.41L | 5 | 53.5kg | $31 | ||
19e | BOLD MAC (NZ) | Chris Waller | Kerrin McEvoy | 0 | ||||||
1 | SKYMAN (GB) | Chris Waller | 0 | |||||||
2 | YONKERS (USA) | Chris Waller | 0 | |||||||
12 | HOSIER (IRE) | Kris Lees | Dylan Gibbons (a) | 0 | ||||||
13 | ARAMAYO | Sam Kavanagh | 0 | |||||||
11 | MY WHISPER | Peter & Paul Snowden | 0 |
Table Credit: Racing Australia.
The top Hawkesbury Gold Cup 2023 betting odds and links to pricing at Ladbrokes.com.au will be available right here the week of the race.
Amangiri ($4.80 in 2020) was the last favourite in Hawkesbury Gold Cup betting to salute for the punters.
Stay tuned for our insider Hawkesbury Gold Cup 2023 Tips on the April feature this autumn.
Nice edition of the Hawkesbury Gold Cup with a number of livewire chances but happy to stick with the class horse in the race who continues his comeback off a lengthy hiatus. Floating Artist from the Maher/Eustace stable is current favourite, but he is still at a backable price around the $5 mark in the markets. The import chases his first win since September 2021. He is best known for his 2021 spring campaign that included a very close second in the Group 2 Moonee Valley Gold Cup (2500m) and that eye-catching fourth to Verry Elleegant in that year’s Melbourne Cup over the two-miles. He was on the side lines all last year but made a nice return this month at Bendigo. Fresh of the big break he carried 60kg to a fourth over 1400m under a length beaten. Fitter for the run he drops down to 57.5kg and will relish the extra furlong up to a mile.
The Hawkesbury Gold Cup Field attracts a smart line-up of milers coming off earlier Sydney Autumn Racing Carnival runs or gearing up for the Group 1 events over similar distance in Brisbane during the winter.
The official Hawkesbury Gold Cup 2023 field & barriers is announced by Racing NSW on the Wednesday prior to the race.
The 2023 Hawkesbury Gold Cup final field features a capacity line-up of gallopers including the 2021 Melbourne Cup fourth-placed Floating Artist and the resuming Annabel Neasham-trained Motivator gelding Hopeful who was runner-up in the race last year.
No | Last 10 | Horse | Trainer | Jockey | Barrier | Weight | Probable Weight | Penalty | Hcp Rating |
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1 | 1x1x7701x6 | SKYMAN (GB) | Chris Waller | 2 | 58kg | 104 | |||
2 | 73x54250x5 | YONKERS (USA) | Chris Waller | 17 | 58kg | 104 | |||
3 | x0111324x4 | FLOATING ARTIST (GB) | Ciaron Maher & David Eustace | Jason Collett | 13 | 57.5kg | 103 | ||
4 | 6202220×44 | JUST FOLK | Josh Julius | Joshua Parr (late alt) | 9 | 57.5kg | 103 | ||
5 | 0566x0034x | BERDIBEK (FR) | John O’Shea | Brenton Avdulla | 20 | 56.5kg | 101 | ||
6 | 2x5711376x | DESERT ICON (FR) | Chris Waller | Nash Rawiller | 12 | 56.5kg | 101 | ||
7 | 01173x217x | HOPEFUL (FR) | Annabel Neasham | Ms Rachel King | 11 | 56kg | 100 | ||
8 | x1804x79x9 | NEW MANDATE (IRE) | Chris Waller | James McDonald | 10 | 56kg | 100 | ||
9 | 9x08411x05 | JOJO WAS A MAN | John Thompson | Reece Jones (a) | 16 | 55kg | 98 | ||
10 | 2113408×04 | LORD ARDMORE (NZ) | Chris Waller | Joao Moreira | 5 | 54.5kg | 97 | ||
11 | 13x90101x9 | MY WHISPER | Peter & Paul Snowden | 18 | 54kg | 99 | |||
12 | 9x13x110x6 | HOSIER (IRE) | Kris Lees | Dylan Gibbons (a) | 8 | 54kg | 96 | ||
13 | 00x5428x00 | ARAMAYO | Sam Kavanagh | 7 | 54kg | 94 | |||
14 | 005739×802 | LAURE ME IN | David Pfieffer | Ms Alysha Collett | 14 | 53.5kg | 93 | ||
15 | 0x73488x75 | CHARACTER | James Cummings | Zac Lloyd (a) | 15 | 53.5kg | 92 | ||
16 | 0x011960x3 | KISS THE BRIDE (NZ) | Bjorn Baker | Jay Ford | 6 | 53.5kg | 92 | ||
17e | x005105087 | SUPERIUM | Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes | Tyler Schiller (a) | 4 | 53.5kg | 92 | ||
18e | 0314210×65 | WILD CHAP | Brett Lazzarini | 1 | 54kg | 91 | |||
19e | 1660×24152 | BOLD MAC (NZ) | Chris Waller | Kerrin McEvoy | 19 | 53.5kg | 85 | ||
20e | 07x0549x98 | DYNASTIES | Peter & Paul Snowden | Chad Schofield | 3 | 54kg | 84 |
Table Credit: Racing Australia.
Early nominations for the Hawkesbury Gold Cup in 2023 close the Monday of race week and will be published in full below once confirmed.
Last 10 | Horse | Sex | Age | Trainer | Ballot | Weight | True Weight | Penalty | Hcp Rating | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 7x000x1217 | ZEYREK (FR) | G | 6 | Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes | 1 | 59.5kg | 59.5kg | 108 | |
2 | 3552x131x8 | DUKE DE SESSA (IRE) | H | 4 | Ciaron Maher & David Eustace | 2= | 57.5kg | 57.5kg | 104 | |
3 | 1x1x7701x6 | SKYMAN (GB) | G | 7 | Chris Waller | 2= | 57.5kg | 57.5kg | 104 | |
4 | 73x54250x5 | YONKERS (USA) | G | 7 | Chris Waller | 2= | 57.5kg | 57.5kg | 104 | |
5 | x0111324x4 | FLOATING ARTIST (GB) | G | 7 | Ciaron Maher & David Eustace | 5= | 57kg | 57kg | 103 | |
6 | 6202220×44 | JUST FOLK | G | 6 | Josh Julius | 5= | 57kg | 57kg | 103 | |
7 | 0566x0034x | BERDIBEK (FR) | G | 9 | John O’Shea | 7= | 56kg | 56kg | 101 | |
8 | 2x5711376x | DESERT ICON (FR) | G | 7 | Chris Waller | 7= | 56kg | 56kg | 101 | |
9 | 01173x217x | HOPEFUL (FR) | G | 6 | Annabel Neasham | 9= | 55.5kg | 55.5kg | 100 | |
10 | x1804x79x9 | NEW MANDATE (IRE) | G | 5 | Chris Waller | 9= | 55.5kg | 55.5kg | 100 | |
11 | 13x90101x9 | MY WHISPER | M | 4 | Peter & Paul Snowden | 11 | 54kg | 53kg | 99 | |
12 | 9x08411x05 | JOJO WAS A MAN | G | 5 | John Thompson | 12 | 54.5kg | 54.5kg | 98 | |
13 | 2113408×04 | LORD ARDMORE (NZ) | G | 5 | Chris Waller | 13 | 54kg | 54kg | 97 | |
14 | 50x100x568 | BRING THE RANSOM | M | 6 | Bjorn Baker | 14= | 54kg | 53kg | 96 | |
15 | 9x13x110x6 | HOSIER (IRE) | G | 6 | Kris Lees | 14= | 54kg | 53.5kg | 96 | |
16 | 00x5428x00 | ARAMAYO | G | 7 | Sam Kavanagh | 16= | 54kg | 53kg | 94 | |
17 | 6010×24133 | CAESARS PALACE | G | 5 | Anthony Cummings | 16= | 54kg | 53kg | 94 | |
18 | 212x143x05 | VISINARI (FR) | G | 6 | Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr) | 16= | 54kg | 53kg | 94 | |
19 | 005739×802 | LAURE ME IN | G | 8 | David Pfieffer | 19 | 54kg | 53kg | 93 | |
20 | 0x73488x75 | CHARACTER | G | 4 | James Cummings | 20= | 54kg | 53kg | 92 | |
21 | 7×11413377 | CUBAN ROYALE | G | 8 | Robert & Luke Price | 20= | 54kg | 53kg | 92 | |
22 | 0x011960x3 | KISS THE BRIDE (NZ) | G | 7 | Bjorn Baker | 20= | 54kg | 53kg | 92 | |
23 | x005105087 | SUPERIUM | G | 6 | Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes | 20= | 54kg | 53kg | 92 | |
24 | 0314210×65 | WILD CHAP | G | 6 | Brett Lazzarini | 24 | 54kg | 53kg | 91 | |
25 | 422118×696 | BELLATRIX BLACK (NZ) | M | 4 | Kris Lees | 25= | 54kg | 53kg | 85 | |
26 | 1660×24152 | BOLD MAC (NZ) | G | 5 | Chris Waller | 25= | 54kg | 53kg | 85 | |
27 | 4430×79601 | MYSTERY SHOT | G | 6 | Matthew Dale | 25= | 54kg | 53kg | 85 | |
28 | 07x0549x98 | DYNASTIES | M | 4 | Peter & Paul Snowden | 28= | 54kg | 53kg | 84 | |
29 | 643x7808x4 | ESTI FENY (HUN) | G | 8 | Matthew Smith | 28= | 54kg | 53kg | 84 | |
30 | 215180×961 | COGNAC (IRE) | G | 6 | Richard & Will Freedman | 30 | 54kg | 53kg | 82 | |
31 | 138x6408x3 | PALMETTO (NZ) | G | 4 | John Sargent | 31 | 54kg | 53kg | 81 | |
32 | 6x53112x61 | AUSBRED FLIRT | M | 4 | Brad Widdup | 32 | 54kg | 53kg | 78 | |
33 | 1135×32331 | DECADENT TALE | M | 5 | Jason Deamer | 33= | 54kg | 53kg | 74 | |
34 | x9216x9516 | ZAKERIZ | G | 8 | Chris Hardy | 33= | 54kg | 53kg | 74 |
Table Credit: Racing Australia.
The Hawkesbury Gold Cup was inaugurated in 1980, when Peninsula won the first title. The Hawkesbury Cup was initially run over 2000m, before it was reduced to a mile in 1988. Prior to 1997, the race held Listed status. Following several years of increased purse size and improving fields, the race was upgraded to Group 3.
In 2007, the decision was made to cancel the Hawkesbury Gold Cup meeting. This came about due to the outbreak of Equine Influenza; it was considered too great a risk to continue with the meeting. This among other cancelled meetings and events illustrate the broad-reaching consequences of Equine Influenza.
Recovering quickly, the Hawkesbury Race Club ran a stellar meeting in 2008, with Nuclear Sky seizing victory. Since then, the Hawkesbury Gold Cup has gone from strength to strength. There was more spotlight on Cup Day in the racing community during the 2014 meeting, mainly due to the fact that the event wasn’t vastly overshadowed by the Melbourne Cup.
The 2020 Hawkesbury Gold Cup took place at Rosehill Gardens due to the COVID-19 pandemic and restrictions to racing and was held over a reduced distance of 1500m.
Year | Place | Horse | Time |
---|---|---|---|
2023 Hawkesbury Cup |
1st |
New Mandate |
1:36.02 |
2nd | Desert Icon | ||
3rd | Jojo Was A Man | ||
2022 Hawkesbury Cup |
1st |
Kirwan’s Lane |
1:38.88 |
2nd | Hopeful | ||
3rd | Atishu | ||
2021 Hawkesbury Cup |
1st |
Archedemus |
1:35.94 |
2nd | Royal Celebration | ||
3rd | Purple Sector | ||
2020 Hawkesbury Cup |
1st |
Amangiri |
1:28.18 (held over 1500m) |
2nd | Live And Free | ||
3rd | Another Dollar | ||
2019 Hawkesbury Cup |
1st |
Archedemus |
1:34.47 |
2nd | Tom Melbourne | ||
3rd | Sixties Groove | ||
2018 Hawkesbury Cup |
1st |
Kingsguard |
1:37.05 |
2nd | Ecuador | ||
3rd | McCreery | ||
2017 Hawkesbury Cup |
1st |
Fabrizio |
1:34.6 |
2nd | Moher | ||
3rd | Testashadow | ||
2016 Hawkesbury Cup |
1st |
Amovatio |
1:34.8 |
2nd | Mighty Lucky | ||
3rd | Casino Dancer | ||
2015 Hawkesbury Cup |
1st |
Sons Of John |
1:38.4 |
2nd | Tales Of Grimm | ||
3rd | Rugged Cross | ||
2014 Hawkesbury Cup |
1st |
Leebaz |
1:36.50 |
2nd | Wistful | ||
3rd | Keep Cool | ||
2013 Hawkesbury Cup |
1st |
Coup Ay Tee |
1:35.64 |
2nd | Julienas | ||
3rd | Darci Be Good | ||
2012 Hawkesbury Cup |
1st |
Darci Be Good |
1:35:35 |
2nd | Isopach | ||
3rd | Praecido | ||
2011 Hawkesbury Cup |
1st |
Somepin Anypin |
1:34.7 |
2nd | Willy Jimmy | ||
3rd | Renewed Vitality | ||
2010 Hawkesbury Cup |
1st |
Thankgodyou’rehere |
1:35.31 |
2nd | Glintz | ||
3rd | Kimillsy | ||
2009 Hawkesbury Cup |
1st |
Keeping The Dream |
1:35.3 |
2nd | Spinney | ||
3rd | Bernicia | ||
2008 Hawkesbury Cup |
1st |
Nuclear Sky |
1:34.7 |
2nd | Alverta | ||
3rd | Gergis | ||
2007 Hawkesbury Cup |
1st |
race not held |
– |
2nd | race not held | ||
3rd | race not held | ||
2006 Hawkesbury Cup |
1st |
Beauty Watch |
1:34.4 |
2nd | Friday Creek | ||
3rd | Prince Arthur | ||
2005 Hawkesbury Cup |
1st |
Wild Queen |
1:38.0 |
2nd | Verb | ||
3rd | Cateclipse | ||
2004 Hawkesbury Cup |
1st |
Court’s In Session |
1:33.2 |
2nd | Magsaya | ||
3rd | Salgado | ||
2003 Hawkesbury Cup |
1st |
Stoway |
1:37.5 |
2nd | Vital Agreement | ||
3rd | Takas | ||
2002 Hawkesbury Cup |
1st |
This Manshood |
1:33.1 |
2nd | Huge Demand | ||
3rd | Evander | ||
2001 Hawkesbury Cup |
1st |
Carael Boy |
1:34.1 |
2nd | Play Station | ||
3rd | Ra Eclipse | ||
2000 Hawkesbury Cup |
1st |
Huge Demand |
1:33.8 |
2nd | Grey And Gold | ||
3rd | Lanolin | ||