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The 2019 Ballarat Cup is a 2000m event held at Ballarat Racecourse during mid to late November each year at the very tail end of the Victorian Spring Racing Carnival.

A Listed event, the Ballarat Cup is worth a generous $500,000 in total prize money making it one of the richest provincial Victorian cups. It is held under open handicap conditions, and tends to attract some pretty solid talent each year.

Some lead-up races worth watching include other cup events such as the Kyneton Cup or the Bendigo Cup. The 2017 Ballarat Cup winner Grand Dreamer improved on a lead-up third in the Kyneton Cup for his win. The Group 3 Eclipse Stakes (1800m) run at Sandown’s Ladbrokes Park the Saturday before also serves as a good Ballarat Cup lead-up. Kiwia (5th in 2018) was the last Ballarat Cup winner to come out of the Eclipse Stakes. Kiwia returned in 2019 to enjoy back-to-back Ballarat Cup wins.

Many country runners, and even some metro types, often contest several country cups as part of their campaign. Other staying events during the Melbourne Cup Carnival are also often contested by horses on their way to the Ballarat Cup.

The Ballarat Cup represents the end of the spring racing carnival in Victoria, as it’s the last black-type meet and the last feature day.

Plenty of quality gallopers contest the Ballarat Cup, the form of which has stacked-up in tougher races including the 2013 winner The Offer backing-up the following autumn to win the 2014 edition of the Group 1 Sydney Cup (3200m).

The 2019 Ballarat Cup ran on Saturday November 23, 2019 and was won by the defending champion Kiwia. 

Ballarat Cup 2019
Date:	Saturday November 23, 2019
Racecourse:	Ballarat Racecourse
Distance:	2000m
Race Type:	Handicap
Status:	Listed
Prize Money:	$500,000

2019 Ballarat Cup Results

• 1st: #4 Kiwia
• 2nd: #12 Double You Tee
• 3rd: #10 Another Dollar

The Ballarat Cup 2019 results saw a thrilling late finish with the defending champion, the now Archie Alexander-trained Kiwia, taking out back-to-back editions with a narrow victory over the fast-finishing Double You Tee (2nd) and the Chris Waller-trained Another Dollar (3rd).

Read more on the tough back-to-back Ballarat Cup 2019 winner Kiwia.

Place	#	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Barrier	Weight	SP
1	4	KIWIA	Archie Alexander	John Allen	–	10	56.5kg	$16
2	12	DOUBLE YOU TEE	Patrick Payne	Billy Egan	0.1L	9	54kg	$9.50
3	10	ANOTHER DOLLAR (NZ)	Chris Waller	Ms Linda Meech	0.6L	7	54kg	$20
4	3	CARZOFF (FR)	Chris Waller	Mark Zahra	0.9L	8	58.5kg	$26
5	5	DR DRILL (GB)	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Craig Williams	1L	1	56kg	$2.60F
6	1	FIFTY STARS (IRE)	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Jye McNeil	1.1L	4	60.5kg	$5.50
7	16	ARISTOCRATIC MISS	Tony & Calvin McEvoy	Luke Currie	1.3L	6	54kg	$19
8	6	RUNAWAY	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Zac Spain	2.55L	13	56kg	$41
9	9	ALFARRIS (FR)	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Daniel Stackhouse	2.95L	5	54.5kg	$41
10	2	SUZUKA DEVIOUS (JPN)	Mitsuru Hashida	Michael Dee	3.25L	11	59kg	$11
11	13	HANG MAN (IRE)	Michael Moroney	James Winks	3.35L	14	54kg	$12
12	11	SECOND BULLET	Danny O’Brien	Damien Thornton	4.35L	15	54kg	$101
13	7	PLEIN CIEL (GER)	Anthony Freedman	Ben Allen	4.65L	12	55.5kg	$19
14	20e	MELI MELO	Barry Brook	Cory Parish	5.15L	3	54kg	$151
15	15	GUNDOWN	Michael Moroney	Dwayne Dunn	5.35L	16	54kg	$61
16	14	RED ALTO	Brent Stanley	Harry Coffey	8.1L	2	54kg	$81
–	19e	SAVAHEAT (NZ)	Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr)	Beau Mertens	–	0	–	–
–	17e	ETANA	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	–	–	0	–	–
–	8	THE LORD MAYOR (NZ)	Chris Waller	–	–	0	–	–
–	18e	HARBOUR VIEWS (FR)	Matthew Williams	John Allen	–	0	–	–

2019 Ballarat Cup Odds

The season’s top Ballarat Cup 2019 odds and end-of-spring betting market links to Ladbrokes.com.au on the Listed Victorian Cups race will be provided below the week of the race.

2019 Ballarat Cup Field

The Ballarat Cup field usually attracts quite a few metro runners from Melbourne, which is only around 100km away. Sometimes the odd handy runner from Sydney will head down to run in the Ballarat Cup field chasing the lucrative end-of-spring prize money on offer.

Following a run in the Ballarat Cup field, the Listed Pakenham Cup (2500m) in early December makes a nice next-up target and the last to do the double was Pilote D’Essai (2016).

The 2019 Ballarat Cup field and barriers are set for release on the Wednesday before the race and will be published in full below.

The Ballarat Cup 2019 final field features a capacity line-up including the rails-drawn Dr Drill for Ciaron Maher & David Eustace, the British-bred galloper leading betting after back-to-back wins this prep. Melbourne Cup winning jockey Craig Williams retains the ride after guiding the five-year-old to victory in the Cranbourne Cup last start.

Update: #8 The Lord Mayor (10) is out of the starting line-up in the Ballarat Cup 2019 field and with the first three emergencies scratched, #20 Meli Melo gets a start in the event.

#	Form (Last 10)	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Hcp. Rating
1	110×676825	FIFTY STARS (IRE)	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Jye McNeil	4	60.5kg	108
2	8x80x10x87	SUZUKA DEVIOUS (JPN)	Mitsuru Hashida	Michael Dee	14	59kg	105
3	411×041339	CARZOFF (FR)	Chris Waller	Mark Zahra	11	58.5kg	104
4	17469×0736	KIWIA	Archie Alexander	John Allen	13	56.5kg	100
5	2421218211	DR DRILL (GB)	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Craig Williams	1	56kg	99
6	100x040x50	RUNAWAY	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Zac Spain	17	56kg	99
7	67310×4657	PLEIN CIEL (GER)	Anthony Freedman	Ben Allen	15	55.5kg	98
8	941100×403	THE LORD MAYOR (NZ)	Chris Waller	–	10	55.5kg	98
9	4614×93177	ALFARRIS (FR)	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Daniel Stackhouse	6	54.5kg	96
10	43831×7529	ANOTHER DOLLAR (NZ)	Chris Waller	Linda Meech	8	54kg	97
11	51544518×0	SECOND BULLET	Danny O’Brien	Damien Thornton	19	54kg	95
12	48×1211112	DOUBLE YOU TEE	Patrick Payne	Billy Egan	12	54kg	94
13	2619×04153	HANG MAN (IRE)	Michael Moroney	James Winks	18	54kg	93
14	370000×968	RED ALTO	Brent Stanley	Harry Coffey	2	54kg	93
15	25616×0414	GUNDOWN	Michael Moroney	Dwayne Dunn	20	54kg	92
16	3612531763	ARISTOCRATIC MISS	Tony & Calvin McEvoy	Luke Currie	7	54kg	87
17e	1555310×00	ETANA	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	–	9	54kg	87
18e	111×112	HARBOUR VIEWS (FR)	Matthew Williams	John Allen	5	54kg	86
19e	752617×114	SAVAHEAT (NZ)	Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr)	Beau Mertens	16	54kg	84
20e	68310323×2	MELI MELO	Barry Brook	Cory Parish	3	54kg	83

Ballarat Cup History

The Ballarat Turf Club was established in 1854, making it one of the oldest racing organisations in Victoria. For some time now, Ballarat Cup Day has been the biggest meet of the year at Dowling Forest Racecourse, often drawing almost 20,000 people.

Not too long ago, the Ballarat Cup occupied a Wednesday slot as a mid-week event. However, it was moved to Sunday in 2011 in order to allow greater attendance and accommodate more metro runners. As of 2014, the Ballarat Cup has been run on a Saturday. It is the only black-type meet in Victoria and NSW on that day, so attracts considerable punting attention. The Group 1 Railway Stakes and Group 1 Winterbottom Stakes are held over at Ascot in Perth on the same day.

Notable recent Ballarat Cup winners include My Bentley (2010), The Offer (2013) and Junoob (2015). Ballarat Cup results, place getters and winning times since 2000 are provided below.

Ballarat Cup Winners

Year	Place	Horse	Time
2019 Ballarat Cup	1st	Kiwia	2 minutes 3.74 seconds (over 2000m)
	2nd	Double You Tee
	3rd	Another Dollar
2018 Ballarat Cup	1st	Kiwia	2 minutes 20.59 seconds
	2nd	Pilote D’essai
	3rd	Life Less Ordinary
2017 Ballarat Cup	1st	Grand Dreamer	2 minutes 25.79 seconds
	2nd	Oncidium Ruler
	3rd	Grey Lion
2016 Ballarat Cup	1st	Pilote D’Essai	2 minutes 14.14 seconds
	2nd	Scherzoso
	3rd	Manageress
2015 Ballarat Cup	1st	Junoob	2 minutes 18.45 seconds
	2nd	Wales
	3rd	Sonntag
2014 Ballarat Cup	1st	Mujadale	2 minutes 17.8 seconds
	2nd	At First Sight
	3rd	Fat Al
2013 Ballarat Cup	1st	The Offer	2 minutes 25.1 seconds
	2nd	Pelicano
	3rd	Hurdy Gurdy Man
2012 Ballarat Cup	1st	King Diamond	2 minutes 18.4 seconds
	2nd	Pelicano
	3rd	Exceptionally
2011 Ballarat Cup	1st	Domesky	2 minutes 19.2 seconds
	2nd	Rothera
	3rd	Sean Baile Mor
2010 Ballarat Cup	1st	My Bentley	2 minutes 17.0 seconds
	2nd	Kidnapped
	3rd	Allanthus
2009 Ballarat Cup	1st	Itstheone	2 minutes 14.4 seconds
	2nd	Gallions Reach
	3rd	Davcon
2008 Ballarat Cup	1st	Daka’s Gem	2 minutes 21.8 seconds
	2nd	Sentire
	3rd	Banana Man
2007 Ballarat Cup	1st	Sentire	2 minutes 23.9 seconds
	2nd	Bowl Along
	3rd	Red Riviera
2006 Ballarat Cup	1st	Rubijon	2 minutes 17.3 seconds
	2nd	Upstaged
	3rd	Lancettier
2005 Ballarat Cup	1st	Command N Conquer	2 minutes 17.4 seconds
	2nd	Maneroo Lue
	3rd	Steelworker
2004 Ballarat Cup	1st	Just The Part	2 minutes 15.4 seconds
	2nd	Irish Crusader
	3rd	Demerger
2003 Ballarat Cup	1st	Western Waters	2 minutes 16.2 seconds
	2nd	Delvecchio
	3rd	Dance On Wood
2002 Ballarat Cup	1st	Varsilayos	2 minutes 15.0 seconds
	2nd	As You Would
	3rd	Sale Of Century
2001 Ballarat Cup	1st	Aquiver	2 minutes 14.0 seconds
	2nd	Varsilayos
	3rd	Adolescence
2000 Ballarat Cup	1st	Royal Caliph	2 minutes 18.5 seconds
	2nd	Luther
	3rd	Laebeel