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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 Hawkesbury Gold Cup is also now a The Big Dance eligibility event.

The 2024 Hawkesbury Gold Cup runs on Saturday May 4, 2024 and was won by the Chris Waller-trained import New Mandate ($6.50). 

2024 Hawkesbury Gold Cup
Date:	Saturday May 4, 2024
Track:	Hawkesbury Racecourse
Distance:	1600m
Conditions:	Open Handicap
Status:	Group 3
Prizemoney:	$250,000
Inaugurated:	1980

2024 Hawkesbury Gold Cup Results

• 1st: TBD
• 2nd: TBD
• 3rd: TBD

2024 Hawkesbury Gold Cup Betting Odds

The top Hawkesbury Gold Cup 2024 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.

CLICK HERE FOR THE 2024 HAWKESBURY GOLD CUP ODDS 

2024 Hawkesbury Gold Cup Form

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2024 Hawkesbury Gold Cup Tips

Stay tuned for our insider Hawkesbury Gold Cup 2024 Tips on the Group 3 feature this autumn.

• To Win: TBD

2024 Hawkesbury Gold Cup Field

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 2024 field & barriers is announced by Racing NSW on the Wednesday prior to the race.

2024 Hawkesbury Gold Cup Nominations

Early nominations for the Hawkesbury Gold Cup in 2024 close the Monday of race week and will be published in full below once confirmed.

Hawkesbury Gold Cup History

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.

Hawkesbury Gold Cup Results

Year	Place	Horse	Time
2024 Hawkesbury Cup	1st	TBD	TBD
	2nd	TBD
	3rd	TBD
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