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The Moonee Valley Cup, officially the Moonee Valley Gold Cup, is the major distance event held at the Moonee Valley Racecourse during the Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival in late October. The 2500m event usually attracts a niche group of stayers that could be looking to back-up on the first Tuesday of November in the iconic $8 million Group 1 Melbourne Cup (3200m) over the two miles at Flemington.

The last Melbourne Cup winner to come off a Moonee Valley Gold Cup run was Prince Of Penzance (2nd in 2015) who won the ‘race that stops a nation’ at Melbourne Cup odds of $101! Prince Of Penzance earlier won the 2014 edition of the MV Cup further franking the form lines of the race. A few years before, French raider Americain won the Moonee Valley Cup in 2011 one year after claiming the Melbourne Cup (2010). Kingston Rule (1990) is the last horse to complete the Moonee Valley Cup – Melbourne Cup double in the same year.

Now worth a lucrative $500,000 in prize money, the set weights and penalties event is open to all horses aged four years and over. The October event takes place on the Cox Plate Day that also includes a host of other Group raced headlined by the $5 million Group 1 Ladbrokes Cox Plate (2040m).

The Moonee Valley Cup is part of Ladbrokes Cox Plate Day and in 2020 ran on Saturday October 24, 2020 with the previous year’s VRC Oaks winner Miami Bound scoring an impressive upset. 

2020 Moonee Valley Gold Cup
Date:	Saturday October 24, 2020
Track:	Moonee Valley Racecourse
Distance:	2500m
Race Type:	4YO+ Set Weights & Penalties
Status:	Group 2
Prize Money:	$500,000

2020 Moonee Valley Gold Cup Results

• 1st: #11 Miami Bound
• 2nd: #4 Shared Ambition
• 3rd: #8 Oceanex

Danny O’Brien’s 2019 VRC Oaks winner Miami Bound ($26) returned to her best getting out over a staying distance on a Soft track at The Valley on Cox Plate Day storming home to earn a Melbourne Cup bid with a dominant upset at 25/1 in the Moonee Valley Gold Cup 2020 results.

Click here to read more on the impressive Melbourne Cup-bound Moonee Valley Cup winner Miami Bound.

	Finish	No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Bar.	Weight	Penalty	Starting Price
	1	11	MIAMI BOUND (NZ)	Danny O’Brien	Jamie Kah		4	54kg		$26
	2	4	SHARED AMBITION (IRE)	Chris Waller	James McDonald	2.5L	7	56kg		$4.20F
	3	8	OCEANEX (NZ)	Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr)	Dean Yendall	3L	6	55kg		$10
	4	3	ETAH JAMES (NZ)	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Billy Egan	4L	3	56kg		$31
	5	1	GALLIC CHIEFTAIN (FR)	Archie Alexander	Damian Lane	4.2L	12	57kg		$19
	6	7	SOUND (GER)	Michael Moroney	Mark Zahra	4.7L	2	55kg (cd 55.5kg)		$5.50
	7	9	CARIF	Peter & Paul Snowden	Kerrin McEvoy	5.45L	11	55kg		$18
	8	10	SELINO (GB)	Chris Waller	William Pike	9.95L	8	55kg		$9.50
	9	12	POLLY GREY (NZ)	Chris Waller	Jye McNeil	10.7L	9	53kg		$8
	10	5	TRAP FOR FOOLS	Lindsey Smith	John Allen	14.45L	10	55kg		$7
	11	6	LEVENDI	Peter Gelagotis	Jason Maskiell	29.45L	1	55kg		$21
	12	2	HUSH WRITER (JPN)	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Craig Williams	31.45L	5	56.5kg		$16
		13	SUPER GIRL	Josh Julius	Michael Dee		0

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

2020 Moonee Valley Gold Cup Betting Odds

The latest Moonee Valley Cup 2020 odds and betting markets provided by Ladbrokes.com.au will listed below complete with links for you to lock in your Moonee Valley Gold Cup tips at the right price this Cox Plate Day.

2020 Moonee Valley Gold Cup Field

The Moonee Valley Gold Cup field attracts a quality line-up of spring stayers, many eyeing a run in the Melbourne Cup field at Flemington on the first Tuesday of November. Good lead-up races into the Moonee Valley Gold Cup field include Sydney’s St Leger (2600m) race at Randwick and even the previous weekend’s Group 1 Caulfield Cup (2400m).

The 2020 Moonee Valley Cup field and barrier draw are released on the Wednesday of race week and will be provided in full below once announced.

Thirteen Melbourne Cup hopefuls make-up the 2020 Moonee Valley Gold Cup final field with markets led by the Chris Waller-trained Shared Ambition who scratched out of the Group 3 Geelong Cup on Wednesday in favour of this Cox Plate Day event.

No	Last 10	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	4x9748x004	GALLIC CHIEFTAIN (FR)	Archie Alexander	Damian Lane	13	57kg		96
2	6x7000x324	HUSH WRITER (JPN)	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Craig Williams	6	56.5kg		103
3	46416341×0	ETAH JAMES (NZ)	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Billy Egan	3	56kg		107
4	x3103x0925	SHARED AMBITION (IRE)	Chris Waller	James McDonald	8	56kg		103
5	x9070x3x58	TRAP FOR FOOLS	Lindsey Smith	John Allen	11	55kg		106
6	1x8x58x036	LEVENDI	Peter Gelagotis	Jason Maskiell	1	55kg		104
7	05x532x522	SOUND (GER)	Michael Moroney	Mark Zahra	2	55kg		102
8	x07511x000	OCEANEX (NZ)	Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr)	Dean Yendall	7	55kg		105
9	x0352x6780	CARIF	Peter & Paul Snowden	Kerrin McEvoy	12	55kg		99
10	23311×2822	SELINO (GB)	Chris Waller	William Pike	9	55kg		95
11	11x84x4066	MIAMI BOUND (NZ)	Danny O’Brien	Jamie Kah	5	54kg		101
12	52×0252454	POLLY GREY (NZ)	Chris Waller	Jye McNeil	10	53kg		93
13	4143×15093	SUPER GIRL	Josh Julius	Michael Dee	4	53kg		80

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

2020 Moonee Valley Gold Cup Nominations

Nominations on the Moonee Valley Cup in 2020 close the Monday of race week and will be published for the punters in full below.

A bumper 28 stayers make-up the 2020 Moonee Valley Gold Cup nominations this Cox Plate Day including a number of horses also accepted for Wednesday’s Group 3 Geelong Cup in the lead-up to the Melbourne Cup.

	Last 10	Horse	Sex	Age	Trainer	Hcp Rating
1	13770×7006	AZURO (FR)	G	7	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	99
2	x0352x6780	CARIF	H	5	Peter & Paul Snowden	99
3	x4x1x1736x	COLLIDE (GB)	H	6	Kris Lees	95
4	218×016116	CREEDENCE	G	6	Matt Cumani	99
5	46416341×0	ETAH JAMES (NZ)	M	8	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	107
6	4x9748x004	GALLIC CHIEFTAIN (FR)	H	8	Archie Alexander	96
7	12432×0602	GOOD IDEA	G	6	Phillip Stokes	83
8	6x7000x324	HUSH WRITER (JPN)	G	6	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	103
9	122107×407	INVERLOCH (IRE)	G	7	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young	100
10	1x410x4431	LE DON DE VIE (GB)	G	5	Anthony & Sam Freedman	104
11	1x8x58x036	LEVENDI	H	6	Peter Gelagotis	104
12	41x7811x18	LORD BELVEDERE (GB)	G	7	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	101
13	0x63112314	LUNAR FLARE	M	5	Grahame Begg	74
14	11x84x4066	MIAMI BOUND (NZ)	M	4	Danny O’Brien	101
15	542230×644	NAVAL WARFARE (IRE)	G	7	Anthony & Sam Freedman	88
16	2553x4x11x	NICKAJACK CAVE (IRE)	G	5	Peter G Moody	107
17	x07511x000	OCEANEX (NZ)	M	5	Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr)	105
18	321023×693	PLATINUM INVADOR (NZ)	G	5	Peter G Moody	102
19	52×0252454	POLLY GREY (NZ)	M	6	Chris Waller	93
20	5138x5138x	SAN HUBERTO (IRE)	H	5	Matt Cumani	107
21	23311×2822	SELINO (GB)	G	5	Chris Waller	95
22	x3103x0925	SHARED AMBITION (IRE)	G	5	Chris Waller	103
23	111×4514	SKYWARD (FR)	H	5	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young	105
24	05x532x522	SOUND (GER)	H	8	Michael Moroney	102
25	1x4679x033	STEEL PRINCE (IRE)	G	7	Anthony & Sam Freedman	103
26	4143×15093	SUPER GIRL	M	6	Josh Julius	80
27	x9070x3x58	TRAP FOR FOOLS	G	7	Lindsey Smith	106
28	0684x9x504	VIN DE DANCE (NZ)	G	6	Symon Wilde	89

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

Moonee Valley Cup History

First held in 1883, the Moonee Valley Cup was originally an eight furlong event when it was won by Castaway. Over the years the event has changed its distance over six times ranging from eight, six and seven furlongs to eleven, twelve, ten, thirteen furlongs. Eventually it became a 2600m race before it was reduced down to 2500m.

Originally a Principal race, the Moonee Valley Cup became a Group 3 race in 1979 and was then elevated to Group 2 status in 1980. Also known as the Cathay Pacific Gold Cup, Grosby Gold Cup and Governors’ Stakes, the event has had several double winners including Little Bob (1891-92), Gladwyn (1914-15), Gilltown (1939-40) and Valcurl (1945-46).

Kingston Rule went on to win the Melbourne Cup after winning the Moonee Valley Cup in 1990, but the Cox Plate Day race has produced a number of other Melbourne Cup winners and placegetters since including in 2015 when Prince Of Penzance improved on his second to win the ‘race that stops a nation’ at 100/1 odds.

Trainer Chris Waller prepared the Moonee Valley Gold Cup quinella in both 2016 and 2017, Who Shot Thebarman improving on his second in 2016 to win the 2017 edition over stablemate Libran on way to his fourth Melbourne Cup.

In 2018 the Moonee Valley Cup winner Ventura Storm set a new record winning in 2 minutes 34.37 seconds.

Moonee Valley Cup results, winners and winning times since 2000 are listed below.

Recent Moonee Valley Cup Winners

Year	Place	Horse	Time
2020 Moonee Valley Cup	1st	Miami Bound	2 minutes 39.66 seconds
	2nd	Shared Ambition
	3rd	Oceanex
2019 Moonee Valley Cup	1st	Hunting Horn	2 minutes 39.48 seconds
	2nd	Mr Quickie
	3rd	Downdraft
2018 Moonee Valley Cup	1st	Ventura Storm	2 minutes 34.34 seconds (R)
	2nd	Trap For Fools
	3rd	Libran
2017 Moonee Valley Cup	1st	Who Shot Thebarman	2 minutes 37.38 seconds
	2nd	Libran
	3rd	Cismontane
2016 Moonee Valley Cup	1st	Grand Marshal	2 minutes 41.42 seconds
	2nd	Who Shot Thebarman
	3rd	Pentathlon
2015 Moonee Valley Cup	1st	The United States	2 minutes 34.4 seconds
	2nd	Prince Of Penzance
	3rd	Bohemian Lily
2014 Moonee Valley Cup	1st	Prince Of Penzance	2 minutes 36.0 seconds
	2nd	Le Roi
	3rd	Au Revoir
2013 Moonee Valley Cup	1st	Precedence	2 minutes 36.9 seconds
	2nd	Shoreham
	3rd	Gotta Take Care
2012 Moonee Valley Cup	1st	Vatuvei	2 minutes 35.73 seconds
	2nd	Reuben Percival
	3rd	Ironstein
2011 Moonee Valley Cup	1st	Americain	2 minutes 36.41 seconds
	2nd	Tullamore
	3rd	Illo
2010 Moonee Valley Cup	1st	Precedence	2 minutes 38.94 seconds
	2nd	Above Average
	3rd	Capecover
2009 Moonee Valley Cup	1st	The Sportsman	2 minutes 37.3 seconds
	2nd	Irazu
	3rd	Think Money
2008 Moonee Valley Cup	1st	Gallopin	2 minutes 36.5 seconds
	2nd	Baughurst
	3rd	Ice Chariot
2007 Moonee Valley Cup	1st	Gallic	2 minutes 36.5 seconds
	2nd	Lazer Sharp
	3rd	Jukebox Johnny
2006 Moonee Valley Cup	1st	Zipping	2 minutes 38.9 seconds
	2nd	Show Barry
	3rd	Gallic
2005 Moonee Valley Cup	1st	Umbula	2 minutes 45.1 seconds
	2nd	Bazelle
	3rd	Kindjhal
2004 Moonee Valley Cup	1st	Another Warrior	2 minutes 37.1 seconds
	2nd	Rizon
	3rd	Hard To Get
2003 Moonee Valley Cup	1st	Frightening	2 minutes 38.5 seconds
	2nd	Legible
	3rd	County Tyrone
2002 Moonee Valley Cup	1st	Thong Classic	2 minutes 40.9 seconds
	2nd	Rain Gauge
	3rd	Mr Prudent
2001 Moonee Valley Cup	1st	Rain Gauge	2 minutes 37.6 seconds
	2nd	Spirit Of Westbury
	3rd	Big Pat
2000 Moonee Valley Cup	1st	Yippyio	2 minutes 41.3 seconds
	2nd	Brew
	3rd	Cronus