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Held on the Queensland Oaks Day, the Group 2 QTC Cup is now known as the Moreton Cup and is one of the key Group status races on the card traditionally held at Eagle Farm Racecourse in late May or early June during the Brisbane Winter Racing Carnival.

The quality handicap race offers $175,000 in prize money and is usually contested over 1300m, but in 2017 ran over 1200m at Doomben Racecourse due to the poor Eagle Farm track conditions. The other features on the program are the Group 1 Queensland Oaks and the Group 2 Eagle Farm Cup (PJ O’Shea Stakes).

The Moreton Cup 2017 ran at Doomben Racecourse on June 3.

Moreton Cup
Date:	June 3, 2017
Track:	Eagle Farm Racecourse (Doomben Racecourse in 2017)
Distance:	1300m (1200m in 2017)
Race Type:	Quality Handicap
Status:	Group 2
Prize money:	$175,000

2017 Moreton Cup Results

• 1st: #10 Deploy
• 2nd: #1 Dothraki
• 3rd: #15 Perfect Dare

Check out the full Moreton Cup 2017 Results & Finishing Order below, the race won by the Gerald Ryan-trained favourite Deploy who had the big weight advantage over runner-up Dothraki, while Perfect Dare added plenty of value to the trifecta running third as a $21 roughie in betting.

Place	#	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Br.	Wgt.	SP
1	10	DEPLOY	Gerald Ryan	Tim Clark	–	10	53kg	$4.80F
2	1	DOTHRAKI	Peter & Paul Snowden	Hugh Bowman	0.4L	6	59kg	$5
3	15	PERFECT DARE	Matthew Dunn	Ms Tegan Harrison	1.9L	5	53kg	$21
4	8	THE VIRGINIAN	Toby Edmonds	Jim Byrne	2.7L	3	54.5kg	$5.50
5	3	SNIPPETS LAND	Peter & Paul Snowden	Damian Browne	2.9L	9	56.5kg	$41
5	9	YESTERDAY’S SONGS	Michael Moroney	Patrick Moloney	2.9L	1	54kg	$13
7	5	FEDERAL	Darren Beadman	Tommy Berry	3.1L	2	56kg	$19
8	11	ATTENTION	Peter & Paul Snowden	Ms Kathy O’Hara	3.2L	4	53kg	$8
9	12	HANDFAST	Darren Beadman	Robbie Fradd	4.5L	7	53kg	$26
10	6	SPLURGE (NZ)	Stephen Autridge & Jamie Richards	Jason Collett	5.5L	8	56kg	$9.50
11	2	RAGEESE	Darren Weir	Damian Lane	8L	12	57kg	$31
12	4	STRAWBERRY BOY	Matthew Dunn	Kerrin McEvoy	8.5L	11	56.5kg	$61
13	7	SIEGFRIED	Toby Edmonds	Jeff Lloyd	9L	13	55kg	$17
–	13	ELEGANT COMPOSURE	Chris Anderson	–	–	0	–	–
–	14	BONNY O’REILLY (NZ)	Bjorn Baker	–	–	0	–	–

2017 Moreton Cup Odds

The Moreton Cup 2017 betting odds and market links to Ladbrokes.com.au on the old QTC Cup race will be provided below the week of the event.

2017 Moreton Cup Field

The Moreton Cup field attracts a smart line-up of winter sprinters that may have had a lead-up run earlier in the Brisbane Winter Racing Carnival in a race like the Group 3 BRC Sprint (1350m) at Doomben a fortnight before and is announced the Wednesday of race week.

The Moreton Cup 2017 final field is set for release on Wednesday May 31, 2017 and will be published in full below.

The official 2017 Moreton Cup Field is now out with Peter & Paul Snowden accepting for three sprinters including the 59kg top weight. The team also have Snippets Land and smart colt Attention in the mix. Gold Coast trainer Toby Edmonds saddles-up two in-form gallopers in the form of Siegfried and The Virginian drawn opposite ends of the field in barriers 15 and 3 respectively.

#	Form (Last 10)	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Hcp. Rating
1	x456x442x3	DOTHRAKI	Peter & Paul Snowden	TBA	7	59kg	106
2	0x54219x70	RAGEESE	Darren Weir	Damian Lane	14	57kg	102
3	45x24335x6	SNIPPETS LAND	Peter & Paul Snowden	TBA	10	56.5kg	101
4	x348x8635x	STRAWBERRY BOY	Matthew Dunn	Kerrin McEvoy	13	56.5kg	101
5	x23343x637	FEDERAL	Darren Beadman	Tommy Berry	2	56kg	100
6	01×1121119	SPLURGE (NZ)	Stephen Autridge & Jamie Richards	TBA	9	56kg	100
7	7×14121312	SIEGFRIED	Toby Edmonds	Jeff Lloyd	15	55kg	98
8	1613x66x1	THE VIRGINIAN	Toby Edmonds	Jim Byrne	3	54.5kg	97
9	18x587x842	YESTERDAY’S SONGS	Michael Moroney	Patrick Moloney	1	54kg	96
10	612x1111x2	DEPLOY	Gerald Ryan	Tim Clark	12	53kg	93
11	210x5240x4	ATTENTION	Peter & Paul Snowden	TBA	4	53kg	90
12	x345x62344	HANDFAST	Darren Beadman	TBA	8	53kg	89.5
13	147x165x37	ELEGANT COMPOSURE	Chris Anderson	TBA	11	53kg	89
14	11x6211x11	BONNY O’REILLY (NZ)	Bjorn Baker	–	5	53kg	87.5
15	0x6120210x	PERFECT DARE	Matthew Dunn	TBA	6	53kg	87.5

2017 Moreton Cup Nominations

The official Moreton Cup 2017 nominations close the Monday leading-up to Queensland Oaks Day and will be released below once early entries are taken by Racing Queensland.

The 2017 Moreton Cup Nominations attracted 30 entries including Peter & Paul Snowden’s smart colt Attention, the fellow Team Snowden-trained Dothraki and the Darren Weir-trained Ulmann who ran third to Jungle Edge in the BRC Sprint last time out.

#	Form (Last 10)	Horse	Sex	Age	Trainer	Hcp. Rating
1	210x5240x4	ATTENTION	C	3	Peter & Paul Snowden	90
2	3x211150x8	BANDA SPICE	M	4	Stuart Kendrick	84
3	11x6211x11	BONNY O’REILLY (NZ)	M	4	Bjorn Baker	87.5
4	111x590x85	CASUAL CHOICE	G	7	Tony Gollan	94
5	x359x47350	DANISH TWIST	M	5	Kris Lees	103
6	612x1111x2	DEPLOY	G	4	Gerald Ryan	93
7	x456x442x3	DOTHRAKI	G	6	Peter & Paul Snowden	106
8	147x165x37	ELEGANT COMPOSURE	M	5	Chris Anderson	89
9	x23343x637	FEDERAL	G	5	Darren Beadman	100
10	4x013421x3	GOLD SYMPHONY	G	4	Peter & Paul Snowden	99
11	x345x62344	HANDFAST	G	4	Darren Beadman	89.5
12	11432×5328	LAND OFFICE	G	5	Steele Ryan	75
13	211515×443	LONDEHERO	G	6	Matthew Dunn	90
14	15452112×8	MAN OF HIS WORD	G	4	Bruce W Hill	95
15	132x70x300	MARENOSTRO (NZ)	G	6	Chris Waller	98
16	155338×100	MOUNT NEBO	G	7	Allan Denham	99
17	52x2744x40	PAINTE	G	5	Joseph Pride	84
18	0x6120210x	PERFECT DARE	G	4	Matthew Dunn	87.5
19	71x6x170x2	PRIMAL FLIGHT	G	6	Gillian Heinrich & Ben Rodgers	85
20	0x54219x70	RAGEESE	H	4	Darren Weir	102
21	5962323400	ROUND MOUNTAIN GAL	M	5	Philip Kimmet	70
22	7×14121312	SIEGFRIED	G	6	Toby Edmonds	98
23	x145167x84	SIR BACCHUS	G	4	Chris Waller	90
24	45x24335x6	SNIPPETS LAND	G	6	Peter & Paul Snowden	101
25	01×1121119	SPLURGE (NZ)	H	4	Stephen Autridge & Jamie Richards	100
26	x348x8635x	STRAWBERRY BOY	G	8	Matthew Dunn	101
27	021257×185	TAILLEVENT	G	4	Bruce W Hill	79
28	1613x66x1	THE VIRGINIAN	G	4	Toby Edmonds	97
29	1152136×13	ULMANN	G	5	Darren Weir	102
30	18x587x842	YESTERDAY’S SONGS	G	6	Michael Moroney	96

QTC Cup / Moreton Cup History

First won by Famoso Gris in 1979, the QTC Cup was originally a 1200m sprint until 2005 when it was changed to its current distance of 1300m. Not held in 1988 or 1999, the Group 2 event was a Group 3 event until 1983. From 2017 the race became known as the Moreton Cup and that year was contested over 1200m at Doomben (instead of Eagle Farm).

QTC Cup / Moreton Cup Winners Since 2000:

Year	Place	Horse	Time
2018 Moreton Cup	1st	TBD	TBD
	2nd	TBD
	3rd	TBD
2017 Moreton Cup	1st	Deploy	1 minute 09.19 seconds (run over 1200m)
	2nd	Dothraki
	3rd	Perfect Dare
2016 QTC Cup	1st	Spill The Beans	1 minute 17.23 seconds
	2nd	Federal
	3rd	Stratum Star
2015 QTC Cup	1st	Ball Of Muscle	1 minute 8.46 seconds
	2nd	That’s A Good Idea
	3rd	Kuro
2014 QTC Cup	1st	Sacred Star	1 minute 17.1 seconds
	2nd	Masthead
	3rd	Bennetta
2013 QTC Cup	1st	Galah	1 minute 17.6 seconds
	2nd	Conservatorium
	3rd	Griffon
2012 QTC Cup	1st	Celtic Dancer	1 minute 20.9 seconds
	2nd	Belltone
	3rd	Joint Chiefs
2011 QTC Cup	1st	Varenna Miss	1 minute 16.1 seconds
	2nd	Phelan Ready
	3rd	Zingaling
2010 QTC Cup	1st	Catapulted	1 minute 15.1 seconds
	2nd	Border Rebel
	3rd	Ego’s Dare
2009 QTC Cup	1st	Ortensia	1 minute 19.1 seconds
	2nd	Maxison
	3rd	Mr Baritone
2008 QTC Cup	1st	Chinchilla Rose	1 minute 19.3 seconds
	2nd	Black Ink
	3rd	Easy Rocker
2007 QTC Cup	1st	Nova Star	1 minute 17.6 seconds
	2nd	Rasmussen
	3rd	Son Of Dane
2006 QTC Cup	1st	Messiaen	1 minute 16.5 seconds
	2nd	Consular
	3rd	Spuruson
2005 QTC Cup	1st	Sir Breakfast	1 minute 8.7 seconds
	2nd	Beautiful Gem
	3rd	All Bar One
2004 QTC Cup	1st	Falkirk	1 minute 8.8 seconds
	2nd	Patpong
	3rd	Bomber Bill
2003 QTC Cup	1st	Into The Night	1 minute 10.6 seconds
	2nd	Bomber Bill
	3rd	Polygram
2002 QTC Cup	1st	Pembleton	1 minute 9.2 seconds
	2nd	Maitland Gold
	3rd	Machtig Mini Panis
2001 QTC Cup	1st	Century Kid	1 minute 8.1 seconds
	2nd	Super Impressive
	3rd	Federal Agent
2000 QTC Cup	1st	Gallopini	1 minute 9.6 seconds
	2nd	Super Espion
	3rd	Antiquity