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The Launceston Cup is one of the few Group status races held in Tasmania each year. The Group 3 staying showdown takes place in February over the Tasmanian Summer Racing Carnival and offers $250,000 in prize money.

Launceston Cup Day also features the weight-for-age Listed Mowbray Stakes (1600m) and Group 3 Vamos Stakes (1400m) for the fillies and mares that offer plenty of top summer betting opportunities for punters at Ladbrokes.com.au.

Run under handicap conditions over a mile and a half (2400m), the Launceston Cup field traditionally attracts mainly local stayers coming off a run in the Group 3 Hobart Cup (2400m) a fortnight earlier.

The Hobart Cup – Launceston Cup betting double is popular each summer and was last achieved by Eastender (2019) and Up Cups (2016).

The Launceston Cup 2020 ran on Wednesday February 26, 2020 and was won in an upset by veteran galloper Home By Midnight. 

2020 Launceston Cup
Date:	Wednesday February 26, 2020
Track:	Launceston Racecourse
Distance:	2400m
Race Type:	Open Handicap
Status:	Group 3
Prize Money:	$250,000

2020 Launceston Cup Results

• 1st: #1 Home By Midnight
• 2nd: #2 Taikomochi
• 3rd: #7 Dogmatic

There was an upset Launceston Cup 2020 result with Patrick Payne’s veteran stayer Home By Midnight ($11) improving on an unplaced Hobart Cup run (6th) to fly home for a two and a quarter length victory over the Tulloch Lodge-trained Taikomochi ($5.50). In a distant third nearly five lengths off the winner was Dogmatic ($9.50), while the Hobart Cup winner and race favourite Toorak Affair ($3.50) could only manage to run seven lengths back sixth.

Place	#	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Barrier	Weight	SP
1	1	HOME BY MIDNIGHT (NZ)	Patrick Payne	Billy Egan	–	11	59kg	$11
2	2	TAIKOMOCHI	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Adam Hyeronimus	2.25L	5	58.5kg	$5.50
3	7	DOGMATIC	Richard Laming	Dean Holland	4.75L	13	54kg	$9.50
4	9	GLASS WARRIOR	John Blacker	Ms Sigrid Carr	4.95L	1	54kg	$9
5	14	VAMOS RAFFA	Scott Brunton	Ms Georgie Catania	6.45L	6	52kg	$21
6	4	TOORAK AFFAIR	Michael Trinder	Anthony Darmanin	7.2L	2	57kg	$3.50F
7	12	SHADY HUSTLE	Stephen Lockhart	Bulent Muhcu	7.4L	10	54kg	$6.50
8	3	MORTON’S FORK	Richard Litt	Daniel Ganderton	8.15L	8	57.5kg	$21
9	13	WHITE HAWK	Angela Brakey	Blaike McDougall	8.9L	4	54kg	$31
10	11	SETTLER’S STONE	John Blacker	David Pires	12.9L	14	54kg	$26
11	8	GEE GEE FIORENTE	Leon, Dean & Trent Wells	Ismail Toker	18.4L	3	54kg (cd 54.5kg)	$151
12	5	EXOTERIC (GB)	Charlie Goggin & Luella Meaburn	Craig Newitt	18.6L	12	55.5kg	$14
13	6	APPMAT	Brendan McShane	Ms Jessica Eaton (a)	22.1L	7	54kg	$41
14	10	PINKEYES PRIDE	John Luttrell	Troy Baker	42.35L	9	54kg	$201

2020 Launceston Cup Betting Odds

The latest Launceston Cup 2020 odds and betting market links will be released below as soon as available.

2020 Launceston Cup Field

The Launceston Cup 2020 field and barriers are released the Friday before the event featuring a similar line-up to that of the Hobart Cup and will be published in full below as soon as announced by Tas Racing.

#	Form (Last 10)	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Hcp. Rating
1	749×089226	HOME BY MIDNIGHT (NZ)	Patrick Payne	Billy Egan	11	59kg	101
2	00×3943214	TAIKOMOCHI	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Adam Hyeronimus	5	58.5kg	100
3	0323481267	MORTON’S FORK	Richard Litt	Daniel Ganderton	8	57.5kg	98
4	4×21116111	TOORAK AFFAIR	Michael Trinder	Anthony Darmanin	2	57kg	101
5	873803×985	EXOTERIC (GB)	Charlie Goggin & Luella Meaburn	Craig Newitt	12	55.5kg	94
6	139x8038x8	APPMAT	Brendan McShane	Ms Jessica Eaton (a)	7	54kg	82
7	11325×2939	DOGMATIC	Richard Laming	Dean Holland	13	54kg	79
8	11×6441560	GEE GEE FIORENTE	Leon, Dean & Trent Wells	Ismail Toker	3	54kg	73
9	x222x34923	GLASS WARRIOR	John Blacker	Ms Sigrid Carr	1	54kg	86
10	2313952098	PINKEYES PRIDE	John Luttrell	Troy Baker	9	54kg	56
11	213×466742	SETTLER’S STONE	John Blacker	David Pires	14	54kg	79
12	x00x421122	SHADY HUSTLE	Stephen Lockhart	Bulent Muhcu	10	54kg	89
13	x133897521	WHITE HAWK	Angela Brakey	Blaike McDougall	4	54kg	76
14	7×072231	VAMOS RAFFA	Scott Brunton	Ms Georgie Catania	6	52kg	75

Launceston Cup History

The Launceston Cup has been run and won since way back in 1865 when Panic won the inaugural edition of this time-honoured Tasmanian race. It ran as a Principal race until gaining its current Group 3 status in 1980 when Summer took out the event. It was originally a three mile contest run over a gruelling 4800m. It ran over two miles (3200m) – the same distance as the iconic Melbourne Cup – from 1847 – 1879 before decreasing. It has run over 2400m since 2002.

Notable Launceston Cup winners in recent years including St. Andrews (2000, 2002 & 2003), Geegees Blackflash (2013) and Up Cups (2016).

The 2018 Launceston Cup winner Bondeiger set a new record winning the mile and a half feature in 2 minutes 29.56 seconds.

Recent Launceston Cup Winners

See below for the full Launceston Cup results and winners going back to 2000.

Year	Place	Horse	Time
2020 Launceston Cup	1st	Home By Midnight	2 minutes 33.13 seconds
	2nd	Taikomochi
	3rd	Dogmatic
2019 Launceston Cup	1st	Eastender	2 minutes 31:54 seconds
	2nd	Fabrizio
	3rd	Lamborghini
2018 Launceston Cup	1st	Bondeiger	2 minutes 29.56 seconds (Record)
	2nd	Fastnet Dragon
	3rd	Pretty Punk
2017 Launceston Cup	1st	Big Duke	2 minutes 31.30 seconds
	2nd	Count Da Vinci
	3rd	Tuff Bickie
2016 Launceston Cup	1st	Up Cups	2 minutes 34.9 seconds
	2nd	Arianne
	3rd	Schockemohle
2015 Launceston Cup	1st	Genuine Lad	2 minutes 29.6 seconds
	2nd	Banca Mo
	3rd	Geegees Blackflash
2014 Launceston Cup	1st	Epingle	2 minutes 31.3 seconds
	2nd	Gold To Go
	3rd	Geegees Blackflash
2013 Launceston Cup	1st	Geegees Blackflash	2 minutes 34.1 seconds
	2nd	Lucky Angel
	3rd	Dream Pedlar
2012 Launceston Cup	1st	Prevailing	2 minutes 34.0 seconds
	2nd	Geegees Blackflash
	3rd	Fieldmaster
2011 Launceston Cup	1st	Fast Future	2 minutes 30.3 seconds
	2nd	White Yard
	3rd	Geegees Blackflash
2010 Launceston Cup	1st	Larry’s Never Late	2 minutes 24.3 seconds
	2nd	Dream Pedlar
	3rd	Growl
2009 Launceston Cup	1st	Zavite	2 minutes 31.2 seconds
	2nd	Centurytwentyone
	3rd	Ista Kareem
2008 Launceston Cup	1st	Ista Kareem	2 minutes 31.2 seconds
	2nd	Lady Atire
	3rd	Our Dashing Dane
2007 Launceston Cup	1st	Hofmeister	2 minutes 28.8 seconds
	2nd	Field Hunter
	3rd	Emerald Jack
2006 Launceston Cup	1st	Precise Timing	2 minutes 30.0 seconds
	2nd	Aquiline
	3rd	Mr Buttkicka
2005 Launceston Cup	1st	Dakasha	2 minutes 32.2 seconds
	2nd	Bondy
	3rd	Under The Bridge
2004 Launceston Cup	1st	Zacielo	2 minutes 32.7 seconds
	2nd	Saturday Fever
	3rd	Dream Quest
2003 Launceston Cup	1st	St Andrews	2 minutes 29.2 seconds
	2nd	Arena Valadora
	3rd	Saturday Fever
2002 Launceston Cup	1st	St Andrews	2 minutes 31.0 seconds
	2nd	Bondi Iceberg
	3rd	Imax
2001 Launceston Cup	1st	Full Of Rhythm	2 minutes 45.5 seconds
	2nd	St Andrews
	3rd	Naucho
2000 Launceston Cup	1st	St Andrews	2 minutes 48.5 seconds
	2nd	Mt Arthur
	3rd	Naucho