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The Lord Mayor’s Cup is a Group 3 race now held at Eagle Farm Racecourse annually in late May on Kingsford-Smith Cup Day. Previously run under weight-for-age conditions over a distance of 1600m, the Lord Mayor’s Cup is now a set weights plus penalties event contested over 1800m.

The race now serves as a potential lead-up into the Group 2 Brisbane Cup (3200m) held over two miles a fortnight later on Stradbroke Handicap Day.

The Lord Mayor’s Cup shares a race card with a host of other Group status races including the Group 1 Kingsford-Smith Cup (1300m) that is a new lead-up into the Stradbroke Handicap and the Group 2 BRC Sires’ Produce Stakes (1400m) for the two-year-olds targeting a Group 1 JJ Atkins (1600m) run over the Eagle Farm mile a fortnight later.

As of 2021, the Group 1 Queensland Derby (2400m) for the season’s top three-year-old stayers also runs on the same card.

The Lord Mayor’s Cup also now offers a ballot exemption to the winner into the $1.2 million Group 2 The Q22 (2200m) run at Eagle Farm on Stradbroke Handicap Day.

The 2021 Lord Mayor’s Cup ran on Saturday May 29, 2021 and was won by the well-bred Reloaded.

Lord Mayor’s Cup Info:
Date:	Saturday May 29, 2021
Track:	Eagle Farm Racecourse
Distance:	1800m
Race Type:	Set Weights plus Penalties
Status:	Group 3
Prizemoney:	$150,000

2021 Lord Mayor’s Cup Results

• 1st: #7 Reloaded
• 2nd: #11 So You Win
• 3rd: #1 Homesman

Trainer Chris Waller ran the quinella in the Lord Mayor’s Cup 2021 results, his well-bred galloper Reloaded ($7) digging deep late to draw away and defeat the favourite So You Think ($5.50), while the Group 1 Australian Cup champ Homesman ($6.50) ran a close third.

	Finish	No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Bar.	Weight	Penalty	Starting Price
	1	7	RELOADED	Chris Waller	James McDonald		4	57kg		$7
	2	11	SO YOU WIN	Chris Waller	Hugh Bowman	1L	3	56kg		$5.50EF
	3	1	HOMESMAN (USA)	Anthony & Sam Freedman	Jye McNeil	1.2L	11	60kg		$6.50
	4	6	VANNA GIRL	Toby & Trent Edmonds	Brad Stewart	1.3L	7	57kg		$5.50EF
	5	10	THE CANDY MAN	Barry Baldwin	Michael Cahill	1.5L	1	56kg		$11
	6	5	TWO ILLICIT (NZ)	Roger James & Robert Wellwood	Kerrin McEvoy	2.75L	8	57.5kg		$21
	7	4	HANG MAN (IRE)	Michael Moroney	Glen Boss	2.95L	10	58kg		$11
	8	13	SHOP TIL I DROP (NZ)	Tony & Calvin McEvoy	Barend Vorster	3.15L	9	54kg		$26
	9	8	LAURE ME IN	Matthew Dunn	Jason Collett	3.25L	2	57kg		$7
	10	9	VICTORY EIGHT (NZ)	Trevor Miller	Ron Stewart	3.65L	5	57kg		$101
	11	2	QUICK THINKER	Murray Baker & Andrew Forsman	Joshua Parr	6.65L	12	60kg		$26
	12	3	TIPTRONIC (NZ)	Graham Richardson & Rogan Norvall	Nash Rawiller	21.65L	6	60kg		$16
		12	ALIFEROUS	Kris Lees	Craig Williams		0

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

2021 Lord Mayor’s Cup Odds

The winter’s latest Lord Mayor’s Cup 2021 betting markets and links to the odds on the Group 3 feature at Eagle Farm at Ladbrokes.com.au will be available below the week of the race.

2021 Lord Mayor’s Cup Field

The Lord Mayor’s Cup field attracts a quality line-up of winter middle-distance types that may have had a Sydney lead-up run in the Scone Cup two weeks before over the same distance or be coming off a Queensland lead-up at the Gold Coast from the start of the month in the Listed Prime Minister’s Cup (1400m).

The official 2021 Lord Mayor’s Cup Final Field & Barriers are set for release by Queensland Racing  on the Wednesday of race week and will be published in full below.

The Lord Mayor’s Cup 2021 field features a quality line-up of Group 1 performers including Australian Cup champion Homesman and last start Chairman’s Handicap winner Quick Thinker.

• Scratched: #12 Aliferous (11)

No	Last 10	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Probable Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	0x173x31x9	HOMESMAN (USA)	Anthony & Sam Freedman	Jye McNeil	12	60kg			110
2	15x05x7581	QUICK THINKER	Murray Baker & Andrew Forsman	Joshua Parr	13	60kg			106
3	6459951638	TIPTRONIC (NZ)	Graham Richardson & Rogan Norvall	Nash Rawiller	6	60kg			105
4	2374131135	HANG MAN (IRE)	Michael Moroney	Glen Boss	10	58kg			104
5	112x145x30	TWO ILLICIT (NZ)	Roger James & Robert Wellwood	Kerrin McEvoy	8	57.5kg			100
6	x90399x170	VANNA GIRL	Toby & Trent Edmonds	Brad Stewart	7	57kg			102
7	35046×9421	RELOADED	Chris Waller	James McDonald	4	57kg			97
8	6191244×41	LAURE ME IN	Matthew Dunn	Jason Collett	2	57kg			96
9	0x30465881	VICTORY EIGHT (NZ)	Trevor Miller	Ron Stewart	5	57kg			91
10	4000×40503	THE CANDY MAN	Barry Baldwin	Michael Cahill	1	56kg			100
11	812139×332	SO YOU WIN	Chris Waller	Hugh Bowman	3	56kg			99
12	387×402482	ALIFEROUS	Kris Lees	Craig Williams	11	54kg			92
13	011114×225	SHOP TIL I DROP (NZ)	Tony & Calvin McEvoy	Barend Vorster	9	54kg			76

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

2021 Lord Mayor’s Cup Nominations

The 2021 Lord Mayor’s Cup nominations will be provided here once released the Monday of race week.

2021 Lord Mayor’s Cup History

Cool Gent won the inaugural edition of the Lord Mayor’s Cup in 1956, when it was known as the BATC Labour Day Cup. The race has had several names over the years, all of which are outlined below.

Lord Mayor’s Cup Race Name

Period	Name
1956-1985	Labour Day Cup
1986	Seven National News Handicap
1987-1989	Carnival Handicap
1990-2002	Labour Day Cup
2003-2004	Doomben Carnival Cup
2005 onwards	Lord Mayor’s Cup

The race distance has changed multiple times, fluctuating at various lengths between 2000m and 2050m. From 2012-2020 it ran over a mile before being increased to 1800m in 2021. The Lord Mayor’s Cup received Listed status in 1979, 23 years after it began. In 1996 it ran as a Group 3 race, and has remained at that grading since.

Notable Lord Mayor’s Cup winners include Gunsynd (1971), This Manshood (2004), and Solzhenitsyn (2012, 2013).

Lord Mayor’s Cup results since 2000 are listed below.

Lord Mayor’s Cup Results

Year	Place	Horse	Time
2021 Lord Mayor’s Cup	1st	Reloaded	1:49.62 (run over 1800m)
	2nd	So You Win
	3rd	Homesman
2020 Lord Mayor’s Cup	1st	Gaulois	1:34.20
	2nd	Niccanova
	3rd	Military Zone
2019 Lord Mayor’s Cup	1st	Order Again	1:34.37
	2nd	Tom Melbourne
	3rd	Le Juge
2018 Lord Mayor’s Cup	1st	Duca Valentinois	1:37.65
	2nd	Sheiswhatsheis
	3rd	Coldstone
2017 Lord Mayor’s Cup	1st	Col ‘N’ Lil	1:39.18
	2nd	Duca Valentinois
	3rd	Elle Lou
2016 Lord Mayor’s Cup	1st	Mighty Lucky	1:36.0
	2nd	Pajaro
	3rd	Malice
2015 Lord Mayor’s Cup	1st	Strawberry Boy	1:35.6
	2nd	Lucky Lago
	3rd	I’m Imposing
2014 Lord Mayor’s Cup	1st	Angel Of Mercy	1:35.7
	2nd	Wistful
	3rd	Cameo
2013 Lord Mayor’s Cup	1st	Solzhenitsyn	1:36.68
	2nd	Transporter
	3rd	Epic
2012 Lord Mayor’s Cup	1st	Solzhenitsyn	1:35.9
	2nd	Firebolt
	3rd	Ginga Dude
2011 Lord Mayor’s Cup	1st	Firebolt	1:35.4
	2nd	St Germaine
	3rd	Tagus
2010 Lord Mayor’s Cup	1st	Rothesay	1:36.4
	2nd	Our Lukas
	3rd	Hadaaf
2009 Lord Mayor’s Cup	1st	Rampant Lion	1:36.4
	2nd	Solo Flyer
	3rd	Rags To Riches
2008 Lord Mayor’s Cup	1st	Rum Dum	1:35.9
	2nd	Majorca
	3rd	Mitanni
2007 Lord Mayor’s Cup	1st	Headturner	1:36.1
	2nd	Beauty Watch
	3rd	Mr Ubiquitous
2006 Lord Mayor’s Cup	1st	Cog Hill	1:35.4
	2nd	Spirit Of Tara
	3rd	Villa Bled
2005 Lord Mayor’s Cup	1st	Tickle	2:06.4
	2nd	Platinum Scissors
	3rd	Raw Instinct
2004 Lord Mayor’s Cup	1st	This Manshood	2:04.4
	2nd	St Basil
	3rd	Another Warrior
2003 Lord Mayor’s Cup	1st	Restless	2:04.4
	2nd	The Kildare Kid
	3rd	Eminence Grise
2002 Lord Mayor’s Cup	1st	Freemason	2:07.7
	2nd	Restless
	3rd	Brighter Scene
2001 Lord Mayor’s Cup	1st	Sky Heights	2:04.0
	2nd	Yippyio
	3rd	Tis Love
2000 Lord Mayor’s Cup	1st	Integrate	2:09.7
	2nd	Figurehead
	3rd	My Duke