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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) run 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.

In 2022 Kolding ran third in the Lord Mayor’s Cup before a next-up second in that winter’s The Q22 results.

The 2023 Lord Mayor’s Cup ran on Saturday May 27, 2023 at Eagle Farm in Brisbane and was won in style by the Anthony & Sam Freedman-trained Without A Fight ($9) first-up for the season. 

Lord Mayor’s Cup Info:
Date:	Saturday May 27, 2023
Track:	Eagle Farm Racecourse
Distance:	1800m
Race Type:	Set Weights plus Penalties
Status:	Group 3
Prizemoney:	$200,000

2023 Lord Mayor’s Cup Results

• 1st: #3 Without A Fight ($9)
• 2nd: #13 Luncies
• 3rd: #8 Berdibek

Anthony & Sam Freedman’s class import Without A Fight ($9) flew home first-up for a comprehensive victory in the 2023 Lord Mayor’s Cup results ahead of a potential The Q22 bid next start.

	Finish	No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Bar.	Weight	Penalty	Starting Price
	1	3	WITHOUT A FIGHT (IRE)	Anthony & Sam Freedman	Mark Zahra		10	58kg		$9
	2	13	LUNCIES (GB)	Kris Lees	Blake Shinn	1.76L	4	56kg		$3.50F
	3	8	BERDIBEK (FR)	John O’Shea	Ben Melham	2.69L	1	57.5kg		$19
	4	12	YOUNG WERTHER (NZ)	Danny O’Brien	Joshua Parr	2.82L	6	56kg		$8
	5	14	SEAT OF POWER (IRE)	Gary Duncan	Ryan Maloney	4.17L	11	56kg		$18
	6	1	JUST FOLK	Josh Julius	Jason Collett	4.68L	9	59.5kg		$20
	7	4	NEW MANDATE (IRE)	Chris Waller	James McDonald	4.73L	8	58kg		$5.50
	8	11	KOLDING (NZ)	Chris Waller	James Orman	5.26L	3	56kg		$6
	9	18e	THE FEARLESS ONE (NZ)	Robbie Patterson	Michael Cahill	6.24L	7	56kg		$81
	10	15e	REGAL LION (NZ)	Annabel Neasham	Chad Schofield	10.31L	5	56kg		$31
	11	5	BIGBOYROY	Chris Waller	Nash Rawiller	12.62L	2	58kg		$8
		9	BARTHOLOMEU DIAS (GB)	Annabel Neasham	Tyler Schiller (a)		0
		17e	ALCYONE	James Cummings	Tim Clark		0
		16e	IRISH PLAYBOY	John Smerdon	Craig Williams		0
		7	SKYMAN (GB)	Chris Waller	Damien Thornton		0
		10	BELLATRIX BLACK (NZ)	Kris Lees	Tim Clark		0
		2	CHARACTER	James Cummings	Ben Thompson		0
		6	WILD CHAP	Brett Lazzarini	Ms Angela Jones (a)		0

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

2023 Lord Mayor’s Cup Betting Odds

The winter’s latest Lord Mayor’s Cup 2023 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.

CLICK HERE FOR THE LATEST 2023 LORD MAYOR’S CUP ODDS (Final Field)

2023 Lord Mayor’s Cup Form

CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL 2023 LORD MAYOR’S CUP FORM GUIDE

2023 Lord Mayor’s Cup Tips

Stay tuned for our insider Lord Mayor’s Cup 2023 Tips on the popular Brisbane staying showdown this winter.

• To Win: #13 Luncies ($4.40 at time of publish) – BET NOW

Strong edition of the BRC Lord Mayor’s Cup and think the consistent favourite Luncies is worth sticking with to shrug off his place-getter status and secure a win for the punters. The Kris Lees-trained six-year-old has finished runner-up at his latest three starts in good company. He finished the spring when second in the Group 2 Sandown Classic (2400m) behind former Melbourne Cup champion Vow And Declare. He was good fresh last time out narrowly beaten in the Listed Scone Cup with 57kg. Second-up here and fitter for the run with 56kg. Big chance.

2023 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 2023 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 2023 final field features a capacity line-up of winter staying types led in betting by Kris Lees’ perennial runner-up Luncies coming off a second in the Listed Scone Cup.

No	Last 10	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Probable Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	02220×4449	JUST FOLK	Josh Julius	Jason Collett	13	59.5kg			103
2	73488×7501	CHARACTER	James Cummings	Ben Thompson	15	59.5kg			96
3	x20311x20x	WITHOUT A FIGHT (IRE)	Anthony & Sam Freedman	Mark Zahra	16	58kg			107
4	804x79x918	NEW MANDATE (IRE)	Chris Waller	James McDonald	12	58kg			106
5	4x079860x2	BIGBOYROY	Chris Waller	Nash Rawiller	2	58kg			97
6	4210×65867	WILD CHAP	Brett Lazzarini	Ms Angela Jones (a)	3	58kg			90
7	1x7701x610	SKYMAN (GB)	Chris Waller	Damien Thornton	14	57.5kg			106
8	66x0034x50	BERDIBEK (FR)	John O’Shea	Ben Melham	1	57.5kg			100
9	57014107×0	BARTHOLOMEU DIAS (GB)	Annabel Neasham	Tyler Schiller (a)	17	57kg			98
10	2118×69659	BELLATRIX BLACK (NZ)	Kris Lees	Tim Clark	5	56kg			83
11	32x0000x87	KOLDING (NZ)	Chris Waller	James Orman	6	56kg			103
12	4300x6746x	YOUNG WERTHER (NZ)	Danny O’Brien	Joshua Parr	9	56kg			102
13	02x26922x2	LUNCIES (GB)	Kris Lees	Blake Shinn	7	56kg			101
14	222112x3x9	SEAT OF POWER (IRE)	Gary Duncan	Ryan Maloney	18	56kg			98
15e	0x0109437x	REGAL LION (NZ)	Annabel Neasham	Chad Schofield	8	56kg			95
16e	12151×9947	IRISH PLAYBOY	John Smerdon	Craig Williams	10	56kg			92
17e	632526×648	ALCYONE	James Cummings	Tim Clark	4	56kg			88
18e	22212139×3	THE FEARLESS ONE (NZ)	Robbie Patterson	Michael Cahill	11	56kg			81

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

2023 Lord Mayor’s Cup Nominations

The 2023 Lord Mayor’s Cup nominations will be provided here once released the Monday of race week.

	Last 10	Horse	Sex	Age	Trainer	Hcp Rating
1	632526×648	ALCYONE	G	5	James Cummings	88
2	6123226×58	AUSSIE NUGGET (IRE)	G	7	Tony Gollan	85
3	57014107×0	BARTHOLOMEU DIAS (GB)	G	8	Annabel Neasham
4	2118×69659	BELLATRIX BLACK (NZ)	M	4	Kris Lees	73
5	66x0034x50	BERDIBEK (FR)	G	9	John O’Shea
6	4x079860x2	BIGBOYROY	G	6	Chris Waller	97
7	x8560x2256	BISCAYNE BAY	M	4	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	82
8	73488×7501	CHARACTER	G	4	James Cummings	96
9	3x7808x481	ESTI FENY (HUN)	G	8	Matthew Smith	95
10	0111324×47	FLOATING ARTIST (GB)	G	7	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	104
11	12151×9947	IRISH PLAYBOY	G	6	John Smerdon	92
12	02220×4449	JUST FOLK	G	6	Josh Julius	103
13	32x0000x87	KOLDING (NZ)	G	7	Chris Waller	103
14	5739×80200	LAURE ME IN	G	8	David Pfieffer
15	02x26922x2	LUNCIES (GB)	G	6	Kris Lees
16	804x79x918	NEW MANDATE (IRE)	G	5	Chris Waller	106
17	0x0109437x	REGAL LION (NZ)	G	4	Annabel Neasham
18	222112x3x9	SEAT OF POWER (IRE)	G	8	Gary Duncan	98
19	1x7701x610	SKYMAN (GB)	G	7	Chris Waller	106
20	22212139×3	THE FEARLESS ONE (NZ)	G	5	Robbie Patterson
21	313339×880	WAPITI	G	6	Gary Duncan	93
22	4210×65867	WILD CHAP	G	6	Brett Lazzarini
23	x20311x20x	WITHOUT A FIGHT (IRE)	G	6	Anthony & Sam Freedman
24	38×0723234	WOLVERINE (NZ)	F	3	Kris Lees	90
25	4300x6746x	YOUNG WERTHER (NZ)	G	5	Danny O’Brien	102

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

2023 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
2023 Lord Mayor’s Cup	1st	Without A Fight	1:49.32
	2nd	Luncies
	3rd	Berdibek
2022 Lord Mayor’s Cup	1st	Bigboyroy	1:50.99 (run over 1800m)
	2nd	Ballistic Boy
	3rd	Kolding
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