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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.

The 2022 Lord Mayor’s Cup ran on Saturday May 28, 2022 and was won by the Chris Waller-trained Bigboyroy ($3.80). 

Lord Mayor’s Cup Info:
Date:	Saturday May 28, 2022
Track:	Eagle Farm Racecourse
Distance:	1800m
Race Type:	Set Weights plus Penalties
Status:	Group 3
Prizemoney:	$150,000

2022 Lord Mayor’s Cup Results

• 1st: #7 Bigboyroy ($3.80)
• 2nd: #5 Ballistic Boy
• 3rd: #1 Kolding

	Finish	No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Bar.	Weight	Penalty	Starting Price
	1	7	BIGBOYROY	Chris Waller	James McDonald		11	56kg		$3.80
	2	5	BALLISTIC BOY	Chris Anderson	Brad Stewart	1.25L	8	57kg		$15
	3	1	KOLDING (NZ)	Chris Waller	Nash Rawiller	1.35L	4	60.5kg		$8
	4	4	ZAYYDANI (NZ)	Ben & JD Hayes	Luke Nolen	2.35L	6	57kg		$7.50
	5	3	BERDIBEK (FR)	John O’Shea	Hugh Bowman	2.55L	10	57.5kg		$14
	6	2	HUNGRY HEART	Chris Waller	William Pike	3.3L	2	58.5kg		$3.70F
	7	8	DJUKON (GB)	Chris Waller	James Orman	3.6L	5	56kg		$15
	8	6	CRIADERAS	James Cummings	Sam Clipperton	4.35L	9	56kg		$14
	9	11	LUNAKORN	Kris Lees	Kerrin McEvoy	4.55L	3	54kg		$41
	10	12	GALAXY BELLE (NZ)	Kris Lees	Tim Clark	4.75L	7	54kg		$51
	11	9	STAR OF MICHELIN	Stuart Kendrick	Noel Callow	5.75L	1	56kg		$21
		10	BARADE (FR)	Jack Bruce	Jim Byrne		0

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

2022 Lord Mayor’s Cup Betting Odds

The winter’s latest Lord Mayor’s Cup 2022 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.

2022 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 2022 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.

No	Last 10	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Probable Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	x599x04800	KOLDING (NZ)	Chris Waller	Nash Rawiller	4	60.5kg			110
2	84837x4x07	HUNGRY HEART	Chris Waller	William Pike	2	58.5kg			106
3	64110x4x80	BERDIBEK (FR)	John O’Shea	Hugh Bowman	11	57.5kg			103
4	x03411x696	ZAYYDANI (NZ)	Ben & JD Hayes	Luke Nolen	7	57kg			104
5	58x11x80x0	BALLISTIC BOY	Chris Anderson	Brad Stewart	9	57kg			101
6	27x5832x00	CRIADERAS	James Cummings	Sam Clipperton	10	56kg			95
7	2x2631x553	BIGBOYROY	Chris Waller	James McDonald	12	56kg			92
8	x58418x457	DJUKON (GB)	Chris Waller	James Orman	5	56kg			89
9	9×87109329	STAR OF MICHELIN	Stuart Kendrick	Noel Callow	1	56kg			88
10	x24466x780	BARADE (FR)	Jack Bruce	Jim Byrne	6	56kg			84
11	8x50x08044	LUNAKORN	Kris Lees	Kerrin McEvoy	3	54kg			79
12	111×013278	GALAXY BELLE (NZ)	Kris Lees	Tim Clark	8	54kg			77

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

2022 Lord Mayor’s Cup Nominations

The 2022 Lord Mayor’s Cup nominations will be provided here once released the Monday of race week.

2022 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
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