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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. Run under weight-for-age conditions over a distance of 1600m, the Lord Mayor’s Cup was formerly run at Doomben Racecourse and remains a quality Brisbane Winter Racing Carnival feature.

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.

Horses come via a variety of racing channels to compete in the Lord Mayor’s Cup including Sydney visitors out of the Scone Cup Carnival races in New South Wales – including the Listed Scone Cup (1600m) a fortnight prior.

The 2017 Lord Mayor’s Cup ran on May 27, 2017.

Lord Mayor’s Cup Info:
Date:	May 27, 2017
Track:	Eagle Farm Racecourse
Distance:	1600m
Race Type:	Weight-for-age
Status:	Group 3
Prizemoney:	$125,000

2017 Lord Mayor’s Cup Results

• 1st:#8 Col ‘N’ Lil
• 2nd: #3 Duca Valentinois
• 3rd: #7 Elle Lou

Check out the full 2017 Lord Mayor’s Cup Results & Finishing Order below, the race won in a gutsy effort by Ben Currie’s Toowoomba-trained mare Col ‘N’ Lil who held off a late challenge by Godolphin’s Scone Cup winner Duca Valentinois.

Place	#	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Br.	Wgt.	SP
1	8	COL ’N’ LIL	Ben Currie	Jeff Lloyd	–	3	57kg	$7
2	3	DUCA VALENTINOIS (IRE)	Darren Beadman	James Doyle	0.4L	6	59kg	$6.50
3	7	ELLE LOU	Chris Waller	Blake Shinn	3.9L	4	57kg	$5
4	4	PAJARO (NZ)	Peter & Paul Snowden	Kerrin McEvoy	7.7L	7	59kg	$7
5	2	AMOVATIO	Chris Waller	Tommy Berry	9.5L	1	59kg	$7
6	1	RELIGIFY	Chris Waller	Hugh Bowman	12L	2	59kg	$3.20F
7	9	SAGA MISS	Peter & Will Hulbert	Micheal Hellyer	23.8L	5	57kg	$71
8	6	I’M BELUCCI	Desleigh Forster	Jim Byrne	29.8L	8	59kg	$31
–	10	MYSTIC OPAL	Chris Anderson	Larry Cassidy	–	0	–	–
–	5	TRUBIA	Michael Lakey	Brad Stewart	–	0	–	–

2017 Lord Mayor’s Cup Odds

The winter’s latest Lord Mayor’s Cup 2017 betting markets and links to the odds on the mile feature at Eagle Farm at Ladbrokes.com.au will be available below the week of the race.

2017 Lord Mayor’s Cup Field

The Lord Mayor’s Cup field attracts a quality line-up of winter milers 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 2017 Lord Mayor’s Cup Final Field & Barriers are set for release by Queensland Racing on Wednesday May 24 and will be published in full below.

The Lord Mayor’s Cup 2017 Field features just 10 milers with Chris Waller’s last start Prime Minister’s Cup winner at the Gold Coast Religify drawn barrier three, while Godolphin’s Duca Valentinois backs up from a Scone Cup victory going up from 53kg that run to 59kg at weight-for-age on Saturday.

#	Form (Last 10)	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	barrier	Weight	Hcp. Rating
1	32218116×1	RELIGIFY	Chris Waller	Hugh Bowman	3	59kg	107
2	32x64468x6	AMOVATIO	Chris Waller	Tommy Berry	2	59kg	104
3	x52493x201	DUCA VALENTINOIS (IRE)	Darren Beadman	James Doyle	7	59kg	96
4	23x460x483	PAJARO (NZ)	Peter & Paul Snowden	Kerrin McEvoy	9	59kg	98
5	873x30x988	TRUBIA	Michael Lakey	Brad Stewart	1	59kg	88
6	24020863×0	I’M BELUCCI	Desleigh Forster	Jim Byrne	10	59kg	86
7	7×89117064	ELLE LOU	Chris Waller	Blake Shinn	5	57kg	98
8	540417×120	COL ’N’ LIL	Ben Currie	Jeff Lloyd	4	57kg	98
9	16111218×0	SAGA MISS	Peter & Will Hulbert	Micheal Hellyer	6	57kg	84
10	04x11912x1	MYSTIC OPAL	Chris Anderson	Larry Cassidy	8	57kg	87.5

2017 Lord Mayor’s Cup Nominations

The 2017 Lord Mayor’s Cup nominations will be provided here once released the Monday of race week.

The 2017 Lord Mayor’s Cup early entries attracted just nine hopefuls (listed below) – led by the Godolphin-raced Scone Cup winner Duca Valentinois – and have been extended until 9:00am (AEST) on Tuesday May 23, 2017.

#	Form (Last 10)	Horse	Sex	Age	Trainer	Hcp. Rating
1	32x64468x6	AMOVATIO	G	6	Chris Waller	104
2	540417×120	COL ’N’ LIL	M	5	Ben Currie	98
3	x52493x201	DUCA VALENTINOIS (IRE)	G	5	Darren Beadman	–
4	7×89117064	ELLE LOU	M	5	Chris Waller	–
5	24020863×0	I’M BELUCCI	H	4	Desleigh Forster	86
6	23x460x483	PAJARO (NZ)	G	6	Peter & Paul Snowden	–
7	32218116×1	RELIGIFY	G	6	Chris Waller	107
8	16111218×0	SAGA MISS	M	4	Peter & Will Hulbert	–
9	873x30x988	TRUBIA	H	5	Michael Lakey	88

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. In 2012 it settled to its current distance of 1600m. 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
2018 Lord Mayor’s Cup	1st	TBD	TBD
	2nd	TBD
	3rd	TBD
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