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The Lord Mayors Cup is a Group 3 race run at Eagle Farm Racecourse on Kingsford Smith Cup Day in late May or early June during the Brisbane Winter Racing Carnival.
Lord Mayors Cup News
The Lord Mayors Cup is a Group 3 race now held at Eagle Farm Racecourse annually in late May or early June on Kingsford Smith Cup Day.
Previously run under weight-for-age conditions over a distance of 1600m and then 1800m, the Lord Mayors Cup is now a set weights plus penalties event contested over 2000m for the first time in 2026.
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 Mayors 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 Mayors 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 Mayors Cup before a next-up second in that winter’s The Q22 results.
Without A Fight (2023) was the last horse to complete the BRC Lord Mayors Cup – The Q22 double.
The 2023 Lord Mayors Cup field was further franked with Without A Fight also going on to win that spring’s Melbourne Cup race in November.
In 2025, New Endeavour won the Lord Mayors Cup before a second in The Q22 quinella.
The 2026 Lord Mayors Cup runs on Saturday May 30, 2026 at Eagle Farm in Brisbane as a lead-up to later events including The Q22.Â
Lord Mayors Cup Info: | |
Date: | Saturday May 30, 2026 |
Track: | Eagle Farm Racecourse |
Distance: | 2000m (since 2026) |
Race Type: | Set Weights plus Penalties |
Status: | Group 3 |
Prizemoney: | $200,000 |
2026 Lord Mayors Cup Results
Stay tuned for the official Lord Mayors Cup results and finishing order at Eagle Farm on Saturday May 30, 2026 and to see what horses could be targeting The Q22.
- 1st: TBD
- 2nd: TBD
- 3rd: TBD
Winning Margin: TBD
Winning Time: TBD
2026 Lord Mayors Cup Betting
The winter’s latest Lord Mayors Cup 2026 betting markets and links to the odds on the Group 3 feature at Eagle Farm at Ladbrokes.com.au will be available at Races.com.au the week of the race.
Just Folk ($4.60 in 2024) was the last favourite in Lord Mayors Cup betting to win.
2026 Lord Mayors Cup Form
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2026 Lord Mayors Cup Tips
Stay tuned for our insider Lord Mayors Cup 2026 Tips on the popular Brisbane staying showdown this winter.
- To Win: TBD
2026 Lord Mayors Cup Field
The Lord Mayors 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 2026 Lord Mayors Cup Final Field & Barriers are set for release by Queensland Racing on the Wednesday of race week and will be published in full below.
2026 Lord Mayors Cup Nominations
The 2026 Lord Mayors Cup nominations will be provided here once released the Monday of race week.
2026 Lord Mayors Cup History
Cool Gent won the inaugural edition of the Lord Mayors 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 Mayors 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 Mayors 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 Mayors 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.
In 2026, the BRC Lord Mayors Cup distance was again increased up to 2000m.
Notable Lord Mayors Cup winners include Gunsynd (1971), This Manshood (2004), and Solzhenitsyn (2012, 2013).
The 2023 Lord Mayors Cup winner Without A Fight went on to claim the iconic Group 1 Melbourne Cup (3200m) at Flemington that spring.
Lord Mayors Cup results since 2000 are listed below.
Lord Mayors Cup Results
Year |
Place |
Horse |
Time |
| 2026 Lord Mayors Cup | 1st | TBD | TBD (run over 2000m) |
| 2nd | TBD | ||
| 3rd | TBD | ||
| 2025 Lord Mayors Cup | 1st | New Endeavour | 1:50.60 |
| 2nd | Tavi Time | ||
| 3rd | Bankers Choice | ||
| 2024 Lord Mayors Cup | 1st | Just Folk | 1:51.92 |
| 2nd | Converge | ||
| 3rd | Territory Express | ||
| 2023 Lord Mayors Cup | 1st | Without A Fight | 1:49.32 |
| 2nd | Luncies | ||
| 3rd | Berdibek | ||
| 2022 Lord Mayors Cup | 1st | Bigboyroy | 1:50.99 (run over 1800m) |
| 2nd | Ballistic Boy | ||
| 3rd | Kolding | ||
| 2021 Lord Mayors Cup | 1st | Reloaded | 1:49.62 (run over 1800m) |
| 2nd | So You Win | ||
| 3rd | Homesman | ||
| 2020 Lord Mayors Cup | 1st | Gaulois | 1:34.20 |
| 2nd | Niccanova | ||
| 3rd | Military Zone | ||
| 2019 Lord Mayors Cup | 1st | Order Again | 1:34.37 |
| 2nd | Tom Melbourne | ||
| 3rd | Le Juge | ||
| 2018 Lord Mayors Cup | 1st | Duca Valentinois | 1:37.65 |
| 2nd | Sheiswhatsheis | ||
| 3rd | Coldstone | ||
| 2017 Lord Mayors Cup | 1st | Col ‘N’ Lil | 1:39.18 |
| 2nd | Duca Valentinois | ||
| 3rd | Elle Lou | ||
| 2016 Lord Mayors Cup | 1st | Mighty Lucky | 1:36.0 |
| 2nd | Pajaro | ||
| 3rd | Malice | ||
| 2015 Lord Mayors Cup | 1st | Strawberry Boy | 1:35.6 |
| 2nd | Lucky Lago | ||
| 3rd | I’m Imposing | ||
| 2014 Lord Mayors Cup | 1st | Angel Of Mercy | 1:35.7 |
| 2nd | Wistful | ||
| 3rd | Cameo | ||
| 2013 Lord Mayors Cup | 1st | Solzhenitsyn | 1:36.68 |
| 2nd | Transporter | ||
| 3rd | Epic | ||
| 2012 Lord Mayors Cup | 1st | Solzhenitsyn | 1:35.9 |
| 2nd | Firebolt | ||
| 3rd | Ginga Dude | ||
| 2011 Lord Mayors Cup | 1st | Firebolt | 1:35.4 |
| 2nd | St Germaine | ||
| 3rd | Tagus | ||
| 2010 Lord Mayors Cup | 1st | Rothesay | 1:36.4 |
| 2nd | Our Lukas | ||
| 3rd | Hadaaf | ||
| 2009 Lord Mayors Cup | 1st | Rampant Lion | 1:36.4 |
| 2nd | Solo Flyer | ||
| 3rd | Rags To Riches | ||
| 2008 Lord Mayors Cup | 1st | Rum Dum | 1:35.9 |
| 2nd | Majorca | ||
| 3rd | Mitanni | ||
| 2007 Lord Mayors Cup | 1st | Headturner | 1:36.1 |
| 2nd | Beauty Watch | ||
| 3rd | Mr Ubiquitous | ||
| 2006 Lord Mayors Cup | 1st | Cog Hill | 1:35.4 |
| 2nd | Spirit Of Tara | ||
| 3rd | Villa Bled | ||
| 2005 Lord Mayors Cup | 1st | Tickle | 2:06.4 |
| 2nd | Platinum Scissors | ||
| 3rd | Raw Instinct | ||
| 2004 Lord Mayors Cup | 1st | This Manshood | 2:04.4 |
| 2nd | St Basil | ||
| 3rd | Another Warrior | ||
| 2003 Lord Mayors Cup | 1st | Restless | 2:04.4 |
| 2nd | The Kildare Kid | ||
| 3rd | Eminence Grise | ||
| 2002 Lord Mayors Cup | 1st | Freemason | 2:07.7 |
| 2nd | Restless | ||
| 3rd | Brighter Scene | ||
| 2001 Lord Mayors Cup | 1st | Sky Heights | 2:04.0 |
| 2nd | Yippyio | ||
| 3rd | Tis Love | ||
| 2000 Lord Mayors Cup | 1st | Integrate | 2:09.7 |
| 2nd | Figurehead | ||
| 3rd | My Duke | ||
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