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The NE Manion Cup* is a Group 3 race run at Rosehill Gardens on Golden Slipper Day each March during the Sydney Autumn Racing Carnival.

*Note: In 2022 the NE Manion Cup ran as the Group 3 Queen’s Cup

Contested over 2400m the race is a quality handicap event for stayers offering $200,000 in prize money and serves as a good lead-up to the Group 1 Sydney Cup (3200m) over the two miles at Randwick in April. The Offer (2014) was the last stayer to complete the NE Manion Cup – Sydney Cup double.

Golden Slipper Stakes Day is one of the biggest of the season and is host to five Group 1 races including the $5 million Golden Slipper (1200m) for two-year-olds, as well as a number of Group 3 support acts.

A key lead-up to the NE Manion Cup each autumn is the Listed Randwick City Stakes (2000m) run in early March on Randwick Guineas Day.

Many gallopers in the NE Manion Cup field go on to run in the Group 2 Chairman’s Handicap (2600m) on Day 1 of ‘The Championships’ and possibly the Sydney Cup the following Saturday. Libran (2016) followed by Big Duke (2017 on protest) were the last horses to complete the NE Manion Cup – Chairman’s Handicap double. Libran went on to run second in the Sydney Cup results that autumn behind Gallante, who came off a third in the NE Manion Cup results, while Big Duke backed-up from his double to run third in the 2017 Sydney Cup trifecta. Big Duke also returned for a third in the 2019 NE Manion Cup results.

In 2020 UK raider Young Rascal won the NE Manion Cup and the stable returned in 2021 with trainer William Haggas saluting again with Favorite Moon.

The 2022 NE Manion Cup form was franked with the winner No Compromise returning in the spring to take out the Group 1 The Metropolitan (2400m).

The NE Manion Cup 2023 ran on Saturday March 18, 2023 at Rosehill Gardens as a key Sydney Cup lead-up and was won by Chris Waller’s progressive five-year-old Timour ($11). 

2023 NE Manion Stakes
Date:	Saturday March 18, 2023
Track:	Rosehill Racecourse
Distance:	2400m
Race Type:	Quality Handicap
Status:	Group 3
Prize Money:	$200,000

2023 NE Manion Cup Results

• 1st: #9 Timour ($11)
• 2nd: #8 Raging Bull
• 3rd: #1 Sir Lucan

The in-form Chris Waller-trained five-year-old Timour ($11) continued his rise through the ranks with a narrow upset in the 2023 NE Manion Cup results over 20/1 outsider Raging Bull while Sir Lucan ($3.20F) ran third as the beaten favourite in the three-way photo finish. The galloper enjoyed his maiden win down under for connections thanks to a top ride by jockey Kerrin McEvoy who got the fighting Timour across the line first in a thrilling finish with just a neck separating the first four.

	Finish	No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Bar.	Weight	Penalty	Starting Price
	1	9	TIMOUR (FR)	Chris Waller	Kerrin McEvoy		2	54kg		$11
	2	8	RAGING BULL	David Payne	Ms Rachel King	0.03L	8	54kg		$21
	3	1	SIR LUCAN (IRE)	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Nash Rawiller	0.05L	4	58kg		$3.20F
	4	7	ALAKAHAN (IRE)	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Brock Ryan	0.2L	5	54kg		$26
	5	5	ALMANIA (IRE)	Kris Lees	Dylan Gibbons (a)	0.96L	10	54kg		$5.50
	6	2	TORRENS	Marc Chevalier	Joshua Parr	1.53L	6	57.5kg		$20
	7	11	SECRET GLAMOUR	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Tyler Schiller (a)	2.24L	3	54kg		$31
	8	3	HIGH EMOCEAN (NZ)	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	John Allen	2.26L	1	57kg		$9
	9	4	GLORY DAZE (IRE)	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Michael Dee	3.01L	7	54kg		$3.30
	10	10	PESTO (GB)	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	Jye McNeil	3.47L	9	54kg		$51
		6	LE BAOL (FR)	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Brenton Avdulla		0

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

2023 NE Manion Cup Betting

The official NE Manion Cup 2023 odds on the autumn stayers in the mix for the Sydney Cup lead-up will be available below the week of the race.

CLICK HERE FOR THE LATEST 2023 NE MANION CUP ODDS (Final Field)

2023 NE Manion Cup Form

CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL 2023 NE MANION CUP FORM GUIDE

2023 NE Manion Cup Tips

Stay tuned for our insider NE Manion Cup 2023 Tips on the Sydney Cup lead-up this Slipper Day in Sydney.

• To Win: #5 Almania ($4.40 at time of publish) 

An open edition of the Manion and one of the key chance still at a bit of value is this Kris Lees-trained seven-year-old veteran. He’s a bit of a second tier running not even having amassed $200,000 in stakes over his 17-start career, but the Australia gelding remains lightly-raced with upside for his age. Yet to run in the money from five previous goes at the distance, but has been going well enough to suggest a big finish. Back in winning form having taken out a 1900m event at Rosehill with 60kg by a length last time out, and he should appreciate coming back to just 54kg here.

2023 NE Manion Cup Field

Each Sydney Autumn Racing season the NE Manion Cup field attracts a class line-up of Sydney Cup-bound stayers and is released by Racing NSW on the Wednesday before the race.

The official 2023 NE Manion Cup field and barriers are set to be released on March 15, 2023 and will be published in full below.

The NE Manion Cup 2023 final field features a quality line-up of potential Sydney Cup-bound stayers led in betting by in-form four-year-old Glory Daze chasing his third win on the trot for Ciaron Maher & David Eustace with hoop of the hour Michael Dee to ride. 

No	Last 10	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Probable Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	x81x2480x1	SIR LUCAN (IRE)	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Nash Rawiller	4	58kg			102
2	11x8x601x0	TORRENS	Marc Chevalier	Joshua Parr	6	57.5kg			101
3	5x341613x5	HIGH EMOCEAN (NZ)	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	John Allen	1	57kg			104
4	0x1205x511	GLORY DAZE (IRE)	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Michael Dee	8	54kg			88
5	44x25x3431	ALMANIA (IRE)	Kris Lees	Dylan Gibbons (a)	11	54kg			85
6	8x835593x5	LE BAOL (FR)	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Brenton Avdulla	7	54kg			85
7	44087340×0	ALAKAHAN (IRE)	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Brock Ryan	5	54kg			84
8	74x15x7677	RAGING BULL	David Payne	Ms Rachel King	9	54kg			84
9	x4565x7043	TIMOUR (FR)	Chris Waller	Kerrin McEvoy	2	54kg			78
10	21234×7479	PESTO (GB)	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	Jye McNeil	10	54kg			77
11	826×211030	SECRET GLAMOUR	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Tyler Schiller (a)	3	54kg			77

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

2023 NE Manion Cup Nominations

The NE Manion Cup 2023 nominations close on the Monday leading-up to Golden Slipper Day and will be announced below as soon as available.

	Last 10	Horse	Sex	Age	Trainer	Hcp Rating
1	44087340×0	ALAKAHAN (IRE)	G	7	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	84
2	44x25x3431	ALMANIA (IRE)	G	7	Kris Lees	85
3	1x5110x756	ARAVENE	M	4	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	73
4	x64533x687	CABOCHE (NZ)	G	4	Chris Waller	76
5	551x51226x	CLEVELAND (IRE)	H	5	Joseph O’Brien	100
6	000×876616	FIRST IN LINE (GB)	G	7	Matthew Smith	85
7	0x1205x511	GLORY DAZE (IRE)	H	4	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	88
8	5x341613x5	HIGH EMOCEAN (NZ)	M	6	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	104
9	2x171353x0	IL PARADISO (USA)	G	7	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	103
10	8x835593x5	LE BAOL (FR)	G	7	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	85
11	2x318x3x	LIONEL (GB)	G	4	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	84
12	21234×7479	PESTO (GB)	G	7	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	77
13	74x15x7677	RAGING BULL	G	4	David Payne	84
14	5x81x1215x	RAISE YOU (IRE)	G	7	Joseph O’Brien	106
15	41932311×6	SARACEN KNIGHT (IRE)	G	8	Danny O’Brien	100
16	826×211030	SECRET GLAMOUR	M	4	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	77
17	x81x2480x1	SIR LUCAN (IRE)	G	5	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	102
18	46x31x47x	TEMPLE OF ARTEMIS (IRE)	G	4	Joseph O’Brien	74
19	x4565x7043	TIMOUR (FR)	G	5	Chris Waller	78
20	11x8x601x0	TORRENS	H	6	Marc Chevalier	101

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

NE Manion Cup History

The NE Manion Cup, named in honour of the former Sydney Turf Club (STC) director N.E. Manion, was first run back in 1972 and won by Odyssey. Since then plenty of good stayers have won the Sydney showdown including Manner Hill (2002), Permit (2012 & 2015) and The Offer (2014).

The race ran as a Group 3 from 1979 – 2005, but was downgraded to Listed class during 2006 – 2013. It has been back to the Group 3 race list since 2014 and after starting out as a 2000m event has run over the current 2400m distance since 1979.

In 2021 the original Golden Slipper Stakes race day including the NE Manion Cup was abandoned due to heavy rainfall and unsafe track conditions and postponed to the following Saturday.

In 2022 the race ran as the Group 3 Queen’s Cup and saw trainer Chris Waller prepare the trifecta.

Recent NE Manion Cup Winners

See below for a full list of NE Manion Cup winners and results going back to 2000.

Year	Place	Horse	Time
2022 NE Manion Cup	1st	Timour	2 minutes 32.84 seconds
	2nd	Raging Bull
	3rd	Sir Lucan
2022 Queen’s Cup / NE Manion Cup	1st	No Compromise	2 minutes 34.18 seconds
	2nd	Surefire
	3rd	Chalk Stream
2021 NE Manion Cup	1st	Favorite Moon	2 minutes 31.68 seconds
	2nd	Real Of Flowers
	3rd	Sacramento
2020 NE Manion Cup	1st	Young Rascal	2 minutes 31.54 seconds
	2nd	Mugatoo
	3rd	Supernova
2019 NE Manion Cup	1st	Midterm	2 minutes 35.07 seconds
	2nd	Big Duke
	3rd	Shraaoh
2018 NE Manion Cup	1st	Master Of Arts	2 minutes 35.03 seconds
	2nd	Alward
	3rd	Peribsen
2017 NE Manion Cup	1st	Big Duke (on protest)	2 minutes 37 seconds
	2nd	Our Century
	3rd	Allergic
2016 NE Manion Cup	1st	Libran	2 minutes 30.4 seconds
	2nd	Cafe Society
	3rd	Gallante
2015 NE Manion Cup	1st	Permit	2 minutes 29.5 seconds
	2nd	Phrases
	3rd	Bagman
2014 NE Manion Cup	1st	The Offer	2 minutes 34.8 seconds
	2nd	Opinion
	3rd	Tremec
2013 NE Manion Cup	1st	Julienas	2 minutes 28.3 seconds
	2nd	Permit
	3rd	Dance With Her
2012 NE Manion Cup	1st	Permit	2 minutes 28.0 seconds
	2nd	Precedence
	3rd	Older Than Time
2011 NE Manion Cup	1st	Bid Spotter	2 minutes 27.8 seconds
	2nd	Above Average
	3rd	Stand To Gain
2010 NE Manion Cup	1st	Precedence	2 minutes 32.52 seconds
	2nd	Inkster
	3rd	The Embassy
2009 NE Manion Cup	1st	Enzedex Eagle	2 minutes 31.64 seconds
	2nd	Common Objective
	3rd	Kettledrum
2008 NE Manion Cup	1st	The Chieftain	2 minutes 32.15 seconds
	2nd	No Wine No Song
	3rd	Yong Centaur
2007 NE Manion Cup	1st	The Chieftain	2 minutes 30.59 seconds
	2nd	Magic Instinct
	3rd	Prince Arthur
2006 NE Manion Cup	1st	Fooram	2 minutes 28.81 seconds
	2nd	Above Deck
	3rd	Lancaster Park
2005 NE Manion Cup	1st	Mahtoum	2 minutes 26.29 seconds
	2nd	Champion System
	3rd	Mooring’s Melody
2004 NE Manion Cup	1st	Saturday Fever	2 minutes 31.99 seconds
	2nd	Majestically
	3rd	Restless
2003 NE Manion Cup	1st	Grand City	2 minutes 29.85 seconds
	2nd	Bedouin
	3rd	Beau
2002 NE Manion Cup	1st	Manner Hill	2 minutes 29.10 seconds
	2nd	Plea
	3rd	Rapida
2001 NE Manion Cup	1st	Tiger’s Eye	2 minutes 31.75 seconds
	2nd	Prophet’s Kiss
	3rd	Pasta Express
2000 NE Manion Cup	1st	Pravda	2 minutes 31.75 seconds
	2nd	Ultra Smug
	3rd	Steel Phoenix