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The Newcastle Gold Cup is a Group 3 event held during September as a lead-up to The Metropolitan.
2025 Newcastle Gold Cup Results
- 1st: #9 Soul Of Spain
- 2nd: #4 Royal Supremacy
- 3rd: #7 Travolta
Newcastle Gold Cup News
The Newcastle Gold Cup is a Group 3 staying event held at Newcastle Racecourse in mid-September.
2025 Newcastle Gold Cup Results
Stay tuned for the official 2025 Newcastle Gold Cup results and finishing order on Friday September 19, 2025 including what stayers could have a Group 1 target on the horizon.
- 1st: #9 Soul Of Spain ($2.45F)
- 2nd: #4 Royal Supremacy
- 3rd: #7 Travolta
Soul Of Spain ($2.45F) delivered for the punters in the 2025 Newcastle Gold Cup results thanks to a well-timed, rail-hugging ride by Zac Lloyd with the progressive Chris Waller trained import firming in futures Group 1 The Metropolitan betting for October 4.
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Newcastle Gold Cup 2025 Results
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1st
9. Soul Of Spain (1)
J: Zac Lloyd 54kg
T: Chris Waller |
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2nd
4. Royal Supremacy (2)
J: Jason Collett 55.5kg
T: Ciaron Maher |
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3rd
7. Travolta (6)
J: Kerrin McEvoy 54.5kg
T: Chris Waller |
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4th
2. Wyclif (5)
J: Chad Schofield 56.5kg
T: Ciaron Maher |
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5th
11. So You Are (3)
J: Ben Looker 54kg
T: Stirling Osland |
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6th
5. Don Diego De Vega (7)
J: Dylan Gibbons 55kg
T: Annabel & Rob Archibald |
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7th
6. Trust In You (9)
J: Regan Bayliss 55kg
T: Bruce Wallace & Grant Cooksley |
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8th
3. Belvedere Boys (4)
J: Ashley Morgan 56kg
T: Matthew Dunn |
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9th
10. Indifference (8)
J: Braith Nock 54kg
T: Brett Cavanough |
Raced over 2300m, the Newcastle Gold Cup presents horses with an interesting challenge and punters with a half-decent guide to the Melbourne Cup. Run under open handicap conditions, the Newcastle Gold Cup allows genuine winners to rise to the occasion and prove their staying abilities.
With $300,000 prize money as of 2023, the Newcastle Gold Cup is quite a lucrative Group 3 event. Trainers from both local stables and Sydney stables seek entry into the Newcastle Gold Cup for their higher-class stayers.
Although only holding Group 3 status the Newcastle Gold Cup attracts horses of a higher calibre; it is not unusual to see some past Group 1 winners in the Newcastle Cup field. Sometimes horses from Queensland will make the journey down south, although it is rarer for Victorian and Western Australian horses to travel for the Newcastle Gold Cup.
The Newcastle Gold Cup is held at beautiful Broadmeadow, the home of the Newcastle Jockey Club. The Newcastle Gold Cup is the headline event of the two-day Newcastle Racing Carnival. There are four other black-type events held during the Newcastle Racing Carnival, including two Group 3 events, the Cameron Handicap (1500m) and the Tibbie Stakes (1400m).
Depending on their spring campaign plans and their results in the Newcastle Gold Cup, many of the runners will continue on to major feature races during the Sydney Spring Racing Carnival including Group 1 The Metropolitan (2400m) on Epson Handicap Day at Randwick.
In 2023, Spirit Ridge ran second on both the Newcastle Cup and The Metropolitan results.
The Newcastle Gold Cup winner is exempt from The Metropolitan ballot and Glencadam Gold (2012) was the last horse to do the double.
The 2023 Newcastle Gold Cup winner Military Mission finished fourth in that year’s The Metropolitan.
Green Moon (2011) won the Newcastle Gold Cup before a next-up second in the Group 1 Caulfield Cup (2400m). Green Moon also went on to win the 2012 Melbourne Cup over the two miles at Flemington.
In 2020 the Newcastle Gold Cup winner Mugatoo went on to run second in The Metropolitan and fourth in that year’s Cox Plate results in Melbourne. Mugatoo further franked the Newcastle Gold Cup form winning the $5 million The All-Star Mile first-up in 2021.
The 2022 Newcastle Gold Cup form was franked with the winner Durston going on to win that year’s Group 1 Caulfield Cup (2400m) in Melbourne.
Trainer Chris Waller won his sixth Newcastle Gold Cup in 10 years with Etna Rosso in 2024 before he secured win number seven in 2025 with the favourite Soul Of Spain.
The 2025 Newcastle Gold Cup ran on Friday September 19, 2025 as a lead-up to the Group 1 Spring Cups in Melbourne and was won in style by the impressive Chris Waller trained favourite Soul Of Spain ($2.45F).Â
| Newcastle Gold Cup | |
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| Date: | Friday September 19, 2025 |
| Track: | Newcastle Racecourse |
| Distance: | 2300m |
| Conditions: | Open Handicap |
| Status: | Group 3 |
| Prizemoney: | $300,000 |
2025 Newcastle Gold Cup Betting
The spring’s top Newcastle Gold Cup 2025 betting odds and market links to Ladbrokes.com.au will be available for punters at Races.com.au once released.
Mugatoo ($2.40 in 2020), Etna Rosso ($3.40 in 2024) and Soul Of Spain ($2.45 in 2025) are the latest favourites in Newcastle Gold Cup betting to salute for the punters.
There was a notable upset in 2023 with Military Mission winning at Newcastle Gold Cup odds of $16.
2025 Newcastle Gold Cup Form
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2025 Newcastle Gold Cup Tips
Stay tuned for our insider Newcastle Gold Cup 2025 Tips on the popular September showdown this spring.
- To Win: #9 Soul Of Spain ($1.95 at time of publish) – BET NOW
SOUL OF SPAIN (1) has been absolutely smashed to surpass his stablemate TRAVOLTA at the top of the markets, and it’s hard not to follow a money trail that strong. I was on him for his latest win in Brisbane at an equally short price and he did not disappoint. Happy to stick with him from the sunny state to Sydney as he chases a hat-trick this weekend. Definitely preferred the price before they came for him hard and fast but for mine, he’s the progressive stayer in the race with upside and the potential to win this and something bigger over the spring. His got winning form up to 3319m overseas and this import will relish the 2300m trip after putting over three lengths on the next best over the line in a 2020m Doomben handicap on September 6. Prior to that he had 59kg on his back to win over the mile at Ipswich so the 54kg this Friday is very nice. Up in grade but deservingly so and think he’ll win as well as the price suggests.
2025 Newcastle Gold Cup Field
The Newcastle Gold Cup field attracts a quality line-up of second tier spring stayers each season, many coming off lead-up runs in races like the Listed Wyong Cup (2100m) a fortnight earlier or Rosehill’s Listed Premiers’ Cup (1900m) the month before.
Carzoff (2018) followed by Durston (2022) are the last horses to do the Wyong Cup – Newcastle Cup double.
Military Mission (2nd in 2023) was the last Premier’s Cup graduate to go on and win the Newcastle Gold Cup.
In 2024 Etna Rosso won the Newcastle Gold Cup off a lead-up fifth in the Wyong Cup.
The official Newcastle Gold Cup Final Field & Barriers are announced on the Wednesday of race week.
The 2025 Newcastle Gold Cup field features 11 potential Spring Cups’ bound gallopers including the in-form Chris Waller trained duo of Travolta and Soul Of Spain.
Click here to read more on the key horses in the Newcastle Gold Cup 2025 field and betting markets.
| No | Last 10 | Horse | Trainer | Jockey | Barrier | Weight | Probable Weight | Penalty | Hcp Rating |
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| 1 | 11x90317x0 | MEHZEBEEN (NZ) | Chris Waller | Adam Hyeronimus | 2 | 58kg | 103 | ||
| 2 | 28220×0056 | WYCLIF (GB) | Ciaron Maher | Chad Schofield | 6 | 56.5kg | 96 | ||
| 3 | 84112×9202 | BELVEDERE BOYS | Matthew Dunn | Ashley Morgan | 5 | 56kg | 95 | ||
| 4 | x3232x0011 | ROYAL SUPREMACY (IRE) | Ciaron Maher | Jason Collett | 3 | 55.5kg | 94 | ||
| 5 | 1x70x4541x | DON DIEGO DE VEGA (FR) | Annabel & Rob Archibald | Dylan Gibbons | 9 | 55kg | 93 | ||
| 6 | 44064800×7 | TRUST IN YOU (NZ) | Bruce Wallace & Grant Cooksley | Regan Bayliss | 11 | 55kg | 93 | ||
| 7 | x76x171212 | TRAVOLTA (GB) | Chris Waller | Kerrin McEvoy | 7 | 54.5kg | 92 | ||
| 8 | 241120×465 | TAJANIS (IRE) | Chris Waller | Ms Alysha Collett | 8 | 54kg | 91 | ||
| 9 | 413x731x11 | SOUL OF SPAIN (IRE) | Chris Waller | Zac Lloyd | 1 | 54kg | 86 | ||
| 10 | 68×8586214 | INDIFFERENCE | Brett Cavanough | Braith Nock (a) | 10 | 54kg | 78 | ||
| 11 | 21132×8233 | SO YOU ARE | Stirling Osland | Ben Looker | 4 | 54kg | 68 |
Table Credit: Racing Australia.
2025 Newcastle Gold Cup Nominations
Nominations for the Newcastle Gold Cup close the Monday of race week.
| Last 10 | Horse | Sex | Age | Trainer | Hcp Rating | |
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| 1 | x651540x37 | AGE OF SAIL (GB) | G | 7 | Kris Lees | 87 |
| 2 | 84112×9202 | BELVEDERE BOYS | G | 6 | Matthew Dunn | 95 |
| 3 | 00x80x48x4 | CLEVELAND (IRE) | G | 8 | Kris Lees | 99 |
| 4 | 1x70x4541x | DON DIEGO DE VEGA (FR) | G | 6 | Annabel & Rob Archibald | 93 |
| 5 | 533×476123 | GOOD BANTER (NZ) | M | 5 | John O’Shea & Tom Charlton | 88 |
| 6 | 117425x9x0 | HERMAN HESSE (GB) | G | 9 | Ciaron Maher | |
| 7 | 68×8586214 | INDIFFERENCE | G | 7 | Brett Cavanough | 78 |
| 8 | 86202763×0 | INTERPRETATION (IRE) | G | 8 | Ciaron Maher | 97 |
| 9 | 11x90317x0 | MEHZEBEEN (NZ) | M | 6 | Chris Waller | 103 |
| 10 | 56×1334341 | PIGGYBACK | M | 5 | Ciaron Maher | 80 |
| 11 | x3232x0011 | ROYAL SUPREMACY (IRE) | G | 5 | Ciaron Maher | 94 |
| 12 | 21132×8233 | SO YOU ARE | G | 4 | Stirling Osland | 68 |
| 13 | 51311598×1 | SON OF SUN (NZ) | G | 6 | Bruce Wallace & Grant Cooksley | 99 |
| 14 | 413x731x11 | SOUL OF SPAIN (IRE) | G | 5 | Chris Waller | 86 |
| 15 | 241120×465 | TAJANIS (IRE) | G | 6 | Chris Waller | 91 |
| 16 | x76x171212 | TRAVOLTA (GB) | G | 5 | Chris Waller | 92 |
| 17 | 44064800×7 | TRUST IN YOU (NZ) | G | 7 | Bruce Wallace & Grant Cooksley | 93 |
| 18 | 28220×0056 | WYCLIF (GB) | G | 9 | Ciaron Maher | 96 |
Table Credit: Racing Australia.
Newcastle Gold Cup History
Inaugurated in 1898 the Newcastle Gold Cup has an extensive history of prestige. Over time the Newcastle Gold Cup has garnered a reputation as one of the most renowned country cup events in the nation. The reputation is shared by Broadmeadow Racecourse and the Newcastle Jockey Club. Originally a Principal race, the Newcastle Gold Cup was granted Group 2 status in 1980. In 2001, however, the event was downgraded to Group 3, a status it has held since.
The calendar slot the Newcastle Gold Cup occupies ensures that the race attracts a number of top-rated horses each year.
Many of the runners in the Newcastle Gold Cup have plans to contest major Group 1 events further down the track. 2012 Melbourne Cup winner Green Moon took out the Newcastle Gold Cup in 2011. 1982 Newcastle Cup winner Gurners Lane went on to win the Caulfield Cup-Melbourne Cup double. Bianca, who took out the 2008 Newcastle Gold Cup, went on to place second in The Metropolitan.
Other notable Newcastle Gold Cup winners include Raven’s Plume (1898), Duke Alwyne (1915, 1916), Salazar (1939), Lord Valentine (1941), Mr Mako (1985), Agincourt Express (2001), and Glencadam Gold (2012).
A Newcastle Gold Cup race record was set in 2019 when Gai Waterhouse won the event for the seventh time with Hush Writer who took it out in 2 minutes, 23.25 seconds.
In 2020 Hush Writer just failed to go back-to-back running second to subsequent 2021 All-Star Mile hero Mugatoo, the winner handing local horseman Kris Lees his first Newcastle Gold Cup success.
Trainer Chris Waller posted his fifth Newcastle Gold Cup success in 2022 with that year’s subsequent Caulfield Cup champion Durston, his sixth in 2024 with Etna Rosso and his seventh in 2025 with Soul Of Spain adding to the trainer’s top record in the event.
Impressively Gai Waterhouse won the Newcastle Gold Cup for the eighth time in 2023 with Military Mission setting a new the track record winning in 2 minutes 22.40 seconds.
Newcastle Gold Cup results since 2000 are provided below.
Newcastle Gold Cup Results
| Year | Place | Horse | Time |
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| 2025 Newcastle Gold Cup |
1st | Soul Of Spain | 2 minutes 25.00 seconds |
| 2nd | Royal Supremacy | ||
| 3rd | Travolta | ||
| 2024 Newcastle Gold Cup |
1st | Etna Rosso | 2 minutes 24.06 seconds |
| 2nd | Wyclif | ||
| 3rd | Sir Lucan | ||
| 2023 Newcastle Gold Cup |
1st | Military Mission | 2 minutes 22.40 seconds (R) |
| 2nd | Spirit Ridge | ||
| 3rd | Hosier | ||
| 2022 Newcastle Gold Cup |
1st | Durston | 2 minutes 26.72 seconds |
| 2nd | Carif | ||
| 3rd | Arapaho | ||
| 2021 Newcastle Gold Cup |
1st | Great House | 2 minutes 28.04 seconds |
| 2nd | Quick Thinker | ||
| 3rd | No Compromise | ||
| 2020 Newcastle Gold Cup |
1st | Mugatoo | 2 minutes 25.10 seconds |
| 2nd | Hush Writer | ||
| 3rd | Attention Run | ||
| 2019 Newcastle Gold Cup |
1st | Hush Writer | 2 minutes 23.25 seconds (R) |
| 2nd | Attention Run | ||
| 3rd | Our Candidate | ||
| 2018 Newcastle Gold Cup |
1st | Carzoff | 2 minutes 24.44 seconds |
| 2nd | Auvray | ||
| 3rd | Just Shine | ||
| 2017 Newcastle Gold Cup |
1st | Broadside | 2 minutes 24.26 seconds |
| 2nd | Auvray | ||
| 3rd | Admiral Jello | ||
| 2016 Newcastle Gold Cup |
1st | Sacred Master | 2 minutes 14.5 seconds |
| 2nd | Dee I Cee | ||
| 3rd | Junoob | ||
| 2015 Newcastle Gold Cup |
1st | Beyond Thankful | 2 minutes 23.5 seconds |
| 2nd | Orbec | ||
| 3rd | Rio Perdido | ||
| 2014 Newcastle Gold Cup |
1st | Disclaimer | 2 minutes 23.2 seconds |
| 2nd | Brigantin | ||
| 3rd | Wish Come True | ||
| 2013 Newcastle Gold Cup |
1st | Winning Glory | 2 minutes 24.9 seconds |
| 2nd | Lucripetous | ||
| 3rd | Peal Of Bells | ||
| 2012 Newcastle Gold Cup |
1st | Glencadem Gold | 2 minutes 23.3 seconds |
| 2nd | Peal Of Bells | ||
| 3rd | Gazza Guru | ||
| 2011 Newcastle Gold Cup |
1st | Green Moon | 2 minutes 22.4 seconds |
| 2nd | Home On A Wing | ||
| 3rd | Gazza Guru | ||
| 2010 Newcastle Gold Cup |
1st | Stratofortress | 2 minutes 22.2 seconds |
| 2nd | Snow Alert | ||
| 3rd | Scottish Border | ||
| 2009 Newcastle Gold Cup |
1st | Streetfighter | 2 minutes 26.9 seconds |
| 2nd | Lodge The Deeds | ||
| 3rd | Enzedex Eagle | ||
| 2008 Newcastle Gold Cup |
1st | Bianca | 2 minutes 23.4 seconds |
| 2nd | Keepin The Dream | ||
| 3rd | County Tyrone | ||
| 2007 Newcastle Gold Cup |
Race Not Held | ||
| 2006 Newcastle Gold Cup |
1st | Bikkie Tin Blues | 2 minutes 21.3 seconds |
| 2nd | Exinite | ||
| 3rd | Respect | ||
| 2005 Newcastle Gold Cup |
=1st | Carael Boy | 2 minutes 25.6 seconds |
| =1st | High Cee | ||
| 3rd | Cross Bar | ||
| 2004 Newcastle Gold Cup |
1st | Another Warrior | 2 minutes 20.5 seconds |
| 2nd | New York Style | ||
| 3rd | County Tyrone | ||
| 2003 Newcastle Gold Cup |
1st | Comforts | 2 minutes 21.5 seconds |
| 2nd | My Tally | ||
| 3rd | Daneborough | ||
| 2002 Newcastle Gold Cup |
1st | Time Off | 2 minutes 23.4 seconds |
| 2nd | Red Trinket | ||
| 3rd | Danyon | ||
| 2001 Newcastle Gold Cup |
1st | Agincourt Express | 2 minutes 24.9 seconds |
| 2nd | Yuppie | ||
| 3rd | Consolidator | ||
| 2000 Newcastle Gold Cup |
1st | Silent Impact | 2 minutes 23.4 seconds |
| 2nd | Prophet’s Kiss | ||
| 3rd | She’s Neat | ||
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