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The Newcastle Gold Cup is a Group 3 event held during September on the Friday before Randwick's George Main Stakes Day as a lead-up to The Metropolitan.
The Newcastle Gold Cup is a Group 3 staying event held at Newcastle Racecourse in mid-September.
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 $200,000 prize money, 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.
The Newcastle Gold Cup winner is exempt from The Metropolitan ballot and Glencadam Gold (2012) was the last horse to do the double.
The year before, 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.
The 2020 Newcastle Gold Cup ran on Friday September 18, 2020 and saw local trainer Kris Lees finally take out his home-town Cup with the favourite Mugatoo.
Newcastle Gold Cup | |
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Date: | Friday September 18, 2020 |
Track: | Newcastle Racecourse |
Distance: | 2300m |
Conditions: | Open Handicap |
Status: | Group 3 |
Prizemoney: | $200,000 |
Last start Group 3 Premier’s Cup winner at Rosehill, six-year-old Australian Bloodstock import Mugatoo ($2.40F) continued his spring success taking out the Newcastle Gold Cup 2020 results. Fifteen-time Group 1 winning trainer Kris Lees finally saluted in his home-town Cup with Mugatoo ridden to victory by triple Melbourne Cup winning jockey Kerrin McEvoy, the favourite defeating last year’s champion Hush Writer in a powerful finish.
Click here to read more on the Newcastle Cup 2020 win by Mugatoo.
Colour | Finish | No. | Horse | Trainer | Jockey | Margin | Bar. | Weight | Penalty | Starting Price |
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1 | 1 | MUGATOO (IRE) | Kris Lees | Kerrin McEvoy | 7 | 59kg | $2.40F | ||
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2 | 2 | HUSH WRITER (JPN) | Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott | Tim Clark | 1.54L | 11 | 56kg | $5 | |
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3 | 12 | ATTENTION RUN (GER) | Kris Lees | Andrew Gibbons | 2.13L | 14 | 54kg | $26 | |
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4 | 8 | PATHS OF GLORY (GB) | Richard & Michael Freedman | Ms Rachel King | 2.27L | 15 | 54kg | $9.50 | |
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5 | 7 | NORWAY (IRE) | Chris Waller | Sam Clipperton | 3.98L | 13 | 54kg | $31 | |
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6 | 4 | CARZOFF (FR) | Chris Waller | Lee Magorrian | 5.33L | 3 | 54.5kg | $19 | |
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7 | 9 | THE LORD MAYOR (NZ) | Chris Waller | Tommy Berry | 8.17L | 2 | 54kg | $8.50 | |
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8 | 14 | ALIFEROUS | Kris Lees | Regan Bayliss | 9.01L | 9 | 54kg | $14 | |
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9 | 15 | ZACADA (NZ) | Jim & Greg Lee | Brandon Griffiths (a) | 9.03L | 1 | 54kg | $151 | |
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10 | 3 | AZURO (FR) | Ciaron Maher & David Eustace | Robbie Dolan | 9.95L | 8 | 54.5kg | $41 | |
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11 | 16 | THE GETAWAY | Paul Perry | Ms Rachael Murray | 9.97L | 4 | 54kg | $201 | |
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12 | 11 | HERENGAWE (NZ) | Chris Waller | Brenton Avdulla | 10.41L | 6 | 54kg | $15 | |
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13 | 6 | BIG DUKE (IRE) | Kris Lees | Jason Collett | 12.14L | 10 | 54kg | $31 | |
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14 | 17e | NOTHING TOO HARD | Paul Perry | Ms Mikayla Weir (a) | 15.98L | 12 | 54kg | $201 | |
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15 | 13 | SWEET THOMAS (GER) | Matthew Smith | Glen Boss | 22.4L | 5 | 54kg | $101 | |
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10 | GREY LION (IRE) | Matthew Smith | Ms Kathy O’Hara | 0 | |||||
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5 | SIR CHARLES ROAD | Lance O’Sullivan & Andrew Scott | 0 |
Table Credit: Racing Australia.
The spring’s top Newcastle Gold Cup 2020 racing odds and betting market links to Ladbrokes.com.au will be available for punters below once released.
Mugatoo ($2.40 in 2020) was the last favourite in Newcastle Gold Cup betting to salute for the punters.
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) was the last horse to do the Wyong Cup – Newcastle Cup double.
The official Newcastle Gold Cup Final Field & Barriers are announced on the Wednesday of race week.
Kris Lees’ last start Group 3 Premier’s Cup winner Mugatoo heads a capacity 2020 Newcastle Gold Cup field carrying the 59kg topweight this Friday.
Update: #5 Sir Charles Road (15) drawn wide has been scratched from the Newcastle Cup field and the only emergency, Nothing Too Hard (12) coming in for a run.
Update: #10 Grey Lion (13) has been scratched.
Click here to read more on the key chances in the 2020 Newcastle Gold Cup field & betting markets.
No | Last 10 | Horse | Trainer | Jockey | Barrier | Weight | Probable Weight | Penalty | Hcp Rating |
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1 | 6x11126x11 | MUGATOO (IRE) | Kris Lees | Kerrin McEvoy | 7 | 59kg | 108 | ||
2 | 816x7000x3 | HUSH WRITER (JPN) | Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott | Tim Clark | 11 | 56kg | 102 | ||
3 | 55313770×7 | AZURO (FR) | Ciaron Maher & David Eustace | Robbie Dolan | 8 | 54.5kg | 99 | ||
4 | x024923328 | CARZOFF (FR) | Chris Waller | Lee Magorrian | 3 | 54.5kg | 99 | ||
5 | 0533499×00 | SIR CHARLES ROAD | Lance O’Sullivan & Andrew Scott | 15 | 54kg | 98 | |||
6 | 6x750x9084 | BIG DUKE (IRE) | Kris Lees | Jason Collett | 10 | 54kg | 97 | ||
7 | 731x7836x0 | NORWAY (IRE) | Chris Waller | Sam Clipperton | 14 | 54kg | 97 | ||
8 | 11123×0011 | PATHS OF GLORY (GB) | Richard & Michael Freedman | Ms Rachel King | 17 | 54kg | 97 | ||
9 | 3×08364252 | THE LORD MAYOR (NZ) | Chris Waller | Tommy Berry | 2 | 54kg | 97 | ||
10 | 40880×0830 | GREY LION (IRE) | Matthew Smith | Ms Kathy O’Hara | 13 | 54kg | 96 | ||
11 | 36221×0553 | HERENGAWE (NZ) | Chris Waller | Brenton Avdulla | 6 | 54kg | 95 | ||
12 | 6x507x1925 | ATTENTION RUN (GER) | Kris Lees | Andrew Gibbons | 16 | 54kg | 94 | ||
13 | x47740715x | SWEET THOMAS (GER) | Matthew Smith | Glen Boss | 5 | 54kg | 92 | ||
14 | 442944×333 | ALIFEROUS | Kris Lees | Regan Bayliss | 9 | 54kg | 90 | ||
15 | 76P8x8x600 | ZACADA (NZ) | Jim & Greg Lee | Brandon Griffiths (a) | 1 | 54kg | 54kg | 87 | |
16 | 4×00000759 | THE GETAWAY | Paul Perry | Ms Rachael Murray | 4 | 54kg | 67 | ||
17e | 63213×1374 | NOTHING TOO HARD | Paul Perry | 12 | 54kg | 63 |
Table Credit: Racing Australia.
Nominations for the Newcastle Gold Cup close the Monday of race week and will be published below once announced.
The 2020 Newcastle Gold Cup Nominations feature a class list of 19 stayers including the defending champion Hush Writer coming off a third in the Wyong Gold Cup, winner of that race Paths Of Glory, Chris Waller’s Wyong and Grafton Cup runner-up The Lord Mayor, and the in-form Kris Lees-trained Mugatoo coming off a Group 3 Rosehill win.
Last 10 | Horse | Sex | Age | Trainer | Hcp Rating | |
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1 | 442944×333 | ALIFEROUS | M | 5 | Kris Lees | 90 |
2 | 6x507x1925 | ATTENTION RUN (GER) | M | 6 | Kris Lees | 94 |
3 | 55313770×7 | AZURO (FR) | G | 7 | Ciaron Maher & David Eustace | 99 |
4 | 6x750x9084 | BIG DUKE (IRE) | G | 9 | Kris Lees | 97 |
5 | x024923328 | CARZOFF (FR) | G | 8 | Chris Waller | 99 |
6 | 40880×0830 | GREY LION (IRE) | G | 9 | Matthew Smith | 96 |
7 | 36221×0553 | HERENGAWE (NZ) | G | 6 | Chris Waller | 95 |
8 | 816x7000x3 | HUSH WRITER (JPN) | G | 6 | Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott | 102 |
9 | 6x11126x11 | MUGATOO (IRE) | G | 6 | Kris Lees | 108 |
10 | 160x1225x0 | MUSTAJEER (GB) | G | 8 | Kris Lees | 112 |
11 | 731x7836x0 | NORWAY (IRE) | G | 5 | Chris Waller | 97 |
12 | 63213×1374 | NOTHING TOO HARD | G | 6 | Paul Perry | |
13 | 11123×0011 | PATHS OF GLORY (GB) | G | 6 | Richard & Michael Freedman | 97 |
14 | 0533499×00 | SIR CHARLES ROAD | G | 7 | Lance O’Sullivan & Andrew Scott | 98 |
15 | x47740715x | SWEET THOMAS (GER) | G | 9 | Matthew Smith | 92 |
16 | 32142×2314 | TAIKOMOCHI | G | 7 | Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott | 105 |
17 | 4×00000759 | THE GETAWAY | G | 7 | Paul Perry | |
18 | 3×08364252 | THE LORD MAYOR (NZ) | G | 6 | Chris Waller | 97 |
19 | 76P8x8x600 | ZACADA (NZ) | G | 8 | Jim & Greg Lee | 87 |
Table Credit: Racing Australia.
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 new Newcastle Gold Cup race record was set in 2019 when Gai Waterhouse won the event for the sixth time since 2000 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 Mugatoo, the winner handing local horseman Kris Lees his first Newcastle Gold Cup success.
Newcastle Gold Cup results since 2000 are provided below.
Year | Place | Horse | Time |
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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 |