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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 $250,000 prize money as of 2021, 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.

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 2021 Newcastle Gold Cup ran on Friday September 17, 2021 and was won by the Chris Waller-trained Great House.  

Newcastle Gold Cup
Date:	Friday September 17, 2021
Track:	Newcastle Racecourse
Distance:	2300m
Conditions:	Open Handicap
Status:	Group 3
Prizemoney:	$250,000

2021 Newcastle Gold Cup Results

• 1st: #12 Great House
• 2nd: #2 Quick Thinker
• 3rd: #10 No Compromise

Jockey Jeff Penza was on fire celebrating a treble on Newcastle Cup Day including taking out the day’s feature as the Chris Waller-trained Great House ($13) enjoyed an upset in the Newcastle Gold Cup 2021 results defeating Quick Thinker and the also Waller-trained No Compromise.

	Finish	No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Bar.	Weight	Penalty	Starting Price
	1	12	GREAT HOUSE (IRE)	Chris Waller	Jeff Penza		3	54kg		$13
	2	2	QUICK THINKER	Murray Baker & Andrew Forsman	Rory Hutchings	0.37L	9	59kg		$20
	3	10	NO COMPROMISE (NZ)	Chris Waller	Lee Magorrian	1.11L	1	54kg (cd 54.5kg)		$7.50
	4	11	LUNCIES (GB)	Kris Lees	Ms Alysha Collett	1.94L	7	54kg		$5F
	5	4	TAIKOMOCHI	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Ms Louise Day	2.99L	14	58.5kg		$61
	6	6	HARPO MARX (IRE)	Bjorn Baker	Brodie Loy	3.63L	4	56kg		$6
	7	7	HUSH WRITER (JPN)	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Ms Winona Costin	3.87L	12	54kg		$10
	8	9	CRIMINAL CODE	Chris Waller	Chad Lever	4.34L	13	54kg (cd 55kg)		$7.50
	9	5	LAURE ME IN	Matthew Dunn	Ashley Morgan	4.71L	8	56.5kg		$19
	10	3	BERDIBEK (FR)	John O’Shea	Christian Reith	5.16L	11	58.5kg		$6.50
	11	8	SWEET THOMAS (GER)	Matthew Smith	Grant Buckley	5.2L	6	54kg		$31
	12	1	DASHING WILLOUGHBY (GB)	Chris Waller	Koby Jennings	6.16L	2	59kg		$21
	13	15	OAKFIELD MISSILE	Damien Lane	Darryl McLellan	7.63L	5	54kg		$151
	14	13	TORRENS	Lauri Parker	Ms Jess Taylor	9.25L	10	54kg		$31
		14	MASTER SHUHOOD (IRE)	Richard Litt			0

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

2021 Newcastle Gold Cup Odds

The spring’s top Newcastle Gold Cup 2021 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.

2021 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) 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.

Fifteen potential The Metropolitan hopefuls make-up the 2021 Newcastle Gold Cup field on Friday led in betting by Wyong Cup champ Berdibek chasing a third win on the trot.

Click here to read more on the key horses in the Newcastle Gold Cup 2021 field and betting market.

No	Last 10	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Probable Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	79x11400x9	DASHING WILLOUGHBY (GB)	Chris Waller	Koby Jennings	2	59kg			105
2	5x75810x05	QUICK THINKER	Murray Baker & Andrew Forsman	Rory Hutchings	9	59kg			105
3	06×0626411	BERDIBEK (FR)	John O’Shea	Christian Reith	11	58.5kg			104
4	2x23141x80	TAIKOMOCHI	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Ms Louise Day	15	58.5kg			104
5	44×4195215	LAURE ME IN	Matthew Dunn	Ashley Morgan	8	56.5kg			100
6	122×541511	HARPO MARX (IRE)	Bjorn Baker	Brodie Loy	4	56kg			99
7	00x654700x	HUSH WRITER (JPN)	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Ms Winona Costin	12	54kg			93
8	648×753126	SWEET THOMAS (GER)	Matthew Smith	Grant Buckley	6	54kg			93
9	54×3914242	CRIMINAL CODE	Chris Waller	Chad Lever	14	54kg	55kg		90
10	6×33311216	NO COMPROMISE (NZ)	Chris Waller	Lee Magorrian	1	54kg	54.5kg		86
11	1101x71x57	LUNCIES (GB)	Kris Lees	Ms Alysha Collett	7	54kg			84
12	3134×13275	GREAT HOUSE (IRE)	Chris Waller	Jeff Penza	3	54kg			79
13	9120×09701	TORRENS	Lauri Parker	Ms Jess Taylor	10	54kg			75
14	56×9682443	MASTER SHUHOOD (IRE)	Richard Litt		13	54kg			74
15	01×5684700	OAKFIELD MISSILE	Damien Lane	Darryl McLellan	5	54kg			72

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

2021 Newcastle Gold Cup Nominations

Nominations for the Newcastle Gold Cup close the Monday of race week.

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 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 subsequent 2021 All-Star Mile hero Mugatoo, the winner handing local horseman Kris Lees his first Newcastle Gold Cup success.

Newcastle Gold Cup results since 2000 are provided below.

Newcastle Gold Cup Results

Year	Place	Horse	Time
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