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The Premier’s Cup is a Group 3 race held at Eagle Farm Racecourse – since 2017 before which it ran at Doomben – annually as part of the Brisbane Winter Racing Carnival. Raced over a staying test distance of 2200m, the Premier’s Cup offers $140,000 total prize money and is part of the updated Kingsford Smith Cup Day program.

Run under quality handicap conditions and only open to horses aged three years and older, the Premier’s Cup is a key lead-up race for longer distance gallopers targeting a run back at the track on Stradbroke Handicap Day in the Group 2 Brisbane Cup (2400m) over the mile and a half.

The Premier’s Cup is one of the feature support acts on the Eagle Farm card in late May with racing at the meeting headlined by the Group 1 Kingsford Smith Cup (1300m) for Stradbroke Handicap hopes, the Group 2 BRC Sires’ Produce Stakes for two-year-olds heading towards the JJ Atkins and the Group 3 Grand Prix Stakes for Queensland Derby types.

The 2019 Premier’s Cup was held on Saturday May 25, 2019 at Eagle Farm and won by emergency runner The Candy Man. 

Premier’s Cup Info:
Date:	Saturday May 25, 2019
Track:	Eagle Farm Racecourse
Distance:	2200m
Race Type:	Quality Handicap
Status:	Group 3
Prizemoney:	$140,000

2019 Premier’s Cup Results

• 1st: #20e The Candy Man
• 2nd: #2 Haripour
• 3rd: #11 Igraine

The Premier’s Cup 2019 results saw the Barry Baldwin-trained Gold Coast galloper The Candy Man come with a flashing late run down the inside to run down the leader and salute in his maiden Group race, which was also his seventh win on the trot.

Place	#	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Br.	Wgt.	SP
1	20e	THE CANDY MAN	Barry Baldwin	Michael Cahill	–	1	54kg	$5.50
2	2	HARIPOUR (IRE)	Chris Waller	Blake Shinn	0.2L	17	57kg	$7.50
3	11	IGRAINE (GER)	Robert Priscott	Ron Stewart	1.45L	7	54kg	$8.50
4	7	LUVALUVA (NZ)	John Sargent	Tommy Berry	2.2L	13	54kg	$4.80F
5	21e	CHILLIN WITH DYLAN	Ben Ahrens	Micheal Hellyer	2.7L	3	54kg	$151
6	4	EXOTERIC (GB)	Chris Waller	Larry Cassidy	3L	2	56kg	$61
7	10	COOL CHAP	Anderson Heathcote Racing	Jeff Lloyd	3.75L	5	54kg	$12
8	6	TUMULTUOUS	Chris Waller	Robbie Fradd	5L	8	55kg	$21
9	9	OUR LIBRETTO (NZ)	Grahame Begg	Jamie Kah	5.1L	16	54kg	$11
10	8	MISS ADMIRATION	Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr)	Michael Walker	5.2L	15	54kg	$31
11	5	THE LORD MAYOR (NZ)	Chris Waller	James McDonald	7.45L	12	55.5kg	$5.50
12	14	TANGLED	Chris Waller	Kerrin McEvoy	8.45L	9	54kg	$18
13	23e	HAPPY GO PLUCKY	John Gilmore	Les Tilley	8.65L	11	54kg	$151
14	17	MORENDI	Darren Graham	Dale Smith	8.95L	6	54kg	$101
15	12	I’M A PRINCESS	Tony McEvoy	Mark Du Plessis	9.45L	10	54kg	$61
16	1	MOSS ’N’ DALE (NZ)	Peter Gelagotis	Anthony Darmanin	9.85L	14	59kg	$31
17	16	MONGOLIANCONQUEROR (NZ)	Jamie Richards	Corey Brown	10.35L	18	54kg	$101
18	15	FIRST CRUSH	Chris Munce	Matthew McGillivray	10.65L	4	54kg	$51
–	22e	SIR BARNABUS	Jason Edwards	–	–	0	–	–
–	19e	XEBEC (USA)	Chris Waller	Corey Brown	–	0	–	–
–	3	MEGABLAST (NZ)	Nigel Tiley	Leith Innes	–	0	–	–
–	18	MASTER ZEPHYR (GB)	Tony Haydon	Luke Tarrant	–	0	–	–
–	13	ORDER AGAIN (NZ)	Brian Smith	–	–	0	–	–

2019 Premier’s Cup Betting

The winter’s top Premier’s Cup 2019 odds and betting market links to Ladbrokes.com.au on the Brisbane Cup-bound stayers will be provided below the week of the race so stay tuned.

2019 Premier’s Cup Field

Each season the Premier’s Cup field attracts a field of Brisbane Cup-bound gallopers that may have had a lead-up run in the Group 3 Chairman’s Handicap (2000m) at Doomben a fortnight earlier.

The official Premier’s Cup 2019 Field & Barriers are set for release on the Wednesday leading-up to Kingsford-Smith Cup Day and will be available below.

The 2019 Premier’s Cup Final Field is set to run with a capacity 18 runners including the first two emergencies following the early scratching of Megablast (7) and Order Again (18). The Chris Waller-trained The Lord Mayor is after win number three on the trot having done the Toowoomba Cup – Gold Coast Cup double at his last two starts, while Barry Baldwin’s The Candy Man has firmed in betting after gaining a start as he chases seven straight wins.

#	Form (Last 10)	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Br.	Wgt.	Hcp. Rating
1	3111×00498	MOSS ’N’ DALE (NZ)	Peter Gelagotis	Anthony Darmanin	15	59kg	106
2	11179×8183	HARIPOUR (IRE)	Chris Waller	Blake Shinn	22	57kg	102
3	3x50766x00	MEGABLAST (NZ)	Nigel Tiley	Leith Innes	7	56.5kg	101
4	2211512×70	EXOTERIC (GB)	Chris Waller	Larry Cassidy	2	56kg	100
5	19024×9411	THE LORD MAYOR (NZ)	Chris Waller	James McDonald	13	55.5kg	99
6	51x6421x50	TUMULTUOUS	Chris Waller	Robbie Fradd	9	55kg	98
7	5030×82385	LUVALUVA (NZ)	John Sargent	Tommy Berry	14	54kg	99
8	x3510760x4	MISS ADMIRATION	Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr)	Michael Walker	17	54kg	99
9	11173×9160	OUR LIBRETTO (NZ)	Grahame Begg	Jamie Kah	20	54kg	97
10	709×742324	COOL CHAP	Anderson Heathcote Racing	Jeff Lloyd	5	54kg	96
11	21412×9422	IGRAINE (GER)	Robert Priscott	Ron Stewart	8	54kg	96
12	31×6855209	I’M A PRINCESS	Tony McEvoy	Mark Du Plessis	11	54kg	95
13	6x124x4145	ORDER AGAIN (NZ)	Brian Smith	–	18	54kg	95
14	2320×37664	TANGLED	Chris Waller	Kerrin McEvoy	10	54kg	94
15	186×872585	FIRST CRUSH	Chris Munce	Matthew McGillivray	4	54kg	93
16	7287x6x360	MONGOLIANCONQUEROR (NZ)	Jamie Richards	TBA	23	54kg	91
17	0x7757x740	MORENDI	Darren Graham	Dale Smith (late alt)	6	54kg	91
18	539640×027	MASTER ZEPHYR (GB)	Tony Haydon	Luke Tarrant	19	54kg	88
19e	114×436465	XEBEC (USA)	Chris Waller	Corey Brown	21	54kg	86
20e	32211×1111	THE CANDY MAN	Barry Baldwin	Michael Cahill	1	54kg	83
21e	52048×2577	CHILLIN WITH DYLAN	Ben Ahrens	TBA	3	54kg	81.5
22e	52×5561413	SIR BARNABUS	Jason Edwards	TBA	16	54kg	78
23e	7451519×63	HAPPY GO PLUCKY	John Gilmore	TBA	12	54kg	78

2019 Premier’s Cup Nominations

The official 2019 Premier’s Cup nominations close on the Monday of race week and will be published in full right here.

Premier’s Cup History

The Premier’s Cup is a relatively new race, with its inauguration occurring as recently as 2006. Coalesce was the first winner of the Premier’s Cup, and the trophy has since been handed to similarly solid performers.

The Premier’s Cup is often used by trainers as a preparation race for the Group 2 Brisbane Cup (2400m), held on Stradbroke Handicap Day at Eagle Farm.

Due to its relatively short history, the Premier’s Cup has not developed the kind of following or deep tradition as other races. However, in its short life, the Premier’s Cup has obtained a reputation as an exciting staying race, with the result much more unpredictable than many other mid to long distance races.

Premier’s Cup results since 2006 are listed below.

Year	Place	Horse	Time
2020 Premier’s Cup	1st	TBD	TBD
	2nd	TBD
	3rd	TBD
2019 Premier’s Cup	1st	The Candy Man	2:15.83
	2nd	Haripour
	3rd	Igraine
2018 Premier’s Cup	1st	Rising Red	2:14.60
	2nd	Maurus
	3rd	Sedanzer
2017 Premier’s Cup	1st	Kaiser Franz	2:22.93
	2nd	Zambezi Warrior
	3rd	The Chairman
2016 Premier’s Cup	1st	Real Love	2:14.3
	2nd	Puccini
	3rd	Benzini
2015 Premier’s Cup	1st	Faust	2:06.2
	2nd	Baligari
	3rd	Jetset Lad
2014 Premier’s Cup	1st	Zephyron	2:13.4
	2nd	Precedence
	3rd	Pretty Pins
2013 Premier’s Cup	1st	Precedence	2:16.9
	2nd	Less Is More
	3rd	Zennista
2012 Premier’s Cup	1st	Fantastic Blue	2:16.9
	2nd	Dance With Her
	3rd	Ironstein
2011 Premier’s Cup	1st	Shuffle The Cash	2:14.8
	2nd	Tinseltown
	3rd	Little Stranger
2010 Premier’s Cup	1st	Tabulate	2:16.6
	2nd	Albertinelli
	3rd	Larry’s Never Late
2009 Premier’s Cup	1st	Reggie	2:22.1
	2nd	Scattergun
	3rd	Macknuckle
2008 Premier’s Cup	1st	Rezone	2:14.3
	2nd	Majestic Sight
	3rd	Fulmonti
2007 Premier’s Cup	1st	Theseo	2:15.3
	2nd	Game On
	3rd	Mandela
2006 Premier’s Cup	1st	Coalesce	2:13.9
	2nd	Holidazzle
	3rd	Haylee Baylee