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The Premier’s Cup is a Group 3 race held at Eagle Farm Racecourse – from 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 $125,000 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 2017 Premier’s Cup was held on May 27 , 2017 at Eagle Farm.

Premier’s Cup Info:
Date:	May 27 , 2017
Track:	Eagle Farm Racecourse
Distance:	2200m
Race Type:	Quality Handicap
Status:	Group 3
Prizemoney:	$125,000

2017 Premier’s Cup Results

• 1st: #14 Kaiser Franz
• 2nd: #13 Zambezi Warrior
• 3rd: #8 The Chairman

See below for the complete Premier’s Cup 2017 Results & Finishing Order, the Brisbane Cup lead-up won by in a huge upset by the local Robert Heathcote-trained Kaiser Franz who jumped around $61 in betting.

Place	#	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Br.	Wgt.	SP
1	14	KAISER FRANZ (NZ)	Robert Heathcote	Robbie Fradd	–	9	54kg	$61
2	13	ZAMBEZI WARRIOR (NZ)	Stephen Autridge & Jamie Richards	Jeff Lloyd	0.5L	10	54kg	$8.50
3	8	THE CHAIRMAN	Mick Price	Brenton Avdulla	0.6L	11	54kg	$5F
4	1	BENZINI	Adrian & Harry Bull	Ms Tegan Harrison	1L	12	59kg	$15
5	6	NEVERLAND	Darren Weir	Damian Lane	1.3L	14	54kg	$6.50
6	7	PEMBERLEY (NZ)	Ciaron Maher	Corey Brown	2.8L	13	54kg	$14
7	5	MISTER IMPATIENCE (GB)	Michael Moroney	Patrick Moloney	4.1L	1	54.5kg	$15
8	15	METEOROLOGIST	Marcus Wilson	James Orman	9.6L	4	54kg	$81
9	11	MORENDI	Darren Graham	Michael Cahill	9.8L	3	54kg	$19
10	9	CHOCANTE (NZ)	Stephen Marsh	Jim Byrne	10L	6	54kg	$6.50
11	10	FELTRE	Brian Smith	Paul Hammersley	10.1L	2	54kg	$26
12	2	JUMBO PRINCE	Michael Nolan	Blake Shinn	10.4L	5	57.5kg	$7
13	12	MY DIAMANTINE (NZ)	Brian Smith	Andrew Spinks	13.2L	8	54kg	$41
14	4	AUVRAY (FR)	Richard Freedman	Tommy Berry	69.2L	7	55kg	$26
–	3	STAMPEDE	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Kerrin McEvoy	–	0	–	–

2017 Premier’s Cup Betting

The winter’s top Premier’s Cup 2017 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.

2017 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 2017 Field & Barriers are set for release on Wednesday May 24 and will be available below.

The 2017 Premier’s Cup Final Field attracted 15 stayers with in-form Benzini carrying top weight (59kg) and drawn out in barrier 13. Last start Chairman’s Handicap winner Stampede jumps from barrier two chasing three straight wins and goes up a kilo to 57kg.

#	Form (Last 10)	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	barrier	Weight	Hcp. Rating
1	14x6256x23	BENZINI	Adrian & Harry Bull	Ms Tegan Harrison	13	59kg	103
2	223x30x143	JUMBO PRINCE	Michael Nolan	Blake Shinn	6	57.5kg	100
3	211×212411	STAMPEDE	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Kerrin McEvoy	2	57kg	99
4	40x0080x50	AUVRAY (FR)	Richard Freedman	Tommy Berry	8	55kg	95
5	100×605308	MISTER IMPATIENCE (GB)	Michael Moroney	Patrick Moloney	1	54.5kg	94
6	7680582×64	NEVERLAND	Darren Weir	Damian Lane	15	54kg	95
7	0x91130x56	PEMBERLEY (NZ)	Ciaron Maher	Corey Brown	14	54kg	91
8	421132×332	THE CHAIRMAN	Mick Price	Brenton Avdulla	12	54kg	90
9	8x1121x373	CHOCANTE (NZ)	Stephen Marsh	Jim Byrne	7	54kg	89.5
10	6x3742x966	FELTRE	Brian Smith	Paul Hammersley	3	54kg	89
11	x351124117	MORENDI	Darren Graham	Michael Cahill	4	54kg	86
12	336422×025	MY DIAMANTINE (NZ)	Brian Smith	Andrew Spinks	9	54kg	83
13	101376×424	ZAMBEZI WARRIOR (NZ)	Stephen Autridge & Jamie Richards	Jeff Lloyd	11	54kg	82
14	44665×9530	KAISER FRANZ (NZ)	Robert Heathcote	Robbie Fradd	10	54kg	79.5
15	3423090×67	METEOROLOGIST	Marcus Wilson	James Orman	5	54kg	74

2017 Premier’s Cup Nominations

The official 2017 Premier’s Cup nominations close on the Monday of race week and will be published in full right here.

The 2017 Premier’s Cup Nominations attracted 18 stayers including last year’s placegetter Benzini who went on to win the Brisbane Cup and the flying Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott-trained Stampede coming off a Chairman’s Handicap win.

#	Form (Last 10)	Horse	Sex	Age	Trainer	Hcp. Rating
1	40x0080x50	AUVRAY (FR)	G	6	Richard Freedman	–
2	14x6256x23	BENZINI	G	7	Adrian & Harry Bull	103
3	8x1121x373	CHOCANTE (NZ)	G	4	Stephen Marsh	89.5
4	6x3742x966	FELTRE	G	6	Brian Smith	89
5	312×513722	FONTEIN LAD	G	3	Greg Eurell	–
6	x1472x4517	GREAT GLEN (GB)	G	5	Chris Waller	–
7	223x30x143	JUMBO PRINCE	H	5	Michael Nolan	100
8	44665×9530	KAISER FRANZ (NZ)	G	6	Robert Heathcote	79.5
9	3423090×67	METEOROLOGIST	G	6	Marcus Wilson	74
10	100×605308	MISTER IMPATIENCE (GB)	G	7	Michael Moroney	–
11	x351124117	MORENDI	G	4	Darren Graham	86
12	336422×025	MY DIAMANTINE (NZ)	M	6	Brian Smith	83
13	7680582×64	NEVERLAND	M	5	Darren Weir	95
14	0x91130x56	PEMBERLEY (NZ)	G	5	Ciaron Maher	–
15	4674321216	RICHARD OF YORKE (GB)	G	5	Chris Waller	–
16	211×212411	STAMPEDE	H	4	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	98
17	421132×332	THE CHAIRMAN	G	5	Mick Price	90
18	101376×424	ZAMBEZI WARRIOR (NZ)	G	4	Stephen Autridge & Jamie Richards	–

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
2018 Premier’s Cup	1st	TBD	TBD
	2nd	TBD
	3rd	TBD
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