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The Ipswich Cup is one of the most popularly attended races in south-east Queensland. Hosted the weekend following the conclusion of the Brisbane Winter Racing Carnival, Ipswich Cup Day draws massive crowds from around the country far in excess of its Listed status. Raced over 2150 metres, the Ipswich Cup presents a staying challenge but leaves enough in the tank for a thunderous finish across the relatively short 300m straight at Ipswich Racecourse.

The Ipswich Cup is open to horses three years old and above and is run under quality handicap conditions. The Ipswich Cup field attracts mainly local Queensland-trained stayers chasing a share in the $175,000 in prize money.

The Ipswich Cup takes place as part of the extended Queensland Winter Racing Carnival program. Horses that run at days during the Brisbane Winter Carnival often make the short journey to Ipswich to extend their campaign and aim for another black-type victory. The Ipswich Cup also provides a minor step to the Tattersall’s Tiara Day the following weekend. Ipswich Cup Day is also one of the few major race days before the winter break, so several trainers try and get their horses accepted into one final race before breaking for the winter.

The 2021 Ipswich Cup ran on Saturday June 19, 2021 at Ipswich Racecourse and was won in an upset by Happy Go Plucky at 20/1. 

Ipswich Cup
Date:	Saturday June 19, 2021
Track:	Ipswich Racecourse
Distance:	2150m
Conditions:	3YO+ Quality
Status:	Listed
Prize Money:	$175,000
Inaugurated:	1866

2021 Ipswich Cup Results

• 1st: #11 Happy Go Plucky
• 2nd: #2 So You Win
• 3rd: #6 Flash Aah

John Gilmore’s seven-year-old Pluck gelding Happy Go Plucky ($21) celebrated his first stakes win at start number 62 enjoying a narrow upset over the Chris Waller-trained So You Win in the 2021 Ipswich Cup results.

	Finish	No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Bar.	Weight	Penalty	Starting Price
	1	11	HAPPY GO PLUCKY	John Gilmore	Ms Stephanie Thornton		11	54kg		$21
	2	2	SO YOU WIN	Chris Waller	Luke Dittman	0.3L	5	58kg		$4.20
	3	6	FLASH AAH	Mitchell Fry	Ms Madeleine Wishart (a)	0.5L	1	54kg		$15
	4	10	MAID OF ORE	Nick Olive	Bobby El-Issa	1L	6	54kg		$26
	5	4	LAURE ME IN	Matthew Dunn	Jim Byrne	1.2L	10	56kg		$6
	6	13	TRADUCE (NZ)	Maryann Brosnan	Robbie Fradd	3L	2	54kg		$26
	7	7	HUMBOLT CURRENT (GB)	Chris Waller	Craig Williams	4.3L	4	54kg		$5
	8	8	VICTORY EIGHT (NZ)	Trevor Miller	Ron Stewart	5.8L	9	54kg		$31
	9	12	PICKA PLUM (NZ)	Paul Jenkins	Taylor Marshall	11.3L	3	54kg		$101
	10	3	IN GOOD HEALTH	Peter G Moody	Ryan Maloney	16.1L	7	56.5kg		$3.70F
	11	14	JUMEIRAH TRIANGLE	James Hepworth	Andrew Spinks	27.1L	12	54kg		$201
	12	1	INVERLOCH (IRE)	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young	Larry Cassidy	28.9L	8	60.5kg		$19
		9	HE RUNS AWAY (ARG)	Chris Waller	Ben Thompson		0
		5	THE LORD MAYOR (NZ)	Chris Waller			0

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

2021 Ipswich Cup Odds

The season’s latest Ipswich Cup 2021 betting odds and winter markets will be provided below courtesy of Ladbrokes.com.au as soon as released.

2021 Ipswich Cup Field

The Ipswich Cup field features a capacity of 16 starters plus five emergencies and often interstate raiders already in Queensland for the winter make the starting line-up. Possible lead-up races to the Ipswich Cup each season include the Group 2 Brisbane Cup held the weekend before or the Group 3 Premier’s Cup in late May also run in Brisbane.

Final Ipswich Cup 2021 acceptances close the Wednesday of race week followed by the barrier draw and will be published in full below.

The 2021 Ipswich Cup final field features a quality line-up of winter stayers led in betting by the Chris Waller-trained So You Win coming off a string of good Black-Type performances in Brisbane and recent Scone Cup winner Laure Me In.

• Scratched: #9 He Runs Away (10) 

No	Last 10	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Probable Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	7200×61510	INVERLOCH (IRE)	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young	Larry Cassidy	8	60.5kg			105
2	2139×33224	SO YOU WIN	Chris Waller	Luke Dittman	5	58kg			100
3	1450×84517	IN GOOD HEALTH	Peter G Moody	Ryan Maloney	7	56.5kg			101
4	191244×419	LAURE ME IN	Matthew Dunn	Jim Byrne	11	56kg			96
5	7×53420303	THE LORD MAYOR (NZ)	Chris Waller		14	54.5kg			93
6	145xL14014	FLASH AAH	Mitchell Fry	Ms Madeleine Wishart (a)	1	54kg			92
7	8986621242	HUMBOLT CURRENT (GB)	Chris Waller	Craig Williams	4	54kg			91
8	x304658810	VICTORY EIGHT (NZ)	Trevor Miller	Ron Stewart	9	54kg			91
9	13112×0097	HE RUNS AWAY (ARG)	Chris Waller	Ben Thompson	10	54kg			88
10	08×3901459	MAID OF ORE	Nick Olive	Bobby El-Issa	6	54kg			83
11	2671325422	HAPPY GO PLUCKY	John Gilmore	Ms Stephanie Thornton	12	54kg			82
12	x0139x0807	PICKA PLUM (NZ)	Paul Jenkins	Taylor Marshall	3	54kg			79
13	115×484118	TRADUCE (NZ)	Maryann Brosnan	Robbie Fradd	2	54kg			76
14	31778×8884	JUMEIRAH TRIANGLE	James Hepworth	Andrew Spinks	13	54kg			51

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

2021 Ipswich Cup Nominations

The official Ipswich Cup 2021 Nominations close the Monday leading up to Ipswich Cup Day and attract a number of horses coming off lead-up runs in Brisbane.

The 2021 Ipswich Cup nominations attracted 16 hopefuls including this winter’s Scone Cup winner Laure Me In, the Chris Waller-trained So You Win and Peter Moody’s mare In Good Health.

	Last 10	Horse	Sex	Age	Trainer	Hcp Rating
1	145xL14014	FLASH AAH	G	5	Mitchell Fry	92
2	2671325422	HAPPY GO PLUCKY	G	7	John Gilmore	82
3	13112×0097	HE RUNS AWAY (ARG)	G	7	Chris Waller
4	8986621242	HUMBOLT CURRENT (GB)	G	6	Chris Waller	91
5	1450×84517	IN GOOD HEALTH	M	5	Peter G Moody	101
6	7200×61510	INVERLOCH (IRE)	G	7	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young
7	31778×8884	JUMEIRAH TRIANGLE	G	3	James Hepworth	51
8	191244×419	LAURE ME IN	G	6	Matthew Dunn	96
9	08×3901459	MAID OF ORE	M	6	Nick Olive
10	x0139x0807	PICKA PLUM (NZ)	M	6	Paul Jenkins	79
11	x412113x10	PURRFECT DEAL	M	4	Michael Costa	81
12	974×56613	SAMHAIN	M	4	Neil Owen
13	2139×33224	SO YOU WIN	G	6	Chris Waller	100
14	7×53420303	THE LORD MAYOR (NZ)	G	6	Chris Waller
15	115×484118	TRADUCE (NZ)	G	4	Maryann Brosnan	76
16	x304658810	VICTORY EIGHT (NZ)	G	7	Trevor Miller	91

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

Ipswich Cup History

The Ipswich Cup has a long and colourful history. One of the most popularly attended races in Queensland, and by far the most popular race in the city of Ipswich, the Ipswich Cup has for a long time held a reputation far in excess of its listed status. The Ipswich Cup is the main attraction on Ipswich Cup Day, which draws thousands of people from all around the country. A large proportion of Ipswich also turns out for the Ipswich Cup, making it a full day of racing, fashion, and partying into the night.

There was no Ipswich Cup held in 2020 due to COVID-19 and its impact on the winter carnival in Queensland.

Even though there are plenty of lead-up races in which to analyse form, Ipswich Cup results can still be quite surprising. The Ipswich Cup results since 2000 are listed below.

Ipswich Cup Results

Year	Results			Winning Time
2021	1st Happy Go Plucky	2nd So You Win	3rd Flash Aah	2:12.74
2020 Race Not Held (COVID-19)	1st –	2nd –	3rd –	–
2019	1st Bergerac	2nd Sampson	3rd Fighting Teo	2:13.55
2018	1st Tradesman	2nd First Crush	3rd All In Vogue	2:13.19
2017	1st Self Sense	2nd Benzini	3rd Jumbo Prince	2:14.27
2016	1st Maurus	2nd Jumbo Prince	3rd Instrumentalist	2:13.74
2015	1st Danchai	2nd Banca Mo	3rd Darci Be Good	2:10.09
2014	1st Brave Ali	2nd Noisy Ocean	3rd Grey Assignment	2:11.59
2013	1st Anagold	2nd High Kin	3rd Za Magic	2:17.61
2012	1st Shenzhou Steeds	2nd Kinnersley	3rd Warrior Within	2:14.02
2011	1st Gold In Dubai	2nd Danagaze	3rd Our Lukas	2:12.35
2010	1st Our Lukas	2nd Frozone	3rd Warrior Within	2:35.3
2009	1st Our Lukas	2nd Macknuckle	3rd Jujulio	2:13.87
2008	1st Bianca	2nd Rampant Lion	3rd Art Success	2:14.32
2007	1st Sculptor	2nd Cold Start	3rd Upstaged	2:13.58
2006	1st Sphenophyta	2nd Rampant Lion	3rd Motivate	2:10.45
2005	1st Forest Jim	2nd Motivate	3rd Classic Karla	2:11.53
2004	1st Portland Singa	2nd Motivate	3rd Forest Jim	2:12.38
2003	1st Mowerman	2nd Mon Mekki	3rd Victory Smile	2:13.07
2002	1st Awesome Weather	2nd Victory Smile	3rd Lord Of The Pines	2:12.32
2001	1st Henderson Bay	2nd British Buska	3rd Go Clinton	2:11.47
2000	1st I Reign Supreme	2nd Director’s Special	3rd Thursday’s Child	2:14.02