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The Murray Bridge Gold Cup is a Listed mile event held at Murray Bridge Racecourse in Adelaide during the Spring Racing Carnival.

Raced over 1600m, the Murray Bridge Cup is not as long in distance as other cup events. However, it still provides compelling entertainment and excellent punting opportunities.

An open quality handicap, the Murray Bridge Cup welcomes all comers for an attempt at its $100,000 prize. It is the headline event on a day that carries no other black-type races. The Murray Bridge Cup is often targeted by horses as part of an ongoing spring campaign.

The Murray Bridge Gold Cup sees a mixture of country horses and city horses go head to head. Because it’s only an hour east of Adelaide, the journey isn’t particularly arduous for horses form major Adelaide stables.

While horses contesting the Murray Bridge Cup come from a broad assortment of preparations, most tend to target slightly longer distance events following a run in the Cup. One of the preferred targets is the Kyneton Cup (2000m).

Murray Bridge Gold Cup Day takes place on the Friday before Melbourne hosts Caulfield Cup Day and Sydney’s Royal Randwick track is home to the world’s richest turf race – the $15 million The Everest (1200m).

The 2020 Murray Bridge Cup will be ran on Friday October 16, 2020 and was won by the Tony & Calvin McEvoy-trained Winning Partner in race record time. 

Murray Bridge Cup 2020
Date:	Friday October 16, 2020
Track:	Murray Bridge
Distance:	1600m
Race Type:	Open Quality
Status:	Listed
Prize Money:	$100,000

Murray Bridge Cup Betting

2020 Murray Bridge Cup betting will be available the week of the race following final acceptances with market links to Ladbrokes.com.au published here once open.

2020 Murray Bridge Cup Field

The Murray Bridge Cup field is usually comprised of a diverse mix of country and metro horses, all with differing preparations. Because of this, picking a winner from the Murray Bridge Cup field can be extremely challenging, and the race is often open to upsets.

The 2020 Murray Bridge Cup field & barriers are announced on the Wednesday of race week and will be published below.

The Murray Bridge Gold Cup 2020 field has been released and includes Balaklava Cup winner Winning Partner.

No	Last 10	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	3416x6156x	DANON ROMAN (JPN)	Michael Hickmott	Todd Pannell	17	59kg		89
2	5533115×41	REGALO DI GAETANO	Richard & Chantelle Jolly	Caitlin Jones (a)	3	57.5kg		86
3	55×4122251	WINNING PARTNER	Tony & Calvin McEvoy	Barend Vorster	12	56kg		83
4	203808×690	BALF’S CHOICE	Ryan Balfour	Dom Tourneur	16	55.5kg		82
5	0137420344	ARKHAM KNIGHT	John Macmillan	Karl Zechner	7	54.5kg		80
6	4×98736150	VON COSTA GLASS	Sue & Jason Jaensch	Ms Anna Jordsjo	9	54.5kg		80
7	952411049x	EPERDUMENT	Shane Oxlade	Ms Kayla Crowther	15	54kg		82
8	704084×040	CHAROSSA	Gordon Richards	Sairyn Fawke	14	54kg		79
9	1337114242	ANALYTICA (NZ)	Travis Doudle	Paul Gatt	11	54kg		78
10	31280×8025	EAST INDIAMAN	Tony & Calvin McEvoy	Jason Holder	6	54kg		77
11	11250×5314	PELOTON (NZ)	Michael Hickmott	Ms Eran Boyd	18	54kg		77
12	1x22466x72	WINGS OF PASTRAMI	Jeff Searle	Jake Toeroek	1	54kg		76
13	0x5133x111	AQUEDUCT (NZ)	Michael Hickmott	Ms Jessica Eaton (a)	4	54kg		75
14	551115242x	NEVA DOUBT US	Grant Young	Ms Sophie Logan (a)	13	54kg		75
15	625312226D	EXALTED RUTH	Grant Young	Ms Scarlet So (a)	10	54kg		70
16	31x14225x4	HYPERCANE	Richard & Chantelle Jolly	Jeffrey Maund	2	54kg		68
17	6236612×54	SERIOUS SPENDER	Leon Macdonald & Andrew Gluyas	Ms Teagan Voorham (a)	5	54kg		65
18	9x3031905x	BRONSKI	Sue & Jason Jaensch	Dylan Caboche (a)	8	54kg		63

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

Murray Bridge Cup History

The Murray Bridge Cup dates back to the very early 1900s, with the Murray Bridge Turf Club having been formed in 1899.

Throughout its life, the Murray Bridge Cup has been a mainstay of country racing in the region, with a number of the best local horses targeting it each year.

The Murray Bridge Gold Cup is now held at Gifford Hill, the multi-million dollar racing precinct recently built in the town.

Notable Murray Bridge Cup winners include King’s Arch (2003), Moment In Time (2009) and Eclair Surprise (2012). Interestingly (or frustratingly, depending on the way you look at it), Sandhill Prince came second three years in a row (2009-11). The Chris Bieg-trained Excites Zelady meanwhile won back-to-back editions of the Murray Bridge Gold Cup in 2014-15 before securing his record third win in the race in 2017.

In 2020 the Murray Bridge Gold Cup winner Winning Partner set a new race record saluting in 1 minute 35.92 seconds.

Murray Bridge Cup results and winning times since 2003 are listed below.

Murray Bridge Cup Results

Year	Place	Horse	Time
2020 Murray Bridge Cup	1st	Winning Partner	1 minute 35.92 seconds
	2nd	Aqueduct
	3rd	Regalo Di Gaetano
2019 Murray Bridge Cup	1st	Nistaan	1 minute 37.47 seconds
	2nd	Borris in Ossory
	3rd	Hussybay
2018 Murray Bridge Cup	1st	Von Costa Glass	1 minute 39.14 seconds
	2nd	Modulate
	3rd	Magic Boy
2017 Murray Bridge Cup	1st	Excites Zelady	1 minute 38.88 seconds
	2nd	Magic Consol
	3rd	Brown Ben
2016 Murray Bridge Cup	1st	Sandhill Warrior	1 minute 38.69 seconds
	2nd	Flow Meter
	3rd	Tidy Prophet
2015 Murray Bridge Cup	1st	Excites Zelady	1 minute 37.72 seconds
	2nd	Back On Target
	3rd	Okahu Bay
2014 Murray Bridge Cup	1st	Excites Zelady	1 minute 37.02 seconds
	2nd	Evangelist
	3rd	Corvidae
2013 Murray Bridge Cup	1st	Pelicano	1 minute 38.11 seconds
	2nd	Lady Dynamo
	3rd	Little Akie
2012 Murray Bridge Cup	1st	Eclair Surprise	1 minute 37.55 seconds
	2nd	Assertive Eagle
	3rd	Ballypatrick
2011 Murray Bridge Cup	1st	War Ends	1 minute 37.20 seconds
	2nd	Sandhill Prince
	3rd	Too Many Reds
2010 Murray Bridge Cup	1st	Hawks Bay	1 minute 38.97 seconds
	2nd	Sandhill Prince
	3rd	Jutland
2009 Murray Bridge Cup	1st	Moment In Time	1 minute 37.45 seconds
	2nd	Sandhill Prince
	3rd	Ciro Prince
2008 Murray Bridge Cup	1st	Club Liquid	1 minute 35.41 seconds
	2nd	The Gem
	3rd	Dynamic Hero
2007 Murray Bridge Cup	1st	Wild Will	1 minute 36.48 seconds
	2nd	Acacia Queen
	3rd	Bergstrom
2006 Murray Bridge Cup	1st	Bo Best	1 minute 35.50 seconds
	2nd	Time Matters
	3rd	Pride Of Archway
2005 Murray Bridge Cup	1st	Get Up	1 minute 40.85 seconds
	2nd	Danalaga
	3rd	Rally
2004 Murray Bridge Cup	1st	Finniss D’Or	1 minute 37.42 seconds
	2nd	Get Up
	3rd	Pentirely
2003 Murray Bridge Cup	1st	King’s Arch	1 minute 36.55 seconds
	2nd	Fly For Me
	3rd	Mustaagel