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The Queensland Cup is a Listed race that takes place at Brisbane’s Eagle Farm Racecourse in early October having been moved in 2020 from its earlier slot in late July at the end of the annual Queensland Winter Racing Carnival.

Formerly run over the traditional cup distance of two miles (3200m) – the same as the iconic Melbourne Cup in the spring and the Sydney Cup each autumn – it is now a 2400m race that serves as a potential lead-up into the Group 1 Caulfield Cup (2400m) later in October.

A quality handicap race, the Queensland Cup field face off for $130,000 in prize money.

The latest edition of the Queensland Cup ran on Saturday October 9, 2021 and was won by the John Smerdon-trained favourite Honorable Spirit ($2.60). 

Queensland Cup 2021
Date:	Saturday October 9, 2021
Track:	Eagle Farm Racecourse
Distance:	2400m
Status:	Listed
Prize Money:	$130,000
Conditions:	Qlty Hcp

2021 Queensland Cup Results

• 1st: #2 Honorable Spirit ($2.60)
• 2nd: #11 Lunasnit
• 3rd: #8 Fu Ni

	Finish	No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Bar.	Weight	Penalty	Starting Price
	1	2	HONORABLE SPIRIT	John Smerdon	Jaden Lloyd (a)		1	55.5kg		$2.60F
	2	11	LUNASNIT	Barry Lockwood	Robbie Fradd	0.1L	5	54kg		$10
	3	8	FU NI	Kris Lees	Larry Cassidy	1.6L	6	54kg		$26
	4	6	CHOCOLATIER (NZ)	Corey & Kylie Geran	Ms Stephanie Thornton	2.35L	8	54kg		$21
	5	7	TIDES OF JUPITER	Jay Bellamy	Kyle Wilson-Taylor (a)	2.45L	3	54kg		$19
	6	1	HE RUNS AWAY (ARG)	Chris Waller	Mark Du Plessis	4.7L	7	58kg		$8.50
	7	3	NAVY CROSS	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Michael Cahill	4.9L	11	54kg		$6
	8	10	ZAMOSA (NZ)	Mitchell Fry	Ms Madeleine Wishart (a)	7.9L	4	54kg		$81
	9	12	WONDERFUL DAY (NZ)	Desleigh Forster	Jim Byrne	8.65L	9	54kg		$41
	10	4	TOP ORDER	Kim Anderson	Taylor Marshall	9.15L	10	54kg		$4.40
	11	13	SIR GUNSEN	Christopher Zintilis	Ron Stewart	43.15L	2	54kg		$101
		5	UNAMERICAN	Richard & Michael Freedman			0
		9	NEMINGAH (NZ)	Edward O’Rourke			0

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

2021 Queensland Cup Betting

The Queensland Cup 2021 betting odds and market links to the Brisbane staying feature at Ladbrokes.com.au will be available for punters below the week of the race.

The latest favourites in Queensland Cup betting to salute were Azuro ($2.70 in 2019) and Honorable Spirit ($2.60 in 2021).

2021 Queensland Cup Field

The Queensland Cup Field of Final Acceptors is announced by Racing Queensland the Wednesday of race week and features the top stayers of the season.

Following its move from the winter to the spring, horses in the Queensland Cup field may now use Sydney’s Group 3 Colin Stephen Quality (2400m) on Golden Rose Day as a lead-up. In 2020 Grey Lion improved on his lead-up third in the Colin Stephen to win the Queensland Cup over 2200m.

The 2021 Queensland Cup field features a quality line-up of potential Caulfield Cup-bound stayers led in betting by John Smerdon’s consistent Gold Coast-trained galloper Honorable Spirit coming off a lead-up second in the Toowoomba Cup.

• Scratched: #5 Unamerican (7); #9 Nemingah (6)

No	Last 10	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Probable Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	0097365447	HE RUNS AWAY (ARG)	Chris Waller	Mark Du Plessis	9	58kg			85
2	5231611212	HONORABLE SPIRIT	John Smerdon	Jaden Lloyd (a)	1	55.5kg			80
3	00×0674471	NAVY CROSS	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Michael Cahill	13	54kg			76
4	3144352114	TOP ORDER	Kim Anderson	Taylor Marshall	12	54kg			76
5	5×46438113	UNAMERICAN	Richard & Michael Freedman		7	54kg			74
6	4828×75316	CHOCOLATIER (NZ)	Corey & Kylie Geran	Ms Stephanie Thornton	10	54kg			73
7	292×714212	TIDES OF JUPITER	Jay Bellamy	Bobby El-Issa	3	54kg			70
8	13×6826214	FU NI	Kris Lees	Larry Cassidy	8	54kg			69
9	x236x37222	NEMINGAH (NZ)	Edward O’Rourke		6	54kg			67
10	44451×0361	ZAMOSA (NZ)	Mitchell Fry	Ms Madeleine Wishart (a)	4	54kg			63
11	2047722234	LUNASNIT	Barry Lockwood	Robbie Fradd	5	54kg			62
12	216×427282	WONDERFUL DAY (NZ)	Desleigh Forster	Jim Byrne	11	54kg			60
13	x003461814	SIR GUNSEN	Christopher Zintilis	Ron Stewart	2	54kg			59

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

2021 Queensland Cup Nominations

The Queensland Cup 2021 nominations close the Monday of race week and will be listed below.

	Last 10	Horse	Sex	Age	Trainer	Ballot	Weight	True Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	x6321x2805	KUKERACHA (NZ)	G	4	Chris Waller	1	60kg	60kg		101
2	0097365447	HE RUNS AWAY (ARG)	G	8	Chris Waller	2	54kg	52kg		85
3	5231611212	HONORABLE SPIRIT	G	5	John Smerdon	3	54kg	49.5kg		80
4	00×0674471	NAVY CROSS	G	5	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	4=	54kg	47.5kg		76
5	3144352114	TOP ORDER	G	5	Kim Anderson	4=	54kg	47.5kg		76
6	5×46438113	UNAMERICAN	G	5	Richard & Michael Freedman	6	54kg	46.5kg		74
7	4828×75316	CHOCOLATIER (NZ)	G	7	Corey & Kylie Geran	7	54kg	46kg		73
8	292×714212	TIDES OF JUPITER	G	5	Jay Bellamy	8	54kg	44.5kg		70
9	13×6826214	FU NI	M	5	Kris Lees	9	54kg	42kg		69
10	x236x37222	NEMINGAH (NZ)	G	6	Edward O’Rourke	10	54kg	43kg		67
11	44451×0361	ZAMOSA (NZ)	M	6	Mitchell Fry	11	54kg	39kg		63
12	2047722234	LUNASNIT	M	5	Barry Lockwood	12	54kg	38.5kg		62
13	216×427282	WONDERFUL DAY (NZ)	G	6	Desleigh Forster	13	54kg	39.5kg		60
14	x003461814	SIR GUNSEN	G	5	Christopher Zintilis	14	54kg	39kg		59

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

Queensland Cup Results

Year	Place	Horse	Time
2021 Queensland Cup	1st	Honorable Spirit	2:31.74 (2400m)
	2nd	Lunasnit
	3rd	Fu Ni
2020 Queensland Cup	1st	Grey Lion	2:14.13 (2200m)
	2nd	Free Fly Too
	3rd	Fastnet Cyclone
2019 Queensland Cup	1st	Azuro	3:29.39
	2nd	Social Element
	3rd	Yogi
2018 Queensland Cup (Queen’s Cup)	1st	Plot Twist	3:31.36
	2nd	Anton En Avant
	3rd	Megablast
2017 Queensland Cup	1st	Araldo Junior	3.28.01
	2nd	My Diamantine
	3rd	Pop ‘N’ Scotch
2016 Queensland Cup	1st	Murphy’s Delight	3:34.91
	2nd	Pop ‘N’ Scotch
	3rd	Viva Espana
2015 Queensland Cup	1st	Mister Impatience	3:31.16
	2nd	Pop ‘N’ Scotch
	3rd	Monaco Doll
2014 Queensland Cup	1st	Iggi Pop	3:21.26
	2nd	Pop ‘N’ Scotch
	3rd	Brayroan
2013 Queensland Cup	1st	Turner Bayou	3:25.87
	2nd	Fifth Column
	3rd	Verdant
2012 Queensland Cup	1st	Spechenka	3:21.28
	2nd	Maythehorsebemagic
	3rd	Fantastic Blue
2011 Queensland Cup	1st	Tinseltown	3:25.13
	2nd	Smoking Chimneys
	3rd	Raeburn
2010 Queensland Cup	1st	Solid Billing	3:23.14
	2nd	Dave The Dude
	3rd	Mr Mayfair
2009 Queensland Cup	1st	Cape Breton	3:27.74
	2nd	Petushki
	3rd	Kerdem
2008 Queensland Cup	1st	Kerdem	3:37.61
	2nd	Sky Biscuit
	3rd	Rezone
2007 Queensland Cup	1st	race not held	–
	2nd	race not held
	3rd	race not held
2006 Queensland Cup	1st	Respect	3:20.69
	2nd	Dicktator
	3rd	Rezone
2005 Queensland Cup	1st	Double Portion	3:23.00
	2nd	Fires Of Ireland
	3rd	Beau
2004 Queensland Cup	1st	Regal Punch	3:23.70
	2nd	Navy Blue
	3rd	Kingsrule
2003 Queensland Cup	1st	Kugelhopf	3:19.40
	2nd	Barhill
	3rd	Up The Bid
2002 Queensland Cup	1st	Time Signal	3:20.50
	2nd	Yuppie
	3rd	Kugelhopf
2001 Queensland Cup	1st	Gillespie	3:18.90
	2nd	Chargold
	3rd	Acorn Icon
2000 Queensland Cup	1st	Green Diamond	3:20.10
	2nd	Lordnor
	3rd	Celtic Revenge