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The 2021 Sale Cup is a Listed mile event held at Sale Racecourse on the last Sunday of October each year the day after Moonee Valley’s Cox Plate Day meeting.

A handicap event open to horses aged three years and older, the Sale Cup pays $200,000 prize money.

The Sale Cup has developed a reputation over the years as one of the higher quality country cup events. It’s Listed status reflects this, as most country cups are not black type.

The Sale Cup differs from a lot of cup events in that it is only 1600m in distance, however this has not had any effect on the quality of the field over the years.

If you’re looking for lead up races to the Sale Cup, keep an eye on both local mile events and metro races.

Following the Sale Cup, horses pursue a number of different courses. Some step up to Group 1 level, such as 2013 Mouro who went on to several Group 2 and Group 3 races before contesting the Group 1 Doncaster Mile (1600m) in Sydney.

In recent years the race has been known as the Ladbrokes Sale Cup and sponsored by leading online bookmaker Ladbrokes.com.au.

The Seymour Cup serves as a nice lead-up and All Too Huiying (2020) was the last horse to do the double. More recently the 2021 Sale Cup winner Milton Park improved on a lead-up third in the Seymour Cup.

The previous year the 2019 Sale Cup winner Gold Fields went on to win the Group 3 Sandown Stakes next-up on Zipping Classic Day.

The Sale Cup 2021 was run on Sunday October 24th, 2021 and won by Milton Park ($9.50).

2021 Sale Cup
Date:	Sunday October 24th, 2021
Track:	Sale Racecourse
Distance:	1600m
Race Type:	3YO+ Handicap
Status:	Listed
Prize Money:	$200,000

2021 Sale Cup Results

	Finish	No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Bar.	Weight	Penalty	Starting Price
	1	12	MILTON PARK	John Moloney	Jarrod Fry		4	54kg		$9.50
	2	13	BARBIE’S FOX	Louise Bonella	Lewis German (a)	2L	2	54kg		$26
	3	10	GOOD AND PROPER	Mathew Ellerton & Simon Zahra	Daniel Moor	2.1L	3	54kg		$5.50
	4	2	RIDDLE ME THAT	Matt Laurie	Jye McNeil	2.3L	6	56.5kg		$9.50
	5	1	VASSILATOR (NZ)	Colin Little & Matthew Lindsay	Zac Spain	2.6L	1	58.5kg		$20
	6	5	BONVICINI	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Michael Poy	2.7L	10	54kg		$19
	7	7	EMBOLISM	Danny O’Brien	Damien Thornton	2.8L	9	54kg		$2.45F
	8	9	AL PASSEM	Ken & Kasey Keys	Teodore Nugent (a)	3.3L	5	54kg		$61
	9	3	TAVIDANCE (NZ)	Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr)	Craig Newitt	3.8L	8	54.5kg		$5.50
	10	14	PLYMOUTH ROAD (NZ)	Mario Farrugia	Michael Dee	8.8L	7	54kg		$201
	11	15	RIPPLEBROOK	Sharyn Trolove	Blaike McDougall	10.3L	11	54kg (cd 54.5kg)		$81
		4	MAGNA BELLA	Andrew Clarken			0
		8	MR EXCLUSIVE	Matthew Brown	Beau Mertens		0
		11	IMPECUNIOUS (NZ)	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young	Blaike McDougall		0
		6	GALAXY RAIDER	Grahame Begg	Patrick Moloney		0

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

2021 Sale Cup Betting

Betting on the Sale Cup is led by in-form mile types coming off good runs in similar grade country cup races around Victoria.

Sale Cup odds open the week of the race at Ladbrokes.com.au.

Doubt Defying ($3.60 in 2018) was the last favourite in Sale Cup betting to salute for the punters and he went on to run a credible next-up sixth in the Group 1 Mackinnon Stakes during the Melbourne Cup Carnival.

The Sale Cup field attracts some fairly classy types each year. Like a lot of bigger country cups, the Sale Cup field tends to be a mixture of handy local types alongside some metro horses who may have had a bit more group experience. In recent years some very classy horses have found themselves in the Sale Cup field, often ending up in the money.

The 2021 Sale Cup field will be published below once announced the Thursday prior to Sale Cup Day.

The Sale Cup 2021 final field features a bumper line-up of mainly Victorian-trained milers led in betting by the Danny O’Brien-trained Embolism coming off a fifth in the Group 1 Toorak Handicap.

• Scratched: #4 Magna Bella (8)

No	Last 10	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	1267313×08	VASSILATOR (NZ)	Colin Little & Matthew Lindsay	Zac Spain	2	58.5kg		99
2	146x243x83	RIDDLE ME THAT	Matt Laurie	Jye McNeil	7	56.5kg		95
3	1x0214x7x4	TAVIDANCE (NZ)	Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr)	Craig Newitt	11	54.5kg		91
4	14x140x432	MAGNA BELLA	Andrew Clarken		8	54kg		90
5	0x38478x90	BONVICINI	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Michael Poy	14	54kg		89
6	x334469x85	GALAXY RAIDER	Grahame Begg	Patrick Moloney	1	54kg		89
7	15x0485x35	EMBOLISM	Danny O’Brien	Damien Thornton	12	54kg		85
8	6×51759436	MR EXCLUSIVE	Matthew Brown	Beau Mertens	13	54kg		83
9	054x660x00	AL PASSEM	Ken & Kasey Keys	Teodore Nugent (a)	6	54kg		81
10	112231×385	GOOD AND PROPER	Mathew Ellerton & Simon Zahra	Daniel Moor	4	54kg		79
11	x4339x4055	IMPECUNIOUS (NZ)	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young	Blaike McDougall (late alt)	10	54kg		79
12	1042×08173	MILTON PARK	John Moloney	Jarrod Fry	5	54kg		79
13	400×341347	BARBIE’S FOX	Louise Bonella	Lewis German (a)	3	54kg		78
14	1640x016x0	PLYMOUTH ROAD (NZ)	Mario Farrugia	Michael Dee	9	54kg		74
15	7x0x09x092	RIPPLEBROOK	Sharyn Trolove		15	54kg		70

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

Sale Cup History

The Sale Cup is a very old country race and can trace its roots to 1862, when the Sale Turf Club was born. The town of Sale itself was only settled in 1844 and didn’t have a post office until four years later. As such, the Sale Cup is inextricably linked to the history of the town and development of the wider region.

Three-time Melbourne Cup winner Makybe Diva’s fourth start and second win was at Sale in a Class 1 handicap.

The Sale Cup has developed a strong reputation for producing group winners. You can almost rely on the Sale Cup winner going on to take out a group event in the future.

Notable recent Sale Cup winners include Panoramic Lad (2002), Mr Baritone (2007), Sertorius (2012) and Mouro (2013). Sale Cup results since 2000 are listed below.

Sale Cup Results

Year	Place	Horse	Time
2021 Sale Cup	1st	Milton Park	1 minute 37.68 seconds
	2nd	Barbie’s Fox
	3rd	Good And Proper
2020 Sale Cup	1st	All Too Huiying	1 minute 43.21 seconds
	2nd	Exasperate
	3rd	Phaistos
2019 Sale Cup	1st	Gold Fields	1 minute 38.20 seconds
	2nd	Mandela Effect
	3rd	Romancer
2018 Sale Cup	1st	Doubt Defying	1 minute 35.56 seconds
	2nd	Fastnet Tempest
	3rd	Al Passem
2017 Sale Cup	1st	Moss ‘N’ Dale	1 minute  36.83 seconds
	2nd	Fastnet Tempest
	3rd	Raw Impulse
2016 Sale Cup	1st	First Course	1 minute 43.8 seconds
	2nd	Cool Chap
	3rd	Manageress
2015 Sale Cup	1st	Evangelist	1 minute 36.8 seconds
	2nd	Harada Bay
	3rd	Streets Away
2014 Sale Cup	1st	Sonntag	1 minute 37.8 seconds
	2nd	Lightenuff
	3rd	Red Inca
2013 Sale Cup	1st	Mouro	1 minute 36.3 seconds
	2nd	Mutual Trust
	3rd	Rhythm To Spare
2012 Sale Cup	1st	Sertorius	1 minute 35.97 seconds
	2nd	Prizum
	3rd	Utah Saints
2011 Sale Cup	1st	Pinnacles	1 minute 36.5 seconds
	2nd	Lord Pyrus
	3rd	Cosmic Causeway
2010 Sale Cup	1st	Eraset	1 minute 35.6 seconds
	2nd	Lakedro
	3rd	Tagus
2009 Sale Cup	1st	Offenders	1 minute 36.8 seconds
	2nd	Nine Tales
	3rd	Ace Harmony
2008 Sale Cup	1st	Electromotive	1 minute 35.4 seconds
	2nd	Gold Salute
	3rd	Rockpecker
2007 Sale Cup	1st	Mr Baritone	1 minute 36.7 seconds
	2nd	Eclair Passion
	3rd	Gotta Have Heart
2006 Sale Cup	1st	Emerald Jack	1 minute 35.5 seconds
	2nd	Thin And Crispy
	3rd	Red Ali
2005 Sale Cup	1st	Benedetti	1 minute 37.3 seconds
	2nd	Smart And Mighty
	3rd	Kehlstein
2004 Sale Cup	1st	Inspire	1 minute 34.8 seconds
	2nd	Encosta Legend
	3rd	Foxborough
2003 Sale Cup	1st	Lord Ardsley	1 minute 35.5 seconds
	2nd	Acetate
	3rd	Just Like Kelly
2002 Sale Cup	1st	Panoramic Lad	1 minute 35.5 seconds
	2nd	Eagle Rhythm
	3rd	Count Down
2001 Sale Cup	1st	Oval Office	1 minute 35.0 seconds
	2nd	Arabian Magic
	3rd	Knockroe
2000 Sale Cup	1st	Our Guided Missile	1 minute 35.7 seconds
	2nd	Seeking
	3rd	Knockroe