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The Scone Cup is one of the biggest events in NSW country racing. Anticipated by thousands of local racing fans, the black-type mile showdown takes place on a Friday in mid-May as the feature of the Scone Cup Carnival.

Contested over 1600m, the Listed feature offers $160,000 in prize money and is run under quality handicap conditions. The key lead-up into the Scone Cup field is the Group 3 Hawkesbury Gold Cup (1600m) run over the same distance a fortnight earlier. The Hawkesbury Cup – Scone Cup double is popular one with the punters each autumn and the best out of the latter may continue onto Queensland for the Brisbane Winter Racing Carnival.

Scone Cup Day is followed by Dark Jewel Classic Day on the Saturday, which is headlined by a class field of fillies & mares facing off in the Group 3 Dark Jewel Classic (1400m).

The 2020 Scone Cup ran on Friday May 15, 2020 and was won by the Ciaron Maher & David Eustace-trained import Dr Drill ($10). 

Scone Cup 2020
Date:	Friday May 15, 2020
Track:	Scone Racecourse
Distance:	1600m
Conditions:	Open – Qlty
Status:	Listed
Prize Money:	$160,000
Inaugurated:	1947

2020 Scone Cup Results

• 1st: #4 Dr Drill
• 2nd: #11 Phaistos
• 3rd: #7 Sambro

Ciaron Maher & David Eustace’s class import Dr Drill ($10) held off the fast-finishing Godolphin galloper Phaistos ($3.90) to salute in the 2020 Scone Cup results by a short-neck. The Chris Waller-trained Sambro ($17) was also good late running third in a close finish where under a length separated the first six over the line including Team Snowden’s beaten favourite Military Zone (5th).

Place	#	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Barrier	Weight	SP
1	4	DR DRILL (GB)	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Keagan Latham	–	2	56.5kg	$10
2	11	PHAISTOS	James Cummings	Grant Buckley	0.3L	7	54kg	$3.90
3	7	SAMBRO	Chris Waller	Lee Magorrian	0.44L	5	55kg	$17
4	3	CHIEF IRONSIDE (GB)	Kris Lees	Ms Samantha Clenton (a)	0.59L	6	58.5kg	$6
5	6	MILITARY ZONE	Peter & Paul Snowden	Christian Reith	0.76L	10	55kg	$3.70F
6	9	BLACK ON GOLD	Chris Waller	Ms Jenny Duggan (a)	0.83L	8	54kg	$51
7	10	LIVE AND FREE (NZ)	John O’Shea	Jeff Penza	1.62L	11	54kg	$7.50
8	15	ROYAL TUDOR	Rodney Ollerton	Ms Cejay Graham (a)	3.2L	14	54kg	$51
9	1	SIXTIES GROOVE (IRE)	Kris Lees	Andrew Gibbons	3.37L	4	61kg	$51
10	17e	PETROLOGY	Nathan Doyle	Ashley Morgan	4.4L	13	54kg	$41
11	16	THE GETAWAY	Paul Perry	Ms Rachael Murray	4.45L	1	54kg	$201
12	8	SATONO RASEN (JPN)	Chris Waller	Chris O’Brien	4.74L	9	55kg (cd 55.5kg)	$101
13	20e	PLAISIR	David Atkins	Ms Amelia Denby	5.3L	12	54kg	$201
14	19e	UNBIASED	Glenn Morgan	Robert Thompson	5.58L	16	54kg	$71
15	12	BOBBING	Bernie Kelly	Tom Sherry (a)	7.57L	3	54kg	$19
16	13	CUTADEEL	Bjorn Baker	Mitchell Bell	7.83L	15	54kg (cd 55kg)	$31
–	2	BIG DUKE (IRE)	Kris Lees	Robert Thompson	–	0	–	–
–	18e	COSTELLO	David Payne	–	–	0	–	–
–	14	OAKFIELD MISSILE	Damien Lane	Darryl McLellan	–	0	–	–
–	5	ARCHEDEMUS	Joseph Pride	–	–	0	–	–

2020 Scone Cup Odds

The season’s best Scone Cup 2020 odds and betting market links to Ladbrokes.com.au will be available the week of the race.

2020 Scone Cup Field

The Scone Cup field attracts a class line-up of milers, many coming off a lead-up run two weeks earlier in the Hawkesbury Cup. The capacity of the Scone Cup final field is 16 starters, with four emergencies also allowed when acceptances are taken the Wednesday of race week.

The 2020 Scone Cup field has drawn a capacity line-up of milers with a host of runners battling for top spot in betting including the John O’Shea-trained Hawkesbury Cup runner-up Live And Free.

Click here to read about the top fancies in the Scone Cup 2020 field and odds.

#	Form (Last 10)	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Hcp. Rating
1	10x3321x0x	SIXTIES GROOVE (IRE)	Kris Lees	Andrew Gibbons	5	61kg	108
2	08326x750x	BIG DUKE (IRE)	Kris Lees	Robert Thompson	2	58.5kg	103
3	6306x010x0	CHIEF IRONSIDE (GB)	Kris Lees	Ms Samantha Clenton (a)	8	58.5kg	103
4	2182115×30	DR DRILL (GB)	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Keagan Latham	3	56.5kg	99
5	8118x070x4	ARCHEDEMUS	Joseph Pride	TBA	18	56kg	98
6	121x7574x5	MILITARY ZONE	Peter & Paul Snowden	Christian Reith	12	55kg	96
7	42x03736x8	SAMBRO	Chris Waller	Lee Magorrian	6	55kg	96
8	x009x0225x	SATONO RASEN (JPN)	Chris Waller	Chris O’Brien	11	55kg	96
9	745x68222x	BLACK ON GOLD	Chris Waller	TBA	10	54kg	94
10	328x9204x2	LIVE AND FREE (NZ)	John O’Shea	Jeff Penza	13	54kg	94
11	13x4231x21	PHAISTOS	James Cummings	Grant Buckley	9	54kg	92
12	6x3467x206	BOBBING	Bernie Kelly	Tom Sherry (a)	4	54kg	88
13	x184248x60	CUTADEEL	Bjorn Baker	Mitchell Bell	19	54kg	87
14	x00059x141	OAKFIELD MISSILE	Damien Lane	Darryl McLellan	14	54kg	82
15	316×651643	ROYAL TUDOR	Rodney Ollerton	Ms Cejay Graham (a)	17	54kg	82
16	5x006754x0	THE GETAWAY	Paul Perry	Ms Rachael Murray	1	54kg	82
17e	270680×661	PETROLOGY	Nathan Doyle	Ashley Morgan	16	54kg	81
18e	6339×22231	COSTELLO	David Payne	TBA	7	54kg	79
19e	16153712×4	UNBIASED	Glenn Morgan	TBA	20	54kg	78
20e	x0531197x0	PLAISIR	David Atkins	TBA	15	54kg	72

2020 Scone Cup Nominations

The Scone Cup nominations close the Monday race week and feature a strong line-up of autumn milers that may be eyeing a Brisbane run later in the season including stepping up in distance for the Group 1 Doomben Cup (2000m).

The 2020 Scone Cup nominations attracted 37 hopefuls including Chris Waller’s returning Magic Millions Trophy runner-up Black On Gold, popular veteran Big Duke for Newcastle’s Kris Lees and the John O’Shea-trained Live And Free coming off a Group 3 Hawkesbury Gold Cup second.

#	Form (Last 10)	Horse	Sex	Age	Trainer
1	8118x070x4	ARCHEDEMUS	G	6	Joseph Pride
2	28×5122107	ASHARANI	M	4	Kris Lees
3	81×1557001	ASSAULT’N’BATHORY	G	6	Danielle Seib
4	43276x507x	ATTENTION RUN (GER)	M	5	Kris Lees
5	08326x750x	BIG DUKE (IRE)	G	8	Kris Lees
6	745x68222x	BLACK ON GOLD	G	6	Chris Waller
7	6x3467x206	BOBBING	G	6	Bernie Kelly
8	88x09x0692	BRAZEN	G	7	Kristen Buchanan
9	6306x010x0	CHIEF IRONSIDE (GB)	H	5	Kris Lees
10	6339×22231	COSTELLO	G	4	David Payne
11	x184248x60	CUTADEEL	G	4	Bjorn Baker
12	46120×4632	DEALMAKER	G	4	Chris Waller
13	0527×52064	DELECTATION GIRL (GB)	M	6	Kris Lees
14	2182115×30	DR DRILL (GB)	G	5	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace
15	241×431535	GAULOIS	G	5	James Cummings
16	x67119x001	HAND IT IN	G	6	Rodney Ollerton
17	328x9204x2	LIVE AND FREE (NZ)	G	5	John O’Shea
18	049	LOUIS THE GREAT	G	3	Cheryl Roberts
19	1148×26357	LUNA MIA	M	4	Paul Messara
20	246077×620	MASK OF TIME (IRE)	G	6	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace
21	121x7574x5	MILITARY ZONE	G	4	Peter & Paul Snowden
22	x7615276x5	MISS REDOBLE	M	5	Tracey Bartley
23	439x59x008	NICCI’S GOLD	M	5	Gary Portelli
24	x1210x7306	OAKFIELD CAPTAIN	G	5	Damien Lane
25	x00059x141	OAKFIELD MISSILE	M	5	Damien Lane
26	5611470×50	PELETHRONIUS	G	7	David Pfieffer
27	270680×661	PETROLOGY	G	8	Nathan Doyle
28	13x4231x21	PHAISTOS	G	4	James Cummings
29	x0531197x0	PLAISIR	G	6	David Atkins
30	316×651643	ROYAL TUDOR	G	7	Rodney Ollerton
31	42x03736x8	SAMBRO	G	5	Chris Waller
32	x009x0225x	SATONO RASEN (JPN)	G	8	Chris Waller
33	10x3321x0x	SIXTIES GROOVE (IRE)	G	7	Kris Lees
34	655639×236	SUNREEL	M	4	Mark Minervini
35	5x006754x0	THE GETAWAY	G	6	Paul Perry
36	16153712×4	UNBIASED	G	7	Glenn Morgan
37	19x3245x51	WILD ABOUT HER	M	5	Kylie Gavenlock

Scone Cup History

Inaugurated in 1947, the Scone Cup has been run by the Scone Race Club (formed in 1944) since its inception. Now run at the new racecourse (constructed in 1994), every year the Scone Cup attracts a top class line-up of autumn milers.

Scone Cup winners since 2000 are listed below.

Recent Scone Cup Winners

Year	Winner
2020	Dr Drill
2019	Special Missile
2018	Sedanzer
2017	Duca Valentinois
2016	Pajaro
2015	Tales Of Grimm
2014	Cameo
2013	Speediness
2012	Raspberries
2011	Dysphonia
2010	Keepin’ The Dream
2009	Obvious Choice
2008	Newton’s Rings
2007	Spy Ziam
2006	Fighting Fund
2005	Impaler
2004	Jeremiad
2003	Full On Magic
2002	Huge Demand
2001	Brave Prince
2000	Brave Prince