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The Listed Wagga Wagga Gold Cup is a 2000m open handicap race run each year in early May. The Wagga Wagga Gold Cup usually attracts a decent field of local and interstate horses as well as the occasional raider from New Zealand. Canberra horses are often well-represented in the Wagga Wagga Gold Cup results.

Claimed by some to be the second oldest horse race in Australia, the Wagga Cup has developed a reputation as a major event in the Riverina region. Although it is usually run during the week, the Wagga Cup has no difficulties attracting viewers or listeners from far and wide. The Wagga Cup attracts a lot of punting attention both locally and from the rest of Australia.

The Wagga Wagga Gold Cup is unique amongst very limited company as a highly popular listed race. Offering an increased $200,000 from 2021, the hype surrounding Wagga Wagga Cup race day has considerably outgrown that of the average Listed race.

Horses out of the Wagga Wagga Gold Cup field may be tempted to race on over the winter heading up to Queensland for a race like the Group 1 Doomben Cup (2000m).

The 2022 Wagga Wagga Gold Cup ran on Friday May 6th, 2022 and was won by the Chris Waller-trained favourite Aleas ($4.60F). 

Wagga Cup
Date:	Friday May 6th, 2022
Track:	Wagga Wagga Racecourse
Distance:	2000m
Race Type:	Open Handicap
Status:	Listed
Prize Money:	$200,000

2022 Wagga Wagga Gold Cup Results

• 1st: #9 Aleas ($4.60F)
• 2nd: #12 Dream Runner
• 3rd: #8 Five Kingdom

	Finish	No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Bar.	Weight	Penalty	Starting Price
	1	9	ALEAS (GB)	Chris Waller	Chad Schofield		2	54kg		$4.60F
	2	12	DREAM RUNNER	Keith Dryden	Tyler Schiller (a)	0.22L	8	54kg		$61
	3	8	FIVE KINGDOM	Matthew Dale	Josh Richards (a)	0.33L	4	54kg		$10
	4	3	SPIRIT RIDGE (GB)	Mark Newnham	Tom Sherry (a)	2.19L	9	59kg		$8.50
	5	7	IRISH SEQUEL (IRE)	Chris Waller	Grant Buckley	2.25L	5	54kg		$10
	6	6	ESTI FENY (HUN)	Matthew Smith	Ashley Morgan	2.5L	7	54kg		$9.50
	7	11	REGGIEWOOD (NZ)	Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou	Jay Ford	5.71L	1	54kg		$6.50
	8	4	BRUTALITY	Joseph Pride	Regan Bayliss	6.82L	6	57.5kg		$7
	9	13	ROMAN	Barbara Joseph, Paul & Matt Jones	Quayde Krogh	10.94L	11	54kg		$51
	10	10	AIN’TNODEELDUN	Anthony & Sam Freedman	Tim Clark	13.57L	10	54kg		$5.50
	11	14	THIS SKILLED CAT	David O’Prey	Brendan Ward	16.33L	3	54kg		$91
		15	GUNGA DIN (NZ)	Keith Dryden	Ms Alysha Collett		0
		16	DOLPHINA	Tim Donnelly	Ms Kayla Nisbet		0
		2	NUMERIAN (IRE)	Annabel Neasham	Tommy Berry		0
		5	PANCHO	Chris Waller			0
		1	WARNING	Anthony & Sam Freedman			0

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

2022 Wagga Wagga Gold Cup Betting Odds

The Wagga Wagga Gold Cup odds are traditionally dominated by middle-distance type stayers coming off good form over the Sydney Autumn Racing Carnival. Gallopers dropping in grade off Group status events at Randwick and those with proven 2000m form usually sit high up the Wagga Wagga Gold Cup betting markets.

House Of Cartier ($5 in 2020) saluted in the Wagga Wagga Gold Cup as favourite before later being disqualified.

There was a notable upset in the following year in 2021 with Inverloch winning the Wagga Wagga Gold Cup at 30/1, while Yonkers ran second as the beaten favourite.

Aleas ($4.60 in 2022) was the last favourite in Wagga Wagga Gold Cup betting to salute for the punters.

2022 Wagga Wagga Gold Cup Field

The Wagga Wagga Gold Cup field attracts a nice class of stayers out of the autumn in Sydney.

The Group 3 JRA Plate (2000m) held at Randwick over the same distance in late April makes a good lead-up into the Wagga Wagga Cup field.

The 2022 Wagga Wagga Gold Cup field and barriers will be provided below the week of the race as soon as announced by Racing NSW.

No	Last 10	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Probable Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	516x00119x	WARNING	Anthony & Sam Freedman		16	60.5kg			105
2	x558x7x602	NUMERIAN (IRE)	Annabel Neasham	Tommy Berry	1	60kg			104
3	17x200x694	SPIRIT RIDGE (GB)	Mark Newnham	Tom Sherry (a)	11	59kg			102
4	431×245054	BRUTALITY	Joseph Pride	Regan Bayliss	8	57.5kg			99
5	5217×86424	PANCHO	Chris Waller		15	54kg			92
6	11x42x7x95	ESTI FENY (HUN)	Matthew Smith	Ashley Morgan	9	54kg			91
7	6x35112x51	IRISH SEQUEL (IRE)	Chris Waller	Grant Buckley	7	54kg			85
8	42313×2322	FIVE KINGDOM	Matthew Dale	Josh Richards (a)	6	54kg			84
9	x141860x42	ALEAS (GB)	Chris Waller	Chad Schofield	3	54kg			82
10	4x5111x842	AIN’TNODEELDUN	Anthony & Sam Freedman	Tim Clark	12	54kg			80
11	07400×3141	REGGIEWOOD (NZ)	Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou	Jay Ford	2	54kg			79
12	1532227×05	DREAM RUNNER	Keith Dryden	Tyler Schiller (a)	10	54kg			69
13	550×381021	ROMAN	Barbara Joseph, Paul & Matt Jones	Quayde Krogh	13	54kg			65
14	5602212954	THIS SKILLED CAT	David O’Prey	Brendan Ward	5	54kg			64
15	7x8047x027	GUNGA DIN (NZ)	Keith Dryden	Ms Alysha Collett	4	54kg			62
16	2624×63113	DOLPHINA	Tim Donnelly	Ms Kayla Nisbet	14	54kg			60

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

2022 Wagga Wagga Gold Cup Nominations

Nominations for the Wagga Wagga Gold Cup in 2022 are taken the Friday prior to the race.

	Last 10	Horse	Sex	Age	Trainer	Hcp Rating
1	4x5111x842	AIN’TNODEELDUN	H	4	Anthony & Sam Freedman
2	x141860x42	ALEAS (GB)	G	4	Chris Waller
3	8327355×35	BEDFORD (NZ)	G	8	Anthony & Sam Freedman
4	3431×24505	BRUTALITY	G	5	Joseph Pride
5	739760×363	COGNAC (IRE)	G	5	Richard & Will Freedman
6	2624×63113	DOLPHINA	M	4	Tim Donnelly	68
7	1532227×05	DREAM RUNNER	G	5	Keith Dryden
8	11x42x7x95	ESTI FENY (HUN)	G	7	Matthew Smith
9	42313×2322	FIVE KINGDOM	G	7	Matthew Dale
10	7x8047x027	GUNGA DIN (NZ)	G	6	Keith Dryden	77
11	6x35112x51	IRISH SEQUEL (IRE)	G	6	Chris Waller
12	x494212211	MAIN STAGE (NZ)	G	7	Gwenda Markwell
13	362011×038	MARRONI (NZ)	G	5	Murray Baker & Andrew Forsman
14	x47x458372	MAURICE’S MEDAD	G	3	Bjorn Baker
15	x558x7x602	NUMERIAN (IRE)	G	6	Annabel Neasham
16	48125132×9	OUR INTRIGUE (NZ)	M	6	Chris Waller
17	5217×86424	PANCHO	G	5	Chris Waller
18	x5x75770x4	PAPPALINO (FR)	G	6	Matthew Smith
19	07400×3141	REGGIEWOOD (NZ)	G	5	Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou
20	550×381021	ROMAN	G	7	Barbara Joseph, Paul & Matt Jones	78
21	055167×062	SECRET BLAZE	G	6	Tony & Calvin McEvoy
22	305x6140x0	SEPULCHRE	M	7	Joseph Ible	82
23	17x200x694	SPIRIT RIDGE (GB)	G	7	Mark Newnham
24	0043×00098	SWEET THOMAS (GER)	G	10	Matthew Smith
25	141x8058x0	TAIKOMOCHI	G	8	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott
26	5602212954	THIS SKILLED CAT	G	6	David O’Prey	71
27	516x00119x	WARNING	G	5	Anthony & Sam Freedman

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

Wagga Cup History

The Wagga Cup had its inaugural run on November 26, 1873, when Mountaineer won. Since that date the Wagga Cup has developed into a popular local race with a strong tradition of excellence.

Listed below are Wagga Cup winners since 1990.

Wagga Cup Winners

Year	Winner
2022	Aleas
2021	Inverloch
2020	Maurus House Of Cartier (Disqualified)
2019	Abdon
2018	Life Less Ordinary
2017	Stampede
2016	Messene
2015	Land Locked
2014	Trade Commissioner
2013	Scream Machine
2012	Coliseo
2011	Voice Commander
2010	Sainthood
2009	Macknuckle
2008	Tommifrancs
2007	Fooram
2006	Mc Lir
2005	Natural Blitz
2004	Vanquished
2003	Kreisler Mirage
2002	Call Me Lily
2001	Regal Touch
2000	Sporting
1999	Goodwood
1998	Chance Affair
1997	Here’s The Prince
1996	Nobellotto
1995	Top Guy
1994	NOT HELD
1993	Antwerp
1992	Fleet Dancer
1991	Greenback
1990	Mill Court