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The Listed Wagga Wagga Gold Cup is a 2000m open handicap race run each year in early May to much anticipation. 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 2021 Wagga Wagga Gold Cup ran on Friday May 7th, 2021 and was won in an upset by Inverloch at 30/1.

Wagga Cup
Date:	Friday May 7th, 2021
Track:	Wagga Wagga Racecourse
Distance:	2000m
Race Type:	Open Handicap
Status:	Listed
Prize Money:	$200,000

2021 Wagga Wagga Gold Cup Results

• 1st: #3 Inverloch ($31)
• 2nd: #6 Yonkers ($3.90F)
• 3rd: #2 Spirit Ridge ($4.40)

Jockey Mathew Cahill produced a masterful front-running ride to score a huge upset in the 2021 Wagga Wagga Gold Cup results aboard Inverloch ($31) who was too good up front holding out the beaten favourite Yonkers ($3.90).

	Finish	No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Bar.	Weight	Penalty	Starting Price
	1	3	INVERLOCH (IRE)	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young	Mathew Cahill		2	58.5kg		$31
	2	6	YONKERS (USA)	Chris Waller	Damien Thornton	0.39L	11	55kg		$3.90F
	2	2	SPIRIT RIDGE (GB)	Mark Newnham	Nash Rawiller	0.39L	6	60kg		$4.40
	4	4	PATHS OF GLORY (GB)	Richard & Michael Freedman	Ms Rachel King	1.15L	3	57kg		$4
	5	11	MAID OF ORE	Nick Olive	Ms Kathy O’Hara	2.23L	1	54kg		$31
	6	8	MR MARATHON MAN (GB)	Richard Litt	Robbie Dolan	3.96L	4	54kg		$9.50
	7	16	UPPER HOUSE	Norm Gardner	Jeff Penza	4.26L	12	54kg		$101
	8	7	KNIGHTS ORDER (IRE)	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Campbell Rawiller (a)	5.13L	9	54kg		$13
	9	13	HUNTLY CASTLE	Tom Dabernig & Ben Hayes	Blaike McDougall	5.2L	7	54kg		$15
	10	5	THE LORD MAYOR (NZ)	Chris Waller	Tommy Berry	5.33L	8	55kg		$17
	11	9	HE RUNS AWAY (ARG)	Chris Waller	Jason Collett	5.68L	5	54kg		$21
	12	14	THE DOCTOR’S SON	John Whitelaw	Ms Ellen Hennessy (a)	7.82L	10	54kg		$101
	13	17e	BLAZING ZONE	Graham Byatt	Bradley Vale	11.2L	14	54kg		$151
	14	15	ROLAND GARROS	Adrian Corboy	Brendan Ward	14.3L	13	54kg		$151
		18e	BOUDDI	Kerry Weir			0
		1	YOUNG RASCAL (FR)	Archie Alexander	Jay Ford		0
		10	SKELM	Terry Kelly			0
		12	HIGH OPINION	Kris Lees	Jason Collett		0

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

2021 Wagga Wagga Gold Cup 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) was the last favourite in Wagga Wagga Gold Cup betting to salute for the punters 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.

2021 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 2021 Wagga Wagga Gold Cup field and barriers will be provided below the week of the race as soon as announced by Racing NSW.

The Wagga Wagga Gold Cup 2021 final field features a capacity line-up of stayers including the Archie Alexander-trained topweight Young Rascal (61kg), the Chris Waller-trained favourite Yonkers coming off a five length Caulfield win and fellow last start winner Paths Of Glory.

No	Last 10	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Probable Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	19x17x780x	YOUNG RASCAL (FR)	Archie Alexander	Jay Ford	3	61kg			106
2	1x2211x250	SPIRIT RIDGE (GB)	Mark Newnham	Nash Rawiller	8	60kg			104
3	407200×615	INVERLOCH (IRE)	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young		2	58.5kg			101
4	1455×77831	PATHS OF GLORY (GB)	Richard & Michael Freedman	Ms Rachel King	4	57kg			98
5	527×534203	THE LORD MAYOR (NZ)	Chris Waller	Tommy Berry	11	55kg			94
6	513×691441	YONKERS (USA)	Chris Waller	Damien Thornton	15	55kg			94
7	1181x6143x	KNIGHTS ORDER (IRE)	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Campbell Rawiller (a)	12	54kg			92
8	7469340617	MR MARATHON MAN (GB)	Richard Litt	Robbie Dolan	6	54kg			90
9	25113112×0	HE RUNS AWAY (ARG)	Chris Waller		7	54kg			87
10	4x70x90183	SKELM	Terry Kelly	Simon Miller (late alt)	14	54kg	54.5kg		82
11	0808×39014	MAID OF ORE	Nick Olive	Ms Kathy O’Hara	1	54kg			81
12	1647x00x09	HIGH OPINION	Kris Lees	Jason Collett	9	54kg			76
13	7330129191	HUNTLY CASTLE	Tom Dabernig & Ben Hayes	Blaike McDougall	10	54kg			73
14	x3106x8830	THE DOCTOR’S SON	John Whitelaw	Ms Ellen Hennessy (a)	13	54kg			73
15	92139199×0	ROLAND GARROS	Adrian Corboy	Brendan Ward	17	54kg			69
16	x131361584	UPPER HOUSE	Norm Gardner	Jeff Penza	16	54kg			68
17e	112×605453	BLAZING ZONE	Graham Byatt	Bradley Vale	18	54kg			54
18e	5318137×09	BOUDDI	Kerry Weir		5	54kg			50

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

2021 Wagga Wagga Gold Cup Nominations

Nominations for the Wagga Wagga Gold Cup in 2021 are taken the Monday of race week.

The 2021 Wagga Wagga Gold Cup nominations attracted a bumper 34 early entries led in betting by Chris Waller’s last start Caulfield winner by nearly five lengths Yonkers.

	Last 10	Horse	Sex	Age	Trainer	Ballot	Weight	True Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	7330129191	HUNTLY CASTLE	G	4	Tom Dabernig & Ben Hayes	1=	54kg	54kg		73
2	0808×39014	MAID OF ORE	M	6	Nick Olive	1=	54kg	54kg		81
3	19x17x780x	YOUNG RASCAL (FR)	G	6	Archie Alexander	3	61kg	61kg		106
4	1x2211x250	SPIRIT RIDGE (GB)	G	6	Mark Newnham	4	60kg	60kg		104
5	407200×615	INVERLOCH (IRE)	G	7	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young	5=	58.5kg	58.5kg		101
6	17x67079x9	WU GOK	G	7	Chris Waller	5=	58.5kg	58.5kg		101
7	24549×3514	POLLY GREY (NZ)	M	6	Chris Waller	7	55.5kg	55.5kg		99
8	1455×77831	PATHS OF GLORY (GB)	G	6	Richard & Michael Freedman	8	57kg	57kg		98
9	x834470x09	MR SATCHMO (FR)	G	6	Chris Waller	9	55.5kg	55.5kg		95
10	527×534203	THE LORD MAYOR (NZ)	G	6	Chris Waller	10=	55kg	55kg		94
11	513×691441	YONKERS (USA)	G	5	Chris Waller	10=	55kg	55kg		94
12	1181x6143x	KNIGHTS ORDER (IRE)	G	6	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	12=	54kg	54kg		92
13	0x000x6069	MISS SENTIMENTAL (NZ)	M	5	Chris Waller	12=	54kg	54kg		92
14	x1925308x8	ATTENTION RUN (GER)	M	6	Kris Lees	14	54kg	54kg		91
15	7469340617	MR MARATHON MAN (GB)	G	7	Richard Litt	15	54kg	54kg		90
16	25113112×0	HE RUNS AWAY (ARG)	G	7	Chris Waller	16	54kg	54kg		87
17	0715x0648x	SWEET THOMAS (GER)	G	9	Matthew Smith	17	54kg	54kg		86
18	3112252×83	PARRY SOUND	G	5	Bjorn Baker	18	54kg	54kg		83
19	4x70x90183	SKELM	G	6	Terry Kelly	19	54kg	54kg		82
20	x022635x37	STOCKMAN (NZ)	G	4	Joseph Pride	20	54kg	54kg		78
21	1647x00x09	HIGH OPINION	G	9	Kris Lees	21	54kg	54kg		76
22	x3106x8830	THE DOCTOR’S SON	G	6	John Whitelaw	22=	54kg	54kg		73
23	1611214×15	TOTAL RECALL	G	4	Paul Messara	22=	54kg	54kg		73
24	735342×692	CRIMSON ACE	M	5	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young	24	54kg	54kg		70
25	85450×1850	MERCURIAL LAD	G	7	Barbara Joseph, Paul & Matt Jones	25=	54kg	54kg		69
26	92139199×0	ROLAND GARROS	G	6	Adrian Corboy	25=	54kg	54kg		69
27	x131361584	UPPER HOUSE	G	6	Norm Gardner	27	54kg	54kg		68
28	6751332333	ALL BUT GONE	G	9	Damien Lane	28	54kg	54kg		62
29	29×7361755	AVION FURY	G	4	Glen Thompson	29	54kg	54kg		60
30	6214×89516	SLATEY BAY	G	5	Brett Thompson	30	54kg	54kg		59
31	5752312	SINGAPURA	G	3	Glen Thompson	31	54kg	54kg		57
32	112×605453	BLAZING ZONE	G	4	Graham Byatt	32=	54kg	54kg		54
33	1436×59154	ROND DE JAMBE	M	5	Emma & Lucy Longmire	32=	54kg	54kg		54
34	5318137×09	BOUDDI	G	6	Kerry Weir	34	54kg	54kg		50

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
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