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The 2017 Wyong Gold Cup is an exciting staying event held at Wyong Racecourse in late August or early September. Raced over a testing 2100m, the Wyong Gold Cup provides horses with a great step-up event to the more lucrative and prestigious staying events during the Spring Racing Carnival.

The Wyong Gold Cup is run under Quality Handicap conditions and is open to contenders from all ages and sexes. Paying a decent purse of $125,000, the Wyong Gold Cup is one of the richer listed races.

The Wyong Gold Cup field is usually comprised of horses from Sydney stables, with those who have a successful run going on to compete in both Sydney and Melbourne Spring Racing Carnivals. In 2011, for example, Verminator went from a victory in the Wyong Gold Cup to win the Metropolitan Handicap and compete in the Melbourne Cup.

The Wyong Gold Cup forms part of the Wyong Racing Festival and is the feature race of Wyong Cup Day. There is a second black-type event on the program, the listed Mona Lisa Stakes.

The 2017 Wyong Gold Cup will be run on Friday September 1st.

Wyong Cup 2017
Date:	September 1st, 2017
Racecourse:	Wyong Racecourse
Distance:	2100m
Race Type:	Open Quality
Status:	Listed
Prize Money:	$125,000

2017 Wyong Gold Cup Field

The 2017 Wyong Gold Cup field will be released on Wednesday, September 2nd. There are always a few top runners included in the final 2017 Wyong Gold Cup field. The 2017 Wyong Gold Cup field will be provided below.

No	Last 10	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Hcp Rating
1	6131×97634	DESTINY’S KISS	Joseph Pride	Hugh Bowman	3	59kg	103
2	9x228x8x01	DEE I CEE (NZ)	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Tim Clark	4	56.5kg	98
3	5x227x090x	SINGING (FR)	Kris Lees	Andrew Gibbons	1	55kg	95
4	x719964451	PIRATE BEN	Damien Lane	Travis Wolfgram	6	54kg	78
5	0574402341	THE GETAWAY	Paul Perry	Ms Rachael Murray	8	54kg	69
6	60×1212112	SAYED (USA)	Chris Waller	Kerrin McEvoy	7	54kg	91
7	5682541225	GET ON THE GRANGE	Allan Kehoe	Corey Brown	2	54kg	81
8	x4575x3207	SOFIN	Shannon Fry	Andrew Adkins (a)	5	54kg	80

2017 Wyong Gold Cup Nominations

The 2017 Wyong Cup nominations will soon be released and there are a always number of worthy horses on the list. The 2017 Wyong Cup nominations will be listed below.

Wyong Gold Cup History

The Wyong Gold Cup first ran in 1978 and was taken out by Taksan. For the inaugural edition, the Wyong Cup was raced over a mile (1600 metres). It has run every year since except for 2007, when equine influenza greatly disrupted the New South Wales racing calendar.

The Wyong Gold Cup has developed a reputation for attracting big names, with Chris Waller and Gai Waterhouse regularly nominating horses.

Notable Wyong Gold Cup winners include Lord Hybrow (1989), Daniel’s The Man (2003) and The Verminator (2011). Wyong Cup results since 2000 are listed below.

Wyong Gold Cup Results

Year	Place	Horse	Time
2015 Wyong Gold Cup	1st	TBD	TBD
	2nd	TBD
	3rd	TBD
2014 Wyong Gold Cup	1st	Multilateral	2 minutes 12.2 seconds
	2nd	Canny Ballad
	3rd	Secessio
2013 Wyong Gold Cup	1st	Wazn	2 minutes 10.3 seconds
	2nd	Peal Of Bells
	3rd	Gazza Guru
2012 Wyong Gold Cup	1st	Julienas	2 minutes 10.2 seconds
	2nd	Gazza Guru
	3rd	Storm Burst
2011 Wyong Gold Cup	1st	The Verminator	2 minutes 10.2 seconds
	2nd	Essence Of Success
	3rd	Gazza Guru
2010 Wyong Gold Cup	1st	Hawk Island	2 minutes 11.8 seconds
	2nd	Snow Alert
	3rd	Music Review
2009 Wyong Gold Cup	1st	Mr Clangtastic	2 minutes 11.9 seconds
	2nd	Lodge The Deeds
	3rd	Enzedex Eagle
2008 Wyong Gold Cup	1st	Bianca	2 minutes 13.7 seconds
	2nd	Keepin’ The Dream
	3rd	Enzedex Eagle
2007 Wyong Gold Cup	1st	Race Not Held	–
	2nd	–
	3rd	–
2006 Wyong Gold Cup	1st	Race Not Held	–
	2nd	–
	3rd	–
2005 Wyong Gold Cup	1st	Carael Boy	2 minutes 12.8 seconds
	2nd	Irongail
	3rd	Dancing Daggers
2004 Wyong Gold Cup	1st	Bush Honey	2 minutes 11.9 seconds
	2nd	Jackman
	3rd	Itemise
2003 Wyong Gold Cup	1st	Daniel’s The Man	2 minutes 11.0 seconds
	2nd	Rocksinga
	3rd	Legerdemain
2002 Wyong Gold Cup	1st	Bondi Iceberg	2 minutes 11.7 seconds
	2nd	Danyon
	3rd	Feed The Meter
2001 Wyong Gold Cup	1st	Danyon	2 minutes 13.1 seconds
	2nd	Agincourt Express
	3rd	Space Age
2000 Wyong Gold Cup	1st	Pecan Player	2 minutes 08.1 seconds
	2nd	Space Age
	3rd	Gerastar