The Newcastle Gold Cup is a Group 3 open handicap race held annually midweek on a Thursday afternoon at Broadmeadow racecourse in Newcastle during the Sydney spring racing carnival in New South Wales. The race is run over a distance of 2300 metres and worth $185,000 in prizemoney. The 2011 Newcastle Gold Cup was won by Green Moon from Home On A Wing with Gazza Guru third.
Newcastle is located about 200km north of Sydney and Newcastle Gold Cup day on the Thursday forms part of the two day Newcastle carnival which also includes the Gr3 Cameron Handicap for sprinters and the Gr3 Spring Stakes for three-year olds on the Wednesday.
Newcastle Gold Cup info
Date:
Thursday 20th September 2012
Track:
Broadmeadow racecourse, Newcastle
Distance:
2300 metres
Race Type:
Open Handicap
Status:
Group 3
Prizemoney:
$185,000
2011 Winner:
Green Moon
The Newcastle Gold Cup is an above average country cup raced under handicap conditions and typically attracts handy local stayers or capable city horses that might travel up from Sydney for the Newcastle carnival.
The race has good prizemoney for a provincial race and is the feature staying event for the Newcastle Jockey Club, with winners and placegetters in recent times going on to perform soundly in some spring Sydney feature races, including the Gr3 Colin Stephen Quality Hcp (2400m) and Gr1 The Metropolitan (2400m) later in the carnival.
Gazza Guru (3rd in 2011) ran third in the Gr3 Craven Plate at Randwick at his next start and The Verminator (5th in 2011) managed to win the The Metropolitan on the same day.
Lodge The Deeds (2nd in 2009) and Bianca (2008) both went on to finish runner-up in The Metropolitan and County Tyrone (3rd in 2004) managed to win the The Metropolitan. Exinite (2nd in 2006) won the Colin Stephen Quality Hcp at his next start.
Green Moon (2011) ran second in a handicap event over 2000m at Flemington in Melbourne prior to scoring a tough win in this race and recent Newcastle Gold Cup winners include Stratofortress (2010) and Streetfighter (2009).
Newcastle Track Map Newcastle race track is a flat track which has a circumference of 2000m and horses race in a clockwise direction. The track surface is turf and the straight length is 415m.
2011 Newcastle Gold Cup result
1. $4.40 Green Moon 53.0 B Avdulla
2. $9.00 Home On A Wing 53.0 K McEvoy
3. $16.00 Gazza Guru 53.0 G Boss
then followed
4. $26.00 Raeburn 53.0 R McMahon
5. $7.50 The Verminator 55.0 G Schofield
6. $101.00 Splendid Honours 53.0 C Reith
7. $17.00 Hume 53.5 J Byrne
8. $21.00 Bellagio Wynn 55.0 J Cassidy
9. $51.00 Warrior Within 53.0 P Hammersley
10. $41.00 Viking Legend 53.5 J Ford
11. $19.00 Spechenka 55.0 R Wiggins
12. $61.00 Timetable 53.0 R Thompson
13. $12.00 Tamanu Park 53.0 C Brown
14. $81.00 Flaming Circle 53.0 S Thurlow
15. $3.80 Essence Of Success 53.0 C Munce
Margins: Head, 1/2 head Time: 2:22.47
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