BRC Lord Mayor’s Cup 2024

The BRC Lord Mayor’s Cup is a Group 3 race held in late May or early June during the Brisbane Winter Racing Carnival.

Open to horses aged three-years-old and above, the set weights plus penalties event runs over 1800m and offers $200,000 in prize money.

The Lord Mayor’s Cup takes place on Queensland Derby Day, which is headlined by the Group 1 Queensland Derby (2400m) for three-year-old stayers and weight-for-age Group 1 Kingsford Smith Cup (1300m).

Also on the Derby Day card at Eagle Farm Racecourse are the Group 2 BRC Sires’ Produce Stakes (1400m) now worth $1 million, the Group 3 Fred Best Classic (1400m), and the Group 3 Premier’s Cup (2400m).

Previously run over 1600m as a weight-for-age race, the Lord Mayor’s Cup distance increased to 1800m in 2021 and the conditions changed to set weights plus penalties.

Inaugurated in 1956 as the BATC Labour Day Cup, the event has been known as the Lord Mayor’s Cup since 2005 and gained Group 3 status in 2000.

The Lord Mayor’s Cup now serves as a key lead-up into the Group 2 $1.2 million The Q22 (2200m) held on Stradbroke Handicap Day.

Without A Fight (2023) completed the BRC Lord Mayor’s Cup – The Q22 double before franking the form with a Group 1 Melbourne Cup victory at Flemington that November.

The next edition of the Lord Mayor’s Cup (BRC) takes place on 2024 at Eagle Farm Racecourse.

Lord Mayor’s Cup (BRC) Race Info

• Date: Saturday June 1st, 2024
• Track: Eagle Farm Racecourse
• Distance: 1800m
• Conditions: 3YOs & Upwards – Set Weights + Penalties
• Status: Group 3
• Prize Money: $200,000
• First Run: 1956

2024 Lord Mayor’s Cup Results

• 1st: TBD
• 2nd: TBD
• 3rd: TBD

The official BRC Lord Mayor’s Cup results & finishing order for the 2024 edition of the race will be published here as soon as the race takes place on Saturday June 1st, 2024.

BRC Lord Mayor’s Cup Betting

BRC Lord Mayor’s Cup betting markets favour in-form staying types from local Brisbane or Sydney stables coming off a good lead-up run over the Brisbane Winter Racing Carnival.

Horses that ran well in the Listed Member’s Handicap (1600m) at Doomben a fortnight earlier usually sit at shorter Lord Mayor’s Cup odds.

Bigboyroy (3rd in 2022) was the last BRC Lord Mayor’s Cup winner to come off a lead-up run in the Member’s Handicap.

Older gallopers, especially five and six-year-old horses, traditionally dominate Lord Mayor’s Cup betting with the last three-year-old to win being Rothesay (2010).

2024 Lord Mayor’s Cup Odds

The season’s official BRC Lord Mayor’s Cup 2024 betting odds will be available on the hopeful stayers right here the week of the race so stay tuned for access to the best Brisbane racing odds.

BRC Lord Mayor’s Cup Field

The BRC Lord Mayor’s Cup race field features a line-up of quality staying types from both local and interstate stables.

Runners come via a number of different lead-up races including the Listed Member’s Handicap (1600m), with Reloaded (2021) the last horse to complete the Member’s Handicap – Lord Mayor’s Cup double in Brisbane.

Lord Mayor’s Cup (BRC) nominations close on the Monday of race week with final acceptances announced on the Wednesday.

2024 Lord Mayor’s Cup Field

The official BRC Lord Mayor’s Cup 2024 final field & barriers will be provided below as soon as acceptances are taken by Queensland Racing on the Wednesday leading-up to Kingsford Smith Cup Day so bookmark this page to see what gallopers make the cut for the set weights + penalties clash.

2024 Lord Mayor’s Cup Nominations

The early BRC Lord Mayor’s Cup 2024 nominations are taken on the Wednesday of race week.

BRC Lord Mayor’s Cup Form Guide

The Lord Mayor’s Cup form guide features all the crucial race information like the saddlecloth numbers, jockeys, trainers, barriers and lead-up runs of the horses in the field.

Looking for the in-form interstate raiders can be key with Sydney-based trainers Chris Waller and James Cummings enjoying two and three wins respectively in the event between 2015-22.

The 2022 Lord Mayor’s Cup form was franked with the third-placed Kolding going on to finish runner-up , next start in The Q22 results, while the 2023 champion Without A Fight won that year’s Melbourne Cup race.

2024 Lord Mayor’s Cup Form Guide

Stay tuned for a link to our comprehensive BRC Lord Mayor’s 2024 race form guide, available following final declarations the week leading up to Kingsford Smith Cup Day.

BRC Lord Mayor’s Cup Tips

Lord Mayor’s Cup (BRC) tips include looking for the top three runners out of the Member’s Handicap a fortnight earlier, those proven at the 1800m distance and any quality Sydney-trained visitors in the field.

Runners aged between four and six-years-old also make the best tips in the Lord Mayor’s Cup betting tips, as do the geldings. Since 2006 just two mares have won the race with Angel Of Mercy (2014) and Col ‘N’ Lil (2017).

2024 Lord Mayor’s Cup Tips

Our Ladbrokes’ insider BRC Lord Mayor’s Cup 2024 betting tips with the gallopers to back and sack this winter will be detailed below a day or so out from the race so stay tuned.

• To Win: TBD

Lord Mayor’s Cup Results

BRC Lord Mayor’s Cup race results in recent years show a dominance by successful interstate raiders from Sydney.

The last three-year-olds to win the BRC Lord Mayor’s Cup were Rothesay (2010) and the filly Only A Lady (1998).

Some of the more notable recent BRC Lord Mayor’s Cup winners include subsequent Melbourne Cup winner Without A Fight (2023), Sky Heights (2001), Freemason (2002), Rothesay (2010), dual champion Solzhenitsyn (2012-13), and Strawberry Boy (2015).

Past BRC Lord Mayor’s Cup Winners

Recent BRC Lord Mayor’s Cup winners and place-getters dating back to the year 1998 are detailed in the below table.