Hawkesbury Gold Cup 2024

The Hawkesbury Gold Cup is the showcase race at the late April or early May meeting held at Hawkesbury Racecourse on the outskirts of Sydney following the action of the Sydney Autumn Racing Carnival.

An open handicap race run over a mile (1600m), the Group 3 event offers $250,000 in prize money and was first run in 1980.

Hawkesbury Gold Cup Day features three Group 3 races with the Cup supported on the card by the Group 3 $250,000 Hawkesbury Guineas (1400m) and the Group 3 $250,000 Hawkesbury Crown (1300m).

The event was first run in the summer as a lead-up into the Group 2 Villiers Stakes (now the $2 million The Ingham) up until 2013 when moved to August as a preliminary race for Epsom Handicap-bound runners. The following year it was moved again and is now its own feature during the autumn – winter racing season.

Originally the Hawkesbury Gold Cup ran over 2000m before the distance was reduced to 1600m in 1989 and has held Group 3 status since 1997.

In 2020 it took place at Rosehill Gardens over a reduced distance of 1500m due to COVID-19 related restrictions.

In 2015 the Hawkesbury Gold Cup meeting was abandoned after the first race due to unsafe track conditions and was later rescheduled, running in June that year.

The Hawkesbury Gold Cup is also a The Big Dance qualifier with eligibility for the $3 million Sydney race on Melbourne Cup Day for the first two past the post.

The latest edition of the Hawkesbury Gold Cup ran on Saturday May 4, 2024 at Hawkesbury Racecourse, Clarendon, as a $3 million The Big Dance race qualifier, and was won in a thrilling up-the-inside run by Just Folk ($7).

2024 Hawkesbury Gold Cup Results

The complete Hawkesbury Gold Cup Results 2024 and Finishing Order will be available below once the race takes place at on Saturday May 4, 2024.

2024 Hawkesbury Gold Cup winner Just Folk. Photo: Steve Hart.

• 1st: #6 Just Folk
• 2nd: #1 Detonator Jack
• 3rd: #11 Welwal

The Gavin Bedggood-trained seven-year-old Just Folk ($7) was too strong late up the inside saving ground to hold out the favourite Detonator Jack in a thrilling finish to the Hawkesbury Gold Cup 2024.

2024 Hawkesbury Gold Cup Odds

The season’s top Hawkesbury Gold Cup 2024 betting odds on the potential winter-bound staying types will be available here on race week so stay tuned for access to the best Hawkesbury racing odds and offers.

Hawkesbury Gold Cup Race Info

• Date: Saturday May 4, 2024
• Track: Hawkesbury Racecourse
• Distance: 1600m
• Conditions: Handicap
• Status: Group 3
• Prize Money: $250,000
• First Run: 1980

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

Hawkesbury Gold Cup Tips

Top Hawkesbury Gold Cup tips include looking for proven performers at the track / distance and those mile types coming out of tougher Sydney autumn lead-ups.  

Four and five-year-olds weighted around 54kg – 56kg have an excellent strike-rate and make a top Hawkesbury Gold Cup betting tip. 

2024 Hawkesbury Gold Cup Tips

Our Ladbrokes’ exclusive Hawkesbury Gold Cup 2024 betting tips and Group 3 racing selections will be detailed below leading up to the Hawkesbury showdown so bookmark this page for the end-of-autumn runners to back and sack. 

• To Win: #6 Just Folk ($8 at time of publish) – BET NOW

Veteran seven-year-old coming off some good form. The multiple Group 2 champ was last seen crossing a half-length third in the Golden Mile at Bendigo with 60kg from gate 15. Notably lighter weight and better gate at Hawkesbury now over the same distance. Solid Group 2 Ajax run the start before, is fit now third-up and ready to fire. Can win.

Hawkesbury Gold Cup Form Guide

The Hawkesbury Gold Cup form guide features all the must know info like saddlecloth numbers, barriers, jockeys, trainers and lead-up form for all horses in the field.

Studying the Hawkesbury Gold Cup form for middle-distance horses with good form over 1600m, previous Group 3 or even Group 2 runners from the Sydney Autumn Carnival and local hopes with a nice Hawkesbury record is key when looking to tip the Hawkesbury Gold Cup winner.

The 2022 winner Kirwan’s Lane franked the Hawkesbury Gold Cup form coming back in the summer to win the Group 2 $2 million The Ingham (1600m) at Randwick, while the third place-getter Atishu was third in The Ingham results as well before returning in the autumn of 2023 to win the Group 1 Queen Of The Turf Stakes (1600m). 

 2024 Hawkesbury Gold Cup Form Guide

A link to our comprehensive Hawkesbury Gold Cup 2024 Form Guide will be provided for punters below the week of the race.

Hawkesbury Gold Cup Results

Notable Hawkesbury Gold Cup winners include Regal Native (1988), two-time champion Magic Road (1995-96), Court’s In Session (2004), Darci Be Good (2012), Sons of John (2015), and Archedemus (2019, 2021). 

Amangiri (2020) was the last Hawkesbury Gold Cup winning mare. 

Past Hawkesbury Gold Cup Winners

Recent Hawkesbury Gold Cup winners and place-getters dating back to the year 2000 are detailed in the below table.