Ipswich Cup 2024

The Ipswich Cup is a Listed staying race held at Ipswich Racecourse in Queensland towards the end of June as part of the wider Queensland Winter Racing Carnival.

2019 Ipswich Cup winner Bergerac (pictured in Sydney). Photo: Steve Hart.

Contested over 2150m, the quality handicap offers $250,000 in prize money.

The Brisbane Winter Racing Carnival officially comes to an end the weekend prior with Stradbroke Handicap Day and is followed by the Ipswich Cup Day races.

Ipswich Cup Day is also host to the Listed $200,000 Eye Liner Stakes (1350m) and the Listed $160,000 Gai Waterhouse Classic (1200m) for fillies and mares.

From 1986 – 2006 the Ipswich Cup held Group 3 status before being demoted back to its current Listed status.

The latest edition of the Ipswich Cup ran on Saturday June 22, 2024 and was won in an upset by Red Wave ($17) from the Toowoomba stables of Tony & Maddysen Sears.

2024 Ipswich Cup Results

The complete Ipswich Cup 2024 Results & Finishing Order will be listed below once the race takes place on Saturday June 22, 2024.

• 1st: #13 Red Wave
• 2nd: #11 London Banker
• 3rd: #9 Encoder

2024 Ipswich Cup Odds

The season’s best Ipswich Cup 2024 betting odds and links to our markets on the field will be available right here as soon as released so stay tuned for the best Queensland winter racing odds online.

Ipswich Cup Race Info

• Date: Saturday June 22, 2024
• Track: Ipswich Racecourse
• Distance: 2150m
• Conditions: Quality Handicap
• Status: Listed
• Prize Money: $250,000

Ipswich Cup Betting

Ipswich Cup betting markets are led by in-form winter stayers with previous form in similar grade Queensland races.

Any interstate raiders making the trip up to the sunshine state for the event also sit high up the Ipswich Cup odds each season.

Tradesman ($1.80 in 2018) was the last favourite in Ipswich Cup betting to salute for the punters.

There was a notable upset in 2021 when Happy Go Plucky won at Ipswich Cup odds of $21, in 2022 with Smart Meteor won at $20, in 2023 with the Annabel Neasham-trained Regal Lion jumping at $21 in Ipswich Cup betting, and again in 2024 with Red Wave saluting at $17.

Ipswich Cup Field

The Ipswich Cup race field attracts a quality line-up of stayers coming off lead-up runs either in Queensland or interstate in similar grade and distance events.

Potential lead-up races to the Ipswich Cup field each season include the Group 2 Brisbane Cup (3200m) held the weekend before or the Group 3 Premier’s Cup in late May also run in Brisbane.

Smart Meteor (11th in 2022) and Red Wave (11th in 2024) are the latest Ipswich Cup winners to come via a lead-up run in the BRC Premier’s Cup.

Ipswich Cup runners may have also had an earlier run in Brisbane’s Group 1 $1 million Doomben Cup (2000m).

Following a run in the Ipswich Cup field there are plenty of following winter racing options for graduates including the the Listed $300,000 Caloundra Cup (2400m) on the Queensland’s Sunshine Coast in early July and the Listed $200,000 Grafton Cup (2350m) held in New South Wales.

For runners that may be keen to race on the quick back-up, the Group 3 $200,000 Tattersall’s Cup (2400m) run the following Saturday back at Eagle Farm on Tattersall’s Tiara Day is another option for Ipswich Cup horses.

Recently, the 2021 Ipswich Cup winner Happy Go Plucky went on to run third in that year’s Caloundra Cup results.

Ipswich Cup nominations close the Monday before the race runs on the Saturday and final acceptances are out on the Tuesday.

2024 Ipswich Cup Field

The official Ipswich Cup 2024 Final Field & Barriers on the event will be provided in full below once announced on the Tuesday of race week so stay tuned to see the list of stayers set to face off in the winter feature.

The Kris Lees-trained Luncies coming off back-to-back fifths heads the 2024 Ipswich Cup field and weights with 60kg in Saturday’s Queensland feature.

2024 Ipswich Cup Nominations

The Ipswich Cup 2024 early entries are taken on the Monday leading-up to the event with the full nominations to be published below.

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

Ipswich Cup Tips

Good Ipswich Cup tips include backing stayers coming off a top three run in Group 2 or 3 grade over the 2000m – 2400m distance range in Brisbane and any past Ipswich winners.

The male runners make a good bet in Ipswich Cup tipping with only a handful of mares having recently won the race. Since Portland Singa (2004) the only female runners to win the Ipswich Cup are Bianca (2008) and Anagold (2013).

2024 Ipswich Cup Tips

Our insider Ipswich Cup 2024 betting tips and Black-Type Queensland racing selections will be detailed below the week of the race so you know what mares to get behind at the best odds on Ipswich Cup Day.

• To Win: #10 Regal Lion ($4.20 at time of publish) – BET NOW

Tipping back-to-back Ipswich Cup wins by Regal Lion who looks well-weighted and well-positioned to become the event’s first dual champ since Our Lukas (2009-10). This Annabel Neasham-trained, Kiwi-bred galloper carried 54kg to a narrow win her last winter and is now out to break a year-long drought not having won again since. He is in on a lesser weight now (53.5kg) and should relish a drop back to the 2150m after a last start eighth over the mile and a half in a Brisbane Group 3. Prior to that he was racing well in easier company including an Albury Cup second and nice fourth behind Spirit Ridge not far beaten in Doomben’s Group 3 Chairman’s Handicap. Proven here and looks right to his liking again. Can win. 

Ipswich Cup Form Guide

The Ipswich Cup form guide features all the essential stats and info including the jockeys, trainers, barriers, weights and lead-up runs of the horses in the field.

The Ipswich Cup form has gone on to be franked in tougher staying events plenty of times over the years including the 2006 winner Sphenophyta continuing on to take out Flemington’s Group 1 Turnbull Stakes (2000m).

The 2022 Ipswich Cup form was franked with the third placed Street Dancer going on to run second in the Gold Coast’s $1 million Magic Millions Trophy (2200m) in 2023.

2024 Ipswich Cup Form Guide

A link to our insider Ipswich Cup Form Guide will be provided for punters below the week of the race.

Ipswich Cup Results

Notable recent Ipswich Cup winners include the only dual champion since 1948 Our Lukas (2009 & 2010), Maurus (2016), and Tradesman (2018).

Looking further back in Ipswich Cup history, the event has been won by a number of quality stayers and Group 1 winners including Caulfield Cup champion Sometime who with Confidence in the 1963 Ipswich Cup results.

Note, there was no Ipswich Cup held in 2000 due to COVID-19.

Past Ipswich Cup Winners

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