Newcastle Gold Cup 2024

Ladbrokes Tip: The Newcastle Gold Cup is a key lead-up into the Group 1 The Metropolitan.

The Newcastle Gold Cup is a popular Group 3 staying showdown run over 2300m at Newcastle’s Broadmeadow Racecourse on a Friday in mid to late September each Sydney Spring Racing Carnival.

2022 Newcastle Gold Cup winner Durston went on to win that year’s Group 1 Caulfield Cup in Melbourne. Photo: Steve Hart.

The open handicap event offers a lucrative $300,000 in prize money and serves as an excellent lead-up into Randwick’s Group 1 The Metropolitan (2400m) run on Epsom Handicap Day and the Newcastle Gold Cup winner earns a ballot exemption into that race.

Glencadam Gold (2012) was the last horse to complete the Newcastle Gold Cup – The Metropolitan double, while in 2020 the Newcastle Gold Cup winner Mugatoo ran a next-up second in that year’s The Metropolitan quinella.

In 2023 Spirit Ridge ran second in both the Newcastle Cup and The Metropolitan, while the Newcastle Gold Cup winner Military Mission ran a next-up The Metropolitan fourth.

Mugatoo, who handed local trainer Kris Lees his first home-town Cup victory, also ran fourth in the 2020 Cox Plate results and returned the following autumn to take out the then $5 million All-Star Mile (1600m) in Melbourne first-up.

A time-honoured staying classic, the Newcastle Gold Cup has been run and won since 1898 and has held Group 3 status since 2001.

In 2022 trainer Chris Waller celebrated his fifth Newcastle Gold Cup success thanks to a big win by that year’s subsequent Caulfield Cup champion Durston.

Waller became a six-time Newcastle Gold Cup winning trainer in 2024 with Etna Rosso.

Newcastle Gold Cup Day also features the Group 3 Cameron Handicap (1500m) for Epsom Handicap hopefuls and the Group 3 Tibbie Stakes (1400m) for fillies and mares.

The next edition of the Newcastle Gold Cup ran on Friday, September 20, 2024 as a spring lead-up to the Group 1 staying races and was won by the Chris Waller-trained favourite Etna Rosso ($3.40F) who handed his trainer a six victory in 10 years.

2024 Newcastle Gold Cup Results

The official Newcastle Gold Cup Results 2024 and race finishing order will be known once the race is run and won on Friday, September 20, 2024, and published below.

• 1st: #9 Etna Rosso
• 2nd: #5 Wyclif
• 3rd: #2 Sir Lucan

The Group 1 The Metropolitan on October 5 or even the Caulfield Cup could be calling for progressive import Etna Rosso ($3.40F) who saluted for the punters in the 2024 Newcastle Gold Cup results after relishing the roomier course allowing him time to work through his gears and deliver late in an improved run off a Wyong Gold Cup fifth.

2024 Newcastle Gold Cup Odds

The leading Newcastle Gold Cup 2024 betting odds will be available here for punters the week of the race so stay tuned to access the premium Group 3 spring racing odds in Sydney this season.

Newcastle Gold Cup Race Facts

• Date: Friday, September 20, 2024
• Track: Newcastle Racecourse
• Distance: 2300m
• Conditions: Open Handicap
• Status: Group 3
• Prize Money: $300,000
• First Run: 1898

Newcastle Gold Cup Betting

Newcastle Gold Cup betting markets are dominated by in-form Sydney-trained spring stayers in good form coming off strong runs in lead-up races including Rosehill’s Group 3 Premier’s Cup (1900m) with Mugatoo (2020) the last to do the double.

Mugatoo ($2.40 in 2020) and Etna Rosso ($3.40 in 2024) are the latest favourites in Newcastle Gold Cup betting odds to salute for the punters.

In 2023 Military Mission ran 2nd in the Premier’s Cup before taking out the Newcastle Gold Cup two starts later in an upset at $16.

Newcastle Gold Cup Field

The Newcastle Gold Cup race field attracts a quality line-up of mainly Sydney-trained stayers coming off lead-up runs in earlier spring races over 2000m plus in distance.

A good lead-up race into the Newcastle Gold Cup field is the Listed Wyong Gold Cup (2100m) held a fortnight earlier and Carzoff (2018) followed by subsequent Caulfield Cup champion Durston (2022) are the latest horses to do the double.

The 2024 Newcastle Gold Cup winner Etna Rosso came off a lead-up fifth in that year’s Wyong Gold Cup results.

Horses out of the Newcastle Gold Cup field may back-up in Rosehill’s Group 3 Colin Stephen Quality (2400m) the following Saturday chasing the Group 1 The Metropolitan ballot exemption on offer.

2024 Newcastle Gold Cup Field

The official Newcastle Gold Cup 2024 field and barrier draw will be released on the Wednesday of race week and published in full below so stay tuned to see the horses that make the line-up.

The 2024 Newcastle Gold Cup final field features a line-up of potential Spring Cups-bound stayers led in betting by the Annabel Neasham & Rob Archibald-trained Redstone Well coming off a nearly four-length win in the Listed Tatt’s Cup.

2024 Newcastle Gold Cup Nominations

The early Newcastle Gold Cup 2024 nominations are taken the Monday ahead of the race with the full list of entries to be published for punters below.

Newcastle Gold Cup Form Guide

The Newcastle Gold Cup form guide features all the facts and stats you need to place a well-informed wager on the race including the jockey, trainer, weight allocation, barrier, age and lead-up form of all the horses in the field.

The Newcastle Gold Cup form has stacked-up plenty of times in tougher staying races including when the 2011 winner Green Moon ran second next-up in the Group 1 Caulfield Cup before a win in the following year’s Melbourne Cup.

In 2022 Newcastle Gold Cup winner Durston went on to win that year’s Caulfield Cup in an upset at $18 after gaining a start as the first emergency the morning of the race.

Looking further back in Newcastle Gold Cup history, after running second to stablemate The Brotherhood in the 1987 edition of the race Kensei would go on to win that year’s Melbourne Cup over the two-miles at Flemington on the first Tuesday of November.

Gurner’s Lane (1982) meanwhile was the last horse to complete the Newcastle Gold Cup – Melbourne Cup double in the same year.

2024 Newcastle Gold Cup Form

A link to our detailed Newcastle Gold Cup 2024 Form Guide & Betting Preview will be available for punters below the week of the race.

Newcastle Gold Cup Tips

Newcastle Gold Cup tips include backing stayers coming off a top three run in a Group status Sydney lead-up race and looking for any returning runners that have previous experience in the event.

Getting behind any in-form Chris Waller trained horses is also a top Newcastle Gold Cup betting tip with the horseman having prepared six winners including his back-to-back victories in 2021 and 2022 with his latest being Etna Rosso in 2024.

Gai Waterhouse however holds the Newcastle Gold Cup training record with eight wins, the latest of which was in 2023 with Military Mission.

2024 Newcastle Gold Cup Tips

Our Ladbrokes’ exclusive Newcastle Gold Cup 2024 betting tips and Group 3 Broadmeadow racing selections will be detailed below the week of the race.

• To Win: #4 Touristic ($3.90 at time of publish) – BET NOW

Plenty of livewire chances in the Newcastle Cup on Friday but have landed on Touristic for Peter Snowden to shrug his placegetter status and win the Group 3. The Frankel six-year-old comes off a trio of second placings in similar races including most recently the Group 3 Premiers Cup (2000m) first-up at Randwick in late August. Up from 53kg to 56kg here but presents fit in a small field from barrier two. Can win. 

Newcastle Gold Cup Results

The Newcastle Gold Cup race results are known each year after the event runs at Broadmeadow Racecourse on a Friday in mid-September and display the winning horse, successful trifecta, winning margin and time so you can see how your bets went.

Bianca (2008) was the last Newcastle Gold Cup winning mare.

Military Mission holds the current Newcastle Gold Cup race record setting a new track record in 2023 winning in 2 minutes 22.40 seconds.

Past Newcastle Gold Cup Winners

Recent Newcastle Gold Cup winners dating back to the year 2000 are detailed in the below table.

FAQ

When is the Newcastle Gold Cup 2024?

What is the prize money for the Newcastle Gold Cup 2024?

$300,000

Where is the Newcastle Gold Cup 2024?

Newcastle Racecourse, 100, Darling Street, Broadmeadow New South Wales, 2292.