Premier’s Cup (ATC) 2024

Ladbrokes Tip: The Premier’s Cup (ATC) should not be confused with Brisbane’s Group 3 Premier’s Cup (BRC) held during the winter.

The Group 3 Premier’s Cup (ATC) is a 2000m staying showdown for horses aged three-years-old and above run at Royal Randwick in August each Sydney Spring Racing Carnival. The quality handicap race offers $250,000 in total prize money as of 2023 and was upgraded from a Group 3 race in 2018.

2022 ATC Premier’s Cup winner Arapaho. Photo: Steve Hart.

In 2022 the Premier’s Cup was moved from the San Domenico Stakes Day meeting at Rosehill to the Winx Stakes Day program at Randwick, with the distance increased from 1900m to 2000m the year prior.

The staying race is one of five Group status races on the card, which is headlined by the Group 1 Winx Stakes (1400m) for the season’s WFA stars.

The other key support acts on the program include the: Group 2 Silver Shadow Stakes (1200m) for Flight Stakes-bound fillies, Group 3 Show County Quality (1200m), and the Group 3 Toy Show Quality (1100m).

It was inaugurated in 1947 as the Rosehill Cup before being renamed in 1989 as the Premier’s Cup.

The Premier’s Cup can serve as a nice early lead-up into tougher Sydney staying races over the spring including Randwick’s Group 1 The Metropolitan (2400m). Magic Hurricane (2015) was the last horse to complete the ATC Premier’s Cup – The Metropolitan double. Others to win both races in the same year include Glencadam Gold (2012) and Railings (2005) with the latter also winning that year’s Caulfield Cup.

More recently, Mugatoo won the 2020 Premier’s Cup before a subsequent second in The Metropolitan results. He would also return the following autumn to take out Melbourne’s The All-Star Mile race.

The best out of the Premier’s Cup race in Sydney may continue on to target a run in the ‘Race That Stops A Nation’ – the Group 1 Melbourne Cup (3200m) at Flemington on the first Tuesday of November.

The next edition of the ATC Premier’s Cup runs on Saturday, August 24th, 2024 at Royal Randwick on Winx Stakes Day.

2024 Premier’s Cup Odds

The season’s top Premier’s Cup 2024 odds and betting market links will be available below once final acceptances are announced.

Premier’s Cup Race Info

• Date: Saturday, August 24th, 2024
• Track: Randwick Racecourse (as of 2022)
• Distance: 2000m (as of 2022)
• Conditions: 3YOs & Above – Quality Handicap
• Status: Group 3
• Prize Money: $250,000
• First Run: 1947

Premier’s Cup 2024 Results

The official 2024 Premier’s Cup Results & Finishing Order will be provided below once the race is run and won on Saturday, August 24th, 2024.

• 1st: TBD
• 2nd: TBD
• 3rd: TBD

Premier’s Cup Field

The Premier’s Cup race field attracts a class line-up of the season’s most exciting stayers, many of which may be resuming for the spring.

A good next-up option for horses out of the Premier’s Cup field is the Group 3 Newcastle Gold Cup (2300m) and Mugatoo (2020) was the last to do the double.

In 2023 the ATC Premier’s Cup also produced the Newcastle Gold Cup winner with Military Mission (2nd) improving on his second to take out the latter. He further franked the form with a Group 2 Herbert Power Stakes win at Caulfield in October and ran 10th in the Melbourne Cup results.

The Listed Wyong Gold Cup (2100m) is another nice follow-up race for Premier’s Cup horses and Wu Gok (2019) is the last to salute in both spring events.

The field is comprised of mainly local Sydney-trained stayers that have an outstanding record in the race. The Kiwi-trained Activation (2006) was the last Premier’s Cup winner to come from outside of a Sydney stable.

The Premier’s Cup nominations close the Monday of race week followed by final acceptances on the Wednesday.

2024 Premier’s Cup Field

The official Premier’s Cup 2024 field and barriers for Group 3 staying race will be announced by Racing NSW on the Wednesday leading-up to Winx Stakes Day and published in full below.

2024 Premier’s Cup Nominations

Nominations for the 2024 Premier’s Cup close on the Monday of race week with the list of potential runners in the staying feature to be published here.

Premier’s Cup Betting

Premier’s Cup odds are led each season by quality Sydney-trained stayers proven in Group company that contested tougher races in the autumn.

Horses proven up to 2000m and further in distance, as well as those allocated between 53kg – 54.5kg in the handicaps dominate Premier’s Cup betting.

From 2009-23 13 of the 14 Premier’s Cup winners carried between 53kg – 54.5kg to victory with Mugatoo (57kg in 2020) the first to have more than 54.5kg on his back since Red Lord (56.5kg in 2008).

Mugatoo ($1.90 in 2020) followed by Harpo Marx ($4.40 in 2021) are the latest favourites in Premier’s Cup betting to salute for the punters.

There was a notable upset in 2022 with Arapaho saluting at ATC Premier’s Cup odds of $21.

Premier’s Cup Tips

Solid Premier’s Cup tips include backing the Sydney-trained stayers, locking in horses allocated 54.5kg and under in the weights and looking at the autumn form in similar races as a guide.

In-form horses prepared by Gai Waterhouse also make a good Premier’s Cup tip as she has won the race five times, most recently with Dee I Cee (2017).

Chris Waller horses also do well in Premier’s Cup betting, the master horseman having prepared two winners including Wu Gok (2019) who beat home four stablemates in an all-Waller first five that year.

2024 Premier’s Cup Tips

Our Ladbrokes’ exclusive Premier’s Cup betting tips for 2024 will be detailed below listing the spring stayers to back and sack in the Group 3 event this season so stay tuned.

• To Win: TBD

Premier’s Cup Form Guide

The Premier’s Cup form guide features all the must-know information for punters including the saddlecloth numbers, jockeys, trainers, barriers and lead-up form of the runners in the race.

The Premier’s Cup form has stacked-up in later Group 1 spring races many times in recent years including in The Metropolitan results and in Melbourne’s Group 1 Cox Plate (2040m) at The Valley in late October. Both Mugatoo (2020) and Avilius (2018) went on to run fourth in the Cox Plate results following their respective Premier’s Cup victories.

The 2022 Premier’s Cup form was franked with the upset winner Arapaho going on to win the Group 1 Tancred Stakes (2400m) the next autumn in 2023.

In 2023 the Premier’s Cup third placed Bois D’Argent franked the form with a host of subsequent top three runs including winning the 2024 Group 1 Doomben Cup (2000m) in Brisbane the following winter.

2024 Premier’s Cup Form Guide

A link to our detailed Premier’s Cup 2024 form guide will be provided for punters below the week of the race.

Premier’s Cup Results

Premier’s Cup race results have been dominated by Sydney-trained stayers and those under $10 in betting in recent years.

Notable Premier’s Cup winners include dual Cox Plate champion Hydrogen (1952), Railings (2005), Glencadam Gold (2012), Avilius (2018), and Mugatoo (2020).

Break Card (2011) was the last Premier’s Cup winning mare.

Tails (1969,1970) is to date the only multiple Premier’s Cup champion.

Past Premier’s Cup Winners

Recent Premier’s Cup winners dating back to the year 2000 are detailed in the below table.

FAQ

When is the Premier’s Cup (ATC) 2024?

What is the prize money for the Premier’s Cup (ATC) 2024?

$250,000

Where is the Premier’s Cup (ATC) 2024?

Randwick Racecourse, Alison Rd, Randwick NSW 2031.