Ladbrokes Tip: The Boulder Cup – Kalgoorlie Cup double is a popular spring bet in WA.
The Kalgoorlie Cup is a popular Black-Type event for stayers run and won at Kalgoorlie Racecourse in Western Australia each October.
The event holds Listed status and currently offers $150,000 in prize money.
Kalgoorlie Cup Day takes place in WA on the same date as Flemington’s Group 1 Turnbull Stakes Day card, while in Sydney the Group 2 $2 million Hill Stakes (1900m) steals the show.
The Kalgoorlie Cup distance for 2023 moves back up from 2200m to 2300m and the event is contested with handicap weight conditions.
The Kalgoorlie Cup is one of the premier events of the minor Western Australia Spring Racing Carnival, which battles for attention each season with the Sydney Spring Racing Carnival and Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival.
The Kalgoorlie Cup race is a leg in the famous Western Cups trifecta along with the Coolgardie Cup and the Boulder Cup.
The latest edition of the Kalgoorlie Cup ran on Saturday October 7th, 2023 as a lead-up to that summer’s Perth Cup in WA and was won narrowly by the local Luke Fernie-trained mare Be Optimistic ($3.20).
2023 Kalgoorlie Cup Results
The official Kalgoorlie Cup 2023 results & finishing order will be updated below once the race is run and won on Saturday October 7th, 2023.
- 1st: #5 Be Optimistic
- 2nd: #11 Recalled
- 3rd: #4 Powerful
Classy Blackfriars mare Be Optimistic ($3.20) made it a home town success in the 2023 Kalgoorlie Cup results with the Luke Fernie-trained five-year-old improving on her lead-up second in the Boulder Cup to narrowly hold on and salute by a nose.
2023 Kalgoorlie Cup Odds
The season’s top Kalgoorlie Cup 2023 odds and WA racing markets will be provided below the week of the race so stay tuned for the best Black-Type racing offers this Kalgoorlie Cup Day.
| 5. Be Optimistic (6) J: Clint Johnston-Porter 56.5kg x2632T: Luke Fernie | ||
| 11. Recalled (4) J: Joseph Azzopardi 54kg 02344T: Darren Mcauliffe | ||
| 4. Powerful (8) J: Shaun Mcgruddy 57kg 32321T: D R Pateman | ||
| 3. Villeins (2) J: Chris Parnham 58kg 61221T: G & A Williams | ||
| 8. Dancing Jack (5) J: Lisa Staples 54kg 53553T: Pamela Oram | ||
| 6. Ground Braker (10) J: Brandon Louis 54.5kg 23124T: Ted Martinovich | ||
| 7. Chuck A Luck (11) J: Victoria Corver 54kg 6x446T: Ryan Hill | ||
| 1. Utgard Loki (9) J: Jarrad Noske 59kg 9x850T: Peter Fernie | ||
| 10. Our Norman (1) J: Troy Turner 54kg 33555T: C G Willis | ||
| 9. Elafella (7) J: Peter Knuckey 54kg 41316T: Nadia Bishop | ||
| 2. General Grant (3) J: Michael Poy 58.5kg 06178T: Stephen Miller |
Kalgoorlie Cup Race Info
- Date: Saturday October 7th, 2023
- Track: Kalgoorlie Racecourse
- Distance: 2300m
- Conditions: Handicap
- Status: Listed
- Prize Money: $150,000
- First Run: 1897
Kalgoorlie Cup Betting
Kalgoorlie Cup odds are led by the season’s in-form staying types from the local Western Australian stables.
Kalgoorlie Cup betting markets are traditionally led by the horses that performed well in the key lead-up race, the Listed Boulder Cup (2100m) held at the same track a fortnight earlier.
Stafford’s Lad (2022) was the last horse to complete the Boulder Cup – Kalgoorlie Cup WA racing double.
In 2023 the Boulder Cup runner-up Be Optimistic improved next run to go one better and win the Kalgoorlie Cup.
Spiritual Warrior ($3.80 in 2019) was the last favourite in Kalgoorlie Cup betting to win.
Kalgoorlie Cup Field
The Kalgoorlie Cup race field attracts good spring stayers with many looking towards the feature summer races in Perth over the coming months.
A nice lead-up race is the Listed Boulder Cup (2100m).
Following a run in the Kalgoorlie Cup the better gallopers usually head to Ascot Racecourse in Perth for tougher summer races including the Group 2 Perth Cup (2400m) traditionally held in January.
Kalgoorlie Cup nominations close on the Tuesday before the race runs on the Saturday and the final field and barriers are released on the Wednesday.
2023 Kalgoorlie Cup Field
The official Kalgoorlie Cup 2023 field and barrier draw is set for release on the Wednesday of race week and will be published below so stay tuned to see what stayers making the starting line-up.
The 2023 Kalgoorlie Cup final field features a small but quality line-up of local stayers led in betting by last start Boulder Cup winner Villeins.
| Entrant | Last 6 | Sex | Barrier | Weight | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1. Utgard Loki
J: Jarrad Noske
T: Peter Fernie |
89x850 | G | 9 | 59kg | |
|
2. General Grant
J: Michael Poy
T: Stephen Miller |
x06178 | G | 3 | 58.5kg | |
|
3. Villeins
J: Chris Parnham
T: G & A Williams |
561221 | G | 2 | 58kg | |
|
4. Powerful
J: Shaun Mcgruddy
T: D R Pateman |
232321 | G | 8 | 57kg | |
|
5. Be Optimistic
J: Clint Johnston-Porter
T: Luke Fernie |
6x2632 | M | 6 | 56.5kg | |
|
6. Ground Braker
J: Brandon Louis
T: Ted Martinovich |
023124 | G | 10 | 54.5kg | |
|
7. Chuck A Luck
J: Victoria Corver
T: Ryan Hill |
36x446 | G | 11 | 54kg | |
|
8. Dancing Jack
J: Lisa Staples
T: Pamela Oram |
153553 | G | 5 | 54kg | |
|
9. Elafella
J: Peter Knuckey
T: Nadia Bishop |
941316 | G | 7 | 54kg | |
|
10. Our Norman
J: Troy Turner
T: C G Willis |
133555 | G | 1 | 54kg | |
|
11. Recalled
J: Joseph Azzopardi
T: Darren Mcauliffe |
002344 | G | 4 | 54kg |
Kalgoorlie Cup Tips
Top Kalgoorlie Cup tips to consider include looking for runners with proven ability down at the Kalgoorlie track, those better-weighted runners, and the best out of the Boulder Cup results earlier in the season.
2023 Kalgoorlie Cup Tips
Our Ladbrokes’ insider Kalgoorlie Cup 2023 betting tips and Kalgoorlie racing selections will be detailed below the week of the race so bookmark this page for the stayers to back and sack in the Listed event this spring.
- To Win: #3 Villeins ($2 at time of publish) – BET NOW
Market mover and hot favourite approaching odds-on territory now so not much value but going too good to bet against. The Grant & Alana Williams-trained Domesday five-year-old has winning form up to 2100m and needs to stretch out that extra furlong, but was a big 1.73 length Boulder Cup winner last time out suggesting he’ll get the distance. Goes up notably in weight now carrying 58kg, but is drawn to get the run in a small field and can go back-to-back.
Kalgoorlie Cup Form Guide
The Kalgoorlie Cup form guide features crucial facts and race stats including the jockeys and trainers of the horses in the field as well as their records over the track / distance.
In recent years the Kalgoorlie Cup form has held-up in subsequent Group status events including when the 2022 winner Stafford’s Lad went on to finish second the following January in the 2023 Perth Cup results. He further franked the form in April of 2023 when fourth in the Group 2 Adelaide Cup (3200m) over the two miles at Morphettville.
2023 Kalgoorlie Cup Form Guide
A link to our comprehensive Kalgoorlie Cup 2023 Form Guide will be provided for punters below the week of the race.
Kalgoorlie Cup Results
The Kalgoorlie Cup race results have been dominated by local WA-trained stayers and those returning for another shot at the title.
In early Kalgoorlie Cup history the 1904 winner was local star Blue Spec who would go on to win the next year’s Melbourne Cup in 1905.
Some of the more notable Kalgoorlie Cup winners include Meteor Prince (1959), Seminole Brave (1975), Edge Of Darkness (1990), Lottila Bay (2000), and Kincaple (2011).
Be Optimistic (2023) was the last mare to win the Kalgoorlie Cup.
Lottila Bay (2000) is the oldest Kalgoorlie Cup winner in recent history saluting as a 10-year-old.
Past Kalgoorlie Cup Winners
Recent Kalgoorlie Cup winners and place-getters dating back to the year 2000 are detailed in the below table.
| Year | Winner | Second | Third |
| 2023 | Be Optimistic | Recalled | Powerful |
| 2022 | Stafford’s Lad | No Apology | Native Chimes |
| 2021 | Living The Dream | Stafford’s Lad | Sugar Cain |
| 2020 | Missile Launch | Divine Shadow | Friar Fox |
| 2019 | Spiritual Warrior | First Affair | Ihtsahymn |
| 2018 | Inject The Venom | Gloryland | First Affair |
| 2017 | Shinta Mani | Danehills Daughter | Dark Alert |
| 2016 | Cougar Express | Falcon Crest | Kronfeld |
| 2015 | Woodsville | Mystic Prince | Black Moment |
| 2014 | True Gold | Friarday | Ram Jam |
| 2013 | Classique Ivory | Starlight Lady | Imperial Command |
| 2012 | Lopov | Double Barrel | Test The Angels |
| 2011 | Kincaple | Battle Emblem | Kasabian |
| 2010 | Sunrange | Telexden | Guyno |
| 2009 | Gondorff | Zubizaretta | Neige |
| 2008 | Action Pak | Goldtown | Impact Rating |
| 2007 | Master Vision | Action Plan | Hail Mary |
| 2006 | Black Tom | Main Stage | Master Vision |
| 2005 | Priceless Matt | Master Vision | Mercedario |
| 2004 | Violent Wind | Quasarock | Blevvo |
| 2003 | Cazariffic | Kiwi Hombre | Priceless Matt |
| 2002 | Lawmaker | Noon | Great Fingall |
| 2001 | Opening Twist | Never Blue | Tumeric |
| 2000 | Lottila Bay | Never Blue | Master Clan |