Moreton Cup

Moreton Cup Tips

Looking for runners with proven form around 1200m – 1400m that have run well in similar class either in Brisbane or Sydney leading up to the race are good Moreton Cup tips.

Mainly local hopes contest the race however so horses with a good record at Eagle Farm that come into the race with a good weight are other useful Moreton Cup betting tips as are those coming off a lead-up run in a race like the BRC Sprint.

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Our Ladbrokes’ insider Moreton Cup [cf "year"] betting tips and Brisbane race selections for the winter sprint will be detailed below the week of the race so stay tuned for the gallopers to back and sack this Queensland Oaks Day.

The QTC Cup now known as the Moreton Cup and is a key Group 2 support act on the Queensland Oaks Day program run at Eagle Farm Racecourse on a Saturday in late May or early June during the Brisbane Winter Racing Carnival. The meeting is headlined by the Group 1 Queensland Oaks (2400m) for the three-year-old fillies, with the Moreton Cup for Stradbroke hopefuls the other Group status event on the program.

Offering $300,000 in prize money, the Moreton Cup is run over 1200m and is a set weights plus penalties event. It offers a ballot exemption into the following weekend’s Group 1 Stradbroke Handicap (1400m) at Eagle Farm. Sincero (11th in 2010) was the latest graduate out of the then QTC Cup race to back-up a week later and win the famous Queensland Group 1.

Runners may also come out of the Moreton Cup and contest the Group 3 WJ Healy Stakes (1200m) at the same track and distance on Tatt’s Tiara Day with Brave Song (2019) the last to do the double.

Moreton Cup Race Info

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• Track: Eagle Farm Racecourse
• Distance: 1200m
• Conditions: Set Weights plus Penalties
• Status: Group 2
• Prize Money: $300,000
• First Run: 1979

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Moreton Cup Betting

Moreton Cup betting odds are dominated by classy sprinters that may be just off the top level, but who have Group 1 experience from earlier in the season.

A race like the Group 1 All Aged Stakes (1400m) at Randwick in April has produced a number of QTC / Moreton Cup performers as has Adelaide’s Group 1 The Goodwood (1200m). In 2013 Galah improved on an eighth in The Goodwood to win the QTC Cup, while Conservatorium ran second in both races.

Vilana ($3.40 in 2024) was the last top elect in the Moreton Cup betting markets to salute for the punters.

Moreton Cup Field

The QTC Cup – now the Moreton Cup – field attracts a collection of the season’s second-tier sprint types, many coming off lead-up runs in Sydney. Horses may have contested earlier Queensland Winter lead-ups like the Group 3 BRC Sprint (1350m) run a fortnight earlier at Doomben Racecourse.

Runners may come out of the Moreton Cup field and back-up a week later in the Stradbroke Handicap including in 2015 when the QTC Cup winner Sacred Star ran fifth in the Group 1 beaten under two lengths. For any female gallopers continuing on with their season, the Group 1 Tattersall’s Tiara (1400m) at the end of the month is a good target and in 2016 Miss Cover Girl ran fourth in the QTC Cup before her Tattersall’s Tiara win.

If not the Stradbroke, another possible next-up run for Moreton Cup graduates is Eagle Farms’ Group 3 W.J. Healy Stakes (1200m) on Tiara Day.

Prince Of Boom (2023) was the last horse to complete the Moreton Cup – WJ Healy Stakes double.

Moreton Cup nominations close on the Monday prior to the race with the final field and barriers released on the Wednesday.

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The official Moreton Cup [cf "year"] field is announced on the Wednesday leading up to Queensland Oaks Day with the line-up of sprinters chasing the Stradbroke Handicap ballot exemption to be listed below once released.

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