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Hawkesbury Gold Cup

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History

JUST FOLK winning the RICHMOND CLUB HAWKESBURY GOLD CUP at Hawkesbury in Australia.
JUST FOLK winning the RICHMOND CLUB HAWKESBURY GOLD CUP at Hawkesbury in Australia. Picture: Steve Hart

The Hawkesbury Gold Cup is a Group 3 race conducted by the Hawkesbury Race Club at Clarendon racecourse, located 50km west of Sydney between Windsor and Richmond.

Clarendon Racecourse dates from 1871. Hawkesbury Race Club is one of the oldest in Australia and has staged the Hawkesbury Cup in many forms over its long history.

The modern day Hawkesbury Gold Cup dates from 1966 and was run over a range of distances between 1600m and 2400m until 1988.

Since 1989 the distance of the Hawkesbury Gold Cup has been 1600m except when it was at Rosehill in 2020 when at 1500m.

The Hawkesbury Cup was a Listed race from 1980 to 1997 and has been Group 3 since 1998.

Until 2007 the Hawkesbury Gold Cup was held in early December as a preliminary to the G2 Villiers Stakes at Randwick.

From 2008 to 2012 it was held in early November on the same day as the VRC Oaks meeting in Melbourne and in 2013 went to an August date as a lead-up to the Epsom Handicap.

Since 2014 the Hawkesbury Gold Cup has been held in May as the feature of the Hawkesbury Race Club's 'stand alone' Saturday race meeting when the club stages a program of Group races with no opposition from a metropolitan meeting in Sydney.

It was run at Rosehill in 2020 due to the restrictions after the coronavirus outbreak.

The 2024 Hawkesbury Gold Cup was run for prizemoney of $250,000.

Notable winners of the Hawkesbury Gold Cup since 1966 include Royal Parma, Hot Diggity, Peninsula, King's Ideal, Almond Valley, Regal Native, Rancho Classic, Shining Wind, Thrifty Reserve, Quick Flick, Referral, Carael Boy, Court's In Session, Beauty Watch, Darci Be Good, Leebaz, Sons Of John, Just Folk and dual winners Magic Road, Huge Demand, Archedemus.

In 2015 the Hawkesbury Cup meeting was abandoned after the first race due to track conditions. The event was rescheduled and held in June when the winner was Sons Of John.

The 2024 Hawkesbury Gold Cup was won by Just Folk from Detonator Jack and Welwal.


Racing and Sports

Previous Hawkesbury Gold Cup Winners

Date Horse Jockey WT Trainer BP
JUST FOLK (AUS) 7G
MAGNUS (AUS) - FAST RUBY (AUS) DESERT SUN (GB)
N RAWILLER 57.5 GAVIN BEDGGOOD 8
NEW MANDATE (IRE) 5G
NEW BAY (GB) - MISHHAR (IRE) AUTHORIZED (IRE)
JAMES MCDONALD 56.0 CHRIS WALLER 7
KIRWAN'S LANE (NZ) 5G
CHARM SPIRIT (IRE) - GALWAY (NZ) SAVABEEL (AUS)
TOM SHERRY 55.0 JOHN O'SHEA 7
ARCHEDEMUS (AUS) 7G
LOPE DE VEGA (IRE) - CAROLYN'S STAR (AUS) PEINTRE CELEBRE (USA)
J PARR 58.5 MICHAEL & WAYNE & JOHN HAWKES 10
AMANGIRI (AUS) 4M
ALL TOO HARD (AUS) - SECRET INDULGENCE (NZ) FASTNET ROCK (AUS)
TOMMY BERRY 55.0 MICHAEL & WAYNE & JOHN HAWKES 4
ARCHEDEMUS (AUS) 5G
LOPE DE VEGA (IRE) - CAROLYN'S STAR (AUS) PEINTRE CELEBRE (USA)
C W BROWN 53.0 GWENDA MARKWELL 5
KINGSGUARD (NZ) 5G
RIP VAN WINKLE (IRE) - HER ROYAL HIGHNESS (NZ) VOLKSRAAD (GB)
B AVDULLA 53.0 MICHAEL & WAYNE & JOHN HAWKES 5
FABRIZIO (AUS) 5G
HIGH CHAPARRAL (IRE) - DESINA (AUS) DESERT KING (IRE)
JASON COLLETT 56.5 G WATERHOUSE & A BOTT 1
AMOVATIO (AUS) 5G
AL MAHER (AUS) - GRAND OVATION (AUS) SCENIC (IRE)
RORY HUTCHINGS 56.5 CHRIS WALLER 15
SONS OF JOHN (AUS) 4G
ORATORIO (IRE) - MOUNTAIN ECHO (AUS) SCENIC (IRE)
J PENZA 54.0 JASON ATTARD 2
LEEBAZ (NZ) 4G
ZABEEL (NZ) - POLISH PRINCESS (GB) POLISH PRECEDENT (USA)
JAMES MCDONALD 54.0 MICHAEL & WAYNE & JOHN HAWKES 8
COUP AY TEE (NZ) 6G
DANSKE (NZ) - FLYING COUP (NZ) TUSCANY FLYER (AUS)
JASON COLLETT 54.5 CHRIS WALLER 7
DARCI BE GOOD (NZ) 4G
DARCI BRAHMA (NZ) - YOU CAN'T SAY THAT (AUS) FUSAICHI PEGASUS (USA)
MS K O'HARA 54.0 BEDE MURRAY 8
SOMEPIN ANYPIN (NZ) 4G
PINS (AUS) - UNGARO (NZ) CENTAINE (AUS)
J CASSIDY 55.5 GARY PORTELLI 12
THANKGODYOU'REHERE (AUS) 5G
SECRET SAVINGS (USA) - WINIFRED'S PRAYER (AUS) TIERCE (AUS)
R M QUINN 53.0 PATRICK & WAYNE WEBSTER 5
KEEPIN' THE DREAM (NZ) 5G
KEEPER (AUS) - IRISH NASSIE (NZ) NASSIPOUR (USA)
C MUNCE 53.0 JIM & GREG LEE 1
NUCLEAR SKY (AUS) 6G
NUCLEAR FREEZE (USA) - SKY QUEEN (NZ) HEY BABA RIBA (NZ)
G COLLESS 58.0 JACK DENHAM 2
BEAUTY WATCH (AUS) 4M
BELONG TO ME (USA) - RUSH FOR GOLD (USA) QUACK (USA)
C MUNCE 54.5 MS G WATERHOUSE 10
WILD QUEEN (AUS) 5M
LOUP SAUVAGE (USA) - CROWNING JEWEL (AUS) BLETCHINGLY (AUS)
L BEASLEY 56.5 MS G WATERHOUSE 1
COURT'S IN SESSION (AUS) 5G
BUREAUCRACY (NZ) - MARKATIE COURT (AUS) SEVENTH HUSSAR (AUS)
D BEASLEY 52.5 G H WALTER 6
STOWAY (AUS) 7G
GEIGER COUNTER (USA) - TRAVEL LIGHT (NZ) BELLISSIMO (FR)
C MUNCE 54.5 MS G WATERHOUSE 6
THIS MANSHOOD (AUS) 5G
MANSHOOD (CAN) - OUR GILDED LILY (AUS) GILDORAN (IRE)
LANE MOLONEY 56.5 T R MARTIN 4
CARAEL BOY (AUS) 4G
FREE FLYER (IRE) - SONG OF SPRING (AUS) NORTHERN SPRING (IRE)
B PENGELLY 52.5 R R MILLIGAN 13
HUGE DEMAND (AUS) 5G
AKAABER (USA) - ABBRAAK (USA) SIR IVOR (USA)
M J WALKER 54.0 GRAEME ROGERSON 8