The Hawkesbury Gold Cup is the feature Group 3 race on the Hawkesbury card on a Saturday in late April or early May at the tail-end of the autumn carnival.
2025 Hawkesbury Gold Cup Results
- 1st: #5 Punch Lane
- 2nd: #4 Ospienko
- 3rd: #1 My Oberon
Hawkesbury Gold Cup News
The Hawkesbury Gold Cup is the feature race at the Hawkesbury Racecourse meeting in late April or early May each autumn. In 2013, the Hawkesbury Cup took place in August, and prior to that it shared the first week of November with the Melbourne Cup.
2025 Hawkesbury Gold Cup Results
- 1st: #5 Punch Lane ($2.30F)
- 2nd: #4 Osipenko
- 3rd: #1 My Oberon
The Anthony & Sam Freedman trained So You Think gelding, Punch Lane ($2.30F), was the fit horse on the triple back-up who produced a remarkable front-running performance to fight hard and salute for the punters in the 2025 Hawkesbury Gold Cup results and earn his spot in The Big Dance on the first Tuesday of November.
Hawkesbury Gold Cup 2025 Odds & Results
Richmond Club Hawkesbury Gold Cup 'Big Dance Eligibility' (G3)
| Runner Details | Win | Place |
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1st
5. Punch Lane (2) J: Nash Rawiller 57.5kg
T: Anthony & Sam Freedman |
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2nd
4. Osipenko (6) J: Reece Jones 57.5kg
T: Chris Waller |
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3rd
1. My Oberon (7) J: Josh Parr 60kg
T: Annabel & Rob Archibald |
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4th
12. Matcha Latte (4) J: Ashley Morgan 53.5kg
T: Sara Ryan |
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5th
9. Tavi Time (9) J: Jason Collett 55.5kg
T: Kris Lees |
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6th
10. Strait Acer (8) J: Regan Bayliss 54kg
T: John O'Shea & Tom Charlton |
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7th
11. Floating (10) J: Kerrin McEvoy 53.5kg
T: Matthew Smith |
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8th
7. Alegron (3) J: Rachel King 56kg
T: Bjorn Baker |
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9th
3. Mighty Ulysses (1) J: Adam Hyeronimus 57.5kg
T: Annabel & Rob Archibald |
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10th
13. Honey Girl (5) J: Andrew Adkins 53kg
T: Ciaron Maher |
Data retrieved: 16/05/2025 09:16:44 PM (Australia/Brisbane)
The Hawkesbury Gold Cup is a hugely popular race and is accompanied on the card by two other Group 3 status events – the Hawkesbury Guineas (1400m) for three-year-olds.
Horses who run in the Hawkesbury Gold Cup usually have a decent autumn season of racing behind them. Some trainers use the Hawkesbury Gold Cup as preparation for the Brisbane Winter Racing Carnival that kicks off the following month.
Good lead-up races into the Hawkesbury Cup include Rosehill’s Group 3 Neville Sellwood Stakes (2000m) held a month before or the Group 3 Doncaster Prelude (1500m) at the same meeting.
The Listed Scone Cup (1600m) run in mid-May is another likely next-up target for the best runners out of the Hawkesbury Gold Cup each season.
The 2022 Hawkesbury Gold Cup form was franked with the winner Kirwan’s Lane returning that summer to win the $2 million Group 2 The Ingham (1600m) at Randwick. That year’s Hawkesbury Gold Cup third-placed mare Atishu went on to finish in the money in a host of feature races including a third in the Ingham Stakes before winning the Group 1 Queen Of The Turf Stakes (1600m) the following autumn in 2023.
The Hawkesbury Gold Cup is also now a The Big Dance eligibility event.
The 2025 Hawkesbury Gold Cup ran on Saturday May 3, 2025 and saw the front-running favourite Punch Lane ($2.30F) hold on and win for the punters!
2025 Hawkesbury Gold Cup |
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Date: |
Saturday May 3, 2025 |
Track: |
Hawkesbury Racecourse |
Distance: |
1600m |
Conditions: |
Open Handicap |
Status: |
Group 3 |
Prizemoney: |
$250,000 |
Inaugurated: |
1980 |
2025 Hawkesbury Gold Cup Finishing Order
| Finish | No. | Horse | Trainer | Jockey | Margin | Bar. | Weight | Penalty | Starting Price | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | PUNCH LANE | Anthony & Sam Freedman | Nash Rawiller | 2 | 57.5kg | $2.30F | |||
| 2 | 4 | OSIPENKO (NZ) | Chris Waller | Reece Jones | 1.32L | 6 | 57.5kg | $9 | ||
| 3 | 1 | MY OBERON (IRE) | Annabel & Rob Archibald | Joshua Parr | 1.9L | 7 | 60kg | $14 | ||
| 4 | 12 | MATCHA LATTE | Sara Ryan | Ashley Morgan | 2.09L | 4 | 53.5kg | $4 | ||
| 5 | 9 | TAVI TIME (NZ) | Kris Lees | Jason Collett | 2.59L | 9 | 55.5kg | $8 | ||
| 6 | 10 | STRAIT ACER | John O’Shea & Tom Charlton | Regan Bayliss | 3.02L | 8 | 54kg | $71 | ||
| 7 | 11 | FLOATING | Matthew Smith | Kerrin McEvoy | 3.27L | 10 | 53.5kg | $21 | ||
| 8 | 7 | ALEGRON | Bjorn Baker | Ms Rachel King | 4.57L | 3 | 56kg | $151 | ||
| 9 | 3 | MIGHTY ULYSSES (GB) | Annabel & Rob Archibald | Adam Hyeronimus | 6.99L | 1 | 57.5kg | $11 | ||
| 10 | 13 | HONEY GIRL (GB) | Ciaron Maher | Andrew Adkins | 9.39L | 5 | 53kg | $51 | ||
| 14 | MARE OF MT BULLER | Chris Waller | Zac Lloyd | 0 | ||||||
| 16 | RAPT | Jason Deamer | Jay Ford | 0 | ||||||
| 15 | GREEN FLY (GB) | Anthony & Sam Freedman | Dylan Gibbons | 0 | ||||||
| 2 | WELWAL (GB) | Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr) | Tyler Schiller | 0 | ||||||
| 6 | ATHABASCAN (FR) | John O’Shea & Tom Charlton | Tom Sherry | 0 | ||||||
| 8 | REGAL ZEUS | John McArdle | Chad Schofield | 0 |
Table Credit: Racing Australia.
2025 Hawkesbury Gold Cup Betting
The top Hawkesbury Gold Cup 2025 betting odds and links to pricing at Ladbrokes.com.au will be available at Races.com.au the week of the race.
Amangiri ($4.80 in 2020) and Punch Lane ($2.30 in 2025) are the latest favourites in Hawkesbury Gold Cup betting to salute for the punters.
2025 Hawkesbury Gold Cup Form
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2025 Hawkesbury Gold Cup Tips
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- To Win: #5 Punch Lane ($3.70 at time of publish) – BET NOW
A few livewire chances in a good edition of the Hawkesbury Gold Cup but sticking with the favourite Punch Lane on the quick back-up. The Anthony & Sam Freedman trained son of So You Think produced a powerhouse performance last Saturday to run his rivals ragged with a four-length romp home from barrier 15 with 59kg in a Benchmark100 at Randwick over some nice types. He drops to 57.5kg here and gets the run of the race from barrier 2 with Nash Rawiller retaining the ride. Two-from-two on Heavy going and finds himself in a great position to post a Group 3 win.
2025 Hawkesbury Gold Cup Field
The Hawkesbury Gold Cup Field attracts a smart line-up of milers coming off earlier Sydney Autumn Racing Carnival runs or gearing up for the Group 1 events over similar distance in Brisbane during the winter.
The official Hawkesbury Gold Cup 2025 field & barriers is announced by Racing NSW on the Wednesday prior to the race.
The 2025 Hawkesbury Gold Cup final field features a quality line-up of gallopers including last start Group 3 Epona Stakes winner Mare Of Mt Buller, Bendigo Golden Mile champ Regal Zeus, and provincial champ Matcha Latte chasing a hat-trick.
| No | Last 10 | Horse | Trainer | Jockey | Barrier | Weight | Probable Weight | Penalty | H Rating |
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| 1 | 30x02639x0 | MY OBERON (IRE) | Annabel & Rob Archibald | Joshua Parr | 9 | 60kg | 109 | ||
| 2 | 18335x10x8 | WELWAL (GB) | Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr) | Tyler Schiller | 4 | 58kg | 105 | ||
| 3 | 140x1740x5 | MIGHTY ULYSSES (GB) | Annabel & Rob Archibald | Adam Hyeronimus | 1 | 57.5kg | 104 | ||
| 4 | 45090721×9 | OSIPENKO (NZ) | Chris Waller | 7 | 57.5kg | 104 | |||
| 5 | 1x0299x841 | PUNCH LANE | Anthony & Sam Freedman | Nash Rawiller | 2 | 57.5kg | 104 | ||
| 6 | 8001×78295 | ATHABASCAN (FR) | John O’Shea & Tom Charlton | Tom Sherry | 8 | 56.5kg | 102 | ||
| 7 | 06212x797x | ALEGRON | Bjorn Baker | Ms Rachel King | 3 | 56kg | 101 | ||
| 8 | 222161×211 | REGAL ZEUS | John McArdle | Chad Schofield | 12 | 56kg | 101 | ||
| 9 | 6x614331x2 | TAVI TIME (NZ) | Kris Lees | Jason Collett | 15 | 55.5kg | 100 | ||
| 10 | 4x860353x0 | STRAIT ACER | John O’Shea & Tom Charlton | Regan Bayliss | 14 | 54kg | 95 | ||
| 11 | 51402155×0 | FLOATING | Matthew Smith | Kerrin McEvoy | 16 | 53.5kg | 96 | ||
| 12 | 3652x2x311 | MATCHA LATTE | Sara Ryan | Ashley Morgan | 5 | 53.5kg | 96 | ||
| 13 | 2532x609x8 | HONEY GIRL (GB) | Ciaron Maher | Andrew Adkins | 6 | 53kg | 95 | ||
| 14 | 25x383x321 | MARE OF MT BULLER | Chris Waller | 13 | 53kg | 94 | |||
| 15 | 2634525×15 | GREEN FLY (GB) | Anthony & Sam Freedman | Dylan Gibbons | 11 | 53kg | 91 | ||
| 16 | 5211×41717 | RAPT | Jason Deamer | Jay Ford | 10 | 53kg | 84 |
Table Credit: Racing Australia.
2025 Hawkesbury Gold Cup Nominations
Early nominations for the Hawkesbury Gold Cup in 2025 close the Monday of race week and will be published in full below once confirmed.
| Last 10 | Horse | Sex | Age | Trainer | H Rating | |
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| 1 | 06212x797x | ALEGRON | G | 6 | Bjorn Baker | 101 |
| 2 | 8001×78295 | ATHABASCAN (FR) | G | 6 | John O’Shea & Tom Charlton | 102 |
| 3 | 51402155×0 | FLOATING | G | 6 | Matthew Smith | 96 |
| 4 | x487x8x320 | GREBENI | G | 5 | Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou | 96 |
| 5 | 2634525×15 | GREEN FLY (GB) | G | 6 | Anthony & Sam Freedman | 91 |
| 6 | 5365031×30 | HOLYMANZ (NZ) | G | 5 | Ciaron Maher | 100 |
| 7 | 2532x609x8 | HONEY GIRL (GB) | M | 6 | Ciaron Maher | 95 |
| 8 | 25x383x321 | MARE OF MT BULLER | M | 4 | Chris Waller | 94 |
| 9 | 3652x2x311 | MATCHA LATTE | G | 5 | Sara Ryan | 96 |
| 10 | 140x1740x5 | MIGHTY ULYSSES (GB) | G | 6 | Annabel Neasham & Rob Archibald | 104 |
| 11 | 30x02639x0 | MY OBERON (IRE) | G | 8 | Annabel Neasham & Rob Archibald | 109 |
| 12 | 45090721×9 | OSIPENKO (NZ) | G | 5 | Chris Waller | 104 |
| 13 | 1x0299x841 | PUNCH LANE | G | 5 | Anthony & Sam Freedman | 104 |
| 14 | 5211×41717 | RAPT | M | 4 | Jason Deamer | 84 |
| 15 | 222161×211 | REGAL ZEUS | G | 4 | John McArdle | 101 |
| 16 | x7922x6x00 | ROSE BLOOM (IRE) | M | 4 | Chris Waller | 90 |
| 17 | 0x020557x5 | SO DAZZLING (NZ) | M | 5 | John Sargent | 80 |
| 18 | 41x030360x | SOCKS NATION | M | 4 | Ciaron Maher | 103 |
| 19 | 4x860353x0 | STRAIT ACER | G | 5 | John O’Shea & Tom Charlton | 95 |
| 20 | 6x614331x2 | TAVI TIME (NZ) | G | 5 | Kris Lees | 100 |
| 21 | 3x0x2133x0 | TOWNSEND | G | 4 | Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott | 93 |
| 22 | 18335x10x8 | WELWAL (GB) | G | 6 | Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr) | 105 |
Table Credit: Racing Australia.
Hawkesbury Gold Cup History
The Hawkesbury Gold Cup was inaugurated in 1980, when Peninsula won the first title. The Hawkesbury Cup was initially run over 2000m, before it was reduced to a mile in 1988. Prior to 1997, the race held Listed status. Following several years of increased purse size and improving fields, the race was upgraded to Group 3.
In 2007, the decision was made to cancel the Hawkesbury Gold Cup meeting. This came about due to the outbreak of Equine Influenza; it was considered too great a risk to continue with the meeting. This among other cancelled meetings and events illustrate the broad-reaching consequences of Equine Influenza.
Recovering quickly, the Hawkesbury Race Club ran a stellar meeting in 2008, with Nuclear Sky seizing victory. Since then, the Hawkesbury Gold Cup has gone from strength to strength. There was more spotlight on Cup Day in the racing community during the 2014 meeting, mainly due to the fact that the event wasn’t vastly overshadowed by the Melbourne Cup.
The 2020 Hawkesbury Gold Cup took place at Rosehill Gardens due to the COVID-19 pandemic and restrictions to racing and was held over a reduced distance of 1500m.
Hawkesbury Gold Cup Results
| Year | Place | Horse | Time |
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| 2025 Hawkesbury Cup |
1st | Punch Lane |
1:36.15 |
| 2nd | Ospienko | ||
| 3rd | My Oberon | ||
| 2024 Hawkesbury Cup |
1st | Just Folk |
1:34.80 |
| 2nd | Detonator Jack | ||
| 3rd | Welwal | ||
| 2023 Hawkesbury Cup |
1st | New Mandate |
1:36.02 |
| 2nd | Desert Icon | ||
| 3rd | Jojo Was A Man | ||
| 2022 Hawkesbury Cup |
1st | Kirwan’s Lane |
1:38.88 |
| 2nd | Hopeful | ||
| 3rd | Atishu | ||
| 2021 Hawkesbury Cup |
1st | Archedemus |
1:35.94 |
| 2nd | Royal Celebration | ||
| 3rd | Purple Sector | ||
| 2020 Hawkesbury Cup |
1st | Amangiri |
1:28.18 (held over 1500m) |
| 2nd | Live And Free | ||
| 3rd | Another Dollar | ||
| 2019 Hawkesbury Cup |
1st | Archedemus |
1:34.47 |
| 2nd | Tom Melbourne | ||
| 3rd | Sixties Groove | ||
| 2018 Hawkesbury Cup |
1st | Kingsguard |
1:37.05 |
| 2nd | Ecuador | ||
| 3rd | McCreery | ||
| 2017 Hawkesbury Cup |
1st | Fabrizio |
1:34.6 |
| 2nd | Moher | ||
| 3rd | Testashadow | ||
| 2016 Hawkesbury Cup |
1st | Amovatio |
1:34.8 |
| 2nd | Mighty Lucky | ||
| 3rd | Casino Dancer | ||
| 2015 Hawkesbury Cup |
1st | Sons Of John |
1:38.4 |
| 2nd | Tales Of Grimm | ||
| 3rd | Rugged Cross | ||
| 2014 Hawkesbury Cup |
1st | Leebaz |
1:36.50 |
| 2nd | Wistful | ||
| 3rd | Keep Cool | ||
| 2013 Hawkesbury Cup |
1st | Coup Ay Tee |
1:35.64 |
| 2nd | Julienas | ||
| 3rd | Darci Be Good | ||
| 2012 Hawkesbury Cup |
1st | Darci Be Good |
1:35:35 |
| 2nd | Isopach | ||
| 3rd | Praecido | ||
| 2011 Hawkesbury Cup |
1st | Somepin Anypin |
1:34.7 |
| 2nd | Willy Jimmy | ||
| 3rd | Renewed Vitality | ||
| 2010 Hawkesbury Cup |
1st | Thankgodyou’rehere |
1:35.31 |
| 2nd | Glintz | ||
| 3rd | Kimillsy | ||
| 2009 Hawkesbury Cup |
1st | Keeping The Dream |
1:35.3 |
| 2nd | Spinney | ||
| 3rd | Bernicia | ||
| 2008 Hawkesbury Cup |
1st | Nuclear Sky |
1:34.7 |
| 2nd | Alverta | ||
| 3rd | Gergis | ||
| 2007 Hawkesbury Cup |
1st | race not held |
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| 2nd | race not held | ||
| 3rd | race not held | ||
| 2006 Hawkesbury Cup |
1st | Beauty Watch |
1:34.4 |
| 2nd | Friday Creek | ||
| 3rd | Prince Arthur | ||
| 2005 Hawkesbury Cup |
1st | Wild Queen |
1:38.0 |
| 2nd | Verb | ||
| 3rd | Cateclipse | ||
| 2004 Hawkesbury Cup |
1st | Court’s In Session |
1:33.2 |
| 2nd | Magsaya | ||
| 3rd | Salgado | ||
| 2003 Hawkesbury Cup |
1st | Stoway |
1:37.5 |
| 2nd | Vital Agreement | ||
| 3rd | Takas | ||
| 2002 Hawkesbury Cup |
1st | This Manshood |
1:33.1 |
| 2nd | Huge Demand | ||
| 3rd | Evander | ||
| 2001 Hawkesbury Cup |
1st | Carael Boy |
1:34.1 |
| 2nd | Play Station | ||
| 3rd | Ra Eclipse | ||
| 2000 Hawkesbury Cup |
1st | Huge Demand |
1:33.8 |
| 2nd | Grey And Gold | ||
| 3rd | Lanolin | ||
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