Moonee Valley Gold Cup

Looking for early info on this year’s Moonee Valley Gold Cup? The experts at Neds have put together everything you need to know before this year’s race.

The Moonee Valley Gold Cup is a Group 2 staying event for potential Melbourne Cup horses taking place at The Valley on Cox Plate Day each October.

Contested over 2500m at set weights plus penalties, the race offers $500,000 in prize money and serves as a key lead-up into the Group 1 $8 million Melbourne Cup (3200m) at Flemington on the first Tuesday of November.

Prince Of Penzance won the 2014 Moonee Valley Gold Cup and returned to finish second in 2015 before his subsequent Melbourne Cup victory at 100/1!

Moonee Valley Gold Cup 2020 – Quick Information

• Race Day: Saturday, October 24th, 2020 
• Track Location: Moonee Valley Racecourse
• Track Surface: Turf
• Track Direction: Left-handed
• Race Distance: 2,500 metres
• Weight Conditions: Set Weights + Penaltis
• Qualification: Four-Years-Old and Upwards
• Type: Thoroughbred
• Grade: Group 2
• Prize Purse: $500,000
• Inaugural Race: 1883
• 2020 Moonee Valley Gold Cup Winner: Miami Bound

moonee valley gold cup 2020 RESULTS

The official 2020 Moonee Valley Gold Cup results will be available below once the race takes place on Saturday October 24, 2020. 

1. #11 Miami Bound
2. #4 Shared Ambition
3. #8 Oceanex

The Danny O’Brien-trained VRC Oaks winner from last spring, Miami Bound ($26), was excellent saluting in an upset 2020 Moonee Valley Gold Cup result with a 2.5 length victory over the beaten favourite Shared Ambition ($4.20F) ahead of the $8 million Melbourne Cup.

	Finish	No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Bar.	Weight	Penalty	Starting Price
	1	11	MIAMI BOUND (NZ)	Danny O’Brien	Jamie Kah		4	54kg		$26
	2	4	SHARED AMBITION (IRE)	Chris Waller	James McDonald	2.5L	7	56kg		$4.20F
	3	8	OCEANEX (NZ)	Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr)	Dean Yendall	3L	6	55kg		$10
	4	3	ETAH JAMES (NZ)	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Billy Egan	4L	3	56kg		$31
	5	1	GALLIC CHIEFTAIN (FR)	Archie Alexander	Damian Lane	4.2L	12	57kg		$19
	6	7	SOUND (GER)	Michael Moroney	Mark Zahra	4.7L	2	55kg (cd 55.5kg)		$5.50
	7	9	CARIF	Peter & Paul Snowden	Kerrin McEvoy	5.45L	11	55kg		$18
	8	10	SELINO (GB)	Chris Waller	William Pike	9.95L	8	55kg		$9.50
	9	12	POLLY GREY (NZ)	Chris Waller	Jye McNeil	10.7L	9	53kg		$8
	10	5	TRAP FOR FOOLS	Lindsey Smith	John Allen	14.45L	10	55kg		$7
	11	6	LEVENDI	Peter Gelagotis	Jason Maskiell	29.45L	1	55kg		$21
	12	2	HUSH WRITER (JPN)	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Craig Williams	31.45L	5	56.5kg		$16
	SCRATCHED	13	SUPER GIRL	Josh Julius	Michael Dee		0

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

moonee valley Gold Cup Betting

There are many different ways to bet on the Moonee Valley Gold Cup, we’ve included some of the most popular options below:

Bet Type	How To Place This Type Of Bet In This Year’s Moonee Valley Gold Cup
Win Bet	Place your bet on the horse you think will take first place in this year’s Moonee Valley Gold Cup.
Place Bet	Place your bet on the horse you think will place in the top three finishers at this year’s Moonee Valley Gold Cup. Pays less than a win bet, but offers safer odds.
Each-Way Bet	If your runner finishes 1st in the Moonee Valley Gold Cup, you will collect both the Win and the Place dividend. If your horse finishes 2nd or 3rd you will collect the Place dividend.
Quinella Bet	You must select the runners that finish 1st and 2nd in any order, within the Moonee Valley Gold Cup, in order to win the Quinella.
Exacta Bet	You must select the runners that finish 1st and 2nd in the correct order, within the Moonee Valley Gold Cupto win the Exacta.
Trifecta Bet	You must select runners to finish 1st, 2nd and 3rd in the correct order, within the Moonee Valley Gold Cup to win the Trifecta.
First Four	You must select runners that finish 1st, 2nd ,3rd and 4th in the correct order, within the Moonee Valley Gold Cup to win the First 4.
Quadrella Bet (Quaddie)	You must select the winners of four nominated races to win the Quaddie. This means you would have to select three other races apart from the Moonee Valley Gold Cup, in order to be eligible to place a Quaddie.

How To Bet On The Moonee Valley Gold Cup

1. Log in at neds.com.au
2. Make a deposit, using your credit card, PayPal or other safe electronic method
3. Make sure to check out form guide, once it’s released
4. Decide what kind of bet you’re going to place (Win, Place, Each-Way, Trifecta + more betting options, please read our section on Moonee Valley Gold Cup Betting above).
5. Select the horse(s) for the race.

Moonee Valley Gold Cup 2020 Odds

Early market odds on the 2020 Moonee Valley Gold Cup will be displayed below. If you would like to know the current odds, you can check our live market for the 2020 edition of the Moonee Valley Gold Cup here once betting opens.

Which Horse Will Win The moonee valley gold Cup

The best way to pick who will win the Moonee Valley Gold Cup is to take into account the form, assess the barriers, consider the weight the horse will carry, among other factors.

Additional factors to take into considerations are as follows:

• Genuine Stayers – The race is contested over 2500m and is often won by a dour stayer looking towards a Melbourne Cup bid.
• Double Figures – Plenty of recent Moonee Valley Gold Cup winners jumped around the $10 – $15 mark in betting. 
• Past Editions – Many gallopers that do well in the Moonee Valley Gold Cup results contested the previous season’s edition of the race.

Moonee Valley Gold Cup Favourites

Early favourites in 2020 Moonee Valley Gold Cup betting include the Chris Waller-trained Shared Ambition and the Japanese-bred Hush Writer. 

Moonee Valley Gold Cup 2020 Field

The official Moonee Valley Gold Cup 2020 field of final acceptances is announced on the Wednesday of race week and will be published in full below. 

The 2020 Moonee Valley Gold Cup final field features 13 Melbourne Cup hopefuls led in betting by the Chris Waller-trained Shared Ambition who scratched out of Wednesday’s Group 3 Geelong Cup in favour of this Cox Plate Day assignment.

No	Last 10	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	4x9748x004	GALLIC CHIEFTAIN (FR)	Archie Alexander	Damian Lane	13	57kg		96
2	6x7000x324	HUSH WRITER (JPN)	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Craig Williams	6	56.5kg		103
3	46416341×0	ETAH JAMES (NZ)	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Billy Egan	3	56kg		107
4	x3103x0925	SHARED AMBITION (IRE)	Chris Waller	James McDonald	8	56kg		103
5	x9070x3x58	TRAP FOR FOOLS	Lindsey Smith	John Allen	11	55kg		106
6	1x8x58x036	LEVENDI	Peter Gelagotis	Jason Maskiell	1	55kg		104
7	05x532x522	SOUND (GER)	Michael Moroney	Mark Zahra	2	55kg		102
8	x07511x000	OCEANEX (NZ)	Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr)	Dean Yendall	7	55kg		105
9	x0352x6780	CARIF	Peter & Paul Snowden	Kerrin McEvoy	12	55kg		99
10	23311×2822	SELINO (GB)	Chris Waller	William Pike	9	55kg		95
11	11x84x4066	MIAMI BOUND (NZ)	Danny O’Brien	Jamie Kah	5	54kg		101
12	52×0252454	POLLY GREY (NZ)	Chris Waller	Jye McNeil	10	53kg		93
13	4143×15093	SUPER GIRL	Josh Julius	Michael Dee	4	53kg		80

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

Moonee Valley Gold Cup 2020 Tips

Favourite: #4 Shared Ambition ($4 at time of publish)

Best Bet: #7 Sound ($6.50 at time of publish)

Best Roughie: #6 Levendi ($21 at time of publish) 

Our insider 2020 Moonee Valley Gold Cup tips will be detailed above the week of the race and a full betting preview available on the Neds Blog. 

moonee Valley Gold Cup Race Day

The Moonee Valley Gold Cup takes place on Saturday, the 24th of October, 2020 as part of Cox Plate Day with racing headlined by the $5 million W.S. Cox Plate (2040m) – there are five other Group status support races on the Cox Plate Day card. They are the:

• Group 2 Moonee Valley Fillies Classic (1600m)
• Group 2 Moonee Valley Vase (2040m)
• Group 2 Crystal Mile (1600m)
• Group 3 Red Anchor Stakes (1200m)
• Group 3 Tesio Stakes (1600m).

moonee valley gold cup 2020 Barrier Draw

The 2020 Moonee Valley Gold Cup barrier draw is conducted on the Wednesday leading-up to the race and will be published in our above Moonee Valley Gold Cup Field section. 

Moonee valley gold cup 2020 Nominations

Nominations close by 12:00 PM on Monday, the 19th of October, 2020.

The 2020 Moonee Valley Gold Cup nominations attracted a bumper 28 early entries looking towards a Melbourne Cup run in November.

	Last 10	Horse	Sex	Age	Trainer	Ballot	Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	46416341×0	ETAH JAMES (NZ)	M	8	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	1	56kg		107
2	11x84x4066	MIAMI BOUND (NZ)	M	4	Danny O’Brien	2	54kg		101
3	4x9748x004	GALLIC CHIEFTAIN (FR)	H	8	Archie Alexander	3	57kg		96
4	x07511x000	OCEANEX (NZ)	M	5	Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr)	4	55kg		105
5	5138x5138x	SAN HUBERTO (IRE)	H	5	Matt Cumani	5	57kg		107
6	6x7000x324	HUSH WRITER (JPN)	G	6	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	6	56.5kg		103
7	13770×7006	AZURO (FR)	G	7	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	7	56.5kg		99
8	122107×407	INVERLOCH (IRE)	G	7	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young	8	56.5kg		100
9	2553x4x11x	NICKAJACK CAVE (IRE)	G	5	Peter G Moody	9	56.5kg		107
10	111×4514	SKYWARD (FR)	H	5	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young	10	56.5kg		105
11	0684x9x504	VIN DE DANCE (NZ)	G	6	Symon Wilde	11	56kg		89
12	1x4679x033	STEEL PRINCE (IRE)	G	7	Anthony & Sam Freedman	12	56kg		103
13	x3103x0925	SHARED AMBITION (IRE)	G	5	Chris Waller	13	56kg		103
14	321023×693	PLATINUM INVADOR (NZ)	G	5	Peter G Moody	14	56kg		102
15	1x410x4431	LE DON DE VIE (GB)	G	5	Anthony & Sam Freedman	15	56kg		104
16	x4x1x1736x	COLLIDE (GB)	H	6	Kris Lees	16	56kg		95
17	x9070x3x58	TRAP FOR FOOLS	G	7	Lindsey Smith	17	55kg		106
18	1x8x58x036	LEVENDI	H	6	Peter Gelagotis	18	55kg		104
19	05x532x522	SOUND (GER)	H	8	Michael Moroney	19	55kg		102
20	542230×644	NAVAL WARFARE (IRE)	G	7	Anthony & Sam Freedman	20	55kg		88
21	218×016116	CREEDENCE	G	6	Matt Cumani	21	55kg		99
22	x0352x6780	CARIF	H	5	Peter & Paul Snowden	22	55kg		99
23	41x7811x18	LORD BELVEDERE (GB)	G	7	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	23	55kg		101
24	12432×0602	GOOD IDEA	G	6	Phillip Stokes	24	55kg		83
25	52×0252454	POLLY GREY (NZ)	M	6	Chris Waller	25	53kg		93
26	4143×15093	SUPER GIRL	M	6	Josh Julius	26	53kg		80
27	0x63112314	LUNAR FLARE	M	5	Grahame Begg	27	53kg		74
28	23311×2822	SELINO (GB)	G	5	Chris Waller	28	55kg		95

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

moonee valley gold cup 2020 Weights

Set weights plus conditions apply to this race. Final weights will be announced by 4:00 PM on Monday, the 19th of October, 2020 with weights on the final acceptances to be published in our above Moonee Valley Gold Cup Field section. 

moonee valley gold cup 2020 Acceptances

Acceptances must be declared before 9:30 AM on Wednesday, the 21st of October, 2020 and will be published in our above Moonee Valley Gold Cup Field section.

moonee valley gold cup 2020 Jockeys

The final riders announcement is at 1:00 PM on Wednesday, the 21st of October, 2020 and will be published in our above Moonee Valley Gold Cup Field section.

moonee valley gold cup Scratchings

Scratchings close at 7:30 AM on Saturday, the 24th of October, 2020

moonee valley gold cup Prize Money

The Moonee Valley Gold Cup prize purse is worth $500,000 in total, distributed from places first through to eighth.

Place	Prize Money
1st	$300,000
2nd	$90,000
3rd	$45,000
4th	$22,500
5th	$12,500
6th	$10,000
7th	$10,000
8th	$10,000

moonee valley gold cup Race Number

The Moonee Valley Gold Cup is set to run as Moonee Valley Race 8 at 3:30pm (AEDT) on Saturday, the 24th of October, 2020. There are ten races in total that day at Moonee Valley Racecourse.

moonee valley gold cup 2020 Form Guide

The final form guide will be available the week of the race. You can check our full form guide closer to race day to see if the form guide for 2020’s Moonee Valley Gold Cup has been released.

Moonee Valley Gold Cup Live

You can watch or listen to the 2020 Moonee Valley Gold Cup live, across the following mediums.

Pay television: Sky Racing 1 (channel 526 on Foxtel)

Radio: Radio Sport National

Moonee Valley Gold CUp Winners

Winners of the Moonee Valley Gold Cup going back to 2000 are displayed in the table below.