Ipswich Cup

Regal Lion causes boilover in Ipswich Cup

Posted on June 17, 2023
in Australian Horse Racing News

Regal Lion has taken out the feature race at Ipswich, with Ben Thompson guiding the Annabel Neasham gelding to victory in the $200,000 Listed Ipswich Cup on Saturday afternoon. The son of Jakkalberry brought up his third win at his 21st start, after being sent out as an outsider in the market at $26 with[...]

Posted on June 15, 2023
in Tips

The move north for Zadig has done wonders as he looks to take out the Listed Ipswich Cup (2150m) on Saturday in his sixth Queensland start.

Posted on June 14, 2023
in Australian Horse Racing News

Dark Destroyer will be back in action in Queensland on Saturday and is expected to appreciate a step up in distance in the Listed Ipswich Cup (2150m). The Proisir four-year-old is open to improvement over ground following an unplaced first-up effort at Doomben and then finished in behind the major players in the Listed The[...]

Posted on April 18, 2023
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Robbie Patterson made his mark with a small team at last year's Queensland winter carnival and is keen on a return trip. The New Plymouth horseman's stable has been in fine form this season with a career-best tally of 39 winners to sit third on the Trainers' Premiership and has several potential travellers to Brisbane[...]

Posted on June 18, 2022
in Australian Horse Racing News

Chris Munce and Brock Ryan have claimed the 2022 Ipswich Cup (2150m) in emphatic fashion, with Smart Meteor storming down the centre of the track to take out the Listed event. The five-year-old gelding added to the pain for a lot of punters at Ipswich, saluting in the feature race as a $30 outsider, on what[...]

Posted on June 16, 2019
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Evergreen stayer Sampson confirmed his place in the Group 3 Tattersall's Cup (3000m) at Eagle Farm this coming weekend with a fighting run for second in the Listed Ipswich Cup (2150m) on Saturday. The Howie Matthews-trained nine-year-old never looked like shirking his task as he slugged it out with eventual winner Bergerac for the length[...]

Posted on June 15, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Trainer Steve Tregea's gamble in taking blinkers off the race day gear of Bergerac has paid off, with the gelding winning the $175,000 Ipswich Cup. Apprentice Michael Murphy had a welcome change of luck and followed instruction to perfection to guide Bergerac ($5.50) to a 1-1/4 lengths win over Sampson ($20) with a length to[...]

Posted on June 14, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Stakes winner First Crush's last start was so poor his trainer Chris Munce has erased it from his memory. First Crush lines up for his second attempt to win the Listed $175,000 Ipswich Cup (2150m) on Saturday. He ran second in the Ipswich Cup last year before going on to finish second in the Caloundra[...]

Posted on June 14, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Tough Toowoomba mare Ruby Guru will get her chance in the Listed Ipswich Cup after trainer Michael Nolan decided she had too much weight in a restricted class race. The consistent Ruby Guru would have been favourite in the $125,000 Provincial Stayers Final (2500m) also at Ipswich on Saturday. When Ruby Guru got 59kg in[...]

Posted on June 14, 2019
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Howie Mathews has Sampson in first-class order for Saturday's Listed Ipswich Cup (2150m) but the Otaki trainer has his eye on an even bigger prize seven days later. Mathews, whose current Queensland adventure could lead to a more permanent move to the sunshine state, is using the Ipswich Cup as a springboard to Saturday week's[...]

Posted on June 13, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Tony Pike's two winter Group One performers are heading home but the New Zealand trainer still plans to have a hand in the rest of the Queensland carnival. Pike has been a major Group One player during the winter carnival with The Bostonian winning the Doomben 10,000 and Kingsford Smith Cup and Endless Drama running[...]

Posted on June 12, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Toowoomba trainer Kevin Kemp's decision to take Fighting Teo to Sydney last year has proved the catalyst for the horse to develop into a stakes class runner. Kemp's belief in Fighting Teo's ability will get another test when the gelding tackles the $175,000 Listed Ipswich Cup (2150m) on Saturday. One of the biggest horses in[...]

Posted on May 29, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

The Ipswich Turf Club has already pre-sold 10,000 tickets for its Cup day meeting next month and has put in place contingency plans to overcome problems created by reconstruction work. The refurbishment of the main grandstand has been disrupted by the discovery of asbestos which has set work back by months. It has led to[...]

Regal Lion causes boilover in Ipswich Cup

In-form Zadig out to spring Ipswich Cup upset

Dark Destroyer primed for Ipswich Cup tilt

Patterson eyeing another Brisbane venture

Smart Meteor takes out the Ipswich Cup

Sampson confirms shot at Eagle Farm feature

Bergerac Finds Form To Win Ipswich Cup

First Crush To Atone In Ipswich Cup

Ruby Guru Gets Ipswich Cup Chance

Sampson thriving ahead of Ipswich Cup

Nz Trainer Tony Pike Chasing Ipswich Cup

Sydney Trip Pays Off For Fighting Teo

Ipswich Cup Day Tickets In Pre-Sales Boom

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