Bev Cheers, author of “The Warwick Gold Cup – Campdrafting’s Memories and Magic Moments”, describes Bob Black as ‘Campdrafting’s Gentleman of Gentlemen”, he even proof read the book for her. Bob won his 1st Gold Cup in 1975, but he believed Commissioner to be the best horse he ever had and although he only won […]

Illustrious line-up of Warwick Gold Cup Winners from 1970 to 2017.  Who will be the next name on the list?

The Bruce Hollis story has the makings of a great movie, he has never let anything stop him. In 1985 he suffered a major accident when his hand became caught in a corn puller and as a result lost his hand. While most people would have seriously reassessed their position, Bruce merely carried on. He […]

Bob Palmer was a Champion Horseman from Champion parents, by age 2 he was cantering his pony. With dad Jack off at war Bob remembers, “Mum spent hours and hours teaching us and getting us going. I spent all my time on my horse and I would just ride wherever I wanted to go, including […]

Not everyone wins a Warwick Gold Cup, but there are so many who come so close. This is the case with Gwen MacMillan (née Chicken) & Wylie who finished equal 4th in 1978. The same combination finished 3rd in 1975. When ‘The Warwick Gold Cup – Campdrafting Memories and Magic Moments’ went to print in […]

Theo Hill first went to Warwick as a spectator in 1963 and understood why everyone wanted to win Warwick, including himself. He learnt from that 1st visit you needed a top horse to win the Gold Cup and he aspired to return with one good enough to win. He bred his Comara mare Princess to […]

The Judge for the Gold Cup, Theo Hill, changed the course from Right to Left after the first round. This was the first time this had been done at Warwick. Theo remembers, “I believe that being the Gold Cup the horses competing should be able to handle going both ways. I did upset some Qld competitors […]

Warwick Gold Cup – Trip Down Memory Lane Prior to the year 2000 Laurie Mills held the title of most wins by a person with a total haul of four Gold Cups.  He won in 1970 & 1971 with BALDY, in 1976 with MAYBE and again in 1988 with SPECK.  All great stories but perhaps […]

For those of you who are interested in the details, here are a few statistics from this year’s Warwick Gold Cup.

Troy Palmer & Whos Divine have won the 2017 Warwick Gold Cup in spectacular fashion.  926 competitors in Round 1, 219 in Round 2, 38 in the final and a 4 way run off to decide the winner.  The excitement was unbelievable. Congratulations to Troy Palmer, Whos Divine and owner/breeder Richard Bull on this his first […]