THE CUP
MISTY BAZELEY ON MONOTONY BOY IN 2001
By Geoff Whittle.
First run as the Patriotic Fun Cup over 1¾ miles (converts to 2800 metres), the race became the Mount Barker Cup in 1948.
Since then the running of the cup has seen some great individual performances from both man and beast. Some outstanding horses along with high profile trainers and jockeys have won the race.
Heading the list of cup achievements is that of the late Pingrup trainer Murray Reid who trained four consecutive cup winners between 1968 and 1971. Kefu won back-to-back Cups for the trainer in that sequence while Pikadon took out the race in 1976 to give Reid five wins in the event.
Other great training feats have been Narrikup trainer Don Morton’s four winners and Danny Lalich who prepared three successful cup horses.
Caisceen took two cups on end in 1951/52 and then again in 1955 while Muromoon won consecutively for Albany trainer John Askevold in 1987 and ’88. Colorado Belle took out the ’94 and ’95 cups in back-to-back wins.
The 1999 winner Turn A Glow was a great feature race campaigner having also won Bunbury and Pinjarra Cups. He carried the heaviest weight in race history to victory in ’99 with 60.5 kilograms.
Popular former race caller Jim Chadwick rode the 1965 winner Prince Astor and outstanding jockey of his time, Keith Watson, regular rider of sprint champ Heron Bridge won the race in 1984 with Beau Conquest.
Local jockeys Jim Lemon and Grant Gibbs won two cups each and the late Glenn Simpson also experienced success.
Shotgun Kid stopped the clock at 2.00.80 in 2005 to establish the race and track record.
Kalgoorlie based jockey Misty Bazeley was the first female rider to win the cup on Monotony Boy in 2001.
“It meant a lot to me to win it. My dad’s family is from down Mt Barker way and I had a lot of relies there that day. It was one of the nicest receptions I’ve ever had following a win. Old Monotony Boy flew the gates and led all the way, the connections were stoked, they were a great bunch of owners,” Bazeley said when asked to reflect on the win.
Bazeley was quickly followed by Elly Dredge on Royal Omen in 2003 and Jessica Valas in 2005 aboard Shotgun Kid as successful female riders in the cup.
Xaarlington won in 2008 for the father-son team of Neville and Brad Parnham.
A Decade of Mount Barker Cup winners
Year – Horse – Jockey – Trainer
2010 -
2009 – Viscount Cameron S. McGruddy Ms A. Smith
2008 - Xaarlington B. Parnham N. Parnham
2007 - Carrellan Storm D. Staeck M.W. Pateman
2006 – Exchequer W.Pike L. Smith
2005 – Shotgun Kid Ms J. Valas Ms B.M. Dudley
2004 - Special Jester D. O'Heare C.M. Wolfe
2003 - Royal Omen Ms E. Dredge W.J. Bradshaw
2002 - Jeune's Fantasy P. Hall S.J. Wolfe
2001 - Monotony Boy Ms M. Bazeley A.J. McGuinniss
2000 – Serzar M. Molloy D.K. Morton
1999 - Turn A Glow J. Oliver C.D. Jones
1998 – Approaching Damien Miller N.D. Parnham
First run as the Patriotic Fun Cup over 1¾ miles (converts to 2800 metres), the race became the Mount Barker Cup in 1948.
Since then the running of the cup has seen some great individual performances from both man and beast. Some outstanding horses along with high profile trainers and jockeys have won the race.
Heading the list of cup achievements is that of the late Pingrup trainer Murray Reid who trained four consecutive cup winners between 1968 and 1971. Kefu won back-to-back Cups for the trainer in that sequence while Pikadon took out the race in 1976 to give Reid five wins in the event.
Other great training feats have been Narrikup trainer Don Morton’s four winners and Danny Lalich who prepared three successful cup horses.
Caisceen took two cups on end in 1951/52 and then again in 1955 while Muromoon won consecutively for Albany trainer John Askevold in 1987 and ’88. Colorado Belle took out the ’94 and ’95 cups in back-to-back wins.
The 1999 winner Turn A Glow was a great feature race campaigner having also won Bunbury and Pinjarra Cups. He carried the heaviest weight in race history to victory in ’99 with 60.5 kilograms.
Popular former race caller Jim Chadwick rode the 1965 winner Prince Astor and outstanding jockey of his time, Keith Watson, regular rider of sprint champ Heron Bridge won the race in 1984 with Beau Conquest.
Local jockeys Jim Lemon and Grant Gibbs won two cups each and the late Glenn Simpson also experienced success.
Shotgun Kid stopped the clock at 2.00.80 in 2005 to establish the race and track record.
Kalgoorlie based jockey Misty Bazeley was the first female rider to win the cup on Monotony Boy in 2001.
“It meant a lot to me to win it. My dad’s family is from down Mt Barker way and I had a lot of relies there that day. It was one of the nicest receptions I’ve ever had following a win. Old Monotony Boy flew the gates and led all the way, the connections were stoked, they were a great bunch of owners,” Bazeley said when asked to reflect on the win.
Bazeley was quickly followed by Elly Dredge on Royal Omen in 2003 and Jessica Valas in 2005 aboard Shotgun Kid as successful female riders in the cup.
Xaarlington won in 2008 for the father-son team of Neville and Brad Parnham.
A Decade of Mount Barker Cup winners
Year – Horse – Jockey – Trainer
2010 -
2009 – Viscount Cameron S. McGruddy Ms A. Smith
2008 - Xaarlington B. Parnham N. Parnham
2007 - Carrellan Storm D. Staeck M.W. Pateman
2006 – Exchequer W.Pike L. Smith
2005 – Shotgun Kid Ms J. Valas Ms B.M. Dudley
2004 - Special Jester D. O'Heare C.M. Wolfe
2003 - Royal Omen Ms E. Dredge W.J. Bradshaw
2002 - Jeune's Fantasy P. Hall S.J. Wolfe
2001 - Monotony Boy Ms M. Bazeley A.J. McGuinniss
2000 – Serzar M. Molloy D.K. Morton
1999 - Turn A Glow J. Oliver C.D. Jones
1998 – Approaching Damien Miller N.D. Parnham
