Brisbane Cup

Brisbane Cup
Race information
Group 2 race
Location	Doomben Racecourse Brisbane, Australia (2015)
Inaugurated	1866
Race type	Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Sponsor	Evergreen Turf (2015)
Distance	2,200 metres
Surface	Turf
Track	Right-handed
Qualification	Three year old and older
Weight	Handicap
Purse	A$300,000 (2015)

The Brisbane Cup is a Brisbane Racing Club Group 2 Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-olds and upwards, run under handicap conditions over a distance of 2200 metres at Eagle Farm Racecourse, Brisbane during the Queensland Winter Racing Carnival.^[1] Prize money is A$300,000.

Due to track reconstruction of Eagle Farm Racecourse for the 2014–15 racing season the event is transferred to Doomben Racecourse with a slightly shorter distance of 2200 metres.^[2]

Race history

Lough Neagh,1936 winner

The race was named as the Victory Cup in 1946 when racing was resumed after World War II in Queensland.^[3]

Race distance

1866 - 2 ¹⁄₄ miles (~3600 metres)^[4]
1867–1882 - 2 miles (~3200 metres)
1883 - 1 ³⁄₄ miles (~2800 metres)
1884–1887 - 2 miles (~3200 metres)
1888 - 1 ³⁄₄ miles (~2800 metres)
1889–1941 - 2 miles (~3200 metres)
1942–1945 - Race not run during World War II
1946 - 1 ¹⁄₂ miles (~2400 metres)
1947–1972 - 2 miles (~3200 metres)
1973–2006 - 3200 metres
2007–2014 - 2400 metres
2015 - 2200 metres

Race grade

1866–1979 - Principal race
1980–2006 - Grade 1
2007 onwards - Group 2

Race venue

2015 - Doomben Racecourse^[2]

The winners

2015 - Jetset Lad ^[5]
2014 - Floria ^[6]
2013 - Moriarity ^[7]
2012 - Lights Of Heaven ^[8]
2011 - Tullamore ^[9]
2010 - Crossthestart ^[10]
2009 - Scenic Shot ^[11]
2008 - Viewed ^[12]
2007 - Newport ^[13]
2006 - Art Success ^[14]
2005 - Portland Singa ^[15]
2004 - Danestorm ^[16]
2003 - Piachay ^[17]
2002 - Prized Gem ^[18]
2001 - Star Covet ^[19]
2000 - Yippyio ^[20]
1999 - Sheer Kingston ^[21]
1998 - Praise Indeed ^[22]
1997 - Desert Chill ^[23]
1996 - Dupain ^[24]
1995 - Desert Chill ^[25]
1994 - Sky Flyer ^[26]
1993 - Barbut Delcia ^[27]
1992 - Grooming ^[28]
1991 - Just A Dancer ^[29]
1990 - Shuzohra ^[30]
1989 - Coshking ^[31]
1988 - Lord Hybrow ^[32]
1987 - Limitless ^[33]
1986 - Marlon ^[34]
1985 - Foxseal ^[35]
1984 - Chiamare ^[36]
1983 - Amarant ^[37]
1982 - Queen's Road
1981 - Four Crowns
1980 - Love Bandit
1979 - Grey Affair
1978 - Muros
1977 - Reckless
1976 - Balmerino
1975 - Herminia
1974 - Igloo
1973 - Irish Whip
1972 - Mode
1971 - Royal Shah
1970 - Cachondeo
1969 - Galleon King
1968 - Prominence
1967 - Fulmen
1966 - Apa
1965 - Fair Patton
1964 - Fair Patton
1963 - Campo
1962 - Kamikaze
1961 - Tulloch
1960 - Valerius
1959 - Macdougal
1958 - Timor
1957 - Cambridge
1956 - Redcraze
1955 - The Wash
1954 - Lancaster
1953 - Hydrogen
1952 - Putoko
1951 - Prince O' Fairies
1950 - Silver Buzz
1949 - Sanctus
1948 - Sicarda
1947 - Blue Boots
1946 - Good Idea^[3]
1942–45 - race not held
1941 - Lady Buzzard
1940 - Tragopan
1939 - Spear Chief
1938 - Spear Chief
1937 - Glen's Spear
1936 - Lough Neagh
1935 - Rivalli
1934 - St. Valorey
1933 - Herolage
1932 - St. Valorey
1931 - Royal Smile
1930 - Trainer
1929 - In Petto
1928 - Canning Queen
1927 - Kentle
1926 - Piastoon
1925 - Te Kara
1924 - Balaton
1923 - Seremite
1922 - Grichka
1921 - Impeyan
1920 - Golden Sunset
1919 - Venerable
1918 - Irish Princess
1917 - Bunting
1916 - Demeranthis
1915 - Rue Victoria
1914 - Cagou
1913 - Rosard
1912 - Goard
1911 - Black Paint
1910 - Curve
1909 - Fightaway
1908 - Plunder
1907 - Haidee
1906 - Scorcher
1905 - Fitz Grafton
1904 - Fitz Grafton
1903 - Jessie
1902 - Palmer
1901 - Rabato
1900 - Boreas Ii
1899 - Dundonald
1898 - Rubydor
1897 - Battalion
1896 - Tornado
1895 - Orville
1894 - Yelverton
1893 - Tridentate
1892 - Splendide
1891 - Lurline
1890 - Lyndhurst
1889 - Quicksilver
1888 - Sirius
1887 - Wetherondale
1886 - Bonnie Bee
1885 - Lancer
1884 - Legacy
1883 - Mozart
1882 - Proctor
1881 - Lord Clifden
1880 - Major
1879 - Sydney
1878 - †The Dean/Strathearn
1877 - Sunrise
1876 - Irish Stew
1875 - Carbine
1874 - Zanco
1873 - Wanderer
1872 - Zanco
1871 - Greyskim
1870 - Dandy
1869 - Premier
1868 - Sydney
1867 - North Australian
1866 - Forester

† Deadheat

References

↑ "Winners and Past Results for the Brisbane Cup". Progroup Racing (Australia). 2012. Retrieved 6 June 2013.
1 2 Exelby, Nathan (18 January 2015). "Frustration as fears Eagle Farm’s re-opening could be pushed back as late as October". The Courier Mail. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
1 2 "Good Idea Wins Qld Victory Cup (Official 1946 result Victory Cup 1 ¹⁄₂m)". The Barrier Miner, Broken Hill (Trove News Archive (Digitize)). 6 May 1946. p. 1 (col.1). Retrieved 6 June 2013.
↑ "Brisbane Cup". Queensland History of Racing (Australia). 2012. Retrieved 6 June 2013.
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