Sydney Cup

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Sydney Cup
Group I race
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Lucrative, 1941 winner Maurice McCarten up
Location Randwick Racecourse
Sydney, Australia
Inaugurated 1862 (as Jockey Club Handicap)
Race type Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Sponsor Schweppes (2015)
Website Australian Jockey Club
Race information
Distance 3,200 metres
Surface Turf
Track Right-handed
Qualification Horses three years old and older
Weight Handicap
Purse A$1,600,000 (2015)

The Sydney Cup is an Australian Turf Club Group 1 Thoroughbred handicap horse race, for horses three years old and older, run over 3200 metres at Randwick Racecourse in Sydney, Australiain the autumn during the ATC Championships series and it is the longest race in the club.[1] Total prize money is A$1,600,000.

The origins of this race are associated with colonial Sydney and the growth of thoroughbred racing in the colony during the 1850s. The Australian Jockey Club initiated an Autumn race meet of initially two days and expanded it as horse racing became the most attended sport meeting.

Race name

The inaugural running of the race was 1 May 1862 as part of the Metropolitan Autumn Meeting at Randwick.[2] The race was known as Jockey Club Handicap and it was the third race on the card.[2] The race attracted 9 runners over the famed 2 miles and was won by the odds on favourite Talleyrand in a time of 3 minutes 52 seconds.[2]

In 1863 the Randwick Autumn Meeting, the third race on the first day of the meet was the Randwick Grand Handicap.[3] The race was run by five entrants with the winner Traveller in a time of 3 minutes 42 seconds.[3]

By 1865 the race was called the Randwick Grand Handicap Sweepstakes.[4] With influx of money that was being offered by the Victoria Racing Club in Melbourne for the Melbourne Cup the AJC decided to change the name of the race in 1866 to the Sydney Gold Cup[5] and move its scheduling to the second day of the meet.[6]

Of the more famous horses to win the race was dual winner of the race The Barb (1868-69) and also winner of the Melbourne Cup[7] and from the same era Carbine who also won the race twice (1889-90).[1]

In the 20th century the race held its prominence and although it never overtook the Melbourne Cup the race complemented the Australian Racing Calendar by being held in the autumn.

Other dual winners include:
Mosaic (1939-40), Veiled Threat (1942,1944),Tie The Knot (1998-99)

In 1973 the race was set at a distance of 3,200 metres due to the metric conversion in Australia.

Kingston Town was the first to win the Sydney Cup as a Group 1 race in 1980. The distinction for the fastest recorded time is 3 minutes and 19 seconds, set by Apollo Eleven in 1973 and equalled by Just A Dancer in 1991.[1]

Race history

File:ELECTRO 1957 AJC SYDNEY CUP TRAINER JOHN HAIGH.JPG
Electro,1957 winner jockey Doug Weir up.
Rogilla,1933 winner George Robinson up

1952 Racebook

  • 1952 AJC SYDNEY CUP RACEBOOK P1.jpg

    1952 Sydney Cup racebook front cover.

  • 1952 AJC SYDNEY CUP RACEBOOK P2.jpg

    1952 Sydney Cup racebook showing raceday officials & Semaphore Flags.

  • 1952 AJC SYDNEY CUP RACEBOOK P3.jpg

    1952 Sydney Cup racebook showing the conditions.

  • 1952 AJC SYDNEY CUP RACEBOOK P4.jpg

    1952 Sydney Cup racebook.

  • 1952 AJC SYDNEY CUP RACEBOOK P5.jpg

    1952 Sydney Cup racebook showing the winner, Opulent.

The winners

  • 2015 - Grand Marshal [8]
  • 2014 - The Offer [9]
  • 2013 - Mourayan [10]
  • 2012 - Niwot [11]
  • 2011 - Stand To Gain [12]
  • 2010 - Jessicabeel [13]
  • 2009 - Ista Kareem [14]
  • 2008 - No Wine No Song [15]
  • 2007 - Gallic [16]
  • 2006 - County Tyrone [17]
  • 2005 - Mahtoum [18]
  • 2004 - Makybe Diva [19]
  • 2003 - Honor Babe [20]
  • 2002 - Henderson Bay [21]
  • 2001 - Mr. Prudent [22]
  • 2000 - Streak [23]
  • 1999 - Tie The Knot [24]
  • 1998 - Tie The Knot [25]
  • 1997 - Linesman [26]
  • 1996 - Count Chivas [27]
  • 1995 - Daacha [28]
  • 1994 - Cross Swords [29]
  • 1993 - Azzaam [30]
  • 1992 - My Eagle Eye [31]
  • 1991 - Just A Dancer [32]
  • 1990 - King Aussie [33]
  • 1989 - Palace Revolt [34]
  • 1988 - Banderol [35]
  • 1987 - Major Drive [36]
  • 1986 - Marooned [37]
  • 1985 - Late Show [38]
  • 1984 - Trissaro [39]
  • 1983 - Veloso [40]
  • 1982 - Azawary
  • 1981 - Our Paddy Boy
  • 1980 - Kingston Town
  • 1979 - Double Century
  • 1978 - My Good Man
  • 1977 - Reckless
  • 1976 - Oopik
  • 1975 - Gay Master
  • 1974 - Battle Heights
  • 1973 - Apollo Eleven
  • 1972 - Dark Suit
  • 1971 - Gallic Temple
  • 1970 - Arctic Symbol
  • 1969 - Lowland
  • 1968 - General Command
  • 1967 - Galilee
  • 1966 - Prince Grant
  • 1965 - River Seine
  • 1964 - Zinga Lee
  • 1963 - Maidenhead
  • 1962 - Grand Print
  • 1961 - Sharply
  • 1960 - Grand Garry
  • 1959 - On Line
  • 1958 - Straight Draw
  • 1957 - Electro
  • 1956 - Sailor's Guide
  • 1955 - Talisman
  • 1954 - Gold Scheme
  • 1953 - Carioca
  • 1952 - Opulent
  • 1951 - Bankstream
  • 1950 - Sir Falcon
  • 1949 - Carbon Copy
  • 1948 - Dark Marne
  • 1947 - Proctor
  • 1946 - Cordale
  • 1945 - Craigie
  • 1944 - Veiled Threat
  • 1943 - Abspear
  • 1942 - Veiled Threat
  • 1941 - Lucrative
  • 1940 - Mosaic
  • 1939 - Mosaic
  • 1938 - L'Aiglon
  • 1937 - Mestoravon
  • 1936 - Contact
  • 1935 - Akuna
  • 1934 - Broad Arrow
  • 1933 - Rogilla
  • 1932 - Johnnie Jason
  • 1931 - The Dimmer
  • 1930 - Gwillian G.
  • 1929 - Crucis
  • 1928 - Winalot
  • 1927 - Piastoon
  • 1926 - Murray King
  • 1925 - Lilypond
  • 1924 - Scarlet
  • 1923 - David
  • 1922 - Prince Charles
  • 1921 - Eurythmic
  • 1920 - Kennaquhair
  • 1919 - Ian 'Or
  • 1918 - Rebus
  • 1917 - The Fortune Hunter
  • 1916 - Prince Bardolph
  • 1915 - Scotch Artillery
  • 1914 - Lilyveil
  • 1913 - Cadonia
  • 1912 - Saxonite
  • 1911 - Moorilla
  • 1910 - Vavasor
  • 1909 - Trafalgar
  • 1908 - Dyed Garments
  • 1907 - Realm
  • 1906 - Noreen
  • 1905 - Tartan
  • 1904 - Lord Cardigan
  • 1903 - Street Arab
  • 1902 - Wakeful
  • 1901 - San Fran
  • 1900 - La Carabine
  • 1899 - Diffidence
  • 1898 - Merloolas
  • 1897 - Tricolor
  • 1896 - Wallace
  • 1895 - Patroness
  • 1894 - Lady Trenton
  • 1893 - Realm
  • 1892 - Stromboli
  • 1891 - Highborn
  • 1890 - Carbine
  • 1889 - Carbine
  • 1888 - The Australian Peer
  • 1887 - Frisco
  • 1886 - Cerise And Blue
  • 1885 - Normanby
  • 1884 - Favo
  • 1883 - Darebin
  • 1882 - Cunnamulla
  • 1881 - Progress
  • 1880 - Petrea
  • 1879 - Savanaka
  • 1878 - Democrat
  • 1877 - Kingfisher
  • 1876 - A.T.
  • 1875 - Imperial
  • 1874 - Speculation
  • 1873 - Vixen
  • 1872 - The Prophet
  • 1871 - Mermaid
  • 1870 - Barbelle
  • 1869 - The Barb[7]
  • 1868 - The Barb
  • 1867 - Fishhook[41]
  • 1866 - Yattendon[6]
  • 1865 - Union Jack[4]
  • 1864 - Tarragon[42]
  • 1863 - Traveller[3]
  • 1862 - Talleyrand[2]

See also

External sites

Sydney Cup (ATC)

References

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