Cathay Pacific Gold Cup
The Cathay Pacific Gold Cup is a Moonee Valley Racing Club Group 2 Australian Thoroughbred horse race for horses aged three-years-old and upwards under open handicap conditions, over a distance of 2,500 metres.
It is held annually at Moonee Valley Racecourse in Melbourne on WS Cox Plate Day.
Race History
Distance
- 1883 - 1884 held over 8 furlongs (approx. 1600 metres)
- 1885 - 1888 held over 6 furlongs (approx. 1200 metres)
- 1889 - 1899 held over 7 furlongs (approx. 1400 metres)
- 1900 - 1908 held over 11 furlongs (approx. 2200 metres)
- 1909 held over 12 furlongs (approx. 2400 metres)
- 1910 - 1918 held over 10 furlongs (approx. 2000 metres)
- 1919 held over 13 furlongs (approx. 2600 metres)
- 1920 held over 12 furlongs
- 1921 - 1923 held over 13 furlongs
- 1924 - 1932 held over 11 furlongs
- 1933 held over 13 furlongs
- 1934 - 1935 held over 12 furlongs
- 1936 - 1972 held over 13 furlongs
- 1973 - 1994 held over 2600 metres
- 1995 onwards held over 2500 metres
Class
- 1883–1978 was a Principal race
- 1979 was a Group 3 race
- 1980 onwards was a Group 2 race
Name
- 1883 - 1975 the race was known as the Moonee Valley Cup
- 1976 - 1979 the race was known as the Governors’ Stakes
- 1980 - 1996 the race was known as the Moonee Valley Cup
- 1997 - 2002 the race was known as the Grosby Gold Cup
- 2003 - 2010 the race was known as the Cathay Pacific Gold Cup
- 2011 onwards the race has been called the Drake International Cup
The winners
See also
References