Brisbane Cup

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Group 2 race
Brisbane Cup
Location Eagle Farm Racecourse
Brisbane, Australia
Inaugurated 1866
Race type Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Sponsor Croser (2013)
Race information
Distance 2,400 metres
Track Grass, right-handed
Qualification 3 year old and older
Weight Handicap
Purse A$300,000 (2013)

The Brisbane Cup is a Brisbane Racing Club Group 2 Australian Thoroughbred horse race for three year olds and upwards, run under handicap conditions over a distance of 2400 metres at Eagle Farm Racecourse, Brisbane in June.[1] Prizemoney is A$300,000.


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.[2]

Race distance

  • 1866 - 21⁄4 miles (~3600 metres)[3]
  • 1867–1882 - 2 miles (~3200 metres)
  • 1883 - 13⁄4 miles (~2800 metres)
  • 1884–1887 - 2 miles (~3200 metres)
  • 1888 - 13⁄4 miles (~2800 metres)
  • 1889–1941 - 2 miles (~3200 metres)
  • 1942–1945 - Race not run during World War II
  • 1946 - 11⁄2 miles (~2400 metres)
  • 1947–1972 - 2 miles (~3200 metres)
  • 1973–2006 - 3200 metres
  • 2007 onwards - 2400 metres

Race grade

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

The winners

  • 2013 - Moriarity [4]
  • 2012 - Lights Of Heaven [5]
  • 2011 - Tullamore [6]
  • 2010 - Crossthestart [7]
  • 2009 - Scenic Shot [8]
  • 2008 - Viewed [9]
  • 2007 - Newport [10]
  • 2006 - Art Success [11]
  • 2005 - Portland Singa [12]
  • 2004 - Danestorm [13]
  • 2003 - Piachay [14]
  • 2002 - Prized Gem [15]
  • 2001 - Star Covet [16]
  • 2000 - Yippyio [17]
  • 1999 - Sheer Kingston [18]
  • 1998 - Praise Indeed [19]
  • 1997 - Desert Chill [20]
  • 1996 - Dupain [21]
  • 1995 - Desert Chill [22]
  • 1994 - Sky Flyer [23]
  • 1993 - Barbut Delcia [24]
  • 1992 - Grooming [25]
  • 1991 - Just A Dancer [26]
  • 1990 - Shuzohra [27]
  • 1989 - Coshking [28]
  • 1988 - Lord Hybrow [29]
  • 1987 - Limitless [30]
  • 1986 - Marlon [31]
  • 1985 - Foxseal [32]
  • 1984 - Chiamare [33]
  • 1983 - Amarant [34]
  • 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[2]
  • 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


See also

References

  1. ↑ "Winners and Past Results for the Brisbane Cup". Progroup Racing (Australia). 2012. Retrieved 6 June 2013. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Good Idea Wins Qld Victory Cup (Official 1946 result Victory Cup 1½m)". The Barrier Miner, Broken Hill (Trove News Archive (Digitize)). 6 May 1946. p. 1 (col.1). Retrieved 6 June 2013. 
  3. ↑ "Brisbane Cup". Queensland History of Racing (Australia). 2012. Retrieved 6 June 2013. 
  4. ↑ 2013 result
  5. ↑ 2012 result
  6. ↑ 2011 result
  7. ↑ 2010 result
  8. ↑ 2009 result
  9. ↑ 2008 result
  10. ↑ 2007 result
  11. ↑ 2006 result
  12. ↑ 2005 result
  13. ↑ 2004 result
  14. ↑ "2003 result". breednet.com. Retrieved 6 June 2013. 
  15. ↑ "2002 result". breednet.com. Retrieved 6 June 2013. 
  16. ↑ "2001 result". breednet.com. Retrieved 6 June 2013. 
  17. ↑ "2000 result". breednet.com. Retrieved 6 June 2013. 
  18. ↑ "1999 result". breednet.com. Retrieved 6 June 2013. 
  19. ↑ "1998 result". breednet.com. Retrieved 6 June 2013. 
  20. ↑ "1997 result". breednet.com. Retrieved 6 June 2013. 
  21. ↑ "1996 result". breednet.com. Retrieved 6 June 2013. 
  22. ↑ "1995 result". breednet.com. Retrieved 6 June 2013. 
  23. ↑ "1994 result". breednet.com. Retrieved 6 June 2013. 
  24. ↑ "1993 result". breednet.com. Retrieved 6 June 2013. 
  25. ↑ "1992 result". breednet.com. Retrieved 6 June 2013. 
  26. ↑ "1991 result". breednet.com. Retrieved 6 June 2013. 
  27. ↑ "1990 result". breednet.com. Retrieved 6 June 2013. 
  28. ↑ "1989 result". breednet.com. Retrieved 6 June 2013. 
  29. ↑ "1988 result". breednet.com. Retrieved 6 June 2013. 
  30. ↑ "1987 result". breednet.com. Retrieved 6 June 2013. 
  31. ↑ "1986 result". breednet.com. Retrieved 6 June 2013. 
  32. ↑ "1985 result". breednet.com. Retrieved 6 June 2013. 
  33. ↑ "1984 result". breednet.com. Retrieved 6 June 2013. 
  34. ↑ "1983 result". breednet.com. Retrieved 6 June 2013. 


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