QTC Cup

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Group 2 race
QTC Cup
Location Eagle Farm Racecourse
Brisbane, Australia
Inaugurated 1979 (as Katies Cup)
Race type Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Sponsor Magic Millions (2013)
Race information
Distance 1,300 metres
Track Grass, right-handed
Qualification 3 year old and older
Weight Quality Handicap
Purse A$150,000 (2013)
The QTC (Queensland Turf Club) Cup is a Brisbane Racing Club Group 2 Australian Thoroughbred horse race held under open handicap conditions, for horses aged three years old and upwards, over a distance of 1300 metres at Eagle Farm Racecourse in Brisbane in late May or early June.[1] Prizemoney is A$150,000.[2]

Race history

The inaugural running of the race was in 1979 as the Katies Cup[3]

Race name

  • 1979–1982 - Katies Cup[3]
  • 1983 - Westfield Cup
  • 1984–1990 - Ansett Cup
  • 1991 - Ansett Australia Cup
  • 1992 - QTC Cup
  • 1993–1995 - Qantas Cup
  • 1996 onwards - QTC Cup

Race grade

  • 1979–1983 - Group 3
  • 1984 onwards - Group 2 race

Race distance

  • 1979–2005 - 1200 metres
  • 2006 onwards - 1300 metres

The winners

  • 2013 - Galah [4]
  • 2012 - Celtic Dancer [5]
  • 2011 - Varrena Miss [6]
  • 2010 - Catapulted [7]
  • 2009 - Ortensia [8]
  • 2008 - Chinchilla Rose [9]
  • 2007 - Nova Star [10]
  • 2006 - Messiaen [11]
  • 2005 - Sir Breakfast [12]
  • 2004 - Falkirk [13]
  • 2003 - Into The Night [14]

  • 1990 - Rechabite [26]
  • 1989 - Vitalic [27]
  • 1988 - race not held
  • 1987 - Tolai [28]
  • 1986 - Eye Of The Sky [29]
  • 1985 - Pete’s Choice [30]
  • 1984 - Manuan [31]
  • 1983 - Nosey Parker [32]
  • 1982 - My Gold Hope[33]
  • 1981 - Tulip Town
  • 1980 - Winter’s Dance[34]
  • 1979 - Famoso Gris[3]


See also

References

  1. ↑ "Winners and Past Results for the QTC Cup". Progroup Racing (Australia). 2012. Retrieved 26 May 2013. 
  2. ↑ "QTC Cup". Brisbane Racing Club. Retrieved 23 March 2011. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Eagle Farm Results (Official 1979 result Race 5 Katies Cup 1200m.)". The Sydney Morning Herald (Google News Archive (Digitize)). 10 June 1979. p. 65 (column 3). Retrieved 26 May 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
  15. ↑ "2002 result". breednet.com. Retrieved 26 May 2013. 
  16. ↑ "2001 result". breednet.com. Retrieved 26 May 2013. 
  17. ↑ "2000 result". breednet.com. Retrieved 26 May 2013. 
  18. ↑ "1998 result". breednet.com. Retrieved 26 May 2013. 
  19. ↑ "1997 result". breednet.com. Retrieved 26 May 2013. 
  20. ↑ "1996 result". breednet.com. Retrieved 26 May 2013. 
  21. ↑ "1995 result". breednet.com. Retrieved 26 May 2013. 
  22. ↑ "1994 result". breednet.com. Retrieved 26 May 2013. 
  23. ↑ "1993 result". breednet.com. Retrieved 26 May 2013. 
  24. ↑ "1992 result". breednet.com. Retrieved 26 May 2013. 
  25. ↑ "1991 result". breednet.com. Retrieved 26 May 2013. 
  26. ↑ "1990 result". breednet.com. Retrieved 26 May 2013. 
  27. ↑ "1989 result". breednet.com. Retrieved 26 May 2013. 
  28. ↑ "1987 result". breednet.com. Retrieved 26 May 2013. 
  29. ↑ "1986 result". breednet.com. Retrieved 26 May 2013. 
  30. ↑ "1985 result". breednet.com. Retrieved 26 May 2013. 
  31. ↑ "1984 result". breednet.com. Retrieved 26 May 2013. 
  32. ↑ "1983 result". breednet.com. Retrieved 26 May 2013. 
  33. ↑ "Eagle Farm Results (Official 1982 result Race 5 Katies Cup 1200m.)". The Sydney Morning Herald (Google News Archive (Digitize)). 6 June 1982. p. 69 (column 6,7). Retrieved 26 May 2013. 
  34. ↑ "Eagle Farm Results (Official 1980 result Race 6 Katies Cup 1200m.)". The Sydney Morning Herald (Google News Archive (Digitize)). 8 June 1980. p. 56 (column 3). Retrieved 26 May 2013. 
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