Doomben Cup
| Doomben Cup | |
|---|---|
| Group 1 race | |
| Location |
Doomben Racecourse Brisbane |
| Inaugurated | 1933 |
| Race type | Thoroughbred - Flat racing |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 2,000 metres |
| Surface | Turf |
| Track | Right-handed |
| Qualification | 3-year-old and older |
| Weight | Weight for Age |
| Purse | A$500,000 (2013) |
The Doomben Cup is a Brisbane Racing Club Group 1 Australian Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-olds and over, run under Weight for Age conditions over a distance of 2000 metres at Doomben Racecourse, Brisbane in May.[1] Total prize money is A$500,000.
Race History
The race was first held in 1933 as a principal race won by Pentheus in a time of 2.05.7 over the 10 furlongs.[1] Among the outstanding stayers to win the Doomben Cup in its early years include Bernborough in 1946.[1] The New Zealand bred Rough Habit won the race three times from 1991–1993.[1]
Only two horses have won the Doomben Cup-Brisbane Cup double:[1]
Lord Hybrow (1988) and Scenic Shot (2009)
Race name
- 1933–1982 - BATC Doomben Cup
- 1983–1987 - XXXX Cup
- 1988 - Channel Nine Cup[2]
- 1989–1991 - XXXX Cup
- 1992 onwards - Doomben Cup
Race grade
- 1933–1979 - Principal Race
- 1980 onwards - Group 1
Race distance
Race records
Two jockeys have won the race three times:[5]
- Maurice McCarten (1933, 1934, 1940) and also as a trainer in 1952
- Jim Cassidy (1991–1993) on Rough Habit
Two trainers have won the race three times:[5]
- T J Smith (1973, 1976, 1978)
- John Wheeler (1991–1993) with Rough Habit
The winners
- 2014 - Streama[6]
- 2013 - Beaten Up[7]
- 2012 - Mawingo[8]
- 2011 - Scenic Shot[9]
- 2010 - Metal Bender[10]
- 2009 - Scenic Shot[11]
- 2008 - Sarrera[12]
- 2007 - Cinque Cento[13]
- 2006 - Above Deck[14]
- 2005 - Perlin[15]
- 2004 - Defier[16]
- 2003 - Bush Padre[17]
- 2002 - Mr. Bureaucrat[18]
- 2001 - King Keitel[19]
- 2000 - Akhenaton[20]
- 1999 - Intergaze[21]
- 1998 - Might and Power[22]
- 1997 - Sapio[23]
- 1996 - Juggler[4]
- 1995 - Danewin[24]
- 1994 - Durbridge[25]
- 1993 - Rough Habit[26]
- 1992 - Rough Habit[27]
- 1991 - Rough Habit[28]
- 1990 - Eye Of The Sky[29]
- 1989 - Abstraction[3]
- 1988 - Lord Hybrow[2]
- 1987 - Dandy Andy[30]
- 1986 - Les' Choice[31]
- 1985 - Mr. Trick[32]
- 1984 - Hussar's Command[33]
- 1983 - Lord Seaman[34]
- 1982 - Double You Em
- 1981 - Pelican Point
- 1980 - Golden Rhapsody
- 1979 - Waitangirua
- 1978 - Marceau
- 1977 - Grey Affair
- 1976 - Cheyne Walk
- 1975 - Golden Khan
- 1974 - Lord Ben
- 1973 - Lord Nelson
- 1972 - Knee High
- 1971 - Tails
- 1970 - Divide And Rule
- 1969 - Dual Control
- 1968 - Sandy's Hope
- 1967 - Bore Head
- 1966 - Winfreux
- 1965 - River Seine
- 1964 - Striking Force
- 1963 - Maspero
- 1962 - Samson
- 1961 - High Society
- 1960 - Earlwood
- 1959 - Earlwood
- 1958 - Book Link
- 1957 - Prince Delville
- 1956 - Fair Chance
- 1955 - Persian Link
- 1954 - Euphrates
- 1953 - French Echo
- 1952 - Tossing
- 1951 - Gay Felt
- 1950 - Dream
- 1949 - Rio Fe
- 1948 - Forge
- 1947 - Dark Marne
- 1946 - Bernborough
- 1945 - Repshot
- 1944 - Bahtheon
- 1943 - Qualeta
- 1942 - Wiseland
- 1941 - Lord Valentine
- 1940 - Beaulivre
- 1939 - Cooranga
- 1938 - Brown Lance
- 1937 - First Buzzard
- 1936 - Verdun
- 1935 - Serlodi
- 1934 - Whittingham
- 1933 - Pentheus
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "Winners and Past Results for the Doomben Cup". Progroup Racing (Australia). 2012. Retrieved 11 May 2013.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "1988 result". breednet.com. Retrieved 11 May 2013.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "1989 result". breednet.com. Retrieved 11 May 2013.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 1996 result
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Doomben Cup". Queensland History of Racing (Australia). 2012. Retrieved 11 May 2013.
- ↑ 2014 result
- ↑ 2013 result
- ↑ 2012 result
- ↑ 2011 result
- ↑ 2010 result
- ↑ 2009 result
- ↑ 2008 result
- ↑ 2007 result
- ↑ 2006 result
- ↑ 2005 result
- ↑ 2004 result
- ↑ 2003 result
- ↑ 2002 result
- ↑ "2001 result". breednet.com. Retrieved 11 May 2013.
- ↑ "2000 result". breednet.com. Retrieved 11 May 2013.
- ↑ "1999 result". breednet.com. Retrieved 11 May 2013.
- ↑ "1998 result". breednet.com. Retrieved 11 May 2013.
- ↑ "1997 result". breednet.com. Retrieved 11 May 2013.
- ↑ "1995 result". breednet.com. Retrieved 11 May 2013.
- ↑ "1994 result". breednet.com. Retrieved 11 May 2013.
- ↑ "1993 result". breednet.com. Retrieved 11 May 2013.
- ↑ "1992 result". breednet.com. Retrieved 11 May 2013.
- ↑ "1991 result". breednet.com. Retrieved 11 May 2013.
- ↑ "1990 result". breednet.com. Retrieved 11 May 2013.
- ↑ "1987 result". breednet.com. Retrieved 11 May 2013.
- ↑ "1986 result". breednet.com. Retrieved 11 May 2013.
- ↑ "1985 result". breednet.com. Retrieved 11 May 2013.
- ↑ "1984 result". breednet.com. Retrieved 11 May 2013.
- ↑ "1983 result". breednet.com. Retrieved 11 May 2013.