Doomben Cup

Doomben Cup

Bernborough,1946 winner
Class	Group 1
Location	Doomben Racecourse Brisbane, Australia
Inaugurated	1933
Race type	Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Sponsor	XXXX (2025)
Race information
Distance	2,000 metres
Surface	Turf
Track	Right-handed
Qualification	Horses three years old and older
Weight	Weight for Age
Purse	A$1,000,000 (2025)

The Doomben Cup is a Brisbane Racing Club Group 1 Thoroughbred horse race for horses three years old and older, run under Weight for Age conditions over a distance of 2000 metres at Doomben Racecourse, Brisbane, Australia during the Queensland Winter Racing Carnival. ^[1] Total prize money is A$1,000,000.

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] The only dual winners are Earlwood (1959–1960), Scenic Shot (2009 and 2011) and Huetor (2022–2023).

Only two horses have won the Doomben Cup-Brisbane Cup double: ^[1]
Lord Hybrow (1988) and Scenic Shot (2009)

Name

• 1933–1982 - BATC Doomben Cup
• 1983–1987 - XXXX Cup
• 1988 - Channel Nine Cup ^[2]
• 1989–1991 - XXXX Cup
• 1992 onwards - Doomben Cup

Grade

• 1933–1979 - Principal Race
• 1980 onwards - Group 1

Distance

• 1933–1937 - 1+1⁄4 miles (~2000 metres)
• 1938–1972 - 1+3⁄8 miles (~2200 metres)
• 1973–1988 – 2200 metres
• 1989 – 2160 metres ^[3]
• 1990–2005 – 2020 metres
• 1996 – 2040 metres ^[4]
• 1997–2006 – 2200 metres
• 2007–2011 – 2020 metres
• 2012 onwards - 2000 metres

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

1949 racebook

• 
  1949 BATC Doomben Cup racebook front cover
• 
  1949 BATC Doomben Cup racebook showing hoisting of the flags
• 
  1949 BATC Doomben Cup showing raceday officials
• 
  1949 BATC Doomben Cup showing the winner, Rio Fe
• 
  1949 BATC Doomben Cup showing urgent messages to patrons
• 
  Back cover showing totalisator odds indicator

Winners

• 2025 - Antino ^[6]
• 2024 - Bois D'Argent ^[7]
• 2023 - Huetor ^[8]
• 2022 - Huetor ^[9]
• 2021 - Zaaki ^[10]
• 2020 - ‡race not held
• 2019 - Kenedna ^[11]
• 2018 - Comin' Through ^[12]
• 2017 - Sense Of Occasion ^[13]
• 2016 - Our Ivanhowe ^[14]
• 2015 - Pornichet ^[15]
• 2014 - Streama ^[16]
• 2013 - Beaten Up ^[17]
• 2012 - Mawingo ^[18]
• 2011 - Scenic Shot ^[19]
• 2010 - Metal Bender ^[20]
• 2009 - Scenic Shot ^[21]
• 2008 - Sarrera ^[22]
• 2007 - Cinque Cento ^[23]
• 2006 - Above Deck ^[24]
• 2005 - Perlin ^[25]
• 2004 - Defier ^[26]
• 2003 - Bush Padre ^[27]
• 2002 - Mr. Bureaucrat ^[28]
• 2001 - King Keitel ^[29]
• 2000 - Akhenaton ^[30]
• 1999 - Intergaze ^[31]
• 1998 - Might and Power ^[32]
• 1997 - Sapio ^[33]
• 1996 - Juggler ^[4]
• 1995 - Danewin ^[34]
• 1994 - Durbridge ^[35]
• 1993 - Rough Habit ^[36]
• 1992 - Rough Habit ^[37]
• 1991 - Rough Habit ^[38]
• 1990 - Eye Of The Sky ^[39]
• 1989 - Abstraction ^[3]
• 1988 - Lord Hybrow ^[2]
• 1987 - Dandy Andy ^[40]
• 1986 - Les' Choice ^[41]
• 1985 - Mr. Trick ^[42]
• 1984 - Hussar's Command ^[43]
• 1983 - Lord Seaman ^[44]
• 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

‡ Not held because of the COVID-19 pandemic ^[45]

See also

• List of Australian Group races
• Group races

References

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