Geelong Cup

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Geelong Cup
Group 3 race
Location Geelong Racecourse, Geelong, Australia
Inaugurated1872
Race type Thoroughbred
Sponsor Bet365 (2022)
Website Geelong Racing Club
Race information
Distance2,400 metres
SurfaceTurf
TrackLeft-handed
QualificationOpen
WeightHandicap
Purse $500,000 (2022)

The Geelong Cup is a Geelong Racing Club Group 3 Thoroughbred horse race, held under handicap conditions over a distance of 2400 metres at the Geelong Racecourse, Geelong, Victoria, Australia on a Wednesday in late October. [1] The prize money for the race is A$500,000, [2] and the race is considered one of the most reliable guides to the result of the Melbourne Cup. [3]

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History

The race is run thirteen days before the Melbourne Cup (which is always on the first Tuesday in November). The race has been run on this day since 1947. [4] The day of the race is a public holiday in the city of Geelong. [5] Before 1907 the race was run at the Marshalltown Racecourse. [6] Before 1947 the race was run at various times during the year between January and July.

Distance

Grade

Doubles wins

The following thoroughbreds have won the Geelong Cup – Melbourne Cup in the same year.

Winners

† Dead heat

See also

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References

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  2. ↑ "Winners and Past Results for the Geelong Cup". Progroupracing.com (Aus). 2014. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
  3. ↑ Andrew Eddy (23 October 2007). "Geelong Cup again a good guide". The Age. Retrieved 5 August 2008.
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