Moreton Cup

Moreton Cup

Class	Group 2
Location	Doomben Racecourse Brisbane, Australia
Inaugurated	1979 (as Katies Cup)
Race type	Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Sponsor	The Star (2025)
Race information
Distance	1,200 metres
Surface	Turf
Track	Right-handed
Weight	Quality Handicap
Purse	A$300,000 (2025)
Bonuses	Exempt from ballot in Stradbroke Handicap and Tattersall's Tiara

The Moreton Cup is a Brisbane Racing Club Group 2 Australian Thoroughbred horse race held under open handicap conditions, over a distance of 1200 metres at Doomben Racecourse in Brisbane, Australia during the Queensland Winter Racing Carnival. ^[1] Prizemoney is A$300,000. ^[2]

History

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

Name

• 1979–1982 - Katies Cup ^[3]
• 1983 - Westfield Cup
• 1984–1990 - Ansett Cup
• 1991 - Ansett Australia Cup
• 1992 - QTC Cup
• 1993–1995 - Qantas Cup
• 1996–2016 - QTC Cup
• 2017 onwards - Moreton Cup

Grade

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

Distance

• 1979–2005 – 1200 metres
• 2006–2014 – 1300 metres
• 2015 – 1200 metres
• 2016 – 1300 metres
• 2017 onwards – 1200 metres

Venue

Due to track reconstruction of Eagle Farm Racecourse for the 2014–15 racing season the event was transferred to Doomben Racecourse. ^[4] The event was moved in 2018 to the Sunshine Coast. ^[5]

• 2015, 2017 - Doomben Racecourse ^[4]
• 2018 - Corbould Park Racecourse ^[5]
• 2022 - Eagle Farm Racecourse

Winners

• 2024 - Vilana ^[6]
• 2023 - Prince Of Boom
• 2022 - Baller ^[7]
• 2021 - Baller ^[8]
• 2020 - ‡race not held ^[9]
• 2019 - Pretty In Pink ^[10]
• 2018 - The Monstar ^[11]
• 2017 - Deploy ^[12]
• 2016 - Spill The Beans ^[13]
• 2015 - Ball Of Muscle ^[14]
• 2014 - Sacred Star ^[15]
• 2013 - Galah ^[16]
• 2012 - Celtic Dancer ^[17]
• 2011 - Varrena Miss ^[18]
• 2010 - Catapulted ^[19]
• 2009 - Ortensia ^[20]
• 2008 - Chinchilla Rose ^[21]
• 2007 - Nova Star ^[22]
• 2006 - Messiaen ^[23]
• 2005 - Sir Breakfast ^[24]
• 2004 - Falkirk ^[25]
• 2003 - Into The Night ^[26]
• 2002 - Pembleton ^[27]
• 2001 - Century Kid ^[28]
• 2000 - Gallopini ^[29]
• 1999 - race not held
• 1998 - Scandinavia ^[30]
• 1997 - Celestial Choir ^[31]
• 1996 - Hareeba ^[32]
• 1995 - Bulldog Yeats ^[33]
• 1994 - Bellzevir ^[34]
• 1993 - Overpitch ^[35]
• 1992 - Schillaci ^[36]
• 1991 - Heavenly Knight ^[37]
• 1990 - Rechabite ^[38]
• 1989 - Vitalic ^[39]
• 1988 - race not held
• 1987 - Tolai ^[40]
• 1986 - Eye Of The Sky ^[41]
• 1985 - Pete's Choice ^[42]
• 1984 - Manuan ^[43]
• 1983 - Nosey Parker ^[44]
• 1982 - My Gold Hope ^[45]
• 1981 - Tulip Town
• 1980 - Winter's Dance ^[46]
• 1979 - Famoso Gris

‡ Not held because of the COVID-19 pandemic

See also

• List of Australian Group races
• Group races

References

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2. "QTC Cup". Brisbane Racing Club. Retrieved 23 March 2011.
3. "Eagle Farm Results (Official 1979 result Race 5 Katies Cup 1200m.)". The Sydney Morning Herald . 10 June 1979. p. 65 (column 3). Retrieved 26 May 2013.
4. Exelby, Nathan (18 January 2015). "Frustration as fears Eagle Farm's re-opening could be pushed back as late as October". The Courier Mail . Retrieved 19 May 2015.
5. "Winter Carnival Dates 2018". Racing Queensland. January 2018. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
6. "2024 Result – The Star Moreton Cup (held 8 June 2024)". racingpost.com. Retrieved 6 June 2025.
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8. "2021 Result – Ascot Green Moreton Cup (held 5 June 2021)". breednet.com. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
9. "COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Important Information". brc.com.au. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
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45. "Eagle Farm Results (Official 1982 result Race 5 Katies Cup 1200m.)". The Sydney Morning Herald . 6 June 1982. p. 69 (column 6,7). Retrieved 26 May 2013.
46. "Eagle Farm Results (Official 1980 result Race 6 Katies Cup 1200m.)". The Sydney Morning Herald . 8 June 1980. p. 56 (column 3). Retrieved 26 May 2013.