PCSO Presidential Gold Cup

PCSO Presidential Gold Cup

Location	MetroTurf Racecourse Malvar, Batangas, Philippines (since 2021)
Inaugurated	1973;52 years ago (1973)
Race type	Thoroughbred
Sponsor	Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office
Race information
Distance	2,000 meters
Weight	Handicap

The PCSO Presidential Gold Cup is the premier horse race in the Philippines. It was established in 1973. ^{[1] [2]}

Background

The Presidential Gold Cup was established with the support of the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PSCO) under the then-chairman Nereo Andolong. It was named after the role of the President, the chief executive of the Philippines. ^[3] It is also supported by the Philippine Racing Commission (Philracom). ^[4]

The Gold Cup was initially held at the San Lazaro Hippodrome of the Manila Jockey Club from 1973 to 1978. ^{[3] [5]}

From 1979 to 1987, the Philracom took over the organization of the PGC before the PCSO leads the conduct of the horse race again. ^[6]

Venues

Venue	Location	Closed
San Lazaro Hippodrome	Manila	2002
Santa Ana Park	Makati, Metro Manila	2008
Santa Ana Park	Naic, Cavite	2022
San Lazaro Leisure Park	Carmona, Cavite	2022
MetroTurf Racecourse	Malvar, Batangas	Active

Winners

Year	Venue	Winner	Jockey	Owner	Time	Ref.
1973	SLH	Sun God	Elias Ordiales	Pedro Cojuangco	—	[7] [8]
1974		Ilocos King	Crescencio	Constante Rubio	2:17	[7] [5]
1975		Henna's Gold	Camba	Domingo Poblete	—	[7] [8]
1976		Fiorella	Jesus Guce	Gretchen Cojuangco	—
1977		Little Morning	Andres Camba	Yulo family	—
1978		Gypsy Grey	Eduardo Domingo Jr.	Yulo family	—
1979		Honor Roll	Francisco Fernando	Peping Cojuangco	—
1980		Red Annie	Jesus Guce	Nicanor Jacinto III	—
1981		Fair and Square	Jesus Guce	Cesar and Herminia Mamon	—
1982		Fair and Square	Jesus Guce	Cesar and Herminia Mamon	—
1983		Skywalker	Elpidio Aguila	Henry Cojuangco	—
1984		Dino Bambino	Eduardo Domingo Jr.	Cadamma Enterprises	—
1985		Headmaster	Andres Camba	Caramel Investments	—
1986		Music Machine	Rizalito Agustin	Jenar Breeders Corp.	—
1987		Time Master	Eduardo Domingo Jr.	Cadamma Enterprises	—
1988		Thriller	Gerardo Biazon	Andrew Sanchez	—
1989		Sun Dancer	Eduardo Domingo Jr.	Toshio Abe	—
1990		Sun Dancer	Eduardo Domingo Jr.	Toshio Abe	—
1991		Balatkayo	Joe Noel Camu	RHU Corporation	—
1992		Grand Party	Guarino Infantado	Andrew Sanchez	—
1993		Fair Start	Elpidio Aguila	C&H Enterprises	—
1994		Crown Colony	Antonio Alcasid Jr.	Romen Equity Corp.	—
1995		Strong Material	Jesus Guce	Rolando Rojas	—
1996		Bulldozer	Joe Noel Camu	Chito Arceo	—	[7] [9]
1997		Bulldozer	Joe Noel Camu	Katkarian Inc.	—
1998		Real Top	Jesus Guce	Emmanuel King	—	[7]
1999		Hobby	Ramon Guce	Jose Vergel de Dios	—
2000		Wind Blown	Dominador Borbe Jr.	Sandy Javier	—
2001		Wind Blown	Patricio Dilema	Sandy Javier	2:13.5	[10]
2002		Free Wind	Joe Noel Camu	Robert Liong	—	[11]
2003	SLLP	Red Star Rising	Manolito Daquis	Michael Trillana	2:07	[12]
2004		Empire King	Jeffrey Ladiana	David Lee	—	[13] [8]
2005		Speed Advantage	Roberto Yutadco	Sandy Javier	—	[8]
2006		Real Spicy	Jesse Guce	Hermie Esguerra	2:09	[8] [14]
2007		Native Land	Jesse Guce	Antonio Tan Jr.	—	[8]
2008		Ibarra	Kelvin Abobo	Benhur Abalos	—	[8] [15]
2009		Don Enrico	Fernando Raquel Jr.	Lorraine Uy Wi and Gerardo Espina Jr.	—	[8]
2010	SAP (C)	Yes Pogi	Manolito Daquis	Francis Lim	—	[16] [8] [17]
2011	SLLP	Magna Carta	Jesse Guce	Michael Javier	2:07	[8] [17]
2012	SAP (C)	Hagdang Bato	JB Hernandez	Benhur Abalos	2:09	[18]
2013	SLLP	Pugad Lawin	Patricio Dilema	Antonio Tan Jr.	—	[19] [8] [20]
2014		Hagdang Bato	JB Hernandez	Benhur Abalos	2:06	[21]
2015		Dixie Gold	Patricio Dilema	Joey Dyhengco	2:08	[22]
2016		Low Profile	—	—	—	[23]
2017	MT	Dewey Boulevard	Patricio Dilema	Hermie Esguerra	2:05	[24] [25]
2018	SLLP	Sepfourteen	John Alvin Guce	—	—	[26] [27]
2019		Super Sonic	JB Guce	Sandy Javier	—	[4] [28]
2020		Pangalusian Island	Mark Alvarez	—	2:08.8	[29] [29]
2021	MT	Nuclear Bomb [a]	—	—	—	[30] [31]
2022		Big Lagoon	—	—	2:04	[32]
2023		Big Lagoon	John Alvin Guce	—	2:05	[33] [34]
2024		Batang Manda	Patricio Dilema	Benhur Abalos	2:06	[35]

Notes

1. Originally won by Sky Shot which was later disqualified due to foul riding by its jockey FM Racquel Jr. . Nuclear Bomb was later promoted as winner

See also

• Philracom Triple Crown
• PCSO Silver Cup

References

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