Summer Cup (ATC)

Last updated
Summer Cup
Group 3 race
Poitrel 1919 AJC Spring Stakes Randwick Racecourse Trainer Harry Robinson.jpg
Location Randwick Racecourse
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Inaugurated1890
Race type ThoroughbredFlat racing
Sponsor Schweppes (2021)
Race information
Distance2,000 metres
SurfaceTurf
TrackRight-handed
QualificationThree years old and older
WeightQuality handicap
Purse $160,000 (2021)

The Summer Cup is an Australian Turf Club Group 3 Thoroughbred horse race held as a quality handicap for horses three years old and older and run over a distance of 2000 metres at Randwick Racecourse, Sydney, Australia in late December. [1] Total prize money for the race is A$160,000. The race was first run in 1890.

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History

Poitrel, 1917 Winner Poitrel 1920 AJC Randwick Plate Trainer Harry Robinson.jpg
Poitrel, 1917 Winner


Distance

Grade

Venue

Winners

† Not held because of outbreak of equine influenza [40]
‡ Dead heat

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