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Bendigo Cup

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Inaugurated
  
1868

Sponsor
  
Jayco (2016)

Surface
  
Turf

Race type
  
Thoroughbred

Distance
  
2,400 metres

Location
  
Bendigo Racecourse, Bendigo, Australia

The Bendigo Cup is a Bendigo Jockey Club Group 3 Thoroughbred horse race, held under handicap conditions for over a distance of 2400 metres at the Bendigo Racecourse, Bendigo, Victoria, Australia on a Wednesday in late October. Prizemoney is $300,000.

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Race distance

  • 1947–1971 –  1 3⁄8 miles (~2200 metres)
  • 1972–1993 – 2200 metres
  • 1994–2008 – 2400 metres
  • 2009–2010 – 2200 metres
  • 2011 onwards – 2400 metres

    • Race grade

  • 1979–2014 – Listed race
  • 2015 onwards – Group 3

    • References

    Bendigo Cup Wikipedia
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