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Doomben Cup

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Inaugurated
  
1933

Distance
  
2,000 metres

Sponsor
  
Hardy Brothers (2016)

Surface
  
Turf

Location
  
Doomben RacecourseBrisbane, Australia

Race type
  
Thoroughbred - Flat racing

The Doomben Cup is a Brisbane Racing Club Group 1 Thoroughbred horse race for horses three years old and older, run under Weight for Age conditions over a distance of 2000 metres at Doomben Racecourse, Brisbane, Australia during the Queensland Winter Racing Carnival. Total prize money is A$650,000.

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Race History

The race was first held in 1933 as a principal race won by Pentheus in a time of 2.05.7 over the 10 furlongs. Among the outstanding stayers to win the Doomben Cup in its early years include Bernborough in 1946. The New Zealand bred Rough Habit won the race three times from 1991–1993.

Only two horses have won the Doomben Cup-Brisbane Cup double:
Lord Hybrow (1988) and Scenic Shot (2009)

Race grade

  • 1933–1979 - Principal Race
  • 1980 onwards - Group 1
  • Race records

    Two jockeys have won the race three times:

  • Maurice McCarten (1933, 1934, 1940) and also as a trainer in 1952
  • Jim Cassidy (1991–1993) on Rough Habit
  • Two trainers have won the race three times:

  • T J Smith (1973, 1976, 1978)
  • John Wheeler (1991–1993) with Rough Habit
  • References

    Doomben Cup Wikipedia


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