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Geelong Cup

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Inaugurated
  
1872

Sponsor
  
Bet365 (2016)

Distance
  
2,400 metres

Race type
  
Thoroughbred

Website
  
Geelong Racing Club

Location
  
Geelong Racecourse, Geelong, Australia

The Geelong Cup is a Geelong Racing Club Group 3 Thoroughbred horse race, held under handicap conditions for over a distance of 2400 metres at the Geelong Racecourse, Geelong, Victoria, Australia on a Wednesday in late October The prize money for the race is A$300,000, and the race is considered one of the most reliable guides to the result of the Melbourne Cup.

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Race history

The race is run thirteen days before the Melbourne Cup (which is always on the first Tuesday in November). The race has been run on this day since 1947. The day of the race is a public holiday in the city of Geelong. Before 1907 the race was run at the Marshalltown Racecourse. Before 1947 the race was run at various times during the year between January and July.

Race distance

  • 1872–1885 – 2 miles (~3200 metres)
  • 1886–1892 – 1 3⁄4 miles (~2800 metres)
  • 1893–1894, 1899, 1970–1971 – 1 1⁄2 miles (~2400 metres)
  • 1900, 1965–1969 – about 1 1⁄2 miles (~2400 metres)
  • 1895, 1901–1906, 1910–1911, 1919, 1951–1960 – 1 3⁄8 miles (~2200 metres)
  • 1961–1964 – about 1 3⁄8 miles (~2200 metres)
  • 1927–1934, 1937, 1947–1950 – 10 furlongs & 192 yards (~2187 metres)
  • 1922–1926 – 10 furlongs & 182 yards (~2178 metres)
  • 1896, 1898, 1909, 1916–1917 – 1 1⁄4 miles (~2000 metres)
  • 1921 – about 1 1⁄4 miles (~2000 metres)
  • 1912–1913, 1915, 1918 – 1 1⁄8 miles (~1800 metres)
  • 1914 – 1 mile (~1600 metres)
  • 1972–2007 – 2400 metres
  • 2008–2009 – 2406 metres
  • 2010 onwards – 2400 metres

    • Race grade

  • 1872–1978 – Principal Race
  • 1979–2001 – Listed race
  • 2002 onwards – Group 3

    • Doubles wins

    The following thoroughbreds have won the Geelong Cup – Melbourne Cup in the same year.

  • Media Puzzle (2002), Americain (2010), Dunaden (2011)

    • References

    Geelong Cup Wikipedia
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