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Perak Coronation Cup

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Inaugurated
  
1985

Surface
  
Turf

Website
  
The Perak Turf Club

Location
  
Perak Turf Club Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia

Race type
  
Thoroughbred - Flat racing

Distance
  
1600 meters (1 mile or 8 furlongs)

The Perak Coronation Cup is a Malaysian Thoroughbred horse race run annually since 1985 at the Perak Turf Club racecourse in Ipoh, Perak. Held during the third week of November, the 1600 meter (1 mile or 8 furlongs) race on turf is open to horses age three and older. Due to repairs to the racecourse, the 1997 race had to be run at a distance of 1800 meters.

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The Coronation Cup was inaugurated in 1985 to commemorate the installation of Azlan Shah as the Sultan of Perak.

Milestones

W. K. Seow won the Coronation Cup as a jockey in 1987 then ten years later as a trainer.

In 2000, Catherine Treymane became the first female jockey to win the race.

Records

Speed record:

  • 1:34.7 - King's Seal (1993)

    • Most wins:

  • 2 - Confluence (2002, 2003)
  • 2 - Golden Ace † (2005, 2006)

    • Most wins by an owner:

  • 3 - Confidence Stable (1996, 2002, 2003)

    • Most wins by a jockey:

  • 3 - Azhar Ismail (1990, 1991, 1998)
  • 3 - Saimee Jumaat (1999, 2002, 2007)

    • Most wins by a trainer:

  • 3 - Francis Nathan (1996, 2002, 2003)

    • Winners

  • † Bred in Australia, Golden Ace was originally named Foreign Footsteps.

    • References

    Perak Coronation Cup Wikipedia
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