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QTC Cup

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Inaugurated
  
1979 (as Katies Cup)

Surface
  
Turf

Distance
  
1,300 m

Sponsor
  
Mirvac (2016)

Track
  
Right-handed

Purse
  
175,000 AUD (2016)

Location
  
Eagle Farm Racecourse Brisbane, Australia

Race type
  
Thoroughbred - Flat racing

The QTC (Queensland Turf Club) Cup is a Brisbane Racing Club Group 2 Australian Thoroughbred horse race held under open handicap conditions, over a distance of 1300 metres at Eagle Farm Racecourse in Brisbane, Australia during the Queensland Winter Racing Carnival. Prizemoney is A$175,000.

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Race history

The inaugural running of the race was in 1979 as the Katies Cup

Race grade

  • 1979–1983 - Group 3
  • 1984 onwards - Group 2 race

    • Race distance

  • 1979–2005 – 1200 metres
  • 2006–2014 – 1300 metres
  • 2015 – 1200 metres
  • 2016 – 1300 metres

    • Race venue

    Due to track reconstruction of Eagle Farm Racecourse for the 2014–15 racing season the event is transferred to Doomben Racecourse.

  • 2015 - Doomben Racecourse

    • References

    QTC Cup Wikipedia
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