Inaugurated 1924 Track Right-handed Distance 2,200 m | Surface Turf Qualification Quality Handicap Purse 200,000 AUD (2016) | |
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Sponsor Carlton Midstrength (2016) | ||
The Tattersall's Cup Handicap is a Tattersall's Racing Club Group 3 open handicap race for Thoroughbred horses run over a distance of 2200 metres at Eagle Farm Racecourse, Queensland in June. Total prizemoney is A$200,000.
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Race history
The inaugural running of the race was in 1924 when Serelot won.
During World War II the Tattersall's Race club held the race at Albion Park Racecourse, the only functioning racecourse in Brisbane at the time. The 1987 winner, the New Zealand bred mare Kensai went on later in the year to win the Melbourne Cup. Between 1985 and 1987 the race was known as the Castlemaine Gold Cup.
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