Carlyon Cup
Encyclopedia
The Carlyon Cup is a Group 3
Australian Thoroughbred
open horse race held under set weight conditions with penalties, for horses aged three years old and upwards, over a distance of 1400 metres. It is held at Caulfield Racecourse
in Melbourne
in February. Total prize money is A$125,000 with $75,000 going to the winner.
Group races
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Thoroughbred
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open horse race held under set weight conditions with penalties, for horses aged three years old and upwards, over a distance of 1400 metres. It is held at Caulfield Racecourse
Caulfield Racecourse
Caulfield Racecourse is one of Melbourne, Australia's best-known horse-racing tracks. Commonly known as "The Heath" by local racegoers, it is located eight kilometres from the Melbourne CBD, on the boundary of Caulfield and Caulfield East in Melbourne's south eastern suburbs...
in Melbourne
Melbourne
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in February. Total prize money is A$125,000 with $75,000 going to the winner.
Distance
- 1977 - 1994 held over 2000 metres
- 1995 held over 1800 metres
- 1996 - 1997 held over 1600 metres
- 1998 - 2000 held over 1800 metres
- 2001 - 2005 held over 1600 metres
- 2006 onwards held over 1400 metres
Class
- 1977–1979 was a Principal Race
- 1980–2002 was a Group 2 race
- 2003 onwards Group 3 race
Name
- 1977 - 2000 the race was known as the T.S. Carlyon Cup
- 2001 onwards the race has been called Carlyon Cup
The winners
- 2011 - Lord Pyrus
- 2010 - Rightfully Yours
- 2009 - Time Matters
- 2008 - Publishing
- 2007 - Apache CatApache CatApache Cat is a popular Australian Thoroughbred racehorse who had 43 starts for 19 wins and was placed on another 11 occasions from for just under $4.6 million in prizemoney....
- 2006 - Live In Vain
- 2005 - Niagara Falls
- 2004 - La Sirenuse
- 2003 - No Deposit
- 2002 - Piper Star
- 2001 - NortherlyNortherlyNortherly, foaled in 1996, was arguably Australia's best middle distance Thoroughbred horse of the early 2000s. Northerly, trained by Western Australian harness racing legend Fred Kersley, won nine Group One races, including the Australian Cup twice, and the Cox Plate, regarded as the Weight for...
- 2000 - Skoozi Please
- 1999 - Thackeray
- 1998 - Delinquent
- 1997 - Peep On The Sly
- 1996 - Toil
- 1995 - Starstruck
- 1994 - Station Hand
- 1993 - VeandercrossVeandercrossVeandercross was a New Zealand bred Thoroughbred gelding who won 14 stakes races, , and was chosen Australian Champion Racehorse of the Year for the 1992/93 season....
- 1992 - Cool Credit
- 1991 - Prince Salieri
- 1990 - Marwong
- 1989 - Super ImposeSuper ImposeSuper Impose was a New Zealand bred Thoroughbred racehorse who was inducted into the Australian Racing Hall of Fame. In a career spanning 74 starts, Super Impose won eight Group One races and a then Australasian record $5.6 million in prize money...
- 1988 - Black Charleston
- 1987 - Cossack Warrior
- 1986 - The Vagrant
- 1985 - Astrolin
- 1984 - Admiral Lincoln
- 1983 - Trissaro
- 1982 - Granite King
- 1981 - Mr. Independent
- 1980 - There You Go
- 1979 - Marceau
- 1978 - HypernoHypernoHyperno was a Thoroughbred racehorse foaled in New Zealand. He was a wayward but brilliant galloper that won the Melbourne Cup and other group and listed races....
- 1977 - Ngawyni