Cathay Pacific Gold Cup
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The Cathay Pacific Gold Cup is a Moonee Valley Racing Club
Group 2
Australia
n Thoroughbred
horse race for horses aged three-years-old and upwards under open handicap conditions, over a distance of 2,500 metres.
It is held annually at Moonee Valley Racecourse
in Melbourne
on WS Cox Plate Day.
Moonee Valley Racing Club
The Moonee Valley Racing Club is located at the Moonee Valley racecourse on McPherson Street, Moonee Ponds . It is one of three racing clubs in the Melbourne metropolitan area; the others are the Victoria Racing Club and the Melbourne Racing Club...
Group 2
Group races
Group races are the highest standard of Thoroughbred horseraces in Australia. The Australian Pattern Committee recommends to the Australian Racing Board which races shall be designated as Group races...
Australia
Australia
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n Thoroughbred
Thoroughbred
The Thoroughbred is a horse breed best known for its use in horse racing. Although the word thoroughbred is sometimes used to refer to any breed of purebred horse, it technically refers only to the Thoroughbred breed...
horse race for horses aged three-years-old and upwards under open handicap conditions, over a distance of 2,500 metres.
It is held annually at Moonee Valley Racecourse
Moonee Valley Racecourse
Moonee Valley Racecourse is a horse-racing track in Melbourne, Australia which hosts races for Thoroughbreds. Located six kilometers from the Melbourne CBD, it is the home of the Moonee Valley Racing Club...
in Melbourne
Melbourne
Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...
on WS Cox Plate Day.
Distance
- 1883 - 1884 held over 8 furlongs (approx. 1600 metres)
- 1885 - 1888 held over 6 furlongs (approx. 1200 metres)
- 1889 - 1899 held over 7 furlongs (approx. 1400 metres)
- 1900 - 1908 held over 11 furlongs (approx. 2200 metres)
- 1909 held over 12 furlongs (approx. 2400 metres)
- 1910 - 1918 held over 10 furlongs (approx. 2000 metres)
- 1919 held over 13 furlongs (approx. 2600 metres)
- 1920 held over 12 furlongs
- 1921 - 1923 held over 13 furlongs
- 1924 - 1932 held over 11 furlongs
- 1933 held over 13 furlongs
- 1934 - 1935 held over 12 furlongs
- 1936 - 1972 held over 13 furlongs
- 1973 - 1994 held over 2600 metres
- 1995 onwards held over 2500 metres
Class
- 1883–1978 was a Principal race
- 1979 was a Group 3 race
- 1980 onwards was a Group 2 race
Name
- 1883 - 1975 the race was known as the Moonee Valley Cup
- 1976 - 1979 the race was known as the Governors’ Stakes
- 1980 - 1996 the race was known as the Moonee Valley Cup
- 1997 - 2002 the race was known as the Grosby Gold Cup
- 2003 - 2010 the race was known as the Cathay Pacific Gold Cup
- 2011 onwards the race has been called the Drake International Cup
The winners
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