Doomben Cup
Encyclopedia
The Doomben Cup is a Group 1
Australia
n Thoroughbred
horse race for three year olds and over, run under Weight for Age
conditions over a distance of 2020 metres at Doomben Racecourse
, Brisbane
in May. Total prizemoney is A$505,500.
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 three year olds and over, run under Weight for Age
Weight for Age
Weight for Age is a term in Thoroughbred horse racing which is one of the conditions for a race. It means that a horse will carry a set weight in accordance with the Weight for Age Scale. This weight varies depending on the horse’s age, its sex, the race distance and the month of the year...
conditions over a distance of 2020 metres at Doomben Racecourse
Doomben Racecourse
Doomben Racecourse is a horse racing venue in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It is located in the suburb of Ascot, 7 kilometres north of the Brisbane central business district....
, Brisbane
Brisbane
Brisbane is the capital and most populous city in the Australian state of Queensland and the third most populous city in Australia. Brisbane's metropolitan area has a population of over 2 million, and the South East Queensland urban conurbation, centred around Brisbane, encompasses a population of...
in May. Total prizemoney is A$505,500.
Race History
- 1933 - 1937 held over 10 furlongs (approx 2000 metres).
- 1938 - 1972 held over 11 furlongs (approx 2200 metres).
- 1989 held over 2160 metres.
- 1990 - 2001 held over 2020 metres.
The winners
- 2011 - Scenic Shot
- 2010 - Metal Bender
- 2009 - Scenic Shot
- 2008 - Sarrera
- 2007 - Cinque Cento
- 2006 - Above Deck
- 2005 - Perlin
- 2004 - Defier
- 2003 - Bush Padre
- 2002 - Mr. Bureaucrat
- 2001 - King Keitel
- 2000 - Akhenaton
- 1999 - Intergaze
- 1998 - Might and PowerMight and PowerMight and Power was a New Zealand bred, Australian owned and trained Thoroughbred racehorse who was named Australian Horse of the Year in 1998 and 1999. As a four-year-old, Might And Power won the Caulfield and Melbourne Cups, and returned at five to become only the second horse in the history of...
- 1997 - Sapio
- 1996 - Juggler
- 1995 - Danewin
- 1994 - Durbridge
- 1993 - Rough HabitRough HabitRough Habit was a New Zealand-bred Thoroughbred racehorse who won 11 Group One races on both sides of the Tasman, and won New Zealand's Horse of the Year Award in 1992 and 1995....
- 1992 - Rough Habit
- 1991 - Rough Habit
- 1990 - Eye Of The Sky
- 1989 - Abstraction
- 1988 - Lord Hybrow
- 1987 - Dandy Andy
- 1986 - Les' Choice
- 1985 - Mr. Trick
- 1984 - Hussar's Command
- 1983 - Lord Seaman
- 1982 - Double You Em
- 1981 - Pelican Point
- 1980 - Golden Rhapsody
- 1979 - Waitangirua
- 1978 - Marceau
- 1977 - Grey Affair
- 1976 - Cheyne Walk
- 1975 - Golden Khan
- 1974 - Lord Ben
- 1973 - Lord Nelson
- 1972 - Knee High
- 1971 - Tails
- 1970 - Divide And Rule
- 1969 - Dual Control
- 1968 - Sandy's Hope
- 1967 - Bore HeadBore HeadBore Head was one of Queensland’s best staying Thoroughbred racehorses with wins in five cups, the Ipswich, Queensland, Caulfield, Australian and Doomben....
- 1966 - Winfreux
- 1965 - River Seine
- 1964 - Striking Force
- 1963 - Maspero
- 1962 - Samson
- 1961 - High Society
- 1960 - Earlwood
- 1959 - Earlwood
- 1958 - Book Link
- 1957 - Prince Delville
- 1956 - Fair Chance
- 1955 - Persian Link
- 1954 - Euphrates
- 1953 - French Echo
- 1952 - Tossing
- 1951 - Gay Felt
- 1950 - Dream
- 1949 - Rio Fe
- 1948 - Forge
- 1947 - Dark Marne
- 1946 - BernboroughBernboroughBernborough was an outstanding Australian-bred Thoroughbred racehorse who competed from 1941 to 1946. He carried heavy weights to victory in a sequence of 15 consecutive wins that included the Doomben 10,000 carrying 10 stone 5 pounds....
- 1945 - Repshot
- 1944 - Bahtheon
- 1943 - Qualeta
- 1942 - Wiseland
- 1941 - Lord Valentine
- 1940 - Beaulivre
- 1939 - Cooranga
- 1938 - Brown Lance
- 1937 - First Buzzard
- 1936 - Verdun
- 1935 - Serlodi
- 1934 - Whittingham
- 1933 - Pentheus