Geelong Cup
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The Geelong Cup is an annual Australia
n Group 3
Thoroughbred horse race
. The race is open to horses of all ages and sexes. The race is held over a distance of 2400 metres at the Geelong Racecourse
on the fourth Wednesday of October, and was first run in 1872. The prize money for the 2010 race was A$225,000, and the race is considered one of the most reliable guides to the result of the Melbourne Cup
. The day of the race is a public holiday
in the city of Geelong
.
Three Geelong Cup winners in recent years have gone on to win the Melbourne Cup; all of them European-trained. Irish horse Media Puzzle won the double in 2002, while French gallopers Americain and Dunaden won both races in 2010 and 2011 respectively.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n Group 3
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...
Thoroughbred horse race
Thoroughbred horse race
Thoroughbred horse racing is a worldwide sport and industry involving the racing of Thoroughbred horses. It is governed by different national bodies. There are two forms of the sport: Flat racing and National Hunt racing...
. The race is open to horses of all ages and sexes. The race is held over a distance of 2400 metres at the Geelong Racecourse
Geelong Racecourse
The Geelong Racecourse is a major regional horse racing venue in Geelong, Victoria, Australia. The current racecourse dates to 1908. The annual Geelong Cup is held at the course every October, as well as a number of other race meets through the year.-History:...
on the fourth Wednesday of October, and was first run in 1872. The prize money for the 2010 race was A$225,000, and the race is considered one of the most reliable guides to the result of the Melbourne Cup
Melbourne Cup
The Melbourne Cup is Australia's major Thoroughbred horse race. Marketed as "the race that stops a nation", it is a 3,200 metre race for three-year-olds and over. It is the richest "two-mile" handicap in the world, and one of the richest turf races...
. The day of the race is a public holiday
Public holidays in Australia
Public holidays in Australia are declared on a state and territory basis, with the exception of national public holidays.-Nature of public holidays:...
in the city of Geelong
Geelong, Victoria
Geelong is a port city located on Corio Bay and the Barwon River, in the state of Victoria, Australia, south-west of the state capital; Melbourne. It is the second most populated city in Victoria and the fifth most populated non-capital city in Australia...
.
Three Geelong Cup winners in recent years have gone on to win the Melbourne Cup; all of them European-trained. Irish horse Media Puzzle won the double in 2002, while French gallopers Americain and Dunaden won both races in 2010 and 2011 respectively.
Winners
Year |
Winner |
Jockey |
Trainer |
2011 | Dunaden | Craig Williams | Mikel Delzangles |
2010 | Americain Americain Americain is an American-bred French trained thoroughbred racehorse. The six-year-old stayer won the 150th Melbourne Cup in 2010, ridden by Gérald Mossé, trained by Alain De Royer-Dupre and owned by Melbourne businessmen Gerry Ryan and Kevin Bamford.... |
Gérald Mossé Gérald Mossé Gérald Mossé is a jockey in thoroughbred horse racing. He began riding professionally in April 1983 and his success during his apprenticeship under Patrick-Louis Biancone led to an offer to ride for renowned trainer François Boutin and his stable of horses belonging to Jean-Luc Lagardère... |
Alain de Royer-Dupre Alain de Royer-Dupré Alain de Royer-Dupré is a leading French thoroughbred racehorse trainer. He grew up at the Haras de Saint Lô, a national stud farm in Normandy of which his father was Assistant Director and later Director, responsible for government-owned stallions based at farms in the local... |
2009 | Leica Ding | Danny Nikolic Danny Nikolic Danny Nikolic is a jockey in Australian Thoroughbred horse racing. In 2003 he rode Mummify to victory in the Caulfield Cup, the most important win of his career to date... |
Darren Weir |
2008 | Bauer | Damien Oliver | Luca Cumani Luca Cumani Luca M. Cumani is an Italian thoroughbred horse trainer. He has trained at Bedford House Stables in Newmarket, England since 1976... |
2007 | The Fuzz | Craig Williams | David Hayes |
2006 | Mandela | Craig Williams | Richard Yuill |
2005 | On A Jeune On A Jeune On A Jeune is a thoroughbred racehorse who ran second in the 2005 Melbourne Cup behind three-time winner, champion mare, Makybe Diva. He is also notable for running second in the 2004 South Australian Derby, behind Hard To Get. His biggest victory came in the 2005 Geelong Cup when jockey Kerrin... |
Kerrin McEvoy | Peter Montgomerie |
2004 | Pacific Dancer | Brad Rawiller | Shaun Dwyer |
2003 | Zazzman | Kerrin McEvoy | Tony Vasil |
2002 | Media Puzzle Media Puzzle Media Puzzle , foaled in the United States was an Irish horse bred by Walter Haefner's Moyglare Stud Farm and owned by Dr. M. W. Smurfit. He was sired by Theatrical, the 1987 U.S. Champion Male Turf Horse, and out of the mare Market Slide by Gulch, the 1988 U.S. Champion Sprint Horse... |
Damien Oliver | Dermot Weld Dermot Weld Dermot K. Weld is one of Ireland's most successful racehorse trainers. He holds the record for the most winners trained in Ireland .... |
2001 | Karasi Karasi Karasi is a champion steeplechase horse bred in Ireland and based in Australia. The horse is best known for winning the world's richest steeplechase race, the Nakayama Grand Jump at Nakayama Racecourse, Japan for three consecutive years... |
Glen Boss Glen Boss Glen Boss is an Australian jockey, considered a champion, who is best known for riding Makybe Diva to victory in three consecutive Melbourne Cups - 2003, 2004, and 2005.-External links:***... |
David Hall David Hall (horse trainer) David Hall is an Australian horse trainer.The son of trainer, Joe Hall, he obtained his trainer's license in 1988 at Morphettville... |
2000 | Savrocca | Craig Williams | Jeff Rogers |
1999 | Bohemiath | Jason Patton | John Sadler |
1998 | Ancient City | Brett Prebble | Colin Alderson |
1997 | Oregon Star | Greg Childs | G.M. Hanlon |
1996 | Hereditas | Brian Werner | Peter Hayes |
1995 | Anfitrion | Michael Carson | Kelvin Bourke |
1994 | Grass Valley | Rod Griffiths | Colin Alderson |
1993 | Ultimate Aim | Patrick Payne | Colin Jillings |
1992 | Ali Boy | R. Caddigan | M. J. Phillips |
1991 | Newbury Star | Brian Hibberd | M. R. Campbell |
1990 | Mr. Brooker | Greg Childs | R. J. Hurdle |
1989 | (dh)Pacific Mirage | Jamie Evans | J. J. Houlihan |
1989 | (dh)Sea Legend | Michael Clarke | Colin Alderson |
1988 | Classic Bay | Brent Thomsen | M. B. Andrews |
1987 | Beau Trist | Gary Doughty | D.C. Harrison |
1986 | Fil De Roi | Malcolm Pay | I. A. Macdonald |
1985 | Korio Corrie May | Lance O'Sullivan | D. J. O'Sullivan |
1984 | Chagemar | Darren Gauci Darren Gauci Darren Gauci is an Australian jockey. Born in Melbourne on 26 December 1965, he won the Senior Victorian Jockeys Premiership in 1983-84, 1985-86, and 1990-91. He has come close to winning Australian racing's greatest prize on three occasions, with seconds in the Melbourne Cup on Chagemar , Super... |
G.T. Murphy |
1983 | Deb's Mate | Debbie Healey | H. S. Wadham |
1982 | Gujarat | Danny Brereton | R. F. Lawson |
1981 | Allez Bijou | Gary Willetts | C. J. Honeychurch |
1980 | Summer Fleur | B. Clements | G. T. Murphy |
1979 | Hauberk | P. Jarman | R. E. Hoysted |
1978 | Puramaka | Harry White Harry White (jockey) Harry White was a top Australian jockey in the late 70s. He usually rode for the "cups king" Bart Cummings. He rode the winners of four Melbourne Cups on Think Big and Hyperno for Bart Cummings and also on Arwon for George Hanlon.... |
K. Lafferty |
1977 | Brallos | M. Baker | R. J. Banham |
1976 | Taminga | Brian Gilders | E. H. Broadhurst |
1975 | Dowling Girl | M. Baker | K. Kennedy |
1974 | Special Test | G. Lambie | I. Goddard |
1973 | Australasia | J. Miller | C. L. Beechey |
1972 | Hay Burner | E. J. Didham | J. J. Cowan |
1971 | Gnapur | Harry White Harry White (jockey) Harry White was a top Australian jockey in the late 70s. He usually rode for the "cups king" Bart Cummings. He rode the winners of four Melbourne Cups on Think Big and Hyperno for Bart Cummings and also on Arwon for George Hanlon.... |
G. M. Hanlon |
1970 | Vansittart | R. Setches | G. M. Hanlon |
1969 | Double Steel | W. A. Smith | C. A. Wilson |
1968 | Bergman | P. Jarman | G. T. Murphy |
1967 | Royal Coral | J. Johnson Jim Johnson (jockey) Jim Johnson is remembered primarily for winning the Melbourne Cup on Gatum Gatum and twice on Rain Lover. He was also noted for his unusual riding style of virtually standing up. He also rode in a strange, jerky way... |
R. M. Clarton |
1966 | Craftsman | Pat Hyland | A. R. White |
1965 | Pleasanton | Harry White Harry White (jockey) Harry White was a top Australian jockey in the late 70s. He usually rode for the "cups king" Bart Cummings. He rode the winners of four Melbourne Cups on Think Big and Hyperno for Bart Cummings and also on Arwon for George Hanlon.... |
G. M. Hanlon |
1964 | Jamagne | J. Johnson Jim Johnson (jockey) Jim Johnson is remembered primarily for winning the Melbourne Cup on Gatum Gatum and twice on Rain Lover. He was also noted for his unusual riding style of virtually standing up. He also rode in a strange, jerky way... |
H. H. Lehmann |
1963 | Nivek | Pat Hyland | K. Lafferty |
1962 | Napoleon | V. Caddy | A. D'Alton |
1961 | Ursalon | Brian Gilders | W. McNabb |
1960 | Tabess | K.D. Campbell | J. McDonald |
1959 | Paratone | B. Quinlan | A. I. Munro |
1958 | Mac | B. Quinlan | A. I. Munro |
1957 | King Boru | A. Burton | J. Kennedy |
1956 | Prince Abbott | L. Campbell | M. R. Macrae |
1955 | November Moon | W. Camer | T. J. Torpy |
1954 | Chidden | N. McGrowdie | H. Bird |
1953 | Abandoned | ||
1952 | Welkin Sun | S. Martin | N. Creighton |
1951 | Trust Me | W. Williamson | T. Lewis |
1950 | Purple Prince | W. A. Smith | E. J. Willmott |
1949 | Blank Music | L. Lott | J. Pengilly |
1948 | Royal Scott | N. Powell | F. A. Simpson |
1947 | Bruin | R. Morrissey | W. D. Rutzou |
1938-46 | No race | ||
1937 | Lord Carrington | H. Badger | T. Lewis |
1936 | No race | ||
1935 | No race | ||
1934 | (dh)Highway | S. Bellchambers | W. P. Brittain |
1934 | (dh)Viol D'Amour | H. Badger | E. J. O'Dwyer |
1933 | Bay Of Islands | A. Breasley Scobie Breasley Arthur Edward "Scobie" Breasley was an Australian jockey. He won the Caulfield Cup in Melbourne five times: 1942-45 consecutively on Tranquil Star, Skipton, Counsel and St Fairy; then on Peshawar in 1952... |
S. Masters |
1932 | Glaive | H. Badger | F. W. Hoysted |
1931 | El Rey | W. Duncan | J. Holt |
1930 | Taras | A. Wilson | J. G. Heywood |
1929 | Sea Pilot | A. Dewhurst | W. Hickenbotham Jnr |
1928 | Anan Louise | W. Scanlon | H. D. Parkinson |
1927 | Victorian King | W. Duncan | J. Holt |
1926 | Bombard | A. Reed | T. J. Hayes |
1925 | Glaxy | A. Wilson | J. Scobie |
1924 | Lillirie | E. Simmons | W. Beaton |
1923 | Mount Bernard | H. Jones | H. Cousens |
1922 | Tresco | H. Foster | W. D. McFarlane |
1921 | Rahda | F. Straker | N. D. Godby |
1920 | No race | ||
1919 | Luteplayer | E. Barker | W. Burke |
1918 | Blackwood | F. Bullock | L. Robertson |
1917 | Mnesarchus | G. Browne | A. J. Staughton |
1916 | Lady Moolton | R. Lewis | S. P. Casey |
1915 | Pouter | E. Turner | N. Scobie |
1914 | Roseview | E. Turner | C. Wheeler |
1913 | Porch | W. P. Burn | P. Guinane |
1912 | Roseview | F. Clarke | J. Breen |
1911 | Crete | G. Lambert | C. Moore |
1910 | Orline | G. Lambert | J. Fielder |
1909 | Tantalla | G. Ross | J. King |
1908 | No race | ||
1907 | No race | ||
1906 | Maninga | F. Bullock | J. Bloomfield |
1905 | Cluster | E. Andrews | R. Townson |
1904 | Mallard | W. H. Smith | J. Wilson (Jnr) |
1903 | Telemachus | W. H. Smith | L. Watts |
1902 | Merryman | J. Conquest | J. Wilson |
1901 | Marie Corelli | W. Burn | E. Power |
1900 | Model | W. Burn | E. Power |
1899 | Relic | V. Turner | J. Wilson |
1898 | Chit Chat | H.J. Morrison | J. Scobie |
1897 | No race | ||
1896 | Pivot | J. Orr | H. Harrison |
1895 | J5 | W. Morrison | |
1894 | The Clown | C. Moore | |
1893 | Newman | P. McGowan | A. Taylor |
1892 | Norbert | A. Ray | H.A. Bellamy |
1891 | Tantallon | J. Campbell | W.S. Hickenbotham |
1890 | Britannia | E. Power | C. J. Nicholls |
1889 | Malua | T. Hales | I Foulsham |
1888 | Gardenia | M. O'Brien | |
1887 | Camerine | M. O'Brien | |
1886 | Claptrap | M. Trahan | J. R. Crooke |
1885 | Camerine | M. Trahan | |
1884 | Linda | T. Hales | T. Wilson |
1883 | Gudarz | T. Hales | E. de Mestre |
1882 | Guinea | T. Hales | E. de Mestre Etienne L. de Mestre Etienne de Mestre , a 19th century trainer of Thoroughbred racehorses, was Australia's first outstanding racehorse trainer. In his 30 year career he experienced all the highs and the lows of the turf in a career which ended with him dependent on donations from racing friends.With the five wins de... |
1881 | Progress | P. St. Albans | J. Wilson |
1880 | Zambesi | S. Cracknell | |
1879 | Lord Harry | G. Williams | T. Wilson |
1878 | Newminster | T. Hales | T. Wilson |
1877 | Pride Of The Hills | T. Hales | J. Jenkins |
1876 | Emulation | J. Kilduff | T. Jordon |
1875 | Melbourne | Boland | J. Tait |
1874 | McCallum Mohr | M. Thompson | J. Tait |
1873 | Leo | H. Grubb | H. Tothill |
1872 | Flying Scud | W. Wilson | James Wilson |