The New Zealand Cup is a thoroughbred horse race held at Riccarton Park racecourse in Christchurch, held on the final Saturday of New Zealand Cup week in November. The week also features the New Zealand 1000 and 2000 Guineas, with the New Zealand Trotting Cup on the Tuesday at Addington being the overall highlight. It is run over the staying distance of 3200 metres. It is one of the oldest races in New Zealand

New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...

 having been run each year since 1860. Despite its now Group 3 status, it remains one of the most popular racing events in New Zealand.

Winners of the New Zealand Cup

Year	Winner
2010	Showcause
2009	My Scotsgrey
2008	Hoorang
2007	Everswindell
2006	Pentathon
2005	Trebla
2004	Waltermitty
2003	Torlesse
2002	Mike
2001	Soldier Blue
2000	Smiling Like
1999	Wake Forest
1998	Sapio
1997	Laud Peregrine
1996	Old Thymer
1995	Sapio
1994	Double Take
1993	Karaoke
1992	Mercator
1991	Carlton King
1990	Soundoration
1989	Exocet
1988	Gallipoli
1987	Empire Rose Empire Rose Empire Rose was one of the most popular Thoroughbred mares to race in New Zealand and Australia. She was a gigantic chestnut, only just fitting into the barrier stalls in Melbourne....
1986	Oak Vue
1985	Samasaan
1984	Our Boyfriend
1983	Payco
1982	Sirtain
1981	Gold Bullion
1980	Koiro Trelay
1979	Star Order
1978	Royal Cadenza
1977	Heidsieck
1976	Andrew
1975	Heidsieck
1974	Fury's Order
1973	Watallan
1972	Kartika
1971	Princess Mellay
1970	Princess Mellay
1969	Middy
1968	Noir Filou
1967	Laramie
1966	Royal Bid
1965	Fieldmaster
1964	Alaska
1963	Beauzami
1962	Stipulate
1961	Quite Able
1960	Oreka
1959	Foglia d'Oro
1958	Balfast
1957	Great Scot
1956	Jimmy Flash
1955	Poetical
1954	Dormant
1953	Gold Scheme
1952	Conclusion
1951	Jamell
1950	Calibrate
1949	Excellency
1948	Sir Garnish
1947	Beau Le Havre
1946	Catterick Bridge
1945	Golden Souvenir
1944	Kevin
1943	Classform
1942	Royal Lancer
1941	Happy Ending
1940	Serenata
1939	Yours Truly
1938	Arctic King
1937	Cerne Abbas
1936	Ferson (AUS)
1935	Cuddle Cuddle (horse) Cuddle was an outstanding New Zealand Thoroughbred racemare that won a large number of major races including the 1935 and 1936 Auckland Cups in race record time...
1934	Steeton
1933	Palantua
1932	Fast Passage
1931	Spearful
1930	Nightmarch Nightmarch Nightmarch, foaled in 1925 was an outstanding New Zealand bred Thoroughbred racehorse known as The Kiwi. He won the New Zealand Derby and Dunedin Cup as a three-year-old before going to Australia where he became the first horse to win both the Melbourne Cup and Cox Plate in the same year, as well...
1929	Chide
1928	Oratrix
1927	Rapier
1926	Count Cavour
1925	The Banker
1924	Sunart
1923	Rouen
1922	Scion
1921	Royal Star
1920	Oratress
1919	Vagabond
1918	Sasanof
1917	Menelaus
1916	Ardenvhor
1915	Tangihau
1914	Inigo
1914	Warstep
1913	Sinapis
1912	Midnight Sun
1911	Vice Admiral
1910	Bridge
1909	Lady Lucy
1908	Downfall
1907	Frisco
1906	Star Rose
1905	Noctuiform
1904	Grand Rapids
1903	Canteen
1902	Halberdier
1901	Tortulla
1900	Fulmen
1900	Ideal
1899	Seahorse
1898	Tirant d'Eau
1897	Waiuku
1896	Lady Zetland
1895	Euroclydon
1894	Impulse
1893	Rosefeldt
1892	St. Hippo
1891	British Lion
1890	Wolverine
1889	Tirailleur
1888	Manton
1887	Lochiel
1886	Spade Guinea
1885	Fusilade
1884	Vanguard
1883	Tasman (AUS)
1882	Welcome Jack
1881	Grip
1880	Le Loup
1879	Chancellor
1878	Maritana
1877	Mata
1876	Guy Fawkes
1875	Nectar
1874	Tambourini
1873	Kakapo
1872	Detractor
1871	Peeress
1870	Knottingley
1869	Mainsail
1868	Flying Jib
1865	Egremont
1864	Opera
1863	Azucena
1862	Emmeline
1861	Otto
1860	Ada