History
of the Geelong Cup
from left to right: Bohemiath and J Patton win in
1999,
Karasi - winner in 2001, Ancient City and B Prebble
win in 1998
Photos from the Geelong Advertiser
The Geelong Cup is one of the most well known and
well attended Country Cup meetings on the Victorian racing calendar. The
race is run over 2400m and often used by trainers to either qualify or
fitten their quality staying horses for that famous first Tuesday in November.
The Geelong Cup is run on the first day of the Geelong
Carnival, usually on the third or fourth Wednesday in October. The race
is currently sponsored by Holden. It carries blacktype status (Group 3,
upgraded from Listed from season 2002-2003), $120,000 in prizemoney, plus
$6,500 worth of trophies for winning connections, and a prize rug.
First run in 1872, the race was won by a horse called
Flying Scud. This was 31 years after the first meet was staged on the Geelong
track, in 1841.
Recent Winners:
2001 KARASI
(IRE)
1995 ANFITRION (ARG)
2000 SAVROCCA (AUS)
1994 GRASS VALLEY (NZ)
1999 BOHEMIATH (AUS)
1993 ULTIMATE AIM (NZ)
1998 ANCIENT CITY (NZ)
1992 ALI BOY (NZ)
1997 OREGON STAR (NZ)
1991 NEWBURY STAR (NZ)
1996 HEREDITAS (NZ)
1990 MR. BROOKER (NZ)
Click
here for full list of winners and details (1872-2001)
Click
here for full fields and results (1997-2001)
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