The Caulfield Cup is a

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held under handicap conditions, although the

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Racing Club is in the process of turning the race into

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(WFA) conditions. This is for all horses aged three years old and older. It takes place over a distance of 2400 metres at the

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, Melbourne,

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in mid October. The prize money is A$5,000,000.

History

The race has become one of

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richest

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s. The race is held annually on the third Saturday in October, the third day and final day of the Caulfield Carnival. Performances in the Caulfield Cup are one of the possible qualification methods for a run in the

Melbourne Cup The Melbourne Cup is a Thoroughbred horse race held in Melbourne, Australia. It is a 3200-metre race for three-year-olds and over, conducted by the Victoria Racing Club on the Flemington Racecourse in Melbourne, Victoria as part of the Melbou ...

which is held 16 days later. ROGILLA 1932 VATC CAULFIELD CUP GEORGE ROBINSON

Poseidon 1906 VRC Melbourne Cup Owner Sir Hugh Denison Randwick Trainer Isaac Earnshaw

Amounis 1930 VATC Futurity Stakes Jockey Harold Jones Trainer Frank McGrath

Denis Boy 1931 VATC Caulfield Cup Jockey Andy Knox Trainer Frank McGrath

Uncle Sam 1914 VATC Caulfield Cup Jockey J E Ettershank Trainer M P Whitty

During

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the race was run at

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and in 1943 the race was run in divisions.

Race qualification

The field is limited to 18 starters with four emergency entries which is decided by a ballot system. The prize money, wins and placings in lead up races are among the major factors that determine the eligibility of a horse. Automatic entry is awarded to winners of the

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and the Mornington Cup.

Distance

*1879–1971 - 1 miles (~2400 meters) *1972 onwards - 2400 meters

Grade

*1879–1978 - Principal Race *1979 onwards - Group 1

Dual Winners

The following thoroughbreds have won two Caulfield Cups. * Paris (1892, 1894), Hymettus (1898, 1901),

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(1906–07), Uncle Sam (1912, 1914), Whittier (1922, 1925),

Rising Fast Rising Fast (1949 - 1978) was a champion New Zealand-bred Thoroughbred racehorse who is the only horse to complete the Spring Grand Slam, winning the Melbourne Cup, Caulfield Cup, and Cox Plate in 1954. He also won the 1955 Caulfield Cup and c ...

(1954-1955) and

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(1977, 1980).

Caulfield-Melbourne Cup Double Wins

The following thoroughbreds have won the Caulfield-Melbourne Cup double in the same year. *

(1906), The Trump (1937), Rivette (1939),

(1954),

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(1962),

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(1966),

Gurner's Lane Gurner's Lane (1978−2000) was a Thoroughbred racehorse who was the 1983 champion. He is best remembered for winning the Caulfield and Melbourne Cups double in 1982. Gurner's Lane was just the seventh of 11 horses to complete this rare doubl ...

(1982),

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(1991),

Doriemus Doriemus (17 November 1990 – 11 January 2015) was a Thoroughbred racehorse who began his career in New Zealand and rose to prominence in Australia by winning the Caulfield and Melbourne Cups in 1995. He was the eighth of just nine horses to ...

(1995),

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(1997) and

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(2001).

Notable runnings

* Australian

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was the

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for the Victoria Amateur Turf Club (VATC) and responsible for setting the weights for the Caulfield Cup from 1937 to 1943. * Jockey

Scobie Breasley Arthur Edward "Scobie" Breasley (7 May 1914 – 21 December 2006) 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. ...

rode the winner of four consecutive Caulfield Cups from 1942 to 1945. This included a division of the 1943 race, which was run in two divisions. He also holds the record for most wins by a jockey of the race - five wins. * Trainer

Bart Cummings James Bartholomew Cummings (14 November 1927 – 30 August 2015), also known by his initials J. B. Cummings, was one of the most successful Australian racehorse trainers. He was known as the Cups King, referring to the Melbourne Cup, as he w ...

holds the record for training Caulfield Cup winners with seven -

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, Leilani,

(twice),

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and

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. * 2014 Caulfield Cup winner Admire Rakti died after his run in the Melbourne Cup from natural causes. * Horses trained outside Australia and

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have been participating in the race since 1998. Six have won the race. They are Taufan's Melody (1998) for British trainer Lady Herries, All the Good (2008) and Best Solution (2018) for

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of the Godolphin stables,

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(2012) for French trainer Mikel Delzangles, Admire Rakti (2014) for Japanese trainer Tomoyuki Umeda and Mer De Glace (2019) for Japanese trainer Hisashi Shimizu. * The worst race fall in Australian history occurred at the 1885 Caulfield Cup when 15 of the 44 horses competing fell as they turned onto the straight, resulting in the death of 25-year-old jockey Donald Nicholson. * In 2007, Maldivian and Eskimo Queen were late scratchings. Maldivian, shortest price favourite for 41 years, misbehaved and injured himself in the starting stalls, frightening second priced favourite Eskimo Queen who for a time was trapped beneath the stalls. The race started almost nine minutes late.

1924 & 1934 Racebooks

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1950 Racebook

File:1950 VATC Caulfield Cup Racebook P1.jpg, Front cover 1950 VATC Caulfield Cup racebook. File:1950 VATC Caulfield Cup Racebook P2.jpg, 1950 VATC Caulfield Cup showing raceday officials. File:1950 VATC Caulfield Cup Racebook P3.jpg, 1950 Caulfield Cup racebook showing starters & results. File:1950 VATC Caulfield Cup Racebook P4.jpg, 1950 Caulfield Cup racebook showing the winner, Grey Boots. File:1950 VATC Caulfield Cup Racebook P5.jpg, 1950 Caulfield Cup racebook showing starters & results. File:1950 VATC Caulfield Cup Racebook P6.jpg, Back cover showing Railway Arrangements and charges at the entrance gates. Tranquil Star 1946 Olympic Park Melbourne Farewell Jockey Scobie Breasley Trainer Ron Cameron

Tranquil Star 1946 Olympic Park Melbourne Farewell Jockey Scobie Breasley Trainer Ron Cameron

Lavendo 1915 VATC Caulfield Cup Jockey Frank Dempsey Trainer Lou Robertson

Winners since 1988

Earlier winners

*1987 -

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*1986 - Mr. Lomondy *1985 - Tristarc *1984 - Affinity *1983 - Hayai *1982 -

*1981 - Silver Bounty *1980 -

*1979 - Mighty Kingdom *1978 - Taksan *1977 -

*1976 - How Now *1975 – Analight *1974 - Leilani *1973 - Swell Time *1972 - Sobar *1971 - Gay Icarus *1970 - Beer Street *1969 - ¶

*1968 - Bunratty Castle *1967 -

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*1966 -

*1965 -

Bore Head Bore Head was one of Queensland's best staying Thoroughbred racehorses with wins in five cups, the Ipswich, Queensland, Caulfield, Australian and Doomben. He was a bay colt foaled in 1959 by Double Bore (GB), his dam, Mauna Kea was by Brimstone ...

*1964 - Yangtze *1963 - Sometime *1962 -

*1961 - Summer Fair *1960 - Ilumquh *1959 - Regal Wench *1958 - Sir Blink *1957 -

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*1956 -

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*1955 -

*1954 -

*1953 - My Hero *1952 - Peshawar *1951 - Basha Felika *1950 - Grey Boots *1949 - Lincoln *1948 - Red Fury *1947 - Columnist *1946 -

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*1945 - St. Fairy *1944 - Counsel *1943 - † Saint Warden / Skipton *1942 -

Tranquil Star Tranquil Star (foaled in 1937) was one of the hardiest and best performed Australian-bred Thoroughbred race-mares. She is the only mare to have won the double of the Caulfield Stakes, now known as the Yalumba Stakes, and the Cox Plate, which is ...

*1941 - Velocity *1940 - Beaulivre *1939 - Rivette *1938 - Buzalong *1937 - The Trump *1936 - Northwind *1935 - Palfresco *1934 - Journal *1933 - Gaine Carrington *1932 -

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*1931 - Denis Boy *1930 -

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*1929 - High Syce *1928 - Maple *1927 - Textile *1926 -

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*1925 - Whittier *1924 - Purser *1923 - Wynette *1922 - Whittier *1921 -

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*1920 -

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*1919 - Lucknow *1918 - King Offa *1917 - Bronzetti *1916 - Shepherd King *1915 - Lavendo *1914 - Uncle Sam *1913 - Aurifer *1912 - Uncle Sam *1911 - Lady Medallist *1910 - Flavinius *1909 - ‡ Blue Book / Aborigine *1908 - Maranui *1907 -

*1906 -

*1905 - Marvel Loch *1904 - Murmur *1903 - Sweet Nell *1902 - Lieutenant Bill *1901 - Hymettus *1900 - Ingliston *1899 - Dewey *1898 - Hymettus *1897 - Amberite *1896 - Cremorne *1895 - Waterfall *1894 - Paris *1893 - ¶ Sainfoin *1892 - Paris *1891 - G'naroo *1890 - Vengeance *1889 - Boz *1888 - Chicago *1887 - Oakleigh *1886 - Ben Bolt *1885 - Grace Darling *1884 - Blink Bonny *1883 - Calma *1882 - Little Jack *1881 - Master Avenel *1881 - Blue Ribbon *1880 - Tom Kirk *1879 - Newminster Key:
† Run in divisions
¶ Won by Protest
‡ Dead heat

Attendance

*2021 – 0 (no public attendance due to COVID-19 pandemic restrictions) *2020 – 0 (no public attendance due to COVID-19 pandemic restrictions) *2019 – 28,000 *2018 – 30,000 *2017 – 30,000 *2015 – 30,000 *2014 – 32,000 *2013 – 33,056 *2012 – 35,500 *2011 – 30,097 *2010 – 23,697 *2009 – 43,210 *2008 – 51,328 *2007 – 48,529 *2006 – 47,551 *2005 – 52,000 *2004 – 51,015 *2003 – 46,873

Sponsorship

In March 2015, BMW Australia and the Melbourne Racing Club announced a reunion in partnership, effective as of August 1, 2015 after the eight-year partnership ended in 2014.

External links

Caulfield Cup placegetters since 1949

References

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