The Victoria Cup is the premier middle distance harness race of Australia. Conducted over 2575m, rather than the staying distance of over 3000m or the sprint distance of under 2000m, the Victoria Cup was run at the Melbourne Showgrounds up until 1975, when it was shifted to Moonee Valley. In 2009 the SEW Eurodrive Victoria Cup will be run at Harness Racing Victoria's new venue,

Tabcorp Park Tabcorp Park is an Australian horse racing venue situated in Melton, Victoria, Australia; north-west of the Melbourne CBD. It is used for harness racing and is operated by Harness Racing Victoria. Overview Tabcorp Park incorporates a track ...

at Melton. The race has been part of the Australasian Grand Circuit since 1987. Conducted in February from 1987 to 2003, the race is now conducted over two nights in December, alongside the Australasian Trotting Grand Prix. The race record of 1.56.7 was set by Chokin (NZ) in 1994 when the race was run over 2380m. The race shifted to 2570m or 2575m due to a track upgrade. Double Identity in December 2003 held the record of a mile rate of 1.57.2 over the 2575m trip until Melpark Major's track record breaking performance of 1:55.8 in the 2008 event.

Race Winners

* 1974 - King's Mead (Standing Start) * 1975 - King Frost (Standing Start) * 1976 - Don't Retreat * 1977 -

Paleface Adios Paleface Adios (1969–1989) was an Australian harness racing horse which competed as a pacer throughout the 1970s and early 1980s. He raced from 1972 to 1981, (from the age of two years until he was retired at the age of 11 years) when there w ...

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Koala King Koala King was a former champion Australian Standardbred pacing horse of the 1970s and 80s who won a host of Australasian Pacers Grand Circuit and feature races including the 1980 Inter Dominion Pacing Championship at Harold Park Paceway and t ...

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* 1980 -

* 1981 - Frosty Imp * 1982 -

Popular Alm Popular Alm (1976-2000) was an Australian bred Standardbred pacer. He was one of the fastest pacers Australia has produced, running exceptional times over many distances. Popular Alm set a world record for a mile time trial at Moonee Valley on 1 ...

* 1983 -

* 1984 -

Preux Chevalier Preux Chevalier (13 September 1978 – 2 June 2007) was a pacer (racing horse) foaled in New Zealand but notable for his racing successes in Australia in 1984 and 1985 including wins in the Inter Dominion Pacing Championship, Miracle Mile Pace ...

* 1985 - ''Not Held'' * 1987 (Feb) - Bag Limit * 1988 - Bag Limit * 1989 - Sinbad Bay * 1990 - Sovereign Cloud * 1991 - Sinbad Bay * 1992 - Franco Ice (NZ) * 1993 - Master Musician (NZ) * 1994 - Chokin (NZ) * 1995 - Golden Reign * 1996 - Desperate Comment (NZ) * 1997 - Desperate Comment (NZ) * 1998 - Brabham (NZ) * 1999 -

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(NZ) * 2000 - Breeny's Fella * 2001 - Shakamaker * 2002 - Jofess * 2003 (Feb) - Young Rufus (NZ) * 2003 (Dec) - Double Identity * 2004 - Sokyola (NZ) * 2005 -

Be Good Johnny "Be Good Johnny" is a song recorded by the Australian band Men at Work, released in April 1982 as the third and final single from their debut album, '' Business as Usual''. Content The song is written from the viewpoint of a 9-year-old boy who ...

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Blacks A Fake Blacks A Fake is a brown Standardbred gelding that won the 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2010 Inter Dominion Championships, making him the only four-time winner of Australasia's premier harness race. He finished second, beaten by a long neck, in the 2009 ...

* 2007 - Robin Hood * 2008 - Melpark Major * 2009 - Bettor's Strike (NZ) * 2010 - Mr Feelgood * 2011 - Smoken Up (NZ) * 2012 - Caribbean Blaster * 2013 - For A Reason * 2014 - no race * 2015 - Christen Me (NZ) * 2016 - Lennytheshark * 2017 - Lazarus (NZ) * 2017 - Lennytheshark * 2018 -

Tiger Tara Tiger Tara (foaled 23 October 2010) is a New Zealand bred Standardbred racehorse that raced at the very top level in both New Zealand and Australia. He is notable in that he was voted Australian Harness Horse of the Year for the 2019 season and ...

(NZ) * 2019 -

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* 2020 - Lochinvar Art * 2021 - Max Delight * 2022 - Rock N Roll Doo (NZ) https://www.thetrots.com.au/news/articles/thrilling-rock-n-roll-doo-group-1-sets-up-victoria-new-zealand-cups-assault/

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External links

Official SEW-Eurodrive Victoria Cup Carnival Website
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Race Winners

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