Doomben Cup
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The Doomben Cup is a Brisbane Racing Club Group 1 Thoroughbred horse race for horses three years old and older, run under Weight for Age conditions over a distance of 2000 metres at Doomben Racecourse, Brisbane, Australia during the Queensland Winter Racing Carnival.[1] Total prize money is A$1,000,000.
Bernborough,1946 winner | |
| Class | Group 1 |
|---|---|
| Location | Doomben Racecourse Brisbane, Australia |
| Inaugurated | 1933 |
| Race type | Thoroughbred - Flat racing |
| Sponsor | XXXX (2022) |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 2,000 metres |
| Surface | Turf |
| Track | Right-handed |
| Qualification | Horses three years old and older |
| Weight | Weight for Age |
| Purse | A$1,000,000 (2022) |
History
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Perspective
The race was first held in 1933 as a principal race won by Pentheus in a time of 2.05.7 over the 10 furlongs.[1] Among the outstanding stayers to win the Doomben Cup in its early years include Bernborough in 1946.[1] The New Zealand bred Rough Habit won the race three times from 1991–1993.[1] The only dual winners are Earlwood (1959–1960), Scenic Shot (2009 and 2011) and Huetor (2022–2023).
Only two horses have won the Doomben Cup-Brisbane Cup double:[1]
Lord Hybrow (1988) and Scenic Shot (2009)
Name
- 1933–1982 - BATC Doomben Cup
- 1983–1987 - XXXX Cup
- 1988 - Channel Nine Cup[2]
- 1989–1991 - XXXX Cup
- 1992 onwards - Doomben Cup
Grade
- 1933–1979 - Principal Race
- 1980 onwards - Group 1
Distance
Records
Two jockeys have won the race three times:[5]
- Maurice McCarten (1933, 1934, 1940) and also as a trainer in 1952
- Jim Cassidy (1991–1993) on Rough Habit
Two trainers have won the race three times:[5]
- T J Smith (1973, 1976, 1978)
- John Wheeler (1991–1993) with Rough Habit
Winners
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Perspective
- 2024 - Bois D'Argent[6]
- 2023 - Huetor[7]
- 2022 - Huetor[8]
- 2021 - Zaaki[9]
- 2020 - ‡race not held
- 2019 - Kenedna[10]
- 2018 - Comin' Through[11]
- 2017 - Sense Of Occasion[12]
- 2016 - Our Ivanhowe[13]
- 2015 - Pornichet[14]
- 2014 - Streama[15]
- 2013 - Beaten Up[16]
- 2012 - Mawingo[17]
- 2011 - Scenic Shot[18]
- 2010 - Metal Bender[19]
- 2009 - Scenic Shot[20]
- 2008 - Sarrera[21]
- 2007 - Cinque Cento[22]
- 2006 - Above Deck[23]
- 2005 - Perlin[24]
- 2004 - Defier[25]
- 2003 - Bush Padre[26]
- 2002 - Mr. Bureaucrat[27]
- 2001 - King Keitel[28]
- 2000 - Akhenaton[29]
- 1999 - Intergaze[30]
- 1998 - Might and Power[31]
- 1997 - Sapio[32]
- 1996 - Juggler[4]
- 1995 - Danewin[33]
- 1994 - Durbridge[34]
- 1993 - Rough Habit[35]
- 1992 - Rough Habit[36]
- 1991 - Rough Habit[37]
- 1990 - Eye Of The Sky[38]
- 1989 - Abstraction[3]
- 1988 - Lord Hybrow[2]
- 1987 - Dandy Andy[39]
- 1986 - Les' Choice[40]
- 1985 - Mr. Trick[41]
- 1984 - Hussar's Command[42]
- 1983 - Lord Seaman[43]
- 1982 - Double You Em
- 1981 - Pelican Point
- 1980 - Golden Rhapsody
- 1979 - Waitangirua
- 1978 - Marceau
- 1977 - Grey Affair
- 1976 - Cheyne Walk
- 1975 - Golden Khan
- 1974 - Lord Ben
- 1973 - Lord Nelson
- 1972 - Knee High
- 1971 - Tails
- 1970 - Divide And Rule
- 1969 - Dual Control
- 1968 - Sandy's Hope
- 1967 - Bore Head
- 1966 - Winfreux
- 1965 - River Seine
- 1964 - Striking Force
- 1963 - Maspero
- 1962 - Samson
- 1961 - High Society
- 1960 - Earlwood
- 1959 - Earlwood
- 1958 - Book Link
- 1957 - Prince Delville
- 1956 - Fair Chance
- 1955 - Persian Link
- 1954 - Euphrates
- 1953 - French Echo
- 1952 - Tossing
- 1951 - Gay Felt
- 1950 - Dream
- 1949 - Rio Fe
- 1948 - Forge
- 1947 - Dark Marne
- 1946 - Bernborough
- 1945 - Repshot
- 1944 - Bahtheon
- 1943 - Qualeta
- 1942 - Wiseland
- 1941 - Lord Valentine
- 1940 - Beaulivre
- 1939 - Cooranga
- 1938 - Brown Lance
- 1937 - First Buzzard
- 1936 - Verdun
- 1935 - Serlodi
- 1934 - Whittingham
- 1933 - Pentheus
‡ Not held because of the COVID-19 pandemic[44]
See also
References
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