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Description:
The
Cathay Pacific Gold Cup
is a
Moonee Valley Racing Club
Group 2
Australian
Thoroughbred
horse race
for horses aged three-years-old and upwards under open handicap conditions, over a distance of 2,500 metres.It is held annually at
Moonee Valley Racecourse
in
Melbourne
on
WS Cox Plate
Day.
Race History
Distance
1883 - 1884 held over 8
furlongs
(approx. 1600 metres)
1885 - 1888 held over 6 furlongs (approx. 1200 metres)
1889 - 1899 held over 7 furlongs (approx. 1400 metres)
1900 - 1908 held over 11 furlongs (approx. 2200 metres)
1909 held over 12 furlongs (approx. 2400 metres)
1910 - 1918 held over 10 furlongs (approx. 2000 metres)
1919 held over 13 furlongs (approx. 2600 metres)
1920 held over 12 furlongs
1921 - 1923 held over 13 furlongs
1924 - 1932 held over 11 furlongs
1933 held over 13 furlongs
1934 - 1935 held over 12 furlongs
1936 - 1972 held over 13 furlongs
1973 - 1994 held over 2600 metres
1995 onwards held over 2500 metres
Class
1883–1978 was a Principal race
1979 was a Group 3 race
1980 onwards was a Group 2 race
Name
1883 - 1975 the race was known as the
Moonee Valley Cup
1976 - 1979 the race was known as the
Governors’ Stakes
1980 - 1996 the race was known as the
Moonee Valley Cup
1997 - 2002 the race was known as the
Grosby Gold Cup
2003 onwards the race has been called the
Cathay Pacific Gold Cup
The winners
See also
List of Australian Group races
Group races
References
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