The Liverpool City Cup is a Group 3 open handicap race held annually each March at Warwick Farm racecourse in Sydney, New South Wales. The race is run over a distance of 1300 metres and worth $125,000 in prizemoney. The 2011 Liverpool City Cup was won by Triple Elegance from Graceful Anna with Pureness third.
The winner of this race is exempt from ballot and penalty for Doncaster Hcp.
The Liverpool City Cup is a quality handicap that tends to attract more than handy sprinters and the 1300m distance of the race lends itself to horses who can finish strongly over 1200m or those unable to run out a strong 1400m. The Liverpool City Cup is held on Gr1 Chipping Norton Stakes day which is Warwick Farm's major race day of the autumn.
Horses contesting this race may come via the Gr3 Southern Cross Stakes which is run under the same conditions and The Free Stater (2007) was the last horse to win both races in the same year.
A race such as the Gr3 Newcastle Newmarket Handicap run under similar conditons may be next on the agenda for horses competing this event.
Triple Elegance (2011) scored an easy victory in a 1500m event at Rosehill prior to winning this race and recent Liverpool City Cup winners include Dreamscape (2010) and Judged (2009).
2011 Liverpool City Cup result
1. $4.20 Triple Elegance 53.0 J A Cassidy
2. $6.50 Graceful Anna 54.0 T Bell
3. $9.00 Pureness 53.0 T Berry
then followed
4. $4.60 Pinwheel 57.5 J Bowman
5. $12.00 Ahdashim 55.0 J Parr
6. $8.00 No Evidence Needed 55.0 J Mott
7. $61.00 Informality 53.0 B Avdulla
8. $26.00 Brilliant Light 56.5 T Clark
9. $10.00 News Alert 57.0 N Rawiller
10. $17.00 Ego's Dare 53.5 N Berry
11. $21.00 Madibagold 53.0 B Spriggs
12. $151.00 Keepin' The Dream 53.0 P Wells
13. $101.00 Shadows In The Sun 53.0 Ms K O'Hara
14. $21.00 Quick Peek 53.0 R Quinn
Margins: Len, head Time: 1:15.92
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