Ballarat Cup

The Ballarat Cup is a listed open handicap race held annually each November at Dowling Forest racecourse in Ballarat at the tail end of the Melbourne spring racing carnival. The race is run over a distance of 2200 metres and worth $130,000 in prizemoney. The 2011 Ballarat Cup was won by Domesky from Rothera with Sean Baile Mor third.

Dowling Forest racecourse is located around 113kms west of Melbourne and is home to one of the biggest and busiest training centers in provincial Victoria with almost 300 horses in work in the region.

Ballarat Cup info
Date:	Sunday 25th November 2012
Track:	Dowling Forest racecourse, Ballarat
Distance:	2200 metres
Race Type:	Open Handicap
Status:	Listed
Prizemoney:	$130,000
2011 Winner:	Domesky

The Ballarat Cup has traditionally taken place two weeks after the Bendigo Cup but in recent programming changes the Bendigo Cup is now held on the Wednesday before the Melbourne Cup.

The Ballarat Cup was moved from a Wednesday to a Sunday in 2010 to fall in line with local council's effort to stabilise the city's public holiday and having the race on a Sunday enables more people from surrounding districts to attend the Cup when they would otherwise have been working.

The Ballarat Cup brings a carnival like atmosphere to the city of Ballarat and the Western District area in general as they celebrate the running of their major cup for the year.

Domesky (2011) ran second over 2000m at Flemington prior to scoring in this event and recent recent Ballarat Cup winners have been My Bentley (2010) and Itstheone (2009).

Ballarat Cup Day information
Gates open: From 11.00am
Adult: $30
Children under 16: Free

Ballarat Turf Club
240 Kennedys Road Miners Rest Victoria
Phone: 5334 6273
Fax: 5338 1821
email: ballarat@countryracing.com.au

Postal Address:
PO Box 125
Miners Rest Victoria 3354

Ballarat Track Map
Ballarat race track is a big, roomy course with a circumference of 1900m and a long straight of 450m which caters to all racing types, and gives all horses a chance in running.

Spring Carnival Guide
The race is run a couple of weeks after the Melbourne carnival ends and generally attracts country type horses who may have contested races like the Bendigo Cup in late October.

The last horse to win the Bendigo/Ballarat Cup double was Western Waters in 2003, while Majestic Avenue ran 2nd in the Bendigo Cup in 1999 before winning this race.

The big track and long straight of Dowling Forest racecourse lends itself to tough horses and suits gallopers with proven staying prowess.

2011 Ballarat Cup result
11. $6.50 Domesky 55.0 Brad Rawiller
2. $7.50 Rothera 59.0 Luke Nolen
3. $21.00 Sean Baile Mor 53.5 Jake Noonan

then followed
4. $8.50 Stole 54.0 Ben Melham
5. $201.00 Noble Destiny 53.5 Thomas Sadler
6. $14.00 Musical Hit 53.5 Dwayne Dunn
7. $6.50 Ulundi 53.5 Chris Symons
8. $17.00 Red Buttons 55.5 Dean Yendall
9. $81.00 Apprehend 53.5 Jordan Mallyon
10. $15.00 Foxham 53.5 Ms Michelle Payne
11. $16.00 Boom ’N’ Zoom 56.0 Lincoln Coffey
12. $41.00 Chartreux 53.5 Stephen Baster
13. $101.00 Niptious 54.0 Craig Robertson
14. $61.00 Illustrious Blue 58.0 Jamie Mott
15.$5.00 Paddy O’Reilly 56.5 Craig Newitt
FTF $17.00 Tinseltown 58.0 Michael Walker

Margins: 3/4 len, short neck
Time: 2:19.26

Ballarat Cup recent winners & placegetters
Year	Winner	2nd	3rd	Time
2011	Domesky	Rothera	Sean Baile Mor	2:19.2
2010	My Bentley	Kidnapped	Allanthus	2:17.0
2009	Itstheone	Gallions Reach	Davcon	2:14.4
2008	Daka's Gem	Sentire	Banana Man	2:21.8
2007	Senfire	Bowl Along	Red Riviera	2:23.9
2006	Rubijon	Upstaged	Lancettier	2:17.3
2005	Command n Conquer	Maneroo Lue	Steelworker	2:17.4
2004	Just The Part	Irish Crusader	Demerger	2:15.4
2003	Western Waters	Delvecchio	Dance On Wood	2:16.2
2002	Varsilayos	As You Would	Sale Of Century	2:15.0
2001	Aquiver	Varsilayos	Adolescence	2:14.0
2000	Royal Caliph	Western Outlaw	Mayshiel	2:16.3
1999	Make A Scene	Majestic Avenue	Ancient City	2:17.3
1998	Royal Caliph	Luther	Laebeel	2:18.5
1997	Battocchi	Joegah	Like A Roo	2:23.3
1996	McGuane	Beau Heed	Wesley Boy	2:21.2
1995	Magical Storm	Change Of Fortune	Toil	2:20.6
1994	Unsolved	Dream About It	Toil Bell	2:17.2
1993	Dream About It	Long Tan	Halfpenny Queen	2:16.1
1992	Ahora	Infallable	Rasputins Revenge	2:15.7
1991	Mercator	Explosive Wonder	Sea Squall	2:15.6
1990	Tilted Toff	Prince Salieri	Princess Pushy	2:16.1
1989	Pressmans Choice	Malley Boy	Fail Proof	2:14.5
1988	Great Warrior	Super Impose	Wolveraction	2:17.4