David Jones Cup

The David Jones Cup (registered as Coongy Hcp) is a Group 3 open handicap race held at Caulfield racecourse each year in October during the Melbourne spring racing carnival. The race is run over a distance of 2000 metres and worth $125,000 in prizemoney. The 2011 David Jones Cup was won by Foreteller from Extra Zero with Midnight Martini third.

Held on the final day of the Melbourne Racing Club's three-day racing carnival, the David Jones Cup takes place on the same day as the MRC's greatest race, the Group 1 Caulfield Cup.

David Jones Cup info
Date:	Saturday 20th October 2012
Track:	Caulfield racecourse, Melbourne
Distance:	2000 metres
Race Type:	Open Handicap
Status:	Group 3
Prizemoney:	$125,000
2011 Winner:	Foreteller

The David Jones Cup is a middle distance race for open horses and attracts handy milers and middle distance horses who are looking to step up in distance towards the longer races to come during the spring carnival.

Formerly known as the Coongy Handicap, the David Jones Cup provides a handy lead-up race for horses who may be contesting the Caulfield Cup and in recent times has proven a reasonable guide to upcoming distance races such as the Gr2 Moonee Valley Cup at Moonee Valley on Cox Plate Day and the Gr2 The Lexus Stakes at Flemington on Derby Day.

Foreteller (2011) ran seventh in the Gr1 Epsom Handicap over 1600m at Randwick in Sydney on his way to scoring in this event and recent David Jones Cup winners have been Ginga Dude (2010) and Baughurst (2008-09).

Spring Carnival Guide
Baughurst (2008-09) went on to run placings in both the 2008 Moonee Valley Cup and 2008 Queen Elizabeth Stakes later in the spring carnival.

Ginga Dude (2010) went on to run third in the Gr1 Mackinnon Stakes at Flemington on Derby Day, while Dream Pedlar (4th in 2010) managed to win the listed Bendigo Cup later in the month at Epsom racecourse in Bendigo.

Shocking (2009) scored a big win in the the The Lexus Stakes on Derby day before winning the Melbourne Cup the following Tuesday.

Fire in the Night (2007) ran 3rd in the listed HKJC Plate on Melbourne Cup day of the same year, while Maybe Better (2006) went on to win The Lexus Stakes on Derby day before running 3rd in that years Melbourne Cup.

2011 David Jones Cup
1. $10.00 Foreteller 56.5 C Brown
2. $8.50 Extra Zero 54.0 C Williams
3. $5.50 Midnight Martini 54.0 M Rodd

then followed
4. $7.50 Platinum Passion 54.0 K McEvoy
5. $17.00 Booming 57.0 D Dunn
6. $7.00 Red Colossus 56.5 C Symons
7. $6.50 Lucky Eighty Eight 54.0 Ms M Payne
8. $9.50 Base 54.0 N Hall
9. $101.00 Testas Double 54.0 C Newitt
10. $21.00 Almodovar 54.0 L Nolen
11. $26.00 Ulundi 54.0 G Schofield
12. $41.00 Hissing Sid 54.0 S King

Margins: Len, nose
Time: 2:03.11

David Jones Cup recent winners & placegetters
Year	Winner	2nd	3rd	Time
2011	Foreteller	Extra Zero	Midnight Martini	2:03.1
2010	Ginga Dude	Purple	Zoomin	2:06.6
2009	Baughurst	Shocking	Pacino	2:03.6
2008	Baughurst	Pacino	Annenkov	2:02.0
2007	Fire In The Night	Molotov	Pachino	2:02.4
2006	Maybe Better	King Of Ashford	Temple Hills	2:01.2
2005	Activation	Studebaker	Uprize	2:00.6
2004	Reclaim	Pretorius	Star Of Grechen	2:05.7
2003	Frightening	Crawl	Adolescence	2:03.5
2002	Mr Lofty	Little Miss Quick	Society Beau	2:02.
2001	Citras Prince	Indian Ridge	Tempest Morn	2:04.1
2000	Typhoon	Avilde	Slavonic	2:00.9
1999	Oliver Twist	Make A Scene	Nahayan	2:03.5
1998	Its All In Fun	Kalastaire	Madonna	2:16.3
1997	Our Sumo	Sunny Lane	Toil	2:15.8
1996	Circles Of Gold	Filante	Beau Heed	2:03.0
1995	Macdrury	Waikikamukau	Makarpura Star	2:03.6
1994	Excited Angel	Ball Park	Over The Top	2:02.8
1993	Silk Ali	Maraakiz	Notwithstanding	2:01.6
1992	Fraar	Brave Expectations	Mountain Rule	2:02.5
1991	Mantlepiece	Majestic Boy	Centro	2:01.1
1990	Kessem	Kingston Rule	Goliath	2:00.6
1989	Eye Of The Sky	Perfect Answer	Chigarow	2:01.6
1988	Ideal Centreman	Be Reasonable	Exocet	2:00.1