The Geelong Cup is a Group 3 open handicap race held annually midweek on a Wednesday each October at Geelong racecourse during the Melbourne spring racing carnival. The race is run over a distance of 2400 metres and worth $225,000 in prizemoney. The 2011 Geelong Cup was won by Dunaden from Tanby with Bauer third.
The Geelong Racing Club is located about 72 kilometres south-west of Melbourne and is one of the major country cups held outside of the metropolitan area during the spring.
Geelong Cup info
Date:
Wednesday 24th October 2012
Track:
Geelong racecourse, Geelong
Distance:
2400 metres
Race Type:
Open Handicap
Status:
Group 3
Prizemoney:
$225,000
2011 Winner:
Dunaden
The Geelong Cup is usually a very strong country cup with multiple winners in recent times going on to be run very well in the Melbourne Cup. The race tends to attract good class city gallopers who might be heading on to the big race on the first Tuesday in November.
International horses often use the Geelong Cup as a final tune-up for the better spring races ahead and in the past few years this race has grown in stature and assembled fields worthy of city class racing.
Dunaden (2011) ran ninth in the Gr2 Darley Prix Kergorlay over 3000m at Deauville in the UK prior to winning this race at his first Australian start and recent Geelong Cup winners have been Americain (2010) and Leica Ding (2009).
Spring Carnival Guide
The Geelong Cup has been a reasonable guide to the Melbourne Cup in recent years with Americain (2010) winning our most famous race after scoring in this event, while Crime Scene (6th in 2009) finishing runner-up to Shocking in the 2009 Melbourne Cup after running in the Geelong Cup beforehand.
Bauer (2008) was beaten by the narrowest margin in the Melbourne Cup at his next run after winning this race, while Media Puzzle (2002) went on to win the Melbourne Cup that same year and Zazzman (2003) finished third in the 2004 Melbourne Cup.
She's Archie (2nd in 2003) went on to run second to Makybe Diva in that year's Melbourne Cup and On A Jeune (2005) finished a gallant second to the same mare in the 2005 Melbourne Cup.
Tanby (2nd in 2011) won the listed Bendigo Cup over 2400m at Bendigo at his next start and Moatise (2nd in 2008) went on to win the Gr3 The Lexus Stakes on Derby day at Flemington. Cast a keen eye over this race in late October if history is any guide.
Geelong Cup Day Information
General admission: $30.00
Concession: $30.00
(Aged, TPI & Disability card holders only)
Optional After Admission - Members Day Passes: $35.00
(available for purchase from the race day office on Cup Day)
Geelong Racing Club
99 Breakwater Road,
Breakwater,
Victoria 3219
Postal Address
PO Box 1818,
Geelong,
Victoria 3220
Tel: 03 5229 4414
Geelong Track Map Geelong race track has two courses - Grass and ThoroughTrack.
Grass Track
The Grass track has a spacious circuit with wide sweeping turns and a circumference of 2043 metres and a long straight of 400 metres.Most starts have a field limit of 16 when the rail is in the true position. Overall it is an excellent wet weather racing surface.
ThoroughTrack
Is a 16m wide synthetic track with a circumference of 1858 metres and a straight length of 332 metres with the rail permanently in the true position. The 1550m start begins on the grass surface and horses cover approximately 60m on the grass track before they reach the ThoroughTrack. Fields are limited to 12 from all starts except 1550m which is 10 horses.
2011 Geelong Cup result
1. $6.00 Dunaden 58.0 Craig Williams
2. $3.10 Tanby 53.0 Steven King
3. $5.50 Bauer 56.0 Damien Oliver
then followed
4. $13.00 Showcause 53.5 Luke Nolen
5. $31.00 Perfect Pecs 53.0 Dean Yendall
6. $31.00 Back In Black 53.0 Craig Newitt
7. $31.00 Spechenka 53.5 Michael Walker
8. $9.00 I’M Jake 53.0 Dwayne Dunn
9. $41.00 Hume 53.0 Stephen Baster
10. $12.00 Red Eye Special 53.0 Chris Symons
11. $10.00 Above Average 53.0 Ms Lisa Cropp
12. $101.00 Diyaraka 53.0 Kerrin McEvoy
FF $71.00 Rebel Soldier 53.5 James Winks
Margins: 3/4 len, 3/4 len Time: 2:30.14
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