Roma Cup

The Roma Cup is a Group 3 weight-for-age race held annually in late May or early June at Belmont racecourse in Perth, Western Australia. The race is run over a distance of 1200 metres and worth $125,000 in prizemoney. The 2011 Roma Cup was won by Grand Nirvana from Power Princess with King Kool Kat third.

Roma Cup info
Date:	Saturday 26th May 2012
Track:	Belmont racecourse, Perth
Distance:	1200 metres
Race Type:	Weight-for-age
Status:	Group 3
Prizemoney:	$125,000
2011 Winner:	Grand Nirvana

The Roma Cup is a weight-for-age event sprint race that usually attracts the best available local sprinters suited to the conditions of the race and is the ideal lead up race to the upcoming Gr3 Belmont Sprint in June.

Modem (2004) and Tribula (2003) have both won the Roma Cup & Belmont Sprint double in recent years, while multiple horses have run places in both races, or placed in this race and gone on to win the Belmont Sprint and vice versa.

Grand Nirvana (2011) resumed from a spell to win this race for the second time in three years and recent Roma Cup winners have been Vain Raider (2010) and Grand Nirvana (2009).

2011 Roma Cup results
1. $12.00 Grand Nirvana 58.5 D Staeck
2. $2.70 Power Princess 56.5 P Knuckey
3. $7.00 King Kool Kat 58.5 Duncan Miller

Then followed
4. $8.00 Megatic 58.5 P Carbery
5. $21.00 Phenomenons 58.5 T Turner
6. $7.00 Premardal 56.5 S Mc Gruddy
7. $26.00 Escadaire 58.5 P Harvey
8. $14.00 Idyllic Prince 58.5 B Parnham
9. $101.00 Foxy Boy 58.5 N Rudland
10. $41.00 God Has Spoken 58.5 S Parnham
11. $11.00 Kid Choisir 58.5 P Hall
12. $31.00 Impressive Jeuney 56.5 S O'Donnell
13. $19.00 Grand Jardin 58.5 W Pike
14. $6.00 Famous Roman 58.5 J Brown

Margins: Long head, 1 3/4 len
Time: 1:10.32

Roma Cup recent winners & placegetters
Year	Winner	2nd	3rd	Time
2011	Grand Nirvana	Power Princess	King Kool Kat	1:10.3
2010	Vain Raider	Idyllic Prince	Grand Nirvana	1:10.6
2009	Grand Nirvana	Kens Double	Sheenasaidgrey	1:10.6
2008	El Presidente	Arctic Park	Oroya Gold	1:10.1
2007	No Questions	Star Laser	Scuffs	1:10.1
2006	Is Amazing	Electic	River Mist	1:09.9
2005	Avenida Madero	River Mist	Ambers Halo	1:12.9
2004	Modem	Cento	Golden Delicious	1:10.6
2003	Tribula	Suspicion	Dark 'n' Dangerous	1:10.4
2002	Kaprats	Corporate Bruce	Cool Business	1:10.6
2001	Secret Remedy	Prince Of Pop	Country Blazer	1:11.4
2000	Star System	Double Blue	Corporate James	1:10.4
1999	Papillion	Double Blue	Cranky Tikit	1:10.9
1998	Double Blue	Wabasso	True Lover	1:10.8
1997	Singing The Blues	Wabasso	Bar Dreamer	1:10.2
1996	Red Eye Special	Jacks Or Better	Ciderian	1:11.3
1995	Defensive Play	Wabasso	Bayside	1:11.2
1994	Wabasso	Welcome Knight	Pago Escort	1:11.5
1993	Doctor Golly	Chancery Star	Pago's King	1:10.7
1992	Doctor Golly	Blonde Jev	Karlgarin Town	1:11.2
1991	Faneso	Caliway	Island Gossip	1:10.6
1990	Century God	Faneso	Edge Of Darkness	1:09.7
1989	Straight Cash	Manhattan	Amber Gambler	1:11.0
1988	Miss Muffet	Ableson	Fimiston	1:10.5