Tattersall's Cup

The Tattersall's Cup is a Group 3 open handicap race that takes place each June at Eagle Farm racecourse in Brisbane, Queensland. The race is run over a distance of 2200 metres and worth $200,000 in prizemoney. The 2011 Tattersalls Cup was won by Ironstein from Shuffle The Cash with Little Stranger third.

Held on the final day of the Eagle Farm racing carnival, the Tattersall's Cup is held alongside the Gr1 Winter Stakes and Gr3 WJ Healy Stakes.

The Tattersall's Cup is a distance event over 2200m that typically attracts more than handy local gallopers chasing some black type success to enhance their resumes. Stayers who contested the Gr3 Chairman's Handicap or Gr3 Premier's Cup at Doomben earlier in the carnival may decide to tackle this event.

More often than not the Tattersall's Cup will generally assemble and an average field where the winner will be simply be a capable local galloper from around Brisbane or the surrounding provincial area.

Ironstein (2011) ran fourth in the Gr2 Brisbane Cup over 2400m at Eagle Farm prior to winning this event and recent Tattersall's Cup winners include Mirrasala (2010) and Hume (2009).

2011 Tattersall's Cup result
1. $8.50 Ironstein 58.0 B Avdulla
2. $6.00 Shuffle The Cash 57.5 L Nolen
3. $14.00 Little Stranger 54.0 E Wilkinson

then followed
4. $7.50 Viking Hero 55.5 C Ormsby
5. $8.50 Raeburn 54.0 S Galloway
6. $6.00 De Fine Lago 55.5 J Byrne
7. $12.00 Persian Star 54.5 M Walker
8. $31.00 Maling 53.0 A Erhart
9. $7.50 World Wide 54.5 R Quinn
10. $6.00 Smoking Chimneys 53.5 J McDonald
11. $151.00 Bail Me Out 53.0 P Hammersley
12. $81.00 Rambling On 53.0 C Reith
13. $151.00 Jedi Starfighter 53.0 J Taylor

Margins: Head, 3 1/2 len
Time: 2:15.41