Easter Cup
The Easter Cup is a Group 3 open handicap race held annually in late March or early April on Easter Saturday at Caulfield racecourse in Melbourne. The race is run over a distance of 2000 metres and has prize money of $150,000. The 2020 Easter Cup was won by Inverloch from Midterm with Savacool third.
The Group 3 Victoria Handicap is held on the same day as the Easter Cup and these two races are the only two group races that take place during the Easter period time in Melbourne.
Easter Cup info
| Date: | Saturday 17th April 2021 |
| Track: | Caulfield racecourse, Melbourne |
| Distance: | 2000 metres |
| Race Type: | Open Handicap |
| Status: | Group 3 |
| Prize Money: | $150,000 |
| 2020 Winner: | Inverloch |
The Easter Cup is a middle distance staying race that takes place at Easter and more often than not the race simply attracts a field of handy horses, rather than a top class affair, as most of the elite gallopers will be in Sydney at this time of year for the big money races on offer at the Sydney autumn racing carnival.
Occasionally a top class galloper will make their way to the Easter Cup and 2008 WS Cox Plate winner Maldivian won this race in 2007 beating the handy stayer Douro Valley, who then went on to run second in that year's Caulfield Cup.
Inverloch (2020) ran second in a Handicap race over 2400m at Caulfield before scoring a narrow all the way victory in this event for Cranbourne training duo Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young.
Recent Easter Cup winners include Plein Ciel (2019) and Shoreham (2018).
2020 Easter Cup result
1. $4.20 Inverloch 56.5 Michael Dee
2. $101.00 Midterm 56.0 Ben Thompson
3. $19.00 Savacool 56.0 Mark Zahra
then followed
4. $11.00 So Si Bon 59.5 Luke Nolen
5. $101.00 Haky 58.0 Declan Bates
6. $31.00 Vegas Knight 56.0 Brett Prebble
7. $5.00 Secret Blaze 57.0 Jamie Kah
8. $101.00 Ventura Storm 58.5 Noel Callow
9. $14.00 Hellova Street 60.5 Billy Egan
10. $11.00 Star Missile 56.0 Craig Williams
11. $5.00 Salsamor 56.5 Thomas Stockdale
12. $61.00 Neufbosc 58.5 Daniel Stackhouse
13. $7.50 Scarlet Dream 56.0 Dwayne Dunn
14. $91.00 Jaameh 59.5 Regan Bayliss
Margins: 0.2 len, 1.25 len
Time: 2:05.48
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Easter Cup winners & placegetters
| Year | Winner | 2nd | 3rd | Time |
| 2020 | Inverloch | Midterm | Savacool | 2:05.4 |
| 2019 | Plein Ciel | Furrion | Morton's Fork | 2.02.3 |
| 2018 | Shoreham | Odeon | Life Less Ordinary | 2:01.7 |
| 2017 | Observational | Second Bullet | Double Bluff | 2:01.1 |
| 2016 | Leebaz | Guardini | Observational | 2:02.1 |
| 2015 | Sertorius | Escado | Shoreham | 2:01.4 |
| 2014 | Our Voodoo Prince | Akzar | Stipulate | 2:04.0 |
| 2013 | Jet Away | Folding Gear | Whisper Downs | 2:03.8 |
| 2012 | Folding Gear | Viking Hero | Shewan | 2:01.5 |
| 2011 | Paddy O'Reilly | Fanjura | Launay | 2:02.7 |
| 2010 | Fanjura | Light Vision | Hissing Sid | 2:02.0 |
| 2009 | Miss Maren | Raffaello | Light Vision | 2:03.9 |
| 2008 | Like It Is | Sand Sweeper | Come Fly With Me | 2:03.4 |
| 2007 | Maldivian | Douro Valley | Spinney | 2:02.8 |
| 2006 | Casual Pass | Rubijon | Our Spur | 2:02.2 |
| 2005 | Show Barry | Lord Erin | Pretorius | 2:00.4 |
| 2004 | Tall Timbers | Sweet Corn | Domine | 2:02.9 |
| 2003 | Bush Padre | Gunnamatta | Lodger | 2:03.3 |
| 2002 | Thong Classic | Adolescence | Aquiver | 2:01.0 |
| 2001 | Adolescence | Flushed | Mr Prudent | 2:00.9 |
| 2000 | Litmus | Lady Elsie | Royal Caliph | 2:03.0 |
| 1999 | Il Don | Royal Caliph | Vonanne | 2:01.8 |
| 1998 | Vonanne | Miss Tessla | Sunny Lane | 2:03.3 |
| 1997 | True Identity | Royal Line | Bluestone | 2:01.9 |
| 1996 | Sober Suit | Toil | Cushman | 2:04.4 |
| 1995 | Regal Half | Toil | Bullwinkle | 2:02.9 |
| 1994 | Idea | State Taj | Sari Club | 2:01.7 |
| 1993 | Coolong Road | Mamzelle Perdu | Springhill Lad | 2:01.6 |
| 1992 | Mantlepiece | London Bridge | Mamzelle Perdu | 2:13.0 |
| 1991 | Ideal Centreman | Mantlepiece | Gamine | 2:03.3 |
| 1990 | Lord Palmeston | Go Timmy | Reputed | 2:02.6 |
| 1989 | Go Timmy | Kalahari | Dial Tone | 2:09.0 |
| 1988 | King Of Brooklyn | Black Charleston | Hallstrong | 2:00.9 |
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