Summer Cup

Winners and Past Results.

The Summer Cup is an Australian Turf Club Group 3 Austalian open handicap horse race.
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It is contested over a distance of 2400 metres and is held annually at Randwick Racecourse in Sydney in December.

Prize money for the Summer Cup is worth $125,000.

The race is run on Boxing day, the day after Christmas.

The Summer Cup is the main distance race held during the summer period in Sydney.

When doing the form look out for runners that did well in races such as the Group 2 Villiers Stakes raced over 1600 metres  at Randwick and the Listed Christmas Cup run over a distance of 2400 metres at Rosehill Racecourse.

The 2010 Summer Cup was won by Spechenka from Stike One with Let Them Have It third.

2010 Summer Cup

Spechenka showed his staying qualities, and set a 2400 metre course record at Royal Randwick in the process, to win the feature event. Spechenka scorched home from the back of the field, finishing well clear of Strike One with Let Them Have It further back in third.

2010 Summer Cup result

1. Spechenka
2. Strike One
3. Let Them Have It

Then came:

4. Lang
5. Bellagio Wynn
6. Beijing Boy
7. Rock Kingdom
8. Alexander of Hales
9. Two Towers
10. Jungle Rocket