Sydney Cup

Winners and Past Results.

The Sydney Cup is an Australian Turf Club Group 1 Australian quality open handiap horse race. FREE $200 Bet

It is contested over a distance of 3200 metres and is held annually at Randwick Racecourse in Sydney in April/May each year.

Prize money for the Sydney Cup is worth $400,000.

The Sydney Cup is held on the final Saturday of the Sydney Autumn Racing Carnival and includes three other Group 1 races on the program, the All Aged Stakes, Queen Elizabeth Stakes and the Champagne Stakes.

A good handicap event to watch as an indication for the Sydney Cup is the Group 1 Doncaster Handicap (1600) held the week before. However - regarded as the best guide is the 2600m Chairman's Handicap two weeks before.

Many Chairman's Handicap winners have continued on to take victory in the Sydney Cup including No Wine No Song (2008), Henderson Bay (2002), Linesman (1997) and King Aussie (1990). This Chairman's Handicap - Sydney Cup duo is a fantastic and highly popular betting double.

2012 Sydney Cup will be run on the 28/4/2012.

2011 Sydney Cup

Emergency runner Stand To Gain took out this Group 1 event, being slow away from the gates but finding his feet in the heavy conditions to go after early leader Solid Billing. The Irish import took the lead at the top of the straight and showed plenty of stamina to outlast his rivals and score an upset win. Fellow outsiders Older Than Time and Solid Billing filled the minor placings.

2011 Sydney Cup result

1. Stand To Gain
2. Older Than Time
3. Solid Billing

Then came:

4. C'est La Guerre
5. Macedonian
6. Laristan
7. Strike One
8. Count Encosta
9. Once Were Wild
10. Above Average
11. Muir
12. Saint Encosta
13. Bid Spotter

( Hawk Island and Tinseltown fell during the race)