Caulfield Cup

The Caulfield Cup. Winners, Past Results and History.

The Caulfield Cup is a Melbourne Racing Club Group one Australian horse race and is one of Australia's toughest open handicap races.

It is contested over a distance of 2400 metres and is held at Caulfield Racecourse in Melbourne in October during the Spring Racing Carnival.

Prize money for the Caulfield Cup is worth 2.5 million dollars.

The first Caulfield Cup run was in 1879 and was won by Newminster.

This race is an important lead up race to the Melbourne Cup.

The Caulfield Cup is a race which has been won by some of the best horses in Australia and has long been the first "leg" of Australia's most popular betting double, linking with the Melbourne Cup.

The 2009 Caulfield Cup was won by Viewed who defeated stablemate Roman Emperor second, while Vigor ran third.

The 2010 Caulfield Cup will be run on the 16th October, 2010.

Find below other interesting facts about the great race, The Caulfield Cup....

MOST SUCCESSFUL JOCKEY IN THE CAULFIELD CUP:
Scobie Breasley, 5 wins
Damien Oliver, 4 four wins
Frank Demsey, 3 wins
Neville Sellwood, 3 wins
Mick Mallyon, 3 wins

MOST SUCCESSFUL FEMALE TRAINERS IN THE CAULFIELD CUP:
1998 Lady Herries - Taufan's Melody
2001 Sheila Laxon - Ethereal

MOST SUCCESSFUL TRAINER IN THE CAULFIELD CUP:
Bart Cummings, 7 wins
Tommy Smith, 4 wins
Jack Holt, 3 wins
CT Godby, 3 wins
H McCalman, 3 wins

LONGEST PRICED WINNERS IN THE CAULFIELD CUP:
1884 Blink Bonny  50-1
1902 Lieutenant Bill  40-1
1936 Northwind  66-1
1943 Saint Warden  100-1
1988 Imposera  50-1
1998 Taufan's Melody  66-1

SHORTEST PRICED FAVORITES IN THE CAULFIELD CUP:
ran 6th: 8-11 Tobin Bronze
first : 4-6 Tulloch
first : 5-4 Manfred
first : 7-4 Eurythmic
first : 7-4 Rising Fast
ran 3rd: 7-4 Comic Court
ran 3rd: 7-4 Sir Simpe
ran 8th: 7-4 Pink Un

FALLS IN THE CAULFIELD CUP:
1885 17 of 44 horses fell at the turn into the straight, resulting in the death of jockey Donald Nicholson (considered Australia's worst race fall)
1906  7 horses

PROTESTS IN THE CAULFIELD CUP:
1893 Tim Swiveller won, but was disqualified for pushing another horse out of the race (name of that horse was boring) 1969 Nausori came in first, a protest by jockey Roy Higgins on Big Filou for interference at the furlong pole (200m) was upheld.

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