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Caulfield Cup – 2024
About the Caulfield Cup 2024
2023’s Caulfield Cup is slated for Saturday 21st October at Caulfield Racecourse in Melbourne. Mark your diaries – this race is the feather in the cap of Melbourne Racing Club’s prestigious 3-day Spring Racing Carnival in October.
The event was first run in 1879 and won by Newminster.
Run over a distance of 2400 metres, under handicap conditions. The $5 million Group 1 Caulfield Cup is the most lucrative turf race of that distance, anywhere in the world. Ranking alongside the coveted Melbourne Cup in terms of prestige and popularity, the Caulfield Cup is the first leg of the spring Cup’s Double.
The Cup field attracts the season’s best stayers from both Australian and international racing stables.
It heralds the onset of elite racing for punters and racing enthusiasts around the nation. The Cox Plate takes place one week later at Moonee Valley, followed by the Melbourne Cup Carnival the following week at Flemington. These races make up the ‘Big 3′ of Australian racing.
Performances in the Caulfield Cup are one of the possible qualification methods for a run in the Melbourne Cup. Which is held 16 days later.
The Caulfield Cup training record is held by the late, great Bart Cummings who prepared seven Caulfield Cup winners including the dual champion Ming Dynasty (1977 and 1980).
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