Easter Cup
Encyclopedia
The Easter Cup is a Melbourne Racing Club
Group 3
Australia
n Thoroughbred
open handicap horse race, over a distance of 2000 metres. It is held annually at Caulfield Racecourse
in Melbourne
in April. Total prize money for the race is A$125,500.
Melbourne Racing Club
The Melbourne Racing Club is one of three metropolitan horse racing clubs in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It began life as the Victoria Amateur Turf Club in 1875 with Mr. E.C. Moore as the Club's first Secretary. The Dowling Forest Racecourse in Ballarat was the location for the first VATC race...
Group 3
Group races
Group races are the highest standard of Thoroughbred horseraces in Australia. The Australian Pattern Committee recommends to the Australian Racing Board which races shall be designated as Group races...
Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n Thoroughbred
Thoroughbred
The Thoroughbred is a horse breed best known for its use in horse racing. Although the word thoroughbred is sometimes used to refer to any breed of purebred horse, it technically refers only to the Thoroughbred breed...
open handicap horse race, over a distance of 2000 metres. It is held annually at Caulfield Racecourse
Caulfield Racecourse
Caulfield Racecourse is one of Melbourne, Australia's best-known horse-racing tracks. Commonly known as "The Heath" by local racegoers, it is located eight kilometres from the Melbourne CBD, on the boundary of Caulfield and Caulfield East in Melbourne's south eastern suburbs...
in Melbourne
Melbourne
Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...
in April. Total prize money for the race is A$125,500.
The winners
- 2011 Paddy O'Reilly
- 2010 Fanjura
- 2009 Miss Maren
- 2008 Like It Is
- 2007 Maldivian
- 2006 Casual Pass
- 2005 Show Barry
- 2004 Tall Timbers
- 2003 Bush Padre
- 2002 Thong Classic
- 2001 Adolescence
- 2000 Litmus
- 1999 Il Don
- 1998 Vonanne
- 1997 True Identity
- 1996 Sober Suit
- 1995 Regal Half
- 1994 Idea
- 1993 Coolong Road
- 1992 Mantlepiece
- 1991 Ideal Centreman
- 1990 Lord Palmeston
- 1989 Go Timmy
- 1988 King Of Brooklyn
- 1987 Dandy Andy
- 1986 Jewel Planet
- 1985 Nearco Fair