The Raffles Cup is a Thoroughbred horse race

Thoroughbred horse race

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 held annually in the first week of November at Kranji Racecourse

Kranji Racecourse

The Singapore Racecourse is a venue for Thoroughbred horse racing in the Kranji area of Singapore. Built and operated by the Singapore Turf Club, it opened in 2000 as a modern replacement for the Bukit Timah Race Course....

 in Singapore

Singapore

Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...

. Contested on turf

Grass

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 over a left-handed course, the domestic Group One

Group One

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 race is run over a distance 1800 meters (1.12 miles / 9 furlong

Furlong

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s) and is open to horses age three and older.

The Raffles Cup was inaugurated in 1991 at the Bukit Timah Race Course

Bukit Timah Race Course

The Bukit Timah Race Course was a venue for Thoroughbred horse racing in the Bukit Timah area of Singapore. Built by the Bukit Timah Turf Club, it was opened on April 15, 1933 by the Sir Cecil Clementi, Governor of Singapore...

 and raced there through 1999 when the track was closed to be replaced by the new Kranji Racecourse. It was raced at 1600 meters from 1991 through 2000 then in 2001 it was changed to its present distance of 1800 meters.

Named for Sir Stamford Raffles

Stamford Raffles

Sir Thomas Stamford Bingley Raffles, FRS was a British statesman, best known for his founding of the city of Singapore . He is often described as the "Father of Singapore"...

, founder of Singapore, the Raffles Cup is the second leg of the Singapore Triple Crown. It comes after the Kranji Mile

Kranji Mile

The Kranji Mile is a Thoroughbred horse race held annually in the third week of October at Kranji Racecourse in Singapore. Contested on turf over a left-handed course, the domestic Group One race is run over a distance 1600 meters and is open to horse age three and older.The Kranji Mile was...

  and is followed by the Singapore Gold Cup

Singapore Gold Cup

The Singapore Gold Cup is a Thoroughbred horse race held annually at the end of November at Kranji Racecourse in Singapore. Contested on turf over a left-handed course, the domestic Group One race is run over a distance 2200 meters and is open to domestic horses age three and older.The Singapore...

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Records

Speed record:

• 1:48.0 - Chevron (2008)

Most wins by an owner:

• 3 - Auric Stable (1993, 1994, 1995)

Most wins by a jockey

Jockey

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• 3 - Kim Clapperton (1993, 1994, 1995)

Most wins by a trainer

Horse trainer

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• 4 - Teh Choon Beng (1991, 1993, 1994, 1995)

Winners

Year	Winner	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time
2010	Better Than Ever Better Than Ever Better Than Ever, ia a Thoroughbred racehorse gelding that was foaled in 2006, in Australia. He is the first racehorse to establish a streak of 10 consecutive wins on the Malayan Racing Association circuit.-Breeding:...	Saimee Jumaat	L Laxon		1:47.38
2009	Cheyenne Dancer	D Beasley	M Freedman		1:47.07
2008	Chevron	Saimee Jumaat	Charles Leck	Redcap Stable	1:48.0
2007	Lim's Objective	K. B. Soo	John Meagher	Lim's Stable	1:49.0
2006	Lim's Classic	Ismail Saifudin	John Meagher	Lim's Stable	1:51.5
2005	Big Easy	S. Sam	Laurie Laxon	Perfectum Stable	1:50.5
2004	Mayo's Music	Mark Zahra	John Meagher	Kings Stable	1:51.1
2003	Zirna	Mark du Plessis	Malcolm Thwaites	Westbury Stable	1:49.5
2002	Smart Bet	Grant Cooksley	Mohd Yusof	Smart Bet Stable	1:50.0
2001	Tapildo	Eddie Wilkinson	Laurie Laxon	Silver Fern Racing Stable	1:49.3
2000	Con Air	Craig Carmody	Don Baertschiger	Sally A. Baertschiger	1:35.7
1999	Ouzo	Saimee Jumaat	Malcolm Thwaites	Eres Tu No 2 Stable	1:35.0
1998	Flint Zest	Michael Coleman	Francis Nathan	Good Field Stable	1:41.2
1997	Hippo Valour	K. C. Ng	Charles Leck	Good Field Stable	1:34.9
1996	Emerald Isles	W. H. Lao	Charles Leck	Aspiration Stable	1:34.2
1995	Starman II	Kim Clapperton	Teh Choon Beng	Auric Stable	1:34.7
1994	The Mailman	Kim Clapperton	Teh Choon Beng	Auric Stable	1:34.8
1993	Storm	Kim Clapperton	Teh Choon Beng	Auric Stable	1:37.6
1992	Hard Rock	Rick Dominguez	K. C. Yeoh	Kuo Stable	1:38.2
1991	Tuneful Melody	Ismail Ismadi	Teh Choon Beng	Chen's Stable	1:36.2