Moreton Cup

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Moreton Cup
ClassGroup 2
LocationDoomben Racecourse
Brisbane, Australia
Inaugurated1979 (as Katies Cup)
Race typeThoroughbred - Flat racing
SponsorThe Star (2025)
Race information
Distance1,200 metres
SurfaceTurf
TrackRight-handed
WeightQuality Handicap
PurseA$300,000 (2025)
BonusesExempt from ballot in Stradbroke Handicap and Tattersall's Tiara

The Moreton Cup is a Brisbane Racing Club Group 2 Australian Thoroughbred horse race held under open handicap conditions, over a distance of 1200 metres at Doomben Racecourse in Brisbane, Australia during the Queensland Winter Racing Carnival.[1] Prizemoney is A$300,000.[2]

History

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The inaugural running of the race was in 1979 as the Katies Cup[3]

  • 1979–1982 - Katies Cup[3]
  • 1983 - Westfield Cup
  • 1984–1990 - Ansett Cup
  • 1991 - Ansett Australia Cup
  • 1992 - QTC Cup
  • 1993–1995 - Qantas Cup
  • 1996–2016 - QTC Cup
  • 2017 onwards - Moreton Cup

Grade

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  • 1979–1983 - Group 3
  • 1984 onwards - Group 2 race

Distance

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  • 1979–2005 – 1200 metres
  • 2006–2014 – 1300 metres
  • 2015 – 1200 metres
  • 2016 – 1300 metres
  • 2017 onwards – 1200 metres

Venue

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Due to track reconstruction of Eagle Farm Racecourse for the 2014–15 racing season the event was transferred to Doomben Racecourse.[4] The event was moved in 2018 to the Sunshine Coast.[5]

Winners

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  • 2024 - Vilana[6]
  • 2023 - Prince Of Boom
  • 2022 - Baller[7]
  • 2021 - Baller[8]
  • 2020 - ‡race not held[9]
  • 2019 - Pretty In Pink[10]
  • 2018 - The Monstar[11]
  • 2017 - Deploy[12]
  • 2016 - Spill The Beans[13]
  • 2015 - Ball Of Muscle[14]
  • 2014 - Sacred Star[15]
  • 2013 - Galah[16]
  • 2012 - Celtic Dancer[17]
  • 2011 - Varrena Miss[18]
  • 2010 - Catapulted[19]
  • 2009 - Ortensia[20]
  • 2008 - Chinchilla Rose[21]
  • 2007 - Nova Star[22]
  • 2006 - Messiaen[23]
  • 2005 - Sir Breakfast[24]
  • 2004 - Falkirk[25]
  • 2003 - Into The Night[26]
  • 2002 - Pembleton[27]
  • 2001 - Century Kid[28]
  • 2000 - Gallopini[29]
  • 1999 - race not held
  • 1998 - Scandinavia[30]
  • 1997 - Celestial Choir[31]
  • 1996 - Hareeba[32]
  • 1995 - Bulldog Yeats[33]
  • 1994 - Bellzevir[34]
  • 1993 - Overpitch[35]
  • 1992 - Schillaci[36]
  • 1991 - Heavenly Knight[37]
  • 1990 - Rechabite[38]
  • 1989 - Vitalic[39]
  • 1988 - race not held
  • 1987 - Tolai[40]
  • 1986 - Eye Of The Sky[41]
  • 1985 - Pete's Choice[42]
  • 1984 - Manuan[43]
  • 1983 - Nosey Parker[44]
  • 1982 - My Gold Hope[45]
  • 1981 - Tulip Town
  • 1980 - Winter's Dance[46]
  • 1979 - Famoso Gris

‡ Not held because of the COVID-19 pandemic

See also

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References

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