Horse race
The Doomben Cup is a Brisbane Racing Club Group 1 Thoroughbred horse race for horses three years old and older, run under Weight for Age conditions over a distance of 2000 metres at Doomben Racecourse , Brisbane , Australia during the Queensland Winter Racing Carnival.[ 1] Total prize money is A$ 1,000,000.
History
The race was first held in 1933 as a principal race won by Pentheus in a time of 2.05.7 over the 10 furlongs .[ 1]
Among the outstanding stayers to win the Doomben Cup in its early years include Bernborough in 1946.[ 1] The New Zealand bred Rough Habit won the race three times from 1991–1993.[ 1] The only dual winners are Earlwood (1959–1960), Scenic Shot (2009 and 2011) and Huetor (2022–2023).
Only two horses have won the Doomben Cup-Brisbane Cup double:[ 1]
Lord Hybrow (1988) and Scenic Shot (2009)
Name
1933–1982 - BATC Doomben Cup
1983–1987 - XXXX Cup
1988 - Channel Nine Cup[ 2]
1989–1991 - XXXX Cup
1992 onwards - Doomben Cup
Grade
1933–1979 - Principal Race
1980 onwards - Group 1
Distance
1933–1937 - 1+ 1 ⁄4 miles (~2000 metres)
1938–1972 - 1+ 3 ⁄8 miles (~2200 metres)
1973–1988 – 2200 metres
1989 – 2160 metres[ 3]
1990–2005 – 2020 metres
1996 – 2040 metres[ 4]
1997–2006 – 2200 metres
2007–2011 – 2020 metres
2012 onwards - 2000 metres
Records
Two jockeys have won the race three times:[ 5]
Maurice McCarten (1933, 1934, 1940) and also as a trainer in 1952
Jim Cassidy (1991–1993) on Rough Habit
Two trainers have won the race three times:[ 5]
Winners
2024 - Bois D'Argent[ 6]
2023 - Huetor[ 7]
2022 - Huetor[ 8]
2021 - Zaaki [ 9]
2020 - ‡race not held
2019 - Kenedna[ 10]
2018 - Comin' Through[ 11]
2017 - Sense Of Occasion[ 12]
2016 - Our Ivanhowe[ 13]
2015 - Pornichet[ 14]
2014 - Streama[ 15]
2013 - Beaten Up[ 16]
2012 - Mawingo[ 17]
2011 - Scenic Shot[ 18]
2010 - Metal Bender[ 19]
2009 - Scenic Shot[ 20]
2008 - Sarrera[ 21]
2007 - Cinque Cento[ 22]
2006 - Above Deck[ 23]
2005 - Perlin[ 24]
2004 - Defier[ 25]
2003 - Bush Padre[ 26]
2002 - Mr. Bureaucrat[ 27]
2001 - King Keitel[ 28]
2000 - Akhenaton[ 29]
1999 - Intergaze[ 30]
1998 - Might and Power [ 31]
1997 - Sapio[ 32]
1996 - Juggler[ 4]
1995 - Danewin[ 33]
1994 - Durbridge[ 34]
1993 - Rough Habit [ 35]
1992 - Rough Habit[ 36]
1991 - Rough Habit[ 37]
1990 - Eye Of The Sky[ 38]
1989 - Abstraction[ 3]
1988 - Lord Hybrow[ 2]
1987 - Dandy Andy[ 39]
1986 - Les' Choice[ 40]
1985 - Mr. Trick[ 41]
1984 - Hussar's Command[ 42]
1983 - Lord Seaman[ 43]
1982 - Double You Em
1981 - Pelican Point
1980 - Golden Rhapsody
1979 - Waitangirua
1978 - Marceau
1977 - Grey Affair
1976 - Cheyne Walk
1975 - Golden Khan
1974 - Lord Ben
1973 - Lord Nelson
1972 - Knee High
1971 - Tails
1970 - Divide And Rule
1969 - Dual Control
1968 - Sandy's Hope
1967 - Bore Head
1966 - Winfreux
1965 - River Seine
1964 - Striking Force
1963 - Maspero
1962 - Samson
1961 - High Society
1960 - Earlwood
1959 - Earlwood
1958 - Book Link
1957 - Prince Delville
1956 - Fair Chance
1955 - Persian Link
1954 - Euphrates
1953 - French Echo
1952 - Tossing
1951 - Gay Felt
1950 - Dream
1949 - Rio Fe
1948 - Forge
1947 - Dark Marne
1946 - Bernborough
1945 - Repshot
1944 - Bahtheon
1943 - Qualeta
1942 - Wiseland
1941 - Lord Valentine
1940 - Beaulivre
1939 - Cooranga
1938 - Brown Lance
1937 - First Buzzard
1936 - Verdun
1935 - Serlodi
1934 - Whittingham
1933 - Pentheus
See also
References