Coongy Cup

Coongy Cup
registered as the Coongy Handicap
Group 3 race
LocationCaulfield Racecourse, Melbourne, Australia
Inaugurated1898
Race typeThoroughbredFlat racing
SponsorNeds (2022)
Race information
Distance2,000 metres
SurfaceTurf
TrackLeft-handed
QualificationMaidens ineligible
WeightHandicap
Purse$200,000 (2022)
BonusesWinner exempt from ballot in the Caulfield Cup (only if still on the Caulfield Cup entry list)

The Coongy Cup, registered as the Coongy Handicap, is a Melbourne Racing Club Group 3 Thoroughbred horse race held under open handicap conditions, for horses aged three years old and upwards, over a distance of 2000 metres, held at Caulfield Racecourse, Melbourne, Australia in October.[1] Total prize money is A$200,000.

  1. ^ "Winners and Past Results for the Coongy Handicap". Progroupracing.com (Aus). 2014. Retrieved 13 October 2014.