Geelong Cup

Geelong Cup
Group 3 race
LocationGeelong Racecourse, Geelong, Australia
Inaugurated1872
Race typeThoroughbred
SponsorBet365 (2022)
WebsiteGeelong Racing Club
Race information
Distance2,400 metres
SurfaceTurf
TrackLeft-handed
QualificationOpen
WeightHandicap
Purse$500,000 (2022)

The Geelong Cup is a Geelong Racing Club Group 3 Thoroughbred horse race, held under handicap conditions over a distance of 2400 metres at the Geelong Racecourse, Geelong, Victoria, Australia on a Wednesday in late October.[1] The prize money for the race is A$500,000,[2] and the race is considered one of the most reliable guides to the result of the Melbourne Cup.[3]

  1. ^ "Geelong Racing Club: Past Winners". Archived from the original on 19 July 2008. Retrieved 5 August 2008.
  2. ^ "Winners and Past Results for the Geelong Cup". Progroupracing.com (Aus). 2014. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
  3. ^ Andrew Eddy (23 October 2007). "Geelong Cup again a good guide". The Age. Retrieved 5 August 2008.