Newcastle Gold Cup
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 Russia, 1944 winner | |
| Class | Group 3 |
|---|---|
| Location | Newcastle Racecourse, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia |
| Inaugurated | 1898 |
| Race type | Thoroughbred - flat |
| Sponsor | Sharp Office (2025) |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 2,300 metres |
| Surface | Turf |
| Track | Right-handed |
| Qualification | open |
| Weight | open handicap |
| Purse | A$300,000 (2025) |
| Bonuses | Winner exemption from a ballot on The Metropolitan |
The Newcastle Gold Cup is a Newcastle Jockey Club Group 3 Australian Thoroughbred open handicap horse race over a distance of 2300 metres, held at Broadmeadow Racecourse in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia in September. Total prize money for the race is A$300,000.[1]
1947 racebook
1947 NJC Newcastle Cup racebook front cover
1947 NJC Newcastle Cup raceday officials
1947 NJC Newcastle Cup general notices to public
1947 NJC Newcastle Cup showing the winner, Buonarroti Boy
1947 NJC Newcastle Cup starters and results
1947 NJC Newcastle Cup starters and results
Back cover showing charges at the entrance gates
Grade
- 1898–1980 - Principal Race
- 1981–1984 - Group 3
- 1985–2001 - Group 2
- 2001 onwards - Group 3
Distance
- 1898–1906 - 13⁄8 miles
- 1907 - 11⁄4 miles
- 1908–1935 - 13⁄8 miles
- 1936 - 11⁄4 miles
- 1937 - 13⁄8 miles
- 1938 - 11⁄4 miles
- 1939–1943 - 13⁄8 miles
- 1944 - 11⁄4 miles
- 1945–1971 - 13⁄8 miles
- 1972–1977 – 2250 metres
- 1978 – 2300 metres
- 1979–1980 – 2250 metres
- 1981–1991 – 2300 metres
- 1992–2000 – 2400 metres
- 2001–2015 - 2300 metres
- 2016 - 2200 metres
- 2017 onwards - 2300 metres