Moreton Cup
Horse race
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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 Eagle Farm Racecourse in Brisbane, Australia during the Queensland Winter Racing Carnival.[1][2]
ClassGroup 2
LocationEagle Farm Racecourse
Brisbane, Australia
Brisbane, Australia
Inaugurated1979 (as Katies Cup)
Race typeThoroughbred - Flat racing
| Class | Group 2 |
|---|---|
| Location | Eagle Farm Racecourse Brisbane, Australia |
| Inaugurated | 1979 (as Katies Cup) |
| Race type | Thoroughbred - Flat racing |
| Sponsor | Ladbrokes (2026) |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 1,200 metres |
| Surface | Turf |
| Track | Right-handed |
| Weight | Quality Handicap |
| Purse | A$300,000 (2026) |
| Bonuses | Exempt from ballot in Stradbroke Handicap and Tattersall's Tiara |
History
The inaugural running of the race was in 1979 as the Katies Cup[3]
Name
- 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
- 1979–1983 - Group 3
- 1984 onwards - Group 2 race
Distance
- 1979–2005 – 1200 metres
- 2006–2014 – 1300 metres
- 2015 – 1200 metres
- 2016 – 1300 metres
- 2017 onwards – 1200 metres
Other venues
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]
- 2015, 2017, 2019 - Doomben Racecourse[4]
- 2018 - Corbould Park Racecourse[5]
Winners
The following are past winners of the race.[6]
- 2026 - Uncommon James
- 2025 - Front Page
- 2024 - Vilana[7]
- 2023 - Prince Of Boom
- 2022 - Baller[8]
- 2021 - Baller[9]
- 2020 - ‡race not held[10]
- 2019 - Pretty In Pink[11]
- 2018 - The Monstar[12]
- 2017 - Deploy[13]
- 2016 - Spill The Beans[14]
- 2015 - Ball Of Muscle[15]
- 2014 - Sacred Star[16]
- 2013 - Galah[17]
- 2012 - Celtic Dancer[18]
- 2011 - Varrena Miss[19]
- 2010 - Catapulted[20]
- 2009 - Ortensia[21]
- 2008 - Chinchilla Rose[22]
- 2007 - Nova Star[23]
- 2006 - Messiaen[24]
- 2005 - Sir Breakfast[25]
- 2004 - Falkirk[26]
- 2003 - Into The Night[27]
- 2002 - Pembleton[28]
- 2001 - Century Kid[29]
- 2000 - Gallopini[30]
- 1999 - race not held
- 1998 - Scandinavia[31]
- 1997 - Celestial Choir[32]
- 1996 - Hareeba[33]
- 1995 - Bulldog Yeats[34]
- 1994 - Bellzevir[35]
- 1993 - Overpitch[36]
- 1992 - Schillaci[37]
- 1991 - Heavenly Knight[38]
- 1990 - Rechabite[39]
- 1989 - Vitalic[40]
- 1988 - race not held
- 1987 - Tolai[41]
- 1986 - Eye Of The Sky[42]
- 1985 - Pete's Choice[43]
- 1984 - Manuan[44]
- 1983 - Nosey Parker[45]
- 1982 - My Gold Hope[46]
- 1981 - Tulip Town
- 1980 - Winter's Dance[47]
- 1979 - Famoso Gris
‡ Not held because of the COVID-19 pandemic