• Source: Victoria Cup (harness race)

The Victoria Cup is the premier middle distance harness race of Australia. Conducted over 2575m, rather than the staying distance of over 3000m or the sprint distance of under 2000m, the Victoria Cup was run at the Melbourne Showgrounds up until 1975, when it was shifted to Moonee Valley. In 2009 the SEW Eurodrive Victoria Cup will be run at Harness Racing Victoria's new venue, Melton Entertainment Park at Melton. The race has been part of the Australasian Grand Circuit since 1987. Conducted in February from 1987 to 2003, the race is now conducted over two nights in December, alongside the Australasian Trotting Grand Prix.
The race record of 1.56.7 was set by Chokin (NZ) in 1994 when the race was run over 2380m. The race shifted to 2570m or 2575m due to a track upgrade. Double Identity in December 2003 held the record of a mile rate of 1.57.2 over the 2575m trip until Melpark Major's track record breaking performance of 1:55.8 in the 2008 event.




Winners


1974 - King's Mead (Standing Start)
1975 - King Frost (Standing Start)
1976 - Don't Retreat
1977 - Paleface Adios
1978 - Koala King
1979 - Koala King
1980 - Koala King
1981 - Frosty Imp
1982 - Popular Alm
1983 - Popular Alm
1984 - Preux Chevalier
1985 - Not Held
1987 (Feb) - Bag Limit
1988 - Bag Limit
1989 - Sinbad Bay
1990 - Sovereign Cloud
1991 - Sinbad Bay
1992 - Franco Ice (NZ)
1993 - Master Musician (NZ)
1994 - Chokin (NZ)
1995 - Golden Reign
1996 - Desperate Comment (NZ)
1997 - Desperate Comment (NZ)
1998 - Brabham (NZ)
1999 - Holmes D G (NZ)
2000 - Breeny's Fella
2001 - Shakamaker
2002 - Jofess
2003 (Feb) - Young Rufus (NZ)
2003 (Dec) - Double Identity
2004 - Sokyola (NZ)
2005 - Be Good Johnny
2006 - Blacks A Fake
2007 - Robin Hood
2008 - Melpark Major
2009 - Bettor's Strike (NZ)
2010 - Mr Feelgood
2011 - Smoken Up (NZ)
2012 - Caribbean Blaster
2013 - For A Reason
2014 - no race
2015 - Christen Me (NZ)
2016 - Lennytheshark
2017 - Lazarus (NZ)
2017 - Lennytheshark
2018 - Tiger Tara (NZ)
2019 - Bling It On
2020 - Lochinvar Art
2021 - Max Delight
2022 - Rock N Roll Doo (NZ)
2023 - Act Now
2024 - Swayzee




See also


Miracle Mile Pace
A G Hunter Cup
Inter Dominion Pacing Championship
New Zealand Trotting Cup
Queensland Pacing Championship
Harness racing in Australia
Harness racing in New Zealand




References






External links


Official SEW-Eurodrive Victoria Cup Carnival Website

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• Victoria Cup (harness race)
• Harness racing
• Victoria Cup
• Yarra Glen, Victoria
• Harness racing in Australia
• Chariots of Fire (harness race)
• New Zealand Trotting Cup
• A G Hunter Cup
• List of horse racing venues
• The Race by Grins