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Geraldton Gold Cup

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The Geraldton Cup is an unlisted Thoroughbred horse race, held at the Geraldton Racecourse, 435 km north of Perth, Western Australia. Hosted by the Geraldton Turf Club, the Gold Cup is raced over 2100m.

The Cup was first run on 8 December 1887 with a winner's purse of £300. The race staged over 3,200 metres was won by Baron Necktar, a full brother to Dunlop the Melbourne Cup winner of the same year. Baron Necktar travelled by steamer from Albany.[1][2]

Alana Williams was the first female jockey to win the Cup in 2004 with Colorado Rover for Kim Anderson.

Tapdog, a gelding by Bletcharm, became the first horse to win the race three times with victories in 2002, 2006 and 2007.[3]

The 2013 winner, Black Tycoon went on to win the 2013 Hyperion Stakes (Group 3), 2014 Perth Cup (Group 2) and listed Tattersal's Cup (Ascot).

Recent results

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Year
Date
Stake
Winner
Sex
Sire
Dam
Trainer(s)
Jockey
Time
Barrier
Second
Third
2024[4] Sunday 7 April $125,000 What A Prince[5] gelding All Too Hard Shadow Card Barry Newnham (Deepdale) Chris Nicholl 2:11.80 1 Beats Of War Gold Friars
2023[6] Sunday 16 April $100,000 Come Right Back gelding Toronado (IRE) Sense of Purpose Adam Durrant (Karnup) William Pike 2:13.26 7 Gold Friars Sluice Box
2022[7][8] Sunday 10 April $100,000 Sugar Cain mare Americain Mustang Sally Grant Williams (Karnup) Patrick Carbery 2:15.24 5 Off Wego Black Money
2021[9] Sunday 18 April 2021 $99,000 Big Shot Paddy gelding Musket Pause John Reynolds Chris Graham 2:11.21 8 Vintage Stock Divine Shadow
2020[10][11] Sunday 19 April $109,000 Freez'emoff mare Frost Giant (USA) Keep'emoff (NZ) Graeme Hammarquist (Walkaway) Kyra Yuill 2:12.43 10 Proxy Defiantly
2019[12] Sunday 14 April $109,000 Media Baron gelding Written Tycoon Silentium David Harrison (Serpentine) Troy Turner 2:13.00 9 No Say In It Freedom By Choice
2018[13] Sunday 15 April $109,000 At The Ready gelding Myboycharlie (IRE) She's Ready Adam Durrant (Karnup) Chris Parnham 2:11.57 6 Freedom by Choice Three Generations
2017[14] 2 April 2017 $100,000 Wayside gelding Choisir Jeanetta Cochrane (IRE) Robert Harvey Shaun McGruddy 2:09.25 3 Falcon Crest Freedom By Choice
2016[15] Sunday 10 April $108,000 Preselection mare Authorized (IRE) Secret Women's Biz Alan Mathews (Muchea) Ellie Cockram 2:11.04 1 Paseo Del Prado Who's to Blame
2015[16] 22 March 2015 $90,000 Ora Dare gelding Oratorio Brodrae Adam Durrant Peter Hall 2:10.45 1 Paseo Del Prado Friarday.
2014[17] 23 March $80,000 Cyber Crime gelding Success Express (USA) Stashed (NZ) Alan Mathews Patrick Carbery 2:10.58 6 Gold Broker Desert Glow
2013.[18][19] 7 April $80,000 Black Tycoon gelding Blackfriars Dame Fontaine Justin Warwick Troy Turner 2:08.86 7 Moonlight Bay Hel Cool
2012[20] 25 March $80,000 Great'n'Grey gelding Verglas (IRE) Impressario Stephen Miller Shaun Meeres 2:07.92 9 Hibernian The Purple Parrot
2011[21] 27 March $80,000 I Don't Recall gelding Diatribe Confidential Miss Alan Matthews Peter Knuckey 2:08.45 4 Rich Success Amberlyn
2010[22] Sunday 28 March $80,000 Calico Blue mare Serheed (USA) Royal Guilt Rhona MacPhilomey Mark Forder 2:08.80 8 Great Destiny Our Katarina
2009[23] 11 January $80,000 Black Amber mare Blackfriars Amber Spree Clive Lauritzen Roy McKay 2:09.04 (2100m) 6 Terra Doro Grey Monarch
2008[24] Sunday 13 January $70,000 Riding On A Storm gelding Torrential (USA) Faraway Places Neil Sinclair Peter Farrell 2:07.70 1 Solar Impact Our Fuji Mak
2007[25] Sunday 14 January $60,000 Tapdog gelding Bletcharm Star Jazz (IRE) Clive Lauritzen Roy McKay 2:08.43 10 Kia Ora Miss Storm Coast .
2006[26] 15 January $40,000 Tapdog gelding Bletcharm Star Jazz (IRE) Clive Lauritzen Roy McKay 2:07.58 10 Kontiki Sir Solar Impact
2005[27] January 16 $30,000 Elvis Rules gelding Tenby (GB) Jubilee Joy (AUS) Tom Brown Shaun McGruddy 2:07.58 1 Colins Street Polish Raider
2004[28] Sunday 18 January $30,000 Colorado River gelding River Rough (NZ) Lady Be Mine Kim Anderson Alana Williams 2:03.02 (2000m) 4 Special Clearance Alibi Bay
2003[29] Sunday 19 January $28,000 Robe River Man gelding Metal Storm (Fra) Al Hindar Brian Keys Roy McKayin 2:02.38 (2000m) 10 Latest Sovereign Big Bank
2002[30] Sunday 14 April $25,000 Tapdog gelding Bletcharm Star Jazz (IRE) Clive Lauritzen Chris Usher 2:08.65 (2100m) 7 Sir Donald Scene Dream
2001[31] Saturday 21 April $25,000 Sir Donald gelding Rubiton Etoile D'Or (NZ) Garry Delane Daniel Staeck 2:20.04 (2200m, Ascot) 1 Sea Gambler Dynaliebe

Past winners

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Year
Winner
Notes
2000 Interest Free
1999 Mount Henry
1998 Boston Blue
1997 Clan West
1996 The Walrus
1995 Pago Music
1994 The Walrus
1993 Pago Magic
1992 Top Voltage
1991 Mr. Geraldton
1990 Great Fellow
1989 Brazen Face
1987 Stylish Lord
1986 Calingiri Cityv
1985 Mick's Lad
1984 Star Warning
1983 Stock Market
1982 Outcome
1981 Russian Robert
1980 Kens Marty
1979 Jimadaw
1978 Under Control
1977 Racaralma Trainer: Clive Lauritzen.
1976 Sun City Boy
1975 Royal Hand. Trainer: Clive Lauritzen.
1974 Royal Hand. Trainer: Clive Lauritzen.
1973 Yalbra Lass
1972 Hecoelse
1971 Hecoelse
1970 Tribal Warrior
1969 Degray Boy
HACK RACING ENDS
1968 Golden Spur
1967 Top Hat
1966 Alight
1965 Red Warrior
1964 Watersan
1963 Sahara Desert Max Ramsay, was the first rider to win successive cups after winning with Sahara Desert and Solerial
1962 Solerial
1961 Omega
1960 Beau Cunje
1959 Buttarabby
1958 Mica Hill
1957 Heather Law
1956 King David
1955 Dream Star
1954 Near Me
1953 Dark Magic
1952 Firestone
1951 Waitabit
1950 Shocking
1949 Bundear
1948 Gay Shock
1947 Tamala Lass
1946 Bright Gleam
1945 High Star
1944 Marega
HACK RACING CONDITIONS COMMENCE
1940-1943 NO CUPS DUE TO WW2
1939 His Best
1938 Cattle Chosen
1937 Day Stream [32]
1936 Meteoru
1935 NO GERALDTON CUP RAN
1934 Greek Key
1933 Whiddon
1932 Green Hills
1931 Bombadu
1930 Ayrville Green
1929 Darenth
1928 Cap
1927 Cap
1926 NO GERALDTON CUP DUE TO CHANGE OF DATES
1925 Rosy Red
1924 Maupeon
1923 Maupeon
1922 Ayrton
1921 Channel Fleet
1920 Solifinhar
1919 Wax Palm
1915-1918 NO CUPS DUE TO WW1
1914 Mural Boy
1913 Keer Weer
1912 Marksman [33]
1911 Muralite
1910 Prominence
1909 Durrwitt
Calstock
Dead heat. F.Coleman was the second person to own, train and ride the cup winner
1908 Gold Streak
1907 Bundaleer
1906 Wallace Park
1905 Radium
1904 Coronation
1903 Fair Sex
1902 Orphan Boy
1901 Aqua
1900 Asteroid
1899 First Mate
1898 Casina
1897 Golden King
1863 Purser
1895 Sunbeam
1894 Carbine George Towton was the first to own, train and ride the cup winner
1893 Durable
1892 Pilgrim
1891 Lord Byron
1890 Lottery
1889 Wandering Willie Also won the Perth Cup, Railway Stakes and Queen’s Plate
1888 Aim Ford
1887 Baron Nectar [34]

References

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Geraldton Cup Weekend - Life of the Country - Geraldton Cup Weekend, produced by Country Cups TV, presented by Alana McLean, 2015

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