CAULFIELD CUP

The Caulfield Cup At Caulfield Racecourse

Caulfield Cup is rated to among the richest horse races in Australia, and it is held over a distance of 2,400 meters or a metric mile and a half. This is an annual race that is handicapped just like in Melbourne Cup and this translate that competing horses for this race are also capable of racing on every first Tuesday in November. Performing well in this race will enable one to be able to qualify for the Melbourne Cup.

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Caulfield Race Track

This years Caulfield Cup will take place on Saturday, October 15 during the highly esteemed Melbourne spring racing carnival. The race was inaugurated in 1879, and the race type is a thoroughbred flat racing. Qualification for the race is for horses that are three years old and above. The weight category is handicap, and it is a Group 1 type of race.

A horse that is able to win the Caulfield Cup and the Melbourne Cup in the same year is said to have won the cup double. In the history of the competition, only eleven horses have been able to achieve this feat. In 1906, Poseidon won the double, and in 1937, The Trump won the double. In 1939, Rising Fast achieved the feat while in 1962 Even Stevens won it. In 1966 it was the run of Galilee to win the double, while in 1982 it was the turn of Lets Elope. Other winners of the double include Dorimeus in 1995, Might and Power in 1997 and Ethereal in 2001. A jockey by the name of Scobie Breasley rode the winning horse in four consecutive races in the Caulfield Cup. A trainer by the name of Bart Cummings has the enviable record of having trained 7 horses who went on to win the event.

After the Melbourne Cup, Caulfield Cup is the most followed event in the calendar of horse racing in Australia. The Caulfield Guineas and the thousand Guineas are two events that are help prior to the Caulfield Cup and they serve as a form guide for the cup. Many horses will seek to win the double, while punters are attracted to the prospects of making pickings form one of the richest and most prestigious international horse races. Since 1998, the event has been open to the international competition, and that year a horse that was bred in British duly obliged by giving punters a chance to stake a claim in winnings, while a decade later another horse called All The Good also won.

An automatic entry to the Caulfield Cup is given to winners of a Group 2 race, and there are several races that are a good form guide for the event. These races include a race called Wakeful Stakes, and there are spring races that may also give you a clue to the likely winner of the competition. These races include the Craven Plate and Autumn Classic. The most successful jockey in the history of the competition is Scobie Breasley who has won it five times, Damien Oliver with four wins, and Frank Demsey, Neville Sellwood and Mick Mallyon with three wins each. The most successful female trainers in the competition include Lady Herries who led Taufans Melody to victory in 1998, Sheila Laxon who led Ethereal to victory in 2001 and Gai Waterhouse who led Descarado to victory in the 2010 edition of this prestigious competition.

Betting options in the Caulfield Cup are open for months in advance of this race taking place. This is usually around the nomination stage. The ante-markets have proven to be lucrative, and the generous early odds that are on offer means that as a punter, you can win even more money, and the best method of accessing such prices is on the internet. There are many online bookmakers that offer you a bonus bet when you sign up. Once you have opened an account and you have made your deposit, a free bonus bet is made available to you 24 hours later. Trusted bookmakers include Sports Bet and Luxbet. A popular market is the Caulfield Cup and Melbourne Cup double, and the horses to watch are the ones that win the early spring carnival races.