Surface: | Turf |
Class: | Group 3 |
Horse Race: | Summer Cup |
Location: | Randwick Racecourse Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
Inaugurated: | 1890 |
Race Type: | Thoroughbred – Flat racing |
Distance: | 2,000 metres |
Track: | Right-handed |
Qualification: | Three years old and older |
Weight: | Quality handicap |
Purse: | $160,000 (2021) |
Sponsor: | Schweppes (2021) |
The Summer Cup is an Australian Turf Club Group 3 Thoroughbred horse race held as a quality handicap for horses three years old and older and run over a distance of 2000 metres at Randwick Racecourse, Sydney, Australia in late December.[1] Total prize money for the race is A$160,000. The race was first run in 1890.
† Not held because of outbreak of equine influenza[40]
‡ Dead heat