Newcastle Gold Cup

The Newcastle Gold Cup is a Newcastle Jockey Club Group 3 Australian Thoroughbred open handicap horse race over a distance of 2300 metres, held at Broadmeadow Racecourse in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia in September. Total prize money for the race is A$300,000.

History

Grade

1898-1980 - Principal Race
1981-1984 - Group 3
1985-2001 - Group 2
2001 onwards - Group 3

Distance

1898-1906 - 1 miles
1907 - 1 miles
1908-1935 - 1 miles
1936 - 1 miles
1937 - 1 miles
1938 - 1 miles
1939-1943 - 1 miles
1944 - 1 miles
1945-1971 - 1 miles
1972-1977 – 2250 metres
1978 – 2300 metres
1979-1980 – 2250 metres
1981-1991 – 2300 metres
1992-2000 – 2400 metres
2001-2015 - 2300 metres
2016 - 2200 metres
2017 onwards - 2300 metres

Winners