The Singapore Gold Cup is a Thoroughbred horse race held annually at the end of November at Kranji Racecourse in Singapore. Contested on turf over a left-handed course, the domestic Group One race is run over a distance 2200 meters (1.37 miles) and is open to domestic horses age three and older.
The Singapore Gold Cup follows the Kranji Mile and the Raffles Cup as the third leg of the Singapore Triple Crown.
Inaugurated in 1924 at the Serangoon Road Race Course at Farrer Park, it was raced there until 1933 at which time it was moved to the new Bukit Timah Race Course. It remained there through 1999 when the Bukit Timah facility was closed to be replaced by the new Kranji Racecourse.
In 1958, Abdul Mawi became the first local jockey to win the Gold Cup. In 2008, El Dorado won the event, making him the first ever Japanese-bred horse trained in Singapore to win a Singapore Group 1 race.
Since to 2002, the race has been closed to international entries. The residency conditions are specified on the Singapore Turf Club website
As a result of World War II, there was no race run from 1942 through 1947.
Since inception the race has been contested at various distances:
- 2011.25 meters : 1924-1931, 1933–1935, 1948, 1965–1968
- 2011.25 (about) : 1936-1941, 1948, 1953–1964
- 2044.19 meters : 1949-1952
- 2212.375 meters : 1969-1975
- 2200 meters : 1976 to present
- 2414 meters : 1932
Famous quotes containing the words gold and/or cup:
“And the Goddess?
She stands
between the worlds.
She is ivory,
her breast bare, her bare arms
braceleted with gold snakes.”
—Denise Levertov (b. 1923)
“I know it does make people happy, but to me it is just like having a cup of tea.”
—Cynthia Paine (b. 1934)