The Singapore Cup, which is run in May of each year, is part of the World Series Racing Championship and is the country’s richest thoroughbred race with a purse of $3,000,000.
Race Type: Group 1
Distance: 2000m
Track: Kranji, Singapore
Sponsored by Singapore Airlines, the race is run over a distance of 2,000 meters at the Singapore Turf Club in Kranji, Singapore. The Singapore Cup was first held in 2000 and has always been sponsored by the airlines. The race attained Group One status in 2002.
The Singapore Cup, which is run on turf, is for three-year-olds and up and is limited to 16 starters. Three-year-olds carry 50 kgs and four-year-olds and up carry 57 kgs. There is a 1.5 kg allowance for fillies and mares.
The owner of the winning horse in 2006 claimed $1,275,000 of the $3,000,000 prize money. The winning trainer received S$172,500 and the jockey received $142,500. The second place horse earned $480,000 and third place was worth $240,000.
In 2006, top horses from six countries – Australia, Hong Kong, Japan, South Africa, the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia – took on seven of Singapore’s best during the Singapore Cup.
Cosmo Bulk, a horse from Japan, bested the rest of the field to win the 2006 cup. The five-year-old carried 57 kgs and is owned by Misako Okada, trained by Kazunori Tabe and ridden by Fuyuki Igarashi. King And King was second and Bowman’s Crossing finished third. An estimated two billion viewers worldwide saw the event on either television or the
Internet.
In the six Singapore Cup races held since its inception, champions have come from six different countries. Ouzo, from New Zealand, won the inaugural race in 2000. Endless Hall, Great Britain, captured the 2001 championship; Grandera, United Arab Emirates, won in 2002; Epala, Germany, in 2004; Mummify, Australia, in 2005; and Cosmo Bulk, Japan, 2006.
The Singapore Cup was cancelled in 2003 because of the SARS virus scare.
Past winners of the Singapore Cup:
| 2009 – Gloria de Campeao 2008 – Jay Peg 2007 – Shadow Gate 2006 – Cosmo Bulk 2005 – Mummify |
2004 – Epala 2003 – (event was cancelled) 2002 – Grandera 2001 – Endless Hall 2000 – Ouzo |
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