The Big Dance Race Information
The Big Dance is a 1600 metre quality handicap race run by the Australian Turf Club on the first Tuesday in November. It is held at Randwick on the same day as the Melbourne Cup is run.
- Race Type: Listed
- Distance: 1600 metres
- Conditions: Quality handicap, 3YOs & upwards
- Track: Randwick Racecourse, Sydney, New South Wales
- Prizemoney: $2,000,000
- Date: Tuesday 5 November 2024
The Big Dance Race History
The Big Dance was announced as a new race to be run for the first time in 2022. It allows winners of 25 Country Cups across NSW to compete for the massive $2 million prizemoney. The field is drawn from the winners and runners-up of those races. Racing NSW then used the benchmark rating at the time of the final acceptances to rank the horses in order and determine the final field.
In 2024 it was given Listed status.
The races that give qualification are:
Race | Distance | Venue |
Goulburn Cup | 1400m | Goulburn |
Snake Gully Cup | 1400m | Gundagai |
Taree Cup | 2000m | Taree |
Mudgee Cup | 1600m | Mudgee |
Nowra Cup | 1600m | Nowra |
Armidale Cup | 1600m | Tamworth |
Moruya Cup | 1425m | Moruya |
Ballina Cup | 1590m | Ballina |
Bega Cup | 1600m | Sapphire Coast |
Albury Gold Cup | 2000m | Albury |
Muswellbrook Gold Cup | 1450m | Muswellbrook |
Orange Gold Cup | 2100m | Orange |
Tamworth Cup | 1400m | Tamworth |
Wagga Wagga Gold Cup | 2000m | Wagga |
Scone Cup | 1600m | Scone |
Wellington Cup | 1700m | Wellington |
South Grafton Cup | 1600m | Grafton |
Forbes Cup | 1600m | Forbes |
Coffs Harbour Cup | 1600m | Coffs Harbour |
Murwillumbah Cup | 1550m | Murwillumbah |
Dubbo Gold Cup | 1600m | Dubbo |
Lismore Cup | 2100m | Lismore |
Bathurst Cup | 1800m | Bathurst |
Port Macquarie Cup | 2000m | Port Macquarie |
Big Dance Wild Card | 1600m | Randwick |
Coonamble Cup | 1600m | Coonamble |
Goulburn Cup | 1400m | Goulburn |
Our Runner by Runner Previews
2024 The Big Dance Preview and results.
Useful Facts
To be held in 2022.
Past winners of The Big Dance
The Big Dance was held for the first time in 2022
Year | Winner | Second | Third |
2024 | Gringotts | Vivy Air | Suparazi |
2023 | Attractable | Cepheus | Super Helpful |
2022 | Rustic Steel | Cisco Bay | Sibaaq |