4-459: The Moonee Valley Gold Cup is a registered Moonee Valley Racing Club Group 2 Thoroughbred horse race for horses aged four-years-old and upwards under Set Weights with penalties conditions, over a distance of 2,500 metres, held annually at Moonee Valley Racecourse , Melbourne , Australia in late October on the Friday before W. S. Cox Plate Day. Prize money is A$ 1,000,000. The event
8-461: Is Australia's oldest group 2 horse race. Moonee Valley Racing Club The Moonee Valley Racing Club (MVRC) was founded by William Samuel (W.S.) Cox) , in 1883 is located at The Valley Racecourse on McPherson Street, Moonee Ponds (a suburb of Melbourne , Victoria , Australia ). It is one of three racing clubs in the Melbourne metropolitan area;
12-595: Is the last major long distance event to be run before the Melbourne Cup . Kingston Rule was the only horse to win the Melbourne Cup after winning the Moonee Valley Cup in the same year (1990). The Moonee Valley Cup has seen several double winners, such as Little Bob in 1891 & 1892, Gladwyn in 1914 and 1915, Gilltown in 1939 and 1940, Valcurl in 1945 and 1946 and Precedence in 2010 and 2013. It
16-920: The others are the Victoria Racing Club and the Melbourne Racing Club . References [ edit ] External links [ edit ] MVRC website Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Moonee_Valley_Racing_Club&oldid=1159326406 " Categories : Horse racing organisations in Australia Sports clubs and teams in Melbourne Sports clubs and teams established in 1883 1883 establishments in Australia Horse racing in Melbourne Sport in
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