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Group races total over 540+ races each year which works out around 2-3% of total races held each season in Australia.
Group races are divided into 4 categories;
Group 1 - at least $250,000 prizemoney - 60+ races per season
Group 2 - at least $125,000 prizemoney - 80+ races per season
Group 3 - at least $75,000 prizemoney - 110+ races per season
Listed - at least $50,000 prizemoney - 280+ races per season
The Australian horse racing season runs from August to July each year and we have listed all the Group 1 and Group 2 races on the racing calendar.
The Perth Cup is Western Australia 's premier Thoroughbred horse race and is held at Ascot Racecourse on New Year's Day each year. It has been run since 1887. It is a Gr 2 event.
The Perth Cup is run and sponsored by BMW and known as the BMW Perth Cup.
Originally run over 2 miles the distance of the Perth Cup was increased to 2 miles 11 yards in 1947 and remained the same up until 1962 when it reverted back to its original length of two miles.
A decade later in 1972 the distance was changed to 3200m with Australia's adoption of the metric system. Then in 2009 the Perth Cup length was cut dramatically to 2400m in an attempt to attract a higher quality field of contenders.
One of the best lead-up races to the Perth Cup is the Group 2 C B Cox Stakes (2100m) held a fortnight earlier. The C B Cox Stakes has served as an excellent indicator to the Perth Cup in recent years with Cats Fun (2008), Palatious (1994), Mirror Magic (1992) and Saratov (1989) all claiming the C B Cox Stakes - Perth Cup double.
| Year | Perth Cup Winners | Status | Distance |
| 2010 | Lord Ransom | Group 2 | 3200m |
| 2009 | Guyno | Group 2 | 3200m |
| 2008 | Cats Fun | Group 2 | 3200m |
| 2007 | Respect | Group 2 | 3200m |
| 2006 | Black Tom | Group 2 | 3200m |
| 2005 | Crown Prosecutor | Group 2 | 3200m |
| 2004 | King Canute | Group 2 | 3200m |
| 2003 | Tumeric | Group 2 | 3200m |
| 2002 | Cardinal Colours | Group 2 | 3200m |
| 2001 | Lottila Bay | Group 2 | 3200m |
| 2000 | Luna Tudor | Group 2 | 3200m |
| 1999 | King Of Saxony | Group 2 | 3200m |
| 1998 | Heed The Toll | Group 2 | 3200m |
| 1997 | Time Frame | Group 2 | 3200m |
| 1996 | Crying Game | Group 2 | 3200m |
| 1995 | Ros Reef | Group 2 | 3200m |
| 1994 | Palatious | Group 2 | 3200m |
| 1993 | Field Officer | Group 2 | 3200m |
| 1992 | Mirror Magic | Group 1 | 3200m |
| 1991 | Zamlight | Group 1 | 3200m |
| 1990 | Word Of Honour | Group 1 | 3200m |
| 1989 | Saratov | Group 1 | 3200m |
| 1988 | Linc The Leopard | Group 1 | 3200m |
| 1987 | Rocket Racer | Group 1 | 3200m |
| 1986 | Ullyatt | Group 1 | 3200m |
| 1985 | Phizam | Group 1 | 3200m |
| 1984 | Moss Kingdom | Group 1 | 3200m |
| 1983 | Bianco Lady | Group 1 | 3200m |
| 1982 | Magistrate | Group 1 | 3200m |
| 1981 | Magistrate | Group 1 | 3200m |
| 1980 | Rothschild | Group 1 | 3200m |
| 1979 | Meliador | Principal race | 3200m |
| 1978 | Golden Centre | Principal race | 3200m |
| 1977 | Muros | Principal race | 3200m |
| 1976 | Philomel | Principal race | 3200m |
| 1975 | Runyon | Principal race | 3200m |
| 1974 | Allegation | Principal race | 3200m |
| 1973 | Dayana | Principal race | 3200m |
| 1972 | Fait Accompli | Principal race | 16F |
| 1971 | Artello Bay | Principal race | 16F |
| 1970 | Fait Accompli | Principal race | 16F |
| 1969 | Jenark | Principal race | 16F |
| 1968 | Lintonmarc | Principal race | 16F |
| 1967 | Special Reward | Principal race | 16F |
| 1966 | Royal Coral | Principal race | 16F |
| 1965 | Fair's Print | Principal race | 16F |
| 1964 | Resolution | Principal race | 16F |
| 1963 | Bay Count | Principal race | 16F |
| 1962 | Royal Khora | Principal race | 16F |
| 1961 | England's Dust | Principal race | 16F |
| 1960 | Rendition | Principal race | 16F |
| 1959 | Fairetha | Principal race | 16F |
| 1958 | Fairetha | Principal race | 16F |
| 1957 | Elmsfield | Principal race | 16F |
| 1955 | Yabaroo | Principal race | 16F |
| 1955 | Lenarc | Principal race | 16F |
| 1954 | Beau Scot | Principal race | 16F |
| 1953 | Raconteur | Principal race | 16F |
| 1952 | Avarna | Principal race | 16F |
| 1950 | Azennis | Principal race | 16F |
| 1949 | Beau Vasse | Principal race | 16F |
| 1949 | Gurkha | Principal race | 16F |
| 1948 | Kingscote | Principal race | 16F |
| 1947 | Sydney James | Principal race | 16F |
| 1946 | Maddington | Principal race | 16F |
| 1945 | Gay Parade | Principal race | 16F |
| 1944 | Loyalist | Principal race | 16F |
| 1942 | Ragtime | Principal race | 16F |
| 1942 | Temple Chief | Principal race | 16F |
| 1941 | Fernridge | Principal race | 16F |
| 1939 | Tomito | Principal race | 16F |
| 1938 | Maikai | Principal race | 16F |
| 1938 | Gay Balkan | Principal race | 16F |
| 1937 | Manolive | Principal race | 16F |
| 1936 | Picaro | Principal race | 16F |
| 1935 | Cueesun | Principal race | 16F |
| 1933 | Cueesun | Principal race | 16F |
| 1932 | Alienist | Principal race | 16F |
| 1932 | Bonny Note | Principal race | 16F |
| 1931 | The Dimmer | Principal race | 16F |
| 1930 | Coolbarro | Principal race | 16F |
| 1929 | Jemidar | Principal race | 16F |
| 1927 | Au Fait | Principal race | 16F |
| 1927 | Phoenix Park | Principal race | 16F |
| 1925 | Mercato | Principal race | 16F |
| 1925 | Great Applause | Principal race | 16F |
| 1923 | Lilypond | Principal race | 16F |
| 1922 | Jolly Cosy | Principal race | 16F |
| 1921 | Earl Of Seafield | Principal race | 16F |
| 1920 | Seigneur | Principal race | 16F |
| 1919 | Rivose Eurythmic |
Principal race | 16F |
| 1918 | Macadam | Principal race | 16F |
| 1917 | Downing Street | Principal race | 16F |
| 1916 | Lucky Escape | Principal race | 16F |
| 1915 | Irish Knight | Principal race | 16F |
| 1914 | Dollar Dictator | Principal race | 16F |
| 1913 | Artesian | Principal race | 16F |
| 1912 | Sparkle | Principal race | 16F |
| 1911 | Artesian | Principal race | 16F |
| 1910 | Jolly Beggar | Principal race | 16F |
| 1909 | Loch Shiel | Principal race | 16F |
| 1908 | Scorcher | Principal race | 16F |
| 1907 | Post Town | Principal race | 16F |
| 1906 | May King | Principal race | 16F |
| 1905 | Czarovitch | Principal race | 16F |
| 1904 | Blue Spec | Principal race | 16F |
| 1903 | Cypher | Principal race | 16F |
| 1902 | Novitiate | Principal race | 16F |
| 1901 | Flintlock | Principal race | 16F |
| 1901 | Australian | Principal race | 16F |
| 1900 | Carbineer | Principal race | 16F |
| 1899 | Mural | Principal race | 16F |
| 1898 | Le Var | Principal race | 16F |
| 1897 | Snapshot | Principal race | 16F |
| 1896 | Inverary | Principal race | 16F |
| 1895 | Durable | Principal race | 16F |
| 1894 | Scarpia | Principal race | 16F |
| 1893 | Scarpia | Principal race | 16F |
| 1892 | Wandering Willie | Principal race | 16F |
| 1891 | The Duke | Principal race | 16F |
| 1890 | Wandering Willie | Principal race | 16F |
| 1889 | Aim | Principal race | 16F |
| 1888 | Telephone | Principal race | 16F |
| 1887 | First Prince | Principal race | 16F |