Regarded as one of the toughest and best 2400m handicaps in Australia, the Caulfield Cup was first run in the autumn of 1879 and won by Newminster.
In 1881 it was switched to the spring, so that there were two winners that year - Blue Ribbon in the autumn and Master Avenel in the spring. It was not the only occasion that there were two Caulfield Cup winners in the same year. This occurred again in 1943 when the race was run in two divisions to accommodate the massive number of entries.
What is still considered the worst race fall in Australian turf history occurred in the Cup of 1885, when 16 of the 44 runners fell, resulting in the death of jockey Donald Nicholson.
It is a race which has been won by some of the best horses in Australia and has long been the first “leg” of Australia’s most popular betting double, linking with the Melbourne Cup.
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