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The greatest sprinter is among the Race History of the Kingsford-Smith Cup run at Eagle Farm on Saturday.

Black Caviar won a famous running in 2011 and so we know the 2019 Kingsford-Smith Cup (1300m) at Eagle Farm on Saturday can’t be that good.

2019 Kingsford-Smith Cup: Nominations

2019 KINGSFORD-SMITH CUP - RACE HISTORY AND BACKGROUND

The Kingsford-Smith Cup is a Group 1 race for the sprinters conducted by the Brisbane Racing Club.

It is back at Eagle Farm after the redevelopment.

The Kingsford-Smith Cup was first run in 1964 and was won by Rashlore. It has been known under many names previously but is registered as the BTC Cup.
 

The Kingsford-Smith Cup is now run over 1300m under Weight For Age conditions. It has been run over varying distances but was 1200m from 1991 onwards.

For the 2017 running it swapped positions with the Doomben 10000 as the middle pin of the Brisbane Winter Sprint Triple Crown.

The first running of the Kingsford-Smith Cup (BTC Cup) as a G1 was in 2006 won by Gee I Jane.

In the last 20 years only four fillies/mares have won. They are Staging (1999), Gee I Jane (2006), Black Caviar (2011) and Sea Siren (2012).

In 2013 the race was switched to Eagle Farm to try and attract Black Caviar but she was retired after her TJ Smith win.

Apache Cat broke a string of beaten favs. Rough results have still been prevalent since then.

The 2019 edition of the Kingsford-Smith Cup is worth $700,000.

Notable winners of the Kingsford-Smith Cup include Eye Liner (1967), Cabochon (1970), Triton (1973), Tontonan (1974), Strawberry Road (1983), St Jude (1991), Buck’s Pride (1993/1994), Chief De Beers (1996), Accomplice (1997), General Nediym (1998), Falvelon (2000), Thorn Park (2004), Bentley Biscuit (2007), Apache Cat (2008), Black Caviar (2011) and Impending (2018).

The 2018 Kingsford-Smith Cup was won by Impending from Le Romain and Champagne Cuddles.