Jericho Cup Lead Up At Canberra

Monday, 30 September 2019: Canberra Racing Club will be holding a lead up race to the Jericho Cup called the Road to Jericho on November 17 at Thoroughbred Park.

The $25,000 Road to Jericho over 3400m will guarantee the winner a start in the Jericho Cup at Warrambool in  Victoria on December 1.

The Jericho Cup, a Benchmark 90 worth $300,000, is the longest flat thoroughbred race in Australia over 4600m.

The race commemorates the Australian Light Horse during a major offensive against the Turkish enemy in the First World War.

As a diversion a race meeting was organized for the eve of the assault where the feature of the makeshift meeting was the Jericho Cup  won by a literal warhorse named Bill The Barstard.

The modern day Jericho Cup was first run in 2018 to commemorate the 100th anniversary.

"The club is excited to work with Racing Victoria and the director of the Jericho Cup Bill Gibbins. Canberra being the home of the Australian War Memorial is the ideal location to partner this concept to honour the Australian Light Horsemen," said Canberra Racing Club CEO Andrew Clark.





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