Perak Coronation Cup

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Perak Coronation Cup
Malayan Classic race
LocationPerak Turf Club
Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia
Inaugurated1985
Race typeThoroughbred - Flat racing
WebsiteThe Perak Turf Club
Race information
Distance1600 meters (1 mile or 8 furlongs)
SurfaceTurf
TrackLeft-handed
QualificationThree-year-olds & up
WeightWeight-for-age
PurseRM700,000

The Perak Coronation Cup is a Malaysian Thoroughbred horse race run annually since 1985 at the Perak Turf Club racecourse in Ipoh, Perak. Held during the third week of November, the 1600 meter (1 mile or 8 furlongs) race on turf is open to horses age three and older. Due to repairs to the racecourse, the 1997 race had to be run at a distance of 1800 meters.

The Coronation Cup was inaugurated in 1985 to commemorate the installation of Azlan Shah as the Sultan of Perak.

Milestones[]

won the Coronation Cup as a jockey in 1987 then ten years later as a trainer.

In 2000, became the first female jockey to win the race.

Records[]

Speed record:

  • 1:34.7 - King's Seal (1993)

Most wins:

  • 2 - Confluence (2002, 2003)
  • 2 - Golden Ace † (2005, 2006)

Most wins by an owner:

  • 3 - Confidence Stable (1996, 2002, 2003)

Most wins by a jockey:

  • 3 - (1990, 1991, 1998)
  • 3 - (1999, 2002, 2007)

Most wins by a trainer:

  • 3 - (1996, 2002, 2003)

Winners[]

Year
 Winner
 Jockey
 Trainer
 Owner
 Time
2008 Triple Luck Mdm Kong Sau Leng 1:40.0
2007 Free Spirit Lucky Nine Stable 1:37.3
2006 Golden Ace † Luckily Stable 1:40.7
2005 Golden Ace † 1:41.3
2004 Flying Diamond LT Stable 1:42.9
2003 Confluence Confidence Stable 1:47.6
2002 Confluence Confidence Stable 1:41.4
2001 Baby Tycoon K Velu L H Chan 1:43.1
2000 Ballistic Index Link Stable 1:40.3
1999 Golconda Sunshine Eight Stable 1:42.6
1998 Rosebery Rosebery Stable 1:38.6
1997 Fire Phoenix II Mylee Stable 1:48.7
1996 Confidence V Confidence Stable 1:42.1
1995 Exciting Review Review Stable 1:42.0
1994 The Best In Town The Best In Town Stable 1:42.1
1993 King's Seal SY Leong Perfectum Stable 1:34.7
1992 Winning Touch J Ho T & T Stable 1:36.2
1991 Dynamite Trio J Kok Cavalier Stable 1:40.4
1990 Sombre Legend J Ho Kua Si Hoo 1:43.7
1989 World Court Easy Stable 1:35.7
1988 Elcarim M Ho Elcarim Stable 1:35.7
1987 He's Dawan He's Dawan Stable 1:42.0
1986 Deer Hunter BLDG Stable 1:41.7
1985 Big Chief Declan Murphy Ivan W. Allan Dato Amar et al. 1:41.2
  • † Bred in Australia, Golden Ace was originally named Foreign Footsteps.

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