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Perth Cup

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The Perth Cup is a Perth Racing Group 2 Thoroughbred horse race run under quality handicap conditions over a distance of 2400 metres at Ascot Racecourse in Perth, Australia in January, usually on New Year's Day. [1]

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Ascot Racecourse (Western Australia)

Ascot Racecourse is the major racecourse in Perth, Western Australia, situated approximately 8 kilometres east of the Perth central business district, with the headquarters of the Perth Racing positioned directly opposite.

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Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and numerous smaller islands.

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Australian dollar

The Australian dollar (sign: $; code: AUD) is the currency of the Commonwealth of Australia, including its external territories Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, and Norfolk Island, as well as the independent Pacific Island states of Kiribati, Nauru, Papua New Guinea, Tonga, Tuvalu, and Vanuatu.

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Blue Spec

Blue Spec was an Australian Thoroughbred racehorse who established a new record in winning the Melbourne Cup in 1905.

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Eurythmic (horse)

Eurythmic was a versatile Australian-bred Thoroughbred racehorse who had the ability to produce a brilliant finishing run in staying races and he also won important sprint races, too.

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Group races

Group races, also known as Pattern races, or Graded races in some jurisdictions, are the highest level of races in Thoroughbred horse racing.

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Horse racing

Horse racing is an equestrian performance sport, typically involving two or more horses ridden by jockeys (or sometimes driven without riders) over a set distance for competition.

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List of Australian Group races

This List of Australian Group races are recognized as a list Australia's classified Black type thoroughbred horse races.

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New Year's Day

New Year's Day, also called simply New Year's or New Year, is observed on January 1, the first day of the year on the modern Gregorian calendar as well as the Julian calendar.

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Perth

Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia.

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Perth Racing

Perth Racing previously known as The Western Australian Turf Club (often seen as WATC) is a Western Australian horse racing organisation.

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The Daily Telegraph (Sydney)

The Daily Telegraph is an Australian daily tabloid newspaper published in Sydney, New South Wales, by Nationwide News Limited, a division of News Corp Australia, formerly News Limited.

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Thoroughbred

The Thoroughbred is a horse breed best known for its use in horse racing.

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Thoroughbred racing in Australia

Thoroughbred horse racing is an important spectator sport in Australia, and gambling on horse races is a popular pastime with A$14.3 billion wagered in 2009/10 with bookmakers and the Totalisator Agency Board (TAB).

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Totalisator Agency Board

The Totalisator Agency Board in Australia and New Zealand, universally shortened to TAB or T.A.B, is the name given to monopoly totalisator organisations.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perth_Cup

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