Melbourne Racing Club announces new bonuses
07 Aug 2012 | Melbourne Racing Club The Melbourne Racing Club announced a brace of six-figure bonuses attached to its Spring Carnival features as nominations for the BMW Caulfield Cup, Caulfield Guineas and Schweppes Thousand Guineas closed on Tuesday.
The Club made the announcement as it took 25 internationally-trained nominations, among 222 in total, for the 2012 BMW Caulfield Cup.
The new bonuses
1. BMW Caulfield Cup – Zipping Classic
Any horse that runs in the 2012 BMW Caulfield Cup that goes on to win the 2012 Zipping Classic will collect a $100,000 bonus.
2. BMW Caulfield Cup/Melbourne Cup – Sandown Cup
Any horse that is a final acceptor for either the BMW Caulfield Cup or Melbourne Cup but fails to gain a start (in either race) then wins the Sandown Cup will obtain a $100,000 bonus.
Melbourne Racing Club Chief Executive Officer, Alasdair Robertson, lauded the bonuses as another stride forward in the ongoing internationalisation of the BMW Caulfield Cup as well as a boost for the Spring Racing Carnival overall.
“As the world’s richest turf handicap over the classic mile-and-a-half distance, and sitting in the top flight of races of any distance or surface worldwide in terms of prize money, plus already boasting multiple European-trained winners, the BMW Caulfield Cup is a truly global event,” Mr Robertson said.
“These bonuses provide both local and visiting stables with additional encouragement to target the BMW Caulfield Cup, whilst also providing worthy consolation to horses competing at the highest level in the spring without achieving the ultimate success.
“The Zipping Classic is a race well-established as one of the highest quality, exemplified by last year’s quinella of Americain and Manighar. Our aim is to build the Sandown Cup to an event of that level, with the added attraction of its two-mile trip to accommodate stayers, either visiting or local, on the fringe of the feature cups.”
Terms and conditions for each of bonus are as below:
BMW Caulfield Cup/Zipping Classic Bonus
Any horse which runs in the 2012 BMW Caulfield Cup that goes on to win the 2012 Zipping Classic will win a $100,000 bonus (‘the Bonus’).
The Bonus will be paid applying the same principles of The Rules of Racing of Racing Victoria including those that relate to conditions to be satisfied before prize money is paid.
The Bonus will be paid in accordance with the same principles to that of prize money, being 85% to owners, as recorded by RISA and/or Racing Victoria as at the date of the running of the Zipping Classic, 10 % to the registered trainer of the horse on Zipping Classic Day and 5% to the jockey who rode the horse in the Zipping Classic.
The Melbourne Racing Club reserves the right to amend the terms and conditions or withdraw the bonus at any time.
Sandown Cup Bonus
Any horse which is a final acceptor for either the BMW Caulfield Cup or Melbourne Cup and fails to gain a start in either race and can win the Sandown Cup will win a $100,000 bonus (‘the Bonus’).
Gaining a start in either race does not result in the horse being ineligible.
The Bonus will be paid applying the same principles of The Rules of Racing of Racing Victoria including those that relate to conditions to be satisfied before prize money is paid.
The Bonus will be paid in accordance with the same principles to that of prize money, being 85% to owners, as recorded by RISA and/or Racing Victoria as at the date of the running of the Zipping Classic, 10 % to the registered trainer of the horse on Zipping Classic Day and 5% to the jockey who rode the horse in the Zipping Classic.
The Melbourne Racing Club reserves the right to amend the terms and conditions or withdraw the bonus at any time.