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The Eagle Farm Cup is a Brisbane Racing Club Group 2 Thoroughbred horse race held under weight for age conditions, for horses aged three years old and upwards, over a distance of 2,200 metres at Eagle Farm Racecourse, Brisbane, Australia during the Queensland Winter Racing Carnival. Total prizemoney is A$250,000. Due to track reconstruction of Eagle Farm Racecourse for the 2014–15 racing season the event is transferred to Doomben Racecourse. ==Race history== The inaugural running of the race as the P.J. O'Shea Stakes was in 1947.〔 The race was named after ''Patrick O'Shea'', the Queensland Turf Club's treasurer in the early 1900s and raced horses in Brisbane for 35 years. The race is considered a major prep leadup race to the Brisbane Cup.〔 Horse that have won the P.J. O'Shea Stakes–Brisbane Cup double: ''Hydrogen'' ''(1953)'', ''Redcraze'' ''(1956)'', ''Tulloch'' ''(1961)'', ''Fair Patton'' ''(1965)'', ''Balmerino'' ''(1976)'', ''Four Crowns'' ''(1981)'', ''Lord Hybrow'' ''(1988)'', ''Shuzohra'' ''(1990)'', ''Scenic Shot'' ''(2009)'', ''Lights Of Heaven'' ''(2012)'' 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Eagle Farm Cup」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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