The Victoria Cup is the premier middle distance harness race of Australia. Conducted over 2575m, rather than the staying distance of over 3000m or the sprint distance of under 2000m, the Victoria Cup was run at the Melbourne Showgrounds up until 1975, when it was shifted to Moonee Valley. In 2009 the SEW Eurodrive

SEW Eurodrive

SEW-Eurodrive is a German manufacturing company founded by Christian Pähr in 1931 as Süddeutsche Elektromotoren Werke. Today, it is an international organization that manufactures geared motors, frequency inverters and servo drives employing over 13,000 people worldwide with annual sales in excess...

 Victoria Cup will be run at Harness Racing Victoria's new venue, Tabcorp Park

Tabcorp Park

Tabcorp Park is an Australian horse racing venue situated in Melton, Victoria, Australia; north-west of the Melbourne CBD. It is used for harness racing and is operated by Harness Racing Victoria.-Overview:...

 at Melton. The race has been part of the Australasian Grand Circuit since 1987. Conducted in February from 1987 to 2003, the race is now conducted over two nights in December, alongside the Australasian Trotting Grand Prix.

The race record of 1.56.7 was set by Chokin NZ in 1994 when the race was run over 2380m. Since the race shifted to 2570m or 2575m since a track upgrade, Double Identity in December 2003 held the record of a mile rate of 1.57.2 over the 2575m trip until Melpark Major's track record breaking performance of 1:55.8 in last year's event.

Race Winners

• 1974 - King's Mead (Standing Start)
• 1975 - King Frost (Standing Start)
• 1976 - Don't Retreat
• 1977 - Paleface Adios
  Paleface Adios
  Paleface Adios was an Australian harness racing horse which competed as a pacer throughout the 1970s and early 1980s. He raced from 1972 to 1981, when there was top competition from the likes of the Hondo Grattan, Robalan and Pure Steel.He was a chestnut Standardbred pacer with a white blaze and...
  
  
• 1978 - Koala King
  Koala King
  Koala King was a former champion Australian Standardbred pacing horse of the 1970s and 80s who won a host of Australasian Pacers Grand Circuit and feature races including the 1980 Inter Dominion Pacing Championship at Harold Park Paceway and the 1981 A G Hunter Cup...
  
  
• 1979 - Koala King
• 1980 - Koala King
• 1981 - Frosty Imp
• 1982 - Popular Alm
  Popular Alm
  Popular Alm was an Australian bred Standardbred pacer. He was one of the fastest pacers Australia has produced, running exceptional times over many distances. Popular Alm set a world record for a mile time trial at Moonee Valley on 13 May 1983, running 1:53.2...
  
  
• 1983 - Popular Alm
  Popular Alm
  Popular Alm was an Australian bred Standardbred pacer. He was one of the fastest pacers Australia has produced, running exceptional times over many distances. Popular Alm set a world record for a mile time trial at Moonee Valley on 13 May 1983, running 1:53.2...
  
  
• 1984 - Preux Chevalier
• 1985 - Not Held
• 1987 (Feb) - Bag Limit
• 1988 - Bag Limit
• 1989 - Sinbad Bay
• 1990 - Sovereign Cloud
• 1991 - Sinbad Bay
• 1992 - Franco Ice (NZ)
• 1993 - Master Musician (NZ)
• 1994 - Chokin (NZ)
• 1995 - Golden Reign
• 1996 - Desperate Comment (NZ)
• 1997 - Desperate Comment (NZ)
• 1998 - Brabham (NZ)
• 1999 - Holmes D G (NZ)
• 2000 - Breeny's Fella
• 2001 - Shakamaker
• 2002 - Jofess
• 2003 (Feb) - Young Rufus (NZ)
• 2003 (Dec) - Double Identity
• 2004 - Sokyola (NZ)
• 2005 - Be Good Johnny
  Be Good Johnny (horse)
  Be Good Johnny is an Australian born Standardbred pacer trained, owned and driven by John McCarthy of Logan Village, Queensland. He started his career later than most at age 5 coming second in a trial at Albion Park on 17 February 2004. His first win came in his next race 2 March 2004 in a C0 to C1...
  
  
• 2006 - Blacks A Fake
  Blacks A Fake
  Blacks A Fake is a brown Standardbred gelding that won the 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2010 Inter Dominion Championships, making him the only four-time winner of Australasia's premier harness race. He finished second, beaten by a long neck, in the 2009 Inter Dominion to Mr Feelgood...
  
  
• 2007 - Robin Hood
• 2008 - Melpark Major
• 2009 - Bettor's Strike (NZ)
• 2009 - Mr Feelgood