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Liverpool City Cup

Liverpool City Cup
Group 3 race
Location Randwick Racecourse, Sydney, Australia
Inaugurated 1970
Race type Thoroughbred
Sponsor Openmarkets and BYMG (2017)
Race information
Distance 1,300 metres
Surface Turf
Track Right-handed
Qualification Horses three years old and older
Weight Handicap
minimum 54 kg
Purse $150,000 (2017)

The Liverpool City Cup is an Australian Turf Club Group 3 Thoroughbred quality open handicap horse race for horses aged three year old and older, run over a distance of 1300 metres at Warwick Farm Racecourse, Sydney, Australia in late February or early March. Total prize money for the race is A$150,000.

The race has had changes in grade, distance and location. In 1974 the race was run in 2 divisions. The race is held on the same race card as the Group 1 Chipping Norton Stakes.
Prior to 1970 there was an event called the Liverpool Handicap which was a raced at a distance of 7 furlongs. In 1969 the race known as the Warwick Farm Autumn Cup was raced in 1970 as the Liverpool City Cup.

† Race run in two divisions


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