Raffles Cup

Raffles Cup

Group 1 race
Location	Kranji Racecourse Singapore
Inaugurated	1991
Race type	Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Website	Singapore Turf Club
Race information
Distance	1600 metres (8 furlongs)/1800 metres (9 furlongs)
Surface	Turf
Track	Left-handed
Qualification	Three-years-old & up
Weight	Weight-for-age Fillies & Mares: 1.5 kg allowance

The Raffles Cup is a Thoroughbred horse race held annually at Kranji Racecourse in Singapore. Contested on turf over a left-handed course, the domestic Group One race is open to horses age three and older.

The Raffles Cup was inaugurated in 1991 at the Bukit Timah Race Course and raced there through 1999 when the track was closed to be replaced by the new Kranji Racecourse.

It has been raced over a distance of:

• 1600 metres from 1991 through to 2000
• 1800 metres from 2001 to 2017
• 1600 metres from 2018 onwards.

Named for Sir Stamford Raffles, founder of Singapore, the Raffles Cup is the second leg of the Singapore Triple Crown. It comes after the Kranji Mile and is followed by the Singapore Gold Cup.

Speed record:

• 1600m - 1:33.47 Debt Agent (2018)
• 1800m - 1:46:34 War Affair (2014)

Most wins by a jockey:

• 3 - Kim Clapperton (1993, 1994, 1995)
• 3 - Saimee Jumaat (1998, 2008, 2010)
• 3 - Danny Beasley (2009, 2014, 2021)
• 3 - Michael Rodd (2015, 2016, 2018)

Most wins by a trainer:

• 4 - Teh Choon Beng (1991, 1993, 1994, 1995)
• 4 - Laurie Laxon (2001, 2005, 2010, 2015)

The following are the winners of the Raffles Cup,^[1]

• The Raffles Cup at the Singapore Turf Club