Zipping Classic


The Zipping Classic, is a Melbourne Racing Club Group 2 Thoroughbred horse race held under weight for age conditions over a distance of 2400 metres run at Sandown Racecourse, Melbourne, Australia in mid November. Prize money is A$300,000.

History

The event was initially held by the Williamstown Racing Club at the Williamstown Racecourse. After the racecourse grandstand burned to the ground in 1947 the racing club amalgamated with the privately owned Victorian Trotting and Racing Association to become the Melbourne Racing Club and moved the event to Sandown Racecourse. In 1963 the racing club merged with the Victoria Amateur Turf Club and the club changed the name of the event.
Prior to 1999 the conditions of the race were an open handicap.
Since 2011, the name of the race has been changed to honour Zipping, after he won the race for a fourth consecutive time in 2010.

Name

In 2010 the Melbourne Racing Club reintroduced the Sandown Cup into the program, and is raced on the same day as the Sandown Classic. The event became a Listed race in 2012 and is held over 3,200 metres.

Grade

Sandown/Zipping Classic (1999–)