Tags: Horse Race, Race.
The Launcston Cup is a Tasmanian Turf Club Group 3 open handicap Thoroughbred horse race run over a distance of 2400 metres at Launceston Racecourse in Mowbray in February. It is competed for prize money of A$225000.It is part of the Tasmanian Summer Racing Carnival and is also one of Tasmania’s main annual social events. The Cup was first run in 1865. The 2014 race will be the 148th running of the event.