Rain Lover held the race record of 3 minutes 19.1 seconds (1968) when the Cup distance was two miles. With the change to the metric distance of 3200m in 1972 (being 18.7m shorter), a pacesetter record was established, with Rain Lover’s estimated time calculated at 3:17.9.
Only two horses have clocked faster times - Tawrrific (3:17.1) in 1989 and present day record-holder, Kingston Rule (3:16.3) in 1990.
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