The Geelong Cup is a Geelong Racing Club Group 3 Thoroughbred horse race, held under handicap conditions over a distance of 2400 metres at the Geelong Racecourse, Geelong, Victoria, Australia on a Wednesday in late October.
[1] The prize money for the race is A$500,000,[2] and the race is considered one of the most reliable guides to the result of the Melbourne Cup.
[3] The race is run thirteen days before the Melbourne Cup (which is always on the first Tuesday in November).
[4] The day of the race is a public holiday in the city of Geelong.
[6] Before 1947 the race was run at various times during the year between January and July.