Contested on turf over a left-handed course, the domestic Group 1 race is run over a distance of 2,000 metres and is open to local horses age three and older.
It remained there until 1999 when the Bukit Timah facility was closed, to be replaced with a new Singapore Turf Club situated at Kranji.
The first Singapore Gold Cup, held in 1924 at Farrer Park, was won by Thelasocrete, who took home the prizemoney of $1,600.
In 1995 New Zealand jockey Kim Clapperton was the first female rider to win the Gold Cup.
To mark its move from Bukit Timah to Kranji in 1999, Singapore Turf Club raised the prizemoney to $1 million and opened the race to international contenders, but the race returned to domestic status three years later.