#Kalgoorlie Cup

Patrick Moloney is thrilled to be riding Alaskan God for the first time and he's confident of making the perfect start to a new year on Sunday. The Victorian hoop will take the reins on Alaskan God in the G2 Perth Cup (2400m) on January 1 after trainer Dan Morton made the shock decision to replace, Chris Parnham. Parnham, Perth's champion jockey…

In this article, Goldfields sports historian John Terrell explodes the myth of a ring-in being involved with the winner of the 1936 Kalgoorlie Cup. For the past 86 years rumours have persisted in Goldfields racing circles that the cup winner of that year, Vital, was the 1935 Caulfield Cup winner, Palfresco, in disguise. Rumours and the racing…