Pak' n Save Franklin Cup

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Winning Owners 2009 Cup

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PAK’n SAVE FRANKLIN CUP WINNERS

Year	Distance	Winner	Driver	Time
2000	3200m	PIC ME POCKETS	A.G.Herlihy	4.04.5
2001	3200m	FLIGHT SOUTH	A. Neal	4.01.5
2002	3200m	FACTA NON VERBA	T. Mitchell	4.02.7
2004	3200m	ATTORNEY GENERAL	S.Phelan	4.10.9
2003	3200m	MIRACLE MAN	S.Phelan	4.08.1
2005	3200m	TRIBUTE	P.C.Ferguson	4.06.5
2006	3200m	NAPOLEON	A.G. Herlihy	4.06
2007	3200m	REPORT FOR DUTY	A. Butt	4.04.9
2008	3200m	AUCKLAND REACTOR	M. Purdon	3.59.0 Course or Race record
2009 2010	3200m 3200m	RIDER ON THE STORM RUSSLEY RASCAL	J.R. Dunn M. Purdon	4.02.2 4.03.1

Franklin Cup History

At the inaugural race meeting the feature race was the Franklin Trotting Club Handicap with trophy to winner for a stake of 500 pounds and raced over 2 miles. The race was won by Calando trained by G. Gray at Epsom.

The name of the race changed over the next few years until 1956 when it again become the Franklin Trotting Cup it then went back to Franklin Trotting Club Handicap from 1969 till 1976.

In 1983 it became known as the BASF Franklin Trotting Cup, the first time the event was sponsored then Makita sponsored for the years 1989/90. The first running of the Pak’n Save Franklin Cup was in 1991which it is still called 19 years later.

Over the years there have been some fine winners with a world record set for the two mile distance in Delightful Lady’s 1980 race of 4.05.8.

Trainer Barry Purdon has won the race an astonishing eleven times either training in partnership with father Roy or in his own right.

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