The Silver Cup (branded as PCSO Silver Cup for sponsorship reasons), formerly known as the First Lady/First Gentleman Silver Cup, is a Domestic Group 1 horse race in the Philippines. It is positioned as a counterpart race to the Presidential Gold Cup.
History The Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) first organized the Silver Cup as the First Lady (FL) Silver Cup as a horse race exclusive to fillies and mares and in honor of the First Lady of the Philippines. The first edition was held on April 23, 1995 at the Santa Ana Race Park in Makati. The race was won by bay filly Pay D' Clay of Augusto Santos, former Philippine Racing Commission (Philracom) chairman. The race was also initially linked to PCSO's Mega Draws.
In 1997, the FL Silver Cup was made an open tournament for locally-bred horses with handicapping imposed. The race was not held in 1999, with the fifth edition taking part in 2000.
In 2001, the tournament became the First Gentleman (FG) Silver Cup in honor of the First Gentleman of the Philippines.
Since 2011, the race has only been known simply as the Silver Cup due to the absence of a First Lady or First Gentleman following President Benigno Aquino III's election in 2010.
Venues Venue Location Closed San Lazaro Hippodrome Manila 2002 Santa Ana Park Makati, Metro Manila 2008 Santa Ana Park Naic, Cavite 2022 San Lazaro Leisure Park Carmona, Cavite 2022MetroTurf Racecourse Malvar, Batangas The Horsemen's Track Padre Garcia, Batangas
Winners KeyVenues Names
+ PCSO Silver Cup winners Year Venue Winner Jockey Owner Time 1995 Pay D' Clay Joe Noel Camu Augusto Santos 1996 American Song Dominador Borbe Jr. Rodolfo Mendoza 1997 Wise Guy Patricio Dilema Maria Consuelo Puyat-Reyes 1998 Streets of Gold Miguel Recosana Mario Mercader 1999 colspan=6 align=center 2000 Streets of Gold Patricio Dilema Mario Mercader 2:13.6 2001 Wind Blown Fernando Raquel Jr. Hermie Esguerra 2:06.5 2002 Wind Blown Fernando Raquel Jr. Hermie Esguerra 2003 Golden Ballet JB Hernandez Jun Almeda 2:11 2004 Red Star Rising Manolito F. Daquis Michael Trillana 2005 Cover Girl JB Hernandez C&H Enterprises 2006 Real Spicy Louie Balboa Hermie Esguerra 2007 Empire King Jeffrey Ladiana David C. Lee 2008 Real Spicy Jeffril Zarate Hermie Esguerra 2009 Don Enrico Fernando Raquel Jr. Lorraine Uy Wi,Gerardo Espina Jr. 2010 Ibarra Jesse Guce Benhur Abalos 2011 Yes Pogi Manolito Daquis Francis Lim 2012 Magna Carta Jesse Guce Michael Dragon Javier 2013 Hagdang Bato JB Hernandez Benhur Abalos 2014 Pugad Lawin Jesse Guce Antonio Tan 2015 Skyway Virgilio Camañero Jr. Deemark International 2:05.42016 Low Profile Mark Alvarez Ruben Dimacuha 2:05 2017 Radio Active John Alvin Guce Oliver Velasquez 2018 Dixie Gold Oneal Cortez Joseph Dyhengco 2:05.4 2019 rowspan=2 colspan=720202021 Super Swerte Andreu Villegas Sandy Javier 1:50.6 2022 Boss Emong Jeffril Zarate Kennedy Morales 1:51 2023 Boss Emong Dan Camañero Kennedy Morales 1:51.6 2024 Easy Does It Jomer Estorque 1:53.6 2025 Jungkook Mark Angelo Alvarez Tisha Sevilla 1:50.8 2026 Circus Crowd JL Lazaro Bianca Sevilla 1:49.5
See also Philracom Triple Crown PCSO Presidential Gold Cup
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