The Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival is the highlight of the racing calendar year and the city of Melbourne is always abuzz from September to November as thoroughbred racing hits full steam and culminates in the running of our most famous race the Melbourne Cup at Flemington racecourse on the first Tuesday in November.
The Group One Underwood Stakes at Caulfiled signals the onset of the Spring racing carnival and from then on each week we are treated to quality Group One events such as the Caulfield Guineas, Caulfield Cup, WS Cox Plate, Victoria Derby and Crown Oaks..
Free Bookie Bets has the Melbourne spring racing carnival programme below and you can follow the race name to get more information on that race, or simply click results to find results for a race.
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Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival Guide
| Saturday 31st July 2010 - Caulfield |
| Race Name |
Grp |
Distance |
Prizemoney |
Race Type |
Results |
| Bletchingly Stakes |
Gr 3 |
1200m |
$125,000 |
Open WFA |
Results |
| |
| Saturday 14th August 2010 - Caulfield |
| Race Name |
Grp |
Distance |
Prizemoney |
Race Type |
Results |
| JJ Liston Stakes |
Gr 2 |
1400m |
$200,000 |
Open WFA |
Results |
| |
| Saturday 28th August 2010 - Caulfield |
| Race Name |
Grp |
Distance |
Prizemoney |
Race Type |
Results |
| Memsie Stakes |
Gr 2 |
1400m |
$200,000 |
Open WFA |
Results |
| H.D.F. McNeil Stakes |
Gr 3 |
1200m |
$125,000 |
3yo SW & Pen |
Results |
| |
| Saturday 4th September 2010 - Flemington |
| Race Name |
Grp |
Distance |
Prizemoney |
Race Type |
Results |
| Makybe Diva Stakes |
Gr 2 |
1600m |
$400,000 |
Open WFA |
Results |
| Danehill Stakes |
Gr 2 |
1200m |
$250,000 |
3yo SW & Pen |
Results |
| Let's Elope Stakes |
Gr 2 |
1400m |
$200,000 |
Mares SW+Pen |
Results |
| Bobbie Lewis Quality |
Gr 3 |
1200m |
$200,000 |
Quality Hcp |
Results |
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| Saturday 11th September 2010 - Moonee Valley |
| Race Name |
Grp |
Distance |
Prizemoney |
Race Type |
Results |
| Dato Tan Chin Nam Stakes |
Gr 2 |
1600m |
$500,000 |
Open WFA |
Results |
| WH Stock Stakes |
Gr 2 |
1600m |
$300,000 |
4yo+ Mares WFA |
Results |
| McEwen Trophy |
Gr 3 |
1000m |
$200,000 |
Open WFA |
Results |
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| Saturday 18th September 2010 - Caulfield |
| Race Name |
Grp |
Distance |
Prizemoney |
Race Type |
Results |
| Underwood Stakes |
Gr 1 |
1800m |
$350,000 |
3yo+ Open WFA |
Results |
| Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes |
Gr 1 |
1400m |
$350,000 |
Open Hcp |
Results |
| Caulfield Guineas Prelude |
Gr 3 |
1400m |
$175,000 |
3yo C&G SW-Pen |
Results |
| Thousand Guineas Prelude |
Gr 3 |
1400m |
$175,000 |
3yo F SW & Pen |
Results |
| How Now Stakes |
Gr 3 |
1200m |
$100,000 |
Mares SW & Pen |
Results |
| Naturalism Stakes |
Gr 3 |
2000m |
$100,000 |
Open Hcp |
Results |
|
| Friday Night 24th September 2010 - Moonee Valley |
| Race Name |
Grp |
Distance |
Prizemoney |
Race Type |
Results |
| Manikato Stakes |
Gr 1 |
1200m |
$500,000 |
Open WFA |
Results |
| Stutt Stakes |
Gr 2 |
1600m |
$200,000 |
3yo Open SW |
Results |
| Champagne Stakes |
Gr 3 |
1200m |
$150,000 |
3yoF Set Weights |
Results |
|
| Saturday, 2nd October 2010 - Flemington |
| Race Name |
Grp |
Distance |
Prizemoney |
Race Type |
Results |
| Turnbull Stakes |
Gr 1 |
2000m |
$500,000 |
4yo&up SW & Pen |
Results |
| Edward Manifold Stakes |
Gr 2 |
1600m |
$300,000 |
3yo Fillies SW |
Results |
| Gilgai Stakes |
Gr 2 |
1200m |
$250,000 |
3yo&up SW & Pen |
Results |
| Rose Of Kingston Stakes |
Gr 2 |
1400m |
$250,000 |
Mares SW & Pen |
Results |
|
| Saturday 9th October 2010 - Caulfield |
| Race Name |
Grp |
Distance |
Prizemoney |
Race Type |
Results |
| Caulfield Guineas |
Gr 1 |
1600m |
$1,000,000 |
3yo Open SW |
Results |
| Yalumba Stakes |
Gr 1 |
2000m |
$400,000 |
WFA |
Results |
| Toorak Handicap |
Gr 1 |
1600m |
$350,000 |
Open Hcp |
Results |
| Presentation Stakes |
Gr 2 |
2400m |
$200,000 |
Quality Hcp |
Results |
| Schillaci Stakes |
Gr 2 |
1000m |
$200,000 |
WFA |
Results |
| Thoroughbred Club Stakes |
Gr 3 |
1000m |
$100,000 |
3yo F SW & Pen |
Results |
| |
| Wednesday 13th October 2010- Caulfield |
| Race Name |
Grp |
Distance |
Prizemoney |
Race Type |
Results |
| Thousand Guineas |
Gr 1 |
1600m |
$500,000 |
3yo F Open SW |
Results |
| |
| Saturday 16 October 2010 - Caulfield |
| Race Name |
Grp |
Distance |
Prizemoney |
Race Type |
Results |
| Caulfield Cup |
Gr 1 |
2400m |
$2,500,000 |
Open Hcp |
Results |
| Caulfield Sprint |
Gr 2 |
1000m |
$200,000 |
Open Hcp |
Results |
| Tristarc Stakes |
Gr 2 |
1400m |
$175,000 |
4yo Mares SW & P |
Results |
| Norman Robinson Stakes |
Gr 3 |
2000m |
$125,000 |
3yo Open SW |
Results |
| David Jones Cup |
Gr 3 |
2000m |
$125,000 |
Open Hcp |
Results |
| Moonga Stakes |
Gr 3 |
1400m |
$125,000 |
4yo Up SW & Pen |
Results |
|
| Saturday 23th October 2010 - Moonee Valley |
| Race Name |
Grp |
Distance |
Prizemoney |
Race Type |
Results |
| WS Cox Plate |
Gr 1 |
2040m |
$3,000,000 |
3yo+ WFA |
Results |
| Moonee Valley Cup |
Gr 2 |
2500m |
$250,000 |
4yo Up SW & Pen |
Results |
| Schweppes Stakes |
Gr 2 |
1200m |
$200,000 |
Open WFA |
Results |
| Crystal Mile |
Gr 2 |
1600m |
$200,000 |
Open Hcp |
Results |
| AAMI Vase |
Gr 2 |
2040m |
$200,000 |
3yo SW |
Results |
| Inglis Mile |
Gr 3 |
1600m |
$150,000 |
4yo&Up Mares Hcp |
Results |
| Red Anchor Stakes |
Gr 3 |
1200m |
$150,000 |
3yo Sw+Pen |
Results |
| |
| Saturday, 30th October 2010, Flemington |
| Race Name |
Grp |
Distance |
Prizemoney |
Race Type |
Results |
| Victoria Derby |
Gr 1 |
2500m |
$1,500,000 |
3yo SW |
Results |
| Mackinnon Stakes |
Gr 1 |
2000m |
$750,000 |
WFA |
Results |
| Coolmore Stud Stakes |
Gr 1 |
1200m |
$500,000 |
3yo SW |
Results |
| Myer Classic |
Gr 1 |
1600m |
$500,000 |
F & M WFA |
Results |
| Wakeful Stakes |
Gr 2 |
2000m |
$300,000 |
3yo F SW & Pen |
Results |
| Salinger Stakes |
Gr 2 |
1200m |
$300,000 |
Open Hcp |
Results |
| Carbine Club Stakes |
Gr 3 |
1600m |
$250,000 |
3yo SW & Pen |
Results |
| Saab Quality |
Gr 3 |
2500m |
$250,000 |
Quality Hcp |
Results |
| Chatham Stakes |
Gr 3 |
1400m |
$250,000 |
Open Hcp |
Results |
| |
| Tuesday, 2nd November 2010 - Flemington |
| Race Name |
Grp |
Distance |
Prizemoney |
Race Type |
Results |
| Melbourne Cup |
Gr 1 |
3200m |
$6,000,000 |
3yo+ Open Hcp |
Results |
|
| Thursday, 4th November 2010 - Flemington |
| Race Name |
Grp |
Distance |
Prizemoney |
Race Type |
Results |
| Crown Oaks |
Gr 1 |
2500m |
$1,000,000 |
3yo Fillies SW |
Results |
| |
| Saturday, 6th November 2010 - Flemington |
| Race Name |
Grp |
Distance |
Prizemoney |
Race Type |
Results |
| Emirates Stakes |
Gr 1 |
1600m |
$1,000,000 |
Quality Hcp |
Results |
| Age Classic |
Gr 1 |
1200m |
$500,000 |
WFA |
Results |
| Matriarch Stakes |
Gr 2 |
2000m |
$300,000 |
Mares SW & Pen |
Results |
| Queen Elizabeth Stakes |
Gr 3 |
2500m |
$250,000 |
Quality Hcp |
Results |
| Maribyrnong Plate |
Gr 3 |
1000m |
$150,000 |
2yo SW |
Results |
|
| Saturday, 13th November 2010 - Sandown |
| Race Name |
Grp |
Distance |
Prizemoney |
Race Type |
Results |
| Sandown Classic |
Gr 2 |
2400m |
$350,000 |
2yo+ Open WFA |
Results |
| Sandown Guineas |
Gr 2 |
1600m |
$350,000 |
3yo SW |
Results |
| Sandown Stakes |
Gr 3 |
1500m |
$100,000 |
Quality Hcp |
Results |
| |
| Saturday, 20th November 2010 - Sandown |
| Race Name |
Grp |
Distance |
Prizemoney |
Race Type |
Results |
| Eclipse Stakes |
Gr 3 |
1800m |
$125,000 |
Quality Hcp |
Results |
Spring Racing Country Cups
The Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival not only excites the city of Melbourne, it also embraces many provincial tracks with a number of Country Cups held during October and November in between the weekly Group one horse racing in the city. Strong provincial tracks Cranbourne, Seymour, Geelong, Bendigo and Ballarat all host their own country Cups which brings the local community together for their own special horse racing day of the year.
The Geelong Cup meeting on October 21st can sometimes offer up a smokey for the Flemington carnival in November with a strong Cup field usually assembled and the three-year-old Classic over 2200 metres offering a good distance trial for the Victoria Derby which is run over 2500 metres.
Media Puzzle won the Geelong Cup in 2002 and then went on to win that years Melbourne Cup in front of a crowd of 102,533 people, while Zazzman won the Geelong Cup in 2003 and finished third in the 2004 Melbourne Cup. On A Jeune took out the Geelong Cup in 2005 and then finished a top second to Makybe Diva in that year's Melbourne Cup, while 2008 winner Bauer was beaten a whisker by Viewed in the 2008 Melbourne Cup, so the Geelong meeting may be one to keep an eye on when it comes around.
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| Sunday 10th October 2010 - Cranbourne Cup day |
| Race Name |
Grp |
Distance |
Prizemoney |
Race Type |
|
| Cranbourne Cup |
LR |
2025m |
$156,000 |
Open Hcp |
|
| |
| Sunday 17th October 2010 - Seymour Cup day |
| Race Name |
Grp |
Distance |
Prizemoney |
Race Type |
|
| Seymour Cup |
LR |
1600m |
$123,000 |
Open Hcp |
|
| |
| Wednesday 20th October 2010 - Geelong Cup day |
| Race Name |
Grp |
Distance |
Prizemoney |
Race Type |
|
| Geelong Cup |
Gr 3 |
2400m |
$215,000 |
Open Hcp |
|
| Geelong Classic |
LR |
2200m |
$101,500 |
3yo SW & Pen |
|
| |
| Not held this year |
| Race Name |
Grp |
Distance |
Prizemoney |
Race Type |
|
| Werribee Cup |
LR |
2200m |
$128,500 |
Open Hcp |
|
|
| Wednesday 27th October 2010 - Bendigo Cup day |
| Race Name |
Grp |
Distance |
Prizemoney |
Race Type |
|
| Bendigo Cup |
LR |
2200m |
$150,000 |
Open Hcp |
|
|
| Wednesday 17th November 2010 - Ballarat Cup day |
| Race Name |
Grp |
Distance |
Prizemoney |
Race Type |
|
| Ballarat Cup |
LR |
2200m |
$130,000 |
Open Hcp |
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