Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival 2012
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
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 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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2012 Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival Guide
Saturday 28th July 2012 - Caulfield
Race Name Grp Distance Prizemoney Race Type Results
Bletchingly Stakes Gr 3
1200m
$125,000
Open WFA
Results
Saturday 11th August 2012 - Flemington
Race Name Grp Distance Prizemoney Race Type Results
Aurie's Star Handicap Gr 3
1200m
$150,000
Open Handicap
Results
Saturday 18th August 2012 - Caulfield
Race Name Grp Distance Prizemoney Race Type Results
JJ Liston Stakes Gr 2
1400m
$200,000
Open WFA
Results
Cockram Stakes Gr 3
1200m
$100,000
Mares SW & P
Results
Saturday 25th August 2012 - 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 8th September 2012 - 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
Saturday 15th September 2012 - 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
Saturday 22nd September 2012 - Caulfield
Race Name Grp Distance Prizemoney Race Type Results
Underwood Stakes Gr 1
1800m
$350,000
3yo+ Open WFA
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 28th September 2012 - 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
JRA Cup Gr3
2040m
$200,000
Open Hcp
Results
Champagne Stakes Gr 3
1200m
$150,000
3yoF Set Weights
Results
Saturday 29th September 2012 - Caulfield
Race Name Grp Distance Prizemoney Race Type 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
Saturday 6th October 2012 - 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
$200,000
Mares SW & Pen
Results
Saturday 13th October 2012 - 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
Herbert Power 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 17th October 2012- Caulfield
Race Name Grp Distance Prizemoney Race Type Results
Thousand Guineas Gr 1
1600m
$500,000
3yo F Open SW
Results
Saturday 20th October 2012 - 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 27th October 2012 - 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, 3rd November 2012, 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
The Lexus Stakes Gr 3
2500m
$250,000
Quality Hcp
Results
Chatham Stakes Gr 3
1400m
$250,000
Open Hcp
Results
Tuesday, 6th November 2012 - Flemington
Race Name Grp Distance Prizemoney Race Type Results
Melbourne Cup Gr 1
3200m
$6,000,000
3yo+ Open Hcp
Results
Thursday, 8th November 2012 - Flemington
Race Name Grp Distance Prizemoney Race Type Results
Crown Oaks Gr 1
2500m
$1,000,000
3yo Fillies SW
Results
Saturday, 10th November 2012 - 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
$1,000,000
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, 17th November 2012 - 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
Eclipse Stakes Gr 3
1800m
$125,000
Quality Hcp
Results
2012 Spring Carnival Country Cup Guide
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 in October 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.
2010 Geelong Cup winner Americain went on to win the Melbourne Cup at his next start at Flemington in front of over 110,000 people while back in 2002 Media Puzzle won the Geelong Cup on his way to winning the Melbourne Cup. Zazzman won the Geelong Cup in 2003 and then 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.
Sunday 14th October 2012 - Cranbourne Cup day
Race Name Grp Distance Prizemoney Race Type
Cranbourne Cup LR
2025m
$156,000
Open Hcp
Sunday 21st October 2012 - Seymour Cup day
Race Name Grp Distance Prizemoney Race Type
Seymour Cup LR
1600m
$123,000
Open Hcp
Wednesday 24th October 2012 - 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
Wednesday 31st October 2012 - Bendigo Cup day
Race Name Grp Distance Prizemoney Race Type
Bendigo Cup LR
2200m
$150,000
Open Hcp
Sunday 25th November 2012 - Ballarat Cup day
Race Name Grp Distance Prizemoney Race Type
Ballarat Cup LR
2200m
$130,000
Open Hcp
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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 
The Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival not only excites the city of Melbourne but 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. 
