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Flemington Racecourse is a major horse racing venue located in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is most notable for hosting the Melbourne Cup , which is the world's richest handicap and the world's richest 3200-metre horse race.
Rogilla, 1933 winner George Robinson up Amounis, 1929 jockey Harold Jones up Lavendo, 1916 winner Frank Dempsey up Gothic, 1928 winner. The Queen Elizabeth Stakes, first known as Queen's Plate (1854-1872), and then by various other names at different times in its history (Queen's Cup, Flemington Plate, Canterbury Plate, C.B. Fisher Plate), is an Australian horse race run in Melbourne, Victoria.
The VRC Stakes day (also known as the Seppelt Wines Stakes Day), is the final day of the Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival at Flemington Racecourse. Stakes Day is held on the Saturday directly following Melbourne Cup Day (the first Tuesday in November). The 'Stakes' were first run in 1881 as the Coburg Stakes.
The Matriarch Stakes is a Victoria Racing Club Group 2 Thoroughbred horse race for mares aged four years old and upwards, run at set weights with penalties, over a distance of 2,000 metres, held annually at Flemington Racecourse, Melbourne, Australia in November on the last day of the VRC Spring Carnival. [1] Total prize money for the race is A ...
The race was to be run on August 14, 1999, but due to a severe thunderstorm that hit the track after qualifying, the race was run the next day before a nearly empty house. It was the only ARCA race at the Speedway. [6] Flemington Speedway hosted one NASCAR Busch North Series race in 1991 which was won by Ricky Craven.
Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh stand in an open Rolls Royce at Victoria Park racecourse in Adelaide, as 75,000 schoolchildren gave a rousing welcome in 1963 (PA)
The Ottawa Stakes, is a Victoria Racing Club Group 3 Australian Thoroughbred horse race for two-year-old fillies, run at set weights, over a distance of 1,000 metres at Flemington Racecourse, Melbourne, Australia in February. The event was originally held during the VRC Spring Carnival.
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