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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.
It serves Flemington Racecourse and the suburb of Flemington, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Flemington Racecourse station is a ground level unstaffed station, featuring two side platforms. It opened on 28 February 1861. [1] The station is only open on race days and during special events at Flemington Racecourse.
The Flemington Racecourse line originated in 1861 as a branch of the Melbourne and Essendon Railway Company, designed to link the Melbourne rail network with Flemington Racecourse. [6] The racecourse, established in 1840, gained its railway connection in 1861 but closed in 1864 due to financial issues. [ 7 ]
The All-Star Mile is an Australian thoroughbred horse race run over 1,600 metres that is rotated between Flemington Racecourse, Caulfield Racecourse and The Valley in Melbourne, Australia in March each year. It was run for the first time in 2019 and is run under Weight for Age conditions for open class horses. [1]
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 Champions Mile, registered as the Cantala Stakes, is a Group 1 Victoria Racing Club quality handicap Thoroughbred horse race run over 1,600 metres at Flemington Racecourse, Melbourne, Australia on the fourth and last day during the Melbourne Cup Carnival. [1] [2] Total prize money is A$3,000,000
The Newmarket Handicap is a Victoria Racing Club Group 1 Thoroughbred open handicap horse race over a distance of 1200 metres, at Flemington Racecourse, Melbourne, Australia on Super Saturday [1] in March during the VRC Autumn Racing Carnival. [2] Prize money is A$1,500,000. Ajax, 1938 winner Gothic, 1927, 1928 winner
The race was held over a distance of 14 furlongs, 132 yards until 1973 when it was modified to the metric distance of 2800 metres. In 1975 the race was run over 2700 metres. [6] In 2001 and 2007, the distance was changed to 2500 metres when the race was run at Moonee Valley Racecourse [4] while Flemington was under redevelopment. [5]