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This List of Australian Group races is recognized as a list of Australia's classified Black type thoroughbred horse races. [1] The Pattern Committee of the Australian Racing Board (ARB) [2] recommends which races shall be designated as Group and Listed races for the racing season. The current list is for the 2019–2020 Australian Racing season ...
Group races, also known as Pattern races, or Graded races in some jurisdictions, are the highest level of races in Thoroughbred horse racing.They include most of the world's iconic races, such as the Derby, Irish Derby and Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe in Europe, the Melbourne Cup in Australia, and the Kentucky Derby and Breeders' Cup races in the United States.
The lists below show notable Thoroughbred horse races in various countries around the world. In countries with a grading system, the included races are normally Group or Grade 1. However, some restricted races such as the Queen's Plate in Canada are also included, and all races at the Royal Ascot festival are included because of their prestige.
Sky Racing Perth Cup Consolation: 3 520 Cannington Greyhounds: 25000 The Racecallers: 3 595 Sandown Greyhounds: 25000 Lizrene: 3 715 Sandown Greyhounds: 25000 Bill Collins Speed Star: 3 515 Sandown Greyhounds: 25000 Evans and Son Ladies Bracelet: 3 520 Wentworth Park: 25000 Howard Ashton Final: 3 515 Angle Park Greyhounds: 26000 Chief Ministers ...
The Western Australian Oaks is a Perth Racing Group 3 Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-old fillies at set weights run over 2400 metres, held at Ascot Racecourse in Perth, Western Australia each year in March.
The Metropolitan is an Australian Turf Club Group 1 Thoroughbred horse race held under open handicap conditions, for horses aged three years old and older, over a distance of 2,400 metres at Randwick Racecourse, Sydney, Australia in early October. [1] The total prize money for this race is A$750,000.
The race was first held at Ascot racecourse on 15 November 1937, to mark the official date of the King's Birthday, as a weight-for-age mile race for three-year-olds. [2] It was dropped from the race calendar in 1941 due to wartime economies. It was restored in 1943 and was run on the Saturday of the King's Birthday Meeting in November.
The Winx Guineas, registered as the Sunshine Coast Guineas is a Sunshine Coast Turf Club Group 3 Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-olds, under set weights conditions, over a distance of 1600 metres at Corbould Park Racecourse, Caloundra, Queensland, Australia during the Queensland Winter Racing Carnival. [1]