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Thoroughbred horse racing is a spectator sport in Australia, and gambling on horse races is a very popular pastime with A$14.3 billion wagered in 2009/10 [1] with bookmakers and the Totalisator Agency Board (TAB). The two forms of Thoroughbred horseracing in Australia are flat racing, and races over fences or hurdles in Victoria and South ...
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 ...
The first leg of the Australian Triple Crown is the Randwick Guineas. It is run at the Randwick Racecourse in Sydney. The race replaced the former Canterbury Guineas (1900 metres), which was discontinued after the 2005 racing season. That race, which originated in 1935, was run at the Canterbury Park Racecourse, also at Sydney, New South Wales. [2]
Thoroughbred horse racing Racecourse Grose Farm The oiginal "Sydney Turf Club", which later became the Australian Jockey Club: In the area of the University of Sydney campus, or Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, at Camperdown. (Exact location not available.) Thoroughbred horse racing 1826—1840 [3] Racing moved to Homebush
The Australian Champion Racehorse of the Year is awarded to the Thoroughbred horse who is voted to be the champion horse within an Australian racing season. This award is open to all racehorses racing within Australia , regardless of age and sex, and includes overseas performances.
Swayzee (foaled 23 September 2017) is an Australian Standardbred racehorse, notable for winning the New Zealand Trotting Cup in 2023 and 2024, the 2023 Blacks A Fake Queensland Championship, the 2024 Victoria Cup and the 2025 A G Hunter Cup. Swayzee was bred by Paul Kahlefeldt at Redbank Lodge Standardbreds in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales ...
A number of forms of horse racing are carried out in Australia: Thoroughbred racing in Australia; ... Steeplechase racing in Australia This page was last edited on 28 ...
The shortest-priced favourite in Cup history was Phar Lap when he won in 1930 at 8-11 ($1.72).; Metrication – The race was originally held over two miles (about 3,218 metres), but following Australia's adoption of the Metric system in the 1970s the current distance of 3,200 metres was adopted in 1972.