Horse Racing in Melbourne

Horse Racing in Melbourne

Horse racing has been a world-renowned sport for thousands of years now. In
modern-day Australia, horse racing is one of the biggest spectator sports as well as a widespread form of recreational gambling. The major forms of horse racing in Melbourne, Australia are thoroughbred racing, group racing, handicap racing, and derby.

Whether you are a horse racing fan or a punter, you can surely bet that there’s no greater occasion than the Tooheys New Melbourne Cup, the world’s richest horse race that attracts more than 100,000 punters and is the highlight of the Spring Racing Carnival (mid-October to mid-November) in Melbourne, Australia.

Another popular horse racing event in Melbourne is AAMI Victoria Derby Day, that lifts the curtain on the Victoria Racing Club's world-renowned four day Melbourne Cup Carnival. Widely considered as 'A Day for Racing Purists', Derby Day is widely acknowledged as one of the most prestigious single days of racing in Australasia, featuring a card of nine group races.

Apart from the above-mentioned major Melbourne horse racing events, various other metropolitan races take place at Flemington, Moonee Valley, Caulfield and Sandown racecourses, all round the year, like:

- The Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival
- Caulfield Guineas
- The Caulfield Cup
- Weight for Age Cox Plate race
- Flemington Spring Carnival
- Victoria Derby
- Melbourne Cup Handicap race
- VRC Oaks race
- Stakes
- Sandown Spring Carnival

Popular Horse Racing Courses in Melbourne:

- Flemington
- Caulfield And Sandown
- Moonee Valley
- Country Racing
- Cranbourne Training Complex

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