Australian Horse Racing

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Australian Horse Racing - The Major Races

Eagle Farm Racecourse hosts the Winter Stakes every year in June and is raced by Gr 1 Australian horse race at set weights for thoroughbred fillies and mares three-years-old and above horses.

Ascot Racecourse hosts the WATC Derby every year in April and is raced by at set weights by three-year-old thoroughbreds horses.

Caulfield Racecourse hosts the Underwood Stakes every year in late Septembery and is raced by Gr 1 Australian thoroughbred horses.

Caulfield Racecourse hosts the Toorak Handicap every year in October and is raced by Gr 1 Australian open handicap horserace entered by three-year-olds and above horses.

Caulfield Racecourse hosts the The Thousand Guineas every year in October and is raced by Gr 1 Australian horses at set weights for three-year-old fillies.

Randwick Racecourse hosts the The Galaxy every year in April and is raced by Gr 1 Australian open handicap thoroughbred horses.

Doomben Racecourse hosts the The Doomben Cup every year in May and is raced by r 1 Australian weight-for-age horses.

Doomben Racecourse hosts the The Doomben 10,000 every year in May and is raced by Gr 1 Australian weight-for-age horses.

Doomben Racecourse hosts the The BTC Cup every year in May and is raced by Gr 1 Australian weight-for-age horses.

Randwick Racecourse hosts the T J Smith Stakes every year in April and is raced by Gr 1 Australian Weight for Age horses.

Randwick Racecourse hosts the Sydney Cup every in April and is raced by thoroughbreds three-years-old and up.

Eagle Farm Racecourse hosts the Stradbroke Handicap every year in June and is raced by Gr 1 Australian open handicap horses.

Randwick Racecourse hosts the Spring Champion Stakes every year in October and is raced by Gr 1 Australian horses contested by three-year-old thoroughbreds at set weights.

Morphettville Racecourse hosts the South Australian Derby every year in April and is raced by Gr 1 Australian three year old thoroughbreds contested at set weights.

Morphettville Racecourse hosts the Robert Sangster Stakes every year in April and is raced by Gr 1 Australian horses.

Eagle Farm Racecourse hosts the Queensland Oaks every year in late May or June each year and is raced by Gr 1 Australian thoroughbred horses at set weights with penalties.

Morphettville Racecourse hosts the Goodwood Handicap every year at the end of April and is raced by Gr 1 Australian horses at set weights with penalties

Moonee Valley Racecourse hosts the Manikato Stakes every year in September and is raced by Gr 1 Australian weight-for-age horse for thoroughbreds.

Flemington Racecourse hosts the Patinack Farm Classic every year in November and is raced by Gr 1 Australian open weight-for-age horses.

Morphettville Racecourse hosts the Queensland Derby every year in June and is raced by Gr 1 Australian horses.

The AJC Metropolitan Handicap is a Grade 1 race held at Randwick in Sydney each year in early October.

If you're in Sydney in April check out the AJC Oaks, a Gr 1 race contested by three-year-old fillies at set weights.

The AJC Queen Elizabeth Stakes is held at Randwick Racecourse in Sydney each year either in April or May and is an Australian Grade 1 race.

April sees the All Aged Stakes, a Grade 1 WFA race at Randwick in Sydney (Australia, mate).

The Champagne Stakes is held at Randwick, has Gr 1 status, and is open to Juvenile thoroughbreds.

Randwick hosts the George Main Stakes every year in late September and is raced by Gr 1 Australian horses at weight-for-age conditions.

The Flight Stakes is run in October each year at Sydney's Randwick Racecourse and is contested by three-year-old fillies.

The Doncaster Handicap is run at Royal Randwick Racecourse in Sydney featuring three-year-old thoroughbreds.

Epsom Handicap is run in Sydney's Randwick Racecourse by 3-year-olds in October each year.

Caulfield Stakes is held in October each year at Caulfield Racecourse in Melbourne and is raced by Gr 1 Australian weight-for-age horses.