The thrills proceed at Flemington this autumn

Katie Cunningham | Introduced by Victoria Racing Membership

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The Melbourne Cup is the race that stops a nation®. However given it solely occurs yearly, it is a lengthy wait from one November to the following.

The excellent news? You do not have to carry out till spring for thrilling racing occasions. The Flemington Racing Spectacular boasts a formidable autumn racing calendar, together with premium occasions like The All-Star Mile. Which implies now you can get your racing repair throughout three Saturdays of Group 1 racing at Flemington.

There’s loads of thrilling on-track motion on supply, with three characteristic race days to be at. Here is what you could learn about this 12 months’s large autumn racing calendar.

Howden Australian Guineas Day — Saturday March 1

The Group 1 Howden Australian Guineas convey collectively the nation’s greatest three-year-old horses to compete over the long-lasting Flemington mile.

The race has a prestigious honour roll with earlier winners together with Hitotsu, Grunt, Miss Finland and Apache Cat.

Sepals strengthened his Guineas credentials with a commanding victory within the Group 3 C.S Hayes Stakes (1400m) on Black Caviar Lightning Race Day. Since 2015, 4 Guineas winners have gained the C.S Hayes Stakes within the lead-up.

Angel Capital heads the market and his jockey shall be sporting new silks after Yulong bought the son of Harry Angel forward of the Group 1 mile contest. He completed slightly below 4 lengths off Non-public Life within the 2024 Caulfield Guineas (1600m).

Additionally on the cardboard is the $300,000 Group 2 TAB Blamey Stakes (1600m) and the $1 million Inglis Dash (1200m).

Tremendous Saturday that includes the All-Star Mile — Saturday March 8

Tremendous Saturday is the jewel within the crown of Flemington’s autumn racing schedule. 

And the large information this 12 months is that Tremendous Saturday is now dwelling to the All-Star Mile, which carries Group 1 standing for the primary time. It was introduced in August that Flemington had been chosen as the house of the All-Star Mile for the following three years, which means that is only the start of even larger Tremendous Saturdays at Flemington.

Additionally on the day is the unmissable Group 1 Yulong Newmarket Handicap (1200m), a showcase of the nation’s greatest sprinters. It is extensively thought to be Australia’s greatest and greatest dash race, having even been voted the world’s greatest dash race by Longines World Racing Awards.

This 12 months marks the 152nd operating of the Yulong Newmarket Handicap, which boasts a formidable honour roll of legendary dash champions and unforgettable underdogs.

The mares received the higher of the three-year-old colts within the Black Caviar Lightning (1000m), with Skybird stunning on the longest beginning worth within the dash race’s historical past.

After a fourth-placed end within the Lightning, 2024 Coolmore Stud Stakes (1200m) winner Switzerland sits atop of the betting for the Newmarket with three-year-olds accounting for 48 wins within the six furlong handicap first run at Flemington in 1874.

TAB Australian Cup Day — Saturday March 29

The Flemington Racing Spectacular involves an exhilarating conclusion on Saturday March 29 on TAB Australian Cup Day.

The marquee occasion is the place you may expertise the thrill of the high-stakes $2.5 million Group 1 TAB Australian Cup (2000m), the place legends like Dulcify, Bonecrusher, Octagonal, Lonhro and Makybe Diva have all left their mark through the years.

With back-to-back winner Cascadian retired, Flemington will crown a brand new Australian Cup hero to cap off the Flemington Racing Spectacular.

Chris Waller can have a say within the race with horses like Atishu and Buckaroo earmarked to focus on the 2000-metre Group 1 characteristic.

Caulfield Cup winner Duke De Sessa, 2023 Lexus Melbourne Cup winner With out A Combat and final 12 months’s Cup hero Knight’s Alternative are all within the combine.

That is not all of the day has in retailer. The undercard options the extremely anticipated $500,000 Listed Lexus Roy Higgins (2600m), providing the primary golden ticket for the 2025 Lexus Melbourne Cup (3200m).

It is an action-packed day – and, like all of Flemington’s autumn racing calendar, one to not be missed.

Tickets on sale now at vrc.com.au.