2024/25 CALENDAR
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AUGUST
FANGIRL
Chris Waller dominated the 2023 edition of the race named after his greatest horse, training four of the first five home in the Winx Stakes. It was Waller’s 150th Group 1 win, and sentimental because he achieved it with Fangirl, carrying the Inghams’ famous cerise. “The Inhgam family have supported me for a long time. I remember when they had Little Surfer Girl (Fangirl’s dam) and I was completely out of my depth,” Waller said. “To do it in those colours makes it extra special.” James McDonald was the winning rider.
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Glorious Goodwood (UK): Nassau Stakes
Coffs Harbour Cup
Daniel Baker Sprint
Ken Howard Cup
Glorious Goodwood (UK)
Paris Olympics: men’s 50m freestyle final
Star, WA Winter Series
Cup,
Jockey Celebration Day Stakes,
Sprint, Roxby Downs Cup, Townsville Cup, Cleveland Bay, Collie Cup (Gilgandra), Nanango Cup, Corfield Cup.
Glorious Goodwood: Stewards’ Cup (UK)
Clement L Hirsch, Whitney, Test, Saratoga Derby (US)
Paris: women’s 100m final, rowing 8s finals. Super Netball Grand Final (SA)
Paris: men’s 100m final, women’s 50m freestyle, men’s 1500m free
Bordertown
Sportsbet-Pakenham
Sportsbet-Ballarat
Paris Olympics: women’s 200m final, men’s 1500m
Paris Olympics: men’s 400m final
Top End T20 begins (Darwin)
Paris Olympics: 4 x 100 relay finals, men’s football final, women’s hockey final, women’s 400m final
MV Spring Preview, Missile, Behemoth Stakes, Belmont Newmarket, Casino Cup, Louth Cup, Mackay Cup, Gladstone Cup, Innisfail Banana Day, Muttaburra Cup, Kimberley Cup
NZ Grand National Steeple, Grand National Hurdles, Phoenix (Ire) Arlington Million, Beverly D, Secretariat, Fourstardave (US)
Paris Olympics: men’s marathon, 4 x 400 relay finals, men’s basketball final, women’s football final
Prix Jacque le Marois (Fr)
Grosser Preis von Berlin (Ger)
Sportsbet-Pakenham
Sportsbet-Ballarat
20
Sportsbet-Ballarat synthetic
Albury
Grafton
Broome
Brisbane Ekka
Sportsbet-Ballarat
Peter Lawrence, Vain, Quezette, Regal Roller, Rosebud, ATC Spring Preview, Mekkafest, Blue Spec, Cobar Cup, Quorn Cup, Cairns Newmarket, Gympie Muster, Talwood Cup, Middlemount Cup, Katherine Cup.
Hopkins Livermore Cup
Northland Breeders Stakes (NZ), Alabama Stakes (US)
Broome Ladies Day
26
27
Sportsbet Sandown Lakeside
bet365 Geelong Murwillumbah
Canberra Acton Doomben
Awapuni
Riccarton synthetic
Rowley Mile
Murwillumbah Cup Newmarket
23
The Valley Sportsbet-Wangaratta Randwick
Eagle Farm Gold Coast Poly Cairns
Newcastle Tuncurry Berrigan Bingara
Morphettville Parks
Toowoomba
Roma Dingo Aramac
Mount Isa Belmont Broome Kununurra Te Rapa Riccarton
24
South Coast Clubs Cup Noosa Cup
Prix
Port Hedland Cup 17 21
Paris Olympics: women’s marathon, basketball, closing ceremony
18
Rowing Worlds begin (Ontario, Canada). Top End T20 final.
Sportsbet-Ballarat Sportsbet-Pakenham Goulburn, Narromine Port Augusta Kilcoy Hobart Kalgoorlie, Alice Springs Hawera bet365 Mildura
25
Carlyon Stakes, Winx, Silver Shadow, Show County, Toy Show, Premier’s Cup, Leon Macdonald, Idyllic Prince, Cairns Cup, Dingo Cup, Broome Cup.
Grand National Steeple Goulburn Cup, Narromine Cup Alice Springs Truckies Day
Yorkshire Oaks (UK)
Nunthorpe Stakes (UK) Personal Ensign (US)
Foxbridge Plate (NZ), Ebor (UK) Travers, Sword Dancer, Allen Jerkens, Ballerina (US) Juddmonte International (UK)
30
Sportsbet-Pakenham synthetic
Moruya
Scone
Naracoorte
Doomben
Warwick
Synthetic finals
AFLW season begins
Caulfield Warracknabeal Rosehill
Kembla Grange Grafton Gulargambone Morphettville Eagle Farm Gold Coast Toowoomba Bundaberg Warra Betoota Springsure
Julia Creek Mareeba
Belmont
Newman Kununurra
Darwin Riccarton Wanganui
Memsie, Cockram, McNeil, Heath 1100, Heatherlie, San Domenico, Up And Coming, City Tatts Club Cup, QTatts Members’ Cup, Jolly Beggar, Sheep Hills Cup, Gulargambone Cup, Warra Cup, Springsure Cup, Betoota Cup, Mareeba Cup, Kununurra Cup.
Wanganui Guineas (NZ), Haydock Sprint Cup (UK), Jockey Club Gold Cup, Pacific Classic (USA).
Rowing World Champs conclude (Ontario, Canada)
TAB meetings in bold type
Non-TAB in light type
Night meetings
Twilight meetings
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Please note — all dates for races and sport are local. Races and sporting events in the western hemisphere may be held on the following day by Australian time.
Grand National Hurdle Forbes Cup, Ben Hall Bullet Maurice de Gheest (Fr), German Oaks
Apiam Bendigo
Moe Wyong, Moruya Bordertown
Sunshine Coast Launceston Carnarvon Arawa Park
Great Western Steeple, Coleraine Hurdle, Dubbo Cup Prelude, Sprint Prelude, Wagga Whiz, Riverina Cup,
Queen of the Valley Matchmaker
Darwin Cup, Montgomerie Lightning
Coleraine, Echuca
Dubbo, Wagga
Sunshine Coast Hobart
Kalgoorlie, Pt Hedland, Woodville
Morny, Jean Romanet (Fr)
Tamworth Rush
MR BRIGHTSIDE
September 2023 was a big month for the Hayes brothers’ mighty warrior Mr Brightside, who scored a Group 1 double in the Memsie and Makybe Diva Stakes. The Makybe win established the gelding as Australia’s leading miler, if there was any doubt following two Doncaster wins and an All-Star Mile. With Craig Williams aboard throughout, Mr Brightside would finish the 2023/24 season with 11 starts for five wins (four Group 1s), four seconds (one of them by a whisker in the Cox Plate), a third and a fifth.
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Moe Tamworth Wagga Emerald Landor
bet365 Hamilton Corowa Tamworth Beaudesert
western hemisphere may be held on the following day by Australian time.
6
Wyong Cup, Mona Lisa, Da Vinci
11
Sale Kensington Balaklava Doomben Devonport Belmont Riccarton synthetic
Balaklava Cup
16
bet365 Park Wodonga Moruya Mackay
1718
Sportsbet Sandown Hillside Canterbury Thomas Farms Murray Bridge Doomben Belmont
Cambridge synthetic
Warrnambool
12
bet365 Geelong Goulburn Tuncurry Bordertown Cairns Matamata
Tarzino Trophy, Gold Trail, Sir Colin Meads (NZ), Betfair Sprint Cup (UK), Debutante (USA). US Open women’s final
13 Flemington Donald Rosehill Kembla Grange Armidale Callarenebri Geurie Griffith Morphettville Eagle Farm Gold Coast Cairns Toowoomba Morven Bedourie Thangool Cloncurry Belmont Carnarvon Darwin New Plymouth Riccarton
14
Sunshine Coast Kalgoorlie
Alice Springs
Woodville
Wingatui
Rousillon Handicap, Sprint Prelude
St Leger meeting begins Park Hill Stakes (UK)
19
Tuncurry-Forster Cup, The Pearl, Tuncurry Mile Cairns Amateurs Ladies Day
Doncaster Cup (UK)
Sportsbet-Ballarat
Cranbourne Kembla Grange Ipswich
Women’s T20: Australia v NZ (Mackay)
25
Apiam
Makybe Diva, Archer Stakes, Let’s Elope, Bobbie Lewis, Exford Plate, Tontonan, Poseidon, Cap d’Antibes, Theo Marks, Run to the Rose, Sheraco, Ming Dynasty, Wylie Handicap, Well Groomed Raceday, Nicopolis, Carnarvon Cup, Weetwood Prelude, Cairns Amateurs Cup, Morven Cup, Bedourie Cup, Thangool Cup
Canterbury Belle (NZ), St Leger (UK), Irish Champion Stakes, Matron Stakes (Ire), Woodbine Mile (Can)
bet365 Seymour Bathurst, Coffs Halidon
Sunshine Coast Devonport Northam, Alice Springs
Te Rapa, Awapuni synthetic
15 Bathurst Cup, The Panorama, The Barb, Bill Aspros Cup
Mindarie-Halidon Cup
Great Northern day (NZ), Arc trials day, Prix Vermeille, Grand Prix de Paris (Fr), Irish St Leger, National Stakes, Moyglare, Flying Five (Ire),
Newcastle Canberra Eagle Farm Ewan Twin Hills Taupo
Gold Nugget
20
Newcastle Cup, Tibbie Stakes, Cameron Handicap, Hurricane Handicap Ewan Cup
The Valley bet365 Benalla Coleraine Lismore Scone Sunshine Coast Townsville
Te Rapa
27
Caulfield bet365 Echuca Randwick Newcastle Bowraville Wagga Barraba Enngonia Pooncarie
Morphettville Parks Gold Coast Dalby Gympie Ewan Winton Twin Hills Belmont Mount Magnet Darwin Ellerslie Wanganui
21
Underwood, Caulfield Guineas Prelude, Naturalism, Jim Moloney, Testa Rossa, The 7 Stakes, Tea Rose, Bill Ritchie, The Shorts, Kingston Town, Newcastle carnival day two, Tabtouch, Pink Ribbon Cup, Wagga Picnic Cup, Bowraville Cup, Barraba Cup, Enngonia Cup, Pooncarie Cup, Twin Hills Cup Metric Mile (NZ), Pennsylvania Derby, Cotillion (USA)
Come-By-Chance Grenfell Jerilderie Morphettville Parks
Eagle Farm Mackay Toowoomba Taroom Gladstone Longreach Mount Isa Atherton Belmont Landor Hastings Riccarton
Flemington Armidale Nowra Mount Gambier Warwick Devonport Kalgoorlie Toodyay Waverley, Gore
Derby & Oaks Trials
Boulder Cup
22
Port Macquarie
Manikato Stakes, Feehan Stakes, Stutt Stakes, Stocks, Scarborough Benalla Cup, Coleraine Cup, Lismore Cup, Untamed Sprint
Golden Rose, Golden Pendant, Shannon, Colin Stephen, Heritage, Sandown Stakes, Black Heart Bart, Weetwood, Toowoomba Cup, Mackay Classic, Manilla Cup, Jerilderie Cup, Grenfell Cup, Come-By-Chance Cup, Taroom Cup, Longreach Cup, Mount Isa Spring Cup, Atherton Cup.
Women’s T20: Australia v NZ (Brisbane)
Cambridgeshire meeting begins (UK)
Arrowfield Stud Plate, Hawke’s Bay Guineas (NZ) Cheveley Park Stakes, Middle Park Stakes (UK) AFL Grand Final (MCG), Presidents Cup (Royal Montreal)
Port Lincoln Sunshine Coast Devonport Bunbury Alice Springs Te Aroha 29
Ansett Classic, Dubbo Cup, Vincent Gordon Flying, Port Mac Cup Prelude
Sprinters Stakes (Jpn) Presidents Cup (Royal Montreal) Mornington Dubbo
Moree Cup, Town Plate Grosser Preis von Baden (Ger)
Black Nugget Cup Coolgardie Cup Prix du Moulin (Fr), Centaur Stakes (Jpn), Del Mar Futurity (USA)
Apiam Bendigo Mudgee Gundagai
OCTOBER
ROMANTIC WARRIOR
Romantic Warrior created history in dramatic fashion at The Valley last October, becoming the first Hong Kong horse to win the Cox Plate, and the first to win any Australian feature since Cape Of Good Hope (Australia Stakes) in 2005. “It has big meaning for me as a trainer. It makes me happy. I’m more happy than I can tell you,” said trainer Danny Shum after the judge found the narrowest of margins for the James McDonald-ridden favourite over local warrior Mr Brightside. The winner would go on to frank the form with wins in the Hong Kong Cup, Hong Kong Gold Cup, QEII Cup and Yasuda Kinen.
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TAB meetings in bold type
Non-TAB in light type
Night meetings
Twilight meetings
Not all dates finalised — check state calendars.
Please note — all dates for races and sport are local. Races and sporting events in the western hemisphere may be held on the following day by Australian time.
Women’s T20 World Cup:
(Sylhet)
bet365 Park Kilmore
Caulfield
Warwick Farm Balaklava Doomben Launceston Ascot Pukekohe
Coongy, Debutant
22
bet365 Park Kyneton Grafton Orange Gatton
Sportsbet-Ballarat
The Valley Warrnambool
Dubbo, Moruya
Lockhart
Rockhampton
Sunshine Coast
Launceston
Ascot Park
Verandah Town Cup
Women’s T20 World Cup: Australia v Sri Lanka (Sylhet)
Flemington Murtoa Gunbower Randwick
Newcastle Wagga Bundarra Tabulam Mudgee Morphettville Jamestown Doomben
Gold Coast Toowoomba Eidsvold
Tara Jundah Richmond Gordonvale Kalgoorlie Moora Darwin Matamata Hawera
Turnbull, Danehill, Manifold, Gilgai, Rose of Kingston, Maribyrnong Trial, Paris Lane, Super Impose, Bart Cummings, Epsom, Metropolitan, Flight, Premiere, Dulcify, Breeders’ Plate, Gimcrack, Big Dance Wild Card, Filante, Cerrone, Queensland Cup, Kalgoorlie Cup, Ron Sayers Sprint, Murtoa Cup, Gunbower Cup, Tabulam Cup, Jamestown Cup, Eidsvold Cup, Tara Cup, Jundah Cup, Gordonvale Cup, Moora Cup.
Matamata Cup (NZ), Sun Chariot (UK), Prix du Cadran, Prix de Royallieu (Fr) Cootamundra Cup
Coast, Launceston
Future Champions day one (UK)
Women’s T20 World Cup: Australia v New Zealand (Sylhet)
17
Sportsbet-Pakenham Moe Taree Canberra Penola Ipswich Launceston Wingatui
Moe Cup
Women’s T20 World Cup: semi-final (Sylhet)
Sportsbet-Ballarat Hawkesbury
Ipswich Geraldton New Plymouth
MLB World Series begins
18
Taree Cup, Krambach Cup
Women’s T20 World Cup: semi-final (Dhaka)
Queanbeyan
Sportsbet Gawler
Caulfield bet365 Hamilton Manangatang Rosehill Kembla Grange Port Macquarie Albury Forbes Young Murray Bridge Eagle Farm Gold Coast Warwick Gayndah Cunnamulla Emerald Bowen Atherton
Caulfield Guineas, Might And Power, Toorak Handicap, Schillaci, Herbert Power, Ladies Day Vase, Northwood Plume, Weekend Hussler, Caulfield Village, Alan Brown, Hill Stakes, The Nivison, Tapp-Craig, Roman Consul, Gloaming, Murray Bridge Gold Cup, Queensland Cup, Northerly, Max Simmonds, Hamilton Cup, Manangatang Cup, Warwick Cup, Cunnamulla Cup, Bowen Cup, Emerald 100. Livamol Classic, Red Badge Spring Sprint (NZ), Future Champions Day (UK)
Caulfield Apiam Bendigo Avoca Wodonga Randwick
Newcastle Wagga Narromine Bombala Deniliquin Inverell Wauchope Morphettville Eagle Farm Gold Coast Rockhampton Toowoomba Barcoo Wondai Stanthorpe Charters Towers Innisfail Mitchell Ascot Leinster Darwin Ellerslie Otaki
19
Caulfield Cup, Thousand Guineas Prelude, Caulfield Sprint, Tristarc, Caulfield Classic, Moonga, Alinghi, Gothic, Ethereal, The Everest, King Charles III, Silver Eagle, Angst, Sydney Stakes, The Kosciuszko, Reg Allen, ATC St Leger, Five Diamonds Prelude, Hill Smith, Crawford, Eurythmic, Avoca Cup, Deniliquin Cup, Innisfail Cup, Maranoa Cup, Wondai Cup, Stanthorpe Cup, Barcoo Cup, Charters Towers Cup Champions Day (UK), Criterium de Saint-Cloud (Fr)
The Valley Yarra Valley St Arnaud
Alexandra Randwick
T20 World Cup: India v Australia (Sylhet)
Horsham Cup Kikuka Sho (Japanese St Leger) Women’s T20 WC Final (Dhaka)
Geelong Cup, Geelong Classic, The Black Pearl
Fillies & Mares
Moonee Valley Gold Cup, JRA Cup, Chautauqua Stakes Gawler Cup
Swan Hill Grafton
Townsville
Toowoomba Gympie
Clifton
Charleville
Kembla Grange Albury Armidale Balranald Casino Harden Mudgee Morphettville Doomben Gold Coast
26
Cox Plate, McEwen, MV Vase, MV Fillies Classic, Crystal Mile, Red Anchor, Tesio, Crockett, Spring Champion, The Invitation, Craven Plate, CallanderPresnell, Brian Crowley, Belgravia, St Arnaud Cup, Harden Cup, Pallarenda, Gympie Cup, Clifton Cup, Isisford Cup. War Decree, Spring Classic, Soliloquy (NZ), Futurity Trophy (UK)
Coonabarabran Cup Northam Cup Thompson Handicap (NZ)
(Jpn)
(Fr)
Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe day (Fr)
Shuka Sho (Jpn)
Velka Pardubicka Steeple (Cz)
Women’s
Hannans Handicap
Seymour Cup, Coonamble Cup Geraldton Ladies Day
Ballarat
NOVEMBER
WITHOUT A FIGHT
Mark Zahra struck a blow for the reputation of jockeys as judges when he won the 2023 Melbourne Cup on the Anthony and Sam Freedman-trained Without A Fight. Zahra had opted to ride the $8 chance ahead of $6.50 second favourite Gold Trip, on whom he’d won the previous year’s Cup. The decision was an astute one, as Without A Fight romped in by 2¼ lengths while Gold Trip ran 17th. Without A Fight became the 12 horse to complete the Caulfield Cup-Melbourne Cup double and the first since Ethereal in 2001.
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TAB meetings in bold type
Non-TAB in light
type
Night meetings
Twilight meetings
Matinee meetings
Not all dates
finalised — check state calendars.
Please note — all dates for races and sport are local. Races and sporting events in the western hemisphere may be held on the following day by Australian time.
4
ODI: Australia v Pakistan, (MCG)
Lexus Melbourne Cup, The Amanda Elliott, Cup Day Plate, Maybe Mahal, Batman, Maribyrnong Plate, Big Dance, Little Dance, Barn Dance, Choisir Handicap, John Letts Cup, Burgess Queen, Gold Coast Jericho Cup qualifier, Kumbia Cup, Charleville Cup. Balmerino Stakes (NZ)
11
Cup
Apiam Bendigo Rosehill
Thomas Farms Murray Bridge Doomben Launceston Belmont Riccarton
TAB Mile, Canterbury Breeders Stakes (NZ)
VRC Oaks, Chester Manifold, Century, Red Roses, Grey Stars, Cup Carnival Country Final Hawkesbury Ladies Day Cup
14
Sportsbet-Ballarat
Port Macquarie Quirindi Mackay Bunbury
1, Del
Kempsey Cup Rocky Breeders’ Plate
v Pakistan (Adelaide)
15 The Valley bet365 Seymour Canterbury Ballina Gundagai Mount Gambier Gold Coast Launceston Trentham
Flemington Traralgon Wycheproof bet365
Hawkesbury Kilcoy Narrogin Phar Lap Raceway
21
22 The Valley bet365 Park Kyneton Grafton Orange Bong Bong Port Lincoln Cairns Sunshine Coast New Plymouth
Victoria Derby, Coolmore Stud, Empire Rose, Wakeful, Linlithgow, The Vanity, Carbine Club, Begonia Belle, Rising Fast, Golden Eagle, Giga Kick, Rosehill Gold Cup, Four Pillars Midway, Placid Ark Prelude, Prince of Wales, Asian Beau, Mortlake Cup, Wycheproof Cup, Yeppoon Cup, Home Hill Cup.
Breeders’ Cup day 2, Del Mar. World Series game 7 (if needed)
Rapa
Darley Champions Sprint, VRC Champions Stakes, Kennedy Champions Mile, Always Welcome, Queen Elizabeth, Matriarch, Inglis Banner, Golden Gift, Hot Danish, Five Diamonds, Country Classic, Keith Noud, Lee Steere Stakes, Fairetha, Luckygray Stakes, TRC Goodwood, Ballan Cup, Moranbah Cup, Cooktown Cup
2000 Guineas, Metropolitan,
Thousand Guineas, Sir Rupert Clarke, Blue Sapphire, Thoroughbred Club, How Now, Caulfield Village, Jungle Mist Classic, Placid Ark, WA Champion Fillies, RJ Peters, Colonel Reeves, Ballarat Cup, Magic Millions Ballarat 3YO, 2YO Clockwise Classic, The Hunter, The Beauford, NJC Spring Stakes, Alf Kneebone Trans Tasman Trophy, Swiss Ace Plate, Mooloolaba Cup, Dunkeld Cup, Roma (Qld) Cup, Mt Perry Cup, Julia Creek Cup
T20: Australia v Pakistan (SCG)
23 Cranbourne Tatura Penshurst Healesville Kembla Grange Wyong Inverell Bowraville Adaminaby Hay Morphettville Gold Coast Doomben Beaudesert Toowoomba Gympie Atherton Emerald Barcoo Pentland Ascot Esperance Alice Springs Pukekohe Wanganui
Railway, WA Guineas, Carbine Club of WA, A.J. Scahill, Crystal Slipper, Cranbourne Cup, The Gong, The Warra, City of Marion, Recognition, Tatura Cup, Penshurst Cup, Adaminaby Cup, Colin McAlpine Classic, Pentland Cup Counties Cup, Thoroughbred Breeders Stakes (NZ)
Toowoomba
Winterbottom Stakes, Lee-Steere Classic, Jungle Dawn, Country Championship, Zipping Classic, Sandown Guineas, Eclipse, Kevin Heffernan, Summoned, Doveton, Merson Cooper, Festival, Starlight, ATC Cup, George Moore, Mode Plate, Winning Rupert, Country Cups Challenge Final, Country Stampede Final, The Eagle Way.
Ararat Cup, China Bowl Euroa Cup, Cotton Cup York Cup
Queen Elizabeth II Cup (Japan) Grosser Preis von Bayern (Ger) ODI: Australia v Pakistan, Perth
Breeders’ Cup day
Mar
Peninsula Cup Greenwell Point Cup
Australia v Pakistan (Gabba)
DECEMBER
GOLDEN SIXTY
Champion miler Golden Sixty electrified Sha Tin last December with a Hong Kong Mile performance that had to be seen to be believed. No horse had ever won a Hong Kong Mile off a spell as long as the 224 days since Golden Sixty’s Champions Mile win the previous April, while the eight-year-old also had to overcome the outside barrier. Jockey Vincent Ho managed to settle him midfield with cover, and Golden Sixty exploded when asked, with a 10.86-second sectional from the 400m to the 200m. “He’s a monster,” said Ho. “When I asked him for effort, he lengthened like I can’t believe — he’s still got that turn of foot. It’s crazy.”
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bet365
Rockhampton
Hastings
Woodford Cup
2nd Test: Australia v India (Adelaide)
bet365 Hamilton Beaumont Newcastle Ballina 16
2nd Test: Australia v India (Adelaide)
Mornington Wyong Strathalbyn Ipswich Launceston Pinjarra Hastings
Wyong Magic Millions Classic Conquering Stakes, 3YO Trophy, Alfa Bowl 17
Melbourne metro TBA
Warwick Farm
Queanbeyan
Port Lincoln
Moe Scone Cairns
Cairns MM Country Cup qualifier
Ipswich
Ascot
Ruakaka
Caulfield Heath bet365 Park Kyneton Kembla Grange Kilcoy Albany Ellerslie
Cup, DRC Golden Mile
2nd Test: Australia v India (Adelaide)
The Valley Cranbourne bet365 Geelong Canterbury Murwillumbah
Canberra Warren Morphettville Townsville Sunshine Coast Tauranga
Darts World Championships begin (Alexandra Palace, London)
Sportsbet-Ballarat
bet365 Seymour Gosford
Rockhampton Bunbury Otaki
Caulfield Heath
Nhill, Drouin
Randwick
Newcastle, Ballina
19
Cranbourne
bet365 Yarra Valley
Canterbury
Lismore
Goulburn
Oakbank
Gatton
Gold Coast
Devonport
Matamata
Inverell, Quirindi, Wauchope, Queanbeyan, Tumut, Wellington
Caulfield bet365 Stawell bet365 Benalla Healesville Randwick Newcastle Albury Moree Coffs Harbour Moulamein Sportsbet Gawler
Farm Gold Coast Mackay Toowoomba Nanango Chinchilla Innisfail Gladstone King Island Ascot Esperance Darwin Ascot Park Te Rapa
Hong Kong international races
Hanshin
Apiam Bendigo
4th Test: Australia v India (MCG) Sportsbet-Wangaratta
3rd Test: Australia v India (Gabba)
Test: Australia v India (Gabba)
Morphettville Parks
Sunshine Coast, Warwick
Calliope, Mareeba
King Island
Pinjarra, Esperance, Albany, Ellerslie, Otaki, Wingatui 23
Wagga Wagga
3rd Test: Australia v India (Gabba)
2021
Ashburton 27
MRC Christmas Stakes, Lord, ATC Summer Cup, WA Boxing Day Dash, Nhill Cup, Drouin Cup, Warwick MM Country Cup qualifier, Calliope Cup
Sheffield Cup
Mornington
Canberra
Murwillumbah
Strathalbyn
Ipswich
Hobart
Geraldton
New Plymouth
Women’s ODI: Aust v India (Perth) Hopeful Stakes (Japan)
B.J. McLachlan, Bernborough, Falvelon, City to Surf, Ted Van Heemst, Epona Classic, Westspeed Platinum Cup, Westspeed Platinum Mile, Stallion Tender Scheme Trophy, Westspeed Platinum Sprint, Westspeed Platinum Plate, Westspeed Platinum Sires Stakes
Cup, Challenge Stakes (NZ)
The Valley Cranbourne
Kerang
Woolamai
Randwick
Kembla Grange
Gilgandra
Morphettville
Eagle Farm
Zabeel Classic, Eight Carat Classic (NZ), King George VI Steeple (UK) 4th Test: Australia v India (MCG), Sydney-Hobart start
Tasmanian Stakes, Brighton Cup, Alexandra Plate
4th Test: Australia v India (MCG)
Beaudesert
Cairns
Toowoomba
Taroom
Pinjarra
Darwin
Arawa Park
Phar Lap Raceway
SA Christmas Handicap, Vo Rogue Plate, Nudgee, Shoot Out, The Buffering, QTIS Magic Ticket, Mandurah Cup
The Ingham, Razor Sharp, ATC Christmas Cup, Inglis Nursery, Grand Prix, Gold Edition, Lough Neagh, The Gold Rush, Starstruck Classic, Moulamein Cup, Chinchilla Cup Waikato Cup, Cal Isuzu, J Swap (NZ), Long Walk Hurdle (UK) 4th Test: Australia v India (MCG)
Test: Australia v India (MCG)
3rd Test: Australia v India (Gabba)
2nd Test: Australia v India (Adelaide) 3rd Test: Australia v India (Gabba) Women’s ODI: Aust v India (Brisbane) Women’s ODI: Aust v India (Brisbane)
TAB Park Werribee Armidale, Hawkesbury
Aroha
Champions Cup (Japan)
Werribee Cup, Armidale Cup, Sunshine Coast MM Country Cup qualifier
Juvenile FIllies (Japan)
Hawkesbury
Nowra
Bordertown
Sunshine Coast
Hobart
Geraldton
Alice Springs Trentham
Kempsey Orange
Mudgee
Arima Kinen (Japan)
STORM BOY
Gai Waterhouse was back to her brilliant best as a trainer of two-year-olds in 2023/24, and one of the stars for Gai and co-trainer Adrian Bott was Storm Boy, convincing winner of January’s Magic Millions Classic under Adam Hyeronimus. The son of Justify had been a dominant winner of his first two starts, and his 2½-length win at the Gold Coast established him as a warm Golden Slipper favourite. As it turned out he’d have to settle for third in the Slipper, but happily for the Waterhouse/Bott team it was a stablemate who’d get the money.
Photo: MICHAEL McINALLY, MAGIC MILLIONS
TAB meetings in bold type
Non-TAB in light type Night meetings
Twilight meetings
Not all dates finalised. check state calendars for final dates.
Please note — all dates for races and sport are local. Races and sporting events in the western hemisphere may be held on the following day by Australian time.
Bagot Handicap, Canterbury Sprint, King of the Mountain, Perth Cup, La Trice Classic, Summer Scorcher, Burrumbeet Cup, Merton Cup, Wallabadah Cup, Longford Cup
Concorde, Royal Stakes, Rich Hill Mile, Auckland Guineas, Eclipse, City of Auckland Cup (NZ)
4
Coastal Classic, The Wave, Magic Millions Rising Stars CGE, Magic Millions Rising Stars F&M, MM Country Cup, Gold Nugget, Gold Pearl, Easingwold
11
Gilgandra Cup Fitzpatrick Plate, Ladies Bracelet
Moruya Cup
Devonport Cup, Carpet Charge January Cup (HK)
Magic Millions Classic, MM Guineas, MM Cup, MM Snippets, MM Subzero, MM F&M Quality, MM QTIS Open, MM Maiden Plate, MM Open, Standish Handicap, Kensington Stakes, Miss Andretti, Tumut Cup
Trentham Stakes, Thorndon Mile, Levin Classic, Wellesley (NZ)
Ashes ODI (North Sydney) Warrnambool
1416
bet365 Geelong Kensington Strathalbyn Ipswich Ascot Launceston Riccarton
15
bet365 Seymout Newcastle Beaudesert Bunbury Te Rapa
17
Flemington Cranbourne bet365 Camperdown Yea Rosehill Wyong Tuncurry Tumut
Sportsbet Gawler Kangaroo Island Eagle Farm Townsville King Island Ascot
Carrington Stakes, WA Celebration of Life Day Trophy, Camperdown Cup,
Wellington Cup, Desert Gold, Remutaka Classic (NZ)
19
Australian Open women’s final
Elwick Stakes, Lady Lynette, Summer Cup, TRC 1000 Guineas, Blackflash, Cowra Cup
Mount Barker Sprint Stewards Cup (HK)
FEBRUARY
IMPERATRIZ
A seemingly lacklustre trial didn’t stop the punters backing star Kiwi sprinter Imperatriz from $1.80 to $1.60 when she resumed in the Black Caviar Lightning at Flemington. They got the money, but only just, as the Mark Walker-trained mare rallied under Opie Bosson to edge out Private Eye. It was a sixth straight win for Imperatriz, five of the six coming at Group 1 level. She would taste defeat at her next start, giving 6.5kg to three-year-old colt Cylinder, but would finish the season with five Group 1 wins, more than any other horse.
Photo: RACING PHOTOS/GEORGE SALPIGTIDIS
Sportsbet-Pakenham Sportsbet-Wangaratta
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Caulfield
Beaumont Newcastle
Bathurst Cairns
bet365 Seymour Hawkesbury
Sportsbet Gawler
Ipswich
Belmont
Te Aroha
Colac Cup, Walcha Cup Tasmanian Derby, Mystic Journey, Carbine Club
13
The Valley bet365 Terang
Canterbury Tamworth
Sportsbet-Pakenham Wyong
Townsville
Bunbury
17
Scone
Albury
Thangool Esperance
18
bet365 Park Kyneton
Queanbeyan Kilcoy
19
Sportsbet Sandown Lakeside
Kensington
Strathalbyn
Ipswich
Belmont
Riccarton
Sportsbet-Pakenham
Hawkesbury
Kangaroo Island
Townsville
Geraldton
20
The Valley bet365 Park Kilmore
Canterbury Quirindi, Canberra Bordertown
Mackay
Launceston
1
MRC Chairman’s Stakes, Geoffrey Bellmaine, Southern Cross, Widden, Canonbury, Ascot Mile, Woodend Cup, Ceduna Cup
Karaka carnival day 2: Almanzor Trophy, Rangitoto Classic (NZ) Taranaki Cup, Taranaki 2YO Classic, Taranaki Oaks Prelude (NZ)
Women’s Ashes Test (MCG)
Women’s Ashes Test (MCG)
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CF Orr, Blue Diamond Preludes, Rubiton, Geoffrey Belmaine, Carlyon Cup, Autumn Stakes, Kevin Hayes, Inglis Millennium, Lonhro Plate, Eskimo Prince, SA Premier’s Plate, Cyril Flower, Woolamai Cup, Bedgerabong Cup, Tumut Cup, Braidwood Cup, Laidley Cup
Herbie Dyke, BCD Group Sprint, Waikato Guineas, Fillies Classic (NZ)
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Cup
Mount Barker Cup Super Bowl LVIV (New Orleans)
Black Caviar Lightning, CS Hayes, Desirable, Talindert, The Elms, Apollo, Light Fingers, Expressway, Triscay, WA Magic Millions Classic, WA Magic Millions Trophy, Marong Cup, Buchan Cup, Country Championship qualifier, Carrathool Cup, Condobolin Cup, Mount Barker Cup
Caulfield
Country Championship Qualifier
Naracoorte Cup
WA Challenge Stakes
Sportsbet-Ballarat
Sportsbet-Pakenham
Albany, Darwin, Wanganui
QTIS
bet365 Yarra Valley Dederang Rosehill Gosford Wagga Wagga Taree Condobolin Morphettville Kangaroo Island Eagle Farm Gold Coast
Toowoomba
Goondiwindi
2122
Barcoo Ascot
Mount Isa Innisfail
Alice Springs Ellerslie Otaki
Blue Diamond, Futurity, Oakleigh Plate, Peter Young, Autumn Classic, Angus Armanasco, Mannerism, Zeditave, Mornington Cup Prelude, Silver Slipper, Hobartville, Millie Fox, Parramatta Cup, Lord Reims, City of Marion, Cinderella, QTatts Members Cup, Jewel Preludes, Detonator, WA Challenge, Dederang Cup, Newcastle Provincial Championship qualifier, Kangaroo Island Cup. Otaki WFA Classic, Avondale Guineas (NZ)
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Mudgee CC Qualifier Pinjarra Classic February Stakes (Jpn), HK Gold Cup
Sale Sprint, Bega Cup TTC Magic Millions, Sydeston Cup WA Breeders Classic Classic Mile (HK)
Hobart Cup, Strutt, Thomas Lyons Lock
Cairns QTIS
MARCH
LADY OF CAMELOT
The strength of the Waterhouse/Bott stable’s juvenile team in 2023/24 was demonstrated in the Golden Slipper, where they had six of the 16 starters (plus the eliminated emergency). Their main chance, $2.60 favourite Storm Boy, faced an uphill battle after missing the kick but second string Lady Of Camelot ($6.50) came to the rescue under Blake Shinn just when it appeared Victorian colt Coleman ($41) could cause a boilover. The filly was Gai Waterhouse’s eighth Slipper winner and Adrian Bott’s second. “Wasn’t that fabulous? Just amazing,” said Gai.
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Night meetings
Twilight meetings
Not all dates finalised.
Please note — all dates for races and sport are local. Races and sporting events in the western hemisphere may be held on the following day by Australian time.
Sportsbet Sandown
Sportsbet-Pakenham
The Valley
Australian Guineas, Blamey, Frances Tressady, Bob Hoysted, Festival of Racing 2YO, Ottawa, Roy Higgins, Chipping Norton, Surround, Skyline, Sweet Embrace, Guy Walter, Liverpool City Cup, Doomben Girls Day Out, Marjorie Charleson Classic, Wangaratta Cup, Wandoan Cup.
Southern Mile Final (NZ). Meydan Super Saturday (UAE).
NRL kickoff (Las Vegas) (TBC)
Warrnambool
Sportsbet Sandown Hillside
Sportsbet-Pakenham
Newcastle Newmarket
Cranbourne
bet365 Park Kilmore
Kembla Grange
Muswellbrook
Sunshine Coast
Townsville
Launceston
Esperance
Pukekohe
Newmarket, VRC Sires’, Kewney, Matron, Shaftesbury Avenue, March Stakes, Randwick Guineas, Canterbury Stakes, Challenge, Reisling, Todman, Aspiration Quality, Wenona Girl, Fireball, Randwick City, SA Magic Millions, Gold Coast Stakes, QTIS Jewels, Bunbury Cup, Bunbury Stakes, Gosford Provincial Championship qualifier, Edenhope Cup, Towong Cup, Hinnomunjie Cup, Corowa Cup, Hawkesbury PC qualifier, Penong Cup. NZ Champions Day (NZ Derby, NZ Stakes, Breeders, Sistema, The Kiwi, Auckland Cup, Sunline Vase, King’s Plate.
All-Star Mile day (TBA)
bet365 Geelong
Alexandra Rosehill
Gosford
Gunnedah
Sapphire Coast Balranald
Broken Hill
Crookwell
Morphettville Parks
Eagle Farm
Rockhampton
Toowoomba
Bundaberg
Cloncurry
Guineas Tamworth CC qualifier
Lex Piper, Ascot 1000 Guineas
Queen’s Silver Jubilee Cup (HK)
Mareeba
Ascot
Narrogin
Darwin Hastings Tauranga
Adelaide Cup,
Cheltenham Festival day one — Champion Hurdle (UK)
Cheltenham Festival day two — Queen Mother Champion Steeple
Cheltenham Festival day three — Ladbrokes World Hurdle
Cheltenham Festival day four — Cheltenham Gold Cup
Cranbourne bet365 Terang
Albury
Scone
Mount Gambier
All-Star Mile, Grand Handicap Sprint/Classic, Country Mile Final, Coolmore Classic, Phar Lap, Magic Night, Pago Pago, Sky High, Ajax, Maurice McCarten, Sheila Gwynne Classic, Geelong St Pat’s Cup, Alexandra Cup, Gosford PC qualifier, Outback Cup, Rockhampton St Pat’s Cup, Narrogin Cup
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The Valley bet365 Benalla Healesville Rosehill
Berrigan
Ardlethan
Morphettville Parks
Streaky Bay
Apiam Bendigo
Sportsbet Sandown Hillside Wyong (ATC)
Sportsbet-Pakenham bet365 Park Kyneton
Kembla Grange
Albury
Townsville Geraldton
Albury City Handicap Albury Mile
Ipswich
Launceston
Kalgoorlie
Pukekohe
Kembla Grange Lismore Narrabri, Trangie
Eagle Farm Gold Coast Dalby Longreach Springsure Mount Isa Ascot Pingrup Alice Springs Trentham, Riccarton
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Golden Slipper, Rosehill Guineas, Ranvet, George Ryder, The Galaxy, Manion Cup, Epona, Birthday Card, Darby Munro, William Reid, Alister Clark, Sunline, Alexandra, Valley Pearl, Casboult Classic, Abell, J.C Roberts, Grandstand Cup, Natasha, Healesville Cup, Kembla PC qualifier, Trangie Cup, Streaky Bay Cup, Dalby Newmarket, NT Guineas. NZ Oaks, Wellington Guineas, Cuddle, NZ St Leger, Lightning
Bairnsdale Cup
Guyra Cup, Tasmanian St Leger Pinjarra Cup
Sportsbet-Pakenham
Moranbah Atherton Winton Ascot Mingenew Alice Springs Te Aroha Awapuni
Australian Cup, Roy Higgins, ATA/Bob Hoysted, TBV Breeders, Sunlight Classic, Tancred Stakes, Vinery Stud, Tulloch, Baillieu Handicap, Star Kingdom, Neville Selwood, Emancipation, Doncaster Prelude, Clare Lindop, Matrice, Rock Magic, Supremacy, Wyong PC qualifier, Tullibigeal Cup, Roma Picnic Cup, Chief Minister’s Cup. Manawatu Sires’ Produce (NZ), Dubai World Cup night (UAE)
Yarra Valley Cup Kimba Cup Bluff Knoll
C.S. Hayes, Manihi Classic, Morphettville Guineas
APRIL
PRIDE OF JENNI
“We expected her to lead by a long way. But seriously, 30 lengths? This is unbelievable,” called Darren Flindell at the halfway mark of last year’s Queen Elizabeth at Randwick. Under another daring ride by Irish expat Declan Bates, the Ciaron Maher-trained Pride Of Jenni set up an astounding lead down the back straight and never looked like being caught, striding home to score by 6½. With a 2023/24 haul of three Group 1 wins, an All-Star Mile and more than $8 million, Pride Of Jenni had vindicated the unorthodox and occasionally controversial approach of owner Tony Ottobre.
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Sportsbet-Ballarat
Warwick Farm Canberra
Sportsbet Gawler
Doomben
Ascot
Pukekohe
Sportsbet-Pakenham
Gosford
Ipswich
Pinjarra Ashburton
Cranbourne
Caulfield
bet365 Park Kilmore Alexandra
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Championships day 1 (Doncaster, Australian Derby, T.J. Smith, ATC Sires, Carbine Club, Adrian Knox, Chairman’s, Kindergarten, P.J. Bell, Country Championship), Easter Cup, Victoria Handicap, Redoute’s Choice, Galilee Final, Dequetteville, Nitschke, WA Oaks, Old Comrade, Melvista, Goondiwindi Picnic Cup, Maxwelton Cup, Pioneer Sprint.
Awapuni Gold Cup (NZ), Grand National (UK).
Wellington Boot, Wellington Cup
Geraldton Cup, Abrolhos Plate
Alice Springs Cup
Sandown Lakeside Canterbury Muswellbrook Oakbank
Ipswich
Augathella
Sale
Sportsbet Sandown Lakeside
Hawkesbury (ATC)
Thomas Farms Murray Bridge
Ipswich
Launceston
Pinjarra Avondale
Sportsbet-Pakenham
Wyong
Sapphire Coast
Cairns
Narrogin Waverley
US Masters, Augusta (GA) US Masters, Augusta Grand National meeting (UK)
NCAA basketball final four (San Antonio)
Apiam Bendigo
Werribee
Randwick
Holbrook Grenfell
Oka Sho (Japan 1000 Guineas)
Sportsbet-Pakenham
Newcastle
Queanbeyan
Warialda
Toowoomba Noorama Barcoo
78913 1011
Morphettville Doomben
Rockhampton Gold Coast
Bowen Julia Creek Ascot
Darwin Hastings Riccarton
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Championships day 2 (Queen Elizabeth, Sydney Cup, ATC Australian Oaks, Queen of the Turf, Fernhill, Arrowfield Sprint, Percy Sykes, South Pacific, Sapphire, Provincial Championship), Golden Mile, Bendigo Guineas, Gold Bracelet, VOBIS Gold Rush, Auraria, Port Adelaide Guineas, Without Fear, R.N. Irwin, Redelva, Perth Stakes, WA Roma Cup, Gimcrack, Capricornia Sales, Noorama Cup, Julia Creek Dirt & Dust.
Rapa Otaki
Terang Cup
Super Jumps Day
Satsuki Sho (Japan 2000 Guineas) US Masters, Augusta
Mornington
Lightning Ridge
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Sportsbet-Ballarat Kembla Grange
Caulfield Heath
Canterbury Balaklava
Doomben
Launceston
Pinjarra
Ashburton
16
Cranbourne
1417
Sportsbet-Pakenham
18
Warracknabeal
Kerang
Randwick
Kembla Grange
Port Macquarie
Moruya
Tocumwal
Oakbank
Clare Eagle Farm Gold Coast
Nanango, Flinton
2122
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Kempsey, Nyngan Murwillumbah
Sportsbet Gawler
Beaudesert
Sunshine Coast Cunnamulla
Wondai, Tower Hill Pinjarra Kalgoorlie
Darwin Ashburton
Caulfield
Einasleigh Ascot
Dongara
Darwin Ellerslie
Riverton
Roma, Emerald Gladstone Barcaldine Boulia
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All Aged, Champagne, Packer Plate, Hall Mark, James H.B. Carr, JRA Plate, Mornington Cup, Hareeba, Hills Railway, Onkaparinga Cup, Ascot Handicap, Daybreak Lover, WA Derby, Warracknabeal Cup, Kerang Cup, Lightning Ridge Cup, Tocumwal Cup, Flinton Cup, Boulia Cup, Einasleigh Cup. Easter Handicap, Championship Stakes, Champagne (NZ). World Snooker Championship begins (Sheffield).
Australasian Oaks, Robert Sangster, Tobin Bronze, Queen of the South, John Hawkes, SA Breeders’ Stakes, Chairman’s, VOBIS Gold owners &
Tasbred 2YO, 3YO
QEII Cup, Champions Mile,
Augathella
BENEDETTA
Among the few racing achievements missing from Jamie Kah’s CV in the lead-up to autumn 2024 was a Group 1 win in her home state. She rectified that emphatically with major wins on successive Saturdays at Morphettville, taking the SA Derby on Coco Sun for her old boss Tony McEvoy and his son Calvin, and the Goodwood on Benedetta for Jason Warren. It was the fouryear-old mare’s first win at the top level, following fourths in the Oakleigh Plate and Newmarket Handicap and a last-start third in the Robert Sangster Stakes.
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TAB meetings in bold type
Non-TAB in light type Night meetings
Twilight meetings
Not all dates finalised. Check state calendars/websites for final dates.
Please note — all dates for races and sport are local. Races and sporting events in the western hemisphere may be held on the following day by Australian time.
Caulfield
Sportsbet-Pakenham
Labour Day (Qld)
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Sportsbet-Pakenham
Sportsbet-Wangaratta
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Ladbrokes Cannon Park Cairns York
Riccarton synthetic Wagga Gold Cup
Cup,
SA Derby, Port Adelaide Cup, Adelaide Guineas, Queensland Guineas, Victory, Dalrello, Hawkesbury Gold Cup, Hawkesbury Guineas, Godolphin Crown, Hawkesbury Rush, Clarendon Stakes, Rogan Josh, Binnaway Cup, Boorowa Cup, Tree of Knowledge, Mt Garnet Cup, Gregory Downs Cup
Caulfield
Sportsbet-Ballarat
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bet365 Stawell Tamworth Corowa Chinchilla
20
Sportsbet-Ballarat synthetic Newcastle Port Macquarie Barcaldine
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Sportsbet Sandown Hillside Canterbury Balaklava Ipswich Belmont Cambridge synthetic
Sportsbet-Pakenham bet365 Park Kilmore Hawkesbury Rockhampton Pinjarra
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Cranbourne bet365 Geelong Coffs Harbour Canberra Port Augusta Gatton Gold Coast Wingatui
The Goodwood, The Cummings, SA Fillies Classic, David Coles AM, Proud Miss, Centaurea, Hollindale, Gold Coast Guineas, Ken Russell Memorial, Silk Stocking, Gold Coast Bracelet, Prime Minister’s Cup, Gosford Cup, Takeover Target, WA Sires, Marthaguy Picnic Cup, Young Cup, Burrandowan Cup, Quilpie Cup
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Doomben 10,000, Champagne Classic, Rough Habit Plate, Chairman’s Handicap, Members’ Handicap, Andrew Ramsden, Straight Six, Luskin Star, Dark Jewel, Ortensia, Denise’s Joy, Woodlands, WA Provincial Final, Brewarrina Cup, Home Hill Growers Day, Emerald Cup, Charleville Newmarket, Tennant Creek Cup
Lockinge Stakes (UK), Preakness Stakes (US) US PGA (Quail Hollow, NC), FA Cup final (Wembley)
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Sandown Hillside bet365 Park Wodonga Randwick Newcastle Wagga Wagga Wauchope Moree
Murray Bridge Doomben Mackay Toowoomba Mareeba
17 Sale Casterton Parkes Queanbeyan Strathalbyn Sunshine Coast Devonport Kalgoorlie Hawera Casterton Cup Parkes Cup, Defence Force Cup Japan Oaks
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Sportsbet-Ballarat
2425
Gladstone Mount Isa Belmont Broome Broome Darwin Te Rapa New Plymouth
Doomben Cup, The Roses, BRC Sprint, Chief de Beers, Bill Carter, Helen Coughlin, Bright Shadow, Bel Esprit, Sandown Cup, ATC Lord Mayor’s Cup, Belmont
bet365 Mildura
Gunnedah, Nowra Mount Gambier
Sunshine Coast Hobart
Kalgoorlie, Roebourne Ellerslie, Awapuni
Europa League final (Bilbao) Night racing finals Sunshine Coast Ladies Day Casino Beef Week Cup
Cloncurry Bowen Belmont
Carnarvon Alice Springs Te Rapa Wanganui
Kingsford-Smith Cup, Queensland Derby, BRC Sires’ Produce, Premier’s Cup, BRC Lord Mayor’s Cup, Fred Best Classic, ATC Lord Mayor’s Cup, Westspeed Platinum Autumn Final, Hawker Cup, 3YO Northern Jewel, Tambo Cup, Adelaide River Cup UEFA Champions League final (Munich)
Mile Cup (Japan), 1000 Guineas
Gooree Cup, Northam Stakes Tas Sires Produce, Autumn Classic
Victoria Mile (Japan)
French 1000/2000 Guineas Prix St Alary (Fr)
French Open begins, Roland Garros
2000 Guineas (UK), Kentucky Derby (US)
Japan Derby, Prix d’Ispahan (Fr) Champions & Chater (HK) Irish 1000 Guineas
PGA (Quail Hollow, NC)
(Quail Hollow, NC)
Gunnedah Cup, Millicent Cup
The Archer
US PGA (Quail Hollow, NC)
STEFI MAGNETICA
The Bjorn Baker-trained Stefi Magnetica became the first filly to win the Stradbroke Handicap in 21 years when she took Queensland’s richest race in June last year. It was the first Group 1 win for star apprentice Zac Lloyd, son of former top Queensland jockey Jeff. “I’ve had some great opportunities in the past year or so and I haven’t been able to capitalise,” said the younger Lloyd. “To get the job done today in a very big race, it’s very special.” Stefi Magnetica was following in the hoofsteps of her mother, Mid Summer Music, who won the Stradbroke as a six-year-old mare in 2012.
Photo: MICHAEL MCINALLY PHOTOGRAPHY
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Sportsbet-Pakenham synthetic Tamworth Albury Longreach
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Sportsbet-Ballarat synthetic Hawkesbury Nowra Bathurst
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meetings Not all dates finalised — check state calendars for final dates. Please note — all dates for races and sport are local. Races and sporting
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Sportsbet Sandown Hillside Canterbury Balaklava Doomben Belmont Cambridge synthetic
Plymouth Golden Topaz, Elvstroem Classic Oaks (UK)
Gayndah Cup, Mount Isa Cup Derby (UK), Belmont Stakes (US) Swan Hill Cup, Drought
15 French Open women’s final Sandown Hillside Apiam Bendigo Rosehill Newcastle Narrandera Walgett Mudgee Murray Bridge Eagle Farm Gold Coast Rockhampton Toowoomba
Injune Gympie
Atherton
Richmond Belmont Broome
13 Flemington Donald Randwick Kembla Grange Talmoi Morphettville Ipswich Gold Coast Toowoomba Bundaberg Warwick Charters Towers Clermont McKinlay Roma Innisfail Belmont Port Hedland Darwin Tauranga Riccarton
Darwin Te Rapa Wanganui
Stradbroke, JJ Atkins, The Q22, Brisbane Cup, Dane Ripper, Gunsynd Classic, Hinkler, Wayne Wilson, Oxlade, ATC Winter Cup, SA Racing Rewards day, Raconteur, Elmore Cup, Bligh Picnic Cup, Injune Cup
Sportsbet-Wangaratta Warrnambool Kempsey
Coonamble
14 Prix de Diane (Fr)
19 bet365 Geelong Coffs Harbour Canberra Acton Kilcoy Otaki 2021 Ipswich Cup, Eye Liner, Waterhouse
Sunshine Coast Devonport Kalgoorlie
Alice Springs Matamata, Oamaru
Coonamble Cannonball Wauchope Cup, Sprint
Takarazuka Kinen (Japan)
3YO Northern Jewel
JULY
COUNT ZERO
There was quite the form reversal from local jumper Count Zero in last year’s Grand Annual Steeple at Warrnambool, the Symon Wildetrained nine-year-old bouncing back from a 37-length last in the Brierly Steeple two days earlier to take Australia’s longest race after a stirring duel with Stawell-trained import Bell Ex One. “He basically didn’t want to take part in the race (in the Brierly) and we put it down to maybe riding him a bit too cold,” said jockey Darryl Horner junior. “We changed the tactics and he jumped super the whole way.”
Photo: RACING PHOTOS/PAT SCALA
TAB meetings. Non-TAB.
Twilight meetings. Night meetings.
Not all dates finalised. Check state calendars for final dates.
NSW & Queensland dates for July unavailable — dates given are based on July 2024
Dates for races and sport are local. Events in the western hemisphere (e.g. World Cup matches) may be held on the following day by Australian time.
Sportsbet-Pakenham synthetic
Dubbo
Quirindi
Mount Isa
Sportsbet-Ballarat synthetic
Newcastle
Sportsbet Sandown Lakeside
Warwick Farm
Canberra Acton Balaklava Eagle Farm Bunbury
Riccarton synthetic
Sportsbet-Ballarat
Cambridge synthetic
Flemington finals day (Winter Championship, Creswick Stakes, Banjo Paterson, Victorian Sprint Series, Silver Bowl), Winter Stakes, Winx Guineas, Caloundra Cup, Glasshouse, Beaufine Stakes, Belmont Oaks, Mungindi Cup, Nyngan Cup, Bluff-Blackwater Cup, Stamford Cup, Marble Bar Cup, Darwin Guineas
Sir John Monash Stakes, Winter Stakes, Belmont Oaks, Aquanita, Rockhampton Cup, Capricorn Guineas, Beaudesert Cup, Hughenden Cup, Ingham Cup, NT Chief Minister’s Cup, Wean Picnic Cup, Ingham Cup, Willowie Cup
Sandown Hillside
Kensington
Grafton
Sportsbet Gawler
Doomben
Belmont
Darwin Avondale
Cranbourne Kembla Grange Grafton
Ladbrokes Cannon Park Cairns Bunbury
Wimbledon men’s final
Jack Maher Classic South Grafton Cup, Narrandera Cup, Port Hedland Cup British Open, Royal Portrush
Open, Royal Portrush
British Open, Royal Portrush
Ladies’ Day
Grand Prix de Paris (Fr)
June
June
June
May
May
April
April
April
April
April
April
April 6 Doncaster Randwick
April 6 TJ Smith Randwick Chain Of Lightning Moody/Coleman Damian Lane Bella Nipotina I Wish I Win
April 6 Inglis Sires’ Randwick Manaal Michael Freedman Jason Collett Traffi c Warden Coleman
March
March
March
March
March
March
March 23 Ranvet
February
February
February
Dylan Gibbons More Felons Ashrun
February 17 Lightning Stakes Flemington Imperatriz Mark Walker Opie Bosson Private Eye Espiona
February 10 C.F. Orr Stakes Caulfi eld Mr Brightside B, W & JD Hayes Craig Williams Pride Of Jenni Buff alo River
December 9 Northerly Stakes Ascot Dom To Shoot S & J Casey Jarrad Noske Zaaki Zipaway
December 2 Winterbottom Ascot Overpass Bjorn Baker Joshua Parr Oscar’s Fortune Ripcord
November 25 Railway Ascot Bustler Neville Parnham Steven Parnham Alsephina Dom To Shoot
November 18 Rupert Clarke Caulfi eld Magic Time Grahame Begg Michael Dee I Am Me Strait Acer
November 18 1000 Guineas
Caulfi eld Joliestar Chris Waller James McDonald Kimochi Skybird
November 11 Champions Stakes Flemington Atishu Chris Waller James McDonald Duais Young Werther
November 11 Champions Mile Flemington Pride Of Jenni Maher/Eustace Declan Bates Mr Brightside Alligator Blood
November 11 Champions Sprint Flemington Imperatriz Mark Walker Opie Bosson Buenos Noches In Secret
November 9 Kennedy Oaks Flemington Zardozi James Cummings James McDonald Aethelfl aed Basilinna
November 7 Melbourne Cup Flemington Without A Fight A & S Freedman Mark Zahra Soulcombe Sheraz
November 4 Empire Rose Flemington Pride Of Jenni Maher/Eustace Declan Bates Atishu Life Lessons
November 4 Victoria Derby Flemington Riff
November
October
Chris Waller James McDonald Apulia Sunsets
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RIFF ROCKET The Chris Waller-trained Riff Rocket became just the fourth horse to complete the Victoria Derby-Australian Derby double when he scored at Randwick on day one of The Championships. Riff Rocket came with a well timed run under James McDonald to take the lead with 100 metres to run, and was always holding fellow swooper Ceolwulf to score by a long neck. Also winner of the Rosehill Guineas, Riff Rocket was one of only four horses (and the only three-year-old) to win more than two Australian Group 1s in 2023/24.
