Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival
The Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival is one of Australia’s biggest sporting events, and one of the biggest racing events on the planet. As the carnival is strategically staged between the football and cricket seasons, horse racing takes the front seat with public interest in the carnival and horse racing in general extremely high. The Spring Carnival runs over five fabulous weeks with a number of huge group 1 races.
Media coverage on horse racing is extremely high during the carnival with newspapers devoting many pages, while each feature race day is televised on free to air television. Attendance figures to the feature race days have been through the roof in recent times with over half a million people swarming through the turnstiles to see the action.
The Spring Carnival itself is made up of meetings held by the metropolitan clubs, where Group 1’s take place, and also country clubs which host their own Cup meetings. There are four major metropolitan clubs which host mini carnivals where some of Australia’s richest and most prestigious races are held, these carnivals are as follows; Caulfield Carnival, Moonee Valley Carnival, Flemington Spring Carnival, and the Sandown Spring Carnival.
On this page we have listed previews of every single Group 1 race held during the Melbourne Spring Carnival with detailed guides on each. As we get closer to the carnival, we will provide previews of all the major contenders for each with live odds, as well as form guides for every single race meeting held during the carnival. So keep a regular eye on this page for more information!
Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival - Feature Races
| Saturday October 4th | in -50 days | |||
| Flemington | BAGUETTE STAKES | G2 | 1,200m | $250,000 |
| Flemington | EDWARD MANIFOLD STAKES | G2 | 1,600m | $300,000 |
| Flemington | MARIBYRNONG TRIAL STAKES | LR | 1,000m | $100,000 |
| Flemington | POSEIDON STAKES | LR | 1,400m | $100,000 |
| Flemington | ROSE OF KINGSTON STAKES | G2 | 1,400m | $250,000 |
| Flemington | SUPER IMPOSE PLATE | LR | 1,800m | $100,000 |
| Flemington | THE BART CUMMINGS | LR | 2,530m | $102,000 |
| Flemington | TURNBULL STAKES | G1 | 2,000m | $500,000 |
| Saturday October 11th | in -43 days | |||
| Caulfield | CAULFIELD GUINEAS | G1 | 1,600m | $1,000,000 |
| Caulfield | CAULFIELD STAKES | G1 | 2,000m | $400,000 |
| Caulfield | HERBERT POWER STAKES | G2 | 2,400m | $200,000 |
| Caulfield | NORTHWOOD PLUME STAKES | LR | 1,200m | $100,000 |
| Caulfield | SCHILLACI STAKES | G2 | 1,000m | $200,000 |
| Caulfield | THOROUGHBRED CLUB STAKES | G3 | 1,200m | $100,000 |
| Caulfield | TOORAK HANDICAP | G1 | 1,600m | $350,000 |
| Wednesday October 15th | in -39 days | |||
| Caulfield | DEBUTANT STAKES | LR | 1,000m | $100,000 |
| Caulfield | LADIES DAY VASE | LR | 1,600m | $100,000 |
| Caulfield | THE THOUSAND GUINEAS | G1 | 1,600m | $500,000 |
| Saturday October 18th | in -36 days | |||
| Caulfield | CAULFIELD CUP | G1 | 2,400m | $2,500,000 |
| Caulfield | CAULFIELD SPRINT | G2 | 1,100m | $250,000 |
| Caulfield | COONGY HANDICAP | G3 | 2,000m | $100,000 |
| Caulfield | GOTHIC STAKES | LR | 1,400m | $100,000 |
| Caulfield | MOONGA STAKES | G3 | 1,400m | $125,000 |
| Caulfield | NORMAN ROBINSON STAKES | G3 | 2,000m | $150,000 |
| Caulfield | TRISTARC STAKES | G2 | 1,400m | $175,000 |
| Saturday October 25th | in -29 days | |||
| Moonee Valley | AJ MOIR STAKES | G2 | 1,200m | $200,000 |
| Moonee Valley | ALEXANDRA STAKES | LR | 1,600m | $100,000 |
| Moonee Valley | CRYSTAL MILE | G2 | 1,600m | $175,000 |
| Moonee Valley | MOONEE VALLEY GOLD CUP | G2 | 2,500m | $300,000 |
| Moonee Valley | RED ANCHOR STAKES | G3 | 1,200m | $120,000 |
| Moonee Valley | TESIO STAKES | G3 | 1,600m | $120,000 |
| Moonee Valley | THE MV VASE | G2 | 2,040m | $175,000 |
| Moonee Valley | WS COX PLATE | G1 | 2,040m | $3,100,000 |
| Saturday November 1st | in -21 days | |||
| Flemington | ASCOT VALE STAKES | G1 | 1,200m | $500,000 |
| Flemington | CHATHAM STAKES | G3 | 1,400m | $200,000 |
| Flemington | EMPIRE ROSE STAKES | G1 | 1,600m | $500,000 |
| Flemington | HOTHAM HANDICAP | G3 | 2,500m | $250,000 |
| Flemington | LINLITHGOW STAKES | G2 | 1,200m | $300,000 |
| Flemington | LKS MACKINNON STAKES | G1 | 2,000m | $500,000 |
| Flemington | MARIBYRNONG PLATE | G3 | 1,000m | $200,000 |
| Flemington | VICTORIA DERBY | G1 | 2,500m | $1,500,000 |
| Flemington | VRC CARBINE CLUB STAKES | G3 | 1,600m | $250,000 |
| Flemington | WAKEFUL STAKES | G2 | 2,000m | $250,000 |
| Tuesday November 4th | in -18 days | |||
| Flemington | DESIRABLE STAKES | LR | 1,400m | $150,000 |
| Flemington | MAYBE MAHAL STAKES | LR | 1,400m | $150,000 |
| Flemington | MELBOURNE CUP | G1 | 3,200m | $5,000,000 |
| Flemington | MELBOURNE CUP DAY PLATE | LR | 1,800m | $150,000 |
| Flemington | OTTAWA STAKES | LR | 1,000m | $100,000 |
| Thursday November 6th | in -16 days | |||
| Flemington | BATMAN HANDICAP | LR | 1,800m | $150,000 |
| Flemington | CENTURY STAKES | LR | 1,100m | $150,000 |
| Flemington | RED ROSES STAKES | LR | 1,200m | $150,000 |
| Flemington | VRC OAKS | G1 | 2,500m | $750,000 |
| Saturday November 8th | in -14 days | |||
| Flemington | CANTALA STAKES | G1 | 1,600m | $750,000 |
| Flemington | MATRIACH STAKES | G2 | 2,000m | $250,000 |
| Flemington | VRC QUEEN ELIZABETH STAKES | G3 | 2,500m | $250,000 |
| Flemington | VRC SPRINGTIME STAKES | LR | 1,400m | $150,000 |
| Flemington | VRC STAKES | G1 | 1,200m | $500,000 |
| Wednesday November 12th | in -10 days | |||
| Bendigo | BENDIGO CUP | LR | 2,400m | $147,000 |
| Saturday November 15th | in -7 days | |||
| Sandown | KEVIN HEFFERNAN STAKES | LR | 1,200m | $100,000 |
| Sandown | SANDOWN CLASSIC | G2 | 2,400m | $400,000 |
| Sandown | SANDOWN GUINEAS | G2 | 1,600m | $400,000 |
| Sandown | SANDOWN STAKES | G3 | 1,400m | $100,000 |
| Sandown | SUMMONED STAKES | LR | 1,500m | $100,000 |
| Sandown | TWILIGHT GLOW STAKES | LR | 1,400m | $100,000 |
| Wednesday November 19th | in -3 days | |||
| Ballarat | BALLARAT CUP | LR | 2,200m | $110,000 |
| Saturday November 22nd | in 0 days | |||
| Sandown | ECLIPSE STAKES | G3 | 1,800m | $125,000 |
| Sandown | MERSON COOPER STAKES | LR | 1,000m | $100,000 |
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