Racegoers heading to Flemington for the 2017 Melbourne Cup Carnival will again be able experience the best racing, entertainment, fashion and dining following a number of exciting changes to the look and feel of Australia’s most prestigious racecourse. Victoria Racing Club (VRC) Chairman Amanda Elliott will oversee her first Melbourne… Read More »
The Victoria Racing Club (VRC) has extended its partnership with Snap Inc. to create Our Stories during the Melbourne Cup Carnival, giving users an insight into Australia’s two biggest racedays. The new multi-year deal builds on the success of last year’s partnership that saw the Emirates Melbourne Cup Day Our… Read More »
With the AFL Grand Final signalling a close to the football season, sporting fans will now turn their focus trackside for Seppelt Turnbull Stakes Day at Flemington, where the World’s Best Horse on Turf in Winx will make her debut at Australia’s premier racetrack. This Saturday, 7 October 2017, will… Read More »
The premier Weight-For-Age championship race of Australasia, the W.S. Cox Plate, as well as many other properties held by the Club will now hold the naming rights of leading corporate bookmaker Ladbrokes. “When two like-minded and forward-thinking organisations team up with a clear vision to make the overall experience for… Read More »
The excitement of the 157th edition of the Emirates Melbourne Cup will hit Sydney on the first Tuesday in November, as the harbour city’s newest waterfront precinct, Barangaroo, hosts a live site on Australia’s biggest raceday. Sydneysiders can get caught up in all the exhilarating action of ‘the race that stops a nation’™… Read More »
Sydneysiders will tomorrow get their chance to experience the allure of the $200,000 2017 Emirates Melbourne Cup trophy when it journeys around Sydney. The day will begin with model, Myer Ambassador and Channel 7’s Rachael Finch dazzling alongside the Emirates Melbourne Cup as she and Flemington Ambassador Georgia Connolly enter Martin Place tomorrow on horseback. Joining the glamourous… Read More »
The Melbourne Racing Club is reaching for the stars ahead of its flagship BMW Caulfield Cup Carnival in 2017, launching its ticketing and hospitality packages this week – with the help of a new international partner. The three-day racing, food and fashion spectacle in October will see Caulfield racegoers enjoy… Read More »
The Victoria Racing Club (VRC) will host Black Caviar, The Great Horse Raceday on Saturday 18 February 2017 – the finale of summer racing at Flemington. Black Caviar, The Great Horse Raceday, featuring the $750,000 Group 1 Black Caviar Lightning (1000m), will combine the excitement of world-class thoroughbred racing with… Read More »
The Victoria Racing Club (VRC) will host the inaugural Great Horse Raceday on Saturday 18 February 2017, the finale of summer racing at Flemington. Great Horse Raceday, featuring the $750,000 Group 1 Black Caviar Lightning, will combine the excitement of world-class thoroughbred racing and a taste of Asian culture. VRC… Read More »
The Victoria Racing Club (VRC) officially launched the 2016 Melbourne Cup Carnival today in The Park, Flemington’s newest fashion and entertainment destination. Guests were treated to all that The Park has to offer, with dancers, music, fine food, drinks, a vintage Ferris wheel and carousel creating an endless playground of… Read More »
The Board of Racing NSW received notification today at its Board meeting that the Chairman, Mr John Messara AM will be retiring at the end of December 2016. Speaking on behalf of the Board the Deputy Chairman, Mr Russell Balding AO acknowledged the significant contribution that Mr Messara has made… Read More »
The Victoria Racing Club (VRC) has signed a landmark agreement with the Japan Racing Association (JRA) to broadcast the Emirates Melbourne Cup into Japan. The deal will see the race that stops a nation broadcast live on JRA’s channel, the Green Channel, which will come to Melbourne to host its… Read More »
Over 30,000 spring ready racegoers are expected to hit the track at Caulfield as the 2016 BMW Caulfield Cup gets underway on Saturday. With temperatures set to reach the mid twenties, 10 races on the card, some of Australia’s coolest and most stylish expected trackside and a bevy of hot… Read More »
Some of Australia’s hottest music acts – The Rubens, Illy, Betty Who, City Calm Down, SAFIA and Vera Blue – are set to entertain racegoers in Flemington’s newest playground, The Park, this Melbourne Cup Carnival. First out of the barriers on AAMI Victoria Derby Day will be soul band Cookin’… Read More »
The perfect day, four Group 1 nail-biters and some of Australia’s hottest live acts came together for day one of the Caulfield Cup Carnival. Over 21,000 enthusiasts today made the most of the sunshine at the Ladbrokes Caulfield Guineas, which saw some of racing’s finest hit the track, including Winx… Read More »
While most spend endless hours perfecting their look ahead of Fashions on the Fields, 2016 winner Amanda Macor’s morning preparation was “far from glamorous”. The 49-year-old Melbournian beat hundreds of stylish ladies competing at Moet & Chandon Spring Champion Stakes Day Fashion Chute on Saturday and won a BMW 220i… Read More »
Thousands of people are preparing their flamboyant frocks and fascinators for Sydney spring carnival’s most glamorous event, but official milliner Nerida Winter says it is the little things that will catch the judges’ eyes. Winter, who has been the official milliner to the Australian Turf Club since 2003, says she… Read More »
Racing Victoria’s minimum bet rule will take affect from Saturday’s Caulfield meeting in which bookies will be required to take bets to win up to $2,000 on metro races and $1,000 on country races. Media release: A Minimum Bet Limit (MBL) policy applying to all approved off-course Wagering Service Providers… Read More »
It’s a rare occasion that there’s no AFL played in the first weekend of September and as such Racing Victoria are looking to take advantage of the free kick given to them by the AFL. As a result all AFL, AFL Club and MCC members will be given free entry… Read More »
Racing Victoria (RV) has today announced the framework for its Minimum Bet Limit (MBL) policy that will apply to approved Wagering Service Providers (WSPs) betting on Victorian thoroughbred races from 1 October 2016. RV announced in May 2016 its intention to implement an MBL before undertaking comprehensive stakeholder consultation to… Read More »
