The Australian Cup and Blue Diamond Stakes will each get a $500,000 prize money boost to $1.5 million. Racing Victoria also announced on Tuesday the Newmarket Handicap would rise by $250,000 to $1.25 million and the Lightning Stakes and Australian Guineas from $500,000 to $750,000.
The Caulfield Cup prize money purse will be raised to $3 million and a second $1 million three-year-old race installed within October’s Caulfield Cup Carnival as part of a raft of developments announced by the Melbourne Racing Club today.
Racing NSW and Australian Turf Club have today announced a momentous change to the Sydney autumn racing program, heralding a grand finale event towards the end of the Southern Hemisphere Thoroughbred racing season.
An extra 200 metres and a return to Rosehill are the factors boosting Noel Mayfield-Smith's confidence in Standard Bearer ahead of the 250,000 Inglis Classic.
The Committee of the Mornington Racing Club have announced two exciting new initiatives for the Mornington Cup that supports its intention to ensure the Mornington Cup is the premier non-metropolitan Cup in Australia.
Racing Victoria Limited in conjunction with Country Racing Victoria has released its five year Racecourse and Training Facilities Infrastructure Plan providing a clear future direction for all Victorian Country Racing Clubs.