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Posted by Female Punter

Well haven't had much time this week to do much but have a look at the Horse Racing Info website and at least now i know when the big races are on.

Big races are called Group 1 races and there is also Group 2 and Group 3 races. If the race is worth a lot of money or has a lot of prestige it is called a Group 1 race.

The spring carnival in Melbourne seems to be the biggest time of the year for racing as thats when the Melbourne Cup and Caulfield Cup are on and the most people seem to go to Flemington in November to see the Derby and Oaks as well.

Another big carnival coming up soon is the Sydney autumn carnival because they look to have a couple of big races if prizemoney is any guide. The Golden Slipper and BMW races at Rosehill and Doncaster Handicap and Sydney Cup at Randwick. These races are on in late April.

Melbourne also looks to have big races in autumn with the Blue Diamond Stakes which is for young horses, and two other big races the Newmarket Handicap and Australian Cup.

Adelaide have a carnival from March to May, Brisbane in the winter months of May and June, and Perth in the summer months of December and January.

Main autumn races from Horse Racing Info website.

Lightning Stakes - Flemington - Thursday Jan 28
CF Orr Stakes - Caulfield Saturday Feb 7
Australia Stakes - Moonee Valley Saturday Feb 14
Blue Diamond Stakes - Caulfield Saturday Feb 21
Oakleigh Plate - Caulfield Saturday Feb 21
Futurity Stakes - Caulfield Saturday Feb 28
Randwick Guineas - Randwick Saturday Mar 14
Coolmore Stud Classic - Randwick Saturday Mar 21
Rosehill Guineas - Rosehill Saturday Mar 28
Golden Slipper - Rosehill Saturday Apr 4
The BMW - Rosehill Saturday Apr 4
George Ryder Stakes - Rosehill Saturday Apr 4
AJC Derby - Randwick Saturday Apr 11
The Galaxy - Randwick Saturday Apr 11
Doncaster Hcp - Randwick Saturday Apr 18
AJC Oaks - Randwick Saturday Apr 18
Sydney Cup - Randwick Saturday Apr 25

Today the races are at Flemington and I am going to watch the main race today which is the Chester Manifold Stakes which is a listed race.

I still need to learn how to find a winner :)

Bye for now.

This entry was posted on 17 January 2009 at Saturday, January 17, 2009 . You can follow any responses to this entry through the comments feed .

3 comments

Dean  

Interesting blog Female Punter, Can't say I've read a female's persepective of horse racing in Australia before!

When you are laying your bets the only advice I can give you is that Australian TAB's (or Totalisators) which are betting shops around the country, offer poor value most of the time and you should think about a betting account online with an Australian Bookmaker such as IASbet, Centrebet or Sportingbet which offer much better odds than the TAB, which means bigger returns!

The site I use is www.freebookiebets.com.au. if you check out the 'Aussie bookie reviews' section you can find some ideas of the different deals they have to offer. Bookies online also offer free bets for joining them so that is an added benefit and free money you can use to lay some bets with!

I will see if I can give you a few ideas on how to find a winner in future posts as I'll keep reading your blog.

Good luck and best wishes, I look forward to reading some of your success stories!

January 17, 2009 at 3:52 PM
Female Punter  

Than you so much for taking the time to post Dean and you information is much appreciated.

I wasn't thinking so much of the betting side of it but it is something I need to consider when I finally know what I am doing. :)

I will certainly check out Free Bookie Bets though and learn what I can about betting online.

Thank you.

January 17, 2009 at 5:49 PM
Unknown  

Go to www.horseracinginfo.com.au and click on any IASbet banner link and go to IASbet (great site for betting beginners too!) Signup using the promo code HRINFO150 and deposit $100 and it will activate a $150 free bet - I used it on a horse (you have to use all $100 to activate the free bet) and my account more than doubled with the win ! BONZA

January 19, 2009 at 12:09 PM

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