Randwick Racecourse

Randwick Racecourse on Derby Day 2007

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The racecourse in relation to Sydney

Randwick Racecourse (33°54′39″S 151°13′49″E) is a racecourse for horseracing in the Eastern Suburbs in Sydney, New South Wales. Randwick Racecourse, is operated by the Australian Jockey Club and formally known as Royal Randwick and known to many Sydney racegoers as headquarters. The racecourse is located approximately 6kms from the Sydney Central Business District in the suburb of Randwick.

Races

The following is a list of Group races which are run at Randwick Racecourse.

Grp	Race Name	Age	Sex	Weight	Distance	Date
1	Australian Derby	3YO	Open	sw	2400	Mar/Apr
1	AJC Oaks	3YO	Fillies	sw	2400	April
1	AJC Queen Elizabeth Stakes	Open	Open	wfa	2000	April
1	AJC Sires Produce Stakes	2YO	Open	sw	1400	April
1	All Aged Stakes	Open	Open	wfa	1400	April
1	Champagne Stakes	2YO	Open	sw	1600	April
1	Doncaster Handicap	Open	Open	hcp	1600	April
1	Epsom Handicap	Open	Open	hcp	1600	October
1	Flight Stakes	3YO	Fillies	sw	1600	October
1	George Main Stakes	Open	Open	wfa	1600	September
1	Randwick Guineas	3YO	Open	sw	1600	March
1	Spring Champion Stakes	3YO	Open	sw	2000	October
1	Sydney Cup	Open	Open	hcp	3200	April
1	T J Smith Stakes	Open	Open	wfa	1200	March
1	The Galaxy	Open	Open	hcp	1100	April
1	AJC Metropolitan Handicap	Open	Open	hcp	2400	October
2	AJC Chairmans Handicap	Open	Open	hcp	2400	April
2	Chelmsford Stakes	Open	Open	wfa	1600	September
2	Emancipation Stakes	3YO+	F&M	sw+p	1600	April
2	Furious Stakes	3YO	Fillies	sw	1400	September
2	Light Fingers Stakes	3YO	Fillies	sw+p	1100	February
2	Roman Consul Stakes	3YO	Open	sw	1200	September
2	Royal Sovereign Stakes	3YO	C&G	sw+p	1200	February
2	Sapphire Stakes	Open	F&M	sw+p	1200	March
2	Stan Fox Stakes	3YO	Open	sw	1400	September
2	Villiers Stakes	Open	Open	hcp	1600	December
3	Adrian Knox Stakes	3YO	Fillies	qlty	2000	April
3	Bill Ritchie Handicap	Open	Open	hcp	1400	September
3	Breeders Classic	4YO+	Mares	sw+p	1300	January
3	Colin Stephen Quality Handicap	Open	Open	hcp	2400	September
3	Craven Plate	Open	Open	wfa	2000	October
3	Frank Packer Plate	3YO	Open	sw	2000	April
3	Frederick Clissold Stakes	Open	Open	hcp	1200	February
3	Kindergarten Stakes	2YO	Open	sw	1100	March
3	Randwick Plate	Open	Open	hcp	2000	March
3	San Domenico Stakes	3YO	Open	sw	1000	August
3	Skyline Stakes	2YO	C&G	sw	1200	March
3	South Pacific Classic	3YO	Open	sw	1400	April
3	Summer Cup	Open	Open	hcp	2400	December
3	Sweet Embrace Stakes	2YO	Fillies	sw	1200	March
3	The Shorts	Open	Open	hcp	1100	October
3	Tramway Handicap	Open	Open	hcp	1400	September

Venue

Besides horseracing, Randwick Racecourse has been used as a venue for many other events including concerts and religious masses.

The Rolling Stones played at Randwick on their 1973 Pacific Tour. In 1970, Pope Paul VI celebrated mass at Randwick as part of his pastoral visit to Australia. The Racecourse was also the site of a mass held by Pope John Paul II in 1995 for the Beatification ceremony of Australia's first potential saint Mary MacKillop. It will also be the site of the vigil and final mass at the conclusion of the XXIII World Youth Day in July 2008. Racing will have to be stopped for several weeks, due to the alterations needed to hold over 400,000 people. This move had been opposed by the Randwick Trainers Association, which holds lease interests over some areas intended to be used for the event. The dispute has since been resolved, by the federal government and the state government jointly pledging $40 million as reimbursment to the racing industry. The famous racecourse has also appeared in several films, including Mission: Impossible II.

External links

• Australian Jockey Club