List of Australian Group races

This List of Australian Group races are recognized as a list Australia's classified Black type thoroughbred horse races.^[1]

The Pattern Committee of the Australian Racing Board (ARB)^[2] recommends which races shall be designated as Group and Listed races for the racing season. The current list is for the recently completed 2014–2015 Australian Racing season and the current 2015–16 which began on 1 August 2015.

Group 1,2 and 3 races

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Notes:

• ^(1) Date of race rescheduled due to postponement to the Easter Saturday meeting because of the heavy track conditions. The meeting was moved to Easter Monday, 6 April 2015.^[3]

• ^(2) Race meeting scheduled for 2 May 2015 was abandoned after the first race on the card due to prolonged rain that affected the condition of the track. ^[4] Hawkesbury Guineas and The Darley Crown rescheduled to be run on 9 May 2015 at Rosehill Racecourse^[5] while the Hawkesbury Gold Cup was rescheduled for later and held on 7 June 2015.^[6]

• ^(3) Races regularly scheduled for Eagle Farm Racecourse are italicized indicating that for the 2014–15 racing season the events are transferred to Doomben Racecourse due to track reconstruction. Initially it was expected that the reconstruction would be completed for the main Group races but due to delays the project would not be completed until October 2015.^[7]

• ^(4) The Tattersall's Club June meeting regularly held at Eagle Farm Racecourse was moved to the Gold Coast Racecourse due to track reconstruction.^[8]

• ^(5) Perth Racing abandoned the meeting after the fourth race due to track safety on the originally scheduled date. Race was moved to 21 October 2015.^[9]

Key

• Date - Dates shown are for the 2013–14 and 2014–15 (in progress) seasons
• hcp - handicap
• qlty - quality handicap
• sw - set weights
• sw+p - set weights with penalties
• wfa - Weight for Age

Listed races

In addition to the above Group 1, 2 and 3 races there are approximately 280 grade 4 races which are known as Listed races. All of these races were collectively known as Principal Races until about 1979.

See also

• Group races, the European equivalent
• Graded stakes race, the North American equivalent

References

External links

• Racing Australia Group & Listed Race Dates 2015-16
• Racing and Sports Group Race Interactive database