GOLDEN SLIPPER DAY AT ROSEHILL – SATURAY, APRIL 3 2010

DONCASTER DAY AT RANDWICK – SATURDAY, APRIL 17 2010

THE national racing spotlight in April focuses on the Sydney Autumn Carnival with the Golden Slipper Festival at Rosehill Gardens and the Doncaster Handicap Easter Carnival at Royal Randwick.

Hosted by the Australian Jockey Club (Randwick) and Sydney Turf Club (Rosehill), the autumn carnival offers amazing prize-money totalling more than $21 million.

WORLD’S RICHEST RACE TO CELEBRATE OPENING OF NEW DUBAI COMPLEX

DUBAI WORLD CUP: MARCH 27, 2010

TO celebrate the official opening of its new billion dollar home at Meydan, the world’s richest horse race, the Dubai World Cup, will be worth a staggering $US10 million when it is run on March 27, 2010.

In what promises to be a celebration of ultimate horse power, the best of the best and the swiftest of hoof from throughout the thoroughbred world will assemble in the desert to lay down their claims to greatness.

SUPER SATURDAY: FLEMINGTON - MARCH 6, 2010

ADELAIDE CUP DAY: MORPHETTVILLE - MONDAY, MARCH 8, 2010

THOSE who like to Getaway and Go Racing for a long weekend will no doubt be tempted by the Super Saturday at Flemington on March 6 and the Adelaide Cup meeting at Morphettville on Monday, March 8.

Super Saturday, which highlights the Festival of Racing during the autumn carnival in Victoria, will feature three Group Ones – the Australian Cup, Newmarket Handicap and Australian Guineas.

GOLD COAST MAGIC MILLIONS DAY: SATURDAY, JANUARY 9 2010

NOTHING quite compares with that special blend of racing and sales razzamatazz when the turf meets the surf on the Queensland Gold Coast each January for the popular Magic Millions carnival.

Where else would you find a horse racing holiday destination that offers excitement to rival a Melbourne Cup carnival, the glitter of Golden Slipper day and the attraction of million dollar races?

KANGAROO ISLAND CUP CARNIVAL – February 18 & 20, 2010

IT might not be the race that stops the nation, but it is the race that stops KANGAROO ISLAND off the South Australian coast. If you are looking to Getaway and Go Racing with a difference this could be the one for you.

The two-day Coopers Kangaroo Island Cup Carnival is held each February and culminates with the running of the Coopers Kangaroo Island Cup. Attendance at the annual event has grown enormously over the years.

OAKBANK – Saturday, April 3 & Monday, April 5 2010

THE famous Oakbank Carnival, held every Easter in South Australia’s picturesque Adelaide Hills, has been labeled the ‘biggest picnic race meeting on Earth.’

To racing enthusiasts Down Under, Oakbank is as much Easter as the Easter Bunny, Easter Eggs and Hot Cross Buns. It rivals the Melbourne Cup for color and attracts a combined crowd over two days of more than 100,000.