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The 2023 Melbourne Autumn Racing Carnival takes place from late January - April each year and is headlined by events such as the Ladbrokes Blue Diamond Stakes, Australian Guineas and the Newmarket Handicap. The $5 million The All-Star Mile is now the richest race of the autumn and runs in March.
The 2023 Melbourne Autumn Racing Carnival features a host of top level racing in the early months of the year alongside and preceding the classic Sydney Autumn Racing Carnival.
The Melbourne Autumn Festival runs late January until the end of March. The headline meetings include Blue Diamond Stakes Day in February and Flemington’s ‘Super Saturday’ in March featuring the Newmarket Handicap.
All of the autumn race meetings in Victoria are hosted by the Melbourne Racing Club (MRC) and take place at the major metropolitan tracks around the state. The carnival is also host to the first Group 1 race of the new season when the CF Orr Stakes (1400m) lights-up Sandown Racecourse in early to mid-February.
The Melbourne Autumn Racing Carnival race days feature some of the country’s top Group 1 events and give punters a host of stars to enjoy a bet on at Ladbrokes.com.au over the start of the year.
Thursday January 26, 2023 – Ladbrokes Park Hillside (Sandown)
In 2023 Ladbrokes Park Hillside hosts Melbourne’s major Australia Day race meeting and the line-up is headlined by the:
Saturday January 28, 2023 – Moonee Valley Racecourse
The carnival’s opening Group 2 event runs at The Valley with the season’s top sprinters contesting the:
Saturday February 4, 2023 – Ladbrokes Park Hillside (Sandown)
The MRC Chairman’s Stakes Day card features two Group 3 events for horses heading towards Group 1 autumn features:
Saturday February 11, 2023 – Ladbrokes Park Hillside (Sandown)
The countdown to the 2023 Blue Diamond Stakes heats up with the two Prelude races held on the year’s opening Group 1 race meeting. CF Orr Stakes Day features a total of eight Group status autumn features including the year’s first elite level race:
Saturday February 18, 2023 – Flemington Racecourse
The Group 1 autumn racing action in Melbourne moves to the famous Flemington track for this meeting headlined by three Group races:
Saturday February 25, 2023 – Ladbrokes Park Lakeside (Sandown)
The autumn Melbourne racing action heats up in late February with 2023 Ladbrokes Blue Diamond Stakes Day headlined by the carnival’s feature race for three-year-olds. There are a total of eight Group races on the card including a trio of Group 1 races:
Saturday March 4, 2023 – Flemington Racecourse
Flemington is in the spotlight again on the first Saturday in March for 2023 Australian Guineas Day headlined by the mile race for three-year-olds. There are now three Group events on the card in total:
Saturday March 11, 2023 – Flemington Racecourse
‘Super Saturday’ at Flemington brings the Victorian autumn racing action to a peak with the running of the time-honoured Newmarket Handicap sprint event. Previously the Australian Cup also ran on Super Saturday but has been moved to its own feature race meeting at the end of the month for 2023. A number of other Group events supporting the elite level race on the card:
Saturday March 18, 2023 – Moonee Valley Racecourse
For 2023 the lucrative $4.25 million The All-Star Mile race will take place at Moonee Valley Racecourse in mid-March the weekend after ‘Super Saturday’. The Valley becomes the second track to host the event twice (following Flemington) having also held the second edition back in 2020.
Friday March 24, 2023 – Moonee Valley Racecourse
One of the biggest autumn meeting at Moonee Valley is held on the final Friday in March and features three Group races:
For 2023 the time-honoured Australian Cup race has moved from Super Saturday to run at the end of March at Flemington with prize money boosted to $3 million.
Saturday March 25, 2023 – Flemington Racecourse