Victoria Racing Club

VRC Planning For Melbourne Cup In November

Posted on April 1, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

The Victoria Racing Club is determined to run the Melbourne Cup this year, even if it is held behind closed doors due to the coronavirus pandemic. The commitment comes after Moonee Valley Racing Club's chief executive Michael Browell said his club would consider not staging the 100th running of Cox Plate this year if it[...]

Posted on March 31, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Victoria Racing Club chief executive Neil Wilson will be the next chairman of the club, but when he takes over has not been decided. The VRC Board met on Friday to give Wilson the green light as chairman, but for the time being he will remain as chief executive to guide the club through the[...]

Posted on March 28, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

The Victoria Racing Club is to stand down most of its staff for a month and reduce the hours worked by it's executives amid the coronavirus pandemic. The VRC, which holds the Melbourne Cup carnival at Flemington, says staff will be asked from Monday to take any outstanding annual leave and can also access long[...]

Posted on February 15, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Black Caviar has dragged the Flemington crowd from the grandstands at her first race track appearance since her retirement after an unbeaten 25 start career. Now age 13 and the mother of six foals, the mare was on parade at the Black Caviar The Great Horse themed race day on Saturday. The meeting featured the[...]

Posted on February 14, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Luke Nolen has cherished memories of his association with Black Caviar and the jockey marvels at the condition of the retired champion almost seven years after her last race. Nolen has been reunited with the great mare in the past two days, with the now 13-year-old Black Caviar in Melbourne to make a special appearance[...]

Posted on February 11, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Undefeated champion Black Caviar is to return to Flemington on the race day named in her honour. The mare will be paraded in the Flemington mounting yard before the Group One Black Caviar Lightning Stakes on Saturday. Black Caviar will be reunited with her ownership group, Pam and Barry Hawkes, Gary and Kerrin Wilkie, David[...]

Posted on February 9, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

A victory by Melbourne's premier jockey Craig Williams in the final race has given the metropolitan jockeys' team a last-gasp win at the first Rapid Racing meeting at Flemington. The Victoria Racing Club trialled the format on Sunday with the meeting held in a twilight timeslot with 30 minute gaps between the seven races up[...]

Posted on February 6, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Despite some mixed responses to the concept leading into the first Rapid Racing meeting at Flemington, Victoria Racing Club official Leigh Jordon says he is rapt with the field sizes the new twilight fixture has attracted. Sunday's meeting will feature seven races between 4pm and 7pm with 30 minute gaps between races, all run on[...]

Posted on January 23, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Craig Williams and Damien Oliver will head a team of metropolitan jockeys competing against a country side at a twilight meeting at Flemington. The meeting on February 9 will feature two teams of seven with all races on the straight course. The Victoria Racing Club has dubbed the Sunday meeting Rapid Racing with the seven[...]

Posted on January 6, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Gate takings from the Victoria Racing Club's two remaining race meetings this month at Flemington will be donated to bushfire relief. Flemington hosts the Chester Manifold Stakes meeting on Saturday and a twilight meeting the following Saturday. Firefighters and their families will receive free entry on both days and race names for the January 18[...]

Posted on December 22, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Rapid racing is the theme for a twilight meeting at Flemington with all races to be run on the straight course. The seven-race card, run over 1000m to 1200m on February 9, will also host a country versus metropolitan jockeys' challenge with races run at 30 minute intervals. Teams of seven jockeys will be formed[...]

Posted on December 10, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Former champions of the turf housed at Living Legends will reap the benefits from a $1 million fund that has been set up by the Victoria Racing Club. The VRC Equine Wellbeing Fund will provide continued financial support to not only Living Legends but also to an upgrade of horse welfare standards at Flemington. Living[...]

Posted on December 8, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

The Victoria Racing Club is stepping into the twilight zone with the first of their experimental meetings at Flemington. The nine race card on Saturday begins at 3pm with the last race run five hours later. The early part of Saturday's program will have races spaced 40 minutes apart to fit into the metropolitan schedule[...]

Posted on October 28, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Days out from the Melbourne Cup carnival, Victorian racing authorities have reaffirmed their commitment to the welfare of retired racehorses. Racing Victoria has announced a $25 million boost to fund the first three years of an expanded welfare program while the Victoria Racing Club will donate 10 per cent of ticket sales for next week's[...]

Posted on September 21, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

International singing superstar Taylor Swift will no longer perform at Flemington on Melbourne Cup day following a change to her Asian Tour dates. The Victoria Racing Club announced on September 12 that Swift would perform two songs in the parade ring before the Melbourne Cup. Mushroom Events and the VRC made the announcement on Saturday.[...]

Posted on September 11, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

The Victoria Racing Club has revamped the third day of Melbourne Cup week, combining a later start with less time between races. Known as Ladies Day, the VRC Oaks day meeting at Flemington will commence at 1.50pm, instead of 12.15pm in previous years, with the final race to run at 6.25pm. The day's feature, the[...]

Posted on July 17, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

A new race for two-year-olds has been introduced to the spring program at Flemington, bringing an earlier start to juvenile racing in Melbourne. The Victoria Racing Club has announced it will host the first two-year-old race of the season on Wednesday, September 25 over 900m. The VRC says the reasoning behind the late September two-year-old[...]

VRC Planning For Melbourne Cup In November

VRC Board Ticks Off On New Chairman

VRC To Stand Staff Down Over Covid-19

Flemington Salutes Champion Black Caviar

Black Caviar Set For Flemington Appearance

Black Caviar To Attend Lightning Stakes

Metro Jockeys Win At Rapid Racing Meeting

Rapid Racing Set For Flemington Racecourse

Metro And Country Hoops Set For Challenge

VRC To Donate Gate Takings To Fire Relief

Fast And Furious Action At Flemington

Living Legends To Share In New Vrc Fund

Twilight Racing Comes To Flemington

Vic Racing Funds For Old Racehorse Welfare

Taylor Swift A Melbourne Cup Day No-Show

Time Changes To Oaks Meeting At Flemington

New Early Spring Flemington Race For 2yos

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