This Saturday marks the start of the Sydney Autumn Racing Carnival, the official beginning to the Group 1 year in Australian racing.
Sydney racegoers say their autumn carnival is the best in Australia when it comes to racing standards, however they are light years behind when compared to the Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival.
The Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival is without doubt the best racing carnival in Australia and quite possibly the world (with apologies to Royal Ascot).
Take Victoria Derby Day, for example.
There are eight Group 1 or listed races on the program, with two major highlights – the Mackinnon Stakes (the last major chance for horses trying to get into the Melbourne Cup) and the AAMI Victoria Derby, which is run at 2500m. It is the best day of racing in Australia.
Where NSW falls down, in regards to the Autumn Carnival, is with their promotion. Some people are aware of the Autumn Carnival, however they look forward to the Melbourne Spring Carnival.
The Melbourne Spring Carnival also sees the best owners, trainers and jockeys from not only all over Australia, but throughout the world.
And while Sydney has the Golden Slipper, the Derby, the Doncaster, the BMW and the Sydney Cup, in my opinion they’re not up to the standard of the Melbourne Spring Carnival races, such as the Caulfield Guineas, Caulfield Cup, WS Cox Plate, the AAMI Victoria Derby, the Melbourne Cup, the VRC Oaks and the Emirates Stakes.
It is races such as these which make the Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival the best racing carnival of all.
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