Sydney Spring Racing Program 19 Aug to 14 Oct 2017 1
NOTICE TO OWNERS & TRAINERS Sydney Spring Carnival. Epsom Day, 30 September 2017 The Epsom (No allowances for Apprentices) Prizemoney $1,000,000 Conditions Group 1. 1600m. 3YO & Upwards. Prizemoney First: $585,000 plus $5,000 trophy and rug; $1,000 Jockey Trophy; Second: $190,000; Third: $100,000; Fourth: $45,000; Fifth: $20,000; Sixth to Tenth: $10,000; Equine Welfare Fund Contribution $10,000. Nominations Close 12PM, Monday 4 September 2017 ($275). Final Acceptance 9am, Tuesday 26 September 2017 ($7700). Weights To be declared no later than 12pm, Monday 18 September 2017. The winner, after the declaration of weights of any handicap flat race of the value to the winner of $50,000 or over, shall carry such additional weight (if any) as the Handicapper shall determine, not exceeding 3kg; of two or more such races of the value to the winner each of $50,000 or over; such additional weight (if any) as the Handicapper shall determine, not exceeding 4.5kg. When a horse has become liable to be re-handicapped the extra weight (if any) to be imposed on such horse shall be declared by the Handicapper not later than seven (7) days after such horse became liable to be re-handicapped. Metropolitan (No allowances for Apprentices) Prizemoney $750,000 Conditions Group 1. 2400m. 3YO & Upwards Prizemoney First: $435,000 plus $3,000 trophy and rug; $1,000 Trainer and Jockey Trophy; Second: $142,500; Third: $75,000; Fourth: $33,750; Fifth: $8,750; Sixth to Tenth: $7,500; Equine Welfare Fund Contribution $10,000. Nominations Close 11am, Monday 4 September 2017 ($275). Final Acceptance 9am, Tuesday 26 September 2017 ($5775). Weights To be declared no later than 12pm, Monday 18 September 2017. The winner, after the declaration of weights of any handicap flat race of the value to the winner of $50,000 or over, shall carry such additional weight (if any) as the Handicapper shall determine, not exceeding 3kg; of two or more such races of the value to the winner each of $50,000 or over; such additional weight (if any) as the Handicapper shall determine, not exceeding 4.5kg. When a horse has become liable to be re-handicapped the extra weight (if any) to be imposed on such horse shall be declared by the Handicapper not later than seven (7) days after such horse became liable to be re-handicapped. Major Event Conditions Conditions Nominations to be made with the Trainers Service Centre (VIC), before 12pm on Monday, 4 September 2017. The Board of the Australian Turf Club reserve the right to decline any nomination and/or acceptance lodged with the Trainers Service Centre (TSC) from a licensed trainer with outstanding debts to the ATC from any Group or Listed race conducted by the ATC. The Board reserves the right at acceptance time to reject the entries of horses from the following races, in excess of the number it considers appropriate or the number set down in the conditions of the race in the following manner: The Epsom 1. Maidens at the time of final acceptance. 2. Horses with the lowest NSW rating at final acceptances shall be the first rejected, this procedure will continue until the safety limit is reached. Should a further ballot be required between horses with the same NSW Benchmark rating figure then the ballot will be by age; beginning with older horse; with horses of the same age, the horse with the lowest aggregate prizemoney shall be eliminated first. Provided however, that prizemoney acquired as follows will not be taken into account when assessing prizemoney for any of these elimination clauses: (c) Prizemoney acquired by a horse(s) in any race restricted to horses sold at a particular sale or bred, trained or sold in a particular region or state and, (d) Bonuses and/or incentives received by a horse in respect of any race. 3. Provided that the Board may in its absolute discretion exclude any horse or horses from the above elimination clauses, or reject the entry of any other horse or horses. Entries for all of these races shall be subject to the Rules of Racing of Racing NSW and Race conditions published in the Racing Calendar for the time being in force; where there is any conflict the special conditions for all or any of the major races shall override the Racing NSW General Conditions.Declarations of Acceptance must be lodged at the Trainers Service Centre (VIC). All acceptances must be lodged in Australia. Darren Pearce, Chief Executive Australian Turf Club Ltd, Locked Bag 3, Randwick NSW 2031 P 02 9663 8400 F 02 9662 1447 2
Track Specifications COURSE PROPER Fully Grassed Circumference 2224m Length of straight 410m Width of straight at winning post 28m KENSINGTON TRACK Fully Grassed Circumference 2100m 1600m 1550m 1800m 1400m 1400m 1300m 1250m Course Proper 1200m Chute 1100m 2800m 1150m 1100m 1000m 1000m 3200m Length of straight 401m Width of straight at winning post 18m TRAINING TRACKS 2000m 1750m 1800m WINNING POST 2400m 2800m B (grass) 1501m x 20m Steeple track (grass). 1800m x 19m 2400m 2600m Dirt track 1942m x 13m Sand track 1440m x 6.5m Inside track (metal & ashes) 1081m x 11m COURSE PROPER Fully Grassed Circumference 2048m Length of straight 408m Width of straight at winning post 27m 1500m 1400m 1300m 1200m 1100m TRAINING TRACKS 1800m Inside grass 1538m x 27m Cinders (fast) 1436m x 7m Cinders (slow) 1357m x 7m Sand (fast & Slow) 1712m x 6m 1900m 2000m WINNING POST 2400m 3
Sydney Spring Racing Program Race Name Class Prizemoney ($AUD) Conditions MIGHT AND POWER RACEDAY Saturday 19 August 2017 Royal Randwick Warwick Stakes Group 2 $250,000 1400m, Weight for Age, 3YO & Up Silver Shadow Stakes Group 2 1200m, Fillies, Set Weights & Penalties, 3YO Toy Show Quality Group 3 1200m, Fillies & Mares, Quality Handicap, 3YO & Up Up & Coming Stakes Group 3 1300m, Quality Handicap, 3YO Show County Quality Group 3 1200m, Quality Handicap, 3YO & Up ASX THOMSON REUTERS CHARITY RACEDAY Saturday 26 August 2017 Rosehill Gardens San Domenico Stakes Group 3 1100m, Set Weights & Penalties, 3YO Ming Dynasty Hcp Group 3 1400m, Quality Handicap, 3YO Premiers Cup Listed $125,000 1900m, Quality Handicap, 3YO & Up TATTERSALLS CHELMSFORD STAKES RACEDAY Saturday 2 September 2017 Royal Randwick Chelmsford Stakes Group 2 $250,000 1600m, Weight for Age, 3YO & Up Furious Stakes Group 2 1200m, Fillies, Set Weights, 3YO Tramway Stakes Group 2 1400m, Set Weights & Penalties, 3YO & Up Concorde Stakes Group 3 1000m, Set Weights & Penalties, 3YO & Up RUN TO THE ROSE DAY Saturday 9 September 2017 Rosehill Gardens Theo Marks Stakes Group 2 1300m, Quality Handicap, 3YO & Up Stan Fox Stakes Group 2 1500m, Set Weights, 3YO The Run to the Rose Group 2 1200m, Set Weights & Penalties, 3YO Sheraco Stakes Group 3 1200m, Fillies & Mares, Set Weights & Penalties, 3YO & Up COLGATE OPTIC WHITE STAKES DAY Saturday 16 September 2017 Royal Randwick Colgate Optic White Stakes Group 1 1600m, Weight for Age, 3YO & Up Tea Rose Stakes Group 2 1400m, Fillies, Set Weights, 3YO The Shorts Group 2 1100m, Set Weights & Penalties, 3YO & Up Kingstown Town Stakes Group 3 2000m, Set Weights & Penalties, 3YO & Up Bill Ritchie Handicap Group 3 1400m, Quality Handicap, 3YO & Up Heritage Stakes Listed $125,000 1100m, Set Weights & Penalties, 3YO Additional Closing Times RACE (G1) NOMS. CLOSE WEIGHTS RELEASE FINAL LATE ENTRY FINAL DEC. Golden Rose All horses nominated for 2017 Golden Slipper TAB Epsom Handicap 12pm, Mon 4 Sep 2017 - $275 The Metropolitan 12pm, Mon 4 Sep 2017 - $275 Set Weights 11am, Mon 18 Sep 2017 - $50,000 9am, Tue 19 Sep 2017 - $7,150 12pm, Mon 18 Sep 2017 9am, Tue 26 Sep 2017 - $7,700 12pm, Mon 18 Sep 2017 9am, Tue 26 Sep 2017 - $5,775 4
Sydney Spring Racing Program Race Name Class Prizemoney ($AUD) Conditions DE BORTOLI GOLDEN ROSE DAY Saturday 23 September 2017 Rosehill Gardens De Bortoli Golden Rose Group 1 $1,000,000 1400m, Set Weights, 3YO Golden Pendant Group 2 $400,000 1400m, Fillies & Mares, Set Weights & Penalties, 3YO & Up Shannon Stakes Group 2 1500m, Quality Handicap, 3YO & Up Gloaming Stakes Group 3 1800m, Set Weights, 3YO Colin Stephen Quality Group 3 2400m, Quality Handicap, 3YO & Up TAB EPSOM DAY Saturday 30 September 2017 Royal Randwick TAB Epsom Handicap Group 1 $1,000,000 1600m, Handicap, 3YO & Up The Metropolitan Group 1 $750,000 2400m, Handicap, 3YO & Up Flight Stakes Group 1 1600m, Fillies, Set Weights, 3YO Premiere Stakes Group 2 1200m, Weight for Age, 3YO & Up Hill Stakes Group 2 1800m, Weight for Age, 3YO & Up Dulcify Quality Listed $125,000 1600m, Handicap, 3YO Breeders Plate Listed 1000m, Colts & Geldings, Set Weights, 2YO Gimcrack Stakes Listed 1000m, Fillies & Mares, Set Weights, 2YO MOËT & CHANDON SPRING CHAMPION STAKES DAY Saturday 7 October 2017 Royal Randwick Moët & Chandon Spring Champion Stakes Group 1 2000m, Set Weights, 3YO Roman Consul Stakes Group 2 $300,000 1200m, Set Weights, 3YO Angst Stakes Group 3 1600m, Mares, Set Weights & Penalties, 4YO & Up THE EVEREST Saturday 14 October 2017 Royal Randwick The Everest $10,000,000 1200m, Weight for Age, 3YO & Up Craven Plate Group 3 2000m, Weight for Age, 3YO & Up Everest Consolation (Tatts Lightning) Listed 1200m, Weight for Age, 3YO & Up Reginald Allen Listed $125,000 1400m, Quality Handicap, 3YO Fillies ATC St Leger 2600m, SW+P, 3YO & Up Country Highway Final 1400m, Handicap, 3YO & Up CITY TATTERSALLS CLUB CUP Saturday 21 October 2017 Royal Randwick Brian Crowley Listed 1200m, Set Weights & Penalties, 3YO City Tatts Cup Listed $125,000 2400m, Quality Handicap, 3YO & Up The Nivison Group 3 1200m, Mares, Set Weights & Penalties, 4YO & Up Closing Dates and Acceptances NOMINATIONS Close 11am Monday prior to raceday WEIGHTS to be released on or before 4pm Tuesday prior to raceday ACCEPTANCES must be declared before 9am Wednesday prior to raceday JOCKEYS must be declared before 12pm Wednesday prior to raceday 5
Sydney Spring Racing Schedule No sex restriction Fillies & Mares Colts, Entries & Geldings Open 1100m-1349m Open 1350m-1799m 5 AUGUST 12 AUGUST 19 AUGUST 26 AUGUST 2 SEPTEMBER 9 SEPTEMBER 16 SEPTEMBER 23 SEPTEMBER 30 SEPTEMBER 7 OCTOBER 14 OCTOBER 21 OCTOBER Randwick Rosehill Randwick Rosehill Randwick Rosehill Randwick Rosehill Randwick Randwick Randwick Randwick Missile Stakes G2 WFA 1200m Toy Show G3 Qlty 1300m Show County G3 Qlty 1200m Warwick Stakes G2 WFA 1400m $250,000 Concorde Stakes G3 SW+P 1000m Tramway Stakes G2 SW+P 1400m Chelmsford Stakes G2 WFA 1600m $250,000 Sheraco Stakes G3 SW+P 1200m The Shorts G2 SW+P 1100m Theo Marks G2 Qlty 1300m Bill Ritchie G3 Qlty 1400m George Main Stakes G1 WFA 1600m Golden Pendant G2 SW+P 1400m $400,000 Shannon Stakes G2 Qlty 1500m Premiere Stakes G2 WFA 1200m Epsom Handicap G1 HCP 1600m $1,000,000 Angst Stakes G3 SW+P 1600m 4YO & Up Everest Consolation LR WFA 1200m The Nivison G3 SW+P 1200m The Everest Open WFA 1200m $10,000,000 Country Highway Final Handicap 1400m 4YO & Up Open 1800m-3200m Premiers Cup LR Qlty 1900m $125,000 Kingstown Stakes G3 SW+P 2000m Colin Stephen G3 Qlty 2400m Hill Stakes G2 WFA 1800m The Metropolitan G1 HCP 2400m $750,000 Craven Plate G3 WFA 2000m City Tatts Cup LR Qlty 2400m ATC St Leger $125,000 SW+P 2600m 3YO 1100m-1599m The Rosebud LR Qlty 1100m Silver Shadow G2 SW+P 1200m Up & Coming G3 Qlty 1300m San Domenico G3 SW+P 1100m Furious Stakes G2 SW 1200m Ming Dynasty G3 Qlty 1400m The Run to the Rose G2 SW+P 1200m Stan Fox G2 SW 1500m Heritage Stakes LR SW+P 1100m $125,000 Golden Rose G1 SW 1400m Tea Rose Stakes $1,000,000 G2 SW 1400m Flight Stakes G1 SW 1600m Roman Consul G2 SW 1200m $300,000 Reginald Allen LR Qlty 1400m $125,000 Brian Crowley LR SW+P 1200m 3YO 1600m-2400m Gloaming Stakes G3 SW 1800m The Dulcify LR SW 1600m $125,000 Spring Champion G1 SW 2000m 2YO Breeders Plate LR SW 1000m Victory Vein SW 1000m $100,000 Gimcrack Stakes LR SW 1000m 6 7
Visiting Trainer Information Contact Nevesh Rhamdani Chris Toogood Mark Jones Contact Mobile 0421 020 828 0417 469 976 0458 489 541 Contact Email lhile@theatc.com.au klee@theatc.com.au tdale@theatc.com.au On Course Boxes Subject to availability 12 boxes available Subject to availability Training Tracks B Grass 1501m x 20m Inside Grass 1538m x 27m A Grass 1823m x 20m Sand Track 1440m x 6.5m Cinders (fast) 1436m x 7m Synthetic track 1800m x 14m Steeple track (grass) 1800m x 19m Cinders (slow) 1357m x 7m Sand Track (slow) 1440m x 10m Dirt Track 1942m x 13m Sand (fast & slow) 1712m x 6m Inside track (metal and ashes) 1081m x 11m Course Proper Availability Open Tuesday Morning (Group Noms) By request Open Tuesday Morning (Group & Listed Noms) Pool Availability Mon-Fri 4:30am-8:30am 12pm-3.30pm Sat & Sun 5am- 8:30am 7 days 5am-9am Mon-Fri 1pm-4pm 7 days 4am-9am Mon-Fri 1pm-4pm Barrier Trials Contact Racing Office P 02 9663 8526 Contact Racing Office P 02 9663 8526 Contact Racing Office P 02 9663 8526 Airport (Kingsford Smith) 7km 26km 25km 8
Contact Information RACING Executive General Manager Racing Services & Membership James Heddo P +61 2 9663 8472 +61 409 874 137 E jheddo@theatc.com.au General Manager Racing, Wagering & International James Ross P +61 2 9663 8410 M +61 456 566 344 E jamesross@theatc.com.au General Racing Enquiries Racing Department Locked Bag 3, Randwick NSW 2031 P +61 2 9663 8425 E jcable@theatc.com.au General Manager Tracks Lindsay Murphy P +61 2 9760 6239 M +61 417 744 252 E lmurphy@theatc.com.au Royal Randwick Racecourse Track Manager Nevesh Ramdhani P +61 2 9663 8520 M +61 421 020 828 E nramdhani@theatc.com.au Rosehill Gardens Racecourse Track Manager Chris Toogood P +61 2 9760 6227 M +61 417 469 976 E ctoogood@theatc.com.au Warwick Farm Racecourse Track Manager Mark Jones P +61 2 9612 4302 M +61 458 489 541 E mjones@theatc.com.au theatc.com.au 9