Sydney Carnival

The Sydney Carnival, a.k.a. Sydney Autumn Carnival, is a major Australian Thoroughbred racing series held in Sydney in March and April each year. It consists of six weeks of racing conducted by Australian Turf Club across the city's two primary racecourses: Royal Randwick and Rosehill Gardens. The most important races include the AAMI Golden Slipper Stakes, the world's richest race for two-year-old horses,[1] the BMW Stakes, the Rosehill Guineas, the Australian Derby, the Doncaster Handicap and the Sydney Cup. The 2015 Sydney Autumn Carnival consists of 20 Group 1 races, and offers $26.5 million in prize money.[2]

  1. ^ http://www.thesydneycarnival.com.au Archived 2011-12-25 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "Sydney Autumn Carnival | Racenet". Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2015-04-01.