5-615: The Matron Stakes is a Victoria Racing Club Group 3 Australian Thoroughbred horse race held under set weight conditions with penalties, for fillies and mares aged three years old and upwards, over a distance of 1600 metres at Flemington Racecourse in Melbourne , Australia in March during the VRC Autumn Racing Carnival. Total Prize money is A$ 200,000. The race has had changes in grade and name. In 2007
10-1035: The Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival . The Melbourne Cup is run on the first Tuesday in November, the Victoria Derby are held on the Saturday before the Melbourne Cup, the VRC Oaks is on the Thursday following the Cup, and LKS MacKinnon Stakes is on the Saturday following the Oaks. The VRC also hosts race meetings during the Melbourne Autumn Racing Carnival . These meetings include Group 1 races for
15-701: The Victoria Turf Club was the annual "race that stops a nation", the Melbourne Cup , which was first contested in 1861. From its foundation in 1864 until 2001, the Victoria Racing Club was the responsible authority for the conduct of thoroughbred racing in the State of Victoria , Australia. Since 2001, this role has been managed by Racing Victoria Limited . The VRC is managed by an unpaid committee, elected by club members. In 1871,
20-628: The Victorian Government appointed the VRC as trustees of a site of 352 acres (1.4 km ) of Crown Land, next to the Maribyrnong River , which became known as Flemington Racecourse . Much of the early success of the VRC is attributed to the administration of the first Secretary of the club, R. C. Bagot and his successors H. Byron Moore and A. V. Kewney . The Victoria Racing Club hosts four race meetings at Flemington during
25-516: The race was run at Sandown Racecourse . The Schweppervescence Trophy from 2006–2010 was the race name for the registered race Frances Tressady Stakes . This horse race article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Victoria Racing Club The Victoria Racing Club was founded in 1864. It was formed following the disbanding of the Victoria Turf Club and the Victoria Jockey Club. A legacy passed from
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