VIC Β· Thoroughbred Racing
Flemington hosts thoroughbred racing through the year in VIC, and results here feed directly into form lines across the country.
Every recent meeting below links through to the full card β finishing order, official margins, starting prices and exotic dividends β so you can trace exactly how the form was established.
The course features six metres of cambered banking around the turn onto the straight, favouring on-pace runners in big fields, while the long 450-metre straight rewards genuine stayers who can sustain a run. The famous Flemington roses, the hill enclosure and the 2003-built grandstand make it the spiritual home of Australian racing, hosting around 25 meeting days a year headlined by the four-day Melbourne Cup carnival in November.
Full Flemington track guideThe Melbourne Cup is scheduled to jump at 3:00pm AEDT (the race that stops the nation) on the first Tuesday of November. Race times can shift slightly year to year, so check the Flemington race card on Race.com.au on the day for confirmed jump times.
Because of Flemington's wide, sweeping turns and long 450-metre straight, barrier bias is mild compared to most Australian tracks. In the Melbourne Cup, middle barriers (8β16) have statistically performed best, though the long straight gives every runner time to find a position.
Flemington is raced anti-clockwise, like all Victorian metropolitan tracks. The course can be configured as the full oval or via the straight chute for sprint races of 1000β1200 metres.