Caulfield Race Course 

Caulfield Race Course
Station Street Caulfield East, VIC 3162
Ph: (03) 9257 7100

Known as 'The Heath' to locals, Caulfield Racecourse can be found less than 10kms from the Melbourne CBD, right where Caulfield meets Caulfield East in Melbourne's south-eastern suburbs.

Home to the Melbourne racing Club, Caulfield Racecourse provides its own unique type of racing on a track with sharp corners, a rising back straight and a short home straight. All of these elements, over distances between 1000m and 2400m provide for competitive racing, as it's hard to make ground from the back of the field once the horses head down the home straight past the impressive Rupert Clarke stand.

Caulfield's triangular shape has a maximum distance of 2080m with a straight of 367m and is now noted for its excellent drainage, with all of the tracks turns sitting on about a 5% banking.

Barriers:

1000m – Races commence in a chute just shy of the course proper. Despite where a horse might be drawn, there are minimal advantages on the inside with a 650m stretch before the home turn.

1100m – Similar to the 1000m races as nothing changes the advantages the inside barriers have with only 1000m of extra straight advancing to the home turn.

1200m – With the action now heading 200m up the chute it, still gives inside runners little advantage before hitting the home turn.

1400m – Races now head to the back of the track into a small shoot protruding from course proper. This is where inside barriers are of vital importance as runners only have a 200m dash before they hit the first out of two turns.

1600m – This is the shortest distance where competitors leave the barriers on course proper. The horses hit the first turn earlier in the curve than the 1400m, so it still only gives them 200m of straight running at the beginning and is once again a big advantage for inside barriers.

1800m – The action now goes right to the back part of the course and the starting run to the first turn is increased to 400m. It's still short enough to give inside barriers a notable advantage.

2000m – This distance is also advantageous for the inside barriers as races begin in a chute at the end of the final turn. The inside barriers have a bit less of an advantage than in 1600m – 1800m races, but a small one nonetheless.

2400 – Barriers don't come into play much over this distance where races start at the top of the home straight. With competitors facing three tight turns throughout the race, it pays not only to have good speed, but also good stamina.

Feature Races:

Angus Armanasco Stakes 2 3YO Fillies sw 1600 Caulfield 2011-02-26
Autumn Stakes 3 3YO Open sw+p 1400 Caulfield 2011-02-12
Bletchingly Stakes 3 Open Open wfa 1200 Caulfield 2010-07-31
Blue Diamond Prelude C&G 3 2YO C&G sw 1100 Caulfield 2011-02-12
Blue Diamond Prelude Fillies 3 2YO Fillies sw 1100 Caulfield 2011-02-12
Blue Diamond Stakes 1 2YO Open sw 1200 Caulfield 2011-02-26
C F Orr Stakes 1 Open Open wfa 1400 Caulfield 2011-02-12
Carlyon Cup 3 Open Open sw+p 1400 Caulfield 2011-02-12
Caulfield Autumn Classic 2 3YO Open sw 1800 Caulfield 2011-02-26
Caulfield Cup 1 Open Open hcp 2400 Caulfield 2010-10-16
Caulfield Guineas 1 3YO Open sw 1600 Caulfield 2010-10-09
Caulfield Sprint/Dodo Internet Sprint 2 Open Open hcp 1100 Caulfield 2010-10-16
Caulfield Stakes/Yalumba Stakes 1 3YO+ Open wfa 2000 Caulfield 2010-10-09
Coongy Handicap 3 Open Open hcp 2000 Caulfield 2010-10-16
Easter Cup 3 Open Open hcp 2000 Caulfield 2011-04-23
Futurity Stakes 1 Open Open wfa 1400 Caulfield 2011-02-26
Guineas Prelude 3 3YO C&G sw+p 1400 Caulfield 2010-09-18
HDF McNeil Stakes 3 3YO Open sw+p 1100 Caulfield 2010-08-28
Herbert Power Stakes/Winning Edge Stakes 2 Open Open qlty 2400 Caulfield 2010-10-09
How Now Stakes 3 4YO+ Mares sw+p 1200 Caulfield 2010-09-18
Hyderabad Stakes 3 3YO+ F&M sw+p 1200 Caulfield 2011-02-12
Invitation Stakes/Dubai Racing Club Cup 1 Open Open hcp 1400 Caulfield 2010-09-18
J J Liston Stakes 2 3YO+ Open wfa 1400 Caulfield 2010-08-14
Mannerism Stakes 3 4YO+ Mares sw+p 1400 Caulfield 2011-02-26
Memsie Stakes 2 3YO+ Open wfa 1400 Caulfield 2010-08-28
Moonga Stakes 3 4YO+ Open sw+p 1400 Caulfield 2010-10-16
Naturalism Stakes 3 Open Open hcp 2000 Caulfield 2010-09-18
Norman Robinson Stakes 3 3YO Open sw+p 2000 Caulfield 2010-10-16
Oakleigh Plate 1 Open Open hcp 1100 Caulfield 2011-02-26
Rubiton Stakes 3 Open Open wfa 1100 Caulfield 2011-02-12
Schillaci Stakes 2 3YO+ Open wfa 1000 Caulfield 2010-10-09
St George Stakes 2 Open Open wfa 1800 Caulfield 2011-02-26
The Thousand Guineas 1 3YO Fillies sw 1600 Caulfield 2010-10-13
Thoroughbred Club Stakes 3 3YO Fillies sw+p 1200 Caulfield 2010-10-09
Thousand Guineas Prelude 3 3YO Fillies sw+p 1400 Caulfield 2010-09-18
Toorak Handicap 1 Open Open hcp 1600 Caulfield 2010-10-09
Tristarc Stakes 2 4YO+ Mares sw+p 1400 Caulfield 2010-10-16
Underwood Stakes 1 3YO+ Open wfa 1800 Caulfield 2010-09-18
Victoria Handicap 3 Open Open hcp 1400 Caulfield 2011-04-23
W W Cockram Stakes 3 4YO+ Mares sw+p 1200 Caulfield 2010-08-14