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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 racecourse is triangular in shape and 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.In October the track plays host to a big week of racing, with three major race days -Cauflied Guineas Day,Thousand Guineas DayandCaulfield Cup Day. The Caulfield Cup (2400m) is a traditional lead-up race to theMelbourne Cup(3200m), often attracting a number of international entrants.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:FebruaryCF Orr StakesG1 Open wfa 1400mAutumn Stakes G3 3YO Open sw+p 1400mCarlyon Cup G3 Open Open sw+p 1400mRubiton Stakes G3 Open wfa 1100mGeoffrey Belmaine Stakes G3 3YO+ F&M sw+p 1200mBlue Diamond Prelude C&G G3 2YO C&G sw 1100mBlue Diamond Prelude Fillies G3 2YO Fillies sw 1100mBlue Diamond StakesG1 2YO Open sw 1200mFuturity StakesG1 Open wfa 1400mOakleigh PlateG1 Open hcp 1100mSt George Stakes G2 Open wfa 1800mAngus Armanasco Stakes G2 3YO Fillies sw 1600mCaulfield Autumn Classic G2 3YO Open sw 1800mMannerism Stakes G3 4YO+ Mares sw+p 1400mAprilVictoria Handicap G3 Open hcp 1400mEaster Cup G3 Open hcp 2000mJulyBletchingly Stakes G3 Open wfa 1200mAugustP B Lawrence Stakes G2 3YO+ Open wfa 1400mW W Cockram Stakes G3 4YO+ Mares sw+p 1200mSeptemberMemsie StakesG1 3YO+ Open wfa 1400mHDF McNeil Stakes G3 3YO Open sw+p 1100mUnderwood StakesG1 3YO+ Open wfa 1800mHow Now Stakes G3 4YO+ Mares sw+p 1200mNaturalism Stakes G3 Open hcp 2000mThousand Guineas Prelude G3 3YO Fillies sw+p 1400mSir Rupert Clarke StakesG1 Open hcp 1400mGuineas Prelude G3 3YO C&G sw+p 1400mOctoberCaulfield GuineasG1 3YO Open sw 1600mCaulfield StakesG1 3YO+ Open wfa 2000mToorak HandicapG1 Open hcp 1600mHerbert Power Stakes/Winning Edge Stakes G2 Open qlty 2400mSchillaci Stakes G2 3YO+ Open wfa 1000mThoroughbred Club Stakes G3 3YO Fillies sw+p 1200mThousand GuineasG1 3YO Fillies Open 1600mCaulfield CupG1 Open hcp 2400mCaulfield Sprint G2 Open hcp 1100mTristarc Stakes G2 4YO+ Mares sw+p 1400mNorman Robinson Stakes G3 3YO Open sw+p 2000mCoongy Handicap G3 Open hcp 2000mMoonga Stakes G3 4YO+ Open sw+p 1400m

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