Golden Easter Egg

Golden Easter Egg
Group 1 race

2014 Golden Easter Egg at Wentworth Park
Location Wentworth Park
Glebe, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Inaugurated 1990 (1990)
Race type
  • 8 qualifying heats;
  • 8 dogs in the final
Sponsor Macro Meats
Website wentworthpark.com.au/golden-easter-egg
Race information
Distance 520 metres (1,710 ft)
Surface Sand
Qualification Group 3 winners minimum entry
Purse
  • A$250,000 to winner;
  • A$1 million total across carnival

The Golden Easter Egg is an Australian Group 1 greyhound race held annually at Sydney's Wentworth Park racetrack in Glebe. In 2012 it was listed as the richest greyhound race in the world.[1][2]

History

The first Golden Easter Egg was held at Wentworth Park, Sydney in 1990.[3] Held annually on Easter Saturday it carries Group 1 status from AGRA, the code's racing regulator. The Golden Easter Egg carnival is in fact held over three weekends, commencing with heat events (8 in total), then followed by Semi Finals week (4 in total) and the Final Event in the third week. The first and second placegetters from the four semi final events fill the places in the final.

The Golden Easter Egg now provides prize money of around $1,000,000 ($250,000 to the winner) making it one the richest greyhound carnivals in Australia.[4][5][6][7][8]

Honour Roll

Golden Easter Egg Winners since inaugural 1990 race are:[9]

Year Greyhound Winning Time
1990 Ultra Sense 30.39
1991 Highly Blessed 29.98
1992 Jessica Casey 30.32
1993 Billy Binjang 30.70
1994 Mancunian Girl 30.20
1995 Malawi Girl 30.34
1996 Tenthill Doll 30.51
1997 Bahama Image 30.59
1998 Rapid Journey 30.17
1999 Faithful Hawk 29.93
2000 Stately Bird 30.35
2001 Brett Lee 30.04
2002 Carlisle Jack 30.09
2003 Cyrus The Virus 30.21
2004 Bogie Leigh 30.07
2005 Paua to Burn 29.98
2006 Edie Beauchamp 29.80
2007 Slater 30.09
2008 Blazing Token 30.16
2009 Dana Beatrice 29.70
2010 Cosmic Rumble 30.12
2011 Radley Bale 29.66
2012 Don't Knocka Him 29.60
2013 Grigorieva Bale 29.65
2014 Tonk 29.62

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/superracing/socceroos-star-tim-cahill-hoping-to-win-worlds-richest-greyhound-race-the-golden-easter-egg/story-fn67rc85-1226320140950
  2. ↑ "Tim Cahill could win richest greyhound race". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2014-06-30.
  3. ↑ Duncan Stearn (136 Articles). "25 Years Of Golden Easter Eggs Greyhound Racing History | Greyhound Racing | Australian Greyhound Racing News, Tips, Betting, Box Draws & Sales". Australianracinggreyhound.com. Retrieved 2014-06-30.
  4. ↑ "2013 2014 Group Race Calendar" (PDF). agra.com.au. Retrieved 4 September 2013.
  5. ↑ "Buckle Up Wes carries Tassie hopes". The Examiner. 2014-04-18. Retrieved 2014-06-30.
  6. ↑ Have your say » (2014-04-19). "Golden Easter Egg a magic lure | Clarence Valley Daily Examiner". Dailyexaminer.com.au. Retrieved 2014-06-30.
  7. ↑ "Buckle Up Wes into Golden Easter Egg final". Tasracing. 2014-04-13. Retrieved 2014-06-30.
  8. ↑ Georgakopoulos, Chris (28 March 2013). "Cranebrooks John and Minnie Finn will race two greyhounds in the Golden Easter Egg final". Penrith Press. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
  9. ↑ Collerson, Jeff. (20 April 2014), "Tonk Wins The Macro Meats Golden Easter Egg." TheDogs.com.au Retrieved 3 July 2014.
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