Golden Easter Egg

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Golden Easter Egg
ClassGroup 1
Location Wentworth Park
Glebe, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Inaugurated1990;36 years ago (1990)
Race type
  • 10 qualifying heats;
  • 4 semi-finals;
  • 8 dogs in the final
SponsorLadbrokes
Website www.thedogs.com.au/features/golden-easter-egg
Race information
Distance520 metres (1,710 ft)
Record29.27s
SurfaceSand
QualificationBest 80 nominated Maidens ineligible
Purse
  • A$ 300,000 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. 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.

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Prize money of around $1,000,000 ($350,000 to the winner in 2024) making it one the richest greyhound carnivals in Australia. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

History

The first Golden Easter Egg was held at Wentworth Park, Sydney in 1990. [6]

In 2012 it was the richest greyhound race in the world at the time. [7] [8]

Past winners

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

YearWinnerTrainerTimeNotes
1990Ultra SenseC M Coleman30.39
1991Highly BlessedL Ferremi29.98
1992Jessica CaseyJ Finn30.32
1993Billy BinjangP Seymour30.70
1994Mancunian GirlP S Wardle30.20
1995Malawi LawGraeme Bate30.34
1996Tenthill DollH P Sarkis30.51
1997Bahama ImageW McNally30.59
1998Rapid JourneyJ Carruthers30.17
1999Faithful HawkP Rayner29.93
2000Stately BirdK Paull30.35
2001Brett LeeDarren McDonald30.04
2002Carlisle JackR Douglas30.09
2003Cyrus The VirusS Swain30.21
2004Bogie LeighT Brett30.07
2005Paua to BurnS White29.98
2006Edie BeauchampM Wright29.80
2007SlaterDarren Murray30.09
2008Blazing TokenMax Burdekin30.16
2009Dana BeatriceRod McDonald29.70
2010Cosmic RumbleDarren McDonald30.12
2011Radley BaleGraeme Bate29.66
2012Don't Knocka HimJason Thompson29.60
2013Grigorieva BaleAndrea Dailly29.65
2014TonkBrooke Ennis29.62
2015Fernando BaleAndrea Dailly29.48
2016MoreiraJason Thompson29.77
2017Striker LightBrett Bravo29.99
2018Up Hill JillDavid Geall29.77
2019Zipping BaileyJason Mackay29.92
2020Cancelled due to COVID-19 [10]
2021Tommy Shelby [11] Steve Withers29.27race record
2022She's A Pearl [12] Jodie Lord29.73
2023Simply LimelightPeter Rodgers29.48
2024MackennaMichelle Sultana29.33

See also

References

  1. ↑ "2013 2014 Group Race Calendar" (PDF). agra.com.au. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 January 2014. Retrieved 4 September 2013.
  2. ↑ "Buckle Up Wes carries Tassie hopes". The Examiner. 2014-04-18. Retrieved 2014-06-30.
  3. ↑ Have your say » (2014-04-19). "Golden Easter Egg a magic lure | Clarence Valley Daily Examiner". Dailyexaminer.com.au. Retrieved 2014-06-30.
  4. ↑ "Buckle Up Wes into Golden Easter Egg final". Tasracing. 2014-04-13. Retrieved 2014-06-30.
  5. ↑ 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.
  6. ↑ Duncan Stearn (136 Articles) (18 April 2014). "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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  7. ↑
  8. ↑ "Tim Cahill could win richest greyhound race". Sydney Morning Herald. 5 April 2012. Retrieved 2014-06-30.
  9. ↑ Collerson, Jeff. (20 April 2014), "Tonk Wins The Macro Meats Golden Easter Egg." TheDogs.com.au Retrieved 3 July 2014.
  10. ↑ "2020 LADBROKES GOLDEN EASTER EGG CANCELLED". Greyhound Racing NSW. Archived from the original on 8 August 2020. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
  11. ↑ "Watch the replay: Tommy Shelby wins Golden Easter Egg final at Wentworth Park". The Daily Telegraph Australia. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
  12. ↑ "Golden Easter Egg Final 2022". thedogs.com.au. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
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