TAB Australian Cup Day was a marquee event on the racing calendar and a thrilling conclusion to the Flemington Racing Spectacular.

Fashions on the Field returned in style, with the Best Dressed and Best Suited winners each taking home $2,000 in prize money and securing a place in the Crown Oaks Day Daily Finals. On the track, Light Infantry Man claimed victory in the TAB Australian Cup, while Deakin took out the Lexus Roy Higgins and grabbed a golden ticket into The Race That Stops the Nation™.

Saturday 29 March, 2025

World Pool available for Races 6 - 8 this Saturday!

HOW IT WORKS

Getting Home

Departing Flemington Racecourse: 1:07 PM - 7:10 PM Stopping Melbourne Showgrounds, North Melbourne, or express through to Southern Cross Station.

Races Sat 29 Mar Results View Full Race Day Guide View Race Guide
1
TAB WE'RE ON
12:15 PM 1100 $150000.00
Silk
1st
1. A LITTLE DEEP
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2
YORK VOBIS GOLD PLATE
12:45 PM 1400 $175000.00
Silk
1st
1. PRESTIGE OLE
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3
TBV THOROUGHBRED BREEDERS STAKES
1:20 PM 1200 $200000.00
Silk
1st
6. RECUPERATO
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4
ROYAL ASCOT VOBIS GOLD REEF
1:55 PM 1600 $200000.00
Silk
1st
2. ATHANATOS
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5
CURRAGH HANDICAP
2:30 PM 1600 $150000.00
Silk
1st
10. ENXUTO
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6
ATA/BOB HOYSTED HANDICAP
3:05 PM 1000 $175000.00
Silk
1st
3. JOYFUL FORTUNE
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7
HKJC WORLD POOL SPRINT CLASSIC
3:40 PM 1100 $500000.00
Silk
1st
6. ALABAMA LASS
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8
TAB AUSTRALIAN CUP
4:15 PM 2000 $2500000.00
Silk
1st
1. LIGHT INFANTRY MAN
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9
LEXUS ROY HIGGINS
4:55 PM 2600 $300000.00
Silk
1st
3. DEAKIN
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10
GLORIOUS GOODWOOD HANDICAP
5:35 PM 1100 $80000.00
Silk
1st
15. CODIGO
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RACING RECAP

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Fashions on the Field

Congratulations to our two Autumn Fashions on the Field winners. They have each won $2,000 prizemoney and a ticket straight into the Crown Oaks Day Daily Final.

Best Dressed Winner - Layce

Best Dressed Winner - Layce

Best Suited Winner - Cass

Best Suited Winner - Cass

Fashions on the Field

Best Dressed Live Final

Fashions on the Field

Best Suited Live Final

Feast

Feast

In conjunction with the Melbourne Food and Wine Festival, Flemington Racecourse will host ‘Feast’ across three Saturdays in March in a new precinct on the east end of the lawn.

It promises a delicious spread to tantalise your taste buds set against the exhilarating backdrop of Group 1 thoroughbred racing, family fun and live entertainment.

VIDEO NEWS

TAB Australian Cup Race Day Review

VIDEO NEWS

Mark Twain writes ticket to Melbourne Cup

163rd of Series

Prizemoney: $2,505,185

3YO & Upwards Standard Weight-For-Age. Apprentices cannot claim.

Last year’s winner – Cascadian (GB)

58th of Series

Registered Name: The Roy Higgins

Prizemoney: $300,000

3YO & Upwards Set Weights plus Penalties. Apprentices cannot claim.

The winner of the following races will be exempt from ballot for the 2025 Group 1 Lexus Melbourne Cup (3200m).

Race History

ROY HIGGINS (1938–2014)

Roy Henry Higgins MBE was one of Australia’s greatest riders, winning eleven Melbourne Jockeys’ Premiership between 1965 and 1978. Among his career highlights were his twelve winners at the 1972 VRC three-day Autumn Carnival. Five times he rode five winners at a meeting. Roy began riding at Deniliquin, NSW, and retired from the saddle in October 1983 with more than 2500 winners. He won top- class races all over Australia including Melbourne Cups on Light Fingers (1965) and Red Handed (1967). Roy was an inaugural inductee into the Australian Racing Museum. His statue graces Flemington racecourse.

 

Last year’s winner – Mark Twain (NZ)

63rd of Series

Prizemoney: $203,285

2YO Fillies Set Weights plus Penalties. Apprentices cannot claim.

Last year’s winner – Tobeornototbe

47th of Series

Registered Name: Moomba Plate

Prizemoney: $502,035

3YO Set Weights plus Penalties. Apprentices cannot claim.

Last year’s winner – Estriella

Prizemoney: $177,385

Handicap. Apprentices cannot claim.

Race History

R.E. HOYSTED (1925–2014)

Robert (Bob) Edward Hoysted AM was an outstanding trainer, best known for champion sprinter Manikato, Australian Horse of the Year 1978/79 who won 29 races in a career stretching from the 1978 Golden Slipper to the 1983 Futurity. After war service with the Royal Australian Navy, Bob Hoysted began training in the 1950s. He was an Executive Member of the Australian Trainers’ Association for twenty years, and Federal President 1985–1997. Part of a notable racing dynasty, in 2008 he joined his father Fred (1883–1967) in the Australian Racing Hall of Fame.

Last year’s winner – Sans Doute

Prizemoney: $205,000

3YO Set Weights plus Penalties. Apprentices cannot claim.

Last year’s winner – Fistsoffury (Caulfield)

Prizemoney: $205,000

2YO Set Weights plus Penalties. Apprentices cannot claim.

Last year’s winner – I Am Velvet (Caulfield)

Prizemoney: $150,000

4YO & Upwards Mares Handicap. Apprentices can claim.

Prizemoney: $150,000

3YO & Upwards Handicap. Apprentices cannot claim.

Prizemoney: $80,000

Benchmark 78 Handicap. Apprentices can claim.

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