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Flemington Barriers Starting Positions:
1000, 1100m & 1200m starts: Barrier stalls are located in the centre of the course in a chute off the home straight, horses have a straight run to the winning post. Outside barriers have a slight advantage in large fields, runners often head to the outside rail when the inside rail is positioned out 8 metres or more, or when the penetrometer reading indicates the going is better on that side of the course.
1400m: Starts in a chute at the back of the course. Runners race on an angled turn until they reach the home straight. Inside barriers have a slight advantage.
1600m: Barriers are located in a small chute off the course proper. Runners are on a curved turn until they reach the home straight. Inside barriers have an advantage, particularly in large fields and when the rail is out.
1800m: Barriers are located on the course proper, there is a short run to the first turn, inside barriers have a slight advantage.
2000m: Starts on the course proper at the back of the course, straight run of around 600m before the first corner, barriers are of little importance.
2500m: Starts on the course proper in front of the grandstand in the home straight. Barriers are of no importance.
3200m: Melbourne Cup start. Barrier stalls are located just after the 1000m start, offering runners a straight run of 900m before the first corner. Barriers are not of great importance due to the distance involved, although in a maximum field of 24 drawing a gate between 2 and 12 is usually preferred.
With a sweeping turn into the wide home straight, the circumference of the course is 2312 metres. Fields can be large, averaging 8 - 15 runners per race. The maximum number of runners is 24. Racing at Flemington is generally restricted to once or twice a month on Saturdays and public holidays, except during the Melbourne Cup Carnival when there are four days of racing in the first week of November. Horses race in an anti-clockwise direction.
Characteristics: generally very fair, even on days when the moveable inside rail is out 5 metres or more. All areas of the course are used, with winners finishing near the inside rail, down the centre of the track and towards the outside rail. Going tends to be on the firmer side compared to the other Melbourne metro tracks.
Flemington is Australia's oldest operating racecourse, located north of the Melbourne CBD, next to the Maribyrnong river. Regarded as Australia's premier racetrack and home of the most famous two mile handicap in the world - the Melbourne Cup.
The first Melbourne Cup was run in 1861 and won by Archer. The highlight of the Spring Racing Carnival is Melbourne Cup week with four days of Group One racing in one week. For more information about the Melbourne Cup Carnival and racing at Flemington, visit the official VRC website www.melbournecup.com.
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