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Planning to go to the Caulfield Cup on Saturday, what are the facilities/parking like? Will be a first time there
 
Depending upon where you are coming from it may be easier to catch the train. Usually there is heaps of parking on the street but they close the roads for the guineas and cup. Everyone will park in the middle of the track. Pro tip from an ex local if you must drive and don't mind walking a bit, is to park in behind the club rooms in east caulfield reserve. It is a few hundred metres down from the station but the road access is through Dudley street (off the city bound side of the princes). It is a km or so from the track, so no good if you are with girls with heels, but you avoid all the traffic getting out of the place by parking there and walking.

I reckon the facilities are top notch since they knocked down the old grandstand and opened the lawn right up the straight. I was a member and the last few times I went we possied up there and avoided the members area like the plague.
 
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Only been to Happy Valley for horseys but been to Sandown Park for dogs.
 

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Flemington
Caulfield
money valley$
Werribee
Seymour
Kilmore
Kerang
ballarat
Bendigo
geelong
melton
sandown
Healesville
stony creek
Echuca
sale
Warragul
Horsham
Warrnambool
moe
parklands (g coast)
Doomben
warwick farm
albion park
globe derby
menangle
meadows
mount gambier
Launceston
Hobart
rosehill
Randwick
hanging rock
 
My Year 12 formal was at Rockhamptons racecourse, and I did spend a couple of nights at the Darwin Greyhounds but that's about it.
 
VIC

Flemintgon
Sandown
Caulfield
Yarra Valley
Mornington

NSW
Randwick
Rosehill
Newcastle
Goulburn

QLD
Gold Coast

O/S
Ascot (UK)
Goodwood (UK)
Sandown (UK)
Epsom (UK)
Cheltenham (UK)
Newmarket (UK)
Curragh (Ireland)
Longchamp (Paris)
 
Far less impressive than most...

Flemington
Yarra Valley

Doomben
Albion Park
Ipswich
Gold Coast
Sunshine Coast
Kilcoy
Nanango
Wondai
Dalby
Gayndah
 
Cheltenham
Victoria Park
Morphetville
Gawler
Strathalbyn
Murray Bridge
Clare
Balaklava
Flemington
Caulfield
Moonee Valley
Warwick Farm
Rosehill Gardens


Liked Caulfield the best, the Melbourne metro tracks facilities are light years ahead of Morphetville.
 
To take it a step further, these are some of the tracks that horses i've had an ownership share in have raced at and i have been there to watch them run at varying speeds:

Flemington
Caulfield
Mooney Valley
Sandown
Cranbourne
Mornington
Moe
Pakenham
Sale
Traralgon
Bairnsdale
Geelong
Werribee
Colac
Mortlake
Camperdown
The Bool
Ballarat
Bendigo
Burrembeet
St Arnaud
Ararat
Stawell
Swan Hill
Mildura
Kyneton
Kilmore
Wangaratta
Wodonga
Albury
Berrigan
Corowa
Jerilderie
Gunbower
Wagga
Morphettville

Had shares with mates and family from 17yo to mid 40's. Won from Flemington to Jerilderie and Burrembeet. Been with top trainers and small trainers. Most expensive horse was $36K and least expensive was $5K.

Done my dough on em all up, but had some big days, and weekends, and fun times galore. :(:mad::confused::eek::oops:o_O:rolleyes::cry::drunk::straining::$:):D
 

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Australia

Morphettville
Flemington
Caulfield
Moonee Valley
Clare
Oakbank
Cheltenham
Globe Derby

Overseas

Ascot (UK) - Saw Black Caviar win at Royal Ascot
Newmarket (UK)
Sandown (UK) - Saw So You Think beat Workforce in the Coral Eclipse
Kempton (UK)
Wimbledon Dogs (UK)
Prague - Cold War Gypsy racing at its finest
 
VIC:
Flemington
Caulfield
Moonee Valley
Sandown
Mornington
Balnarring
Woolamai
Bendigo
Swan Hill
Kilmore
Kyneton
Sale
Warrnambool
Stawell

Interstate:
Rosehill
Randwick
Bega
Gold Coast
Doomben
Morphettville
Ascot

Overseas:
Sha Tin (HK International Race Day)
Happy Valley
Tokyo (saw the Derby this year)
Santa Anita (Breeders Cup)
Ascot (Saw BC win in 2012)

Planning to be in NYC for the Belmont Stakes in June next year or the year after.
The Arc is at number one though
 
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