Tour Highlights

• Feel Melbourne come alive with Carnival fever!
• Two days of superb racing at Flemington to include the Group 1 AAMI Victoria Derby & Group 1 Emirates Melbourne Cup.
• Enjoy all that Sydney has to offer from the Opera House to the Blue Mountains!
• A private visit to Coolmore's Australian Stud.

We are pleased to offer an itinerary to the AAMI Victoria Derby & Emirates Melbourne Cup to include a four-night stop in Sydney that will incorporate a visit to Coolmore's Australian Stud.

The popularity of Australia's premier race is now internationally accepted with British and Irish entries commonplace. You will enjoy the finest facilities and reserved seats at Flemington racecourse for the running of the Victoria Derby and the Melbourne Cup.

As a result of our many years' association with the Victoria Racing Club we are proud to be the only tour operator who is allocated seats in the Members' Grandstand where we can offer the finest reserved seating with views of the finishing straight and the winning post. Numerous bars, eating establishments, Tote windows, video screens and Bookmaking boards are situated within the grandstand behind the reserved seating area.

The Victoria Derby: Saturday 31 October

Victoria Derby Day: known as one of the world's great race-days with high-class fashion and fabulous horse racing. The day provides a sizzling start to the racing week with the only all-Group race-day on the Australian racing calendar. The feature race, the AAMI Victoria Derby, is a classic Group 1 staying test for three-year-olds over 2,500 metres, with prize money of $1,500,000. In 2008 Rebel Raider, ridden by Clare Lindop, was the winner ahead of Whobegotyou and Pre Eminence.

The Melbourne Cup: Tuesday 03 November

The Melbourne Cup: 'The Race That Stops the Nation' - The Melbourne Cup Carnival at Flemington Park creates a party atmosphere unparalleled by any other sporting event. The Emirates Melbourne Cup is much more than a gruelling 3,200m (2 miles) handicap race, it is a celebration of the Sport of Kings and the richest handicap race in the world. The 2008 race provided a thrilling finish with the Bart Cummings trained Viewed, ridden by Blake Shinn, just holding off Bauer. For
Bauer's trainer, Luca Cumani, it was a repeat of the 2007 race when Purple Moon was narrowly beaten into second place. The New Zealand horse C'est La Guerre finished in third place.