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Group races total over 540+ races each year which works out around 2-3% of total races held each season in Australia.
Group races are divided into 4 categories;
Group 1 - at least $250,000 prizemoney - 60+ races per season
Group 2 - at least $125,000 prizemoney - 80+ races per season
Group 3 - at least $75,000 prizemoney - 110+ races per season
Listed - at least $50,000 prizemoney - 280+ races per season
The Australian horse racing season runs from August to July each year and we have listed all the Group 1 and Group 2 races on the racing calendar.
The Caulfied Autumn Classic is a Group 2 Australian thoroughbred horse race held under open set weight conditions, for horses aged 3 years, over a distance of 1800m. This Group 2 race is held in late February early March each year as part of the autumn racing season. Taking place on the same day as the Group one Futurity Stakes, the Caulfied Autumn Classic is the second race of the day.
It is held at Caulfield Racecourse in Melbourne, Australia.
The Caulfield Autumn Classic has had 7 names to be exact, but every few years reverts back to its most common name, the Caulfield Autumn Classic.
| Year | Winners | Race Name |
| 2009 | Stokehouse | Yalumba 160 |
| 2008 | Brom Brom | Pol Roger Stakes |
| 2007 | Ambitious General | Caulfield Autumn Classic |
| 2006 | Spinney | Caulfield Autumn Classic |
| 2005 | Renewable | Caulfield Autumn Classic |
| 2004 | Elvstroem | Shannons Classic |
| 2003 | Natural Blitz | Shannons Classic |
| 2002 | Don Eduardo | Shannons Classic |
| 2001 | Fubu | Shannons Classic |
| 2000 | Pins | AAMI Classic |
| 1999 | Dignity Dancer | AAMI Classic |
| 1998 | Gold Guru | AAMI Classic |
| 1997 | Silver Glade | Caulfield Autumn Classic |
| 1996 | Iron Horse | Caulfield Autumn Classic |
| 1995 | Hurricane Sky | Caulfield Autumn Classic |
| 1994 | Waikikamukau | Caulfield Autumn Classic |
| 1993 | Redding | Caulfield Autumn Classic |
| 1992 | Laranto | Caulfield Autumn Classic |
| 1991 | Triscay | Tattersalls Classic |
| 1990 | Stylish Century | Caulfield Autumn Classic |
| 1989 | King's High | Caulfield Autumn Classic |
| 1988 | Mr. Danamite | Caulfield Autumn Classic |
| 1987 | Myocard | Caulfield Autumn Classic |
| 1986 | Normandy Bay | Stanley Plate |
| 1985 | Playful Monarch | VATC Stanley Plate |
| 1984 | Tri-Flow | VATC Stanley Plate |
| 1983 | Admiral Lincoln | VATC Stanley Plate |
| 1982 | Gurner's Lane | VATC Stanley Plate |
| 1981 | Find The Gold | VATC Stanley Plate |
| 1980 | Mr. Independent | VATC Stanley Plate |
| 1979 | Double Century | VATC Stanley Plate |
| 1978 | Fathers' Day | VATC Stanley Plate |
| 1977 | Blue Monarch | VATC Stanley Plate |
| 1976 | Ready O'Ready | VATC Stanley Plate |
| 1975 | Classic Conquest | VATC Stanley Plate |
| 1974 | Sequester | VATC Stanley Plate |
| 1973 | Red Cast | VATC Stanley Plate |
| 1972 | Hampton's Pride | VATC Stanley Plate |
| 1971 | Royal Guardsman | VATC Stanley Plate |
| 1970 | Voleur | VATC Stanley Plate |
| 1969 | Aventyl | VATC Stanley Plate |
| 1968 | Chosen Lady | VATC Stanley Plate |
| 1967 | Pharaon | VATC Stanley Plate |
| 1966 | Naval Brass | VATC Stanley Plate |
| 1965 | Matloch | VATC Stanley Plate |
| 1964 | Spotted | VATC Stanley Plate |
| 1963 | Soldate | VATC Stanley Plate |
| 1962 | Blue Era | VATC Stanley Plate |
| 1961 | Reinsman | VATC Stanley Plate |
| 1960 | Nilarco | VATC Stanley Plate |
| 1959 | High Peal | VATC Stanley Plate |
| 1958 | Wool Man | VATC Stanley Plate |
| 1957 | Lord Gavin | VATC Stanley Plate |