The Golden Easter Egg is an Australian Group 1
greyhound race held annually at
Sydney
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's
Wentworth Park
Wentworth Park is a park near the suburbs of Glebe and Ultimo in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
The park contains several muti-purpose sporting pitches, cricket nets and a number of fitness installations. There is a playground in the s ...
racetrack in
Glebe
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. In 2012 it was listed as the richest greyhound race in the world.
History
The first Golden Easter Egg was held at Wentworth Park, Sydney in 1990. Held annually on Easter Saturday it carries Group 1 status from AGRA, the code's racing regulator. The Golden Easter Egg carnival is in fact held over three weekends, commencing with heat events (8 in total), then followed by Semi Finals week (4 in total) and the Final Event in the third week. The first and second placegetters from the four semi final events fill the places in the final.
The Golden Easter Egg now provides prize money of around $1,000,000 ($250,000 to the winner) making it one the richest greyhound carnivals in
Australia
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.
Honour Roll
Golden Easter Egg Winners since inaugural 1990 race are:
[Collerson, Jeff. (20 April 2014)]
"Tonk Wins The Macro Meats Golden Easter Egg."
''TheDogs.com.au'' Retrieved 3 July 2014.
See also
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Greyhound racing in Australia
Greyhound racing in Australia is a sport and gambling activity. Australia is one of several countries with a greyhound racing industry. The industry laws are governed by the State Government but the keeping of greyhounds are governed by the Loca ...
References
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Greyhound racing competitions in Australia
Sports competitions in Sydney
Greyhound racing in Australia