List of Australian Group races

This List of Australian Group races is recognized as a list of Australia's classified Black type thoroughbred horse races.

The Pattern Committee of the Australian Racing Board (ARB) recommends which races shall be designated as Group and Listed races for the racing season. The current list is for the 2019–2020 Australian Racing season and the 2019–2020 which began on Monday, 1 August 2019.

Group 1,2, & 3 Races, Listed Races and Notable Others
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Notes:


 * Race
 * Due to the reconstruction of the Broadmeadow Racecourse in 2016, the event was rescheduled for Saturday, 11 February 2017 and held at the Randwick Racecourse.
 * The meeting was rescheduled from Saturday, 11 February 2017 to Monday, 13 February 2017 due to heatwave conditions.
 * The race was originally scheduled as Race 8 on Saturday, 8 April 2017 but was abandoned shortly after getting under way, after Almoonqith broke down. The event was rescheduled for Saturday, 22 April 2017.
 * Race meeting scheduled for Saturday, 3 June 2017 was originally scheduled to be held at Eagle Farm. However, after the race meeting that was held on Saturday, 27 May 2017 the track condition was found to be below Grade 1 quality and the Brisbane Racing Club decided to move the meeting to Doomben Racecourse.

Listed races
In addition to the above Group 1, 2 and 3 races there are approximately 280 grade 4 races which are known as Listed races. All of these races were collectively known as Principal Races until about 1979.

Racecourse distribution
The following table displays the distribution of Group Races by racecourses.

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