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RSN927 SYDNEY SPLURGE TO TURN STANDARD SATURDAY INTO A MARATHON February 25, 2021 4:20 pm By Matt Stewart, Racing Editor  The same day Racing NSW announced blockbuster prizemoney boosts, from picnics to pinnacle Group Ones, the crowd at Mowbray started spilling out of the track with two races still to be run. On face value, there would appear nothing to connect these two things but in order to accommodate the lavish prizemoney increase, Sydney will add at least one race to its nine-race Satur...

Link to Share On a day where a modest crowd was finally permitted back at Flemington on Saturday for the first time since early March, the Victoria Racing Club (VRC) has hailed the pandemic-hit Melbourne Cup carnival a success on numerous levels. The VRC claimed the Melbourne Cup carnival had underscored its position as Australia’s premier racing event despite their being no crowds to watch the action for the first time in its 160-year history. The club, which had previously announced that wa...