Australia: Four Group 1 Races Friday Night In The Championships At Randwick Sponsored by: Eduardo, right, holds off Nature Strip in the G2 Challenge Stakes Australia's equivalent of the Breeders' Cup commences this Friday night, as Day One of “The Championships” at Randwick features a quartet of rich Group One races. Sky Racing World's racing expert Jason Witham will be trackside at Randwick for live crosses to the TVG broadcast (First Post: 9:35pm ET / 6:35pm PT). Just as America's season-defining event takes place in the Fall, a couple of months before the season concludes, The Championships fall within Sydney's “Autumn Racing Carnival” a few months before the end of the Southern Hemisphere racing season. Like the Breeders' Cup, The Championships is a two-day event, except the two days are staged a week apart. More than $21 million in purses are up for grabs across the next two Friday nights, and each day of The Championships features an eagerly awaited rematch. Next week's Queen Elizabeth Stakes will be the culmination of a pulsating rivalry between Australian mare Verry Elleegant and English stayer Addeybb. In the meantime, two world-class sprinters will knock heads again this Friday night in the G1 TJ Smith Stakes (Race 8).