The Club will host 16 race meetings at four different racetracks including Southside Cranbourne, Southside Pakenham, Geelong and Caulfield.

MVRC commences transferred race meetings

The Moonee Valley Racing Club will commence it’s transferred race meeting model on Friday night and run for the remainder of the 2025/26 season.The Club will host 16 race meetings at four different racetracks between October 31 and March 21 including Southside Cranbourne, Southside Pakenham, Geelong and Caulfield.Ten meetings will be conducted as Ladbrokes Friday Night Lights at Southside Cranbourne and Southside Pakenham while Geelong will host four meetings – two of them as twilight meetings.&nbsp;The Group 2 Australia Stakes has been relocated from Cranbourne and will now be held at the spacious Pakenham circuit on January 23, 2026, from their highly regarded 1200 metre chute.The Listed Torney Night Cup will now be run at Pakenham on Friday 6 March, 2026.Series 2 of the Ladbrokes 55 Second Challenge will take place at each Southside Cranbourne meeting on a Friday night remaining over the unique distance of metres with six heats and a final on March 13, 2026.The Group 1 William Reid Stakes and support card of five stakes races including the Group 2 Alister Clark and Sunline Stakes will be conducted at Caulfield on March 21, 2026.The 2026 Ladbrokes Cox Plate Day program will be hosted at Flemington on 24 October with the remainder of the 2026/27 season dates to be confirmed.&nbsp;

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The Valley will once again play host to a leg of the National Pony Racing Series, with the Victorian event set to take place on 3 Point Motors William Reid Stakes Day, Saturday 22 March.A collaboration between Pony Club Australia and Thoroughbred Industry Careers (TIC), the series is designed to educate young riders on careers in the racing and breeding industry, giving them a taste of professional competition on major racedays.The series features six race meetings across Australia, culminating in the national finals in June. Before the Victorian leg, Ballarat hosted a Jumpstart weekend, where participants received riding instruction, horse health education, career insights, and rider fitness training.&nbsp;In preparation for their big moment on 3 Point Motors William Reid Stakes Day, competitors will also take part in a training day at The Valley to familiarise themselves with the track.On Saturday, two pony races will be held for state finalists aged 9 to 15. The first, over 450m at 11:30 am, is for ponies not exceeding 12.2hh, while the second, over 700m, is for ponies not exceeding 14hh. That event will take place following Race 3 on the card at 1:30 pm.&nbsp;Moonee Valley Racing Club has enjoyed its association with TIC and Pony Club Australia, providing young riders with the opportunity to gain experience on a major racing stage. The Valley hosted a leg of the first National Pony Racing Series in 2023, and last year on 3 Point Motors William Reid Stakes Day held a Shetland Pony Race.With the next generation of riders set to take centre stage once again, The Valley looks forward to another thrilling chapter in this growing series.

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