Golden Easter Egg


The Golden Easter Egg is an Australian Group 1 greyhound race held annually at Sydney's Wentworth Park racetrack in Glebe. 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, then followed by Semi Finals week 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 making it one the richest greyhound carnivals in Australia.

Honour Roll

Golden Easter Egg Winners since inaugural 1990 race are:
YearGreyhoundWinning Time
1990Ultra Sense30.39
1991Highly Blessed29.98
1992Jessica Casey30.32
1993Billy Binjang30.70
1994Mancunian Girl30.20
1995Malawi Law30.34
1996Tenthill Doll30.51
1997Bahama Image30.59
1998Rapid Journey30.17
1999Faithful Hawk29.93
2000Stately Bird30.35
2001Brett Lee30.04
2002Carlisle Jack30.09
2003Cyrus The Virus30.21
2004Bogie Leigh30.07
2005Paua to Burn29.98
2006Edie Beauchamp29.80
2007Slater30.09
2008Blazing Token30.16
2009Dana Beatrice29.70
2010Cosmic Rumble30.12
2011Radley Bale29.66
2012Don't Knocka Him29.60
2013Grigorieva Bale29.65
2014Tonk29.62
2015Fernando Bale29.48
2016Moreira29.77
2017Striker Light29.99
2018Up Hill Jill29.77