Emirates Park Scone Cup - Friday 18 May and the Inglis Guineas - Saturday 19 May 2012 

The inaugural running of the Inglis Guineas for 3 year olds took place on 14th May 2010 with $770,000.00 prize money. On the same day, the Minister for Racing and Gaming & Minister for Sport and Recreation, The Honourable Kevin Greene announced that Scone Race Club had been awarded a “stand alone” Saturday race meeting which was run the day after the Scone Cup in May 2011. This was the first time in racing's 200 year history that a traditional metropolitan race day has been allocated to a country area.

The 2011 Scone Carnival was unique for two major reasons:

1. 2011 was a 'stand alone' metropolitan equivalent meeting. For the first time in 200 years Sydney racing came to the bush. Scone Race Club was the focus of the nation on May 14 2011. At last this town, this district, so steeped in equine history, had its day in the sun. We joined the likes of Newmarket in England, Kentucky in the USA and Deauville in France as a district nationally and internationally recognised as the home of the thoroughbred. The fact this was made possible by the involvement of Inglis, the oldest and most respected thoroughbred auction house in the land and by the generosity of the oldest and most respected thoroughbred nurseries in the land is particularly appropriate.

2. Over the two day Emirates Park Scone Cup/Inglis Guineas Carnival on May 13 & 14 2011, we distributed in the vicinity of $1.9m prizemoney making it by far the richest non metropolitan carnival in 200 years of racing in NSW.

You will note the synergy between the matron (the filly or mare) and our proposed programme. Three of the feature races accompanying the Inglis Guineas on Saturday May 14 were for fillies and mares. In time (when these races gain black type status) we will be able to send 9 fillies or mares away from the meeting with black type. Given that we live in the heartland of our great breeding industry and that our major sponsors are thoroughbred studs this seems to be an obvious and relevant theme.

After a hugely successful carnival in 2011, we look forward to welcoming you back to what has now become an annual event on the racing calendar.

Carnival Marquee Packages available soon!!!