Do you know what Australia's three major sports are?
Behind Australian rugby and cricket is horse racing! In addition to being a feature sport, horse racing is also an industry, with about three hundred thousand people directly owning or taking part in, and investing 30,001 thousand racehorses in Australia for training.
Adelaide Cup is a public holiday in South Australia. The equestrian festival is held on the second Monday of each March. It is a major sporting and social event in South Australia, which has been a public holiday in South Australia since 1973. This year's Adelaide Cup Horse Day falls on March 12.
Before 2006, the Adelaide Cup Horse Day was held in May. In order to increase the popularity of the festival, organizers changed the festival to a warm and rainy March.
The Adelaide Cup, hosted by the South Australian Jockey Club (South Australian Jockey Club), is one of Australia's oldest competitions. The first race was won by Falcon in 1864 at the Thebarton Racecourse, so the Adelaide Cup was only three years later than the prestigious Melbourne Cup.
The 150th anniversary of 2009 was rightly postponed to 2014, thanks to a three-year suspension of horse racing during the 1880s and two years of suspension during World War II.
Competitions are usually held at the Morphettville Racecourse. Horse racing is not only a feature of the Adelaide Cup Carnival. Public holidays ensure the attendance of spectators and the presence of a large number of enthusiastic spectators.
At first, the Adelaide Cup was 13 furlongs in length (1 furlong = 201.168 m). Between 1945 and 1973, the length of the Adelaide Cup in the 16 furlongs, international metric system was 3200 meters. Between year 1989 and 2007, the Adelaide Cup was classified as Group 1, and in 2007 it was downgraded to Group 2 like the Brisbane Cup.
The total prize for the competition was about four hundred thousand Australian dollars.
Throughout history, horse racing is a part of Australian culture. You can not only enjoy the speed of horse racing and the ensuing strong visual impact outside the horse gamble, but also can wear colorful costumes on the festival to show their charm.
At the same time, this long weekend is also the WOMADelaide International Music Festival. The 4-day Adelaide International Music Festival (WOMADelaide) is considered Australia's best outdoor music event. Has attracted famous musicians and artists from all over the world.
The WOMADelaide Adelaide International Music Festival, which began in 1992 and became an annual music event in 2002, attracted a record-breaking 95, 000 viewers in 2015.
This year's International Music Festival is expected to bring together more than 500 artists from 20 countries around the world. Interested friends can search the official website for more details: https://www.womadelaide.com.au
Date: 09-12 March, 2018
Venue: downtown Adelaide Botanical Garden
Let's take advantage of the long weekend to experience the charm of the holiday city.