Golden Easter Egg

Group 1 · Wentworth Park · Australia · 520m · Easter Saturday · $300,000+ first prize

About the Golden Easter Egg

First run in 1990 with Ultra Sense taking the inaugural edition, the Golden Easter Egg has been a Group 1 since day one and is regarded by NSW trainers as the Holy Grail of sprint racing. Staged over 520 metres at Wentworth Park as the climax of a three-week carnival of heats and semi-finals, it offers around $300,000 to the winner and has produced some of the most famous sprint performances in Australian history. Power And Glory's 2025 victory in a race-record 29.15 broke the previous mark of 29.27 set by Tommy Shelby, and the same dog went on to win the Million Dollar Chase — matching She's A Pearl's 2022 Egg–MDC double. In 2026, Victorian raider Off The Chart swept the series unbeaten from box five.

Recent winners

• 2026 — Off The Chart: Unbeaten through the series for trainer Peter Presutto, winning the final in 29.32
• 2025 — Power And Glory: Race record 29.15 for trainer Ken Burnett, then completed the Million Dollar Chase double

How to punt the Golden Easter Egg

The Egg is a three-week carnival, so form is cumulative — track each contender through their heat and semi. Wentworth Park's 520m rewards clean beginners; a slow start in the Glebe straight is usually fatal at this class. Watch for the Victorian raiders: they have won the Egg repeatedly, and southern form from The Meadows and Sandown often arrives under-bet by Sydney-centric markets.

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More Group 1 races

• Melbourne Cup — Sandown Greyhounds, Australia
• Million Dollar Chase — Wentworth Park, Australia
• Sandown Cup — Sandown Greyhounds, Australia
• Bold Trease — Sandown Greyhounds, Australia
• Australian Cup — The Meadows, Australia

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