The Golden Easter Egg is an Australian Group 1 greyhound race held annually at Sydney's Wentworth Park racetrack in Glebe. 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 (8 in total), then followed by Semi Finals week (4 in total) 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.

Prize money of around $1,000,000 ($350,000 to the winner in 2024) making it one the richest greyhound carnivals in Australia.

History The first Golden Easter Egg was held at Wentworth Park, Sydney in 1990.

In 2012 it was the richest greyhound race in the world at the time.

Past winners

Golden Easter Egg Winners since inaugural 1990 race are:Collerson, Jeff. (20 April 2014), "Tonk Wins The Macro Meats Golden Easter Egg." TheDogs.com.au Retrieved 3 July 2014.

YearWinnerTrainerTimeNotes 1990 Ultra SenseC M Coleman 30.39 1991 Highly Blessed L Ferremi 29.98 1992 Jessica Casey J Finn 30.32 1993 Billy Binjang P Seymour 30.70 1994 Mancunian Girl P S Wardle 30.20 1995 Malawi Law Graeme Bate 30.34 1996 Tenthill DollH P Sarkis 30.51 1997 Bahama ImageW McNally 30.59 1998 Rapid Journey J Carruthers 30.17 1999 Faithful HawkP Rayner 29.93 2000 Stately BirdK Paull 30.35 2001 Brett Lee Darren McDonald 30.04 2002 Carlisle JackR Douglas 30.09 2003 Cyrus The Virus S Swain 30.21 2004 Bogie LeighT Brett 30.07 2005 Paua to BurnS White 29.98 2006 Edie Beauchamp M Wright 29.80 2007 SlaterDarren Murray 30.09 2008 Blazing Token Max Burdekin 30.16 2009 Dana Beatrice Rod McDonald 29.70 2010 Cosmic RumbleDarren McDonald 30.12 2011 Radley BaleGraeme Bate 29.66 2012 Don't Knocka HimJason Thompson 29.60 2013 Grigorieva Bale Andrea Dailly 29.65 2014 TonkBrooke Ennis 29.62 2015 Fernando Bale Andrea Dailly 29.48 2016 MoreiraJason Thompson 29.77 2017 Striker LightBrett Bravo 29.99 2018 Up Hill Jill David Geall 29.77 2019 Zipping Bailey Jason Mackay 29.92 2020 Cancelled due to COVID-19 2021 Tommy Shelby Steve Withers 29.27 race record 2022 She's A Pearl Jodie Lord 29.73 2023Simply LimelightPeter Rodgers29.482024MackennaMichelle Sultana29.33

See also Greyhound racing in Australia

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