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2024 In Australian Sport
The following is a list of events in sport, including expected and scheduled events, for the year 2024 in Australia. January *1 January – David Warner announces his retirement from One Day International cricket. *3 January – ** Jarome Luai confirms he will be leaving the Penrith Panthers after the 2024 NRL season to join the Wests Tigers. **The third cricket test between Pakistan and Australia commences at the Sydney Cricket Ground with Pakistan winning the toss and electing the bat. It's David Warner's final test, and also the 16th time the January test at the SCG has been dubbed " The Pink Test". *6 January – Australia win the third cricket test against Pakistan by eight wickets, winning the series 3-0. *7 January – **Elena Rybakina wins the women's singles title at the 2024 Brisbane International, defeating Aryna Sabalenka, 6-0, 6-3. **Grigor Dimitrov wins the men's singles title at the 2024 Brisbane International, defeating Holger Rune, 7-6 (7/5), 6-4. *8 Janu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2024 Brisbane International
The 2024 Brisbane International was a professional tennis tournament on the 2024 ATP Tour and 2024 WTA Tour. It was played on outdoor hard courts in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. This was the thirteenth edition of the tournament and took place at the Queensland Tennis Centre in Tennyson as part of the Australian Open Series in preparation for the first Grand Slam of the year, and this was also the first tournament since 2020 (and men's events since 2019) after intervening editions cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Points distribution Champions Men's singles * Grigor Dimitrov def. Holger Rune, 7–6(7–5), 6–4 Women's singles * Elena Rybakina def. Aryna Sabalenka, 6–0, 6–3 Men's doubles * Lloyd Glasspool / Jean-Julien Rojer def. Kevin Krawietz / Tim Pütz, 7–6(7–3), 5–7, 2–10 Women's doubles * Lyudmyla Kichenok / Jeļena Ostapenko def. Greet Minnen / Heather Watson, 7–5, 6–2 ATP singles main-draw entrants Seeds * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gold Coast Turf Club
Gold Coast Turf Club is an Australian horse racing organization based in Surfers Paradise, Queensland, Australia. Race track The racecourse holds numerous Thoroughbred racehorse meetings each year. The feature event is the annual Gold Coast Cup, which is held on the last Thursday of September. The grass track can hold various distances up to 2100m. The ground has a large members stand, and grassed areas to view the track from. Most meetings held at the track have full TAB coverage, with on-site bookmakers A bookmaker, bookie, or turf accountant is an organization or a person that accepts and pays out gambling, bets on sporting and other events at agreed-upon odds. History The first bookmaker, Harry Ogden, stood at Newmarket Racecourse, Newmark ... and totalisator facilities available. History Racing began on the 1890s when an occasional public meeting was run in the old cane paddocks of Bundall, not far from the present Gold Coast Turf Club. Regular racing at its pre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magic Millions Classic
The Magic Millions 2YO Classic is a Gold Coast Turf Club Restricted Listed Thoroughbred horse race. The race is conducted under set weights and is restricted to two year old horses that were bought at a Magic Millions Sale auction. Eligible auctions are held at Gold Coast, Tasmania, Perth and Adelaide. As of 2024, the prizemoney is $3,000,000. History The race was first held in 1987 and has always been held at set weights. The race forms part of the Magic Millions carnival which incorporates the Gold Coast Yearling Sale and the Magic Millions Raceday is fully restricted to horses that have been sold or passed-in at one of the Magic Millions sales. Magic Millions along with Racing Queensland introduced a revamped Queensland Summer Racing Carnival in 2017, increasing the prizemoney on offer to make it Australia's first $10 million raceday. In 1988 the race was split to hold separate sex divisions for fillies and for colts & geldings and in 1991 was reverted to a mixed sex race. Held i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gai Waterhouse
Gabriel Marie "Gai" Waterhouse (née Smith; born 2 September 1954) is an Australian horse trainer and businesswoman. The daughter of Tommy J. Smith, a leading trainer of Thoroughbred racehorses, Waterhouse was born and raised in Sydney. After graduating from the University of New South Wales, she worked as an actor for a time, appearing in both Australian and English television series. Having worked under her father for a period of 15 years, Waterhouse was granted an Australian Jockey Club (AJC) licence in 1992, and trained her first Group One (G1) winner later that year. In 1994, after her father became ill, she took over his Tulloch Lodge stable, and she has since trained 145 G1 winners and won seven Sydney trainers' premierships. She was also the trainer of Fiorente, the winner of the 2013 Melbourne Cup, becoming the third woman (and first Australian woman) to train a winner of that race. Waterhouse was inducted into the Australian Racing Hall of Fame in 2007, and has been ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adam Hyeronimus
Adam Hyeronimus is an Australian professional jockey who has ridden in 3,668 horse races for 484 wins. Early life Hyeronimus was born in Caloundra in Queensland and is the son of champion jockey Craig Hyeronimus and grandson of champion jockey Reg Paine. Hyeronimus moved to Macau for several years when his father rode there, before the family returned and settled in Cowra New South Wales. As an 18 year old in 2008 Hyeronimus said "I didn't ride at pony club Pony Club is an international youth organization devoted to educating youth about horses and riding. Pony Club organizations exist in over thirty countries worldwide. Overview Pony clubs began in England in 1929 by Harry Faudel-Phillips to ..., I was more interested in playing rugby league, sport " Career On Saturday 28 March 2020 Hyeronimus rode his 1st Group One winner aboard the Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott trained horse Shout The Bar in the $500,000 Vinery Stud Stakes over 2000m at Rosehill Gardens Racecourse in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
