Greetings from Melbourne Racing Club Chairman, Mr Peter Young

The Melbourne Racing Club is proud and excited to commence the 2006 Asian Mile Challenge series with the Futurity Stakes at Classic Caulfield on Saturday, 4 March.

Having forged alliances with several of our racing neighbours in recent years, the expanded Asian Mile Challenge series provides a wonderful platform on which to further build the Melbourne Racing Club’s profile on the international stage.

Importantly, the series complements perfectly the elite racing programme our Club operates at our premier racing venue – Classic Caulfield – and is ideally positioned at the conclusion of Caulfield’s Summer Classics festival of racing.

The recent global success of local horses such as Choisir, Elvstroem, Starcraft, Mummify and Alinghi has proved the competitiveness and quality of Australian racing and opened the door to new racing frontiers.

The prospect of further international competition at home and abroad through the Asian Mile Challenge has been positively welcomed by Australia’s premier trainers, many of whom now have the F