Melbourne

Champion Racehorse Tour with Beer and Wine Tasting

Melbourne, Australia
Champion Racehorse Tour with Beer and Wine Tasting
  • 8 hours
  • Pickup offered
  • Mobile ticket
  • Offered in: English

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Overview

  • Racehorse Tour from Melbourne with beer and wine tasting from Melbourne
  • Visit the 'Living Legends' at Woodlands Historic Park
  • Enjoy a Bistro lunch at Holgate Brewery
  • Taste full-flavored classic beers at the Holgate Brewery

What's Included

  • Hotel pickup and drop-off (selected areas)
  • Local guide
  • Transport by air-conditioned minivan
  • Coffee and/or Tea
  • Lunch
  • All tasting fees
  • Snacks
  • Gratuities

Meeting and Pickup

You can head directly to the meeting point, or request pickup

Meeting point

  • Russell Street Extension
    Russell St Ext, Melbourne VIC 3004, Australia

    Please meet our bus on Russell Street Extension, along the outer/rear wall of the Ian Potter Gallery at Federation Square. This is south of the intersection of Russell and Flinders Streets, diagonally opposite from the Duke of Wellington Pub.

Pickup points

Select a pickup point

Start time

09:30 AM

End point

This activity ends back at the meeting point.

Pickup details

We may be able to pick up at other hotels. Please let us know where you are staying and we'll advise the closest pickup point

What To Expect

Indulge your taste buds and your inner jockey with this unique full-day tour. After morning pickup at your Melbourne hotel or Federation Square, relax on the drive to Woodlands Historic Park, home to the Living Legends stables. Here, you’ll have a chance to meet some of Australia’s most beloved racehorse champions, including winners of the world-famous Melbourne Cup. Retired equine residents include Silent Witness, Rogan Josh, Paris Lane, Fields of Omagh, Apache Cat and Better Loosen Up.

Stop in at the park’s 150-year-old homestead for morning tea. Enjoy a teatime view of lovely gardens and parklands, where you may spot native kangaroos hopping by.

Make your way to the beautiful Macedon Ranges wine region for a visit to the Gisborne Peak Estate winery. Taste the rieslings, chardonnays and semillons of this award-winning, family-run winery and savor a lunch of gourmet wood-fired pizza served with gorgeous mountain and vineyard views.

Your final stop is the Holgate Brewery, a classic Aussie pub that boasts the 2008 award for Best Beer Brewed in Victoria. Sample several different craft beers while soaking up the country ambience or lounging in the beer garden, and then relax on the return drive to Melbourne.

Woodlands Historic Park

2 hours • Admission Ticket Included

Holgate Brewhouse

1 hour 30 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Hanging Rock Winery

1 hour • Admission Ticket Included

Additional Info

  • Confirmation will be received at time of booking
  • Not wheelchair accessible
  • Near public transportation
  • No heart problems or other serious medical conditions
  • Most travelers can participate
  • This tour/activity will have a maximum of 24 travelers
Operated by Melbourne Sports Tours

Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

  • For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
  • If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
  • Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
  • Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
  • This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund.

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Horses
david_s, Aug 2023
The horses were great Tamara the tour guide was exceptional and made it a great experience . Being my first time in Australia being from USA this was a gr6day out
Response from Host, Aug 2023
Thanks David! This is one of our favourite tours and we love to take guests to meet the champion racehorses. I've passed your feedback onto Tamara. We hope you enjoy the rest of your stay in Australia. Please let us know if we can be of any assistance through the rest of your trip.
Great day out
Dominic B, Nov 2019
Well organised trip , excellent value for money and good knowledge of all we did . Food and drink fine .
This is a very enjoyable and...
noel.patterson, May 2015
This is a very enjoyable and interesting tour for solo travellers, couples or groups. We only had 7 on our tour and 6-12 is probably an ideal number. The tour operator collected me from my Hotel on time and we arrived back in Melbourne on schedule or thereabouts. There is not a lot of travelling involved and plenty of time at the three locations visited. My highlight was the visit to Woodlands Homestead including Devonshire Tea in the Homestead and the opportunity to mingle with so many retired champion racehorses such as Might and Power, Fields of Omagh and Better Loosen Up. No horse riding, just in case you were wondering! Living Legends is a must for horse lovers or animal lovers generally, irrespective of whether or not you have any interest in horse racing. It was an amazing experience and our guide was exceptional. Her intimate knowledge of the horses, their personalities and mannerisms was nothing like I have heard before. Our last stop at the Holgate Brewhouse was not too far behind Woodlands Homestead in terms of enjoyment. This iconic hotel is charming and was an ideal location to taste a fine selection of Holgates beers. Our hostess was very knowledgeable, engaging and an absolute delight. The only let down was our second stop at a winery. While the location was very pleasant and the wood fired pizzas for lunch were okay, the wine tasting was lack lustre and disappointing. The only commentary we got was the name of each wine which we could have read ourselves. Despite this hiccough, I thoroughly recommend this tour.
We so enjoyed this tour! Meeting...
Katrina F, Jan 2015
We so enjoyed this tour! Meeting all the Champion Racehorses like Melbourne Cup winners Rogan Josh, Zipping and Efficient was such fun. The historic homestead was lovely too, and the Devonshire tea to die for. Woodfire pizzas at the wine tasting then the boutique brewery at Woodend finished off a lovely day. Simon the guide was great and you just felt like a mate was showing you around. Highly recommended.
Thoroughly enjoyed all aspects of...
ELIZABETH F, Jan 2014
Thoroughly enjoyed all aspects of this well organised and highly enjoyable tour. Living Legends was terrific. A real must for horses lovers or Melbourne Cup enthusiasts with the homestead and morning tea a real plus. The wine tasting and accompanying commentary at our next destination was enlightening and the wood fire pizza - delicious. Finishing the day in a quiet, country town sampling boutique beers was a happy ending to a lovely tour.
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