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unusual facts about Easter Saturday


Oakbank Racecourse

Oakbank Racecourse is home of the Oakbank Racing Club, a club which, until 2009, raced just twice annually, Easter Saturday and Easter Monday and has done continually since 1876, except during World War II when it was held at Victoria Park and Morphettville Racecourse due to the army taking over the facility.



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2007 Formula Palmer Audi season

The season began at Silverstone on Easter Saturday, with a pair of 22-lap races scheduled for the 1.6-mile National circuit.

Great Eastern Steeplechase

The Great Eastern Steeplechase is an Australian Thoroughbred steeplechase horse race held annually at Oakbank, South Australia on Easter Saturday and Monday at the Oakbank Racecourse as part of the Oakbank Easter Racing Carnival.

Otago University Rowing Club

In this boat Otago won the Hebberley Shield, awarded to the winners of the New Zealand University Men's Open Eight on Easter Saturday 1939 on the Otago Harbour.

William of Norwich

On Easter Saturday, the twelve year old William's body was found in Mousehold Heath, part of Thorpe Wood, outside Norwich.