Canterbury Park Racecourseis aracecourseforhorse racinginSydney,New South Wales,Australia.It is located 11 km (7 mi) from theSydney Central Business District,in King Street in the suburb ofCanterbury,adjacent toCanterbury railway station.The racecourse is operated by theAustralian Turf Club.
 Canterbury Park Racecourse | |
| Location | Sydney,New South Wales,Australia |
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| Coordinates | 33°54′25″S151°06′55″E/ 33.906824°S 151.115398°E |
| Owned by | Australian Turf Club |
| Date opened | 1871 |
| Official website | |
History
editThe first horse racing inCanterburywas in 1852 when Cornelius Proud cleared part of his property for use as a racecourse, this was used regularly by locals. In 1871, after a few years with no race meetings being held, Frederick Clissold and Thomas Austen Davis held a race meeting on land that had beenleasedby Davis close to the existing racecourse.[1]In 1884 the site was leased as the headquarters of Canterbury Park Race Club.[2]A racetrack, 700 person grandstand and recreational park was constructed and held its first meeting on 19 January 1884.[3]In 1886, 53 acres (21 ha) of the leased land was purchased by Davis for use by the club.
Up untilWorld War Ithere was a zoo located on site that housed animals such askangaroos,wallabies,emus,brolgas,curlews,pheasantsandkookaburras.[1]
The Sydney Turf Club (STC) acquired the racecourse and held its first meeting in January 1945.[2]The STC held the racecourse until 2011 when the Sydney Turf Club and Australian Jockey Club merged to become theAustralian Turf Club.TheAustralian Turf Clubare the current owners and operators of Canterbury Park Racecourse.[4]
References
edit- ^abJoan Lawrence; Lawrence, Madden & Muir; Brian J. Madden; Lesley Muir (1999).Pictorial History Canterbury Bankstown.Kingsclear Books Pty Ltd. p. 46.ISBN978-0-908272-55-6.
- ^abNSW Government: Canterbury park Racecourse
- ^National Library of Australia Archive
- ^"Australian Turf Club - Canterbury Park".Archived fromthe originalon 10 January 2017.Retrieved10 January2017.
External links
edit- Australian Turf Club - Canterbury Park
- Lesley Muir and Brian Madden (2013)."Canterbury Park Racecourse".Dictionary of Sydney.Retrieved26 September2015.[CC-By-SA]