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The Racecourse was also the site of a mass held by Pope John Paul II in 1995 for the Beatification ceremony of Australia's first potential saint Mary MacKillop. It was also the site of the vigil and final mass of World Youth Day 2008 in July 2008. Racing was stopped for several weeks, due to the alterations needed to hold over 400,000 people.
The Stud Book of New South Wales by Fowler Boyd Price was published in 1859, and was the first official attempt to document the pedigrees of the colony's bloodhorses. [23] The Victorian Stud Book was then published in Volumes 1-2 which were edited by William Levey to the year 1864 and volumes 3-4 edited by William Cross Yuille to the year 1874 ...
Canterbury Park Racecourse is a racecourse for horse racing in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It is located 11 km (7 mi) from the Sydney Central Business District, in King Street in the suburb of Canterbury, adjacent to Canterbury railway station. The racecourse is operated by the Australian Turf Club.
New South Wales Harness Racing Club acquired the site in 1952 and redeveloped the racecourse as a paceway, which officially opened on 26 September 1953. The newly reconstructed paceway reopened in 2008 as Tabcorp Park, Menangle, and is the fastest and largest harness racing circuit in Australia at 1400 metres, and is now the major harness ...
NSW 2024-04-06 Ajax Stakes: 2 $300,000 3YO+ Open qlty 1500 Rosehill NSW 2024-03-16 Alexandra Stakes: 3 $200,000 3YO Fillies sw+p 1600 Moonee Valley VIC 2024-03-23 Alister Clark Stakes: 2 $750,000 3YO Open sw 2040 Moonee Valley VIC 2024-03-23 All Aged Stakes: 1 $1,500,000 Open Open wfa 1400 Randwick NSW 2024-04-20 Angst Stakes: 3 $250,000 4YO ...
The New South Wales bred, Lawn Derby, racing un-hoppled, was the first pacer to break the two-minute barrier in Australia or New Zealand when he recorded 1:59.4 at the Addington track in New Zealand in 1938. [20] In 1952 at Harold Park Avian Derby became the first two-minute pacer in Australia.
One Raceway, formerly known as Wakefield Park Raceway is a 2.350 km (1.460 mi) motor racing circuit located near Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It was named after Charles Wakefield , the founder of Castrol . [ 3 ]
The Sydney Carnival, a.k.a. Sydney Autumn Carnival, is a major Australian Thoroughbred racing series held in Sydney in March and April each year. It consists of six weeks of racing conducted by Australian Turf Club across the city's two primary racecourses: Royal Randwick and Rosehill Gardens.