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Founded in 1937 as the Santa Ana Turf Club in Makati, it is located at the Saddle and Clubs Leisure Park in Naic, Cavite where the Santa Ana Park racetrack is situated. Currently, it is one of the three racing clubs in the Philippines; the other two are the Manila Jockey Club Incorporated (MJCI), and the upstart Metro Manila Turf Club (MetroTurf).
The Philippine Racing Club's original racetrack, Santa Ana Park, was built on 25 hectares (62 acres) of land within Barangay Carmona in Makati. [3] [4] [5]In 1996, the Philippine Racing Club acquired a 147-hectare property in Naic, Cavite for a planned relocation of Santa Ana Park, and made a joint-venture agreement with the Sta. Lucia Realty and Development Corporation for the development of ...
The location was moved in 1881 from the MJC in Quiapo, Manila [2] to the oval of the Hippodromo de Santa Mesa (Santa Mesa Hippodrome) in the district of Santa Mesa, also in Spanish Manila, [1] next to the Pasig River; [2] by 1880 Quiapo had become crammed with shops and businessmen's residences. The new location was a ricefield rented by the ...
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Their racetrack was Santa Ana Park, located at the boundary of Makati City and Manila. The track was moved to Naic, Cavite in January 2009, where it is now located within Saddle and Clubs Leisure Park. In 2013, horseowner Dr Norberto Quisumbing Jr. established Metro Manila Turf Club, Inc. in Malvar, Batangas.