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The figures generally represent the licensed capacity of the venue, which is usually far higher than the number of seats in the stands. Venues with a capacity of 40,000 or more are included. Horse racing venues by capacity
The Flemington Racecourse site comprises 1.27 square kilometres of Crown land. The course was originally leased to the Victoria Turf Club in 1848, which merged with the Victoria Jockey Club in 1864 to form the Victoria Racing Club. The first Melbourne Cup was run in 1861. In 1871 the Victoria Racing Club Act was passed, giving the VRC legal ...
Albury Racing club, Albury, New South Wales Armidale Jockey Club, Armidale, New South Wales [2] Ascot Racecourse, Perth, Western Australia; Bairnsdale Racecourse, Bairnsdale, Victoria
Capacity City Country Tenant Sport Image Indianapolis Motor Speedway: 257,325 [1] Speedway US: Indianapolis 500, NASCAR Brickyard 400, NTT INDYCAR Series Road Course races, IMSA, Formula One, MotoGP: Motor racing Circuit de la Sarthe: 234,800 [2] Le Mans France: 24 Hours of Le Mans: Motor racing Tokyo Racecourse: 223,000: Tokyo Japan
The Champions Sprint, registered as the Victoria Racing Club Stakes, is a Victoria Racing Club Group One Thoroughbred horse race for horses aged three years old and over, under weight for age conditions, over a distance of 1200 metres held at Flemington Racecourse, Melbourne, Australia on the last day of the VRC Spring Carnival. [1]
The Newmarket Handicap is a Victoria Racing Club Group 1 Thoroughbred open handicap horse race over a distance of 1200 metres, at Flemington Racecourse, Melbourne, Australia on Super Saturday [1] in March during the VRC Autumn Racing Carnival. [2] Prize money is A$1,500,000. Ajax, 1938 winner Gothic, 1927, 1928 winner
In 2007, a limit was placed on the Spring Carnival attendance at Flemington Racecourse, and race-goers are now required to pre-purchase tickets. [92] Every year more and more people travel to Flemington Racecourse; in 2016, there was a 7.8 per cent increase in the number of out-of-state individuals (80,472) attending the Melbourne Cup Carnival ...
The Victoria Racing Club Oaks (known as the Crown Oaks for sponsorship reasons), is a Victoria Racing Club (VRC) Group 1 Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-old fillies, run under set weights conditions, over 2,500 metres at Flemington Racecourse, Melbourne, Australia on the third day of the VRC Spring Carnival, the Thursday after the Melbourne Cup in early November. [1]