Belmont_Park,_Western_Australia

Belmont Park Racecourse

Belmont Park Racecourse

Horse racing venue in Perth, Western Australia


Belmont Park Racecourse is one of the two major horse racing venues within the Perth, Western Australia metropolitan area, the other being Ascot Racecourse, and is located just outside of the central business district on the Burswood Peninsula surrounded by the Swan River. The track has a circumference of 1,699 metres (5,574 ft) with a 333-metre (1,093 ft) straight. Belmont is Perth's winter racecourse, with fully enclosed facilities for spectators.[1]

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On 24 December 1910 Belmont Park held its first harness race meeting, conducted by the Western Australian Trotting Association (WATA). The WATA continued to conduct race meetings on a fortnightly basis, using both Belmont Park and the Claremont Showground as venues, until the harness racing commenced on the WACA Ground track, on 28 June 1913.

In January 1911 the first aeroplane flight in Western Australia was conducted from the Belmont Park Racecourse.[2] The racecourse served as Perth's first regular landing area until a more suitable site was found at Langley Park in 1919.

Races

The following is a list of Group races which are run at Belmont Park Racecourse.

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References

  1. "Belmont Park Racecourse". Perth Racing. Archived from the original on 17 February 2011. Retrieved 15 August 2010.
  2. "Conquering the Air". The West Australian. Perth: National Library of Australia. 7 January 1911. p. 5. Retrieved 14 November 2013.

Further reading

  • Cusack, S. F. (1936). "Horse racing in Western Australia (1833–1900)". Journal and proceedings (Western Australian Historical Society). 2 (19): 47–58.
  • "W.A. Turf Club centenary, 1852–1952". Perth: Periodicals Division, West Australian Newspapers.
  • Tomlinson, Jenny (1990). Born winners, born losers: a history of thoroughbred breeding and racing in Western Australia since 1833. Perth: Reeve Books. ISBN 0-86445-085-0.

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