Caulfield Racecourse

Caulfield Racecourse is located 8 kilometres from the Melbourne CBD, on the boundary of Caulfield and Caulfield East in Melbourne's south eastern suburbs. It is home to the Melbourne Racing Club.

Racing first began at Caulfield Racecourse in 1876 and was administered by the Victoria Amateur Turf Club(VATC). The first meeting actually took place at Dowling Forest Racecourse in Ballarat before Caulfield became the permanent home in Melbourne a short time later.

The Club started a five 5 year plan in 2001 to establish 20 feature race days at Caulfield, construct a second turf track at Sandown to be known as Hillside, and the existing track to be renamed Lakeside, and also a major upgrade of facilities and training tracks at Caulfield. As part of the plan the Club also changed from the VATC to become the Melbourne Racing Club.

The Melbourne Racing Club operates at both Sandown and Caulfield racecourses and holds 60 plus race meetings each year across the two locations, which accounts for almost half of all city racing in Melbourne.

Caulfield race track, home of the the Caulfield Cup and other feature races including Caulfield Guineas, Blue Diamond Stakes, C F Orr Stakes, Oakleigh Plate, Underwood Stakes and Futurity Stakes.

The track has a circumference of 2,080 metres and the home straight is 367 metres long. The course has sweeping long corners and there is a rise along the back of the course leading to the 1,400m start. The sharp corners and the short straight make it difficult for horses to come from the back and win.

Melbourne Racing Club races 20 times per season at Caulfield and is its premier racetrack.

Caulfield Racetrack Contact Information

Address:
Caulfield Racetrack
Station Street,
Caulfield, Victoria

Phone: +61 (3) 9257-7200
Fax: +61 (3) 9257-7210

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