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Flemington Racecourse is a major horse racing venue located in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is most notable for hosting the Melbourne Cup, which is Australia's richest horse race. The racecourse is situated on low alluvial flats, next to the Maribyrnong River. The area was first used for horse racing in March, 1840. Horse-racing is an equestrian sporting activity which has been practiced over the centuries; the chariot races of Roman times were an early example, as was the contest of the steeds of the god Odin and the giant Hrungnir in Norse mythology. ...
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The Melbourne Cup is Australias major annual thoroughbred horse race. ...
Maribyrnong river at West Essendon The Maribyrnong River rises about 50 km north of Melbourne Victoria (Australia), near Mount Macedon. ...
Overview
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 control over Flemington Racecourse. In the United Kingdom and its predecessors, Crown land is designated land belonging to the Crown, the equivalent of an entailed estate that passed with the monarchy and could not be alienated from it. ...
History The Victoria Racing Club was founded in 1864. ...
The Melbourne Cup is Australias major annual thoroughbred horse race. ...
The racecourse is shaped not unlike a pear, and boasts a six-furlong (1200 metre) straight known as 'the Straight Six.' The track has a circumference of 2312 metres and a final straight of 450 metres for race distances over 1200 metres. Races are run in an anti-clockwise direction.
The course has a crowd capacity of over 120,000 and contains three grandstands. The biggest ever attendance was in 2003 when 122,736 people saw Makybe Diva win the Melbourne Cup. The racecourse has undergone a facelift in recent years, with the opening of a new $45 million grandstand in 2000. It also contains a bronze statue of famous Australian racehorse Phar Lap, which was donated to the Club as part of Australia's bicentenary celebrations in 1988. The Hill Stand, built in 1977, houses the artist Harold Freedman's seven panel mural which traces the History of Racing. The work was commissioned to mark the Australian bicentenary in 1988. Makybe Diva is a British-bred Australian thoroughbred racehorse, the first to win the prestigious Melbourne Cup three times. ...
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Tommy Woodcock with Phar Lap (1930). ...
1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) is a leap year starting on a Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Harold Freeman (21 May 1915 – 16 July 1999) was an artist from Victoria, Australia reknowned for his work in public murals. ...
Flemington Racecourse today hosts many of Australia's top races, including the Melbourne Cup, VRC Derby, VRC Oaks, MacKinnon Stakes, Newmarket Handicap, Australian Cup and Lightning Stakes.
Transport The site has its own railway branch line, which operates on race days, bringing visitors to the adjacent railway station. Originally, it was serviced by Salt Water River station, before that was demolished in the 1860s and replaced with a station on the present site. Trains depart from platforms 8 and 9 at Flinders Street Station. The No. 57 tram from the City (Elizabeth & Flinders Streets) stops at the Epsom Road entrance. Flemington Racecourse is a railway station in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ...
Salt Water River railway station was the first station at Flemington Racecourse, Melbourne. ...
// Events and trends Technology The First Transcontinental Railroad in the United States is built in the six year period between 1863 and 1869. ...
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Car spaces for the disabled are available and taxi ranks are located adjacent to the main entrances. Shuttle buses run from Epsom Road to the main turnstiles of the racecource. Lift access is available in the Prince of Wales Stand and to the first floor of the Members Stand.
See also Thoroughbred horse racing in Australia is a part of Australian culture, particularly the Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival and its highlight the Melbourne Cup. ...
The Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival is a period during spring in Melbourne where major thoroughbred horse races take place. ...
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