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Rosehill Race Track: A Gem in the Sydney Sport Scene!
Rosehill Race Track, also known as Rosehill Gardens Race Track, is a horse race track located in Western Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Rosehill Race Track is home of the Sydney Turf Club. The race track is situated about 20 minutes west of Sydney's Central Business District and is one of the two premier race tracks in the Sydney area. Rosehill holds horse races for thoroughbred gallopers on a grass surface.
The marquee event at Rosehill Race Track is the Golden Slipper Stakes which is a race for two year olds. Other notable stakes racing events held at Rosehill Race Track are:
- Queen of the Turf Stakes
- Rawson Stakes
- Rosehill Guineas
- Storm Queen Stakes
- BMW Stakes
- TAD Kennedy Stakes
- Ajax Stakes
- Apollo Stakes
Three of the city's major vehicular arteries - Parramatta Road , Victoria Road and the M4 Motorway service the course, while special raceday trains run direct to the race track.
Rosehill Race Track Description
The Rosehill Race Track surface is fully grassed and has a circumference of 2,048 metres. The length of the straight is 408 metres. The winning post width is 20 metres.
Rosehill Race Track Training Courses
- Inside grass 1,538 x 27m
- Slow cinders track 1,357 x 7m
- Fast cinders track 1,436 x 7m
- Sand track 1,712 x 6m
Rosehill Race Track History
- In 1883, work was begun on Rosehill Race Track on a portion of a grant to John Macarthur.
- In 1885, Rosehill Race Track was finished at a cost of £17,000. That same year, the first race meeting was held.
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