The Rosehill Gardens Racecourse is located in the

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suburb of

Rosehill, New South Wales Rosehill is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Rosehill is located 18 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district in the local government area of the City of Parramatta and is part of the Greater Wester ...

, Australia. It is operated by the Australian Turf Club. Rosehill holds horse races for

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gallopers on a grass surface. It is one of the two premier racecourses in Sydney, the other one being

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. One of the main events held at Rosehill is the Golden Slipper race for two-year-olds. The track has a circumference of with a home straight of .

History

John Bennett purchased a large section of Rosehill to construct a racecourse and recreation area. Construction started in 1883 and was completed in April 1885 for a grand total of £12,000. Bennett constructed a private railway line connecting the racecourse to the main line located at Clyde which opened on 17 November 1888. From 1943, Rosehill Gardens Racecourse was managed by the Sydney Turf Club and remained so until 2011. In 2011, the Sydney Turf Club and Australian Jockey Club combined to become the Australian Turf Club. The Australian Turf Club are the current owners and operators of Rosehill Gardens Racecourse. In December 2023, it was announced that the Australian Turf Club and

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were in negotiations to close Rosehill Racecourse by the end of the 2020s with the site to be redeveloped for housing and the

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and a horse training facility built at Horsley Park. The proposal was rejected in May 2025 by a membership vote of 56.1% against compared to 43.9% in favour.

Races

The following is a list of

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which are run at Rosehill Racecourse.

References

External links

Australian Turf Club - Rosehill

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