Randwick Racecourse

Randwick Racecourse is Crown Land[2] leased to the Australian Turf Club and known to many Sydney racegoers as headquarters.

The racecourse is located about six kilometres south-east from the Sydney Central Business District in the suburb of Randwick.

[4] Since 2014, Randwick hosts The Championships, a two-day season-ending meeting in April that offers over AUD$20 million in prize money.

[5] It features several Group 1 races such as the Australian Derby, Doncaster Handicap and Queen Elizabeth Stakes.

[8] On 22 February 1992, Queen Elizabeth II visited Randwick Racecourse[9] and opened the Paddock Stand.

In 1970, Pope Paul VI celebrated mass at Randwick[10] as part of his pastoral visit to Australia.

The Racecourse was also the site of a mass held by Pope John Paul II in 1995 for the Beatification ceremony of Australia's first potential saint Mary MacKillop.

This move had been opposed by the Randwick Trainers Association, which holds lease interests over some areas intended to be used for the event.

Originally constructed in 1969, it was torn down to its bare structure and rebuilt into the current state in 2012 and reopened to the public in 2013.

[17] The Official / Members Stand was constructed in 1886 and still remains today although it has been extended and modified multiple times, in 1907, 1914 and 1920.

[21] The Tea House was a large structure at 50m long, 27m wide and two storeys high and could accommodate 1,000 racegoers.

Randwick Racecourse, Sydney, c. 1872
Randwick Racecourse on Derby Day 2007
Members stand and enclosure in 1952.
The racecourse tramway exit bridge in 1952.
Former 1920 racecourse tram station and southern exit at Ascot Street.