Belmont Park Racecourse Explained

Location:Burswood, Western Australia
Operator:Perth Racing
Channel:Seven Network
Racetype:Flat
Coursetype:Stadium

Belmont Park Racecourse is one of the two major horse racing venues within the Perth, Western Australia metropolitan area, the other being Ascot Racecourse, and is located just outside of the central business district on the Burswood Peninsula surrounded by the Swan River. The track has a circumference of 1699m (5,574feet) with a 333m (1,093feet) straight. Belmont is Perth's winter racecourse, with fully enclosed facilities for spectators.[1]

On 24 December 1910 Belmont Park held its first harness race meeting, conducted by the Western Australian Trotting Association (WATA). The WATA continued to conduct race meetings on a fortnightly basis, using both Belmont Park and the Claremont Showground as venues, until the harness racing commenced on the WACA Ground track, on 28 June 1913.

In January 1911 the first aeroplane flight in Western Australia was conducted from the Belmont Park Racecourse.[2] The racecourse served as Perth's first regular landing area until a more suitable site was found at Langley Park in 1919.

Races

The following is a list of Group races which are run at Belmont Park Racecourse.

GroupRace nameAgeSexWeightDistanceDate
3Roma CupOpenOpenwfa1200May/June
3Belmont Sprint3yo+Openhcp1400June
3Hyperion Stakes3yo+Openwfa1600June
3Strickland Stakes3yo+Openwfa2000June

Further reading

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Belmont Park Racecourse . Perth Racing . 15 August 2010 . 17 February 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110217201708/http://www.perthracing.com.au/default.aspx?MenuID=37 . dead .
  2. News: Conquering the Air . . Perth . 7 January 1911 . 14 November 2013 . 5 . National Library of Australia.