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The Bukit Timah Race Course was a venue for Thoroughbred horse racing in the Bukit Timah area of Singapore. Built by the Bukit Timah Turf Club, it was opened on 15 April 1933 by the Sathyawathy Governor of Singapore. [1] There was no racing from 1941 through 1946 as a result of World War II.
The Club moved to Bukit Timah on 15 April 1933 and was opened by the Governor of Singapore, Cecil Clementi. [5] During the Japanese occupation of Singapore in World War II, racing was stopped and banned by the Japanese. [6] After the war, the club reopened on 15 November 1947. [6] Sunday racing was included from 1959 onwards. [6]
In 1999, the Club relocated to Kranji with the last race at Bukit Timah held on 25 July 1999. [7] The new racecourse cost $500-million. [6] Singapore Turf Club is the only horse racing club and authorized operator for horse racing activities in Singapore.
Inaugurated in 1924 at the Serangoon Road Race Course at Farrer Park, the Singapore Gold Cup was raced there until 1933, after which it was moved to the new Bukit Timah Race Course. It remained there until 1999 when the Bukit Timah facility was closed, to be replaced with a new Singapore Turf Club situated at Kranji.
The Singapore Derby was revived in 1959 under the auspices of the Singapore Turf Club and hosted by the Bukit Timah Race Course through 1999 when the track was closed to be replaced by the new Singapore Turf Club. Since 1959 the race has been contested at various distances: 2,414 metres : 1959-1965, 1968, 1970–1975; 2,425 metres: 1966
The Raffles Cup was inaugurated in 1991 at the Bukit Timah Race Course and raced there through 1999 when the track was closed to be replaced by the new Kranji Racecourse. It has been raced over a distance of: 1,600 metres from 1991 through to 2000; 1,800 metres from 2001 to 2017; 1,600 metres from 2018 onwards.
Bukit Timah (IPA: / ˈ b ʊ k ɪ t ˌ t ... The Bukit Timah Race Course, a thoroughbred horse racing facility, was opened in 1933 and operated until 1999. The land ...
The Singapore Racecourse/ Singapore Turf Club is a venue for thoroughbred horse racing, situated in Kranji, next to the Kranji MRT station.Built and operated by the Singapore Turf Club, it opened on 4 March 2000, replacing the Bukit Timah Race Course.