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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 .
The live broadcasting of horse racing in the New Zealand dates back to the launch of a racing radio network in 1978. The station, originally known as Radio Pacific and later as bSport and LiveSport, became TAB Trackside Radio. [4] A racing television station launched in 1992, initially known as Action TV and later as Trackside, is now Trackside 1.
Singapore Turf Club is the only horse racing club and authorized operator for horse racing activities in Singapore. It also operates the Singapore Turf Club Riding Centre (STCRC), a 3- hectare site with riding arenas adjacent to the Singapore Racecourse at Kranji.
It was the only horse-racing club in Singapore and is part of the Malayan Racing Association. The first race was held on 23 February 1843 with a prize money of $150. [2] The club closed in 1988 after the Singapore Totaliser Board (Tote Board) formed the Bukit Turf Club (BTC) to take over all racing activities.
The first Singapore Gold Cup, held in 1924 at Farrer Park, was won by Thelasocrete, who took home the prizemoney of $1,600. In 1958 Abdul Mawi became the first local jockey to win the Gold Cup. In 1995 New Zealand jockey Kim Clapperton was the first female rider to win the Gold Cup.
The Singapore Derby is a thoroughbred horse race held annually in mid-July at the Singapore Turf Club. Contested on turf over a left-handed course, the domestic Group 1 race is run over a 1,800-metre (9 furlongs) distance and is open to four-year-old horses only.
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The Kranji Mile is a thoroughbred horse race held annually in May at Singapore Turf Club.The race was first introduced in 2000. Contested on turf over a left-handed course, the domestic Group 1 race (also an International Group 3 race recognised in The Blue Book by the International Federation of Horseracing) is run over a 1,600-metre (8 furlongs) distance and is open to horses age three and ...