Horsham Racecourse

Horsham Racecourse
 

Horsham Racecourse Feature Events

Horsham Carnival Link  - 
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- Miller Contractors & Plant Hire Horsham Cup on Sun, Oct 19 
- Horsham Telstra Shop Melbourne Cup Day on Tues, Nov 4


Sunday, December 21, 2008
Wimmera Mail Times Horsham Santa Day

The Wimmera Mail Times Horsham Santa day is becoming more popular every year, it’s one race day you can’t miss. This is the perfect place for a festive Christmas gathering.

If you can’t get the family all together for Christmas why not grab a marquee, put a picnic hamper together and celebrate a little early at the Wimmera Mail Times Santa Day?

Marquees are available to suit everyone. From groups of 10 to groups of 100, you can even be down and amongst the action in one of our new umbrella packages.   

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With Santa, the jumping castle and Dan the Magician entertaining the kids, you can have a flutter on the gg’s, enjoy a cool refreshing beverage while relaxing in a marquee.


Adults $15/Concession $12
Children under 17 free when accompanied by an adult 
 

Horsham Racecourse History

It is believed they were racing horses in Horsham in the 1850s, and club records show the first Horsham Cup was run in 1861. It is not clear exactly when official racing started in the town but it certainly has a long history.

The Horsham and District Racing Club was the result of a 1965 merger between the Horsham St Patrick’s Racing Club and the Brim Springs and Rosebrook Race Club. Despite this rationalization the club remained at a crossroads. In the late 1960s the Racecourse Licenses Board commissioned a report which found that the surrounds at the Horsham course were in poor condition and in need of repair. The Board urged an amalgamation that would have seen nearby Murtoa and Horsham racing at one venue. Both clubs immediately set about upgrading their facilities and are thriving today.

In 1992 the Horsham club joined forces with the Horsham Harness Racing Club and a trotting track and function centre were built at what is now known as the Horsham Racing Centre. Racing at Horsham has come on in leaps and bounds since then and the venue is fast establishing itself as a leading thoroughbred training centre.

Since 1998 racing at Horsham Racecourse has been administered by the Wimmera Racing Club, which is now a partner in the Horsham Racing centre. Growing the Horsham Cup Day in October is now a major focus of the new club, with Horsham itself growing every day to be clearly the largest population centre in the Wimmera region.


Wimmera Region - Victoria


Horsham is a thriving country town of  approximately 13,300 people and sits at the junction of the Western, Henty, and Wimmera Highways, on the edge of the Grampians National Park . 


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301 km north west of Melbourne, access Horsham via the Western, Henty or Wimmera Highways.The Horsham racecourse is located on Bennett Road.