Stawell Racecourse
Stawell Racecourse Feature Events
Nothern Lodge Christmas Race Day at Stawell
Saturday, 6th December 2008
Come and enjoy a beautiful country summer day at the Stawell Christmas Races. There will be entertainment for everyone and marquees available for family Christmas outings or company Christmas parties.
The Stawell Christmas Races are a fun and festive day. The cosy Mini Marquee or the roomy Entertainer
Marquee is perfect for a group of family and friends
enjoying a social day out, while you can’t go past the
Corporate Marquee for your business Christmas Party.
Everyone better be on their best behaviour, because Santa will be there checking to see if you’ve been naughty or nice. There will also be live music, jumping castle, Dan the Magician and plenty of horse racing.
Admission $15 Adults, $12 Concession, Children under 17 free |
Wolsey/ Harp & Dublin Stawell Gold Cup Day
Easter Sunday, 12th April 2009
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This is by far the biggest day on the Wimmera Racing Clubs calendar. If you only make it to one Wimmera race meeting this year, make sure it’s the Harp & Dublin Stawell Gold Cup.
The ideal place to book a Mini or Entertainer marquee and get the family together for the long weekend, with sunshine, refreshing drinks and loads of entertainment - everyone will have a great day out.
Not only will the jumping castle be there but Krackers the horse will also be making an appearance to play games and have fun with the kids as well as Fantasy Face Creations.
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Adults $20/ Concession $12/Under 17s free when accompanied by an adult
Stawell Racecourse History
About 220 km west of Melbourne, Stawell is most famous as the home of the world’s richest professional footrace, the Stawell Gift, which is run every Easter. However the town also has a rich history of thoroughbred racing. Originally known as Pleasant Creek, the town’s first race meeting was conducted by the Pleasant Creek Racing Club over three days in November 1857.
Late in the nineteenth century gold was discovered at the racecourse and a mine was dug in the centre, near the winning post. The viewing mound adjacent to the main straight was constructed from the mine’s mullock heap and to this day provides an excellent vantage point for patrons enjoying a day at the races.
By early last century the Pleasant Creek Club had stumbled upon hard times, and a group of local racing men formed a new club, the Stawell Amateur Turf Club. Eventually, the “Amateur” was dropped.
When the Wimmera Racing Club was formed in 1998 Stawell racecourse became the headquarters of the new body, which was established to administer racing at Apsley, Donald, Edenhope, Horsham, Murtoa, Nhill, St Arnaud, Warracknabeal and Stawell. Since that time the Apsley and Edenhope clubs have dropped out of Wimmera Racing, with Ararat and Great Western joining the fold. Stawell racecourse remains the administrative centre of the new club.
Stawell Gold Cup Day, held every year on Easter Sunday, the day before the Easter Gift final, is fast becoming one of Victorian country racing’s biggest days, with attendances approaching 4000. The Stawell races are now an integral part of the town’s famous Easter weekend.
Wimmera Region -
Victoria 
Home of the famous Stawell gift, this town of 7,000 is the convenience centre for the nearby Grampians. Stawell is a lively town with a rich gold heritage and is the home of Victoria's largest operating mine.
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Stawell is 233 km north west from Melbourne. Access the racecourse just off the Western Highway on Pomonal Road.