It signalled the end of an era at Cheltenham racecourse on Saturday February 21st, 2009 with the running of the last race meeting ever at Cheltenham. The track is making way for a housing development.
All city racing in Adelaide will now take place at Morphettville racecourse.
A second turf track at Allan Scott Park Morphettville was completed for racing, with the first meeting held on Wednesday June 17th, 2009 and known as ‘The Parks’. The new turf track will enable the South Australian Jockey Club (SAJC) to hold up to 70 race meetings a year.
The track circumference of "The Parks" is 2100m with a track width of 25m, while the home straight is 320m in length. Flat races will be run over distances from 1000m to 2400m, while hurdles and steeple races will be run over 3000m and 3350m respectively. With the closing of Victoria Park and Cheltenham Park as race venues, "The Parks" has incorporated a 1400m chute that allows the running of group and listed races previously held at those now defunct tracks.
South Australian Jockey Club
The South Australian Jockey Club is the main race club for metropolitan racing in Adelaide and dates back to 1856. Cheltenham racecourse was sold by the SAJC to developers for $85 million in 2007 and the club has signed a deal with AV Jennings and Urban Pacific to redevelop the racecourse site and plan to build more than 900 houses there. The SAJC looks after racing at all Adelaide's three city tracks, including Morphettville and Victoria Park.
Track Details
Cheltenham is a tightish track with a course circumference of 2,052 metres and a straight length of 325 metres. It has three chutes, the 1000 metres, 1500 metres and 1850 metres, and suits front-runners, and horses can race on the pace or be handy to the leaders when turning for home.
Circumference: 2,052 metres
Straight: 325 metres
Direction: Anti-Clockwise
Cheltenham Track Map
Contact details
South Australian Jockey Club
Morphett Road
Morphettville,
South Australia 5043
Postal Address:
PO Box 707
Park Holme SA 5043 Ph: 08 8295 0111
Fax: 08 8295 0136
Email: enquiries@sajc.com.au
Website: South Australian Jockey Club |
