Randwick race track is located in the Eastern suburbs around 5 kilometres from the Sydney city centre and is also known as "Royal Randwick", as granted by Queen Elizabeth in 1992. The Randwick track is considered to be the premier metropolitan course in Sydney and hosts major carnivals in both the autumn and spring. It is home to the Australian Turf Club.

Randwick has multiple race tracks including the Course Proper, which is the largest track in New South Wales, and the Kensington Track(Second largest track in Sydney) which is used for racing, training and trials. Randwick also has more training tracks which are grass, dirt & sand tracks, as well as a Bullring and Equine Pool. It houses more than 20 Trainers and 650+ horses.

Racing first began at Randwick racecourse in 1833, and in May 1840 the Australian Racing Committee was formed to govern racing, and by January 1842 the Australian Jockey Club was an entity and the Homebush Course was the headquarters of racing in NSW before it moved back to Randwick in 1860. In 1922 the Australian Jockey Club purchased the Warwick Farm course and undertook a number of improvements. The first meeting under the AJC was held on January 27th, 1925 with 25,000 people in attendance.

The Australian Jockey Club (AJC) and the Sydney Turf Club (STC) officially merged in February 2011 to form a new Sydney racing club, the Australian Turf Club (ATC) and commenced racing on Monday 7th February in New South Wales.

The NSW Government secured a $174million funding package to redevelop Randwick racecourse ($150M) along with improvements to Rosehill Gardens ($24Million).

Randwick hosts two major carnivals in autumn and spring that provide top class racing, including the Doncaster Handicap, Epsom Handicap and AJ Australian Derby.

Autumn racing carnival at Randwick
Held in April each year, the $2Million Group 1 Doncaster Handicap and $1.5M Group 1 AJC Australian Derby are the major races of the autumn and the Randwick autumn carnival runs over three consecutive Saturdays in April.

Below are the main races of the Randwick autumn racing carnival.

Spring racing carnival at Randwick
The spring carnival is held in late September and early October with a two day carnival hosting the Group 1 $350,000 George Main Stakes on the first day and the $500,000 Group 1 Epsom Handicap on the second day, with three other Group 1 races on the Epsom card.

Below are the major races of the Randwick spring racing carnival.

The Course Proper has a circumference of 2,224 metres with sweeping bends, and a straight 410 metres long with a slight up hill slope known as the rise.

Course proper
Circumference: 2,224 metres
Straight: 410 metres
Direction: Clockwise

Kensington
Circumference: 2,100 metres
Straight: 401 metres
Direction: Clockwise

Training Tracks
B (grass)1501m x 20m
Steeple track (grass)1800m x 19m
Dirt track1942m x 13m
Sand track1440m x 6.5m
Inside track (metal & ashes) 1081m x 11m

Australian Jockey Club
Alison Road,
Randwick NSW 2031

Postal Address:
Locked Bag 3
Randwick NSW 2031
Ph: 02 9663 8400
Fax: 02 9662 6292
Website: Australian Turf Club Club Website