The Caulfield Racecourse is one of Australia's best regarded racecourses, hosting about 20 race days each season.

Caulfield held its first race in 1859. Early races at Caulfield consisted of riding through course brush, rough heath and sandy hills which earned Caulfield its nickname of 'The Heath'.

The Melbourne Racing Club hosted their inaugural meeting at Caulfield in August 1876 and in 1879 introduced the Caulfield Cup to their fixture list. The Caulfield Cup is still run to this day and is seen by many as Australia's premier thoroughbred test.

Facilities

Crowd capacity at Caulfield Racecourse is about 50 000 (seated). There is elevator access to the grandstands and there is disabled parking and toilets available. There are first aiders on site and two excellent restaurants located in the Rupert Clarke grandstand.

The racecourse is fairly triangular in layout, with the whole course totaling 2080m; the last straight is 367m long. The races are run in an anti-clockwise direction.

There are currently about 500 horses stabled at Caulfield with in excess of 20 trainers also based at the track.

Caulfield? - Notable Races

Blue Diamond Stakes

C F Orr Stakes

Caulfield Cup

Caulfield Guineas

Futurity Stakes

Oakleigh Plate

Invitation Stakes/Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes

The Thousand Guineas

Toorak Handicap

Underwood Stakes

Caulfield? - Contact Details

The racecourse is located 8km out of the Melbourne CBD at Station Street, Caulfield, Victoria, Australia and their telephone number is +61 392 577 200.

It takes about 35 minutes to get to the racecourse from the city centre on the Melbourne tram route 3. The Caulfield train station is very close to racecourse (merely a couple of hundred meters away) and can be found on the Frankston, Cranbourne and Pakenham lines. Trains leave at 10 minute intervals from the Flinders Street Station in the city centre.

Caulfield - Betting

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