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Club Information
 
Address: PO Box 502
  Lavington NSW 2641
   
Phone: (02) 6025 1333
 Fax: (02) 6040 1012

 

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The Albury Racing Club conducts sixteen (16) thoroughbred race meetings each year with the feature event the Commercial Club Albury Gold Cup run in March.

Staff

CEO: John Miller email John Miller
Administration Manager: Carol Broadfoot email Carol Broadfoot
Bar & Functions Manager: Veronica Parker email Veronica Parker
Racecourse Manager: Scott Jarvis  
Track Assistant: Casey Arendarcikas  

Committee

President: David Wallace
Vice President: Mark Cronin
Treasurer: Geoff Miller
Committee Members: Geoff Alexander
  Stephen Baxter
  John Dess
  John Ervin
  Richard Hickey
  Gerald Judd
  Russell Mathews
  Richard Sloane
  Paul Spencer
 
History

1840-1900


1840 - First race meeting conducted in Albury at 'Browns Paddock' which ran roughly from the Hovell Tree to the rotunda in the Botanical Gardens.

1845 - Miss Jean Spalding of Albury has in her possession a silver cup inscribed as the Albury Cup of 1845, which is believed to be the first cup trophy ever given for an Australian horse race.

1855 - Albury Jockey Club administered racing

1865 - Albury Jockey Club disbanded due to financial problems

1865 - His excellency Sir George Young signed a grant of 141 acres for the present racecourse. Albury Turf Club took up the grant and raced theron.

1881 - Albury Racing Club was formed on the 21st January

1883 - First of an unbroken chain of Albury Cup Meetings conducted by the
Albury Racing Club was held and won by 'Coolabah' ridden by Miller.

1885 - Early records of racing in Albury were destroyed in a fire that burnt the Mutual Provident building

1886 - Bookmakers were allowed to field on Albury races

1900-2000


1902 - Grandstand was built.

1920 - The totalisator began operating under the charge of one of Alburys best known citizens, the Hon. Cleaver Bunton, A.O, O.B.E.

1946 - Photo Finish camera was introduced at Albury

1972 - Introduction of metric distances and weights.

1973 - Original Grandstand was demolished

1974 - Present Grandstand constructed

1979 - Albury Cup's longest priced winner, Rough Bay, salutes at 80/1

1980 - Administration Offices and Jockey Rooms constructed

2001-2008


2004 - Trainer Richard Freyer wins a record eighth Albury Gold Cup with Personal Image

2006 - Albury Gold Cup Prizemoney a record $100,000

2007 - Champion Jockey Damien Oliver wins the Albury Gold Cup aboard Hofmeister

2008 - Record crowd of 20,117 attend Albury Gold Cup.  Cup worth $125,000.

2009 - New Sand Training Track constructed

 
 
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