Echuca Racecourse

Echuca Racecourse, Country Victoria.

Echuca Racecourse is located at Cnr Moama-barham Road & Lignum Road, Echuca, VIC 3564 and is home to Echuca Racing Club.

The Melbourne Cup day meeting and two-day Echuca Cup Carnival over the Labour Day weekend in March are feature events on the Echuca calendar.

In the early days special trains ran from other regional towns to transport people to the Echuca races. When the Club first formed in 1864, the sport of racing swiftly gained in popularity. The influx of people by train from regional twons led to a rail siding being built to the Racecourse to accommodate the special `race' trains. Despite a decline in popularity between the two World Wars, the enthusiasm for racing in the town continues today.

Track specifications are....Width of track is 18m up to the 400m, then widens to 33m in the straight. Track dries quickly due to soil being sand. Turns are wide and well-cambered. Track is fully irrigated and races well throughout the year.

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