Rosehill Gardens Racecourse

 

 

The Rosehill Gardens Racecourse is located in the suburb of Rosehill, West of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Rosehill was considered the home of the Sydney Turf Club which was established in 1943.

In 1788 Parramatta was known as Rose Hill. John Bennett purchsed someof Elizabeth Fram land in 1882 and started the Rosehill Race Club. Work started to tnasform land into rece course in 1883.

Race course work completed at the cost of £ 17,000 with two grand stands with the combined capacity for 8,000 people. Rosehill has been conducting races since 1885. Opening Day attracted the crowd of 3000 people despite of miserable weather and  5 races were held. In 1889, James Bennett floated another company called Rosehill Racecourse Company for £100,000. By 1890, pressure from AJC regulations caused Canterbury, Moorefield and Rosehill to form the Associated Ponies Club. Harry Houdini made an appearance at the racecourse as an aviation pioneer in 1910. Thousands came to see him fly his biplane.