Ballarat Racecourse

Ballarat Turf Club is situated just one hour away from Melbourne CBD and is one of the most in use tracks throughout the country, let alone Victoria. Home to turf racing through the warmer months and plenty of meetings on the club’s synthetic surface, Ballarat Racecourse holds a strong piece to the Victorian horse racing puzzle. The Ballarat Turf Club is host to one of the largest training facilities in the country, with close to 70 trainers and more than 500 horses in work each morning.

Ballarat horse racing news

Home to plenty of meetings throughout a season, Horsebetting.com.au is constantly covering all the horse racing news at Ballarat.

Ballarat horse racing tips

With plenty of horse racing throughout the year, Horsebetting.com.au present horse racing tips for meetings held at Ballarat Racecourse.

Ballarat Racecourse address & how to get there

Ballarat Racecourse is located at 240 Kennedys Rd, Miners Rest VIC 3352 and is approximately 120km from Melbourne CBD.

If you are heading to the races follow the Western Freeway and come via Gillies St North, before arriving at the Kennedys Rd entry of the Ballarat Turf Club.

Getting to Ballarat Turf Club by public transport involves a couple of different transport options. From Southern Cross train station catch a Vline to Wendouree Station and then from Wendouree Station, catch a bus to the Kennedys Rd / Reglan St on Route 31, before a short walk to the race track.

Ballarat racetrack specifications & details

The Ballarat Racecourse turf track has a circumference of 1900 metres and a straight that is 450 metres long.

The synthetic track at Ballarat Turf Club has a circumference of 1900m, which has been in use for racing since mid-2019 following the closure of the synthetic track at Geelong.

Ballarat Cup

Held a fortnight after the Melbourne Cup Carnival comes to an end, the Ballarat Cup is clearly the hightlight at Ballarat Turf Club each year.

The Ballarat Cup (2000m) boasts a total prize pool of $500,000 and is run under handicap conditions at Listed Level, where a maximum field of 16 is set to do battle.

The 2022 Ballarat Cup will be run on November 19, 2022 at Ballarat Racecourse.

The 2021 edition of the race was taken out by the Ben & JD Hayes-trained Zayydani and was ridden by Luke Nolen.

How to bet on Ballarat races

Australia’s top online betting sites are the best ways to place your betting wagers on racing at Ballarat.

All of the best online bookmakers offer markets on race day and in the days leading up to the racing at Ballarat, with tote and fixed price betting available once markets are released.

A majority of bookmakers in Australia also have bookie sign up codes available to their customers.

Ballarat Racecourse, like all major horse racing tracks, has TAB facilities, as well as a Bookmaking Ring, where a handful of bookmakers are set up for race days.

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Ballarat race dates

Ballarat Racecourse is scheduled to host 37 meetings during the 2022/23 season.

Horse Trainers based at Ballarat

Close to 70 horse trainers are based at Ballarat Turf Club.

These include multiple Group 1 winning trainers like Ciaron Maher & David Eustace, Tony & Calvin McEvoy as well as the likes of Archie Alexander, Rob Hickmott & Nigel Blackiston.