Rosehill

Rosehill is a racecourse full of fond memories for Brian Mayfield-Smith and it’s hardly a surprise a connection to some of the stars he trained remains relevant almost four decades on.

Selling off Rosehill racecourse to property developers might not be the only era to end in Sydney racing.

A ‘once-in-a-century’ opportunity to inject nearly $5 billion of funds into the future of the racing industry proved irresistible to the Australian Turf Club, even though it means the closure of Rosehill racecourse after 150 years.

In five or so years, Rosehill Racecourse will be no more with this week’s announcement that the New South Wales government is buying the site for redevelopment.

The proposed closure and sell off of Rosehill racecourse has created plenty of queries and The Straight has gone through the key questions it has raised and, where possible, the key answers to those questions.

Key players have their say on proposed loss of Rosehill racecourse.

Rosehill racecourse, the home of the Golden Slipper and more recently the Golden Eagle, will cease racing within five years after a shock announcement by the New South Wales government that it will acquire it from the Australian Turf Club (ATC) to build a suburb of 25,000 homes.