History of Corowa Race Club
Following the disbanding of the Corowa Wahgunyah Jockey Club, on the Victorian side of the Murray, the Corowa Race Club was established in 1875, with the first race meeting held in Corowa in November 1875.
Some of the club’s history is a little vague, such as where we held the first race meeting and who have been its office bearers over the years. But that aside the Club is strong and continues provide excellent country racing at a top-class, scenic track.
Over the years Corowa held up to 11 meetings a year, with only one being a TAB meeting, the rest were community meetings with much smaller prizemoney on offer. Today, although we have less meetings all meetings are TAB meetings with much greater prizemoney.
Corowa Race Club is one of the leading race clubs in the Southern District Racing Association area and currently conducts 7 race meetings per year including the Corowa Cup meeting in March and Melbourne Cup Eve meeting on the Monday before the cup, which now has the Federation Stakes as its feature race.
The Race Club situated on the corner of Adams and Cotton Street Corowa offers a high standard of racing on an all-weather track, that is considered amongst the best in country NSW, excellent dining & bar facilities, TAB and undercover bookmaker ring. All this adds up to great racing, country hospitality and an exciting atmosphere for everyone.
The grand old grandstand, set among rolling grass surrounds and 100-year-old gum trees makes the perfect setting for a country racetrack.
On November 1st, 1960, Corowa Race Club first hosted “the race no one else wanted”, Melbourne Cup Day Races. In November 2010, the Club celebrated a milestone 50-year anniversary of hosting this much celebrated Tuesday, a part of the Australian culture that will live on into our vast future. In 2017 our Melbourne Cup Day meeting was moved to Melbourne Cup Eve, to rationalise the race days in the local area. We still hold our glamorous Fashions on the Field event for this meeting.
Over the years the Club has been associated with a number of well-known horses, most recently Leica Falcon trained by the late Richard Freyer and dual Kosciuszko winner Front Page trained by Geoff Duyrea.
The Club will be looking to celebrate the 150-year anniversary, at our Corowa Cup meeting in March.
