Aspendale Racecourse
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Aspendale Racecourse
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Aspendale Racecourse or Aspendale Park Racecourse, located at Aspendale, Victoria, Australia, was a horse racing venue, and the world's first purpose-built motor racing track. Aspendale Racecourse opened on 14 April 1891. It was established by James Robert Crooke, a horse trainer, who named the course after Aspen, one of his best horses, which had won the Newmarket Handicap twice, in 1880 and 1881. The track was situated east of the current Aspendale railway station and is believed to have been
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19th-to-mid-20th century Australian horse and motor racetrack
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspendale_Racecourse
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2024-01-20T16:00:29Z
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