Singapore Turf Club
Final Derby Day at Kranji Racecourse a bittersweet farewell
French jockey Marc Lerner guides Lim’s Saltoro to a memorable victory in Sunday’s main race
Year in review: Major headline-grabbing events of 2023
Bank busts, crime busts and war. The year 2023 may go down in history as a record-breaking one for global financial markets, and a nail-biting one for local political pundits.
Up to 20,000 homes, including public housing, planned for new Turf City estate in prime Bukit Timah
The 176-hectare Turf City plot sits among some of Singapore’s most prime residential real estate, facing multimillion-dollar houses in the GCB areas of Swiss Club Road and Binjai Park
With Singapore Turf Club on its last legs, concerns surface over fundraising drying up
The Tote Board said that while STC has played a role in contributing to charitable causes, the community services that it supports will not be affected by its closure.
Supply is ample, yet there is value in Singapore property
The United Kingdom (UK) may have more land per person than Singapore, yet suffers from a greater housing shortage.
If horse-racing here has run its course, so be it
WHEN the news of the Singapore Turf Club’s impending closure was delivered, it was framed in practical terms, with figures that were hard to argue against.
The numbers don’t lie, and it’s hard to envision a U-turn on decision to close Kranji Racecourse
With dates set for the STC’s final event and closure, the writing is already firmly on the wall for the end of Singapore’s horse-racing era
Redevelopment of Singapore Turf Club site could yield 20,000-40,000 new homes: analysts
TENS of thousands of new homes could come up on the 120 hectares of land freed up by the closure of the Singapore Turf Club (STC), said real estate analysts.
Sadness, shock: Horse-racing fraternity overwhelmed by news of Kranji racecourse closure
THE rumour mill had been spinning for some time. Singapore’s horse-racing fraternity – trainers, owners and punters, and others – had long primed themselves for the impending closure of the Singapore ...
From 1842 to final home stretch: A short history of Singapore’s horse racing
IN ITS heyday, the Singapore Turf Club was packed with thousands of horse-racing enthusiasts and others feeling lucky. In the big races with top-dollar prizes, it was like a mini-Ascott race, with Bri...
