Singapore Turf Club

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.

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

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.

The United Kingdom (UK) may have more land per person than Singapore, yet suffers from a greater housing shortage. 

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.

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

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. 

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 ...

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...