Jockeys compete in the China Equine Cultural Festival Singapore Cup horse race at Kranji racecourse in Singapore on Feb 22, 2015. (Photo: AFP)
More than 180 years of horse racing in Singapore is set to come to an end, with the city-state’s only racecourse closing and being redeveloped for housing.
The Singapore Turf Club (STC) said that the final race, the 100th Grand Singapore Gold Cup, will take place in October next year.
The club was founded in 1842 by a Scottish merchant and other horse-racing enthusiasts. The current racecourse in Kranji was opened in 2000, replacing the old Bukit Timah track.
“We are saddened by the decision of the government to close the club,” STC’s chairman Niam Chiang Meng said in a press release.
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