Melbourne Racing Club
Horse racing club in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Melbourne Racing Club (MRC) is one of three metropolitan horse racing clubs in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It began life as the Victoria Amateur Turf Club, in 1875 with Mr. E.C. Moore as the club's first Secretary. The Dowling Forest Racecourse in Ballarat was the location for the first VATC race meeting on Friday, 24 March 1876.[1] Within six months the VATC were granted use of Crown land at Caulfield as a permanent home in Melbourne.