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The Selangor Turf Club

Racecourse
Jalan Sungei Besi
57100 Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia.

Tel: (603)		958 3888
Fax: (603)		958 5755

General Manager:
	Mr Richard Term Boon Keng

History of the Selangor Turf Club (SLTC) at a canter:

Early 1890s: The British Resident, Sir William Maxwell, started amateur racing in Selangor.
1896: SLTC was established. Sir Frank Swettenham, the new British Resident, was its first President. Membership stood at a grand 110.
March 1896: SLTC hosted its first race meeting. Seven races each day for two days, not necessarily weekends. The A$1,000 Miner's Purse was the feature race. It has a field of two.
1906: Membership grew to 300.
1939: SLTC introduced The Selangor Gold Cup, forerunner of the Tunku Gold Cup.
The Chairman reported a profit of $30,400.
1952: Raceday attendance exceeded an average of 14,000. Turnover exceeded $70 million.
1954: Radio broadcasts of race proceedings began.
1956: A $1million grandstand replaced the 'dear old attap shed'. Attap is the Malay word for palm frond.
1957: The 'Great Floods' prevented visiting horses from reach by Club by land. Ferries were used to bring them in.
1959: SLTC hosted the inaugural The Yang DiPertuan Agong Gold Cup (now re-named the Selangor Gold Cup).
1960: Sunday racing replaced Wednesday races.
1961: Punting at the SLTC and the other turf clubs in the MRA circuit was formalised and regulated by the Racing Act.
1962: A fire bnroke out at the Griffin Inn located in the Club. No one was injured. Some horses broke loose and were only rounded up the following day.
1968: The Selangor Gold Cup was renamed the Tunku Gold Cup in honour of Tunku Andul Rahman Putra Al-Haj, the country's first prime minister.
1976: SLTC's totalisator was conputerised.
1980: The Piala Emas Sultan Selangor (Sultan Of Selangor Gold Cup) was introduced to commemorate the birthday of His Royal Highness The Sultan Of Selangor.
This Class 1, 1,600-metre race pioneered the 'weight-for-age' system of handicapping.
1981: A new computerised sell-pay system was launched.
1982: Computerised telephone betting was launched, replacing the manual system.
1983: Closed circuit television coverage began, linking all the turf clubs in the MRA circuit.
1985: SLTC opened its Sungei Besi Off-Course Centre.
1987: The installation of a central computer system linked SLTC to the Penang and Perak turf clubs.
1988: The Club bought 255 acres of disused mining land in Sungei Besi for its relocation.
October 1989: SLTC hosted the Queen Elizabeth II Commonwealth Cup to commemorate the visit of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II to Malaysia and the Club.
June 1980: Work began on the Club's new premises - The SLTC Equestrian and Sports Centre, Sungei Besi.
November 1991: Laying of tracks began.
August 1992: The last race was run at the Jalan Ampang racecourse.
October 1993: The first race was run at the SLTC Equestrain and Sports Centre. The winner was Spark Plug.
April 3, 1994: The official opening of the SLTC Equestrian and Sports Centre.