Belmont Park Racecourse

{{Short description|Horse racing venue in Perth, Western Australia}}

{{about|the racecourse in Perth, Western Australia|racecourse in Elmont, New York in the United States|Belmont Park}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}}

{{Use Australian English|date=June 2011}}

{{Infobox racecourse

| name = {{wikidata |property |P1448 }}

| image = 220px

| caption = Belmont Race course
(taken from across the Swan River)

| location = Burswood, Western Australia

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| operator = Perth Racing

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| Channel = Seven Network

| racetype = Flat

| coursetype = Stadium

| notableraces = {{ubl

|Roma Cup

|Belmont Sprint

|Hyperion Stakes

|Strickland Stakes

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| website = {{wikidata |property |P856}}

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Belmont Park Racecourse is one of the two major horse racing venues within the Perth, Western Australia metropolitan area, the other being Ascot Racecourse, and is located just outside of the central business district on the Burswood Peninsula surrounded by the Swan River. The track has a circumference of {{convert|1699|m|ft}} with a {{convert|333|m|ft|adj=on}} straight. Belmont is Perth's winter racecourse, with fully enclosed facilities for spectators.{{cite web | url = http://www.perthracing.com.au/default.aspx?MenuID=37 | title = Belmont Park Racecourse | publisher = Perth Racing | accessdate = 15 August 2010 | archive-date = 17 February 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110217201708/http://www.perthracing.com.au/default.aspx?MenuID=37 | url-status = dead }}

On 24 December 1910 Belmont Park held its first harness race meeting, conducted by the Western Australian Trotting Association (WATA). The WATA continued to conduct race meetings on a fortnightly basis, using both Belmont Park and the Claremont Showground as venues, until the harness racing commenced on the WACA Ground track, on 28 June 1913.

In January 1911 the first aeroplane flight in Western Australia was conducted from the Belmont Park Racecourse.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article26300227 |title=Conquering the Air |newspaper=The West Australian |location=Perth |date=7 January 1911 |accessdate=14 November 2013 |page=5 |publisher=National Library of Australia}} The racecourse served as Perth's first regular landing area until a more suitable site was found at Langley Park in 1919.