Flemington Racecourse The first Melbourne Cup was run in 1861. In 1871 the Victoria Racing Club Act was passed, giving the VRC legal control over Flemington Racecourse. The racecourse is shaped not unlike a pear, and boasts a six-furlong (1,200 m) straight known as 'the Straight Six.' The track has a circumference of and a final straight of for race distances over . Races are run in an anti-clockwise direction. The course has a crowd capacity of over 120,000 and contains three grandstands. The biggest ever attendance was on Victoria Derby Day in 2006 when 129,069 people saw Efficient win the Victoria
City Park Cross Country Course City Park Cross Country Course The City Park Cross Country Course is a cross country course in City Park in New Orleans. The 2.00 mile/3.22 km grass loop cross country course is all flat and starts near the corner of Wisner Boulevard and Harrison Avenue. The course is the home course for the Xavier Gold Rush and Gold Nuggets men's and women's cross country teams. College cross country meets are held on the course. The annual Sugar Bowl Cross Country Classic uses the course for its meet. The 2014 and 2016 Gulf Coast Athletic Conference cross country championships were held