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
Parkview Cross Country Course Parkview Cross Country Course The Parkview XC Course is a former golf course turned into a cross country running course located in Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA. Due to the number of long steep hills, Parkview is known as one of the hardest cross country courses in the state, which is why the PIAA Cross Country Championships have been held there annually since 2006. It also serves as the site for the PIAA District 3 Cross Country Championships. The PIAA State Championships were first held at The Parkview XC Course in 2006 It was moved to level the "playing field" after certain