Sandown Racecourse (currently known asSportsbet Sandown^[1]and previously known asLadbrokes Park due to naming rights)^[2] is aThoroughbredhorse racing race track administered by theMelbourne Racing Club inMelbourne,Victoria,Australia. It is situated 25 kilometres south-east of the MelbourneCBD on thePrinces Highway in the suburb ofSpringvale in theCity of Greater Dandenong.^[3]

Sportsbet Sandown
formerly known as Sandown Racecourse

Sandown Racecourse finish post
Location	Melbourne,Victoria
Date opened	19 June 1965
Screened on	Seven Network

Built for the Victoria Amateur Turf Club, Sandown is the only metropolitan racecourse built in the 20th century and was opened before a crowd of 52,000, in June 1965.^[3]

The original course was a turfed oval shape, 1892 metres in circumference and 30 metres wide, with sweeping cambered turns and an uphillhome straight of 407 metres.

With the increase in the number of overseas horses being attracted to theMelbourne Spring Racing Carnival aQuarantine Centre was established at Sandown Racecourse and used for the first time in 1997.

The Sandown Racecourse also features a motor racing circuit on the outside of the racecourse, referred to asSandown Raceway. AGreyhound racing facility also called Sandown Park is just to the south-west on the opposite side of Lightwood Road.

In October 2001, theMelbourne Racing Club commenced the redevelopment of Sandown Racecourse. This consisted of an additional 30 metre wide home turn and widening of the main straight from 30 to 45 metres, and widening of the turn out of the straight from 30 to 45 metres. This created two turf tracks. The course using the outer home turn and outside 30 metres in the main straight was named Sandown Hillside, and the course comprising the reconfigured inner home turn and full 45 metres wide straight was named Sandown Lakeside. The Lakeside course has a circumference of 1857 metres and a home straight of 407 metres and the Hillside course is 2087 metres in circumference with a home straight of 491 metres. Racing on the reconfigured tracks commenced on 25 January 2003 with the number of meetings hosted at Sandown being increased from 32 to 41 per season.

TheMelbourne Spring Racing Carnival traditionally closes with the Sandown Carnival, one week after the final day of theFlemington carnival, and features theSandown Guineas andZipping Classic in November each year.

In 2008 the MRC changed the name to Sportingbet Park. In 2015 the track was again renamed to William Hill Park and in 2016 it was changed to Ladbrokes Park.^[2]

The racecourse can be reached directly bysuburban rail in 40 minutes from Melbourne's centralFlinders Street station, viaSandown Park railway station on thePakenham/Cranbourne railway lines.

The following is a list ofGroup races which are run at Ladbrokes Park.

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