Seidnitzer Pferderennbahn, Historic flat racing venue in Dresden, Germany.
The Seidnitzer Pferderennbahn is a horse racing track in the Seidnitz district of Dresden, laid out as an oval running parallel to the Dresden–Tetschen railway line. The roughly 43-hectare park-like grounds, the city's largest sports facility, hold the course, grandstands and a six-hectare solar field on the inner area. The main entrance is at Oskar-Röder-Straße 1, about 500 metres from Dresden-Reick station.
The course opened on 7 May 1891 with six races, the first flat race won by a half-bred mare of industrialist Hugo von Hoesch, club president from 1907 to 1916; trotting began on 12 June 1892. Racing continued until 1 December 1944, and the track survived the war largely undamaged, so races resumed in October 1945. In 1946 a breeding and riding cooperative replaced the dissolved club, and from 1974 the course ran as a branch of the state full-blood stud in Berlin-Hoppegarten. The Dresdner Rennverein 1890 was refounded on 17 April 1990, and the city bought the grounds in 1993.
The course opened on Ascension Day 1891 with six races; the first flat race was won by a half-bred mare of industrialist Hugo von Hoesch, club head from 1907 to 1916. The first trotting race followed on 12 June 1892. Horse shows have been held here since 1894, a year after the grounds gained a clubhouse and training area.
On race days you will find betting windows, restaurants, and viewing areas that cater to different visitor needs. The grounds are centrally located in Dresden and easy to access when events take place.
The 2010 solar array on a six-hectare field in the southeastern infield was the first photovoltaic installation on a gallop racecourse in Germany. The site also keeps the Walter-von-Treskow-Pavillon, the renovated club pavilion renamed in 2003 after its first president.
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