About Perak Turf Club (Ipoh)
Perak Turf Club at Ipoh, in the heart of Malaysia's tin-mining country, is one of the three cornerstone courses of Malaysian racing alongside Penang and Selangor. Founded in 1926, the leafy course sits beneath the dramatic limestone karsts that surround Ipoh and stages regular Sunday meetings that draw strong local and regional fields.
Malaysian racing runs to British-pattern handicaps and weight-for-age races, and horses frequently shuttle between Ipoh, Penang and Singapore. The 1800-metre anti-clockwise circuit is a fair galloping track with a 350-metre straight, and morning trackwork among the Ipoh hills is one of the most photogenic scenes in Asian racing. For Australian punters, Malaysian meetings jump around midday AEST on Sundays.