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The history of horse racing in Singapore, which has endured for over a century, will come to an end with the Turf Club's last race in October next year. © Reuters

Land development spells the end of horse racing in Singapore

Property squeeze in city-state shutters Turf Club after a century of operations

SINGAPORE -- For veteran trainer Michael Clements, it was the second time in his 24 years living in Singapore that he has seen horse racing forced to give way to the densely populated city-state's land renewal needs.

Back in 1998, the flat-racing circuit in central Singapore, which Britain's Queen Elizabeth II once visited, was in the midst of relocating to a site in the north of the island nation, which is less than half the size of London. That became the Turf Club in Kranji.

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