The Narrabri Jockey Club and racecourse has a rich history in horse racing and events in the Narrabri region. The club committee as it currently is today was officially formed in 1874 and is one of the longest standing clubs in the Narrabri Shire.

The committee over the years has consisted of well known local identities with the tradition continuing to this very day.

The Narrabri Jockey Club shared facilities with the Narrabri Showground before the Narrabri Show Society relocated to their current facilities in Wukawa Street in 1938.

Horse racing has been an enjoyable past time for locals with historical evidence indicating a race was held in Narrabri 16 years before the current club was formed. This event was to celebrate the opening of Narrabri’s first pub, the Greyhound Inn in 1858.

In 1874 Captain (W.H) Moseley moved, “That a Jockey Club be formed to be called the ‘Namoi Jockey Club’ and that the annual subscription be two pounds”. The motion was carried unanimously by the club of 28 members.

In March 1875 a two-day gala race meeting was held.

By the early 1880’s the club was referred to as the Narrabri Jockey Club.

The main race during a meet in the early years offered prize money of approximately 50 pounds.

In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, several race meets were held per year with records indicating seasonal race meets for spring, summer, winter and autumn with other meets held at times arranged in between. These meets were often held on weekdays with the larger events known to draw a majority of the town with shops in the CBD even closing for the day to attend.