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BRC Bucks Cup Week Crowd Trends

The Brisbane Racing Club has bucked the national trend and stayed on budget with its Melbourne Cup week meetings. Crowds and betting turnover were reportedly down at many racetracks across Australia. BRC chairman Neville Bell was happy with the Melbourne Cup week crowds at the club's tracks but believes the days of huge numbers are[...]
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Doomben In Twilight Trial For Night Move

A series of twilight meetings at Doomben will determine several issues involving the introduction of night racing at the track. Racing Queensland and the Brisbane Racing Club have had preliminary discussions about installing lights at Doomben with the view to staging twilight-night meetings. It is part of an overall strategy announced by RQ last week[...]
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Boost For Queensland Summer Carnival

Eagle Farm racetrack will return to full operation to head a revitalised Queensland summer carnival. In a joint statement on Monday, Racing Queensland and the Brisbane Racing Club released details of the nine-week carnival which will include 22 black-type races and improved prize money. Officials are hoping the fact Eagle Farm, which has been operating[...]
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Meeting To Shed Light On New Racing Rule

Queensland trainers will ask for more clarity regarding the new rule governing arrival times for runners in feature races. New Racing Queensland board member Graham Quirk will be joined by representatives from RQ, the Queensland Racing Integrity Commission and Brisbane Racing Club at the meeting on Thursday to discuss wide-ranging issues. One of the main[...]
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Partridge New Brisbane Racing Club Boss

The Brisbane Racing Club has appointed former Australian Turf Club executive Tony Partridge as its new chief executive. He will replace David Whimpey who completed five years in the job last week. Partridge will take up his position with the BRC from August 5. He was selected from applicants from across Australia and overseas to[...]
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Push To Move Queensland Derby Date

The Brisbane Racing Club is keen to change the winter carnival schedule so the Queensland Derby is run before the Queensland Oaks. Eagle Farm will host three straight meetings next season with the Kingsford Smith Cup, Oaks and Stradbroke/Derby scheduled to be run in that order. This year the Oaks was run at Doomben to[...]
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