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Skirt The Law destroys her rivals in Magic Millions 2YO Classic

Posted on January 19, 2023
in Australian Horse Racing News

Tony Gollan and Ryan Maloney have combined with Skirt The Law to take out the $2 million Magic Millions 2YO Classic, with both Gollan and Maloney recording their first win in the Gold Coast feature race. The race played out perfectly for the Better Than Ready filly, as she jumped out of the barrier nicely[...]

Posted on January 14, 2023
in Australian Horse Racing News

One of the biggest race days on the Australian horse racing calendar, Magic Millions Day on the Gold Coast has been postponed due to the state of the track after the Gold Coast Turf Club received over 12mm of rain on Saturday. Earlier in the day, the Gold Coast Turf Club reported that the rail[...]

Posted on July 6, 2022
in Australian Horse Racing News

Redevelopments for the Gold Coast Turf Club got underway on Tuesday, with the A$63 million enhancements set to make the venue "bigger and better".

Posted on April 27, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Australian thoroughbred racing's Gold Coast Turf Club (GCTC) has bold plans to rival the Asian racing powerhouse, the Hong Kong Jockey Club (HKJC); with rebuild to enable night racing at the venue. The Gold Coast Turf Club is on its way to becoming the premier racing attraction in Queensland after the state's Premier, Annastacia Palaszczuk,[...]

Posted on March 27, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Queensland's major race clubs will lose millions in revenue and sponsorship and shed hundreds of staff after the winter carnival was scrapped. The clubs say they are disappointed the carnival will not go ahead but understand tough decisions have had to be made. The winter racing has been abandoned because of the COVID-19 pandemic and[...]

Posted on March 1, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Further delays to the Gold Coast racetrack upgrade are likely to also put on hold any plans for the club to get further metropolitan Saturday meetings in the new season. The Gold Coast Turf Club is eventually hoping to get as many as 10 metropolitan class Saturday meetings a year. That would depend on an[...]

Posted on February 6, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Paul Gillard will return from north Queensland to take over as senior steward on the Gold Coast. The previous long-term Gold Coast head steward Ian Brown resigned last year to take up a position as racing manager with the Gold Coast Turf Club. The Gold Coast senior steward is a key role in Queensland racing[...]

Posted on January 18, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

The Gold Coast Turf Club has cancelled a phantom meeting with facilities drenched by 275mm of rain overnight. Officials called Saturday's races off and any hopes of holding a phantom meeting were abandoned because of water inside parts of the infrastructure. The Gold Coast Turf Club was counting its blessings the deluge did not come[...]

Posted on January 12, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

The Gold Coast Turf Club is delighted with the way it was able to handle one of its most extraordinary days. Saturday's Magic Millions meeting was thrown into chaos when an oil tanker overturned on the M1 connecting Brisbane and the Gold Coast. It meant several key runners, including Magic Millions Guineas favourite and subsequent[...]

Posted on January 5, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

The Gold Coast Turf Club is to resume a push for better prize money with an expected surge in trainer numbers wanting to use its facilities. At least three interstate stables and a Queensland trainer are believed to be looking at either relocating or having satellite operations on the Gold Coast. There are already 700[...]

Posted on January 5, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Aggressive marketing for the Queensland summer racing carnival has officials expecting a record Magic Millions day crowd at the Gold Coast. Queensland has taken a leaf out of NSW's play book with some big money races and an upbeat advertising campaign for its summer carnival. Gold Coast Turf Club chief executive Steve Lines said Magic[...]

Posted on January 1, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

The Gold Coast Turf Club has devised an innovative plan to cater for the huge number of owners expected to support unbeaten Dusty Tycoon in the Magic Millions 2YO Classic. Dusty Tycoon is raced by the MiRunners syndicate and 1000 shares were sold in the filly. The idea is backed by Racing Queensland and is[...]

Posted on December 29, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

The Gold Coast Turf Club believes the $1.5 million race day ahead of the Magic Millions can be the final piece in its push for regular metropolitan standard meetings. Saturday's meeting is the major lead-up to the Magic Millions day at the track a week later and in recent years has gradually assumed more importance.[...]

Posted on September 9, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

The Gold Coast Turf Club will introduce a new $250,000 race and also upgrade the now traditional lead-up to the Magic Millions 2YO Classic at its summer carnival. The Gold Coast meeting run the week before Magic Millions day in January has gradually grown in popularity in recent years. Four of the past five 2YO[...]

Posted on August 25, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

The Gold Coast Turf Club is confident it will not lose any meetings, including during the Magic Millions carnival, when a new polytrack is installed and upgrades of existing racecourse surfaces is carried out. The GCTC will file its final submission on the tracks early next month and expects Treasury to take about three months[...]

Posted on June 20, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

AAP, Stephen Rodgers – Selections for Gold Coast Thoroughbreds Saturday Race 1: Honey Baby, Allo Allo, Regal Romance, Galvarino Race 2: La Benca, Game Set Match, Tabard, Elementae Race 3: Liliero, The Good The Bad, Regal Romance, Mosht Up Race 4: Zephyr Cruiser, Zoulou Dancer, Shopping Paradise, Buster Moon Race 5: Instabeats, Dorset Coast, Alloraine,[...]

Skirt The Law destroys her rivals in Magic Millions 2YO Classic

Magic Millions Day postponed on the Gold Coast

Gold Coast aiming to finish redevelopment by Magic Millions 2024

Australia’s Gold Coast night racing to rival Hong Kong?

Queensland Clubs Face Big Losses

Delays Again Hit Gold Coast Upgrade Plans

Paul Gillard New Senior Gold Coast Steward

Gold Coast Abandoned After Deluge

Gold Coast Club Handles Extraordinary Day

Gold Coast Needs Prizemoney Upgrade

Record Crowd Tipped For Magic Millions Day

Gold Coast To Cater For Huge Owner Influx

Gold Coast Meeting Important For Club

Millions Carnival Gets Prize Money Boost

Gold Coast Closer To Polytrack And Lights

Gold Coast Selections

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