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The J. J. Atkins, registered as the T.J. Smith Stakes, is a Brisbane Racing Club Group 1 Thoroughbred horse race for two-year-olds run at set weights over a distance of 1600 metres at Eagle Farm Racecourse, Brisbane in June during the Queensland Winter Racing Carnival. [1] Total prizemoney is A$1,000,000.
The Eagle Farm Racecourse was established in 1863 and continues to operate as one of Queensland's premier racecourses. Additions and extensions include the establishment of the Pinkenba railway line (1882), the Paddock Stand (1889), the St Leger Stand (1913 with extensions in 1938), the Totalisator Building (1913 with extensions in the 1920s and 1950s), the entrance gates (1913), ticket boxes ...
Broom Time: 1945 Uttermost: Uttermost Uttermost 1946 Kingarvie: no race: Windfields: 1947 Moldy: Burboy: Canada's Teddy: 1948 Last Mark: Lord Fairmond: Last Mark 1949 Epic: Victory Arch ♥: Grilled: 1950 McGill: Nephisto: Nephisto 1951 Major Factor: Major Factor Libertine: 1952 Epigram: Acadian: Genthorn ♥: 1953 Canadiana ♥: Chain Reaction ...
This is a list of currently active horse racing venues, both Thoroughbred racing and harness racing, sorted by country. In most English-speaking countries they are called "racecourses". The United States and some parts of Canada use the term "racetracks" and some parts of Canada also use "raceway".
The Doomben 10,000 is a Brisbane Racing Club Group 1 Thoroughbred Weight for Age horse race, run over a distance of 1200 metres at Doomben Racecourse, Brisbane, Australia during the Queensland Winter Racing Carnival. [1] Total prize money is A$1,000,000. The race is considered one of the premier sprint races in Queensland racing.
Thoroughbred racing is a sport and industry involving the racing of Thoroughbred horses. It is governed by different national bodies. It is governed by different national bodies. There are two forms of the sport – flat racing and jump racing, the latter known as National Hunt racing in the UK and steeplechasing in the US.
The Queensland Turf Club (QTC) was founded in August 1863. It began on a piece of land in Ascot, Queensland , later called Eagle Farm Racecourse , given to the club by government grant. The first meeting of the club was held on 14 August 1865.
Racing in Australia is administered by the Australian Racing Board, with each state's Principal Racing Authority agreeing to abide by, and to enforce, the Australian Rules of Racing. Besides being a spectator sport, horseracing is also an industry, which provides full- or part-time employment for almost 250,000 people, the equivalent of 77,000 ...