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In 1939 the NSW Greyhound Breeders, Owners and Trainers Association was founded. In 1979, live hare coursing and other similar activities, including live baiting, was banned in NSW under the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act and in 1985 Wentworth Park became the racing headquarters of NSW.
Racing at Callaghan Park attracted national media attention on two separate occasions when a horse race produced rare results. The same two horses finished in a dead heat on three separate occasions on the same day in 1922, while in 1938, a triple-dead heat occurred when three horses finished a race simultaneously in 1938. [14] [15] [16] [17]
A further extension to 2.100 km (1.305 mi) was completed in 2002 and the venue hosted its first Queensland Motor Racing Championships round the same year. [1] In 2007 it hosted its first national championship races, the Formula Vee Nationals and the Australian Improved Production Nationals. [1]
It would take something very unforeseen for Golden State Racing to meet its benchmark of 24 dirt races a week. There were about 1,000 horses at Golden Gate and 2,000 at Santa Anita.
Racing began on the 1890s when an occasional public meeting was run in the old cane paddocks of Bundall, not far from the present Gold Coast Turf Club. [ 1 ] Regular racing at its present headquarters began on 15 May 1946 when the club was known as the Southport and District Amateur Race Club (formed on 17 March 1946).
The circuit was known as the spiritual home of Queensland motorsport and was built by volunteers and borrowed machinery in the 1960s. The 2.410 km (1.498 mi) circuit opened on 19 March 1961 and was closed in mid-2001. The circuit reopened on 5 April 2008, with a race meeting held the following day. [1]
The Tara Festival of Culture and Camel Races is a cultural event held every two years during the first week of August in Tara, Queensland since 2001. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The weekend features live entertainment and multicultural performances, and is supported by the Queensland Government through Tourism and Events Queensland .
The Q22, registered as the P.J. O'Shea Stakes is a Brisbane Racing Club Group 2 Thoroughbred horse race held under weight for age conditions, for horses aged three years old and upwards, over a distance of 2,200 metres at Doomben Racecourse, Brisbane, Australia during the Queensland Winter Racing Carnival. [1] Total prizemoney is A$1,200,000.