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The Brisbane Racing Club was founded on 1 July 2009 by a merger of the Queensland Turf Club and the Brisbane Turf Club (BTC). [2] The club conducted 98 race meetings in 2012. [ 2 ] The consolidation of the race clubs was the first of its kind in Australia [ 3 ] as later other metropolitan race clubs would follow their initiative.
The Pattern Committee of the Australian Racing Board (ARB) [2] recommends which races shall be designated as Group and Listed races for the racing season. The current list is for the 2019–2020 Australian Racing season and the 2019–2020 which began on Monday, 1 August 2019.
The provisional seven-race calendar was released on 2 November 2023 with all rounds taking place in Australia. [2] The calendar was finalized on 9 May 2024, alongside the announcement of the GT Festival, the first-ever event promoted by SRO Motorsports Australia. [3]
This inaugural race was won by Pentheus, over 17 other horses including favourite Wollun, following its Doomben 10,000 win one week prior. At the time, the prize of this race was 1,000 pound and a gold cup worth 150 pound, however, this has increased to $650,000 as of 2021 and is still raced at Doomben racecourse. [22]
Human remains discovered by police during an unrelated operation in the Blue Mountains on 30 April 2024 and 27 May 2024 are identified as belonging to Geelong woman Kellie Ann Carmichael who disappeared on 29 April 2001. [337] [338] The bodies of a woman and a man are discovered at a property at Albany Creek near Brisbane in a suspected murder ...
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.
The Premier's Cup is a Brisbane Racing Club Group 3 Thoroughbred horse race for horses aged three years old and older, over a distance of 2400 metres under handicap conditions held at Eagle Farm Racecourse, Brisbane, Australia as part of the Queensland Winter Racing Carnival. [1] Total prizemoney is A$125,000.
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.