Brisbane Racing Club

As the leading metropolitan race club in Queensland, the Brisbane Racing Club conducts over 70 race meetings and hosts over 200000 patrons each year. Race meetings are conducted at the club’s two racecourses, Eagle Farm and Doomben. The Brisbane Racing Club also hosts many other feature racing events including Girls Day Out (February), Mekka Wednesday (August), Country Music Raceday (September) and Melbourne Cup Day (November). Highlights on the racing calendar include the Channel Seven Brisbane Racing Carnival (May/June) and Spring Carnival (October/November). These racing events feature black type races attracting wide interest from the public, media and industry. The Channel Seven Brisbane Racing Carnival consists of five feature meetings from May to June. Each year this racing extravaganza brings some outstanding proven racehorses from all states and New Zealand to compete with the very best Queensland horses. Many of the superstars from the training and riding rinks throughout Australasia will have a presence at the meetings. The major events on the racing calendar are the Doomben 10000, Doomben Cup, Queensland Oaks, Kingsford Smith Cup and Queensland's most prestigious race, the Stradbroke Handicap.