Sun and smiles at Exhibition Wednesday Raceday
Over 100mls of rain fell in the last 24 hours, but that didn’t dampen the spirits of over 15,500 racegoers. The annual racing and music extravaganza that is Exhibition Wednesday Raceday, has become a right of passage for Brisbane’s Gen Y.
The track was deemed a Heavy 10 and upgraded to a Heavy 9 after race 6. A true testament to the team at the BRC, the Eagle Farm course proper raced extremely well given the weather.
In the early hours of the morning, BRC staff worked to reshuffle the venue layout for racegoers comfort and safety. A number of areas were deemed unusable and the huge lineup of headline acts was moved indoors and undercover.
A very vocal crowd cheered on a jockeyless Gran Terino in Race 6, who left his jockey in the starting barriers after busting through the gates. Robert Heathcote’s Buffering went on to take out the Mirvac Hotels and Resorts handicap, with the majority of the syndicate there to share in the 
celebrations.
Thanks to Student Flights, Faith Wild and three friends are off on the trip of a lifetime to Thailand for seven nights. Punters were given an entry form when they placed a bet on course, with the Bet Your Way to Thailand promotion drawn after the final race.
The team from NOVA were on course to assist with the NOVA Jockey promotion. In each race punters were given the opportunity to spot the jockey sporting the NOVA boy and text in the horse’s number. Congratulations to Brandon Brown, Daniel Redmand, Marcus Simpson, Emma Harvey, Ashley 
Richards, Kelly Dickenson, Justin Bianco and Alistair Adams who all scored themselves a new flash Apple iPad.
Twelve racegoers also took home Apple iPods and Chalk Hotel vouchers, thanks to the ‘Bundy Wear Red to Win’ promotion.
The crowd were well behaved and everyone enjoyed what became a beautiful sunny Brisbane day at the races.
