About Brisbane Racing Club

As the leading metropolitan race club in Queensland, Brisbane racing club holds 70+ race meetings and hosts over 200,000 patrons each year.

Race meetings are conducted at the club’s two racecourses, Eagle Farm and Doomben.

 

Brisbane Racing Club also hosts many other feature racing events including:

- Girls Day Out (February)

- Mekka (August)

- Country Music Raceday (September)

- Melbourne Cup Day (November). 

Brisbane Racing Club launched a concept master plan in 2009. The $1.2 billion self-funded development proposes upgrades to facilities at both Eagle Farm and Doomben racecourse as well as a variety of lifestyle, residential and commercial precincts.

One of the biggest developments in Queensland’s history, the primary focus of the concept master plan is to ensure Brisbane has the country’s finest racing facilities.

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Highlights on the racing calendar include: Stradbroke Season (May/June) and Spring Carnival (Oct/Nov).

These racing events feature black type races, attracting wide interest from the public, media and industry. Stradbroke Season features six premier race days from May to June, showcasing top horses and leading trainers and jockeys from across Australia and New Zealand. The major events on the racing calendar are:

- Queensland Guineas

- Doomben 10,000

- Doomben Cup

- Queensland Derby

- Queensland Oaks

- Kingsford Smith Cup and

- Queensland's most prestigious race, the Stradbroke Handicap.