Monday, 28 June 2010: Queensland's new metropolitan race club turns one this month and will celebrate with a huge birthday party at Eagle Farm on Saturday July 10.
The Anniversary Raceday is the first feature event on the BRC 2010/11 season calendar and promises to deliver a huge day for racegoers with two black-type races.
Boasting the $150,000 Queensland Cup, Queensland's only two-mile race, the racing action will supply plenty of spectacle.
History suggests the Queensland Cup can lead to a spot in Australia's most famous horse race, the Melbourne Cup, later in the year.
The $75,000 Listed Ascot Handicap is the other feature event on the program.
The anniversary day off-track entertainment promises to be just as exciting for the whole family with a host of birthday party activities planned including the zig zagging family favourite Cha Cha ride, kids can bob til they drop on the inflatable Jungle Jive or ride like a real jockey on the pony rides and everybody will love the G-force experience on the Miami Trip.
Brisbane band Velveteen will complete the day's off-track entertainment playing sets around the day's racing action.
Racegoers are encouraged to dig deep at the event and support the Wesley Research Institute who is the official charity beneficiary of the event.
The Brisbane Racing Club is the result of a merger between the Queensland Turf Club and Brisbane Turf Club, finalized in July 2009.
The Club launched a $1.2 billion Concept Master Plan in April 2009 the aim of which is to make better use of redundant land to create a community oasis in the heart of Brisbane, together with ensuring the city has the country's finest racing facilities.
In March of this year, the Brisbane Racing Club acquired the Hamilton Bowls Club and at the beginning of this month relaunched the venue as the Brisbane Racing Sports & Social Club.
Construction of a polo field in the centre of Doomben racecourse has begun and planning is underway for two polo events to be held later this year.
Future plans include a range of community, leisure and lifestyle enhancements to the Brisbane Racing precinct such as the introduction of a weekly fresh food market at Eagle Farm racecourse and the development of surplus land surrounding Eagle Farm and Doomben to incorporate residential, retail, lifestyle and commercial facilities.
Plans also include construction of 400 architecturally designed stables and new or improved facilities at for patrons to enjoy at both racetracks.
