Queensland winter carnival moved to Doomben
A power play by the Racing Queensland board has forced the Queensland Oaks and Stradbroke meetings to be moved from the maligned Eagle Farm racecourse to Doomben.
Racing writer for The Sydney Morning Herald
A power play by the Racing Queensland board has forced the Queensland Oaks and Stradbroke meetings to be moved from the maligned Eagle Farm racecourse to Doomben.
Eagle Farm raced as expected on Saturday – poorly – and Brisbane racing officials have to learn from the past and take decisive action at the end of the winter carnival.
Premiership leader Brenton Avdulla has "had enough of Eagle Farm" and will focus his effort on Sydney for the remainder of the season.
Goulburn trainer Kurt Goldman will consider a Stradbroke start with filly Eckstein but is likely to keep her to her own sex after her classy win in the Glenlogan Park Stakes at Eagle Farm.
Cressfield Stud boss Bruce Neill could have easily given up on Kingsford Smith Cup winner Clearly Innocent before he even got to a trainer.
Godolphin had to wait for Kementari to be ready. Now they have to decide if he is ready for a late-season grab at a group 1 in the JJ Atkins in Brisbane next month.
Robert Price admits he has reinvented local Tradtri on many occasions since buying him from New Zealand and hopes the latest version is good enough to win the Nowra Cup on Sunday.
James Cummings is used to pressure. It comes with the famous family name in game where there are more knockers than backslappers.
Adrian Bott's first season training in partnership with Gai Waterhouse has to be rated a success, but it is what is to come that excites the young man still learning his craft.
Randwick trainer John Sargent has been eying the Brisbane carnival for a while with two-year-old Easy Go Easy Win, but it is another juvenile Regine, bred to northern time, is out to make history as she runs in the Grand Prix at Eagle Farm on Saturday.
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