Red Tracer wins this year's Tattersall's Tiara at Eagle Farm. The Group 1 race will be run on the Gold Coast next year. Picture: Peter Wallis Source: Peter Wallis / News Limited
GOLD Coast will be the only provincial club in Australia to host a Group 1 this season with confirmation the 2015 Tattersall's Tiara (1400m) will be held on the Coast in June.
It comes as Racing Queensland officially moved the 2015 Stradroke Handicap to Doomben after ruling out the use of Eagle Farm racecourse for next year's Queensland Winter Carnival.
Racing Queensland chief executive Darren Condon. Source: Supplied
The Gold Coast club has been anxious to host a Group 1 race for many years and on Tuesday they got their wish when the Group 1 Tattersall's Tiara meeting on June 20 was officially moved from Eagle Farm to the Coast.
In other changes announced by RQ, the Queensland Oaks meeting (May 30) and Stradbroke Day (June 6) have both been moved from Eagle Farm to Doomben.
It means the Stradbroke will be shortened from 1400m to 1350m next year, while the Queensland Derby and Queensland Oaks will both be held over 2200m instead of the traditional 2400m in 2015.
The above alterations are among a host of distance changes to feature races during next year's winter carnival due to the reshuffle.
Gold Coast Turf Club chairman Brett Cook said hosting the Group 1 Tattersall's Tiara next year was like another early Christmas present for the club.
The announcement came on the back of news last Friday that the Gold Coast club will play host to Australia's richest race day, the $10 million Magic Millions from 2016.
"It's been a big few days for the club and this just tops it off," Cook said.
"Now we have two feature meetings during the Queensland winter carnival and it's fantastic to have the time-honoured Group 2 Hollindale Stakes (1800m) and Prime Minister's Cup Day on Anzac Day and then have the Tattersall's Tiara meeting at the end of the carnival as well."
With the Tattersall's Tiara all but certain to return to Brisbane in 2016, Cook said the next challenge was to have a regular Group 1 race on the Coast.
"Our long term plan is to get the Hollindale up to Group 1 standard," he said.
"Having said that, it's fantastic that we will become the first club next year to host a Group 1 race outside of a metropolitan racetrack in Queensland."
RQ chief executive Darren Condon admits not being able to use Queensland's premier track (Eagle Farm) for the 2015 carnival is not ideal but he said the reshuffle will give valuable opportunities to other clubs in the state.
"We now have the Gold Coast Turf Club running a Group 1 in the Tatt's Tiara and the Sunshine Coast hosting a top two-mile race in the Queensland Cup, which presents great opportunities for fans in those regions," he said.
RQ also announced Toowoomba Turf Club would have a month off racing from January 19 following a host of problems in the past year with the club's new StrathAyr grass surface.
A dethatching process will be completed on the Toowoomba grass track during its break from racing in a bid to have the surface in prime condition for the club's feature winter carnival meeting on May 2.
Gold Coast Turf Club chairman Brett Cook says hosting the Tattersall's Tiara next year is another early Christmas present for the club. Source: News Limited
The below changes for the 2015 Queensland Winter Carnival have been put through to the Australian Pattern Committee in a formal request by RQ.
April 11, Doomben
- Chief De Beers Handicap from 1000m to 1110m (previously at SC Turf Club May 16 — Caloundra Cup Day)
- Tails Stakes from 1800m to 1600m (previously at Eagle Farm May 30)
May 16, Sunshine Coast
(Caloundra Cup meeting)
- Bribie Handicap distance unchanged (previously June 20 Tatts Tiara meeting)
May 23, Doomben
(Premiers Cup meeting)
· Premiers Cup from 2200m to 2000m
· Grand Prix Stakes from 2200m to 2000m
· The Roses from 2200m to 2000m
May 30, Doomben
(Queensland Oaks Day meeting which was previously held at Eagle Farm)
· QTC Cup (G2) from 1300m to 1200m
· Lightning Handicap (Listed) from 1000m to 1050m
· Spear Chief Handicap (Listed) from 1500m to 1600m
· Queensland Oaks (G1) from 2400m to 2200m
· Phoenix (Listed) from 1400m to 1350m
River Lad narrowly claims this year's Stradbroke Handicap. Picture: Mark Cranitch Source: News Corp Australia
June 6, Doomben
(Stradbroke Day meeting which was previously held at Eagle Farm)
· Stradbroke Handicap (G1) from 1400m to 1350m
· Brisbane Cup (G2) from 2400m to 2200m
· Queensland Derby (G1) from 2400m to 2200m
· Dane Ripper (G2) from 1400m to 1350m
June 20, Gold Coast Turf Club
(Tattersall's Tiara meeting which was previously held at Eagle Farm)
· Healy Stakes (G3) from 1300m to 1200m
· Daybreak Lover (Listed) from 1600m to 1800m
· Tattersall's Tiara (G1) — unchanged
· Mercedes Benz Stakes (Listed) — unchanged
· Tattersall's Racing Club Open Handicap (Listed) — unchanged
· Tattersall's Cup (G3) — unchanged
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