Sunshine Coast race meetings - Moved to Polytrack

Racing Queensland advises that the race meetings programmed for Sunshine Coast Turf Club on Friday, March 1, and Sunday, March 3, have been transferred from the venue’s Course Proper to the Poly Track.

The transfers have been considered necessary following the abandonment of the club’s race meeting today (where the track was deemed unsafe to continue racing on after two races) to allow the Course Proper’s racing surface time to receive remedial work to counteract the massive volumes of rainfall it has endured over the past 4-6 weeks.

To facilitate the transfers RQ has made amendments to the race programmes for both meetings and to a lesser extent those relevant to the race meetings on March 15 and 17.  Accordingly, the following changes refer:

FRIDAY, MARCH 1

• Class 3 Handicap, 1000m, $100k, has been deleted (and reprogrammed to March 15, refer below), and a Class 3 Handicap, 1000m, $28k has been added;   
• Benchmark 62 Handicap, 1400m, distance and PM unaltered;   
• Colts, Geldings & Entires Class 1 Handicap, 1000m, and Fillies and Mares Class 1 Handicap, 1000m, have both been deleted and replaced with a Class 1 Handicap, 1000m, $28k;   
• Benchmark 58 Handicap, 1800m, is now 1600m and PM unaltered ;
• Ratings Band 0-58 Handicap, 1400m, is now a Benchmark 58, 1400m and PM unaltered ;
• Maiden Plate 1800m, is now 1600m and PM unaltered; and
• Maiden Plate, 1000m, $30k, has been added.

SUNDAY, MARCH 3

• Benchmark 65 Handicap, 1200m, is now 1100m and PM unaltered;   
• Class 2 Handicap, 1400m, remains as 1400m and PM unaltered;   
• Ratings Band 0-58 Handicap, 1200m, is now a Benchmark 58, 1100m, and PM unaltered;
• Maiden Handicap (4yo & Upwards), 1600m, has been deleted;
• Maiden Handicap, 1200m, is now 1100m, and PM unaltered;
• 3yo (QTIS) Maiden Handicap, 1600m, remains at 1600m and PM unaltered;
• 2yo (QTIS) Maiden Plate 1000m, remains at 1000m and PM unaltered; and
• Maiden Plate, 1400m, $30k, has been added.

FRIDAY, MARCH 15

• Class 3 Handicap, 1000m, $100k, has been added (transferred from March 1); and
• Class 4 Handicap, 1200m, has been transferred to Sunday, March 17

SUNDAY, MARCH 17

• Class 3 Handicap 1000m, 28k, has been deleted; and
• Class 4 Handicap 1200m, $28k, has been added (from March 15)