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21 April 2008
Queensland Group 1 races receive positive response
Queensland Racing Limited (QRL) today received 702 nominations for the seven Group 1 races that closed at 11am this morning.
QRL’s Racing Services Manager, Mr Paul Brennan said: “Equine Influenza caused the repositioning of the Sydney Autumn Racing Carnival and it was difficult to forecast the impact this was going to have on Queensland’s Winter Racing Carnival.”
”We are buoyed by the response received today and excited by the calibre of horses nominated for the feature races. In-form Group 1 winners “Apache Cat” and “Magnus” head the nominations for the sprinting races, whilst “Casino Prince” and “Eskimo Queen” will be highly fancied in the Doomben Cup.”
As expected, the race most impacted by Equine Influenza was the Group 1 T J Smith Stakes for two-year-olds, which only received 134 nominations.
“This was a reduction of 42 from the previous year, but was expected due to the compressed two-year-old feature race schedule, which saw the conduct of the Magic Millions in late March and the Golden Slipper in mid April,” Mr Brennan said.
Listed below is a comparison of the nominations received over the past three (3) years:
Entries for Queensland’s other Group 1 feature event the “Winter Stakes” close on Monday 16 June 2008 at 11:00am.
The final nominations are available on Queensland Racing Limited’s website www.queenslandracing.com.au.
For further information please contact QRL’s Senior Communication Officer, Ms Claire Power, on (07) 3869 9760.
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