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BRC Sprint

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Inaugurated
  
1985

Distance
  
1,350 metres

Sponsor
  
Darley Stud (2016)

Surface
  
Turf

Location
  
Doomben Racecourse Brisbane, Australia

Race type
  
Thoroughbred - Flat racing

The BRC Sprint is a Brisbane Racing Club Group 3 Thoroughbred open horse race run under Quality Handicap conditions over a distance of 1350 metres at Doomben Racecourse, Brisbane, Australia during the Queensland Winter Racing Carnival. The prizemoney is currently A$125,000

Contents

Race name

  • 1985–1990 - BTC Sprint
  • 1991–1995 - BATC Sprint
  • 1996–2009 - BTC Sprint
  • 2010 onwards - BRC Sprint
  • Race grade

  • 1985–1995 - Listed Race
  • 1996 onwards - Group 3
  • Race records

    Two trainers have won this race twice:

  • Walter Doolan (1990, 1991)
  • John Morish (1999, 2000)
  • Two jockeys have won the race twice:

  • John Hutchings (1990, 1991)
  • Larry Cassidy (1993, 1995)
  • The race record is held by Chief De Beers in 1998 in 1:17.50. Chief De Beers won all his twenty victories on the Doomben race track.

    References

    BRC Sprint Wikipedia