3-627: The Kingsford-Smith Cup , registered as the BTC Cup is a Brisbane Racing Club Group 1 Thoroughbred Weight for Age horse race, run over a distance of 1,300 metres (4,300 ft) at Eagle Farm Racecourse , Brisbane , Australia during the Queensland Winter Racing Carnival. Total prizemoney is A$ 1,000,000. The race has been growing in status and was elevated to Group 1 in 2006 and has been won by some notable sprinters such as Apache Cat and Black Caviar . The original race name
6-674: The state of Queensland . The head office of the club is located at 230 Lancaster Road in Ascot . The Brisbane Racing Club was founded on 1 July 2009 by a merger of the Queensland Turf Club and the Brisbane Turf Club (BTC). The club conducted 98 race meetings in 2012. The consolidation of the race clubs was the first of its kind in Australia as later other metropolitan race clubs would follow their initiative. The courses operated by
9-686: Was named in honour of former long time committeeman of the Brisbane Amateur Turf Club, J.T. Delaney. In 2017 the Brisbane Racing Club moved the race from Doomben Racecourse to Eagle Farm Racecourse and renamed the race after Australian aviator Charles Kingsford Smith . ‡ Not held because of the COVID-19 pandemic Brisbane Racing Club The Brisbane Racing Club (BRC) is an Australian horse racing organization based in Brisbane in
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