Gold Coast Horse Racing in 2011

The Gold Coast Turf Club is the foremost venue for all of the Gold Coast Horse Races and it is readily arrived at being just a 5 min drive out of Surfers Paradise. The present day Gold Coast Turf Club commenced over 60 years ago in 1946 as the Southport and District Amateur Race Club and has since evolved into a large and assorted complex. The Club's rooms today host a large selection of social and business occasions, workshops, carnivals and seminars whilst still developing its primary activities concentrated around its horse racing meetings.

Regular Saturday events originated in 1971 with the Newmarket-Gold Coast Cup that was a 3 day grass course carnival. As the Club continued to evolve the Prime Ministers Cup event was unveiled and originally provided winnings of thirty thousand dollars. Seeing as it has grown in recognition the comprehensive prize pool for the race day presently totals more than $1,000,000. In total the club currently holds approximately 60 race gatherings every year and this includes a variety of significant events such as January’s Magic Millions Carnival, the Melbourne Cup Race day, Prime Minister’s Cup Carnival, Easter Carnival, Gold Coast Stakes Race day and Gold Coast City Cup Race day.

Along with such exceptional oncourse facilities the Gold Coast Turf Club can also host an extensive assortment of exclusive occasions functions and corporate days. Also there are a handful of function locations and particular occasion venues inside the Club for example the Magic Millions Bar, Paradise Room, the Dome, the Winners Circle and the Southern Lawn Marquee. Certainly, there are so many bistros, dining establishments, cafes and bars at the Club it could be simple to overlook the Gold Coast Horse Races are also staged here. Mid week race meetings and Saturday Races are organised all through the year, almost entirely due to the three hundred days of shining sun that blankets the Gold Coast annually. It is usually well worth checking out the gate hours for different races nonetheless on standard race days the gates are open from 10am.