Concerns over Eagle Farm time

RACING Queensland and the Brisbane Racing Club are at odds over the profile of the replacement Eagle Farm surface, with the time-line to resume racing at the venue next April rated as “ambitious”.

The BRC met with Racing Queensland this week after the formation of a Project Control Group to oversee the renovations at Eagle Farm.

In the wake of that meeting, BRC chief executive Dave Whimpey yesterday raised a number of conflicting views with RQ in an interview with Radio TAB.

“The BRC is concerned about the time-frame. We think the time-line is ambitious,” Whimpey said.

“We would like evidence where tracks have been significantly renovated and then come back (in a similar timeframe). We are not going to rush this track to come back.”

There remains fear within the BRC that a sand profile provides more risks than a sandy loam surface and that couch grass can cope with year-round use.